Chapter 249 - Insect Woman (1/2)

One of the insect people?! Aren't they supposed to be in Aquagius?! They shouldn't appear until the next update. But why am I seeing one of them already?

”Master? Isn't that an Insect Person?” Atlas asked.

”Yeah, but first, let's remove her from here. We don't know if she is still alive so we need to hurry.”

With the help of Atlas, we carried her out of the stomach of the Giant Devouring Sandworm. She is covered in slime, the blood of the monster, and some flesh that I have been stuck to her hair and body. She is still warm, perhaps, due to her still inside the body.

Since there is a nearby ruin where there is a stable flat concrete floor, we brought her there. The enemies that surrounded the area is not a match for me and the wolves and quickly disposed of them before they can even be turned into a bigger problem.

”Atlas, carefully put her down here,” I said and pat the concrete floor I just wiped off with my hands from dust..

Atlas slowly put her down. I checked her body pulse and breathing and thankfully, she is still alive. However, just from looking at her, she is too weak at the moment.

”Let's camp here for now and wait for her to wake up. They are sensitive to sudden temperature changes so we will have to monitor her condition.”

I also pull out clothes from my inventory. Since the only female clothes I got are some of the Normal rarity magician's robes and other equipment that a female can wear. With the help of Lucia, the female insect person is now wearing decent clothes to cover her private parts.

”From my observation from her body, it seems like she was swallowed whole without a chance to resist against the Giant Devouring Sandworm. And based on her condition, it seems like she was swallowed approximately 3 days ago,” I explained after looking at the signs on her body.

”3 days ago? And she is still alive? Shouldn't she be digested already if that is the case?” Lucia frowned.

I was about to explain things when Atlas decided to explain things for me.

”Let me explain Princess. The stomach of the sandworm takes a long time before it can digest its food. Once it swallows something, there is a chance that you will be able to remain alive while you are still inside the stomach for a week. Why is it like this? Because the Sandworm needs to save up its food inside its stomach to prepare for a massive digestion process. Before it will digest things inside its stomach, it will pile up all of the things it swallowed until it feels full. That's the time it will start to go dormant for a bit so that the food it swallowed gets digested without any problem.”

”Oh, so since the stomach of the sandworm is pretty empty, that means, this guy is still looking for food when you killed it, Master?”

”Yeah. Wait, I thought you and your father hunted Sandworms in the past.”

”Haha, actually, the sandworms gets toasted to dust before we can do anything on its carcass so I have no idea that the sandworms' body function like that.”

Bodies of the sandworms turned to dust? I wonder how strong her father is when he was still alive.

”Anyways, I doubt, she will wake up soon. Let's eat something, I will cook.”

I also summoned the wolves to keep the area guarded for a bit while I cook food while Lucia and Atlas are observing the unconscious insect woman.

Even though I don't have the Ex Job - Chef to be a master in creating various dishes, at least I know a thing or two in cooking. It might not be a masterful one that you can say it is on professional level like restaurants serve them but it's edible and delicious. Good thing Alternate World also stimulate the sense of taste which is why we can still taste the food even though it was just a digital one.

The area is quiet and I don't see any players around. Most likely they are preparing for the tournament and they are racking up points in arena  or most likely, they are doing some dungeon dives. But its much better, at least there aren't too many eyes to pry.

It took me a few minutes before everything is complete.

”Food is ready guys, if there are nothing to be concerned of, lets gather around and eat.”

The Wolves returned and I immediately throw some fried meat from the monsters I killed before.

”What's the menu for today, Master?” Lucia is eager to the food I prepared.

”Mushroom stew with some lemon juice. Perfect in the hot climate.”

”Nice, this is good food! Let's dig in!”