Chapter 585: I Found You
Chapter 585: I Found You
Five snow-white wolves came from the distance. They were only about two hundred meters from the alert white cat.
Vanessa got out of her sleeping bag and stood guard in front of the artificial ice cave. She looked at Sylvia for a moment, but that girl seemed to have entered deep meditation?
"Owoooo!" One of the wolves howled into the sky, and the other four made a formation to surround the target.
Vanessa squinted her eyes as she felt that her opponents were trained animals, but not beasts with the intelligence of a Spirit Beast level.
"Rawrrr… Go and find another hunting ground. I'm not the one you want to offend." Vanessa threw her warning.
The wolves just looked at each other as if they were mocking the little white cat. The little one had no possibility of any threat other than prey to them.
Since the threat was simply ignored, Vanessa was only on alert and ready to strike back if one of the wolves dared to approach any further. At that moment, she accidentally saw the black necklace around the wolves' necks. So, they probably belonged to someone and went off to hunt prey?
One of the wolves approached confidently. He was sure this ice cave kept something in it like food. Especially since those sacks in there smelled delicious.
Vanessa was aware that she had been belittled. These wolves needed to be taught a valuable lesson, so they would know their place. Thus, she immediately charged in to attack.
"Rawrr, grr, awr, rrr…." Vanessa clawed, bit, and beat the oncoming wolves. The lightning from each of her attacks effectively subdued the wolves in no more than ten seconds.
Two wolves were twitching while whimpering, one was half-buried in the snow while struggling to get out, and the other two were cowering in fear. They never thought that the little prey turned out to be the embodiment of a terrible demon.
"Are you here because of someone, or are you just a pack of wolves hunting for food?" Vanessa tried to communicate with the snow wolves using the beast language.
"Hungry. The lord is missing."
"Food, eat…"
The two wolves groaned as they lay flat in the snow. They gave a surrender signal.
"Your lord is missing, and you are lost deep in this snowy place? You are not native to this region?" Vanessa muttered with a questioning look. The two wolves just nodded in response.
"Fine, I'll give you food but you need to work for me in return. You snow wolves have a keen sense of smell, huh?" Vanessa suddenly had a brilliant idea.
The two wolves bow down to the stronger. They stuck out their tongues as if they felt very attracted by the offer.
Vanessa then went into the ice cave and took some fish from the sack.
Meanwhile, the two wolves immediately helped their comrade, stuck in the snow. After that, they tried to check the other two, who were constantly twitching.
"Here, one fish for each of you." Vanessa threw five fish at a pack of wolves. She then went to the two wolves lying in the snow and gave them a pat on the back. "Hey, I'm not electrocuting you big, wake up and stop pretending you're dead."
All the wolves' attention immediately turned to the five big fish near them. The food has arrived, and the commission has been approved with prepayment. They immediately pounced on the fish to treat their hunger, including the two that had been twitching non-stop.
After that, Vanessa went to disturb the sleeping devil girl. "Sylvia, please wake up. Do you still have anything that smells of master? That dress last time she wore too."
"Uh-hmm, please don't bother me, dear. I'm focusing on recovering my magic energy for tomorrow. If you're hungry, I've caught a lot of fish for you in that sack." Sylvia opened her eyes slightly and closed them again.
"Lend me something that smells of master. We have some snow wolves that might help us find master." Vanessa didn't just give up. She pressed Sylvia's tummy for attention.
"Wolves?" Sylvia opened her eyes and saw five snow-white dogs eating fresh fish outside.
"Wow, that's a great idea. You bribe five doggo minions with food. But, I'm not sure that will work. But let's give it a try. I have Ely's handkerchief which has her fresh body fragnance." Sylvia immediately got out of her sleeping bag and went out of the ice cave. She then gave a handkerchief to Vanessa upon request.
After the wolves finished eating, Vanessa ordered her new minions to work. She handed them the handkerchief, and they sniffed it to memorize the smell they had to look for.
However, a whisper suddenly rang in Vanessa's mind. 'Vann, Vann, can you hear my telepathy? Please answer me, one, two… Uuh, did this fail again?'
Vanessa widened her eyes in shock when she heard the voice of the person she wanted to listen to the most right now. 'M-master… Is that you master? It's me, your Vann. I am here.'
'Ah, I finally got an answer! Thank goodness… Are you all right, Vann. Were you with Sylvi there?' Elysia breathed a sigh of relief.
Vanessa could hear the words of happiness and gratitude from her beloved master. She also felt the same way, but she couldn't put it all into words. 'Mm!'
'Okay, can you tell me your exact location? I'll pick you up right away.' Elysia paused in her journey for a moment while waiting for an answer.
'I don't really know, but it looks like we're stranded in the northern mountains on the Beastkin Continent, master. Here there are only expanses of snow and icebergs. Everything is cold. But, one very strange thing happened. Our magic was sealed for an unknown reason.' Vanessa replied with a concise explanatory summary.
'Hm, I have an explanation for that later. For now, I need your exact location. Take a look at the sky. You will find a beautiful sparkle of light there, right? Can you give me directions with that for comparison?' Elysia came up with a solution as she also had no idea where she was now.
'Mm, I can see it. However, it looked quite far up towards the slightly orange-colored sky. Is it night or morning? This place is so weird now.' Vanessa looked up at the sky and ignored the wolves still sniffing here and there on the snow.
'Oh, good. I'll be heading to your position and I'll let you know again when I'm close. Please don't sleep because I'll be using this spirit connection line to pinpoint your exact location, Vann. Please don't go anywhere and wait for me!' Elysia decided which direction she would go with the light in the sky as a guide.
'Mm, I'll be waiting for you, master.' Vanessa answered enthusiastically, but she could no longer hear her master voice after that.
Thus, she took back the handkerchief and headed towards Sylvia.
"What's wrong, Vanessa?" Sylvia could see the happy expression on the cat's face, but that was also what confused her.
"Master, Master Elysia just contacted me via spirit telepathy! SHe is on his way here now." Vanessa jumped up and down a bit as she couldn't contain her excitement.
For some reason, the snow wolves also felt happy and howled because they could see the happiness of the one who gave them food.
"Ah, really!? Ah, Ely also survived that dangerous dimensional hole. Thankfully, as I can expect from Ely. I'll be looking for her again tomorrow, but it was her that found us first." Sylvia carried Vanessa and twirled out of happiness.
After that, Sylvia, Vanessa, and the five snow wolves just sat looking up at the sky glistening with beautiful light in the distance. Not more than an hour later, the sound of swishing snow could be heard in the distance.
A large iron plank was sliding across the snow at an impressive speed, and a girl wearing a thick jacket was above it. The girl in question waved her hand high with a big smile.
"Master, mew, master, uu…" Vanessa immediately ran to greet her master even though the distance between them was still quite far.
"Hap, uuh, dear Vann… I'm glad you're okay." Elysia caught the white cat who jumped at her and gave her a big hug.
"I really miss you, master. I was really worried too. Uuu…" Vanessa stroked her body against her master's body. She enjoyed every caress and attention she received. Her head even seemed to move on its own to follow her master's hand movement.
"Ely! I'm happy that we can meet again. Hug." Sylvia also climbed onto the Gravy Ark and gave Elysia a big hug.
"…" Vanessa was sandwiched between the two girls. And, for some reason, an incident like this had repeated itself for the umpteenth time that she couldn't count it anymore.
"Owwooo!" The wolves drew near and howled.
"Ah, let's sit down for a moment and rest. I'm feeling really tired from traveling non-stop in this snowy region. I'm sure there are a lot of things that still confuse you, right?" Elysia pushed Sylvia slightly with a weak smile.
Sylvia was a bit surprised to find Elysia looking so pale. "Ely, your magic energy seems to have very little left. Don't let it reach the point of being depleted. Quick, let's sit down for a while. I'll help you cultivate to recover your magic energy."
Sylvia then controlled the Gravy Ark to go to her made ice cave. She helped Elysia lie down into her sleeping bag because she had already set up the formation to cultivate there.
"…" Elysia just resigned herself to receiving help from Sylvia. To be honest, her EP had already hit the under twenty mark, and it was already very close to the repercussion zone.