Epic Of The Demonic Sage

Lucius gazed at Gellor, wanting to see the man's response. 

"Honestly, in the right conditions, we can definitely do this job, Young Lord Asher. But I don't think we have those right now." Gellor answered.

"Oh? What kind of conditions would you need? Pray, do tell." Lucius said in a calm tone.

"As your provided information states, to hunt a Mist Veil beast, two different kinds of gifts are needed, fire and wind type. Those are crucial for hunting them and without them, the entire thing would be a waste.

In my team, we do have people with those two types of gifts." Gellor replied.

Lucius's ears perked up upon hearing this and he seemed visibly interested.

"And who are they?" Lucius questioned.

"Barty has a Wind type gift that is quite suitable while the one that has the fire type gift is… Finch." Gellor answered.

As soon as Lucius heard his words, he understood the problem that was preventing them.

"I see… so if Finch is fully recovered, you would not have a problem in completing the job?" Lucius asked.

"Yes, I'm quite sure it would not be a problem. Actually, Finch's Gift might be perfect for this job since we do not need to deal with a dangerous beast. Her gift is restrictive in that it needs close contact to work and thus she does not get many opportunities to use it." Gellor replied.

"Ash, speaking of that. I do have more jobs such as these, but I would need to know what your gifts are so that I can choose which ones are appropriate." Lucius took this opportunity to ask them.

He had a calm expression on his face, but did not know if these mercenaries would tell him about their gifts or not. He was prepared with a few other approaches, but wanted to take this one first and see if they could openly tell him.

"Oh, sure," Gellor said in a rather casual tone.

Lucius was internally surprised, but did not show it on his face right now. He wanted to see if they would hide something or fully explain their gifts to him.

"All five of our members have rare ranked gifts. The gift that I personally have is called Muscle Strengthening." Gellor revealed.

Lucius raised his brows upon hearing this.

'Another person with Muscle Strengthening… Hmm, seems like most people with this kind of gift would enter occupations that greatly involved their physical and martial might.' Lucius thought.

This was the fourth person he had seen with the Muscle Strengthening gift until now. The other three that he had seen were the soldiers that John had recruited for the bandit hunt they had gone on previously.

All three of them had it and apparently, this was quite a popular gift in the army. After learning about this, Lucius had a few new ideas appear in his mind. Mainly about upgrading them. The problem with upgrades was that every gift had a different requirement and he didn't know if people having the same gift would have the same requirements or not.

And if it really was that the requirements were the same then the task of procuring the materials needed for the upgrade would be much simpler. After all, procuring things in bulk was often easier than ordering individual items.

Plus, Lucius was sure that there must be a way to simplify the process that could make the entire process easier. He did not know how he would do that yet, but he was willing to look for it in the future.

"My gift allows me to strengthen my muscles temporarily, which increased my overall strength. For a comparison, I was able to pick up a horse cart that was over a thousand kilograms in weight when my gift was active." Gellor explained.

"I see… that is a rather good gift, very practical." Lucius said, already knowing about the effect of the gift since he had learned about them.

Gellor then looked at the next team member and gestured him to introduce his gift.

"My gift is Air Vortex. It is a wind type gift that allows me to create a spinning vortex of wind. Its duration depends on how much Aether I put into it." Barty was the one who had spoken.

Hearing about his gift, Lucius understood that it would be perfect to hunt the Mist Veil Beast. The air vortex would be able to isolate the fog in which the mist veil beast was hidden and then the fire type gift user could make it evaporate fully.

"That's quite appropriate for this job," Lucius commented in acknowledgment.

Gellor nudged to the next person and they spoke.

"My gift is Crane legs. It is a transformation type gift that allows me to change my legs into that of a crane. I have better stability in aquatic areas due to them and can move faster in swamps and marshes." Albus explained.

Lucius heard about the gift but did not find it as impressive as the others. The uses for this were rather limited, but he reckoned it could prove to be quite an advantage if the habitat was right.

He then turned his head to look at the next person remaining who was none other than Ariana. She was the only person who had not spoken anything since she had gotten here and overall, she seemed to be a rather silent type of person.

"My gift is… Serpentine fang." Ariana said in a low voice.

She seemed to be a bit hesitant in speaking, but continued.

"It allows me to grow snake like fangs on my body wherever I want." Ariana said before raising her hand and sprouting a snake fang out of her wrist.

Lucius raised his brows upon seeing this and was rather intrigued. This gift seemed to be much more useful than the one that Albus had in his opinion. Lucius even thought of many applications of it and wondered what its upgraded version would be like.