Seeing that the catgirl was about to make a move, Linde quickly closed his eyes, pretended to be fast asleep, and started snoring.
While pretending to be asleep, Linde used his sensory abilities to observe the catgirl.
Under the activated vision, the catgirl was radiating a silvery-white light. According to the previous analysis, different colors represent different attributes or energies.
The ordinary people and soldiers we saw earlier were a faint white light, the cultists were a blackish-red light, Lind himself was a green light, and Alice was a white light mixed with cyan light.
The catgirl in front of them, just like Linde, was a pure-colored light, and not just ordinary white light, but silver.
This greatly surprised Linde, as it was the first time he had ever seen someone with the same pure color as him in another world.
Moreover, judging from this catgirl's current performance, the fact that she can hide in the shadows is already quite outrageous.
Linde had not seen any magic in the mage's books that could make him hide in someone else's shadow.
"Could it be divine magic?"
Linde muttered to himself, as far as he knew, there were many gods on the continent of Tiel, and each god's followers had their own unique system of divine arts.
However, there are strict requirements regarding faith; only if you truly believe sincerely can you receive divine blessings.
Linde didn't know whether true piety was required to obtain divine magic, but he had learned about it when he was gathering intelligence in the Earl's territory.
After confirming that Linde was still fast asleep, the catgirl tiptoed out of Linde's shadow and circled around Linde's bed.
This action forced Lind to pretend to be fast asleep, and his snoring grew even louder.
Lind now hopes that the catgirl will either leave or disappear back into his shadow, so he can pretend nothing happened and then figure out a way to catch her.
The catgirl circled Linde twice, then leaped lightly onto Linde's bed. Only then did Linde realize how petite this uninvited guest was.
And the things he was wearing... were a bit too little.
The catgirl sniffed around Linde, as if searching for something, and even boldly rubbed against him.
This scene reminded Linde of the cat his roommate owned when he was in college. The cat would react this way every time his roommate gave it catnip.
"Is there something about me that's attracting her? Or... is it because of my aura?"
Just as the catgirl was about to take things a step further, a commotion arose from the camp outside.
Then came the sounds of soldiers moving.
This startled the catgirl who was rubbing against Lind, and she immediately adopted a defensive posture, staring intently at the curtain.
Linde also pretended to be disturbed and stopped snoring.
Just then, a steady sound of footsteps rang out, indicating that they were heading towards the tent.
It was Astaire; Lind knew those steady steps all too well.
As the footsteps drew closer, the catgirl no longer hesitated. With a light leap, she once again disappeared into Lind's shadow.
Seeing this, Lin De breathed a sigh of relief and made up his mind to open his active vision whenever he had free time and look around, hoping to find some unexpected gains.
As Aster lifted the tent flap, came to Lind's bedside, shook Lind awake, and said:
"My lord? My lord, I have urgent news to report..."
Lin De then pretended to be half asleep and asked:
"What's wrong? What happened?"
If you're going to put on an act, go all the way. This catgirl is hiding in her shadow, watching you closely.
"A group of unknown monsters has appeared on the opposite bank of the northeast river. They are very likely the monsters we were looking for before."
"A group? Did you count how many there were?"
This unexpected good news excited Lind so much that he forgot all about the catgirl hiding in the shadows and hurriedly followed Astaire to the riverbank on the east side.
On the opposite bank of the river, several enormous creatures covered in thick scales were slowly lying down.
"We just had someone do a quick count, and there are about 20 to 30 head."
"Can you confirm which type of leather it belongs to?"
"The style looks correct, but the color seems a little different..."
By the moonlight, Lind compared the two. The scales of this magical beast appeared flesh-colored in the moonlight, while the leather in his hand was yellowish-brown.
"Judging from the stiffness of this leather, it doesn't seem to have been tanned."
As we all know, animal leather can only be used properly after it has been fully tanned. But the incredibly tough leather in Linde's hands was as hard as a steel plate, so how could it possibly have been tanned?
"Sir, should we send men to cross the river from both sides and encircle and annihilate them directly?"
"No rush, let's observe further. For this thing to wobble and walk this close, it's either incredibly oblivious or has a docile nature."
If they can be kept in captivity, then both animal husbandry and slaughtering will be much easier.
After remaining inactive for a while, Linde gained a preliminary understanding of this group of magical beasts.
Most of them are about three meters long, resembling a combination of an armadillo and a rhinoceros, with well-developed limbs, heavy armor on their backs, and horned head armor.
Its limbs are not very long, slightly shorter than those of a normal horse, but they are very strong and powerful, indicating that it must be quite fast when running.
The armor on its head has a thick horn, which looks very powerful. Judging from whether or not adult animals have horns, only adult males should have large horns, while females do not.
There are about 16 adults in the entire group, and the rest are mostly young or juvenile individuals that have not yet fully developed.
Linde's biggest question now is: how did a group of low-class trolls and goblins manage to make armor out of these seemingly troublesome social monsters?
"Could there be some hidden secret here?"
Lind murmured, rubbing the leather scraps in his hands.
Looking at the group of leisurely magical beasts in front of him, Lind was a little unsure of how to start.
Suddenly, Linde noticed that these adult magical beasts would always roll on the ground intentionally or unintentionally, and some of their armor seemed to have been knocked off as they rolled.
After observing for a while, Linde immediately ordered his soldiers not to act rashly and to let the monsters roam freely.
This action left Astaire, who was standing next to him, completely puzzled.
Looking at the knight beside him, who was full of questions, Linde explained the whole story to him:
"...These magical beasts must have come out to hunt at night. The grand spectacle of the past two days probably frightened them, and they only dared to come out to hunt today."
Lind patted Astaire on the shoulder and said:
"First, familiarize yourself with their habits. It would be best to keep them in captivity. Only hunt them as a last resort. If these magical beasts can be kept in captivity, they will be a huge fortune."
"Domesticating...monsters?"
Astaire, standing beside him, remained stunned for a long time. Monsters were often hunted indiscriminately because most of them were bloodthirsty and brutal.
Therefore, when encountering magical beasts, they are usually hunted directly. If they encounter docile magical beasts, they will capture them and force them to breed with livestock such as warhorses in order to produce powerful hybrid species.
The bronze light that Linde rode was such a product.
"I've never seen a monster this docile and social before," Astaire remarked.
This is truly eye-opening.
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