Chapter 964 A New Advantage (2)
Through the eyes of the monkey-like beast he was possessing, Marcus could see far better than he had before.
The fog's power to inhibit senses had not completely disappeared, but it was much weaker.
Now Marcus could see nearly a kilometer around himself, and all of his detection abilities could reach just as far.
This was a massive increase in his effective detection range and would allow him to better locate any targets on the island.
'It doesn't seem that the wendigo is within even my increased detection range. I suppose it must be hiding out somewhere a bit farther away. It has always attacked us during the night, so I bet it will keep away from us during the day. We will just have to wait until it shows itself again.'
With nothing better to do, Marcus hoped from tree to tree and scouted out the entire perimeter around where Mrazivy was waiting.
Naturally he made sure to always keep her in view, just in case the wendigo made a move since it appeared she was alone.
As he checked the area, he found it far easier to locate areas that possessed valuable resources, as well as the beasts and monsters that had staked their claims on the territory around these resources.
While Marcus was tempted to go around collecting the treasure trove of items he spotted, he restrained himself and kept his full attention on watching his surroundings. They were dealing with a crafty enemy that required him to always be on his guard.
'Mraz, can you hear me?' Marcus said over telepathy.
Once he had finished scouting the area, he decided to test out his skills and see if there was any interference now that he was farther away.
'Yeah, you are coming in clearly. I can't detect where you are though. Are you over three hundred meters away from me?' Mrazivy responded.
Normally when two or more individuals connected with telepathy they could pinpoint each other's locations, but right now Mrazivy only got a vague sense of direction Marcus was in.
Marcus affirmed that he was currently about five hundred meters away from her and that despite her not being able to see him, they could speak using telepathy without any issues.
He then went around placing Dark Portals in a multitude of strategic spots in case he needed to quickly warp around the area.
'Looks like I can connect to any portal I create on the island. I can still feel the link to the one I created at the camp where the rest of the expedition squad is.'
Marcus could not help but smile at this discovery. The island may have been dangerous and difficult to traverse, but once he found an area that was valuable, he could simply leave a Dark Portal there and return at any time.
For the next several hours Marcus went around testing out his abilities and familiarizing himself with their surroundings until Miguel finally came back.
'Oh, it looks like he was successful. And he certainly came back with an interesting creature.'
Never before had Marcus seen a creature like this, but he could tell at a glance it was strong.
Sitting on Miguel's shoulders with its head held up high as it kept watch on the surroundings was a creature that somewhat resembled a ferret.
However, the coloration of its fur was that of pure gold, and it had an extra set of legs for a total of eight.
Its size was also about three times that of a normal ferret's, being a bit longer than three feet in length.
'Judging by the way he has it acting as a lookout for him, I am guessing that his idea to use a local beast for one of his summons worked.' Marcus thought as he watched Miguel.
It did not take long for him to realize that he was correct in his assumption, when from outside the range that Miguel should have been able to perceive him, the beast resting on his shoulders turned its head directly towards where he was sitting on a tree branch.
Miguel abruptly turned a moment later and when he was within three hundred meters Marcus began waving at him with the body of the monkey-like beast he was possessing.
'I am guessing that must be you, Marcus.' Miguel said using his telepathy.
'Yup, I decided to use one of the monkeys that live in the trees here. My plan worked and I can now use its senses to perceive much farther than before. And I can see that you were successful as well. What manner of beast is that? For being relatively small it seems to be pretty powerful.' Marcus said, his interesting clear to see.
Nevertheless, Miguel was reluctant to answer. He still had problems trusting people and wanted to keep as many of his powers hidden as possible.
That included what kind of beast he had just turned into one of his summons and the abilities it possessed.
In the end though, he sighed and decided to tell Marcus. Miguel could see that his expression only held innocent curiosity.
'It is a legendary grade beast called an Aurumvorax that is level seventy-two. I found its home about forty kilometers from here. It had set up an intricate tunnel system in a small mountain that was rich with gold deposits that it was eating. Capturing it was difficult, but I managed to lure it out by laying out a mound of gold coins. Now that I have it, I can use its vision and acute sense of smell to keep track of a much greater area than my own senses can perceive' Miguel said proudly.
Despite his insistence that he did not want anything to do with anyone, once he got talking about his own achievements, he became less cautious and began speaking to Marcus more normally.
Slowly but surely, Miguel was becoming more comfortable around Marcus, another reason he had wanted to bring Miguel along on this wendigo hunt.
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