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246 - Jai on the hunt
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2021-08-09 23:29:52Jai walked into the Deleima Forest with his attention only slightly alert. He had not read about this forest when he was looking for information about the jellyfish beast, but he was sure this forest would not be that harmful. Like he said, if it was that dangerous, the village wouldn’t survive.
It might not be the best preparation he had done, but he was only focused on how the beast looks like, and all its behavioral data. He trusted Darrion to give him an explanation about the forest, but he was too dependent on the blonde and it turned out not very helpful. He sure will prepare everything in advance, like, learning about the turf too among the main things needed.
Madam Serena gave him two days to search for the beast, but that’s only set as deadline because the beast might relocate somewhere after two days. Jai figured if somehow the beast was visiting the place to change its feeding ground, then it would likely stay for at l
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