The High Elf Rangers and their pet sparrowhawks formed an efficient air-and-ground search network.
Every suspicious target on the ground was carefully inspected, then ruled out.
The pet sparrowhawks did most of the work.
Whenever a pet sparrowhawk found a suspicious target, it called its master over to confirm it.
The Rangers merely performed a simple check.
Black, small, and plantlike.
Those were the search criteria for the pet sparrowhawks.
They turned up plenty of things that almost fit.
For example, a small, charred section of cactus, or a black stone that looked somewhat similar.
Although their finds raised hopes only to dash them, the search continued.
The search for black lotus was progressing smoothly.
As the Rangers searched for black lotus, the firebloom found everywhere in Searing Gorge earned them a fortune.
Firebloom was a relatively valuable herb.
Besides being used to brew fire resistance potions, it could also be made into an agent that catalyzed fuel in a special way.
The special fuel produced through this process was called goblin rocket fuel.
It was typically used as rocket propellant.
The Fuel-Air Explosive Shell newly developed by the Island Armory also used a catalyst extracted from firebloom.
This kept the price of firebloom consistently high.
Regardless of quality, each firebloom generally sold for around ten silver coins.
Even if they failed to find the black lotus Herad wanted, this firebloom would still earn them a fortune!
The bounty for black lotus, meanwhile, was one hundred gold coins.
Finding even one would naturally be ideal.
Although there were no poor High Elves, a windfall like this was still very appealing.
With the pet sparrowhawks conducting a thorough sweep, the ground throughout Searing Gorge was soon searched.
Yet they failed to find even a single black lotus petal.
The Rangers had