CH 47

「Cuckoo~koo~kooo~」

「Cuckoooo~kooo」

「Cuck~cuckooo~co~co~cooo~cooooo~co」

Slair rubbed his head and opened his eyes. It seemed like he had fallen to the ground, and the surroundings were dark. However, pairs of eyes surrounded him, and he blinked every now and then. He sat up and felt like he was sitting on the back of something, and something thin wrapped around his waist.

It must be a herd of Geo breasts. They were still matching forward, and soon they entered somewhere relatively empty. Some fluorites on the ceiling, emitting a faint light just like the Geo breasts’ eyes. A giant, black figure lying in the center is surrounded by various stones and tree roots. It must be the leader of the group. It looked like a giant crab but had a tiny tail dangling.

「Ore crab?」 Slair was a little surprised. The ore crabs were gregarious animals, and he was kidnapped by them. But it was strange they would do such a thing. Ore crabs were timid and known for their non-aggression. Inside their hard outer shell were a soft inner core and delicious crab meat. Dragons often use their meat to make pet food. Yet, some dragons went on a different path and kept them as pets.

The creature’s habit was to lay eggs in metal ore, and hatchlings would use that ore as a shell. They usually feed on plant roots, and they would find new matching ore when it’s time for them to molt. Therefore, the appearance of each generation was different. The hardness and thickness of the ore determine the ore crab’s defense. Thus, the crabs with bigger and better quality ore held a higher position in the community.

「Cuckoo？」 This kind of creature was not very bright, and their language was not complicated. Nonetheless, Slair gathered most of the information from packing those delicious canned crab meat, except for the introduction in the book. He imitated their voice kindly, hoping to figure out what was happening.

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The ore crabs ignored him. The most giant ore crab crawled its way over slowly and gently lifted Slair’s chin with its vast pincers. It was so big that Slair could feel the tips of its pincer snapping against the sides of his neck, and he had no doubts that his head would fall off with little force.

After a while, the giant ore crab backed away. It let out a 「Cuckoo」, which felt like a confirmation, or maybe it was a command. Then the group of ore crabs moved again, crawling along the tunnel.

Although Slair was bonded by ore crab’s tail, he could still move slightly on its back. He stood up and pulled out a piece of fluorite quietly.

The ore crab got caught by Grieve, a member of the aftermath team that was going to seal the hole. His teammates were lurking around, waiting for an opportunity to rescue him. They were the weaker group among the ore crabs and were not being taken seriously. Still, they had a good relationship with each other.

While fumbling, Grieve suddenly found some fainting light ahead. If he moved forward for a bit longer, he would arrive where Slair met the ore crab boss. At this time, Grieve heard 「Cuckooo-cuckoo」sound again, and he was surrounded by ore crabs. Clods of various sizes slammed on him at once. Grieve drew his sword and slashed around. As the fight went out, he stepped on something where the earth suddenly sank and revealed another large hold. Grieve and the ore crabs on him slid down the slope. Their flight caused the tunnel to collapse and blocked the original path.

Ore crabs left many cuts on Grieve’s body, and many of the crabs were cleaved in half by Grieve. The tunnel was full of delicious crab meat aroma. When they stopped sliding, they found a pair of red eyes, the size of oil lamps, staring at them. With lighting from the ore crabs, Grieve recognized it was a poulperat. Its teeth were sharp and reflected cold light, the stinky saliva dripping on the ground.

『Not here…』after searching the entire village, Rhett and Alex finally realized something was wrong. They grabbed the phile bird’s wings and asked what was going on.

Phile bird was pissed off. It took the two dragons back to where Slair and Grieve disappeared, pointed to and fro. Finally, he spewed pyro breath at the place and almost cost a frost fire. Rhett hesitated momentarily, secretly turned his right hand into a dragon claw, and started digging.

『Oh， there is a hole here!』 Rhett jumped up 『 So, you told me they were not trying to find a sneaky place to fool around but fall in the hole?』

The phile bird covered its head with its wings and nodded in pain.

『My poor, poor little Slair!』 Both Alex and Rhett jumped in immediately, followed by phile bird. With phile bird’s flame, they could see everything clearly– It was a dead-end ahead, but there were two forks little above the end.

『You go left, and I will take the right.』 Alex said 『Whoever finds them, roar.』

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Dragon forums -> Discussions -> Pet lovers

【Mad】Human.human and guess what MORE HUMANS!

The pet lovers forums are turning into human lovers forums. I don’t believe I am the only dragon not raising humans on this forum. Look, my precious ore crabs!

Since humans have taken over this forum and things are getting worse. At first, the humans were just another breed of pets we raise, but now, many other breeds of dragon pets turned into humans’ pets, mounts, and even PET FOOD! This terrible phenomenon must be stopped! Right Now! Right Here!

Therefore, I proudly announce that Non-Human Protection Association has been established and welcome all non-human pet owners to join us. We urged the dragons not to discuss topics such as “Do humans enjoy fangtooth meat more or picky-ball turtles meat more.” It was heartbreaking for those who still raise them as pets, and do not harm other breeds of dragon pets for fun. We must protect non-human pets!

Here is me surrounded by gold-like ore crabs! They are the pets every dragon should raise! So Shiny! So Gold! There are blond humans, but only they have golden hair. They were nothing compared to my golden ore crabs!

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№.0☆☆☆Non-Human Pet Owner Association☆☆☆

Op, your suggestion is fabulous and that but… But why Ore Crabs?!… Tbh, even rocky beasts make better pets than ore crab. Trust.

№.1☆☆☆==☆☆☆

Op, you will regret this.

№.2☆☆☆=w=☆☆☆

OP, you will regret this +1. You still have time to sell them to pet food companies. Fewer dragons are willing to raise ore crabs, driving the crab meat market sky high. Op, I see a bright future ahead of you, but you better deal with these crabs sooner than later.

№.3☆☆☆==☆☆☆

It was pure jealousy of you all! You were all jealous of me, surrounded by a group of living gold coins! Humph, you can raise such a beautiful creature with your not-so-pure gold ores. Your envious and jealous means nothing to me! I will provide you with seeding crabs to start your own crab colony!

№.4☆☆☆Non-Human Pet Owner Association☆☆☆

NO, no dragons will be jealous of you. OP, just listen to us.

№.5☆☆☆==☆☆☆

Come on guys! We should support and encourage Op’s establishment! He will work harder on raising ore crabs! Every hobby should be respected!

№.6 ☆☆☆==☆☆☆

Actually, from the picture alone, they don’t look that bad. But ore crabs… The meat is quite delicious. The problem is that those crabs won’t get too big. In fact, I enjoy sharing canned crab meat with my humans, but it don’t fill me much.

№.7☆☆☆==☆☆☆

Bro 7! Why are you leaving such a brutal massage under my ore crab post! Hey, have you ever seen someone post “I want to eat human meat” under your human pet posts! Would will happen to those people! How come ore crab lovers need to suffer this pain!

№.8 ☆☆☆Non-Human Pet Owner Association☆☆☆

OP， if you raise anything else, anything. My response to you would be different because MOE IS JUSTICE. But you are raising ore crabs… Time will prove we were right.

№.9☆☆☆==☆☆☆

Having various topics was great, OP. You raised your crabs well.

№.10☆☆☆==☆☆☆

Support for OP! You dragons were too arrogant. What do you mean by “MOE IS JUSTICE”? You assume no dragons think fangtooths were moe! Who hasn’t raised a few fangtooths as a pet? OP, I wanna join your association! I will fight for non-human pet rights!

№.11☆☆☆Childhood Memory☆☆☆

Okay. Brother 11, I will name you the vice president of the association.

№.12☆☆☆Non-Human Pet Owner Association☆☆☆

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HELP! I WAS WRONG!!

№.105 ☆☆☆Non-Human Pet Owner Association☆☆☆

Who was reposting this old post? Oh it’s you. Hello OP, it has been a while.

№.106☆☆☆==☆☆☆

AHAHAHHAHHHHH! Who has a crab meat factory!!! I wanna sell all my ore crabs!! Quick!!

№.107 ☆☆☆Non-Human Pet Owner Association☆☆☆

Hold on, OP. Just scroll up and look at what you said. Did your face hurt?

№.108☆☆☆==☆☆☆

I am sorry alright! I finally understand why no dragons want to raise them QAQ!! Oh, His Majesty! I just went out for a little trip, and these things reproduced so quickly… They took over my floating island… My special collector edition gold coins.. all gone… Those were limited editions…QAQ!!! Even the silver necklace from my mom was fucking turned into ore crabs!!! I hate these craps!!

№.109 ☆☆☆Non-Human Pet Owner Association☆☆☆

I mean, we all saw it coming, but I still feel sad to see OP suffer. Pat pat for OP！

№.110☆☆☆==☆☆☆

Like I said, we the dragons love shiny metal things, and our floating island was like heaven for ore crabs… Their growth and reproduction speed were super fast, and you tried to raise them as pets without their natural predators… Hehe. Oh, BTW, these things are quite hard to get rid off. They can get in any nooks and crannies.

№.111☆☆☆==☆☆☆

OP! What a wonderful dragon you are! My humans were crying for canned crab meat just now. Pls send me your address I will be there!

№.112☆☆☆==☆☆☆

I have contacted the caning company to pick up my crabs. Uhh, I feel so defeated rn. My poor collections are all gone.

I need to raise a blond human to heal my wounded heart…

№.113 ☆☆☆Non-Human Pet Owner Association☆☆☆

NOO! Chairman, betrayed us! You said we were going to protect all non-human pets!

№.114 ☆☆☆Childhood Memory☆☆☆