Chapter 301 - Devilfish Stomach Labyrinth (II) (2/2)
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A few minutes later, we didn't see anything much but we have indeed seen something else, and that should be these things.
”This boss... it has its own ecosystem inside its gastric organs?!”
As much as I want to convince myself that we are inside the stomach of a boss, the surroundings keep on trying to stop us from thinking about it whether we are just hallucinating or not.
”Master, perhaps we have crossed the otherworld already?” Lina scratches her head as she looked at the scenery before us.
”That shouldn't be the case. We didn't pass out which would suggest our lack of logical response on where we are. We are witnessing these things so it should be the same intestines of the Ice Devilfish,” I explained.
”But Master, no matter how habitable your guts are, a creature's guts wouldn't look anything like this! This place is a literal winter forest already!” Lucia complained as she presented what was before us.
Yes, what was before us is a wide expanse of white grass, trees with snow, and a cold place that you would mistake it for already being the already winter time in here already.
Not only that but this time, it's no longer an uninhabitable place but a place full of monsters and currently foraging in the dense winter forest.
”This is causing me headaches indeed,” I rub my temples for a bit after seeing what is happening.
”Should we look around? This is a new place so perhaps we will get an idea where to exit here?” Tina asked.
”There might be a possibility. Since this place is pretty unique, perhaps there is something that is akin to a secret around here. Let's try to look for that secret of some sort. We can't just ignore this place and say this place is busted. Perhaps due to this reason, we might find a clue on how this formed. But first, let's clean up the monsters around here.”
Everyone agreed and we started clearing the monsters of the snowfield. It was much easier and even with us, we easily kill them without any problem at all. In just a few minutes of killing the monsters, we already cleaned up almost every single monster in the place.
Still, what is odd is that the monsters are no longer doing any respawns. I am also a bit confused as to why the monsters are either named White A, or White B. They retaliate but they easily died without any kind of resistance. They fight back against us once we do aggro its attention but other than that, it didn't do anything except roam around.
”Master, everything wrapped up in here already. The monsters disappeared after they die and they didn't drop anything at all. They do drop a minuscule amount of EXP but that's about it,” Lina reported.
”Already done in our side too, Master,” Lucia shouted with Tina near her.
So I am not the only one who finds everything here pretty easy. Everyone easily dispose of most of the enemies which allowed us to safely check around the surroundings and check whatever the case here and there.
After the small clean-up, we gathered again around and discuss if there are anything we discovered at all.
”So, anything useful on your ends guys? I don't see anything eyecatching in here at my location. What about you guys?”Lucia and Tina shook their head.
The two might have shaken their heads but Lina didn't.
”I discovered something, Master. I don't know if there is something of the importance of this thing but perhaps you Master know what you are doing for a bit.”
Lina then handed me a small notebook. It was a bit worn out and the cover is already smelling like mold and algae started to stick itself more than ever. I opened the notebook and it was revealed to be a small diary.
”A diary?”
”Yes, Master. I already checked the contents and perhaps it was indeed something that needed to be addressed to you.. There is also a map inside so perhaps we can talk about this.”