It seemed like Eryll's journey to Hargeon was uneventful as well. He was just eager to arrive at the ocean the entire time, which was understandable, but she was sure he would rather not be doing what they were trying to accomplish right now. Kerii certainly was not. That being said though, she was rather interested about the flora of this island. The leaves had a waxy coating on them, which she found interesting, as it wasn't reminiscent of the majority of plants on the rest of Hargeon. Her mind went back to a book she had read on plants a while back, simply because she was bored and at the time found the subject at least somewhat interesting. Those kinds of shiny leaves were best suited for retaining water, quite notably in very hot environments. Since they held in water so well and Hargeon's winters were relatively mild, that was probably why they were still green. Plants like that weren't uncommon to see in tropical areas, but Kerii didn't think this would really count as "tropical." With humans residing in Hargeon, she wasn't sure which plants naturally grew there, and which ones were brought in and luckily flourished, but she doubted the native ones were much like this. She would be seeing more of them if that was the case.
Kerii was on the lookout for the white and gold striped apples, but she was simultaneously admiring this island's environment. It occurred to her that she hardly saw any animals, but that could be explained by hers and Eryll's presence alone. Not a lot of humans came to this place, as it was simply too dangerous to arrive via boat. Swimming still posed a threat as well, but the two elves being there, and any other guild members who accomplished these challenges, just proved that it was definitely possible. Still, Kerii didn't think that she would be telling anyone about it. She would hate for humans to come and somehow turn this into a tourist attraction. While the expansion of habitable land was inevitable, there were parts of nature that still had to be preserved. Perhaps humans would reach this island some day, but not now.
It seemed like the two were looking for the apple for a while. Kerii's clothes had only partially dried when she heard Eryll make an exclamation. She went up to him to see a tree that looked notably different from most of the others on this island. She grinned with delight when she saw the golden apple they spent so long looking for. Eryll said that they could head back and Kerii nodded her head. "Yeah, can't wait to get back. Just please be sure not to drop it." It was needless to say such a thing, but Kerii was still worried about losing the apple in the torrentuous waves. They were rather rough after all, and it took quite a bit of strength and concentration to not get thrown into the dangerously sharp rocks that protected the island from people such as them.
As the elves approached the shore, Eryll asked Kerii if she was ready for the next part of the challenge. "As ready as I'll ever be," she said with a shrug. Folding her arms across her chest, she considered where it would take place. "Dahlia, huh." Everyone across Fiore had heard rumors about that town. It was supposed to essentially be supernatural central. She didn't know how true the rumors were of course, since she tended to steer clear of Dahlia, but evidently it contained a large number of vampires and lycans. She wasn't exactly afraid of them and didn't believe that all were evil, but chances were, if she was going into a town with a large concentration of them, there would be a higher number of them that weren't too friendly.
Kerii shivered as she walked into the water with Eryll. "I can't wait to get back to Hargeon," she muttered. She needed to get back to her room at the inn and take a nice hot shower to warm her up and wash off all this sea water. Only then would she proceed to travel to Dahlia. And besides, she didn't even need to arrive until later. Their final task would take place at night, which didn't exactly help, but it would make things interesting, to say the least.
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