This quest that the duo had to took. This wasn't a mission she was looking forward too due to the nature of being a beast master. The slight frown on Marina face made it clear about her thoughts on the quest. While she understood why a dangerous animal must been put down, she hated the thought that maybe this whole mission could been avoided if some person didn't try to own something that he had no control over. "Yes dogs can be dangerous. Though I tend to fault people for not training them correctly or mistreating then. Assuming if we just talking about pets. There was also fact that even tamed dogs will still have some form of their wild instincts. With a sigh, Marina took another bite out of the juicy stake she was enjoying.

"But dogs aren't the deadly creatures. What even more dangerous is us. Humans. Sure, we are generally smarter than most creatures. We are far more advanced than other creatures, but at the end of day, humans are creature and kill far more of our own kind. History speaks for itself."  Wether it war, murder or what ever the case may be. Marina would like to think it constantly shows humans being the most dangerous threats to themselves."But if humans aren't consider creatures than I suppose I agree with dogs being the most dangerous. It's like what you said. Dogs are everywhere. I saw a pack or two of wild dogs back in my days living in the desert. My family tend to keep our distance unless we were hard pressed for food or if we need to capture some of them for training of course. Training a wild dog is difficult, I remember being bitten before."  She remember the early days of her training, ouch! Oh how far she come, but yet she was sure there was still just she could learn.

Just like her partner, Marina was dressed for a confrontation.  She wore a sleeveless brown shirt with a brown skirt to match. While it wasn't anything impressive like Alisa outfit it could get the job done. Marina even had a belt that carry some basic supplies like bandages just in case one them got hurt. Sure Marina did knew healing magic, but it was basic spells since she wasn't adapt in using magic like true mages. "The steak is thick and juicy like how most meat should be. Thankfully my firey pal doesn't effect joy meat so more meat for me." Of course, Marina wouldn't let her darumaka starve. So she order a bowl of fruit salad and let the fiery monkey eat it's fill. Her Darumaka prefer staying on the floor, lazily eating it's meal.

"We have to come here more often we are less busy. " Marina would wiggle her fork around as she finish off the last bit of her steak.

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"Yeah. It was a hassle. Getting bitten a few times, but at least I didn't catch any diseases from them,
that would be far worse. Bites marks can be easily dealt with for the most part, but finding a cure in desert if you catch something, you better pray you find a medical expert or find adept magic user. A downside of living a life of wandering. You don't know what out there, but at the same time one could argue that the unknown also that life more exciting." Of course, not traveling and being apart of a guild now wasn't all that bad especially with her partner.

"Haha. So that why your partner wasn't eating. A part of guess that she didn't need to eat, hmm.
I admit that I do find Lumen is cuter. Next time we meet, I bring something sweet." At least there won't any sort of debate on who would pay the bill this time. The last time they ate out it cost the beast master quite a bit. Compare to the desert, she never thought food could get so pricy. At least doing missions time from time gave, Marina more jewels than she could imagine. " Well. I can't disagree that for. Anyway let's get going before that creature causes any more trouble." Once she was sure her partner was done eating, Marina would get up and follow Alisa out of the restaurant with Marina pet walking by Marina side. While, Marina still wasn't fond of this mission, but she try to look on bright side. At least she gets to see another type of beast in Fiore and maybe she could write about it after the task was done with.

As expected with news for a wild animal on the loose there were few people outside which made this task easier for duo since they hopefully won't have to worry about civilians getting in way. "Hmm. Yes a dimly lit place or a area were it can blend into is a good place to start. I know that I don't have to tell you this, but be careful. There nothing more dangerous than an corner animal." This wolf already kill it's master and has attack or kill several other people. Even if she wanted to tame it. The wolf already cause to much damage.

As Lumen guide their party through the dark streets and alleyways, Marina would look around to spot any clues that might reveal where the dangerous beast has gone. At first, Marina didn't spot anything until she saw something glimmer up ahead. "Wait here for a moment." Marina would move forward and stop near a trash can as she spotted a chain collar that had wet blood stains on it. With no danger in sight, Marina would gesture to Alisa to come ."Well it looks like the beast manage to break free from it's collar and there flesh blood on the collar which means it likely has attack another person. Probably might be feasting on the person consider there no body around here.
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,Marina resist saying 'aww' as she watch her partner's companion."Well if you do plan on bring snacks for my pal here. Fruit would be more than good enough for him."  Hearing the word, Fruit cause her firey pet to get excited for a bit before, Marina gave it a light thump on the head to clam it down. She didn't want to cause to much since there was a chance they could get drop on the human eating wolf.  It was always a good idea to maintain the element of surprise as long as you can when your on the hunt.   A lesson hardwired into her mind thanks to her mother. Marina wonder how her mother was doing with her older brothers, hopefully they didn't cause her too much trouble.

The desert dweller would nod her head in agreement about taking the wolf down quickly. Though for Marina it wasn't about everything ending the battle quickly to avoid injury it was more for the sake of taking the wolf life as quickly and painless as possible. Since the job did require them to kill the wolf. It being label too dangerous to tame. "It should be too difficult for me to locate it give the limited spaces these alleys provided." Marina smirk just a little. After all with her experience with animals it was only natural that she be one of task with finding it and staying on the lookout for trouble. Of course when it came time to actually battle the wolf. She figured Alisa would be taking the lead on that. Since Marina magic was lacking any sort of offensive capabilities and pretty much limited to a support role mostly healing. Plus being a beast master she was even.more dependant on her companion to do fighting for her. Of course that didn't mean she couldn't fight at all.

The search for the man eating wolf would countine as the group would countine to make their way through the dim lit alleyway of Era. The night was mostly quiet for the most part beside the sounds of their footsteps and sound of crickets and other various insects. If they weren't on the hunt for this wolf. This would have been a good night to enjoy the sounds of nature."We are getting closer to finding our target. A trail of blood, must been cause by what ever the wolf took down. Make sure you are ready. I'm sure it will try to defend it's kills or even try to make us it next target." Finding a blood trail made the task of locating the beast far more easier. As they got closer and closer to finding the location of the wolf, the sounds of tearing flesh and bone snapping got louder. They were closer, but it seems as the wolf would notice them as it started to growl at them. Showing off it's deadly fangs to the duo. When Alisa said it was her turn, Marina would let Alisa take the lead as she fall back to stay out of the way and to provide support if Alisa needed it. "Don't worry you got this and we have it out number."

The wolf was a fine specimen if.Marina had to say so. It was around a meter tall and two meter long, well maybe a little bit longer than that. Light blue eyes and black fur. It wasn't often Marina saw a wolf like this, such a rare sight. Sadly she couldn't have encountered it under better conditions. The air around then was tense as she watch her partner and the wolf square off. The wolf would countine to growl and snarl at them as the blood from it's kill would drip from his mouth. Despite having. been reported attacking several people it did seem to have some concerns when it was staring at them. All predators prefer easy kills no matter how strong they are. Hence the reason they tend to go after the weak, the young and the sick.

Soon the wolf would launch it attack at Alisa, but unlike the other people the wolf attack. Alisa would prove to be far more than the wolf could handle. A train mage was far more a these than an untrained citizen. After seeing the wolf being sent f!ying in the air. Once the wolf landed on the ground with a sickening this, Marina would carefully make her way towards the down wolf and kick it to see if we're alive. There weren't any signs of movement nor could she signs of it breathing. The wolf was dead which meant their mission was a success.

Marina would pick up the body of the dead wolf and groan. "Let just bring the body back as proof." With that, they would head back to Daragast and turn in the wolf body for their reward.

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