Chapter 187: Hunting for the Forest Spirit Seed Part 25
Their goal of exploring the underwater cave system from the very start wasn't to get rid of all monsters that inhabit the place. Instead, they simply want to make a map of its tunnels, gather information on the monsters that inhabit it, and if they are lucky enough, find a Forest Spirit Seed. Needless to say, they are also hoping to find clues about the Forest Spirit Origin Seed.
In other words, they want to understand what they are dealing with and prepare countermeasures against them.
Not only could making a detour eliminate the dangers of the caverns, but it can also help them know the exact location of the caverns and also the tunnels from the surface.
With that idea in mind, Kayn and the others continued with their exploration.
Of course, with the new safe way to traverse the caverns, he immediately sent Jadiel to inform Friedrich and the others to ask for help.
After receiving the new plan, Friedrich and the others were more glad to help Kayn. They immediately prepared themselves and got inside the gate once again.
This time, as soon as they got to the cavern, they escorted Kimberly to the ceiling and she soon after blew it up to create a path for their detour.
Using Jude's detour plan, everyone was able to make huge progress with the exploration of the underwater cave system at the end of the day.
Nevertheless, they didn't celebrate yet.
They continued using the same method again and again in the past couple of days. And in the tenth day, they finished exploring almost the entire underwater cave system. But it was also at this time that they realized that other than the tunnels near the surface, there also exist other tunnels leading deeper underground.
They tried to explore some parts of the underground region of the underwater cave system, but they immediately gave up the instant they encounter another cavern. The reason was simple — they can no longer apply Jude's detour method.
During those days, they cut more than ten tentacles from the supposedly boss-rank monster. It was practically everywhere, and it appear at random and with no known reason at all.
Every single time they see one, they immediately cut it off. And strangely enough, the owner of the tentacles never attacks back at them. It is as if it doesn't care about them cutting a part of its body, or perhaps it does care, just that it doesn't matter for it because the tentacles they cut grow back the next day.
How did they know? They saw a tentacle with the marks of two previous cuts.
As they got more and more tentacles, Gnarlak's study about the boss-rank monster hiding in the underwater cave system was also quickly progressing until he surmise that it was from a monster known as Kraken.
It wasn't only Gnarlak that came to that conclusion, both Kayn and Natas also realized after joining the former in his research.
"Kraken…" Gilbert was in total disbelief. There's just no way that a mythical creature of the deep ocean exists and is currently hiding underground in the middle of a forest.
It was unbelievable!
Although the Slumbering Forest is close to the ocean, just how in the 'Tower' did a Kraken even reach underground?
Moreover, why is a Kraken even inside 'The Bridge' in the first place?!
"I believe this Kraken possesses the second key in unlocking 'The Bridge'," Jude assumes. Back then he mentioned that he felt another existence of a key in the Slumbering Forest. In the past couple of days that they were exploring, that feeling became stronger and he feels like it is very close to him whenever he encounters a tentacle of the Kraken.
"So the second key is a monster? Is that what you are trying to tell me?" Friedrich felt a headache in his head. How exactly could they convince a monster, not to mention a Kraken, to help them free their kind from 'The Bridge'?
"I am not a hundred percent sure yet. It could also be that the Kraken has been interacting with the second Key that's why I felt its presence on it,"
"Let's just assume the second option," Friedrich would rather believe that to be the case.
Gilbert and the others also nodded their heads in agreement as they also don't want to believe that the Kraken is the second key.
"That aside," Kayn changed the topic. "I've received news from Chastine's party that Old Chief George and his army from the Green Horn City will be arriving in the Slumbering Forest in two days' time,"
"We better start preparing, then," Friedrich added.
"Gnarlak's men are already ahead in the schedule for that. The problem is Jericho informed me that there are still no signs of the Assembly of Freedom approaching the Slumbering Forest," Kayn shook his head in worry. "Although he did receive reports of thousands of Heroes and Villains entering the territories around the Slumbering Forest and even scouting the forest,"
"Most likely they are the people that fell for the Quick Sand Operation," He was sure of that.
"I am worried that if Old Chief George left the Green Horn City to participate in the stage we set up and the Assembly of Freedom doesn't, then there's a good chance that they will attack the Green Horn City instead,"
The Assembly of Freedom is more than capable enough of doing that.
"I am sure that they will come," Friedrich was confident. "Their goal is to kill Old Chief George, not to destroy the Green Horn City. Even if they destroy the city, as long as Old Chief George is alive, he can keep on creating another city,"
"Fair enough," Kayn realized. That's right! The Green Horn City is in fact Old Chief George. So, wherever Old Chief George goes, the Green Horn City follows. And besides, it was also mentioned in the report that he is bringing the majority of the force available to use in Green Horn City. If what Friedrich said is really true, then the people arriving from Green Horn City should be everyone.
"Since we are already done with our exploration of the underwater cave system, let's rest for the remaining two days and wait for the arrival of Old Chief George," Kayn dismiss the meeting.
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