"Are you sure it isn't just something that is caused by your incompetence, do you really think he is a 'Hunter'?" the voice that came out from the black crystal ball started growing ominous by the second as if it was only starting to get serious now…

"Yes my lord! The whole plan was already completed perfectly as you instructed, the door to that base was even situated very close to the location we are at, it's very unlikely that they failed to find it… besides, we already did background checks for all the four and only that guy named Lan was the one who seemed to have appeared from nowhere!" The back bearded man could only reply like a child who was faulted by his father, he was in actuality very afraid if really being accused as the cause of this all.

"Well, since we indeed weren't able to receive any report from the base although they should have been able to do so once the door has been opened, it indeed should be the case that they were exterminated, so I will let you off this one since pretty much all the other operations have been a success…" the voice started getting relaxed once more as it recounted.

"Thank you my lord! I will make sure to make it up for your noble cause!" the man could only let out a breath of relief deep inside now, if he wasn't forgiven, who knew what might happen to him…

"I will check out with this operation's inside commander when I'm able to, his close relative should have been the Overseer of that base, if I know him well, he should have already received some news from there through some hidden method, as for you…" The voice got sharper by the second before it finally stopped without completing its last sentence…

"Of course my lord! I will make sure to take care of that 'Hunter' as soon as I can, he is currently in a position where he is noticed by all so I can't do much to him, but if he takes the likely choice, he would be all mine!" A small evil grin grew larger on the man's face as he affirmed.

"Remember, you have to try and lead him to the path of enlightenment first, don't really kill him unless he is really like those stubborn hunters, all humans should be given the option to return to their origin!" The voice almost sounded like it was recounting a righteous moral as it instructed…

"There is no need to worry my lord, shall the sovereign's might be with me, I will make sure to perfectly finish my task this time!" The man put his hand on his heart's position as he said…

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"Ok little Light, it's time to return back to your size…" I said as I could already see Battle City's walls from afar...

"Meow!"

Since I had already dismounted from Light's back, he didn't hesitate as he immediately returned to his small cute size after giving a light meow before climbing me up and laying at my shoulder.

As it had almost been another 24 hours since we left the village, Light already had more than enough time to run around the field as much as he liked while acting as my mount, which he actually seemed to enjoy.

The way he ran, evaded obstacles, jumped higher routes all showed that he was very experienced in this, which I already expected anyway, as for his speed, he was almost as fast as I was in my pure physical form, when I had to hold back, pretty much the same speed I used when I returned with Sprout, but that was also not surprising considering his inherited experience along his agility stat.

However, he was currently…

"Meow meowww…"

Acting spoiled!

Once he laid at my shoulder, he acted as if he was tired from the continuous running, which was only mostly fake acting, as his Constitution was more than enough to sustain two more days of simple running like that!

Of course, I didn't plan on scolding him for that, he was just too cute when he was asking for caring attention, so I still played along anyway as I lightly patted him…

'Too cute…'

I was actually wondering if Light's cuteness was more capable of taking me down than a base full of demons…

'Let's see, I have about, more than two days?'

Trying my best to divert my attention from getting too caught up with Light, I calculated the time I had left before the time for the acceptance ceremony.

I naturally still had a lot of time to spare, which is why I let Light take care of delivering me to Battle City instead of doing it myself, well… it was partially because he seemed to enjoy it too much, but mainly, I did so since I wanted to use it as an opportunity to purify and absorb most of the crystals I obtained from the very base…

Since I did have the boost of an extra 50% of capacity provided by my evolution into a Draconic Human, then why not make use of it? I had already experienced being too elementally exhausted for the first time in the recent base venture, so I naturally wanted to increase my reserve and element storage volume.

I also wasn't able to do that when I was dead bored back then in Battle City as taking out Corrupted Elemental Crystals might cause unexpected results, which is why this was a great opportunity to do this practise in the mostly empty plains...

As such, I only kept a few crystals that could be used for emergency reasons later and started to get on with 'Purification & Absorption' along the way here while actually sparing more concentration into figuring out how the evolution boost enabled me to keep more elements…

It turned out that it actually used a similar concept as to how the last layer of elements that virtually exists out of the body to work as the 'Elemental Domain' would be condensed and retracted to form a very thick layer around the body, which would only be spread once the elemental master was engaging in true combat with 3rd stage techniques, in a sense, the capacity boost did that both inside and out the body!

The physique of a Draconic Human worked in a way which would keep the elements' density high enough so that the space that could hold 1 unit of elements would actually be able to hold 1.5 units instead, which made it appear as if I has a secondary elemental storage, of course, that unit was just a theory example that I set which had no actual meaning.

The result of my elemental training was also not that bad, I was able to fill a good amount of my secondary capacity and actually do some casual elemental control training, well, nothing too deep still…

[ Hepta-Element: 33.00 (+6.69) ( Lightning, Thunder, Wind, Fire, Water, Ice, Earth ) ]

The increased capacity naturally had a harsher need for higher amounts of elements to make a dent on the empty capacity, so the crystals I had barely allowed me to approach 40 points of capacity in whole…

'Time to get some actual good sleep!'