《New World - New Beginning》Chapter 43: Butterfly's nest part 3
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I could use possession on the butcher, approach slowly, and use cutting wind, but I run the risk of the wind bouncing back and destroying the eggs. The other option is to use flake and use water wave + heavy slash so I can destroy his head or stun him and hide, but that is very unlikely to happen. As for using focused slash, it may work, but the impact could destroy the cave.
The only possible option is to steal the eggs while it's asleep, so I start to draw a plan in my mind on how to do it.
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After several minutes of thinking, I have a plan in mind, but first, I need to buy a couple of things.
*sigh* "SYSTEM αβΩ" search for a somniferous.
The system starts searching for everything related to that word. It shows me a long list of items, so I start looking for one that fits what I'm looking for until I finally find it.
[Numbing Gas cylinder]
[Description: A cylinder containing a gas used to numb farm monsters and prevent them from breaking your legs].
I buy about 10 cylinders which cost me 20 silver coins each and place them in the inventory. I also look for a gas mask that does not interfere with the lenses and about 5 containers to put the eggs in. This gives a total cost of 10 gold coins.
[Chemical gas mask]
[Description: A mask that isolates odors dangerous to health, if your friend ate spicy food, better use this mask].
[Egg container M]
[Description: A container of eggs made so that they don't break inside, they are so reliable that you could throw them to that guy you don't like, and still, the eggs won't break].
I saved the containers in the inventory and proceeded with the plan.
I put on the chemical gas mask and started to take out the numbing gas cylinders to open the valves one by one. Little by little, the gas begins to fill the cave. Luckily it's a colorless and odorless gas, so it won't be detected by the father butterfly. I wait about 5 minutes and leave my place to touch the cave.
As a precaution, I walk slowly and carefully approach the eggs closest to the parent butterfly. As I get closer, I notice that they are glued to some leaves and placed so that once they hatch, they will have enough food for each of themselves and will not have to fight each other.
I take out a container and start placing the eggs carefully, there are a total of 20 eggs in this part of the cave, but for my good luck, each container has a capacity of 30 eggs, so I place them all and close the box because I don't want to overdo it and that, by placing one egg too many, may cause a problem in the mechanism of the container, also, as they are a little slimy, I place them with their leaves to prevent them from getting stuck in any mechanism.
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I grab the full container and go to the nearest nest, take out another container, and put the eggs back in. This process is very tedious. Still, it is all worth it if I can sell them.
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After 20 minutes, the five containers were full, but many eggs were still collected. Although I could buy more containers and more numbing gas, I decided not to do it because it would be very complicated to take them all, so I loaded the 5 boxes and took them to the exit.
I use the intertwined rope to tie the boxes to my foot and slowly crawl back down the hole, being much more careful than last time because now I'm dragging some containers.
After 10 minutes, I got to the place where I was. I take off the binding on my foot to put on the harness for a moment. Once that is done, I put the binding back on and start to climb up the hollow trunk, which is not easy considering the weight I am dragging.
After 5 minutes, I manage to get out of the log and stow the climbing rope, the gas mask, the reading glasses, and the harness.
Regarding the containers, I tie them so that they do not move. I start to run away from this place because I have no idea how long this gas lasts. However, it can indeed be put to sleep the farm monsters; we must consider that those are monsters of rank E to maximum the D. As for C rank monsters, I do not think it lasts long. At best, it may last about 60 minutes. So far, it has been about 40 minutes. I think it lasted 60 minutes because I used 10 cylinders and because it was an enclosed space.
If it were somewhere else, it wouldn't even last 10 minutes. Another reason I run is that I want to avoid the fury of the father butterfly. If it was annoying enough when I faced the mother butterfly, now I don't want to imagine how annoying it would be the fight against a father who stole children while he was sleeping.
While I could have made it to the exit and then collapsed the cave by locking up the parent butterfly, I didn't want to do that as that could cause a shortage of hypnotic butterflies. I have no idea how that would impact the ecosystem of this area, and I don't want to find out either.
As I am running around with the containers, Kawaii, who was sleeping pleasantly in her bag, wakes up, and starts talking.
Ki? (-‸ლ) Oh hello Kawaii, did you sleep well? Ki? (╯°□°)╯ Me? Well, I'm running to the nearest mountain. Ki? ò_ô It's just that we need to escape from angry daddy. Kiii! ╚(-⌂-)╝ What happened? Well a quick recap: you fell asleep, I stole her eggs and now I'm running like I'm a lover running away from the husband. Ki!!! -`_'- Well, I'm not a lover, but I am running away. Kiii ヽ(`Д')ノ Fortunately for us, he's not waking up yet, but I don't want to be there when he does. KI! O=('-'Q) I'm not going to fight him, the moment he wakes up and sees that the eggs are gone, he'll bolt for the cave to see what's going on and when he sees that I'm responsible, he'll attack me with everything. Ki! (◔_◔) Hey, don't look at me like that, in my defense you didn't tell me anything. KIII!!! (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━━┻ And yet you didn't say anything ...ki ಡ_ಡ Relax, I have a plan, which is to climb the mountain and fly away...literally.
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Once I reach the mountain, I start to climb it in a hurry, on this mountain there are also mud golem, so I don't worry about them seeing me and following me, as I continue to climb the mountain.
When I get to the top, I lower the containers for a moment and take butcher out of the inventory.
Possession!
I transform into my vulture form, grab the containers and leap off the mountain heading for the vulture and golem mountain, as I highly doubt my wings can glide all the way to Fanfer City at this distance.
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Once I reach the vulture and golem mountain, I climb up to the top and start to rest, as I have to wait for the possession skill to become active again, while waiting on the top of the mountain, Kawaii starts talking to me.
Ki!!!(╯°□°)╯ What's wrong? Kiii!(・3・) Let's see... first we will go back to the city to sell the eggs together with the mother butterfly's body, then we will go to eat something and finally we will come back to this place to look for the crystal fox, it is possible that we will stay overnight in some cave, so I think I should buy a small tent. Ki! ༼ つ ❍_❍ ༽つ Relax, in case we have to, I'll take precautions.
As I continue to converse, the possession reuse time is active again, so I transform back, grab the containers and glide through the air in the direction of Fanfer City.
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Once I get to the city I start walking towards the merchants guild, which I reach after several minutes, once there I open the door and see that there is a long line up, so I have no choice but to wait for the line to advance.
After 10 or 15 minutes it is my turn.
Good morning. Good morning, I would like to sell a couple of things, Mr. Alvar is here. Right now he is with another customer, if you wish you can wait for him. Then I will wait for him, could you give me a room and tell him that his friend Marco is waiting for him. Understood, go to room three.
With that said, I walk to room number three and wait for Alvar to arrive,
After 5 minutes of waiting, Alvar arrives, but he looks a little tired.
Hello Alvar, why do you look so tired? Alvar: Hi Marco, I'm like this because a client brought a lot of materials and it was difficult to reach an agreement, in any case, what happened for you to show up so early. Well, two things, I want to see if I can sell these eggs and the body of a monster. Alvar: Do you want to do the same as yesterday? Exactly, but instead of using the golem cores, I'll use these eggs. Alvar: Are those the iron vulture eggs I asked for? No, actually they are hypnotic butterfly eggs, I have about 100 eggs here. Alvar: Hypnotic butterfly eggs? And you brought 100? Yes, why, aren't they for sale? Alvar: If they are sold, they are sold, but tell me something, did you bring them on the sheet where they were? Well, yes, they looked very sticky and since I didn't want to get my hands dirty, I tore off the sheet and put them there. Alvar: Excellent, then if I buy them from you, I will buy them from you. Why is it so important that they are on the sheet? Alvar: Because the leaf where the eggs are is bathed in the scales of their parents, so when they hatch they need to eat them in order to grow and gain their camouflage capacity. I see, it's a good thing I took them with the leaf. Alvar: I think so, in any case, how did you manage to outwit the parents? Well, first I killed the mother butterfly, then I entered the nest and stole the eggs while the father was still asleep. Alvar: You killed the mother, but not the father? Yes, is there a problem with that? Alvar: If you left the father alive then there is no problem, but if you had killed the father and left the mother alive then there would be a problem. What kind of problem? Alvar: Well, the mother would have to look for another mate, when this happens, the mother butterfly releases pheromones that attract other male hypnotic butterflies from various places, it does this to get the best candidate for its future eggs. So I don't worry, by the way, I also want to sell the hypnotic (mother) butterfly body, can you buy it from me? Alvar: Sure, but first let me see the eggs for.
With that said, I open the containers and show the hypnotic butterfly eggs to Alvar.
Alvar: Let's see, the eggs along with the monster's body would be about 1,000 gold coins. It's a deal. Alvar: Perfect, at the rate you're going it shouldn't take long to get the 2,000 gold coins, should I set aside the bracelet you wanted? Not yet, I will wait until next week, for now that would be all, see you Alvar. Alvar: See you later.
Now that I finish selling the butterfly eggs, I say goodbye to Alvar and head to a nearby restaurant for lunch, as the day is not over yet.
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