Start of event

"Your mission will be to find, and perhaps even capture, one of the four birds in the area."

He gave a dramatic pause before continuing.

"Harpya which comes from the north, Vermilion which comes from the south, Great Roc from the east and Obscure which no one has ever seen, are said to come from the west".

Everyone took a deep breath, for, all of these birds are creatures of tales, except for Vermilion, none have ever been captured and one hasn't even been seen yet. Adam, on the other hand, already knew where to find the four, so he was not impressed.

"Great general, this mission seems unreasonable to me, any of these can spot us from miles away how could we even dream of finding them?"

The man also agreed with his head, and soon answered him.

"Son of the bloodthirsty duke, have no fear, here take it"

He hands over a circular object with a flaming bird in its middle.

"This artifact was designed by our arch mage in conjunction with the best blacksmiths and scholars, it not only camouflages your existence, but also emits a signal that the wearer is alive"

With great pride he takes the artifact from the young man's hand and places it on his chest, immediately a small gray aura comes out of the object and covers his entire body.

"And in case you find a large magical mass it emits some kind of specific signal to the tower of magic and so we can confirm that you have found any of them"

Adam steps forward and greets him, then immediately questions him.

"My great lord, the finding would not exactly be impossible, but capturing one of them? I ask that you explain further."

The man looks at him piercingly, until a smile breaks out on his lips.

"Adam, right? Son of the great spearman Heber, yes you have a point, let me further explain the extra mission for you."

He removed the artifact from his chest and pointed to the forest in view.

"It is said that this is the breeding season in the Anima forest on our shores, and this is no exception for the large birds, so if you are lucky, very lucky indeed, you may even find an empty nest and some eggs, bring one of them and you will be rewarded abundantly."

The man sat down in a nearby chair and went on with his lecture.

"You have three days, that is 2 moons and half a day before the knights of the realm come in and take them out, and there is one point I forgot to warn you about, as soon as 5 of you make contact with any of them, the event will be declared closed"

Upon learning the time limit and also the amount of winners, immediately everyone became nervous.

"Yes, I forgot to say, but some recruits will participate with you this year, about 15 individuals, you will find him at the entrance to the forest, you can go"

Immediately everyone followed through the backyard to the part that faced the forest, there they saw several young men, maybe a little older than them, all with a backpack and prepared to enter the forest.

Of course they were all immediately overwhelmed by their titles of nobility, especially for those who stood close to Cain, none of them dared to even stand within 5 meters of the prince.

"You there, give me your boots, my shoes are not suitable for this event"

Marcos immediately realized what he was up against and made use of his title to take advantage of one of the recruits, seeing this the others did the same thing, except for two people, Adam and Cain.

One of the young men saw the prince's shoes and immediately removed his boots and offered them.

"Here sir"

Cain removed his shoes and threw them away and declared aloud.

"Nobles should not oppress their people, we should protect them"

He touched the shoulder of the recruit and spoke.

"Don't worry about me partner, tell me what is your name?"

The young man, who is already barefoot, throws off his boots.

"I am Henry, sir"

"Good luck Henry"

With a confident smile on his face and those words, Cain prepares for the event to begin, the general who is busy writing on a scroll notices such happenings and nods proudly.

Adam takes Henry's boots and puts them on, and while putting them on he speaks aloud.

"Look at that, boots are falling from the sky"

Cain looks back and notices the playful smile on Adam's face.

A few minutes pass and the general stands imposingly near the entrance to the forest, which appears to be a walkway formed by trees on the left and right.

"The 26 present here know their mission, and know what they must do to accomplish it, now an artifact will be handed to each, as well as a map of the forest, beware of the local people and survive for these three days"

Immediately a young man in a purple robe, assisted by a young woman in short clothes gives each one an artifact, next to the artifact was a leather bag with some supplies.

"Now go, follow the walkway and you will find a clearing, there will be the basic equipment there, however, there are only 10 pairs, so don't waste any time"

As soon as the man fell silent, a young man with a brown dog started running and took the lead, seeing such a thing the red haired young man followed him, while the others stood there.

"Are you idiots by any chance? The event has already started."

Realizing their mistake, the others ran right away, but as soon as they moved the general shouted in a serious tone.

"Don't forget your mission"

...

~Fangs, go ahead and get two pairs of whatever you find there, hide it well go!

"Awooo"

The dog that was running alongside the young man overtook him and went on alone.

"Cain, you can't hate me for this"

Adam shoves his hands in his pockets and throws four brown balls at the young man near him.

"I wouldn't expect anything less"

Red flames sprout from the young man's feet and propel him upward, thus deflecting the unfamiliar objects.

~Get in the way of others.

The four balls open and four small soldiers appear, then they split into two pairs and go left and right.

...

"Damn, damn, damn, damn Adam"

Marcos who came out right behind cursed Adam's name as he ran, his distance to the first two was starting to increase, that was until he saw the young prince let off fire from his feet.

"So can we do this?"

He puts his ten fingers together and his nails turn red, soon after that the veins in his hands begin to appear, followed by the veins in his forearms, biceps and shoulders, but before he could complete his skill, he trips over something and fell face down on the floor.

He looks back and sees a dummy, soon after, a few more fall and it scares him, successfully over ten people were on the ground.

"What the hell is going on here?"