Chapter 182: The Northern Black Heads Tear (1/2)
Inside the SCO hideout,
”How's the Anti-W research going? Is it progressing?”, Jax said after entering the Green Messenger's lab.
His nine-headed crow tattoo is eye-catching, and his clothes are always the same.
But despite his stoic and strong bearing as a king, he seems to be more laid back around the Green Messenger than he usually does.
The Green Messenger is currently doing his work,
Different kinds of substances and carcasses are inside the lab, and from his dark sunken eyes, one can know that he's been researching for days.
He then said, ”The Red Team manage to get the carcasses I need”
”From that carcasses, I find that all of them have similar abilities to eat mana. It will take time for me to merge all of them, and the effect will still be slow”, The Green Messenger explained.
Hearing this, Jax nodded his head, ”As long as it's still progressing, then it's fine”
Just after he said that the Green Messenger intervenes, ”I already sent my team to get the Northern Black Head carcass, it can potentially accelerate the effect of the Anti-W”
A creepy smile appeared on Jax's face when he heard this,
He's exhilarated knowing that the research is going smoothly, 'Just a little bit more then we can be on par with them', he thought with a smile.
”No one except the messengers can know about this, Make sure of it”, Jax said before he left the Green Messenger in doing his things.
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Rex and Liliya goes back to where Rex last saw the Northern Black Heads,
They stopped at that place before Rex said, ”I saw one Northern Black Head here, and it's catching black leaves that grow from these trees”
”Catching Black Leaves? Do you know what it is?”, Liliya said in confusion.
Rex then said, ”All I know the Black Leaf is called Lightless Leaf, and they are poisonous upon contacting with water”
Liliya nodded her head as she inspects the surrounding,
While Rex on the other hand is cursing himself, 'I should've researched this Supernatural first, this shouldn't be this hard'
But just after he thought that,
Liliya then continues, ”The Green Messenger told me that the data of the Northern Black Head is not complete, that is why we will also write down their all information we got from this mission”
The way she said it after Rex cursed himself, it's like she read Rex's mind.
After saying that, they decided to split to find the Northern Black Head nest, it should be around here knowing that one of them was here.
They both search the place for days with no luck,
The Northern Black Heads are like ghosts, they can't be found easily despite their enhanced Supernatural Sense.
It's been two days, and it should be morning right now.
But the inside of the Lightless Mash didn't change, pure darkness is the only thing enveloping this place like sunlight.
”I already searched the north, and I didn't find any”, Liliya said with a frown.
They're currently meeting up at their checkpoint, Rex also didn't find anything, ”Nothing in the south, only a bunch of Mutated Animals”, Rex said.
There's a trace of blood on his clothes, he grinds Exp while searching.
Rex then looks at his stats, he just leveled up after grinding for days in the Lightless Mash.
<Rex Silverstar>
Pack: Silverstar (2/2)
Level: 29 (4,800,000/20,000,000)
Race: High Werewolf
Full-Moon: 4 Days - Violet Moon
Berserk: 51%
Sanity: 45%
Mental: 54 (+32)
Strength: 141 (+78)
Agility: 96 (+10)
Endurance: 70 (+31)
Intelligence: 236 (+20)
Looking at his stats, Rex smiles because he is closer to reaching level 30.
From the way the system works before, upon reaching level 10 he evolved into a Werewolf, reaching level 20 he evolved into a High Werewolf, then reaching level 30 should evolve his bloodline further.
That is why Rex is excited about it,
He puts his Attributable Stats into Mental Stat but just before he focuses back on his mission, his eyes suddenly fell to the Full-Moon section.
Rex saw that the next Full-Moon is in four days!
This shouldn't happen, because Rex thought that Full-Moon only occurs once a month.
'System, What should I prepare for the Violet Moon?', Rex asks, he doesn't expect the system to answer because the system rarely answers this kind of question.
But to his surprise, the system answered.
<Only the Strong-Willed can stay loyal to the Female Alpha>
Reading this Rex frowns, 'Strong-Willed? Is the Violet Moon will test my will? And What does it have to do with Adhara?'
The system didn't answer anymore,
It makes Rex feel the system likes to tease him, this becomes more evident as time passes.
Rex then sighs before he and Liliya search the place again, this time they will be searching the west and east of the Lightless Marsh.
Day turns to night,
The only thing that changed in the Lightless Mash is only the temperature, the night's temperature is colder than a day.
After searching for so long, Rex stopped and think beside a tree.
'System, Can you tell me about the Northern Black Head?', Rex asks.
<Northern Black Head>
A Low-ranking Supernatural that likes to live in the dark, they have hood-like skins that cover their face and white tentacles as their feet. They live in a pack usually around the female, and they are very sensitive to light.
Reading this, Rex frowns.
The system didn't provide any useful information to him besides the last part, which makes Rex even more frustrated.
Then suddenly, Rex thought of something.
He touches the tree beside him and thought, 'System, Scan this tree'
<Scanning...>
<Scanning Complete!>
<Dead Tree>
This tree is unable to mutate to survive the environment resulting in it dying, it is weaker than a regular tree.
Reading this, Rex shakes his head and finds another tree.
The tree he's searching is the Dark Pixy Tree, only that tree can produce the Lightless Leaves that the Northern Black Head wanted.
After hopping from tree to tree, Rex finally found one.
<Dark Pixy Tree>
A Mutated Tree that can only be found in places devoid of light, it is stronger than regular trees, and its roots span for miles. The Dark Pixy Tree can grow Lightless Leaves that are poisonous, it will spat a toxic gas before the leaves grow and this process happened every 2 or 3 days.
Reading this, Rex smiles in delight.
This time, the system gave him useful information.