Chapter 619: Snake Hunting (1/2)
Although Zero and Truen did not know what Queen Leah's pet sea serpent looked like, it shouldn't be too difficult to find it. After all, snakes generally looked the same. The only thing different about the sea serpent from regular snakes would be its size.
”Do you think this is big enough?” Zero asked and pointed at a random sea snake from the Marrissa's window.
The wood elf shook his head. ”I'm assuming it's quite the sea monster. A serpent isn't the same as a large snake.”
Zero frowned and argued back that a python was rather large for a snake. He wasn't wrong, but Truen didn't think Zero understood the size chart for sea creatures and sea monsters. Three weeks passed in the blink of an eye, and nearly all the sea snakes were hunted towards extinction. Thankfully, Bob had enough sense to remind his master about the importance of preserving the ecosystem.
Frustrated, Zero flopped back onto the bed. How could they not find Indra Seagloo yet?! It was ridiculous! Ever since they knew about Queen Leah's pet, Mitchnew and Desert Lily worked hard to gather information. Everyone was on the lookout for massive sea snakes, but none of those sea monster reports belonged to the sea serpent they wanted.
”What do you think sea serpents are tempted by?” Zero asked. ”Let's lure it out of hiding with food.”
Bob raised a brow. Not everyone can be tempted by food. Sure, many of the Half Moon Village people were foodies, but he doubted the sea serpent could be baited. It was Queen Leah's pampered pet, even if it was a monster. Its taste buds would be hard to please even if it wasn't finicky.
Unlike Bob, Truen and Ottley thought about Zero's suggestion. Honestly, anything would be better than hunting every other snake species to extinction. Although they were not food experts, it was common knowledge that snakes eat frogs, fishes and eggs.
”If it were a normal snake, the easiest bait to use is an egg. Snakes love eggs for some reason. However, the sea serpent would be too big to find a regular egg tasty,” Pepper commented, and Zero thought about it seriously.
”Does an egg have to be big to be attractive?” Bob asked. He had a feeling he knew where this was going.
Before the gnome could confirm or deny it, Zero clapped his hands together with that sparkle in his eye. Truen started taking measures to do damage control. If there was an egg big enough to tempt a serpent over twenty metres tall out of hiding, it had to belong to something in the mythical or legendary grade.
Sadly, there was only one such creature they knew that could do this. That creature happened to be in Half Moon Village, but Truen doubted that she would part with her eggs as easily as she parted with her silk.
”Zero, we should think of another idea. Penelope wouldn't be happy if you used her eggs as bait. It's like using the egg that Bob was in to feed the sea serpent. How would you feel if I used Bob's egg to lure the sea serpent out?”
He knew his point landed on the mark when Zero's jaw fell with horror in his eyes. Bob heaved a sigh of relief. Thankfully they didn't have to use eggs. Giant frogs and fishes were a little easier to find in comparison. All they had to do was dive a little deeper to catch a sea monster and tow it behind the Marrissa. Unfortunately, nobody knew if the sea serpent would be interested in eating sea monsters. After all, it was more well known for attacking cargo ships.
”We need more information,” Ottley concluded. They could sit here all day discussing which bait would work better, but it would only be a waste of time. ”Let's ask the victims of the sea serpent directly what they saw, and we can try to recreate the situation.”