Chapter 59 Finding Another Treasure
Author: M_W Cancer
Grammar Checker: M_W Nomral
(Author's note: This is the update for yesterday and today, hehehe!)
Going down the hill, Leo immediately retraced back his steps.
He was certain that his location before would be nearer to the outer part of the Yellow Forest, so he plans to start his search for any weak Magical Beast over there.
Fortunately, since he was traveling along with the bushes, there were obvious holes or signs to the bushes that he had used along the way, hence making him easily retrace back his steps to reach his location from before.
*Bang!
While moving from bushes to bushes, Leo suddenly heard a muffled sound nearby. He knew he was in a rush, but out of cautiousness, he wanted to check the source of the sound.
He might discover something that poses significant dangers to him or witness another fight between two Magical Beasts. But still, since he was in the inner part of the forest, knowing one or more of its dangers would always be a good thing, right? Especially if he's going to run around from place to place with his plan. Being aware of its possible dangers could surely be a good thing to learn first.
Leo quickly changed direction toward the source of the sound. Along the way, he left obvious marks on the bushes he passed through, ensuring he could easily retrace his steps later. As he continued moving from bush to bush, he eventually noticed a long yellow shape up ahead. As he got closer, he was shocked to discover it was the Yellow-Skinned Anaconda's body—the very same one he had encountered before.
There were obvious traces of wounds caused by the claw of the Two-Horned Beast. So he was able to easily recognized it.
Surprisingly enough, when he looked closely at the body, it wasn't the entire Yellow-Skinned Anaconda, but just a part of it. Evidently, it was the part that the Two-Horned Beast had clawed so deep to the point that it had cut through a huge chunk of the Yellow-Skinned Anaconda's body.
"What a shocking strength the Two-Horned Beast possesses!" Leo exclaimed in astonishment.
"Although it has such a shocking strength that could easily cut through the body of One-Star Magical Beast, but it was still killed easily inside the Yellow Forest,"
"What if the Yellow-Skinned Anaconda was me? Would I be cut into two or be pulverized into many pieces instead by the Two-Horned Beast?"
Cold sweat suddenly appeared on Leo's forehead because of being terrified by such a thought.
He quickly shook his head to forget about it. He was already sure that the answer was being pulverized into pieces. Such a powerful claw strike combined with Magic was obviously something his body won't be able to handle, hence being pulverized into pieces was surely his outcome.
Looking at the other end of the Yellow-Skinned Anaconda's body, Leo noticed traces of blood on the ground, obvious traces leading to the other part of its body.
Without any hesitation, he quickly followed the trace. He also didn't forget to leave obvious signs along the way.
The next moment, Leo arrived near a small hole leading towards the underground. He immediately saw the other part of the body of the Yellow-Skinned Anaconda, seemingly trying to get inside the hole. However, its body was just silently lying on the ground at this moment.
The Yellow-Skinned Anaconda was unfortunately already dead.
Moving near the Yellow-Skinned Anaconda, Leo curiously put his hand on its body. He quickly thought, "Such a powerful creature, what possible treasures could I find inside this hole?"
He could easily deduce why the Yellow-Skinned Anaconda was trying to enter the small hole till its last dying breath. For it to die attempting to get inside, there must be some kind of treasure or something to help it recover in there, right?
"With how powerful the Yellow-Skinned Anaconda was, obviously it would also have treasures hidden in its home."
Leo doesn't have anything to worry about at this moment. The Yellow-Skinned Anaconda was already dead. Even if he just lay down on its head tonight to sleep, the next day he would still be able to wake up alive.
He could not help but let out a mischievous smile. He was amazed at how lucky he was in the past couple of days. The last time he had found 12 pieces of dark blue colored Large Mana Stones and a seriously injured Magical Beast Lizard in a cave. On top of that, he had also earned over 2,000 points. And now, he stumbled upon a dead Yellow-Skinned Anaconda. Such luck was really something to be amazed at...
Although he was unlucky that he got lost inside the inner part of the Yellow Forest. He was still fortunate enough since he had discovered a treasure. If only he wasn't in a hurry, not on a mission, and had no people worrying about him, he wouldn't actually mind staying in this forest for a month or two to train himself.
Although others labeled the inner part of the Yellow Forest as a dangerous wilderness, it was not dangerous to Leo. Albeit he admits it still poses a significant threat and danger to stay in such an environment for a long time, he had killed plenty of Magical Beasts over the past ten years and had gained considerable experience with them. To him, being in the inner part of the Yellow Forest was more like diving into a cave full of treasures.
"With danger comes opportunity!"
Leo quickly thought of those four words to complement his current situation.
Unfortunately, though, Leo also realized that he couldn't bring the whole Yellow-Skinned Anaconda with him.
'Too bad I have nothing to carry the body with me.'
He might have found a treasure, but he was still unable to bring the whole thing with him.
Although bringing its whole body might be a problem, bringing the skin of the Yellow-Skinned Anaconda wasn't. Skins of any Magical Beast Snakes were always popular with the masses. Earning a huge amount of gold coins from it is not a problem. Moreover, this was a skin of One-Star Magical Beast, he was certain that he would be able to earn a lot by selling it.
Although he doesn't know just what kind of effects the skin of One-Star Magical Beast Yellow Skinned Anaconda would have, but he was sure that it would be something powerful and related to the fire element. A mere ordinary Magical Beast like the Silver Fur Wolf could already defend against a few attacks from iron weapons just with its fur, how much more a One Star Magical Beast like the Yellow-Skinned Anaconda?
Quickly and excitedly, Leo began to separate the skin and the body of the Yellow-Skinned Anaconda.
Fortunately, he had bought his Glacier Bow with him. The bow wasn't only a weapon that he could use for long-range, but could also be used as a melee weapon. Its edges were as sharp and as tough as diamonds, so skinning the Yellow Skinned Anaconda was easy.
It was already dawn when he finally finished skinning the body of the Yellow-Skinned Anaconda. Fortunately, he didn't meet any trouble at all this entire time. It was reasonable though, after all, this was the territory of the Yellow Skinned Anaconda, a bonified One-Star Magical Beast, so no other Magical Beast would just bluntly walk inside. Unless of course if that Magical Beast has malicious intent towards the Yellow Skinned Anaconda.
Since it was already morning, and the place was considerably safe, Leo immediately went inside the hole to check whether he could sleep inside it or not.
There might be a treasure inside, but Leo was too tired right now, and he badly wanted to sleep first before thinking of anything else.
He had run through the forest for hours the whole night with caution and carefulness. And then he was skinning the Yellow Skinned Anaconda just now, hence using a huge amount of energy to complete it. So, he would naturally be really tired after all of that.
As he stepped inside, Leo was immediately shocked by the sight before him. The cave was spacious, but in the center lay countless eggs—specifically, the eggs of the Yellow-Skinned Anaconda.
There were just so many eggs that he couldn't even begin to count them.
The only thing he could describe was the amount of eggs that covered the entire ground, except the space in the middle.
The inside of the hole was around 100 meters in diameter, and the whole place was covered by countless amount of eggs, only leaving around 10 meters in diameter open space in the middle, which was obviously where the Yellow-Skinned Anaconda would sleep.
Leo's face lit brightly in excitement. He can't help but let out a loud laugh inside as he said joyously, "All of these eggs are mine!!"