Chapter 267: The Ravens Nest (1/2)
”Exactly!”, the mayor said excitedly.
Rex smiles wryly upon realizing what the look back of the man before means, it seems that the man is signaling to the mayor to ask him to help.
He then laid back to his chair before he asks, ”What can I help you with?”
The high-grade Lightning Stones that Lountain City has are too precious to just be used to pay for their transport, doing something in return is preferable for Rex.
Besides paying for the transport, Rex can also get Exp if it's a mutated animal problem.
”Have you heard about Acidic Bronze Armadilloes?”, the mayor asks.
Hearing this, Rex frowns as he never heard of these armadilloes.
Looking at Rex's confused expression, the mayor then explains, ”Acidic Bronze Armadilloes is a peak fourth rank mutated animal, some even reaches the fifth rank. They are docile to humans as their diet doesn't consist of humans, but they have a trait that is very interesting”
”They consider digging elemental stones sport, and they really like doing it”, the mayor added.
After hearing the mayor's explanation, Rex still didn't know which direction this will go.
But then, the mayor said, ”That man that was just here is Max, he bred the Armadilloes. He's a very important figure because by using his Armadilloes the city becomes 2 times more efficient in digging elemental stones”
”The part where you need my help is?”, Rex asks impatiently.
All he wanted was to quickly move to Wedron City and finish the Carabidis Quest, he also doesn't know about when the banquet will be held and other things that he must do.
So although he's not in a rush, the sooner he gets back the better.
Feeling Rex's becoming impatient, the mayor skipped his explanation and said, ”That man just reported that his Armadilloes are missing, and this morning he saw a giant bird just swoop one of his fat Armadilloes”
”Out of 45 Armadilloes that he owned, 8 have been killed by this bird. It's a huge loss for us, so I'm asking you to get rid of this bird”, the mayor finally said.
Hearing this, Rex frowns, ”That's it?”
”Yes, we don't exactly have Awakenedpower currently. With the Supernatural attacking, many of our finest Awakened scouts the area watching if any Supernatural is going to attack”, the mayor replied with a sigh.
After knowing the situation, Rex finally nodded his head.
<Sudden Quest!>
<Save the Acidic Bronze Armadilloes!>
The mayor of Slila City is asking for the user's help to get rid of whatever beast that has been eating the Armadilloes, fulfill the mayor's request to get immediate access to the formation to head to Wedron City!
Quest Reward: 10,000,000 Exp, 10 Skill Upgrade, 5x Bronze Shell
Reading this, Rex then stands up before he asks, ”What does the bird look like?”
”From what the man said, the bird has reddish skin with thin brown furs covering its body. It's huge, and he also said that the bird should be a mutated raven”, the mayor replied.
The mayor then added, ”It's quite powerful I'm afraid”
Hearin this, Rex nodded his head as he estimates that the bird should be peak rank five.
If the raven has sixth rank power, Rex probably manages to take it on but if the raven turns out to be a peak sixth rank then they will instantly leave.
'I doubt the mayor will be that calm if it's a very powerful raven', Rex thought.
After getting his answers, the mayor gives him the location before Rex left the room.
But before Rex walks out of the door, he turns to his back as the mayor looks at him questioningly, ”Do you have any sword?”
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”Rex is back”, Adhara said after seeing Rex walking up to them.
Kyran and Adhara look at Rex weirdly when they saw a sword sheathed on Rex's waist.
”What's with the sword?”, Adhara asks in confusion.
Normally Rex prefers to use his battle gloves, so it's weird to see him with a sword.
Rex approach Adhara and the others before he replied, ”The mayor asks us to get rid of a mutated raven in exchange for a free ride using the formation”
”Raven? Can't we just pay the mayor?”, Kyran asks back.
But Rex shakes his head with a sigh, ”The resources required per person is 400 high-grade elemental stones, we don't have anywhere near that number”
”That's too expensive...”, Adhara mumbles wryly.
With that being said, the three of them gets on Delta before Delta leaped away.
The three of them went outside of the city while riding Delta, they left through a different entrance from when they enter the city.
Even with the sky still covered with blackness, Delta's movement didn't get hindered as they arrive at their destination after 20 minutes.
Delta is very reliable, and Rex was glad to meet her that night.
They arrive in front of a huge cave with many people working in front of it, the people are mainly miners except for a couple that doesn't wear mining uniforms.
Woods covered the surrounding, the trees around this place are all giants and they make Rex and the others look tiny in comparison.
Aside from the working people, Rex saw the Acidic Bronze Armadilloes in the surrounding.
Rex scans the place before his eyes landed on a man,
He recognized the man to be the man that was talking with the mayor before him.
The man was frowning for a moment before he saw a big white wolf arrive at this place, his eyes lit up upon seeing the three people riding it.
”Hai! The mayor must've sent you here”, the man asks after running towards them.
Rex and the others get down from Delta's back before Rex steps forward, ”You must be Max, the one who owns these Armadilloes”, he said while looking at the surrounding Armadilloes.
The Armadilloes have brown skin, but their shell is a glistening bronze in color.
Upon seeing them closer, Rex was quite surprised because these Armadilloes that he thought would be medium-sized at best turns out to be almost as big as Delta.
They are fat and round like a ball, and their movements are quite slow.
”Yes, Nice to meet the rising star Rex Silverstar!”, Max replied excitedly.
Looking at Max that seems to be Rex's fan, Kyran and Adhara chuckle before Rex clears his throat, ”So, Can you show me where you last saw the bird?”
”Ah yes, about that”, Max said before he glance at his back.
Wreaau!
Wreeaau!
A high-pitched whimper can be heard from the side,
Rex follows Max's eyes direction before he saw an Armadillo lying to its side, its hard glossy bronze shell has a nasty wound that tears through the shell as blood leaked out of it.
It was evident that the bird just attacked them, and Rex is too late.
”What happened?”, Adhara asks as she saw the Armadillo whimpers in pain.
Max sighs lightly before he replied, ”That damned raven attacked us again, it snatched one Armadillo with its claws and also brutally wounded that one”