He walked into the dark basement of the floating ship with a pot full of fishy stench in his hands.
The lighting in the basement was very poor. There would only be a dark yellow fluorite embedded in the ceiling every twenty steps. Since it didn't absorb sunlight to replenish its energy, the fluorite's purpose was to roughly guide Locke's direction.
Perhaps it was the smell of food that attracted the attention of the creatures living in the basement cages. "Nuts! Nuts! "The sound of something banging on the metal door could be heard from time to time, accompanied by inexplicable roars.
Locke turned a deaf ear to it. The ones living in the outermost area were all small fries. He'd seen too many of them in the past two days.
Yes, ever since the floating ship left Zeckerton Harbour, the task of feeding these slave creatures hadn't been handed over to anyone else.
He cursed the grey-robed magus in his heart, "Old bastard!" Locke continued to drag the large pot deeper inside.
The space under the floating ship's deck could be said to be used to the extreme. Two hundred slave creatures lived here, but it didn't seem crowded at all.
He finally arrived at his destination after seven or eight minutes of twists and turns.
Locke had adapted to the darkness in the basement. Through the faint light emitted by the fluorite on the ceiling, he could see a giant crocodile-like creature covered in dense scales, with green spikes on its back and claws that were one meter long. It was lying in the black cage in front of him.
"Hey! It's time to wake up and eat! "Locke shouted at the giant crocodile in the cage. Locke, who'd fed the giant crocodile more than twice, was no longer afraid of its power and huge size.
The giant crocodile turned a deaf ear to him and continued to lie there like a corpse.
"If you're not eating it, I'll give it to someone else!" Locke knew that the giant crocodile could understand him.
In the darkness, one of the giant crocodile's claws moved. Immediately after, the giant crocodile's long and narrow red eyes opened. The red sclera paired with the black pupils made it look extremely terrifying in this underground space.
"Ah! Ah! " There were many low and mid-level major monsters living in the surrounding cages. As the giant crocodile woke up, they let out timid cries.
"Shut up!" Locke roared at the surrounding cages. What was amazing was that the major monsters, who were originally scared to death, actually suppressed their cries. However, it wasn't hard to see from their eyes that they were still afraid.
The reason why these major monsters were so obedient to Locke was that he had control over their food supply.
The reason why these major monsters were so obedient to Locke was that he had control over their food supply.
Locke took out a black sorcerer's stone from his spatial ring. Be it the crocodile or the other creatures in the cages, all of their eyes were fixed on the inconspicuous black stone.
Holding of the magic stone, he waved it in front of the giant crocodile's cage. He didn't show any fear at all and pushed the large pot towards the crocodile.
Locke didn't show the slightest fear as if he was walking into his own backyard. He pushed the large pot of fish and shrimp stew behind him to the giant crocodile.
Its huge red eyes lingered on Locke and the magic stone. The base-rank major monster only paused for less than two seconds before it looked away and crawled towards the basin of food.
He was less than two metres away from the giant crocodile. The crocodile could kill him with a single swipe of its claws, but it only cared about the food in front of it. It didn't care about Locke at all.
What was unbelievable was that he was less than two meters away from the giant crocodile. The crocodile only needed to stretch out its claws to kill him, but the giant crocodile only cared about the food in front of it and ignored Locke, a reptile that was walking around it.
"As usual, I'll give you an extra meal. I want two pieces of your molted skin!" Locke said as he walked towards the crocodile's tail.
The six-metre-long giant crocodile couldn't display its full strength in this small cage. As it ate, it swung its tail in the air, and Locke had to be careful not to get hit.
When he walked to the innermost part of the cage, Locke saw his reward.
More than a dozen pieces of greenish-grey molted skin were connected under the giant crocodile's tail. Other than that, there was also a lot of disgusting excrement around him.
Locke moved carefully so that the disgusting excrement wouldn't stain his clothes. He pulled the molted skin over.
Locke wasn't greedy. He was a man of his word. He raised his index finger and a green impetus blade appeared. It was Locke's signature ability after he advanced to a high-rank Knecht.
The indestructible impetus blade that could cut through steel seemed to have met a formidable enemy when it encountered the giant crocodile's molted skin. It took Locke a lot of effort to cut two pieces of molted skin through the gaps between its scales.
By the time Locke was done, the giant crocodile had already finished the bowl of food he brought.
Due to the narrow space in the cage, the giant crocodile couldn't turn around and could only crawl back.
Locke didn't stay any longer. He nimbly got out of the cage and waved the black magic stone in his hand. Bang! The iron door closed.
Locke dragged the giant crocodile's bowl back. There were still many slaves that hadn't been fed yet, so he still had work to do.
When he was about to reach the exit of the basement, Locke stopped in his tracks.
"Rawr! Rawr! " An ear-piercing sound that sounded like a child's cry came from the cages on both sides. It seemed that the creatures inside knew that their food had arrived.
Locke lifted the bowl and saw that there was only salty seawater and fish bones left in it.
Like dumping rubbish, Locke poured the dirty water and waste into the cages on both sides.
Rumble, rumble! Messy footsteps could be heard. Humanoid creatures rushed out of the dark cages one by one, lying in the cages and licking and sucking the liquid on the ground with their tongues.
Trampling and fighting broke out from time to time.
Locke looked at the group of grey-skinned creatures with disgust, dragged the empty bowl of food out of the basement.
According to the rules, the food given to all the slaves was just enough to sustain their lives.
The reason why Locke could add food to the base-rank giant crocodile was because he exploited other creatures, such as the subterrane dwellers in front of him.
These subterrane dwellers had left a bad impression on Locke from the first day.
Perhaps before Locke was given the task of feeding the slaves, the grey-robed elder had starved them for five days. When he first entered the smelly basement for the first time, he noticed that some of the slaves had already died.
In the cages that held the subterrane dwellers, there were fewer living ones and more skeletons.
Looking at the not shriveled bellies of the subterrane dwellers in the cages, Locke could easily guess that they had eaten their own kind.
This was also why Locke hated these subterrane dwellers so much.
These creatures were extremely tenacious and didn't need any precious food. They only needed a little water, seaweed or bone scraps to sustain their lives. Locke could boldly exploit their food without worry.
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