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A busy young man could be seen grinding and mashing some herbs using makeshift tools made of stones and tree branches. Curt seems to be concentrating on his work as if he is unaware that he is in a perilous place.
The people hiding in the shadows watch in their secret locations as he continues to busy himself creating a pill.
Curt has already changed the white mask he was wearing to a surgical mask. And in one look he would look like a volunteer doctor in some urban and deprived part of a city.
Not long later, he was able to finish the pills and on the stone container, there laid six mud ball-like pills.
Curt looked admiringly at his work and immediately took out a small bottle and put five of the six pills in it. He immediately stood up and without a second word ate the pill in his hand.
But before he could do anything else a gust of wind suddenly appeared and the figure of a beautiful woman appeared in front of him. Then Curt suddenly noticed himself flying away from that beautiful woman into the thick bushes.
Then followed after him is a stream of blood.
Feline sneered as she tossed the pill bottle she had grabbed from Curt's chest pocket. She used her claws to tear his clothes along with his skin.
The woman did not mind hurting the stupid researcher as her goal was to get the pills.
From the reaction of the man who took the pills, Feline and her companion are sure that it is the antidote to be used to combat the poisonous cave.
They are not sure if the said plant is inside. However, they have their orders and they dare not fail.
And so the five of them ate one pill each and immediately walked towards the cave. However, not long after they arrive at the cave's entrance, they soon discover that many beasts are coming towards them.
For some unknown reason, the beasts are charging towards the five of them as if they are the mortal enemies of all the beasts in the forest.
"What is happening? Why are these beasts in here? Where did they come from?" shouted one of the men who are with Synthesis, in a panic.
No one answered him as the five of them immediately came into action as the beasts attacked them. A gruesome battle began as the five of them were being under siege by multiple beasts. They have no other way to go as the beast has already encircled them
While the five are facing huge trouble, a figure silently enters the cave filled with the thick aroma of the Violet Dragon flower. However, unlike the rest of the skeleton lying on the ground, Curt was able to enter because of the effect of the pill he created.
He created just one pill that has the effect of nullifying the poison from the Violet Dragon Flower. However, because he has already noticed those people hiding in the shadows he created five other pills. Although those pills could be used to nullify half of the poison, he added an ingredient to them, plant-based pheromone.
And this is the reason why those beasts are rampaging towards the group. They are attracting the animal instinct of the beast to copulate.
Soon he arrived in the deepest part of the cave and saw a small hill. Everything around this place is dead. Hence the only plant that could be seen is a flower with three violet flowers that look like dragon heads.
"This is different… the mutation of the plant has changed its appearance… not instead of calling this the Violet Dragon flower, it should be called as the Violet Three-headed Dragon Flower…" Curt muttered as he carefully extracted the plant.
Curt is confident that there are no beasts inside the cave. This is because, even in the other world in his memory, the same thing could be observed. No beasts could enter the cave, no beasts except… the red-eyed scorpion.
Of course, Curt did not expect that such a creature would be in this world too, right?
However, he would soon find out that he was mistaken.
As soon as he harvested the flower, Curt suddenly felt a dangerous premonition in his heart.
With a quick jump, he rolled forward down the small hill. Curt suddenly jumped back up and landed on his two feet while on his hand he had already taken out two daggers, one still had some dirt on it as he had used it to dig up the ground.
Luckily for him, his backpack has a special compartment where he would not be able to accidentally flatten the plants even if he rolled on the ground with his backpack on. This was designed for the espers and the soldiers who hunt and fight outside the dome barrier cities.
From where Curt was squatting a while ago, a sharp claw had already penetrated the ground. Then, when he trailed his gaze toward the large hole at the top of the cave, he could see a violet-colored spider.
The huge spider is around 2 meters tall with its long and sharp legs.
"Hmmm… This beast has a large amount of LEP in its body… Poison resistance is just okay…" Curt muttered as he analyzed the violet spider.
However, he did not cower as if his blood felt like boiling. Curt's heart was suddenly filled with confidence from somewhere deep in his subconscious mind he could already see what he should do to defeat the large creature.
Without a second thought, as if he were injected with chicken blood, Curt suddenly rushes towards the spider without fear in his eyes. The previous passive and a bit shy young man was suddenly changed into a warrior. His calm eyes are now burning with the desire to battle.
Growl!
The spider suddenly let out an angry roar from its large maw filled with razor-sharp fangs. It was already pissed off when it discovered that some lowly human has stolen its treasure. And when it attacked, it missed its target.
And now this pissed it off and wanted to rush over and kill the pesky human.
As the small human rushes towards it, the spider does not hesitate and also jumps from the hole of the cave at the top towards the rushing figure.
With its eight-pointed legs with sharp claws at the end, the spider dropped towards Curt.
As soon as the spider was about to land on him, Curt suddenly showed a faint smile. With a quick flick of his hand, one of the small daggers flew towards its head.
The spider sensing the danger suddenly tried to swat the dagger.
The collision between its leg and the dagger created a sharp sound of two metals hitting each other.
Ting!
However, before the spider could react, a thick purple smoke suddenly spread in the air.
The spider did not mind the smoke as it was confident of its tolerance to toxic materials. Hence it didn't mind if there was poison thrown towards it. Hence it just continues attacking Curt after it lands.
Human versus giant spider, as this battle began the small cave suddenly started shaking. Large fist-size holes began appearing as the giant spider rampaged while it attacked the nimble human dodging everywhere around it.
Curt while running around has already picked up the other knife that the spider just flicked and with both knives in hand also began to counter each of the spider's strikes. The exchange between the two began to become deadlier.
After exchanging more than 100 blows, Curt suddenly noticed the giant spider's legs began wobbling. And when he saw this, a smile crept on his face.
His plan works, what he just threw is a powder which is a byproduct of the pills those five people took from him. This kind of powder is like a plant-based pheromone. However, its side effect is the erratic beating of the heart and paralysis.
And what he needed to do to fully activate its effect was to make the enemy move as much as possible. Upon doing so, the substance would circulate throughout the body of the victim until it enters its heart. Once it did, then it was game over.
Curt has successfully tricked his opponent due to his enemy's instinct, pride, and experience.
Curt did not bother with the giant spider as he knew that the effect of the powder would not last long. Plus he is not that strong yet to be able to penetrate its sturdy carapace.
And so he began running as fast as he could towards the exit.
When Curt reaches the entrance of the cave, he sees three figures sitting on the side of the cave walls with blood all over their bodies.
Exhaustion could be seen on their expression and in front of them are the many dead beasts bathing the ground with their red blood. The brutal scene made Curt feel a tingling sensation at the top of his skull.
When the three noticed him, they were all dumbfounded. They never expected to see the same person they stole the pills from to be still alive. Plus, it seems that he didn't suffer that much from that claw strike of Feline.
"Damn it! He has entered the cave… We should chase after him!" shouted Ale'bo who would barely move his weak body.
They have all exhausted their LEP energy hence they needed to rest to be able to continue fighting.
Curt wanted to attack these people, but upon remembering that the spider might be able to regain its mobility he decided against it. Escaping is his priority and he didn't want to miss this opportunity to have a distraction.
And so, he didn't even look back as his figure whizzed past through the three who were weakly leaning on the cave walls at the entrance.
"Next time, don't steal things that don't belong to you or you will face the consequence… Good luck! Take care, guys!" Curt shouted while leaving the area.
Not long later after his figure disappeared, the three were now able to move their exhausted bodies. But before they could chase after Curt, they suddenly felt the ground shaking. Then a rapid sound which might come from an insect with many legs interrupted them.
When their eyes look at the inner cavern, the three (Ale'bo, Feline, and Synthesis), immediately feel a dangerous premonition.
With a tacit understanding, the three of them immediately run to chase after Curt.