Chapter 147: Chapter 146: I Spy

The two of us proceeded calmly through the outer layer of the jungle, but we didn’t let down our guard. If there was anywhere that might pose a risk to my safety, it would be out in the wild, whether from poison or an ambush. Although Keliope and the other goddesses could watch from above, there was still a chance that something they didn’t consider a threat might surprise them.

As for me, I was doing my best to identify the various plants that we came across. With the new Keeper’s Cards game, I had chosen to copy my world to use as a base to play off of. It was an idea to help me come up with strategies later on, once I saw that the option was available. But because of that, I was able to see the card versions of all the different plants and animals in the world.

Okay, so maybe not all of them. It’s not like I had a billion cards in my deck, nor would I have had the time to study that many. But any that had special effects that would influence the world in some way, such as being useful in alchemy, or having special properties all their own. In total, there were just over a hundred of those cards like that which made up my ‘world’ deck.

“Remember, we only need to bring back two or three samples of each type of plant.” I reminded Kelly, who had begun picking every hanging fruit or weed she could find. “It’s more important to remember where we got everything. You do have the Scout class, right?”

Kelly let out a groan, letting go of the weed that she was having difficulty pulling. Even with her immense strength, it seemed that its roots had either gone too deep or were too strong to pull. Which likely meant that we couldn’t eat it anyways. “Yeah, yeah. Only six levels, though. I did most of my training this time before exploring.”

Six levels definitely wasn’t bad. If not for the voyage that we were on, I’d only have one. As it stands, I had shot up to a level twenty-five scout a couple of weeks ago. “Alright, then I’ll be the one to mark the locations.” I nodded my head slightly as I said that.

One of the perks of the scout class was something akin to a mental map. By taking in all of the sensory data you receive and cataloguing it, it allows your mind to project a map that only you can see. Naturally, this lets you mark points of interest to remember locations for later, but it won’t ‘update’ your map unless you can sense the area in some way, so there is no telling if something happened there.

For instance, with my twenty-five levels in Scout, I could effortlessly lead us back to the ship from where we were now. However, I couldn’t accurately lead a journey all the way back to the beastkin continent, for the simple reason that I had to sleep during parts of the journey, so the map is incomplete.

As I focused on the Scout class, I noticed something. A small ping on the mental map, which I immediately focused on. Closing my eyes, I could ‘see’ off into the bushes near us, a form of echolocation. Gentle paw prints pressing on the ground, claws scraping against leaves. Aside from myself and Kelly, there was a quiet breathing near us. “Kelly, off to our left. Eight meters out. Possibly edible?”

My last words caught her attention immediately, making her look in that direction. Soon enough, something that looked like a green panther jumped out of the bushes just as I opened my eyes. Its fur was colored perfectly to blend in with the surroundings, making me wonder if that was a special effect of the creature. However, it wasn’t one that I recognized from the cards, so it likely wasn’t strong enough to be classified as a consideration by the system.

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