Chat Group For Magicians 77 The Assault of the Hooded People

The sun already set on the horizon but we did not bother to delay the search. If we let the search until tomorrow, it would be bad for Catmod who might be injured from the attacks of whoever the attacker was.

Maple lead the search due to her extreme senses that causes our senses to pale in comparison to hers. In this dark place, human senses are limited to an extent and if not for the magic skill of Moonlight that allows us to have a few enhanced senses, we would be using a flashlight or light magic which would attract the people who ambushed Catmod.

Maple's ears twitched and stopped on a nearby spot. "I sensed Nekoyamsama's essence around here. However, it's just a small amount. There are other essences from other people that I don't know who. From my guess, they are chasing him until they reached this place."

"Can you detect further? His essence might be around here and might just be covered by random essences," Moonlight said.

"Let me try but I am not sure if this will work. With this dense forest as the place to look, there would be too many essences that covers the place. It would take time." Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.

"We have to do all that we can. Don't worry about it," I said to Maple.

Maple nodded and her ears twitch a bit.

"Someone is coming!" Maple whispered.

We quickly go to full alert when Maple said that.

"Let's hide!" Moonlight said.

We quickly his on the nearby bushes. For the safety too, we let Itazura cast a concealment around us. We can't assume that its Catmod immediately because the enemies are also here.

Soon, the people that Maple heard passed by. They are hooded guys and in the dark, they seemed to go to a cult gathering if not for their conversation.

"That is strange. I noticed a presence here earlier. I thought that cat appeared already."

"That cat person can quickly hide easily. We have to make sure that the cat person won't be able to leave without getting caught. He needs to give back the treasure to our tribe!"

The two seems to be talking nonsense but since they keep on mentioning "Cat Person", there is no other possible way, these people are the one responsible for Catmod's disappearance.

Maple clenches her fist, struggling to keep her anger from those guys in hooded robes. Moonlight also has a dangerous glint in her eyes. But the two of them decided to hold it all. It's not time for them to show up and expose their very location to the enemies.

The hooded guys passed by our location and after a few moments, after making sure they are already far from the place, the concealment disappeared and we emerge out from our hiding spot.

"We need to hurry. We are not the only people looking for Nekoyamsama. Its a race against them," Maple clenches her fist.

Before we can even move, we are suddenly surrounded by the hooded guys.

"Who are you all?! What are you doing here?!"

We quickly go to an offensive stance. These guys are perceptive. They easily found us out. Before we can even move, one of the hooded guys spotted the egg on my sling bag and pointed in it.

"That guy has our treasure! Kill them!"

I was surprised by what they babbled but as soon as they said that we are needed to be killed, we didn't have a choice but to beat the sh*t out of them.

I ignited my gloves and hurled a fireball to the nearby hooded guy. Moonlight and Maple also cast their magics and fend off their attackers. I avoided moving too much because I am carrying the egg. It would be bad if it got cracked from the battle that is why I just used range attacks against them.

The hooded guys were quite wild. They were like crazed beasts that didn't care for their wellbeing and just charge forward. But they couldn't get past through Moonlight's attacks. Even without using the sword magic she usually uses, she can fight enemies just fine as she combined a few magic enhancement and martial arts to fend off attackers.

Maple is quite awesome too. Her kicks are quite ferocious and before a hooded guy can get to react, the kicks already hit their vital points. Maple's kicks are all fatal. Not a single attack can be said to be not fatal because the hooded guys spat out blood and spasms a bit after being kicked.

I, on the other hand, made sure that the fireballs I hurled deals lots of damage. Although it's not as strong as Moonlight's or Maple's, they don't pale in comparison either. Most of the people who got burned by my Fireball were in pain as burns on their skins stings a lot. A few managed to survive but struggling to endure the pain while some succumbed and died.

Killing others is not a nice feeling. I don't feel good killing another life being even in using magic. If possible, I want to use it as a defense mechanism, not something used to kill other people. However, I have no choice right now. Its kill or be killed.

The battle continued for quite sometime and after a few more minutes, the battle is over and the pile of injured hooded guys and a pile of corpses lay on the ground. Of course, we don't pale in comparison because all of our bodies are covered in bruises too due to the skirmish with the hooded guys. But luckily, the attack is not endless and we managed to survive.

"Is anyone alright? No fatal wounds or anything?" Moonlight asked.

"None," I said.

"Me either," Maple seconded.

Since most of our wounds are shallow, Moonlight just casts a little bit of healing magic to our wounds and it didn't take too much time for our wounds to heal.

"No wonder Nekoyamsama is not able to fend himself off. These hooded guys are insane and gangs you up whenever the chance arises. If we are separated from each other, we would be in trouble," Moonlight said.

"Indeed. These people seem crazed enough to cause us trouble. They don't even care if they are wounded or not. As long as they can defeat anyone of us, they would sacrifice everything," Maple commented.

I check the egg in my bag. Luckily, nothing happened to it. But now, here comes the question. Why did that hooded guy earlier call this egg as their treasure? How did an egg became a treasure all of a sudden?

I looked at the hooded guys sprawled on the ground. Despite their robes are burned, their hoods are still on their heads. My curiosity kicks in and I decided to remove one of their hoods off. As soon as I removed one of their hoods, a flawless skin, golden hair and pointy ears appeared in my vision.

This guy is an elf! A real-life elf!

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