Chapter 51: The Jasper Cave

Moqi successfully received the task and began his journey to slaughter the cave spiders.

For a while, everywhere the three of them went, there were spider corpses everywhere. Driven by hunger, these "beasts" called "Hungry Cave Spiders" originally lived in jasper mines, and they crawled out of the dark mines and weaved huge cobwebs in the woods next to the mines, waiting for their prey.

Cave spiders have much longer legs than the lakeshore crawlers Mochi had previously encountered, and they also have barbs on their leg joints that resemble tree branches. When they are brown and copper-colored, they easily blend in with the surrounding woods when they rest on the trees. Therefore, Mo Qi and the others will be extra careful when passing by the cedar trees covered in cobwebs. Those thin cobwebs are more dangerous than their appearance, and the result of accidentally touching them is often a swarm of spiders falling from the sky.

Hiss –

The cave spider hissed, baring its fangs at Mochi and Avena. Mochi wasn't nervous about the situation, knowing that his companion was hiding in the shadows. Perhaps because of the trust in their comrades in their previous lives, Mochi and Akarin soon formed a tacit understanding, with Mochi in charge of luring the spider out of the spider's webs and Akarin in charge of killing.

"Mr. Mochi, you'd better be careful...... Anvina reminded.

"It's okay, don't be afraid." Moqi said confidently.

As soon as the cave spider's front legs took half a step, a knife light flew out of the shadows, and the long legs of the cave spider were neatly cut into two pieces, and green juice splashed everywhere. Anvina hid behind Mochi in time to avoid the juice, but Mochi was not so lucky, and his overtrust in his allies left him drenched in slimy green liquid.

"Mr. Mooch, I was about to warn you to be careful...... "Anvena said timidly.

Mochi wiped a handful of green liquid on his face and threw his hand very unpleasantly. Mo Qi really couldn't figure out how something as disgusting as spider legs could become a specialty snack in the Undercity? To be honest, after seeing all kinds of spider legs, Mo Qi felt like vomiting when he heard the crunchy spider legs.

Temporarily suppressing the urge to take a bath, Mochi endured the stench in the spider's mouth and carefully pulled out the fangs. The fangs are connected to the venom glands, and sometimes Mochi can even carry purple sacs in the shape of pouches. It's a pity that these poison sacs are difficult to refrigerate, and the toxic proteins produced in the animal body are easy to fail, otherwise Mo Qi really wants to make some highly toxic reagents.

Due to the clear division of labor - Akalin is mainly responsible for killing monsters, Moqi is responsible for collecting chelicera, and Anvina is responsible for disliking Moqi, the three of them completed the task quickly, and in less than three hours, they collected 24 spider fangs.

When Mochi piled 24 fangs in front of the tall fishman, his expression was surprised—"Well, it seems that you are a little stronger than you think, and in that case, I will ask you one more thing." ”

After the tall fishman said this, Mo Qi received a system prompt again-

You have completed the quest [Trouble from the Spider] and gained 2000 XP, 3 Silver, and 10 Bronze.

You have reached level 10 and currently have Lv10_411/7600 experience.

You have been given a new quest [Rescue the Fish-Man in the Cave], will you accept it?

Mission Description:

Just now, we found out that there were some missing villagers in the village, and I think about it, the missing villagers are wah-la-la, wow-la-la, wow-la-la, ah-la-la, ah-la-la, and ah-la-la. They disappeared this morning, presumably captured by these fishmen. Thanks to the tides, these eight-legged monsters have a habit of netting their prey and dragging them into the mines for a few days before eating. I think we still have a chance to save them.

Objectives:

Fishman villager in a net (0/6)

Rewards:

2100 XP, 3 silver, 50 bronze.

……

Moqi recalled the plot of the Jasper Mine Cave and felt that the difficulty of the task was acceptable, so he accepted the task.

They were just about to turn around and go on a mission when a chubby fish-man stopped them—

"Hello, I'm a fisherman in the village, I heard that you are going to the jasper mine, can I ask you something?"

Mochi shrugged his shoulders noncommittally.

"Great, thank you so much!".

You have obtained a new quest [Sturdy Cobweb], do you accept it?

Mission Description:

"First of all, I want to assure you that I hate these eight-legged monsters as much as the other fishmen in the village." The fisherman, Werdo, looked around nervously, then lowered his voice and said, "However, I have to admit that the cobwebs of these monsters are very strong, and they are perfect for making fishing nets...... Please help me bring some pure white cobwebs from the mines, which are usually found in the deepest part of the spider caves, and you can easily find them when you get to the mines. Also, please don't tell anyone that my fishing nets are made of spider webs, the villagers will be very angry...... In today's world when food is very tight in the village, filling your stomach is more important than anything else, you know that, right? ”

Objectives:

Pure White Cobwebs (0/8)

Rewards:

2200 XP, 4 silver.

……

"I didn't expect to get a side quest, it looks like this trip was not in vain." Mochi excitedly took on the side quest, and without bothering to clean up, he took Avena and Akalin to the hillside not far from the Jasper Mine.

Jasper Mine Cave is located near the beach southeast of Hillsbrad, very close to the village of the Shatterfinned Mud Fish People. This is one of the reasons why the spiders in the mines often attack the Shatterfinned Mud Fishmen.

Another reason is that the Jasper Cave is an important breeding base for the Forsaken to stock the cave spiders. Crunchy spider legs are known to be a specialty snack in the Eastern Kingdoms, and it is said that the spider legs eaten by the Undercity alone every year can be connected and circled around Azerorazor three times.

The demand for long-legged spiders among the Forsaken is evident, and because of this, the garrisons stationed in the Jasper Mines artificially breed and domesticate a large number of cave spiders every quarter. At the same time, in order to save the cost of breeding, the mine garrison will also deliberately drive the mine spiders to hunt fish eaters on the beach.

This practice is undoubtedly a disaster for the Finless Mud Fishmen, whose villagers are regularly hunted by hungry cave spiders, despite the increased security along the beach.

Therefore, the jasper cave and the long-legged spider are cursed beings for these fishmen.

They wanted to eradicate these spiders, but because their own strength was too weak, the fish people could only grit their teeth and survive under the threat of cave spiders.

Recently, the number of fish and shellfish in the surrounding waters has decreased, making it more difficult for fish people to survive. The presence of spiders already limits the range of food for fish, and the reduced amount of food in the waters they depend on for survival is a dilemma.

Either wait here to starve to death, or join the Shatterfinned Fishmen village to the west and accept Naga's rule.

However, none of this is about Moqi, as an adventurer, all he has to do is complete the mission as quickly as possible and then move on to the next Fish-Man Village.

Fortunately, the jasper mine cave is just a "farm", and the surrounding security force is not strong, only two guards gather together to chat far away from the entrance of the cave. Mochi saw an opportunity and slipped into the dark and cold cavern with Anvina.