The next two nights were far from peaceful.
One time, Harriett and the others encountered a Red Cap, a kind of Fae Creature that was hideously ugly.
Goblins were ugly enough already, but Red Caps were like uglified goblins. They knew how to wear crude clothes, were vicious by nature, bloodthirsty, and skilled at ambushes.
They wore something like leather caps over their heads, often dyeing them red with the blood of creatures they had killed. That was where their name came from.
Hundreds of years ago, they often lurked amid the ruins of battlefields, killing wounded soldiers. Or they hid in the shadows and ambushed careless lone travelers.
If Ted had not been following them from the shadows, Harriett and the others might never have noticed that a Red Cap had been tailing them.
Ted did not hold back at all. He fired an Ice Arrow straight at the Red Cap that had been planning an ambush, ambushing the ambusher. The shot pierced its chest, and red blood burst forth as crimson ice crystals.
Ted gained 120 experience points and a card of unknown use.
A ball of white light trailing a fiery tail was depicted on the card.
Fae Spirit (White) Material Card The innate spirit possessed by Fae Creatures.
That was quite a generous amount of experience! A level-four monster gave more experience than a troll. Maybe it was because this time he had killed it outright rather than merely defeating it? On another night, Malfoy and the others encountered a Giant Thorny Devil Tree, and Goyle had nearly been injured.
When dormant, the thing looked like a strange plant, the sort that bloomed at the top. But if someone carelessly approached it, they would see the Giant Thorny Devil Tree "bloom"—though they might not