Author’s Note: the [] marks beasts speaking beast tongue, not human language.

————————————————————–   The Scorpicore was a monster big enough, to make any sane man willing to face it rethink his life choices, no matter how brave he was.

Its shoulder height reached almost the three meters (9’10”), it had a scarlet red fur and mane, with shades of white, black, blue and yellow. Actually, there were also red shades, even though only an interior decorator could have noticed them.

The monster had the body and the head of a lion, bat-like membranous wing coming out from his back and the tail was that of a scorpion.

From one of its pocket dimensions, the Scorpicore took out a gold rimmed pince-nez, that as soon touched the snout, grew big enough that each of its lenses became the size of 17″ screen.

[“Let’s see where are the nearest playgrounds.”] Thanks to the magical glasses, the monster gained an ability that closely resembled Solus’s mana sense, paired with the ability to zoom in like a telescope.

[“One group is near the green spring, another in the river clearing…”] Despite the great distance, it was able to locate the groups of five unknown mana cores, identifying the students’ drop spots.