As the orders were given the Minotaurs scattered about, some going to the dining hall where fires were lit and some unidentifiable food was cooked. Others opted to skip out on food and went to the resting area where they slept the day away. There was a method to their organization, the ones that felt stronger were the ones that slept the whole day, there were some among them that even had some other Minotaurs bring them food.

The commanding officer all the while went to some sort of private tent, separated from the rest. From the outside it looked luxurious compared to all the other sleeping situations. The outside looked like a stone cabin, with some sort of chimney to funnel the smoke outwards.

I could even feel the jealousy hidden in the other minotaurs' emotions directed toward their commanding officer.

All the while we were observing them, hidden from sight. There was no way for us to raid the encampment, just the Minotaur that had almost killed us was too much even just as a one on one so there was no way that we could take on a whole encampment of them.

Not to mention that the commanding officer felt as powerful as the one that we had just barely killed, while the other minotaurs were not far behind in strength.

While we couldn't take on a whole encampment's worth of Minotaurs we could take on a few at once. The only strategy that Aoif and I could come up with was to hide and observe, categorizing the movements that they make, their daily habits, everything that we could get we would record.

Soon enough the issue of food cropped up and we were forced to retreat from observing the encampment to go back to the second section of the forest and hunt down something to eat.

..

Every day we would come back to the encampment and every day we would observe, while it was boring we had each other and just the presence of Aoif was comforting enough for me to forget the passage of time.

It was after a couple days of this routine had gone by that one of the Minotaurs had finally wandered off, seemingly frustrated with how long they had to wait to begin their search.

The commanding officer had forbidden them to search on their own, instead opting to wait, sending out only a select few every day to scout different parts of the forest.

This minotaur in particular was known for going long periods of time absent from the camp, getting punished every time he returned but that had not deterred him.

This was what made him such a great target, someone whose absence would not be questioned for a long while allowing us to subtly pick off more and more before being caught.

We followed, the Minotaur none the wiser that we were hiding in wait, following.

It took a while but eventually he had made it all the way to the second part of the forest and began his search. All the while we followed making sure to stay a sufficient distance away so as not to get caught.

..

With my spear reinforced twice I leaped out of my hiding spot, startling the Minotaur. However he wasn't startled for too long as after a moment he was already in a combat position, ready to kill me with his sword.

The tip of the sword was pointed at my throat poised to take my head off.

Instead of pushing forward I dropped my knees down, crouching out of the way of the blow.

The Minotaur was overextended, his sword arm outstretched. Taking advantage of this I slice upwards.

*SLASH*

A River of blood flows out of the shoulder I had cut off, covering me in metallic blood.

I didn't let this paralyze me, I pushed my advantage.

My spear was still high in the air perpendicular to the ground. I twisted my grip angling it so that the edge was aimed at the Minotaurs throat.

*SLASH*

With a mighty heave I pushed the spear through his neck decapitating him.

Aoif, who was already in position to attack from the blind spot of the Minotaur, came out of her hiding place, approaching me.

"Weird" Aoif says as she walks over.

"Yeah, it was,"

No more words were needed between us, an unspoken conversation happening between us.

Ever since we had entered the plains it was as if less words were needed to convey our meaning.

Now, it was more obvious than ever. The constant combat that we had engaged in led to a deeper understanding of each other.

My eyes widened, remembering my status.

Quickly I opened it checking to see if my theory was

[Name: Darwin(can be evolved)]

[Territory tier/level: 8/1]

[Personal strength: Tier 6/1]

[Skills: Dream*, Shared Senses*]

[Dream: Allows the user to view the lives of his subordinates through dreams. Only subordinates with absolute loyalty can be viewed]historical

[Shared Senses: Allows the user of this skill to connect to the other user's senses and see as they see. Or the user can use the other's sense of sight as their own.

[Talent: Evolution*]

[Evolution: a tier 1 talent allowing the holder of this talent to simulate evolution in a smaller time frame.]

[Dual Evolution: two beings of your choice now evolve together. Warning: Dual Evolution is inherently linked, any two beings evolved together will grow so close that it would be painful for them to separate.]

Reading the effect of Dual Evolution I realized why we were becoming so close. Even though it was attraction at first sight it shouldn't have grown this much but my skill explained it all.

The first time we Dual evolved together we had grown closer and had our first sexual encounter and ever since then I could not get enough of her and neither could Aoif. Now that we were evolving together for the second time the attraction must have grown so strong that we could read each other easily.