As the officer crossed the road, he turned his head in both directions to check if anyone was there . When he did not see anyone be moved forward and continued on his patrol route.
Lu Xiao Tian and Hwang Jin looked from the terrace of the shop they had climbed as the officer moved forward. When they were sure the officer had gone ahead then they both jumped down and started moving again.
On the way they both quietly moved forward and concentrated on recovering the energy reseves in their body.
At night they rested at one of their hideouts scattered through the city. In the morning after clearing their tracks they left long before dawn broke.
By the evening of the second day they were in a 5km distance from the forest.
Seeing the signal from Hwang Jin, Lu Xiao Tian began pulling in any stray energy his body was releasing. This area was considered one of the hotspots for officers patrol due to its close proximity to the national borders and the threat of monsters coming out of the forest to attack nearby cities.
While a barrier was set around the forest, the country rulers seemed to think it insufficient.
Soon they both blended into the shadows and moved forward while hiding from the officers.
After walking for about 15 minutes they finally arrived at a place that seemed slightly distorted. the space itself seemed like it was divided by a transparent shimmery curtain .This was the area separated the country and the forest from each other. Passing through the barrier was supposed to alert the headquarters if the people passing did not have an identity card imbued with the signature of the barrier maker .
They both reached into the pockets of their coats and pulled out a small disc about 5cm in diameter , the aura wrapped around it was similar to the one imbued in the barrier .
Before setting out for the forest Xiao Tian had bribed two guards to give him the identity cards while being in disguise . While knocking them out would have been faster , that way they would have been more likely to report a theft which might have led to enhanced security around the border , which would have been troublesome .
"Seriously though they should add two way check in , only checking for the barrier maker's aura and not the holder of the card is stupid ."Hwang Jin muttered as he pocketed the identity card and started circulating the aura from his body to around his body to connect his skill to check the surroundings for animals and monsters .
[ Skill - Tame is in use
User can scan surrounding area for animals and monsters to tame . Tame can only be used on animals and monsters corresponding to the user's realm .
Proficiency - 99.9% ]
The proficiency of this skill had been stunted at 99.9% and would need him to use it during battle to level it up .
While normally it was only used to tame animals and monsters it could also be used as a method of reconnaissance of the area around him to prepare for battle .
He turned his head to look at Xiao Tian who was also slowly revealing his presence so as to not scare away nearby insects so he could continue taming them so he could use them to help scout the area outside the area of the taming skill.
'I wonder if the periphery will have some interesting insects since this is the rumoured monster forest. One of the deadliest places on the continent. '
"Ah Jin, don't spread the insects too far, just keep a diameter of 1 km at all times. "
Hwang Jin hearing Xiao Tian made an encirclement of 1km diameter around them as they moved forward. He made sure to have an eye or insect in all directions to ensure they would not get ambushed from any direction.
They had already agreed to a set plan on the urban way to the forest. They would not head in more than 10 km from the border of the forest. Thqt was the most outermost part of the forest. That region was popular for being popular for rookie training.
They would try to avoid that as much as possible and train with any monsters they could find.
It wouldn't do them any good if they got hurt at this time or worse killed. Most of the timw would be sent trying to increase their realm and increasing battle experience with monsters and not just humans.