Breathing heavily, the boy placed his hand on the troll and slowly rose it. Mystically an orb of energy phased through the deceased troll's back and flew into his palm.
[ Omni-plunder has been deactivated ]
[ Omni-absorb has been activated ]
The orb instantly melted into to a slippery liquid and seeped into the boy's skin. His palms glowed dimly, he closed his eyes allowing the intoxicating feeling of power surge through him.
[ You have absorbed an E grade core ]
[ You have received the Bloodline Of Troll ]
[ You have gained a new skill, Vine Control ]
[ 80 Exp received ]
[ Leveled up!!! ]
' Expected.' he said wiping and sheathing his blade. With Vertex gluttonously tearing the troll to shreds, the boy turned to leave. Then a realization struck him.
He turned and saw what hadn't been there, as the moonlight bathed the troll's corpse, sprouts emerged from it and grew rapidly. The mystical plants bloomed to reveal eight whitish pedals with a violet center.
They had pale amber leaves and at once the boy knew this was what he had searched for. This was the Lirapus Aliverea. The last ingredient his master required to formulate the elixir of immortality.
Carefully uprooting galore of the Lirapus, he stuffed it into his bag and glanced over at Vertex. " We return, and we move now. Before morning we might have reached the squadron."
Understanding his words, the Jaguarian growled and scaled a tree, his new job was spotting potential threats from a vintage point.
With the troll dead, the true inhabitants of the forest would return. It wasn't a magical forest though but the boy could formulate a visual of him battling a pack of wolves.
So in the dead of the night, the boy sojourned back. It was cold enough to make his teeth chatter, but for this journey he would say he was well dressed by his master.
On other days not being naked was luxury. Moreover he would never complain as he didn't care whether he was clothed or not as far as he wasn't uncomfortable.
Time passed slowly and he felt excruciating boredom. Frequently he battled some mundane creatures returning to the forest from their hiding.
They were weak and easily cut down by his blade. Vertex received a fair share of kills as most times the boy was a bit reluctant, sending the Jaguarian to take care of threats.
Nevertheless the long night was over and the boy could be seen briskly walking, towards a moving squadron. The duo had exited the forest and were in a vast low grass prairie.