Chapter 9: The Demon King and the Roast and the Panther
After successfully convincing Natalie, the red-haired girl finally stopped stopping Green from eating the contents of the maze.
The Labyrinth Lord will always drop items when he dies, while normal mobs will not necessarily drop items after death, so Green doesn't pick up many items along the way.
The forest labyrinth is not big, and soon Green and his party arrived at the boss room where the maze lord was.
Looking at the huge piece of bone and stick meat in the boss room, Green's eyes lit up: "Didn't you come to the maze to get meat?" It's so big, why didn't you take it out? ”
"This labyrinth only has one God-given crystal at a time, so you can only choose one loot to take out. Since the Labyrinth Lord dropped the python skin this time, he had to give up the meat. ”
"I see, is there a hidden object?" Green quickly understood what Natalie meant in the way of the game.
That's good news for Green. After all, the large piece of bone stick meat dropped by the python lord can withstand dozens of small pieces of meat.
Green threw the vines he had picked up along the way to the ground and started a fire to prepare the roast.
A bonfire was made out of vines, then a handful of hay and two flints and steels were taken out and began to beat.
With a burst of sparks, Green tries to set the hay on fire with flint and steel.
Natalie watched Green's movements and raised her eyebrows: "Let me do it." ”
"Okay." Green handed the flint and steel to the girl.
The girl took out her dagger and struck it at the flint and steel a few times, and a burst of sparks flew around, and soon the hay was set on fire.
Within a few minutes, a bonfire was on fire.
Green directly placed the small pieces of bone stick meat next to the campfire to grill, and the large pieces of bone stick meat dropped by the Labyrinth Lord borrowed Natalie's dagger to cut it into small pieces and then roasted them on the campfire.
Soon, the aroma of barbecue spreads, and then ......
Green spotted a blue-black jungle cheetah coming out of the forest......
"Be careful!" Green shouted angrily as he picked up his stick and stood up.
Alerted by Green, Natalie rolled over, jumped up directly, took out her weapon, turned around, and looked behind her.
And at this time, the panther already wanted Natalie to pounce!
"Special Lord!?" Natalie's face changed and she tried to dodge.
"Bump!" As soon as the ground hit the ground, the black panther directly threw Natalie to the ground, opened its bloody mouth, and bit Natalie's head!
Looking at the black panther's bloody mouth, a trace of fear flashed in Natalie's eyes, but at this moment, suddenly a fist fell from the sky!
"Ahh ~”
With a huge force, the cheetah's head smashed into Natalie's body, hitting Natalie's head dizzy, and at this moment, accompanied by a strange roar of "Ah Da Da Da~", and then ......
With a "pop~", the cheetah that was originally lying on Natalie's body turned into the brilliance of magic and disappeared, leaving only a few items.
It took a while for Natalie to recover from her vertigo.
Natalie covered her head, opened her eyes, and saw Grimm standing beside her with a sharp flint in hand.
Green pinched the stone as a weapon in his hand and gritted his teeth as he looked at the place where the cheetah disappeared: "This damn leopard doesn't lose meat!?" "It's a big loss!
Using "Chaos Magic" to strengthen himself and kill enemies, but not getting food, much to Grimm's sadness.
It was here that Natalie noticed what was left behind by the cheetah.
A very complete leopard skin.
The blue-black fur is very soft, and there is this faint blue glow on it, which looks like a work of art. It's a great piece of fur, and it could even be worth more than a python's skin!
Green casually set the fur aside. For Green, this fur can't be taken out, and it looks unpalatable, so no matter how beautiful this fur is, it is useless.
Green has no interest in this kind of "scene props" that can't be eaten and can't be exchanged for money.
"Are you alright?" Green asked the red-haired girl.
"It's okay, thank you." Natalie clutched her still dizzy head and sat up slowly, "Thank you for saving me." It was just too dangerous. ”
The thought of what had just happened made Natalie's heart palpitate.
"You...... Don't know about that panther? Green looked at Natalie strangely, "You haven't met that panther before?" ”
"No...... That panther was supposed to be the Hidden Lord...... No, it doesn't drop "God-given Crystals", it is supposed to be a hidden monster. ”
Greene: "Hidden Lord? Hidden monsters? ”
Natalie explains to Green about the so-called hidden monster.
The so-called hidden monsters are somewhat similar to what gamers often call "hidden bosses". In the maze, after certain conditions are met, some special monsters may appear, and these monsters usually drop some rare things.
“…… The forest labyrinth has never seen hidden monsters before, and everyone has given up. I didn't expect to accidentally hit it this time and found a hidden monster! Natalie excitedly stroked the fur left behind by the panther.
"This hidden monster just dropped a piece of fur, and it didn't drop the God-given Crystal, so why are you so excited?" Green didn't understand what Natalie was excited about. The entire labyrinth will drop a god-given crystal, and there will only be one thing that can be brought out in the end.
"No, no, no. Although it didn't drop the "God-given Crystal" this time, there is actually a certain chance that the hidden monster will drop the "God-given Crystal". In other words, the output of maze items in the future will no longer be a fixed one, and it is possible to produce two items at a time. Natalie paused, "And although the hidden monster does not always drop the 'God-given Crystal' like the 'Labyrinth Lord', it will always drop a Labyrinth item after killing. The fur dropped by this panther looks good, which means that the village has more specialties. ”
With Natalie's introduction, Green learns more about the labyrinth and the village of Lapula.
The Labyrinth Lord always drops a large piece of flesh and a "God-given Crystal" at a time, but there is only a small chance that other things will appear. For example, the most valuable output of a forest maze is python skin, but it may not be able to produce one for half a year - this is obviously not enough to be a specialty.
Therefore, the "big stick meat" with a short shelf life is the main output of the maze.
In this inaccessible world, "fresh meat" is obviously not suitable as a commodity, so the "labyrinth meat" produced by the maze can only be used as a daily food digest in the village. The production of "labyrinth meat" has relieved the pressure on food in the village to a certain extent, so that the village can use more food for sale, and the village of Lapura has become a purely agricultural village.
But if there is a panther that can produce stable fur, it is different. These leopard skins can be made into a variety of leather products with a little processing, which not only does not have the problem of "shelf life", but also has a good market demand, and is not at all marketable.