Jen looked at the custodian who shouted just now and nodded. The other custodians felt stabbed but they keep quiet.
"I can see you are very diligent," Jen spoke and their last hope crumbled now it was better to keep their mouths shut else the master would be offended.
The custodian after getting words of praise puffed up his smoky chest.
There was a whole stock of the herb, Jen walked ahead and plucked one, she kept it in her hand and closed her eyes, she was trying to approach the rough properties to make sure that it was safe for consumption, her supreme roots were blessings for many reasons, if she chose to become a Mender she would be acclaimed in all three Spheres because of her capability to cure hopeless cases but she would be chosing to become highest rank trooper or Defender if she won.
The herb was safe to intake as raw.
She plucked the whole stock because it was not tested how long the effects of the herb will remain, it was safe to have as many till the end of journey with the hunters.
They came out of the underground Vale and carefully covered the entrance.
"There are those who like to take credits for the hard work they never bothered," the custodian who could not keep shut more speak out when Jen was walking ahead of them, he made sure that the talkative fellow could hear clearly.
"Who are you talking about?" he turned and glanced.
"Do you think we are talking about you?" the custodian glared in return.
"If it"s not I then who is that fellow?" he knew what happened and how he shamelessly claimed all the credit.
"Our priority is to follow the order of the master and not run after false fame so you can keep the credit to yourself," the custodian shook feathers and followed the master closely.
"You both are simply jealous," the custodian dissolved to forget what he had done else he would feel guilty again an again.
Jen looked at her left where a custodian was silently following her, for her they looked all the same only the one talks a lot.
Jen coughed and prepared her throat, she wanted to imitate the voice of the hunter whom she asked questions, "Do you think your hard work will go unnoticed?" she tried her best to sound like the hunter but the custodian got surprised.
He was immensely happy to hear but actually Jen chose these words randomly to practice the voice of the hunter.
Jen saw the reaction of the custodian and thought that her practice was not bad.
The open void was the same cold enough to freeze the bones, Jen took the herb and chewed, since she was not sure about the extent of the effects she took it so that could confirm the reliability of her plan.
They were closing the distance very slowly because Jen was continuously speaking this and that to practice, as soon as she consumed the herb there was no reaction for few moments.
it slowly dissolved in her stomach and the warm properties of the herb started to appear in her blood flow, as it started to take effects Jen felt that her soft skin might burn.
She fell on the snow and picked handful, her face was sweating with the effects she rubbed the snow on her face to get some cold comfort.
Slowly the beastly aura started to appear and the custodians got alarmed.
Jen looked around, everything seemed different from before or it was the beastly fury which was forcing her blood to killing everyone in her way.
Her eyes got reddened, the herb was extremely highly effective to the point that Jen felt her rationality was being occupied by the beastly aura.
"Master, what happened?" the custodian who directly looked in her eyes got worried, they were sure fail to protect the master, she was not looking well.
Jen howled like a beast to vent out the extreme force of her acmes pairs which might blast if she did not control her present condition.
Her past to present flashed in her mind, and in the end the same figure which she witnessed back then during her battle appeared, it was her own image.
Jen gritted her teeth and tried to stand up, the only way was to fight back, if she cannot defeat this beastly aura then how could she face actual beasts and hunters when they would be lurking around her and she will be traveling with them.
After reaching this place, she cannot accept defeat without fighting it.
"I am not willing to pay any cost against a beast," she screamed, she was fighting before the aura could entirely trim down in her blood.
"Master, your grandfather has high hopes for you, whenever he talked about you in the Defender Hacienda he always said that his grandchild is stubborn, I am sure you will prove that you are stubborn against your problems too," the custodian who usually keep silence spoke to remind her.
There was no way that these custodians could help her, she has to come up alone.
"Stubborn? Does grandfather still thinks I am stubborn?" Jen asked while gathering her all strength to stand up.
The custodian heaved a sigh of relief to hear, this means the master still could think rationally.
"Indeed, he is much impressed at your performance in the Intermediate Battles, he told that the future of the Celestial Sphere would be in safe hands and that is his grandchild," the custodian spoke again.
"Does he thinks so highly of me?" Jen got surprised, her grandfather was usually stern and stiff when he talked about the Celestial Sphere and possible threats as for as she could remember and he never said that he has some hopes about her.
"If he thinks that I can safe the Celestial Sphere then I have to defeat this aura first," she screamed her lungs out with the utmost pain.