< Mantis Shrimp (5) >
At first glance, this guy with a bipedal torso looks very similar to other Mantis Shrimps.
However, while the Mantis Shrimps that Sang-woo slaughtered had a black color, this one was exceptionally white.
In addition, white colored eggs scattered around.
Looking at the hundreds of eggs, Sang-woo noticed.
‘found.’
I can’t tell if it’s a queen or a king, but looking at the habits of the crayfish that Sang-woo saw on the wiki, that guy was definitely the leader of the crayfish.
‘Queen lobster.’
As if he knew that Sang-woo was watching him in the air, he was constantly producing eggs through his backside.
‘I need to deal with it before it becomes a headache.’
Sang-woo immediately landed on the queen lobster.
[Blink]
The place where he landed was the back of a guy lying face down on the floor.
After using the Blink skill, Sang-woo landed gently on the shell using Wind Walk, so he was sure that the crayfish would not notice his presence.
However, that was Sang-woo’s mistake in judgment.
Cure uh uh uh uh,
is there a tactics in the shell?
The guy noticed Sang-woo’s appearance at once, stood up and started running wild.
Kahiah Ah-A-A-A-
A-A-A-Woo almost bounced off, but quickly put a ball-kick laser between the shells.
Knock!
Then, using the studded sword as a support, she balanced on the lobster’s body like a bullfighter.
‘It’s cha.’
While focusing on balancing now, Sang-woo thought it was a bit surprising that he was caught.
In fact, Sang-woo didn’t know, but the queen lobster was already on full alert.
It was because he had already lost all of his subordinates to the ruthless whirlwind attack.
In other words, the act of producing eggs that the queen lobster was preoccupied with until just before Sang-woo got down was instinctively to create an escort unit to protect herself.
Because of this, the tense queen lobster couldn’t be unaware of Sang-woo’s presence.
So the guy was running amok right now.
To live.
‘I heard that the empty cart is noisy… This guy is outraged.’
And running wild like that meant that the queen lobster was a hollow gangjeong, contrary to its gigantic appearance.
No, in the first place, there was almost no way for him to win against Sang-woo, as long as he gave up his back, regardless of whether he was stronger or weaker than other crayfish.
Because of his body structure, there was no way to attack his back.
‘…no. It had a tail.’
But Sang-woo suddenly had an idea on his tail.
A guy’s tail almost stuck to the ground to support his huge torso.
What if it gets swung around and attacks itself?
As soon as Sang-woo’s guess was over, the guy’s tail slammed into his back.
Kkang-!
As soon as Sang-woo’s new model disappeared, sparks flew from the shell with a terrible noise like metal clashing.
Fortunately, Sang-woo, who had already escaped, was up to the neck, which was beyond the reach of his tail.
‘Hwiyu… The tail is more flexible than I thought.’
However, a situation that has already been avoided.
Sang-woo now had the initiative in all battles.
The guy swung his arms at the back of his neck, which he couldn’t even reach, and fired a cannon to get Sang-woo away.
He poured a powerful pheromone attack on it, and when that didn’t work, he rolled on the floor and went crazy, but that was all.
Sang-woo was making fun of him by moving around every time.
Although the pheromone attack was a bit fresh, it had no effect on Sang-woo, perhaps because of his strong poison resistance and mental strength.
Rather, only the body of the guy was destroyed little by little by the air cannon he fired, and each time his white flesh and bodily fluids flowed down.
키에에에에에에엑-
녀석이 분한지 아니면 고통스러운지 기괴한 울음을 토해냈다.
A fight where the winner is already clear.
It was a fight that would end quickly if Sang-woo aimed for his head.
But why is Sang-woo dragging the queen lobster without killing it?
It was because of one thought that filled his head.
‘This… how can I not grow it?’
Raising a giant crayfish monster that could be 20 meters in size?
Sang-woo was thinking that if they could see his thoughts, everyone would have a question mark in their heads.
‘I think it would be a hit if we did Western food.’
Yes.
Sang-woo was thinking of raising him.
There is only one reason.
Because it’s delicious.
Sang-woo fell in love with the taste of the grilled crawfish he just ate.
So, in the midst of the current chaos, I was still trying to figure out if there was a way to capture him.
‘I want to keep eating, but is there any way?’
What made Sang-woo have such a novel, crazy idea?
In fact, Sang-woo wasn’t the first in human history to think of breeding monsters.
After the cataclysm, there have already been attempts to capture and raise giant rats and giant pigs, which are edible because they are non-toxic, but have powerful fertility among monsters.
However, this attempt was quickly abandoned.
The reason was simple.
It was because there was more food pouring out of the dungeon than farming.
Monsters were being produced infinitely through the dungeon core, but there was no need to catch them and raise them.
Considering the cost of facilities to catch and confine monsters, the risk of suppressing the wildness of monsters, the cost of feeding, and other incidental costs, it was more profitable to just hunt, so the plan for breeding monsters quickly disappeared from the world. hid
In other words, most of the monster meat dishes on Earth were supplied by hunters who monopolized the dungeon where the monster appeared.
‘But I don’t know where these crayfish came from.’
However, there was a reason why Sang-woo decided to go for food that many people had given up on.
That’s why these Mantis Shrimps couldn’t find the protruding core.
In fact, not only Sang-woo, but many clones around him were already scouting the area thoroughly.
In the meantime, Sang-woo found the queen lobster first and was suppressing it.
Strangely, however, there was no core that looked like a crayfish protruding from anywhere.
Clearly, given the appearance of these crayfish monsters, there must be a core where they were first created somewhere.
So Sang-woo was not able to kill the queen lobster.
‘If I kill this, it will be the end.’
Crayfish have a female crayfish, so when the queen crayfish dies, the female crayfish becomes a new queen crayfish and is in charge of breeding and production.
However, there was no guarantee that these monsters would completely match the habits of crayfish.
Therefore, the risk was too great to kill the crayfish on the spot, relying only on such habit information.
If you get rid of queen lobsters and never recreate them, you may never taste these delicious lobsters again.
That’s why Sang-woo was thinking about how to captivate him now.
And he had only one means to capture the lobster.
‘It’s just beast training.’
The beast training skill he acquired while dealing with the orc army not too long ago was the method.
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[Beast Training (Lv. 1)/Cast Type]: Tame beasts and monsters with the power of the mind. The stronger the monster, the more difficult it is to train.
-Current number of individuals that can be forcibly trained: 1
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This skill was a kind of taming skill for taming monsters.
It was a very useful skill for normal hunters because it meant having a helper to fight with.
Because he could fight alongside the monsters, he could act as a spare life to take damage when he was almost twice as dangerous as other hunters.
Therefore, it was a skill that could be sold at a very high price.
As for the level of its status, the leader of the Phoenix Guild in Korea was at the top of the A-class hunter with a skill that summons a phoenix.
Of course, not only in Korea, but also overseas, summoner-type or tamer-type hunters were in the limelight and popular.
For Hana Sang-woo, it was just such a skill.
It was because Sang-woo already had powerful helpers to the extent that any pet called an alter ego could not be replaced.
One alter ego was already strong enough to chew through most pets, and unlike pets and summons, which had some limitations in growth, the alter ego was still growing to the point of not knowing the end.
‘But you use it like this. As expected, the skill is good.’
As soon as I saw it, I thought I would use the beast training skill that I thought I would never use for the rest of my life.
It was an opportunity for Sang-woo to make a resolution to gather more skills in the future.
Soaked in a bit of emotion, Sang-woo looked down at the sparkling white back of the queen lobster’s head.
And he used the skill without hesitation. When he used the
[Beast Training]
skill, an intangible wave spread from Sang-woo’s head.
Giying-
A similar feeling to using Soul Link or Telekinesis skills.
The wave spread from his head and headed straight for the lobster.
Kiyaahiah-
and instantly, Sang-woo was able to read the feelings of the guy.
anger.
enemy.
nervous.
fear.
fear.
Among them, the most powerful emotion was ‘anger’.
The fierce hostility was so strong that the mental connection between Sang-woo and Ga-jae was broken in an instant.
‘what. end?’
Sang-woo was disappointed when he learned that the skill had failed.
It was because I believed in one mental power and tried it when I heard that it was tamed with the ‘power of mind’ mentioned in the beast training skill description.
In fact, it was a situation where there was no choice but to fail.
‘Well, it’s only level 1.’
The level of the beast training skill is now only level 1.
Besides, it was the first time I had ever used it.
Even in the description of the skill, there was a comment that strong monsters were difficult to train, but Sang-woo was also struggling against super-powerful monsters.
‘I’m leaving if I do this…’
Sang-woo is disappointed.
But it wasn’t that there was no way.
‘Skill level… I don’t think it’s just a matter of raising it.’
You need to use a skill right now, but you want to raise the skill level?
At first glance, it’s a strange decision, but it was a natural result for Sang-woo, who has an ‘alternate self’.
‘I’m going to tie the queen lobster into alter egos, and in the meantime, I’ll have them work to level up my beast training skill.’
The bottom line is to use clones.
It was an ‘alternate body’ before the victory.
‘Then, just in case, I’ll summon another alter ego.’
Sang-woo opened the subspace and summoned one of his alter egos next to the queen lobster.
So while a total of 2 alter egos were playing against the lobster (?), I was thinking of rolling the other alter egos to work on their skills.
‘Everyone gather.’
Sang-woo disconnected from the alter ego that was dealing with the lobster, and gathered all the other alter egos together.
When the alter ego waiting near Raven opens the subspace, the alter egos gather through it.
That’s that, that’s tak-
Raven opened his mouth as he saw the alter egos lined up in their seats.
-Are you done?
-no. I found the queen lobster…
Sang-woo explained everything.
It was said that they found the queen lobster but not the core.
At those words, Raven scratched his chin.
-Hmm… For some reason, that queen lobster seems to be a watchman.
-A watchman? What is it?
– It is an elite monster that appears when you destroy some powerful dungeon cores.
Raven explained.
According to him, a sentinel is a powerful monster that appears when destroying a core.
It was so powerful that dragons and heroes had lost their lives in the past because of that monster.
-hmm? But aren’t the crayfish a bit weak to be watchmen?
Sang-woo expressed his doubts.
But Raven shook his head.
– Disciple, you underestimate yourself too much. What would have happened if those crayfish had successfully reproduced and become corps? Do you really think that the Urencia Empire would be able to stop them without you and me?
Sang-woo imagined the scene in his head for a moment.
Giant crayfish armed with hard shells impervious to normal attacks and shooting air cannons.
The way the guys rush towards the barrier.
A barrier that is weakened by tens of thousands of air cannons.
And even the appearance of the barrier being broken by the Crab Mantis Shrimp using a strange punch.
It didn’t seem easy for humanity to stop them.
– Um… I’m sure it is.
-Fortunately, we were able to block it in advance because we were here. So don’t underestimate the watchmen. Do you understand
-yes. all right. hmm. So, should I do something that didn’t have a form?
At Sang-woo’s words, Raven wondered what he was talking about and looked at him.
Seeing his eyes urging him to answer, Sang-woo scratched his head and explained his plan.
-Ah, that’s because I was trying to catch and raise some crayfish.
-…what?
– I just wanted to catch it, breed it, and eat it over and over again… hahaha.
Sangwoo smiled shyly.
And after hearing his words, Raven made an expression of boredom.
– My disciple. Raising monsters… wouldn’t it be too dangerous? Besides, it’s a monster that might be a watchman.
Sang-woo shrugged at his concern.
-But if the training skill works, it becomes my monster, right? If this works, I think it will work the way I think.
-Hmm…
The training skill is a kind of mind control skill.
Raven nodded as Sang-woo had a point.
– Certainly, if your technique works, there must be a possibility.
Raven agreed, and Sang-woo continued talking as if he was excited.
-Right? Anyhow, I’m going to give it a try.
-Still, I think it’s a bit dangerous…
Raven’s lukewarm reaction.
Hana Sang-woo’s master, he had never thought so indecisively because his temper was like a knife.
In other words, he too was swayed by Sang-woo’s idea.
Sang-woo put a wedge in there.
-Once you try it, if it doesn’t work, you’ll cut it off. And if you succeed, Master can eat the crawfish to your heart’s content.
As he finished speaking, Sang-woo glanced at the crayfish lying next to him.
Raven’s pupils follow that line of sight naturally.
The neck of his neck gulp down.
< Mantis Shrimp (5) > End
