(Chapter 51)

Next Day.

Eight o'clock in the morning.

"There are three places that housing the school of Mutant Crimson Iron-Bone Fish. Silent Ruth Domain, Midnight Dread Reservoir, and Enchanted Calm Lake.

About the said dragon that you mention, there are two possible areas which are the Overwhelming Hollows and the Neverending Grotto.

So... Where we will go first, Shyr?"

Qin Xuan said to him the places with a smile on her face and excitement can be felt from her aura that her body is releasing.

But Shyrveen looked at Yang Manli first before glancing at the whole Team Bullseye that is organized lining up just outside of the shelter but much closer to the entrance of the forest nearby.

"... And you're bringing them?..."

'... We're fighting in the lake, not near the lake... What's this? Additional training underwater to strengthen their arm muscles to pull higher rating bowstrings without the help of Genes?...'

But he didn't voice it out for it will be a rudeness to them, that he can see some eagerness on the faces to fight with him.

Yang Manli can already think what Shyrveen was planning to do if the whole Bullseye team isn't with them and giggles.

"Of course!"

Qin Xuan said while nodding proudly and smugly at him.

"..."

"..."

"Alright, we will go with the nearest one..."

Shyrveen shrugs and lets her be for she is his informant and guide this time.

Even though he can just search for caves and lakes. It will consume his time because Qin Xuan isn't giving him the information about them and even the name that she blurted out just now.

"Then the Enchanted Calm Lake it is!"

Three days was spend from walking nonstop because even the weakest member can walk for five days straight.

And soon they all staring at the lake that can rival the Ethereal Loch but still smaller than the Abysmal Depths for Shyrveen and Yang Manli's sight.

"So?"

Qin Xuan is still smiling that she won something out of Shyrveen's hand.

'... This girl... Trying to let me show off my power so it can increase their morale after knowing I'm Coin?... Sorry, kid... But... That wouldn't be the case anymore but only for me to be bored this time.'

Shyrveen summoned the Super Pet Treant, then tap its ankle and said.

"Pull and throw 10 fishes at once to this group every 30 seconds. After you throw, kill some underwater, signal me once you saw Sacred-Blood... Do you know which is which?..."

Esmund only nodded once before walking slowly into the lake, by Shyrveen's order.

That made Yang Manli giggled but everyone except for Shyrveen, don't know why she is laughing.

Shyrveen and Yang Manli knows how freaking fast this lump of woods.

Even Han Sen was so scared after realizing that the Super Pets of Shyrveen are so atrocious from head to toe, that he is wishing to get one too.

The reason why Shyrveen made Esmund so slow to the other's eyes was because.

'... There are some pests lurking around...'

All of the member's jaws drop as they bend their necks backward just to get a glimpse of its face.

And they can see it walking so slow but every step after making contact with the ground is making a vibration onto the ground which they can feel even if they have shoes.

"Sir Shyr is so illogical!"

"That's not the case! That treant can be his personal tower and he can be the king of the world once he climbs to the top! He put his title to the next level!!!"

"But that's a pet for sure! Sir Shyr ordered it to attack! Because Beast Soul Mounts can't attack! So how he can do that!?"

And only for Liu Hongtao to shout with an irritation in his voice after seeing the first batch of flying fish that aiming for their heads.

"Shut up! Get into your goddamn positions and better aim at the fishes now or you will be killed if they are still alive after reaching this position!!!"

He knows that he can't beat Shyrveen so he did something that will kill Shyrveen, he gritted his teeth under his closed mouth but a very small movement can be seen on the corner of his lips that went up.

'Even with that absurd pet, you will still die, bastard!'

"Sir, yes, sir!"

Shyrveen pulled Yang Manli to the side and handling over the Beast Soul every time he gained from Esmund kills.

Qin Xuan can only stare dead to the back of Shyrveen and didn't expected this to happened and glance at her best friend that notices her eyes and hides at the silhouette of Shyrveen.

After ten rounds of throwing fishes to the shore.

Shyrveen ordered Esmund to come ashore but before that, Shyrveen went to the shallow waters and secretly put all the fishes that Esmund killed into his inventory before he recalls Esmund.

Qin Xuan knows why Shryveen can't help them use his Space Bag to carry the kills since there are only two individuals who have them, and everyone will know that he is Coin or Bill if he did that.

But as the Head, she already expected this and so the team retrieval just arrived on time before the whole Bullseye team marched on the second lake within two days without taking a rest.

The next location is Silent Ruth Domain.

Shyrveen ordered Esmund to do the tactics again but just for the second round of throwing fishes onto the shore.

He hurriedly dives in the waters to kill the pair of Sacred-Bloods after Esmund sends a signal and got one Beast Soul again.

According to the deal, Qin Xuan and he will take each one whole body of Sacred-Blood, alternatively.

As for the Beast Soul, the next Beast Soul will be in the possession of the gang.

Then Qin Xuan told Shyrveen and asked him.

"One of the cave is near, the Neverending Grotto. Want to check it out?"

Shryveen thought for a while then decided for the next location.

'... I just need 16 Mutant Beast Souls or 3 more Sacred-Blood Beast Souls to evolve my arrow to Super... Add that there are pests around...'

"... We will go there after we finished the 3rd lake."

Qin Xuan can only shrug because Shyrveen is the only way that she can get those water creatures without casualties.

And she already noticed that the treant of Shryveen that didn't have a single scratch on its body after the sharp teeth of Mutants munching with all of its might and freely on the treant's body after it went ashore once.

'What kind of Beast Soul is this?... It can understand him with a nod to reply but it didn't pay attention to me or specifically, everyone else except for Shyr has been ignored... Plus its defense is too high that it didn't matter if those creatures are trying to eat its body...'

"... Alright."

If she only went inside the waters, she wouldn't be this carefree and only curious about the treant but she will be hyped and ask Shyrveen nonstop until she gets the information about it.

Unfortunately, she didn't think of this idea, to check the capabilities of the treant while under the water.

Since the third lake is the farthest and it's on the opposite side which is the north side of the shelter, they made a stop for two hours in the shelter to settle the fishes in the warehouse before they will continue their journey.

Inside the room of Shyrveen.

"... Hey, sweety?"

"What is it, darling?"

He decided not to continue about the thing on his mind and it will only make Yang Manli worried again, and shook his head.

"... No, nothing..."

"You sure?..."

She is confused about what's running again on his mind, and heard his answer with surety.

"Yes..."

But she won't stop trying to figure it out and decided to think of something that can lead him to say it to her.

"... By the way, I heard the news that you hurt and beat the people of Son of Heaven?..."

"Hmmm? I did since they're trying to rob me... Why?..."

His mind thinks of something after hearing her asking him about it but he still lacks something to realize it.

"Well... I don't know if it's only me or this is really a case... But you're changing...'

"... What do you mean, sweety?"

Shyrveen stares at her confusedly while Yang Manli is scratching her cheeks.

"Err... Normally, you will just send them on their knees with the magical presence that you already told me about and I experienced it once...

But this time, you're hurting them physically. Not that I don't mind because it's a sign that you're being irritated or angry?... I'm not sure...

But I wish it won't be the influences of those souls inside you... What do you think?..."

"This..."

Shyrveen sighed after knowing that Yang Manli lead him back to what he wants to ask her earlier.

"Now that you mentioned it... I'm being cruel, aren't I?..."

"Yes, a little bit. But it is acceptable here, it just that they will harbor resentment to you."

Shyrveen massages his chin to think this over and everything that might possibly happen after his deeds.

He realized that he really forgot to think the consequences first before whipping into blindness Liu Feng's eyes.

That usually, he will think it in the first place before he acts.

"... This should be the attitude of that man inside the Ice Soul Shard...."

He subconsciously mumbles in a voice of a mosquito but Yang Manli still heard it since she got six points of Super Gene now.

And was confused at first and her eyes widen after she got some conclusions.

"Hmmm?... That man?... There's another one!?..."

"No. I'll explain this to you when we're at my home... Don't worry, I'll think about this thing thoroughly. With you now, I'll try to fight them to complete myself..."

Shyrveen waved his hand as he denied that thing and caress her head, but only to stop on his track after hearing her.

"... What makes you incomplete is what makes me deeply fall in love with you. I want to say that 'It's fine and I'm totally okay with it because it what makes you, you.'.

But it will a discourtesy to you since you, yourself, is the one who has those complications and not me, and you want to complete yourself for me, that I should be grateful for since it is your thinking that it will make me more happier..."

Yang Manli makes a speech while sitting on his stomach and leans forwards before she kissed his lips deeply.

Two hours were totally done and they started to march again to the northern part of the shelter.

After five days of walking, they reached the Midnight Dread Reservoir in the afternoon.

"This lake is bigger than the two lakes so far, but this isn't named like that as a joke. Every midnight, the lake will be boiling as hot that can melt copper at its highest temperature and will subside only after two hours. We don't know for why because there's no such volcano in the twelve miles in its perimeter that can cause one."

Qin Xuan elaborated on the lake's infamous popularity amongst men.

"... Then wouldn't that kill the fishes?"

"No. Those Mutant fishes are insusceptible by high temperature, they aren't called Crimson Iron-Bone for nothing.

Remember the past lakes were cold right? That's why they're shoaling and some of them are always in pairs, like the first two Sacred-Bloods, to be always in heat."

Shryveen is puzzled after hearing her.

"Wait... So, Jade-Scaled isn't the only path that they can evolve into? Because the Jade-Scaled is inclined into low temperatures."

Qin Xuan was stunned even Yang Manli, after hearing this thing from Shyrveen's mouth and the words sink in their minds.

"... That's what we don't know. We didn't found anything like that or in the records so far.

It's been so long that the Alliance got one because this fish is only in the first sanctuary. Of course there are some high quality in the second sanctuary and above.

But with the difficulties of the people in those sanctuaries. They don't have time to think about these things, luxurious things.

And that is the reason why the Sacred-Blood of that fish is hard to find, or once found, so hard to kill and that's what it makes it so expensive in the nobles and aristocrats of the Alliance."

Yang Manli decided to join and clarify things to Shyrveen.

"So... How much is the Sacred-Blood?"

Only for Qin Xuan to grit her teeth and thought, before saying the half-lie and half-truth.

'This dead man wants to manipulate the fish industry!'

"... One whole body can fetch up to 40 to 60 million Levo Dollars if it's in the auction..."

Shyrveen nodded after realizing the reason for the high demand and lack of supply.

"... Highest quality of meat, Sacred-Blood, and much easier to get since it's only in the first sanctuary, compared to the high-quality meats that is a Sacred-Blood too from the second and above sanctuaries?"

"... Right."

Qin Xuan nodded and simply answered him and marched away from him towards the members of the Bullseye busy killing the flying fishes, leaving both of them that is far away from the group.

She will get more irritated at him after knowing his objective.

'This scummy dead man! With his Space Bag, he is a walking big company! Ugh!'

Shyrveen scratches his cheeks and glance at Yang Manli to answer his concern.

"Then those Mutants wouldn't crash the market?..."

Which for Yang Manli, gladly answered it because she can find hope from this and how to make Shyrveen be included in the high society, to increase the possibility of her parents to accept Shyrveen even with his 'background'.

"No. Actually it will be the opposite... Wait... You don't even know how many planets where humanity resides and living in the universe?... Or how big is the Alliance?...

If we compared the numbers that we got, or specifically the gang's got... It is like a one bucket of chicken wings that you laid down for the whole past population of the ancestral planet to fight with to buy it."

"Ahh..."

He can only nod about this and started to plan things for the future while he is staying in this universe.

And how he would know? He is not a damn citizen of this universe...