The next day, we decided to venture deeper into the forest. Talia was still training with Mira so they stayed behind.

We encountered groups of spectres but this time the subjugation group had a lot more teamwork than before so after a couple minutes passed, the spectres died.

Clay was still taking too much damage from tanking so I have to strengthen his body and teach him how to dodge the attacks.

Rivera, on the other hand, uses too much mana, she heals even the smallest scratches. I have to teach her when to heal and how to not consume too much mana.

Valeria's only problem was her lack of social skills, she could barely talk to her teammates. This will be a problem if she wishes something from her teammates like helping her take out a monster or asking them to defend her left or right flank.

Talia could sense presences now although quiet weak she could still distinguish us from each other. I've searched through the library for monsters that could help her see and luckily there is one right here in fallen mountain. It's called "scout", these scouts are human eyeballs that are as small as a golfball. They usually float around and are very hard to detect, once they spot an enemy they will let out a noise which can only be heard by nearby monsters.

I told them to have a one hour break since they were exhausted from the continuous fight while I will look for a scout.

20 minutes passed but I still haven't found anything so I decided to ask.

'Do you guys sense anything?' I ask the two women in my head

'I sense nothing master~' Rea was quick to answer while Raija ignored me.

I saw a cave and thought that I should have so I entered, it was dark inside so I lit up a fireball which floated near me. I could occasionally hear the sounds of monsters outside

'Master! above!' Rea suddenly spoke I looked up and saw something floating by the walls of the cave so I took a closer look, it was a scout!

I quickly jumped up to grab it but it was small and nimble, it went deeper into the cave so I had no choice but to follow it.

When I caught up with the scout it already called a few giant snakes so I had no choice but to kill them one by one before catching the scout that once again tried to run away.

I took the scout back to the camp and put it in a cage, and after a few minutes it called out to numerous spectres which helped in training team.

It was starting to get dark so I took everyone back to our makeshift base in borders of fallen mountain to rest. After eating dinner I called everyone to witness something.

"Talia just relax, it's gonna be okay" I tried to comfort the nervous Talia.

"I'll try my best! " she did a little fist pump and soon afterward I took her to the scout's cage with the grimoire in her hand.

"Now, stay focused and follow the steps the grimoire will show you" I instruct her as I started to attack the scout to weaken it.

"Yes!" Talia was still nervous but at least she's doing her best.

"By the power of the Grimoire, heed my voice and become mein power!" Talia chanted as a magic circle appeared between her feet and the scout's.

The scout glowed purple and tried to struggle but it was too weak so in the end, it started vanishing and entered the grimoire.

"Good job! " everyone quietly watched and congratulated Talia after she successfully captured the scout.

"Quickly call it out!" I urged her.

"Be my eyes! I call thee scout! " Talia chanted as the grimoire opened and released a smoke which turned into the scout from earlier.

"Can you see?" Rivera nervously asked, not only Rivera, everyone was also nervous..

"I-I can see!" Talia said as she covered her mouth, even though her eyes were covered in cloth it still did not stop the tears from rolling.

I was relieved, at first I thought it was not going to work but after seeing a rare grimoire that sends information to the owner's mind I knew I had to get it for Talia and catch a Monster that excels in eyesight.

The scout was floating just above her head, it was a bit hard to see but it was still there. Talia turned to everyone and kept observing every detail of their faces before muttering 'I see...'

She turned towards me

"Captain...?" She asked

"Congratulations" I said with a smile

"Captain! " she pounced and hugged me while she kept saying 'thank you' over and over again.

Clay, Rivera, and Talia cried themselves to sleep while Mira and Arachne happily watched. My robes were also wet with Talia and Rivera's tears but on my sleeves were dried snot that clay left behind.

And so I decided that tomorrow we will go to the spot where I trained for 5 months...