The Dragon Fang Squad continued through the Gray Mist Forest.
Over the past few days, Bruce had been slowly getting used to the effects of Shadow Dodge.
It would sometimes disappear into the shadows of trees by the roadside, then silently reappear on the other side of the group, thoroughly enjoying itself.
Ever since putting on the Sleepy Knight's Bracelet, it had slept like a log every night, but the next day its strength and stamina were noticeably greater.
Before setting out that morning, He Xi had put it through a simple test. The little guy had actually managed to drag a rock weighing nearly fifty kilograms.
It hadn't been weak to begin with; He Xi had estimated it could drag a thirty-kilogram rock before. Now that it was stronger, and could slip in and out of sight with ease... He Xi reckoned it could handle a few kobolds or Goblins all by itself.
That couldn't help but remind him of the pact between rangers and beasts they had talked about beside the campfire a few days earlier.
They had killed that Scotus Hunter that very day.
Hulk had mentioned that if the hunter had been a little smaller, they could have captured it and raised it from a young age. It would have made a fine animal companion for a ranger.
Apparently, rangers could form a pact with an animal. The animal companion gained a boost, and the ranger could also gain improvements to some of their own attributes.
If he could form such a pact with Bruce, would they both get attribute bonuses?
After all, Bruce was an animal too.
Unfortunately, when he asked Laila whether she knew that pact magic, she shook her head. She didn't know it; she'd heard it was a skill one could only