System's POV

Chapter 270 Tiona’s Scouting Mission

Thirteen sat on a boulder not far from Raon's camp.

He made an excuse that he needed to meditate in order to calm his mind, allowing him to think in a more positive manner.

Of course, this was far from the truth. Currently, he was currently looking through Tiona's eyes, allowing him to see whatever she was seeing.

This was a skill that he gained after completing his 7th Trial, and it was Vision Sharing.

His Beasts Companions could share their vision with him, which was a very good scouting method, allowing Thirteen to stay at a safe location, while the others went to investigate dangerous places.

Right now, Tiona was burrowing deep underground, and headed towards the Pyramid.

Since she had the skill Unblocked Passage, which allowed her to move effortlessly underground, and pass through walls, she was the perfect scout to infiltrate the Pyramid.

It took Tiona two hours to reach the Pyramid.

While digging underground, she was using her Detection Abilities to pinpoint the location of the Unicorn.

She didn't want the monster to discover her, so she was making sure that it was at the very edge of her detection range.

Thirteen, who was feeling a bit nervous about this operation, forcefully calmed himself as Tiona went directly under the Pyramid.

'Don't do anything reckless, Tiona,' Thirteen said using his other skill, which he acquired after finishing his 9th Trial, which was Beast Companion Telepathy. 'Your safety is your utmost priority.'

Tiona hissed telepathically, telling her Master that she understood.

The boy didn't always use this skill because it took a large toll on his mind, especially since he was still an ordinary human boy, and not yet a Rookie.

Also, he was communicating with Tiona over a great distance, so he couldn't always talk to her, or he would suffer a severe headache afterward.

The two of them had already discussed the thing that Tiona needed to do after infiltrating the Pyramid.

This would save Thirteen the effort of telling her what to do when she got there.

After making sure that the Unicorn was outside the Pyramid, Tiona poked her head inside the pyramid and looked around.

The pyramid was dark, but this was not a problem for Tiona, who had Dark Vision. She carefully looked around her surroundings, and seeing that there was no one around, she started to crawl up the walls to head deeper inside the structure.

Right now, she and Thirteen were looking for any clues that might help them with the mission that he needed to finish.

The pyramid was large, extremely so, and there were many places that couldn't easily be reached using normal means.

Fortunately, Tiona's skill, Unblocked Passage, allowed her to pass through walls like a ghost, so no obstacles could bar her way.

Finally after half an hour of searching, Tiona entered a room, where a purple tablet was erected.

On its surface was an ancient writing, which had long gone extinct in Solterra.

Tiona gazed at this monolith from top to bottom, making sure that she saw every symbol that was written on it.

Thirteen, who could read and talk any language in the world, would have no trouble translating the monolith at a later time, so after making sure that she saw everything she had to see, she left the scene to go to the next room.

A few seconds after she left, a presence appeared in the room of the Monolith.

A handsome man, who seemed to be in his early thirties, looked around with a frown on his face.

He had long silver hair, and blue eyes. The most noticeable feature was the silver horn on his forehead, which glowed faintly in the darkness.

"Am I just imagining things?" the silver-haired man muttered as he inspected the room.

But, no matter how much he looked, he didn't see anything out of place.

Half a minute later, he disappeared, and the room returned to its silent and dark state.

Tiona was always in her stealth mode, so it was very hard for others to detect her. Of course, she got scared when she suddenly felt that the presence of the Unicorn had disappeared from outside of the Pyramid, and reappeared in the room that she had just left a few seconds ago.

For the entire duration that the silver-haired man was inside the room, Tiona didn't dare to move in fear that any movement might alert the Magical Creature, that she didn't want to encounter no matter what, to her presence.

She was just in the next room, so it was highly possible for the Unicorn to detect her movements if she made any attempt to escape.

Fortunately, the Unicorn left after several minutes, allowing Tiona to regain her calm.

This time, she scouted the pyramid more carefully, and saw more writings on the walls in the other rooms that she visited.

The strategy that her Master had given her was simple.

She just needed to look at the symbols once then leave, saving time, and effort in her scouting mission.

After nearly three grueling hours, Tiona had finally seen everything inside the Pyramid.

Within those three hours, the Unicorn appeared four times in the rooms where she had previously visited, making it a very close call.

The first two times, the Unicorn thought that he was just being paranoid. But, on the third and fourth time, he was now certain that someone, or something, had indeed passed by the rooms where he appeared.

Unfortunately for him, Tiona had already devised a strategy after the second encounter.

She would just poke her head through the wall and look at the symbols before going back again.

This was how she managed to evade the Unicorn's third and fourth attempt to capture whatever it was that had infiltrated its domain.

Only when Tiona was two miles away from the Pyramid did Thirteen finally breathe a sigh of relief.

'Good work, Tiona,' Thirteen said. 'Make sure to stay underground until you reach me. Let's not take any chances.'

Tiona hissed, confirming that she would do as her Master said.

Since it would take a while for his Beast Companion to return, Thirteen focused on the images that Tiona had seen inside the Pyramid.

Since he had an Eidetic Memory, it was very easy for him to recall the images that Tiona had seen with great clarity.

Thirteen began translating the symbols inside his head, hoping that it would be enough to answer some of his questions.

He was not aware that while this was happening, the Unicorn was still waiting for the intruder to show up in one of the rooms because he had finally devised a method to capture them.

Fortunately, Tiona was already on her way back to her Master, leaving the Pyramid and its confused protector behind.

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A few hours later…

Tiona, who had arrived beside Thirteen, was happily eating a Beast Core that he had prepared for her.

The ten-year-old was leaning on Blacky's body, as if he was sleeping.

Thirteen was indeed sleeping because he was mentally exhausted from keeping his connection with Tiona.

But, it was worth it.

While he didn't get any information about the Gate of the Moonlight, there was a passage referring to a ceremony that would need to be conducted during a Lunar Eclipse.

A ceremony that would cover the Arcadia Archipelago in Darkness, and allow the second coming of the Moon Princess.