The Hunt For Spark Cassia [Lagi/B-Rank/Solo]

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The way that Lagi liked to work, he was a multitasker. He tried to instill it into his children, the same way that his father Roark instilled it into him. with everything that he had or did, it all served more than one purpose, and such a tradition continued with Lag's attempt to go into the health and wellness business. Not to say that it hasn't been done before, but with his recent success with all kinds of drugs, it was a new business venture to explore. But most of all, it was to be the new lure that he would use to capture Shaimaa Al Sadat's attention and hopefully align herself with him. By some chance that this didn't work out, at the very least, he had a new product on the market that catered to a different group of people. With the red light district in play, he was sure that he would have plenty amount from sales, either from the workers of the night, or those who partake and fun the activities of their misteresses. There was a new herb that Lagi associated with in the past that still existed, even after the whole radiation burst had affected the wildlife around it. The common idea and response to it were that the plant had evolved instead of dying out completely, which meant that common herbs and plants that used to have basic uses now either have improved with their multipurpose function or have an entirely different function altogether.

It was times like this that excited Lagi, it was like he was breaking ground on discovering things in a place that people haven't been.

"Or in this case, it's an area where people have yet to travel or are unable to go to."

The savage lands, it was the name that Lagi coined the radiated borders that not only stood as a danger zone to most individuals but to dungeon beasts as well. Not even dungeon beasts are fully protected in regards to where they wanted to go. More or less, the savage land was a mixture of many different climates. The original sand-like climate, along with the mutated grass and shrubs growing and populating the sands to make mysterious forests here and there. The forest that Lagi was looking for that was large, spacious, and thriving. Its canopy was overshadowed by crab apple, holly, and alder, and occasional openings in their crowns allowed plenty of light through for a mosaic of herbs to use the branch and twig laden ground below. Thick creepers grasped every tree, and a range of flowers, which blossomed brightly, spruced up the otherwise homogeneous forest floor. A variety of beastly noises, most of which were fleeing animals, filled the air, and were backed by the sounds of a fight over dominance between larger animals. He was hoping to use those sounds to draw him to that exact spot. Those creatures were unique to particular areas of the savage lands, and they ate the spark cassia as a delicacy.

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Using Orie's danger sense and with Lagi's encounter with the radiated creatures in the savage lands before, he was sort of using that as a way to track them in this strange forest.  As a matter of fact, due to Lagi's casual access to flight, it was a lot easier to take to the high ground and survey the area since those beings were unable to fly themselves.  It wasn't as if Lagi was avoiding a fight because he thought he was going to lose, but he was keeping the ecosystem in mind. Everything was new and he didn't know of the relationship the area had with these beasts for them to suddenly start dropping like flies due to his intervention.  Reasons like this, among others, are why he exercised patience and preferred to run or use non-lethal means with them if he could help it.

"Might as well get to work..."

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With Lagi surveying the area and using his expertise in beast tracking as well, he managed to find some footprints in the wild that indicated that there was an animal there recently.

"Ah.... the dotted Tetra, that's what I named it if I recall...."  

It was about the size of a horse, has six legs and a short, muscular tail.
The dotted tetra had a thin, delicate skin covered in thick, fluffy fur which is usually either light gold, light purple, dark yellow, or white, or a combination of these colors. But without fail, they always had spots on their coat. They're carnivores and their long, narrow mouths, their teeth, and rough tongue are ideal for eating larger creatures. However, when they are having a rough time digesting something, they seek to eat a bunch of the plants to help them pass it through their digestive system.

"I should probably hurry......"

Lagi said casually as he looked around the tracks and looked towards the covered bush trail that it was leading.

"Looks like a family of four, judging from the tracks, there could be six adolescence. They might eat it up and it'll take a couple of days to find anyone. Unfortunately for them, time is  not exactly on my side..."

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The dotted Tetra was eating away when Lagi found them, causing him to suck his teeth and summon Orie. With her appearance behind lagi and holding out her hand to target the creatures from above and use full paralyze, she fired out a cube that exploded into an immense electrical charge from 25 meters from where it lands, makes contact with, or at will. this charge causes the full-body to paralyze for a long period of time. At this rate, everything in the area would have its body fully paralyzed, being unable to move so that Lagi can fly down and start looking for the plant. The dotted Tetra was more surprised than angry from being attacked, wondering if they maybe ate something wrong than coming to a realization that Lagi was the cause of them not being able to move.

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In a way, Lagi had manufactured some time. He knew that the dotted tetra would be unable to move for the time being. However, he also knew that it wasn't forever. As soon as they were able to get up, he knew that they were going to rampage at the nearest animal or thing that wasn't apart of their species. Individuals that believe that animals don't grasp the concept of revenge are mistaken if they haven't been to the savage lands. Their intelligence spans and far as their individuality, they can be angered and would do things out of spite. In a way, that was a part of their purity of being reactive to the world around them, instead of intentionally acting in a way out of spite that wasn't common to them.

"But enough of the admiration of these creatures."

It was always hard to stay on topic when you are fascinated by the intelligent creatures around you, but Lagi had a job to do. Due to his extensive background in herbalism and the fact that he encountered the plant before, Lagi knew exactly what he was looking for. The spark cassia had wide, lobed leaves, which are usually purple. It also grows small flowers around them, which can be a mixture of pink and brown. This was used as a defense mechanism in order to throw off the ability to identify the herb and only see it as a group of flowers. However, there was one way to know for sure that it was the spark cassia.

"As a defense mechanism...it tastes horrible when eaten raw....."

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It was more or less a cycle of trial and error, using his own healing factor to save him from any sort of poisonous plants he may come across that looked similar to the spark cassia. The process was quite difficult, but once Lagi came across that horrible bitterness in his mouth, he knew that he managed to find all of what he needed.

"The Pentax might not like it too much but I'll need the seeds from these things in order to grow and produce more without having to travel out so much...."

At A-tier speeds while using his nimble fingers in order to take all of the herbs in a huge sack, Lagi continued to stow away all of the plants that he needed before checking on the dotted tetra once more.

".............."

They seemed to be fine from how he perceived them. Maybe they were a little upset but that was understandable.

"You'll be able to move in five more minutes. Just sit tight."

With that little words of encouragement, regardless of whether the creatures would be unable to understand him or not, Lagi took the herbs that he came to the forest for ad began to fly back to Tartarus. When the radiation doesn't bother you, it really does seem like a regular forest. But it did make him wonder how long a regular human would last.

"probably not that long at all..."

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