Chat Group For Magicians 75 Prelude to Conflic

"Indeed, it's been a while since you visited me. I thought you wouldn't be visiting for quite some time but who would have thought you would be bringing someone with you," Maple smiled while looking at me and she looked surprised when she saw the little bag I am carrying. Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.

Although I fell face-first earlier, I keep the egg safe from the fall allowing me to take the force of the fall to avoid the egg from cracking to the ground. When the egg is shown a bit from the tattered bag, Maple's eyes grew wide and she approached me swiftly. She grabbed my shoulders with force and stare at me, wide eye.

"How come you still have the egg of the Elemental Pixie?! Elemental Pixies are supposed to be extinct!"

I was surprised by what she had revealed. I know that this egg is an Elemental Pixie but I have never revealed it to anyone, even to Moonlight. Only the Crystal Seed and I know that this egg is an Elemental Pixie. How come she knew?

"You know what kind of egg this was Maple-san?" Moonlight was also surprised when Maple mentioned what the egg was.

"Of course. I have seen this egg before but only its eggshells, not the actual egg that still contains life within. I am sensitive to life because we are in the Monolith of Existence. With this monolith connected to me, I will always feel any lifeforms nearby and this egg contains a life that from my estimation, will hatch around three days. How did you get this egg and where did you find it?" Maple all of a sudden keeps on talking and shaking me with force.

"I just picked it up outside the yard, near the very entrance of the forest! I am not the one who discovered it because it's been covered with this tattered bag so somebody might have dropped it in there. I just happened to be near the area because I need to practice and didn't intend to see this piece of egg!"

Maple's ears waggled a bit. "I know that this egg is not yours originally. I can feel the essences that came from this egg and aside from your essence, Moonlight and the creature's essence itself. I detect another one."

Moonlight got curious. "Another one? Is it possible that the person who dropped this egg is still around the area? Can you detect this person?"

"Unfortunately no. This essence is unique and I can tell on our surroundings and the forest surrounding the ruins that the essence is no longer present. Either that person is skillful enough to hide their essence or they already fled far from the boundary, which is far enough for me to detect."

I scratched my head in confusion. Another term that sounds foreign to me. I had no idea what they mean on "essence" so I decided to whisper on the catgirls.

"Umm, I am new to what they are talking about but what is an "essence"?

"Oh, essence can also be called with other names such as the popular term known as Mana Mark. Every people who have mana on their body can leave essence on the objects. It's the usual things used by other magicians to detect other people and if someone touched and moved the object or items," the black-haired catgirl said.

"The essences are also used to ascertain the person that left it. In short, it's the fingerprint version on Magic," the orange-haired girl said.

I nodded after the concise meaning of the "essence", I looked at Moonlight and Maple who are chattering with various topics already. From what I can tell, Moonlight has forgotten what we came here for.

Then, just as they are in the middle of having a good conversation, both phones of Moonlight and Maple rang. Even the two catgirls' phone also rang. Only mine didn't. Of course, my phone is left back home so how come I could hear any ringing phone? The four of them pull out their phones. Then, Moonlight approached me with a serious look on her face.

"You need to see this Kazuma."

I was confused about the sudden seriousness of Moonlight. Usually, Moonlight never bothers to show her phone to me but now, she is showing the content of her phone. On her phone is the Chat group. It was a ping from the administrator itself, Zacharias.

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Zacharias: @everyone Please look for @Catmod. We have detected that his life signature is diminishing. Either he is captured by an enemy or he was out of the range of our detectors which is impossible. He was last seen yesterday to deliver an important message to someone when he disappeared when he was nearing the Magic Trial Ruins' forest area. I hope whoever has the info of his whereabouts, please inform us immediately or rescue him if he is in trouble.

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This ping is enough for us to get stunned. No wonder Catmod is no show today. It was due to him getting missing. It was all of a very sudden event that we have to immediately solve.

"Maple-san, can you detect Nekoyamsama's essence?" Moonlight asked.

"Let me try!" Maple said as she quickly tried to check.

Her ears seem to vibrate and after a while, she calmed down and heaved a heavy breath in.

"Not good. Although I sense his essence, it was too weak and very hard to detect. If not for my special ability to detect essences easily, I would never be able to find Nekoyamsama's location."

"Where is he now?" I asked.

"Deep in the Magic Trials Ruins. Around the mountainous and forestry area. His essence is rapidly disappearing. I guess he is being repressed and being carried away. We have to rescue him as soon as possible. I am detecting some sort of things here. I am guessing this is a prelude to a conflict. If Nekoyamsama's life is in danger, we need to make sure he is safe. As the second-in-command, I allowed Kazuma to remove the necklace on his neck to help with us on the search and rescue."

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