The forest outside the cavern was dense, alive with the rich cacophony of life that seemed almost foreign to Samiel after his prolonged stay underground. The trees towered above him like ancient guardians, their leaves rustling softly in a breeze that hinted at the world's natural beauty.
The air was crisp, filled with the scent of pine and earth, a sharp contrast to the stagnant, dusty atmosphere of the cave where he was staying with the Worldeater Broodmother among the ancient ruins of whatever was built down there...
Samiel took a deep breath, drawing in the fresh air and preparing himself for the hunt, he needed to find the sufficient biomass for the Worldeater Broodmother's evolution and materials for her to make the Worker Drones and then also the Warrior Drones.
The Worldeater Broodmother was his primary concern in this aspect, because for the future endeavors she would require a substantial amount of biomass to continue her development.
Once the Broodmother created enough Worker Drones and some Warrior Drones, she could command them to gather the biomass for her, and Samiel wouldn't really need to go out and hunt for the biomass sources for the Broodmother.
At the same time, the gathering capabilities of her Drones would be several times faster than his own.
He had only a few days to find what she required. Samiel knew that any delay could impact the Broodmother's growth, which could ultimately jeopardize their plans. The sooner she could produce the Working Drones and a few Warrior Drones, the sooner she could hunt for the biomass by herself.
Samiel was a practitioner of the Void Magic, and while his Dimensional Storage had saved some precious items, he lacked the resources he usually had at his disposal. He had a lot of things to make up for, especially right now, as he needed to gather more and more resources.
As he was traversing through the enormous forests, he was using his newly enhanced senses with the support of the Essence of the Void Magic to amplify his senses, his eyes narrowing as he focused on detecting any signs of powerful creatures or potential sources of biomass.
As he ventured deeper into the forest, the sunlight filtering through the canopy created an ethereal glow, casting shifting patterns on the forest floor.
As the Principality Eldritch Angel, whose abilities allowed him to see beyond the ordinary spectrum of reality, was making him a top-notch predator within this place.
The Gloom Stalker's senses were acute, and it seemed to be hunting for something other than prey. Samiel waited patiently until the Magical Beast's guard was down because, soon enough, the Gloom Stalker once again let his guard down when he didn't find any enemies.
Samiel then instantly used the Rare Ability Rift to teleport behind the Gloom Stalker in a split of a second as he struck at the most visible weakness that the Gloom Stalker had.
He channeled his Void Magic and conjured Void Blade, a 6th-level Spell of Void Magic. A sleek, dark blade was forged from the essence of the Void itself. The blade then sliced through the chitin of the Gloom Stalker like a hot knife through butter, and the defenses were destroyed almost instantly.
The creature roared in pain and attempted to retaliate, but Samiel's strike had already been decisive. Within moments, the Gloom Stalker was killed, its massive form collapsing to the ground, breathing its last breaths...
Harvesting the biomass of the creature was rather simple and straightforward, as he just needed to store the corpse of the Gloom Stalker in his dimensional storage that was created through the Void Magic and tied to his very own soul, as all of the interspatial items were destroyed together with his physical body some time ago.
This corpse of the Gloom Stalker weighed several tonnes, in fact, because the Gloom Stalker was enormous, more than five meters tall and its protective chitin was made from whatever... Samiel didn't really know, but it was extremely dense and resistant.
This corpse of the Gloom Stalker would provide the necessary biomass for the Worldeater Broodmother's evolution and the creation of the Worker Drones.
As he worked, Samiel remained vigilant because he felt some kind of danger, though he couldn't really describe the feeling.
The forest was swarming with Magical Creatures and other beings, various monsters and native beings and although he had successfully dispatched one threat, others could be lurking nearby.
The last thing that he wanted was to fight against some Gold-Tier Magical Creature that hje couldn't really one-shot, because once it turned into the battle of attrition, then it would attract the attention of the other Gold-Tier Magical Creatures and perhaps even Legendaries.
As he completed his first task rather fast, like really fast, he decided to search a bit more... even though the Gloom Stalker was a good catch, he wanted to obtain more corpses for the biomass, so the Broodmother could create more Drones that would do the work for her.