91. Exam Preparation (3)
91. Test preparation (3)
I decided to treat the head rabbit first. The ax rabbit is like a soldier armed with camaraderie, so if you rescue him, he will definitely reward you.
When the ax rabbit broke out of its burrow and ran into the forest, I thought I had betrayed the head rabbit. But that wasn’t it. As if the conversation with the Golden Bird went well, the little ax rabbits picked fruit from the forest and served it to us. He didn’t run away, he went looking for food to serve.
I must have gotten permission from the rabbits. Using the mini alchemy kit I always carry, I drew the head rabbit’s blood and made an analysis board using only natural ingredients.
It’s cruder than the analysis board used during the poison battle with Sally Merina before, but it’s powerful enough to figure out the identity of the poison poisoned by the head rabbit.
“Woros, did you find out something?”
“It is a neurotoxin. It’s also quite poisonous. It was fortunate that the head rabbit had high poison resistance, or else he was just barely breathing.”
“That, I see. If you tell me the ingredients, I will go with Golden Bird to get them.”
At Denas’s words, the golden bird raised its foot and showed it. These two are completely friends. Denas was riding on the back of a golden bird. I got up and shook my head.
“It’s powerful, but it’s a crude poison. It’s a very old poison. My workshop. No, if I could go to Sally’s workshop, I’d be able to make an antidote right away.”
If you go back to the workshop, the head rabbit might be dead. Of course, you can find the ingredients for the antidote in nature, but it can be a risky gamble because you don’t understand 100% of the ingredients of the poison. After all, it will take that much time to find materials in nature.
Above all, there is a reason why you should not be away. Not because of the poison. This is because the existence that poisoned the rabbit by biting it will surely return. That too in a short time. Knowing that, hunting him down and collecting and analyzing the poison could be a way.
“First of all, it can be made right away at a level that suppresses the spread of poison. Since this is a gray forest, the ingredients are spread out.”
“Are you restraining yourself from going to the workshop?”
“No. I’m going to hunt down the creature that bit the head rabbit. It will be safe that way.”
“Is that so?”
I nodded.
“By analyzing the poison and putting together clues such as teeth marks, we were able to identify the culprit who bit the rabbit. If it’s his way, he’ll definitely come back.”
“Really? Then… Moving the rabbit to a safe place… “
“No. There’s also a golden bird, so we should be able to subdue them enough. You said that the poison I analyzed was a strong but old poison, right?”
Denas nodded at my question. I continued as I dug the ground with a stick.
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“Cryptid. It is the poison of the great centipede. It’s a giant centipede. Perhaps one of the cryptid’s offspring.”
“A centipede?”
“Yes. I will kill him, extract the poison, and make an antidote on the spot.”
Denas, as if imagining a giant centipede, trembled and made a gesture that the chicken had grown. The descendant of the Great Centipede is a monster that also appears in , So I know how to deal with it.
The Centipede, a cryptid, is said to be fearsome enough to fight a dragon, but after the academy was built, it is said that it was subjugated by Arisha. For that reason, the Great Centipede from the Ashen Forest is a descendant of the Cryptid.
The problem is that the realm is completely different. Originally, it is not a species that never crosses over to the grasslands. You might be able to find out why it crossed the territory if you subdue it.
For that reason, I applied a potion to the rabbit’s wounds and prepared an antidote to delay the poison’s progress. Then I set a trap in front of the rabbit hole and hid nearby.
“But Woros. Are there any guarantees that the centipede will reappear? Aren’t centipedes nocturnal?”
“There is no day or night for them. It bites its prey and injects poison. So much so that he doesn’t die right away. After making him suffer like that, he appears right before he dies and devours him from toe.”
“… Are they really bad creatures?”
“That’s right. Not the offspring we’re after. Great centipedes, classified as cryptids, are said to have kidnapped and eaten students while they were still alive.”
It was about 300 years ago. It is said that the centipede kidnapped the student and chewed her alive, removing only her throat. She is said to have escaped after spitting the throat of a student she had been hoarding at the front gate of the academy.
After that, he was captured by Arisha, who was enraged, and tortured until she died. Getting treated After being tortured again and again, it is said that he was the most painfully disposed of at the hands of Arisha.
Afterwards, Arisha said that she made her weapon out of materials from the body of the bastard and beat the descendant of the centipede. Its fertility is so strong that even if you kill it like that, it will remain until now. In any case, there is no way that a child born of such a creature would be good.
Denas, who heard this story, bit his teeth. When you’re talking about centipedes like that. Hearing an unpleasant sound, he hurriedly hid himself.
I pouted my head slightly to examine the situation. It was crawling on the floor, but I could see the giant centipede’s snout reaching up to my waist. Denas sees the figure and covers his face with his hands.
“It’s a golden bird. If he falls into a trap, he must attack immediately. I need to extract the poison, so if possible, don’t burn it.”
“Beep.”
“Thank you. If possible, make a soft sound like now.”
“Beep!”
The reason I told you not to burn the centipede is because you need to extract the poison, but all the materials from that centipede are useful. For that reason, I want to recover it in as clean a condition as possible.
You can make armor by ripping off all the shells. Its sharp teeth can be used as weapons or medicines. The remaining body can be used as an excellent medicine if the head and legs are cut off, dried, and ground.
Of course, it will take a long time to dry such a huge centipede into medicine, so let’s just give the body to the golden bird or bury it.
“Senior Denas. If the centipede falls into the trap, please follow the plan.”
“Ugh, yes.”
“Get ready.”
Bang!
It was when the centipede, which had been running terribly, reached the rabbit hole. Suddenly, a hole opens in the floor, and the abnormal gas of magic gardening leaks out.
ㅡ『Kyaaa!』
A centipede in pain. Denas Yeseul out from behind a rock. Unleashes her magic power towards the centipede. OK. A giant leaf falls from an old tree towering over the rabbit hole towards the centipede.
Thanks to Denas Yeseul’s magic modeling effect, the leaves turn into a paper-like material and wrap around the centipede’s eyes and antennae.
“Golden Bird. Request.”
ㅡ 『Beep!』
The golden bird runs to the centipede with a squeaking footstep. A centipede whose eyes and antennae were sealed, along with the abnormal status [Drunk] Effect. For that reason, towards a guy who doesn’t understand the current situation, the golden bird jumps and throws a drop kick at the centipede’s head.
Watching a chick-like bird with a chubby body performing a drop kick puts a smile on my face despite the urgent situation. Denas Yeseul is at a loss as to what to do, even rolling her feet. It was such fatal cuteness.
Apart from its cuteness, it must have been quite powerful, the giant centipede’s head lifted straight upwards. Like that, the centipede opened up and turned over. The golden bird moves her gaze towards us as if she had seen her own greatness.
“Golden Bird! Look ahead!”
“Beep?”
Kwakwang!ㅡ Bang!ㅡ
A centipede that is upside down, moving her body and striking the ground. With tremendous power, a shock as if an earthquake occurred. The dust is smoked like that, and a green liquid protrudes from the inside of the dust and flies towards the golden bird.
Golden Bird emits fire to intercept the green liquid in the air. It will run towards the golden bird at tremendous speed in the dust as it is. The golden bird lightly dodges and grabs the centipede’s back with its leg and climbs up into the sky.
Realizing what the golden bird was going to do, I reached out and called out a spear. At that time, the golden bird that lifted the centipede high into the sky releases the centipede. As it is, the centipede is falling at a tremendous speed. I timed it And now, when I wanted to, I threw a spear.
If I just match the trajectory and throw it, the spear that understands my meaning will properly compensate and intercept the centipede’s head. As I expected, the spear succeeds in piercing the head of the falling centipede.
Though it is impossible to change direction with my current abilities. When flying, it increases its own weight to slow down. By reducing weight to increase speed, it provides hit compensation. This is Zakat’s creative ability.
Anyway, the centipede with its head pierced in the air, boom! It falls to the floor with a sound and starts wriggling. The wriggling movement gradually slowed down, and the centipede finally died.
“Enough.”
Let’s shout that, a golden bird flying in the sky lands in front of us. I approached the centipede and checked its condition. The centipede stays as quiet as a dead mouse. It spews blue magic power from its wide open mouth.
That mana contained coldness.
“This is… “
“Woros, what’s wrong?”
“…… “
This chill. It is clear that the magic power dwelled in Sora’s ring. Through this feeling, it became possible to understand why the centipede appeared in the meadow.
Those who robbed Sora of the magical power of the ring. It looks like they stopped trying to seal the magic in the descendants of the Great Centipede.
The reason was that he was descended from the legendary centipede, so he thought he would be strong enough to withstand Arisha’s magic, but in reality, he wasn’t that strong, so he quit.
The centipede that was forcibly injected with mana went insane. For that reason, he seems to have come over the meadow and attacked the rabbit.
“… I found out why the centipede came in. The centipede was also a victim.”
“A victim? You mean something sent the centipede this way?”
“Yes. But now that I think about it, it doesn’t make any sense. The centipede has already been subjugated, so there is nothing we can do about it.”
As I said that, I drew my dagger.
“It can’t be helped that he died. Using what the centipede left behind, even for the sake of the centipede, would be a show of loyalty to this guy.”
As I said that, I thrust the knife into the centipede’s mouth. First of all, I’m thinking of pulling out the poison.