We stopped several times on our way to the city. I took the time to examine the surrounding terrain carefully. My reason being that there could be plenty of tasty creatures that I haven't eaten yet. If there are, I want their abilities, simple as that.
The first creature we came across was a "Boruforu", a mixed creature that seemed to be the love child of a Rhino, Buffalo and a Wild Boar. The next creature was a "Turtle Snake", a roughly two meter long snake with thirty centimeter long red plates along the whole of it's body. There was also the "Blade Rabbit", a simply horned rabbit that had a beard of sharp blades from it's forehead and chin. The last creature was called a "Harpy", it was quite humanoid with bird features and a large set of wings.
While all those encountered yielded no abilities, hunting them still was enjoyable to break up the drawl of the trip.
This trip has so far been pretty peaceful. Unlike the forest, where enemies who hide their presence could strike out of nowhere, there are no blind spots for enemies to approach us in this wide open plains. I spot a Blade Rabbit in the corner of my eye and instantly launch an attack at it. At Redhead's current level, she still has a bit of trouble with these, so I gave the motion for Dhammi-chan to distract it with magic while Redhead went for the kill. Since both of my familiars have Ranked-up, they are both very daunting for most opponents.
Since we left Dhammi-chan's triple horn horse back at the base due to various circumstances, she was riding on Kurosaburou who had ranked-up into a "Black Dire Wolf"(Orthoros). Redhead was mounted on Kumajirou because of the strength difference between Dhammi-chan and Redhead. However, despite the logic involved in this, Dhammi-chan seemed to be envious of Redhead, I wonder why...
When we came across a herd of Boruforu, a few dozen, I decided to stop the convoy for a hunt. I threw some camouflage on the Skeleton Horses using one of my abilities. I've practiced with my camouflage abilities a little bit since the village. I want to avoid the same surprise that resulted when we pulled in with a convoy pulled by Skeleton Horses. For the hunt, I let Kumajirou and Kurosaburou take care of most of the work, they had been quite idle since departing from our settlement. Because both of them are natural hunters, the hunt was done in a quick and effective fashion. After that was the collection and processing of materials.
To make this story short, Redhead informed me that Boruforu materials are actually an expensive commodity that is used for tools and medicine.
Even though I heard that, I still ate five of them myself, It was about the same as I would normally eat for breakfast anyway.
Ability [Rhinoceros Bone Body Armor] learned
Ability [Desensitizing] learned