Chapter 304: Chomper Tree

"Miss Helia, could you please come out." said Angus.

"Hoo.. To think you could even detect me." said Helia while coming out from the nearby bush.

At the same time, 'What the hell?! I didn't even notice her.' thought Teacher Genus in silence while still hiding.

"So, what can I do for you, boy? You are quite far and stranded from the others." said Helia.

"Well, I need some help from your team to transport all these cubs. Of course, I will pay for your service." said Angus.

"Ahh.. those bear bees cubs. Sure, let me call some of my guild members first. You sure got lucky to find this nest." said Helia.

"Lucky? Well, perhaps. Anyway, How much for all of this transporting service?" said Angus.

"I am not quite good at this stuff. When my guild members come, you can negotiate with them." said Helia blatantly.

"Sure." said Angus.

"Anyway, is that all the reason you call me?" said Helia with a teasing smile.

"Huh?? I am not sure what you are talking about." replied Angus.

"You know exactly what I am talking about." said Helia while looking at the surroundings.

After a moment of silence, "You used my presence to deter some stupid hyena, right?" said Helia.

"Really?? I just don't want to cause unnecessary bloodshed." replied Angus.

While Angus and Helia converse this, many movements could be perceived from the surrounding area. All of these movements come from the scout that all nearby adventurers sent. 

As Angus said, these curious adventurers could become greedy hyenas and try to snatch Angus's loot, especially the cubs.

Even with the help of teacher Genus, Angus may not be able to keep cubs from the hand of the greedy adventurer without killing some of them. Therefore, Angus decides to employ Helia and his guildmate to help him out of his predicament.

Since Helia is a high-grade combatant and comes from the famous guild, her name and presence will be enough to deter the others adventurers from having any evil thoughts. 

Moreover, ever since Helia came out from his hiding, she released the pressure on the incoming monster. She also deterred not only the other adventurers but the attracted monster.

While waiting for the other Bluelander member to come to their location, Helia keeps looking at Angus with interest. After being stared at for a while, Angus couldn't help it and look back at Helia.

"Miss Helia, is there anything else you want?" asked Angus.

"Nahh.. Nothing. I am just quite curious about you. You don't look exhausted despite casting the third circle spell many times. Something that even third-grade magicians are unable to do, much less a second grade one." said Helia.

"Hmm… I just have some secrets." replied Angus nonchalantly.

"Alright, secretive boy. Anyway, I overheard you need to complete a certain task. Are you done with it?" asked Helia.

"Pretty much. I just need to hunt one more specific monster, and it is done." said Angus.

"Ohh.. May I know what it is?" said Helia.

"It is called Chomper Tree." said Angus.

"Ohh.. I know about them. If my memory is not wrong, the guide said there are some of them in that direction." said Helia while pointing in a certain direction.

"Really, thanks for the information then." said Angus.

The final examination does not prohibit the student from asking for information from another adventure or guide. However, whether the information is accurate or not is another matter. Sometimes,  adventurers like to give others wrong information to reduce competition.

Seeing Angus believing Helia's information, Helia couldn't help but find Angus a little bit cute. Actually, Angus didn't believe Helia's information at all. 

However, he knows that Helia couldn't hurt him as her client. Still, Angus knew that Helia was planning something. Angus decided to play with Helia and look at what she planned for him.

After waiting for a while, a few Bluelander guilds arrive at their spot. Then, one of them begins to negotiate with Angus while the others put the sleeping cub into a special metal cage.

After negotiating the price, "Emm.. Mr. Angus, did you also find glittering golden-colored honey when you were looting this area." said the Bluelander member.

The Bluelander member thought Angus stumbled into this location rather than killing all the Bear Bees.

"Ohh.. you mean Golden Honey. Yup, I found it. I already looted all of them." said Angus.

"Really? Is there any chance you want to sell them to us? We will buy them at the market price." said the Bluelander member with a smile.

"Thanks for your offer. But, I don't plan to sell those things." said Angus.

Hearing this, some of the Bluelander members feel down. But the negotiator immediately tried to persuade Angus to sell the Golden Honey.

"Don't say that. We just want a small portion." said the Bluelander member.

At this time, "Ehem.. I think you are done with your negotiation, right, Mr. Angus?" said Helia from the side.

"Yeah. It is done." said Angus shortly.

"Good, now go!!" said Helia towards the other Bluelander member.

"Hii.. Y-Yes.. Ms. Helia." said the negotiator hurriedly.

"Go back towards the camp, and let me remind you not to do something stupid to these cute little cubs. Otherwise, don't think of staying in the guild anymore." said Helia.

"Y-Yes. Right away, Ms. Helia." said the other Bluelander guild.

After that, the other Bluelander guild immediately goes back to their camp, leaving Helia and Angus alone.

"I am sorry for the rudeness of my fellow member. I hope you don't find it offensive." said Helia.

"Sure, besides, they haven't done anything to me yet. Alright, I will be going now." said Angus before going in the direction that Helia pointed before.

"Alright, stay safe." replied Helia shortly.

The direction Helia gives is a little bit deeper into the forest. But, it is still part of the outskirts of the forest. After running at moderate speed for a while, Angus detected something in his perception.

'She is sure telling the truth. However, why the hell did she go into the inner area now? Whatever, I will just kill this monster and be done with the task.' thought Angus.

Not long after that, Angus finds a wall of the thick thorny vine. Sensing Angus' presence, the thick vines move and attack Angus.

"Tch.. a grade three Chomper Tree. I will take a while to kill it completely." said Angus while shooting Fireball towards the thorny vine.

Because of the humidity and the wet area, the vine is not caught in the fire as Angus wants. Suddenly, Angus finds a yellowish mist coming from the thorny vine.

'Poison!!' thought Angus.

Angus immediately cast a Flame Wave and Fire Oil towards the vine and his surroundings. The colossal fire prevented the vine and poisonous mist from coming at him. At the same time, the surrounding area is heated and becoming less humid than before.

Using this opportunity, Angus cast Fire Wyrm from the surrounding fire [Firecast - Fire Wyrm]. *Roarr* The Fire Wyrm appeared and slowly burned the moving thorny vine. Under the continued onslaught of the Fire Wyrm, the Chomper tree finally revealed its true appearance.

The Chomper Tree is actually a man-eating giant flower with countless thorny vines on it. They usually lodged at the steep surface or big tree. To kill the Chomper tree, one needs to find its flower and destroy it. The flower has the shape of a gigantic flower with many sharp teeth on it.

Using Angus' perception, he immediately finds the flower's location. It is hidden deep inside the thick thorny vine. Angus silently cast another spell while controlling the Fire Wyrm to keep burning the thorny vine.

After a while, Angus jumps, approaches the burning thorny vine, and releases his spell [3rd Circle - Fireblast]. *BOOMM* The massive Fireblast completely destroys the weak, dry vines and moves towards the Chomper Tree flower.

Couldn't escape from the Fireblast range, the flower completely burned to a crisp without any retaliation. Before long, all the thorny vine stopped moving as the Chomper tree died. 

Unfortunately, a third-grade chomper tree didn't give any valuable material besides its flower and core. As the flower is completely burned down, he can't harvest them and only takes the core as his loot.

After harvesting the core, Angus decided to come back and group with Jayna. Just as he wants to come back, he detects a lot of insectoid monsters coming in his direction. A dozen of them form a monster wave towards his direction and the camp.

Noticing this, Angus's complexion begins solemnly, releasing a small murderous intent.

"So, this is your plan, huh? Fine, I will play with you a little bit." said Angus 

Then, Angus flared up his humongous mana to the surroundings and attracted all the incoming insectoid monsters towards him.

"This is the first time I tried this spell. Let's hope it is quite useful." said Angus as he cast a spell while clapping his hand.

A moment later, A magic circle appeared below his body and shot hundreds of balls of fire towards the surrounding [4th Circle - Vulcan Shots]. All these small fireballs flying towards the incoming insectoid monster hit them. *Bam* *Bam* *Bam*