Chapter 110: Battle In the Dark Forest

After a rather indulgent night, Alros prepared himself for the toughest battle yet. While other sections is troublesome, it could not compare to the danger of the South Section, which border the core of the Forest of Bug.

No doubt, the nastiest monsters of the inner part could be found there, and it would not be easy to grab any. After all, he had seen some huge bugs at night, which come from the core to the South Section, which show how dangerous the section really is.

However, he need to hunt there. After all, if he could not handle the South Section, how can he hope to explore the core? After all, before he left the Forest of Bug, he would prefer to at least have some information of a part of the core, even if it's just at the border.

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"Dark Forest, truly an adept name, though Dead Forest should be better," the incubus mused, looking at the dead trees that formed the part of the forest.

Alros did not know the reason for the trees being dead. Was it because of the bugs in the area, or is it because of something else? Whatever it is, he would not try to find it out, as he had better things to do.

First, grabbing Mana-Draining Tick. Those monsters are the easiest as aside from being small, well, small compared to the other bugs in the area that is. They did not have any other abilities, aside from maybe some basic magic that cause their presence to be erased, making other bugs get close to them without being noticed.

He can easily find it, and his goblins can easily catch them as they don't have any other defensive abilities, aside from mana-draining, which can be done through their skin so it would be some trouble though not an issue.

And while the first priority in the Dark Forest is easy enough, the same could not be said with the other two.

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"Grargh, wrargh!" Gobruk yelled out a series of order as he observe the surrounding. They had just found one the monsters Master wished to procure, and Gobruk would do as he said. Unfortunately, the monsters in question is fast and deadly, the two worst combination.

As the wasps reached their nest, they might be working together at the moment but in the end, they are solitary predator, they quickly put the dead bodies of the slaves to their young, who began to feast on the corpse.

As they put the food for the young, they did not realize the goblins behind them, who quickly throw a net and used their weight to make sure they would not be able to move.

The sudden attack caught the wasps off guard, causing them to screech yet unable to do anything else as they are in the mercy of the goblins. As the goblins restrained the wasps, the contingent of Mist Spider began to tied them up, making sure they would not be able to break free from the restraint before the Master arrive.

Gobruk watched as wasps was dragged as he let off his version of a laugh. His plan to use the clones as bait, before having several goblins that carried the Illusion Butterfly to follow the wasps is a huge success.

And while he could not order it like his Master could, his Master gave him an authority, allowing him to order the monsters that is not goblins. With it, it make things much easier.

As he looked at the captured wasps, including the young, he counted about 50 or so. His Master want 200, and though it would be hard to accomplish, he would make sure his Master order is done.

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"Wonder how Gobruk is doing? What do you think, Fen, do you think he would do fine?" Alros asked the Greater Demonic Wolf, the leader of the wolf pack, Fenris, named after the monstrous wolf of the Norse Mythology.

The wolf merely rubbed his head on his hand, causing a wry smile to form on the demon's face.

"Looks like you did not have an answer. Oh well, with the resources I gave him, at the very least, he could capture around 100," he said before looking at his side. The monsters under him is busy capturing the Golden Zapping Beetle.

The beetles are mostly sap eater, and their paralyzing ability is to stop predator from eating them. However, such simple defensive mechanism did not work, as Alros had his force to used nets to capture them, gathering them until the number of Golden Zapping Beetle reached 200.