Chapter 172 Plan of Attack (2/2)
”I do,” Arran said, reaching for his void bag ”Take a look at this I took it froon I killed on the way here”
He handed a big chunk of dragonto Snowcloud
A look of surprise appeared in her eyes almost immediately ”Is that Natural Essence?” Her eyes ith astonish…”
Arran nodded ”And it'll be even stronger in the big one, so even if we injure it, it will heal quickly” He shtly, then continued, ”But take a closer look Notice anything unusual?”
Snowcloud inspected the piece of flesh carefully, but after several minutes, she looked up and shook her head ”What should I be seeing?”
”There's almost no fat,” Arran replied, a triuh and tasteless it was — far too lean to be any good as food”
”How does that help us?” Snowcloud asked, a nonplussed frown on her face But even before Arran could answer, understanding dawned in her eyes ”It doesn't have any energy reserves!”
”Exactly,” Arran confirIt took me a while to realize it, but the creature probably needs to spendjust to stay alive And if it can't eat…” He shtfully ”So by the time it recovers from the poison, it will be on the brink of starvation But will that be enough for us to defeat it?”
Arran shook his head ”It won't be Even if it were unconscious, I doubt we could do enough da from the small one I killed, this one should have skin like steel”
”Then what do we do?” Snowcloud asked, giving Arran an expectant look
”First, we'll use the poison you an ”After that, ill have to wait, and attack when it's too weak to defend itself We won't be able to kill it, but with luck, we can injure it enough that it won't be able to hunt And if it can't hunt, it will groeaker by the day, even as it recovers from the poison”
He paused for a oing to let the dragon's body defeat itself”
”It'll heal in a day or two,” Crassus interjected So far, the man hadquite amused with Arran's plan But now, it seeh in ”Even if you injure the thing, it'll recover enough to hunt in just a few days”
”I know,” Arran replied with a short nod ”That's e'll have to keep attacking and injuring it every day, without giving it the chance to fully recover”
”Then you're planning to defeat it not just once, but every day for several weeks?” Crassus chuckled joyfully ”You're aed ”If you have any better ideas, I'll gladly hear thehtful look appeared in the man's eyes, but he remained silent
”So when do we start?” Snowcloud asked when it became clear that Crassus didn't have a better plan
”There's no point in delaying,” Arran said ”If you've finished the poison, we should probably try to poison it tonight”
”Do you have any ideas on how to do that?” she asked
Arran nodded ”It shouldn't be too hard But… do you have any herbs or potions that can keep a goat asleep for a few hours?”