While Karl was discussing his advancements with The Golden Dragon Nation’s leadership, Rae had [Night Haunter] active, and she was stalking her first wedding guest through the woods near the Academy.
There was a pair of Mountain Giant infiltrators only a few kilometres away in the woods, transformed to look like humans.
They were Niall’s target, but he hadn’t found their traces yet.
The wind had told Rae where they were, and she immediately went to investigate, thinking that the Inquisitor might be there.
He wasn’t. But with the Mountain Giants as bait, she knew where he was going to be. That made it much easier to find him, and now she was incorporeal and invisible, sneaking along behind him as she tested how close she could get before he noticed her.
In order to keep the difficulty level up, she had hidden her aura as well. But she had faith in the Rogue to find a way to locate her before she got close enough to touch him.
Maybe she should lick him? Cara seemed to enjoy it.
Rae’s natural form didn’t have taste buds, so she had never seen the appeal. But she could taste things in this form. Still, that was Cara’s thing, and Cara already knew what Totem Ranked Rogue tasted like.
Rae was five metres from Niall when he spun and struck out at the air in her direction, then paused as he activated a skill, looking for the threat he had sensed.
She leapt up into a tree, and let her stealth skills fade.
"Not bad, five metres away. Your depth perception is still a little off, but not bad." She informed him with a smile.
"Lady Rae. What brings you to the woods today?" Niall asked cautiously.
"I came to get you for the Karl’s wedding. Did you want to finish up here and go back to the Academy? It’s just those two transformed Giants, right?" She replied.
Niall nodded. "Did you find them on your way here?"
Rae smiled. "Yes, but I left them for you. They weren’t worth messing with."
She motioned for silence and led the way through the woods, right to the edge of the little camp that the two spies had set.
Niall vanished, then appeared behind the spies, ending them both with a single strike.
"That should do it. They have been seen stalking students from the Academy lately. I don’t sense any others around, and the reports were just about two spies." He explained.
Rae shrugged. "There were only ever two in this camp, but there might be more. The Giants liked to infiltrate everything before we left. Now, did you want to go to the Academy?
I left my baby Rogue there, and the Chaos Dragon says that we need to invite a bunch of teachers too."
"In that case, why don’t we play tag? If we use [Shadow Step], it shouldn’t take more than an hour to get back." Niall suggested.
"Tag sounds fun. Nobody will be mad if we spend a little time to practice our skills before going back to the Academy." Rae agreed, then poked the Inquisitor and flashed away.
Game on.
While Rae was having a grand time playing tag with Niall, Dana found herself standing outside a mansion that was somehow both shabby and new at the same time.
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