Chapter 102: Hunting Priority Target
After the intse and frankly very fun orgy last night, Alros decided he need to get back to work, capturing and subduing more monsters into his force.
As he had already decided the priorities, he did not have to choose the species he wanted to catch, only the order he wanted to catch them.
"So, which one should I target first?" Alros said to himself, stump by such question. After all, there are just too many options, 3 priority targets.
He currtly thinking which one to take, so it would be easier for his exploration and subduing.
"Getting more combatants would help capturing easier, but having some supporting and maybe ev debuffing would be good to. However, I also need to think how to capture some of them. Flaring my aura could only work so many time..."
In the d, he decided to check the books of the bugs as well as the notes he made during his exploration from the observation he did on the differt bugs.
"The easiest would be the Energy-Draining Mosquitoes and the Mana-Draining Leech. Both don't take that much space and weak. But that is also the problem. Attempt to capture them might result in killing them, so more plans will be needed.
The others would be harder to catch but at least killing them would not be as easy. Th again, I might need to think of ways to increase the number of goblins. They are all males after all. Aside from being created inside Mana Zones, the only way they can be more goblins in by taking female species of differt stit races but there is no way I will do that, unless..."
An idea began to take hold in his head. He nodded, thinking it would be the best so far. Though it still did not answer his predicamts on how to capture the two bugs that can be used to weaked his emies.
"Looks like I need to make more preparation, and maybe create some tools for the job,"
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Thankfully, the preparation merely took days, and most of it just changing some things. The materials are already abundant and he merely need to do some research and see the best way to utilize it.
And so, began the hunt for mosquitoes and leeches, a statemt that he never thought will be formed by anyone.
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"This should be the place," Alros exclaimed, several clones and goblins already in the edge of a lake. The lake itself is not deep, maybe a 9 feet at the deepest point, making it suitable places for the leeches to hide themselves at the depth before hunting for bugs and humans that walk at the edge of the lake.
Considering the bugs in the Forest of Bug act more like large mammals in his old world sometime, it is not a surprise the leeches adopt a style that seem closer to a crocodile, waiting for it's prey to come to the edge before jumping and dragging them down.
The only reason he knew of the existce of the leech is by observing them suddly leaping and dragging a large rhinoceros beetle into the lake before the big remained there, clearly struggling to get out though unable to, slowly getting weaker by the seconds.
After which he flew towards the carcass and check it, confirming the cause of death being mana deficicies. Which put the leech in his priority list. If he can create a small one and get it to absorb the mana of mages, it would make fight betwe them become much easier.
The only problem it to capture them. With how big it is, about the same size of a python, fighting it would be hard. Thankfully, aside from leaping ambush, it also hunt like a regular leech, in which it would swim towards the edge of the lake and devour the mana of bugs that took refuge there.
Though, it seem the insects there rarely get devoured until there is no more mana left, so he assume it is done to make it so the bugs would not be too afraid and always return. After all, aside from being used as food, there is no other cons.
So, he find himself knee deep in the edge of the lake, several slave clones and goblins also there, all of them having gloves and large wood shield, their feet being protected by boots prepared for them. Only he did not wear one, though for good reason. Namely, he is the bait of the day.
"Come here, leeches. Come and meet your new master," he said, waiting for the leeches to come. After all, his mana level should be a high B-rank to low A-rank, so theoretically, he should be the a rare delicacy or a treasure trove of food for the leeches.
As he waited, one of his goblins raised its hand, the sign it felt something swim near it. Soon, more began to raise their hands, the first line quickly raising their hands until all of them did so. And the second to do so, and the third, which is the last line before they could reach him.
He smiled, the leeches failing perfectly into his trap. His wings released, the incubus flew upwards, with the clones and goblins began to take action. The second and third line quickly ran, well, waddled to the first line, before lowering the shields, the wood shields being made to be as high as possible, to both protect the top and lower side of the wielders.
As they did so, the goblins and slaves began to advance, slowly pushing in closer with some of the slaves and goblins that did not join in as there is no room getting behind the shoulders, replacing them in case they are incapacitated.
The reserves at the shore also began to join in, ready to support the one at the water. Slowly, the circles become smaller as the leeches began to thrash a. Some of it ev tried to do a leap attack but blocked by the height of shield, the reason why he make it so big.
With it sucking the shield, it try to climb it but soon feel down, salt already poured at the top of the shield for the momt. As Alros flew closer, he quickly used his Mana Sse, quickly counting to 0 leeches, a significant amount of catch.
There are also some that did not ter the trap, but he did not mind. After all, with one hundred leeches, it would took a short time before they filled the lair.
"Let's get this started shall we,"