Master Of None

Chapter 2419: 2419. Hunted Before

The two that stood back and eventually walked off were watched by Scylla. She knew that this was an unknown in the mix of everything that happened within Genesis. However, she also understood that Walker was forcing the focus on the greater threat he had been unable to detect.

”I wonʼt force you to tell me anything you are not ready to tell me. If you both have been with the tamerʼs guild, I assume you have been wandering for a while?” He saw the shifter pretending to be the hound huff a little. But no real response was made.

”We have, itʼs easier to blend in that way. But itʼs also easier to be exploring the world and fighting when we want. We like to see everything. The only reason we came here was because we were asked to help a few new tamers who have lava hounds. One little girl tamed an entire pack because they see her as their sibling.” Kerry laughed a little.

Walker felt that there were no other motives in this. Just a pure and clear response that showed the joy of being within the tamerʼs guild. Kerry was not some hateful monster like the undead shifting slimes. Instead, She was a shifter race. Intelligent and hidden from the other races because they could be. Because it was safer.

”We do have a history too. Being found and needing to hide. Being thought of as monsters because of how we look without changing our appearance. So donʼt go thinking we will trust you.” The response wasnʼt from Kerry but Kieth.

The voice was rough and clearly he didnʼt speak language properly often. ”Oh, you got Kieth to speak out loud, he never does that. He might like it here more than I do. Iʼve wanted to go back to the wilderness for a while. I heard that thereʼs a place called the Embering wheat fields. Nearby the lava fields but far enough that it doesnʼt burn. I bet something interesting is there.”

Kerry was very bubbly and talkative as she went in to detail about the rumors she had heard and why she wanted to go there. It was hard to see if she was this way naturally or if she was just acting this way because she had some worries about the monsters they were hunting.

”The last time we dealt with one of these things we could smell it from a few miles away. Kieth noticed it first since he was in a better form, but when we wound it the thing had managed to take over an entire farm. Used them all as food. So, we make sure we move quickly.”

The casual change from bubbly to dark made Walker focus much more. ”So you have hunted the undead shifting slimes before. Thatʼs good for us since we are hunting one that formed naturally from the body of one of your race. Although, you already know that.”

Walker was the one in the need to know now. He could learn more than what he could share. ”I know you are worried too. But we have to hunt them. Itʼs part of who we are. You would hunt a human that was made an undead, I believe that humans and all races hunt their own undead. Itʼs just instincts. The same way that the undead want to hunt for the living.” Kerry turned her head a little and Kieth stopped for a moment.

”You canʼt find the strongest one because they have the same skills as us. Perfect shifting is an innate skill that can only be seen through with the highest appraisal skills focused on seeing through them. Everyone once in a while someone manages to catch on and our race leaves that place. But right now, no one has used those skills. If any of our race is found, they will change and leave. Mostly we take the form of those we have seen a few times and can easily blend in using.”

Kerry made it clear that there were no grand reasons for who or what form they took. If they did so just for the ease of hiding, they could easily make it a form that was harder to keep up with when it came to other things.

”There are a few of us that have grown up in villages where the people accept us, they will have their children match other children so that they are like twins raised by two sets of parents. Those places are nice but they are always too focused on fighting monsters for survival. Not many happy memories are there even though we can live for a long time.” The two began walking down an alleyway and leading Scylla and Walker further in to some smaller streets. It appeared they were following a scent that neither Scylla nor Walker had picked up on.

However, there were guards and hidden attackers following in the shadows. They would be the pens to cut off escape routes for the more dangerous undead shifting slime when they found it.

”Genesis can be your home too. For your race. We accept everyone and as long as we can make sure crime doesnʼt happen we will not be biased. You and the undead shifting slimes are very different. One is a monster that has little intelligence and a focus on killing. The other is intelligent enough to survive and grow while also fitting in everywhere they go. I would rather work together.”

Kerry and Kieth looked at Walker very differently. Kiethʼs hond form clearly showed a look of distrust, no, disdain for the fact that this was even being said. Clearly, there was more to story there with the past they had had. But it was Kerry who looked a little mournful. As if hearing this offer had made her sad rather than happy to be welcomed. But again, Walker couldnʼt take the time to ask about the why or how they were this way.

”Itʼs under there. Thatʼs where the smell is strongest. The skill scent covering is one we also possess as a part of stealth skills we use to hide from monsters in the wilderness. Right now, the scent I smell is because I have the skill and can get around it. Also, it is the same kind as me, we have an instinct to sense it. This one… was old and passed away far from us but we smelled it and came.”

The somewhat empty street was only that way because of the multitude of construction materials here. It was used for some storage while the buildings nearby were being renovated and improved, therefore, there was not a lot of foot traffic. At most, only workers would come by to grab what they ended for the day.

And a worker, was the form of what they could see, well, the remaining clothes and tools under a large pile of fallen wood was what they saw. ”Anyone younger would have been able to change their muscles and block that weight, but when we get older we become mirror fixed in a form and canʼt change as quickly. Thatʼs the price of us only living fifty years.”

Another piece of information. The shifter race had such short lifespans that it was the opposite side of the spectrum when compared with the dragons. Walker wanted to learn more and find out how they could help or do anything to make life better for them. That wasnʼt an option right now though.

Small black bits of slime oozed out of the stack of wood boards. Walker smelled a sudden intense rot coming from it. ”Thatʼs stronger than the undead shifting slimes.” Scylla felt it as well. More dense dark mana was within what she could sense. But poking at Walker, she could tell he sensed more.

”Thatʼs because itʼs called a natural born undead shifting slime. It wasnʼt a piece that was born off of another, it formed naturally and has denser undead and death mana as well as denser decaying dark mana.”

Multiple guards and hiding assassins showed themselves. Their focus on making sure the monster showing itself couldnʼt leave at all. Especially since it had a larger form than what they expected.

”It used to be a half elf. So expect magical abilities and strength from copying its Demi-human half as well. It was very set in that half and half form.” Kerry spoke again but she had pulled out twin daggers while Kieth stepped forward, his fur had become metallic looking and flames moved around his teeth showing his affinity.

”I will enhance both of you. Just hold back if itʼs too much for you.” Walker let the two take the lead. This was their race and a problem they hunted as members of their race. But he couldnʼt fail to admit to himself that he was curious. He wanted to see How strong a shifter was, even one that spent their time traveling around.

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