I stopped counting the days we'd been traveling through the Eserian at some point. It honestly didn't matter how many days, weeks, or maybe even months we were in the forest. Then again, it shouldn't have been more than a month since we left. If it was more than that, I'd be worried.
The Zetrian Empire couldn't be allowed too much of a head start in the conquest of the Eserian, after all.
One way or another, Fern and Clove prepared a gift for me. After days of experimenting and hunting, they figured out what I had to do to acquire my first – second, actually – Tier-2 Shift.
Clove riled up a 2nd Tier monster–a Gale Wolf–and brought it to the makeshift camp. He punctured the Gale Wolf in the side, clipping its organs. Fern didn't wait long and restrained the Gale Wolf momentarily before breaking one of its hind legs.
Then she released the monster – it was not a monstrosity – upon me.
