72 A Toxic Environmen (1/2)

After Haley and the rest of the group regained their composure, they continued to walk behind Natalia as she led them to the first battlefield.

On their way, they ran into 2 other traps, One was another hole trap while the other was a rope trap that would bind onto someone's foot and catapult them in the air, making them fall to death.

Natalia even pointed out many fake traps in order to gain the trust of the group and even received praise for doing it.

Moby used his devil's hand to make all the traps miss Haley. He made her either stumble or trip in a way that looked natural, saving her from each trap as a result.

Each time Natalia noticed that her plan didn't work, she became even angrier, her scowl growing bigger and uglier each time.

Her plans were proving to be absolutely ineffective for reasons she could not understand.

It was like there was a ghost, spirit, or guardian angel watching over Haley.

After a few minutes of walking, the group finally reached the first battlefield that Moby was talking about. It was a small clearing in the forest. There was blood on the ground, withered plants, dissolved rocks, and broken trees, exactly like Moby described. The area definitely had a clear sign of a scuffle.

The bodies of 5 wolves were randomly scattered around the vicinity, their bodies completely dissolved and unrecognizable. Their description matched the one Moby told them exactly. They could tell that they were wolves, but had no idea of their species.

Since the bodies were so damaged and poisonous, they were unable to cash them in for any points.

Even if Haley wanted to heal them, she couldn't. Their bodies were beyond saving.

Natalia explained that the bodies must be in at least decent or usable condition for them to be worth any points. Also, any extremely poisonous beast would be a hazard for the soldiers at school to deal with. So, those types of monsters will be worth half points if they were teleported to the school for points.

From the clearing in the forest, they noticed another path coming into the clearing.

It was a path littered with broken trees and withered plants which Moby described to them as the path he took for escape when the Lycan started chasing him.

When the group was walking on the path, they were amazed by the magnitude of destruction they were witnessing. It made them even more interested in how the beast that caused all this destruction and mayhem looked like.

On the way were even more traps that were laid out. This included 2 more hole traps with sharp rocks at the bottom and one rope trap which Moby once again made miss their intended target.

At this point, Natalia was close to snapping, with every failed trap she started to lose her mind more and more. However, she somehow managed to keep her emotions under control and calm herself down.

After a few minutes of walking, the trail of devastation led them to where the cave once stood. Now in its place was a pile of dissolved rubble. Nothing was recognizable at all. Once again, exactly like Moby described.

From the cave was another path of broken trees that led them into a massive area of a withered and dissolved environment. Many craters littered the ground and large scratch marks were on many of the trees. In the middle of the battlefield was the gigantic figure of the dead Lycan. Around it was dissolved black grass that made the Lycan's body slightly sink into the ground. Even in death, the Lycan's body was extremely toxic.

With this much proof, the group had to 100% believe Moby's story. They knew that it would be impossible to fake all of this unless he was immune to the Lycan's toxins and was able to pick up its body to fake the withered plants and scratches. Which was absurd. No one could possibly be completely immune to such a strong toxin.

Or so they thought.

That was exactly what Moby did.

The Lycan did not follow him all the way to the cave. So, he faked the rest of the way by picking up the Lycan's body and manually destroying and withering everything in the area with it. This included both the cave and the new battlefield he recently created as well. He spent the entire night doing it, trying his best to make it look as natural and convincing as possible.

As the group got closer to the huge monster in the center of the battlefield, they noticed that it was indeed a giant werewolf looking beast.

”l recognize this beast from the bestiary! This is a Toxicus Lycan! They are extremely rare and have not been seen on this planet since 30 years ago! They secrete a very powerful poison from their mouth and body that can wither and dissolve virtually anything! Their power levels range from 10,000 to 12,500. I assume that Moby got lucky and faced one closed to 10,000 as if it were any higher I wouldn't see any way he could have won.” Natalia explained.

'Huh? 10,000 to 12,500? The one I faced was 13,400! Is her information outdated or something?' Moby questioned.

”Sadly, since this is an extremely toxic beast, it will be a hazard for the workers at school. The body is in well enough condition but, due to its toxic body, our points will be halved.” Natalia explained with immense disappointment.