Right in front of me lies a dark-colored egg about 18 centimeters tall, almost twice the size of Kawaii.

* That explains why the two-headed snakes were in a place like this. It turns out they were guarding their egg.

* Kii!!! (≧︿≦)

This makes me feel bad, I just orphaned this little guy. I know it's survival of the fittest, which is eat or be eaten, but it still makes me feel terrible just killing parents who were protecting their future child/children.

Ok, let's stop thinking about it, I can't change the past, and I can't stop hunting monsters; it's about survival.

Monsters hunt other monsters, and they don't care if they leave an orphaned child or parents without their children; they try to eat to survive.

Thinking this through helps to calm my heart a little. Now there is the question of taking this egg with me.

* I guess I'll have to buy another messenger bag.

I open the "αβΩ SYSTEM" and spend another two silver coins again, then take the dark-colored egg and put it in the bag.

It sticks out a little bit, but at least it lets me close the lid, so it doesn't fall out.

Once I put the egg away, I recheck the place to ensure there's nothing left.

After confirming that there is nothing left here, I leave the nest of the two-headed snakes.

I go back up the slope and reach the outside, as it is still dark outside, and I don't want to sleep outside. I return to the village, which is not difficult to find the way, as the lamps still illuminate it.

Once I reach the village, I am stopped by the guards at the Entrance.

I am still covered in blood and thought I was seriously wounded.

After showing them my ID and explaining for 5 minutes that it is the blood of a monster and that I am not injured, they let me enter the village.

I walked back to the inn, but when I entered, the guy at the front desk got scared, thinking he saw a vengeful ghost, so I had to explain the situation again.

When the guy finally calmed down, I went upstairs to my room, took a cold bath, and lay down on the bed with Kawaii and the egg next to me.

The following day I didn't wake up at the same time. Instead, I woke up at 10:00 AM. I was too tired that I didn't mind missing breakfast, and apparently, Kawaii didn't mind either.

So I showered, put on another set of clothes, went downstairs to the restaurant, and ordered a hearty breakfast for both me and Kawaii.

While eating breakfast, I hear about how a man covered in blood showed up looking for help last night.

Wow, the rumors are not long in coming, but it's not like I care; it doesn't affect me. Let's keep eating.

As soon as I finish eating, I head to the adventurers' guild; while on the way, I keep hearing how the rumors of the bloody man are becoming more and more exaggerated.

Once I arrive at the adventurers' guild, I approach the reception desk.

* Good morning; I'm here to deliver a mission.

* Good morning, please tell me what it is.

* It is to hunt the two-headed snake.

* I beg your pardon?

* Two-headed snake.

* Sir, please don't make such jokes here.

* I'm not joking; if you want, I can show you the bodies.

* Then please follow me.

I accompany the receptionist to the same room, and we sit in our respective places.

* Did you hunt the two-headed snake?

* You don't believe me?

* I'll believe it when I see it.

* Then watch.

As soon as I say that, I take out the corpse of the two-headed venom/ice snake and put it on the table, but due to its enormous weight, it ends up breaking the table in just a few seconds.

* IT IS THE TWO-HEADED SNAKE!

* I told you so

* But you're barely an E rank.

* And?

* It shouldn't be possible at your rank

* Says who?

* Logic!

* Ah, well, it's not the only one I've got in any case.

* What do you mean?

Without saying anything to her, she takes out the other corpse of the poison/plant double-headed snake, and I put it on the floor. If I put it on top of the other one, its intestines would stain the furniture.

When I place the other snake, the receptionist is stunned but still manages to speak.

* How did you do that?

* When I was fighting with the poison/ice snake, I caught sight of this other poison/plant snake, so I had to hide in the bushes. After that, I followed them to their den and waited until they were sleeping and killed them there.

While I left out a few things, essentially that happened, the receptionist came to after being lost for a few seconds.

* Understood, given the changes in the mission, you will be paid two gold coins for this one. As for the snake bodies, we can give you four gold coins for the two, if you like.

* I have no problems.

* Thank you very much. Is there anything else?

* Yes, this is it.

I take the dark-colored egg out of my other bag and show it to the receptionist.

* I found this egg in the nest of the two-headed snakes, and I have no idea what to do with it.

* Did you get an egg from the two-headed snake pit?

* Yes, and I have no idea what to do with it.

* Why don't you raise it?

* But didn't you say I can only hire a pet?

* That's right, but answer me this, when you get a dog or a cat, do you make it sign a contract?

*

* It's the same here. If you train it from a young age, there's little chance of it escaping or attacking you; now, if you don't want to take care of it, you can go to town and sell it.

* I'll keep that in mind; thanks for the advice.

* You're welcome, by the way; speaking of the city, would you like to make a delivery there?

* A delivery? What do you want me to deliver?

* The venom and the bile gland of the two-headed snakes you brought are two reasons why the reward for this mission was high. The first is because they are dangerous because of their venom and even more so when they are near a village; the second is because they use the toxin and the bile gland to create antibiotics.

A trip to the city, eh? Anyway, I planned to leave the village and explore other regions; I didn't want to be a frog in the well.

* Sure, the truth is I already had the intention to travel to other places, so I’ll accept the mission.

* Perfect, wait a moment while we do the paperwork and pay you the money.

* No problem.

After 5 minutes of waiting, the receptionist handed me the six gold coins for the two-headed snake's mission and a sealed box with the venom and glands recently extracted from the snakes.

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* Here is the address where you have to deliver the package. The city is north of Torata and is called Fanfer City. You can go in three days and participate in the goblin extermination the day after tomorrow.

* Goblin extermination?

* Haven't you heard? Due to many goblins, an extermination order was issued and sent to Fanfer City to request reinforcements. They may be already on their way, so if you like, you can participate.

Hearing this, I realize how serious the situation is. Because of recent events, it is likely that the people on the outskirts complained about this and asked the adventurer's guild to take action.

Now that the extermination order has been given, it is likely that this guy has also heard about it so that he may act today and tomorrow.

It looks like I'm going to have to go into the woods and find out what he's up to once and for all. I'm going to be the mantis stalking the cicada.

That being said, I have to get ready.

* Um, I guess not, I want to start my journey at once, and I don't want to waste my time fighting some goblins.

* Understood, then I wish you a good trip.

* Thank you.

All that said, I leave the adventurer's guild heading for the forest. With the goblin extermination order in place, the guy is in a race against the clock, so he will have to act this afternoon or evening.

As I'm on my way, I check the "αβΩ SYSTEM," looking for something that will give me night vision, it's likely I'll have to act during the night, and I don't want to use the flashlight to alert that guy.

Once the search is done, I get several options.

1. [Night vision potion]

[Price: 1 Silver Coin]

[Description: You get the BUFF "Night Vision" for 60 seconds, maybe you can find your way to the bathroom].

1. [Reading Glasses]

[Price: 2 Gold Coins]

[Description: A pair of reading glasses printed with night vision magic, don't use them to spy on people, or they will hit you in the face].

1. [Cat's eye ring]

[Price: 20 Gold Coins]

[Description: A ring which preserves the abilities of catran monsters, whoever wears it will get the BUFF "Night Vision" and "Silent Steps"]

Then I can only choose the reading glasses. I don't want to drink so many potions and have to go to the bathroom now and then. Besides, I can use the glasses whenever I want.

I used two gold coins to get the reading glasses; I also bought 20 rock projectiles and three essential HP potions LV 2.

Now I am ready to be a mantis stalking the cicada.

I enter the forest by a different path to avoid meeting unexpectedly with that adventurer, and I start to hide among the plants.

While I look for any trace of the adventurer, I start hunting the woolly boars around, which is not so difficult, I have to attack their legs with a slash, and once they fall to the ground, I stick my sword in their foreheads.

After an hour, I have 14 woolly boars in my inventory, but still no trace of that guy.

When I plan to look for him somewhere else, Kawaii comes out of the bag and bites my hand.

* Ouch! What was that for?

* Ki! (╭ರ╭ ͟ʖ╮-́)⊃¤=(----->

Kawaii points me to a spot, so I turn my gaze, only to find that a goblin's body is being dragged away.

* Well done, Kawaii, now I'm going to ask you to be my eyes and watch my back; if you see anything or want to tell me anything, bite my hand, got it?

* KI! (⌐■_■)

Thanks to Kawaii, I can now carry out the second part of the plan to see what he does.

While I'm following this adventurer, I stay away at a distance of 50 meters. For now, he's just dragging a total of 6 goblin corpses to who knows where.

After a few minutes, the adventurer crosses some big bushes and starts to disappear into that part of the forest that looks darker than usual.

I ask Kawai to keep his eyes on that spot while I look for another path.

After two minutes of looking around, I find another path to cross that part of the forest, and I find the adventurer again.

After walking a few steps, the adventurer stops and throws the six bodies of the goblins on a stone full of moss.

The bodies barely touched the stone and disappeared without a trace, as if they never existed.

After that, the adventurer turns around and leaves the place, looking tired but happy at the same time.

I know where the goblin bodies go, but I still don't understand. I wanted to use them for practice or summon some other stronger monster like in Yu-Gi-Oh!, but I was wrong.

Anyway, now it's my turn to guard this place, so I get in a position where I can see the Entrance and the mossy stone while I place Kawaii on my sword along with the dark egg and about 50 hypos herbs.

I don't know how long we will be here, so we must wait.

For the next 8 hours, I watched that guy come and go countless times, always dragging between four and six goblins. It was so dull that I was bored when I counted 40.

After about 20 minutes, night fell. I took out my reading glasses and went back to watch. The glasses allowed me to see as if it was daytime. They are the best night vision goggles on earth.

When the adventurer returned with four more goblin bodies, he threw them back to the stone, but this time, he took out what appeared to be a pot and placed something in it.

After a few seconds, a red flower emerged and began to expel some pollen.

Once he did all that, the adventurer seemed to mutter something and left the site, but he did not go in the direction of the town of torata, but in the opposite direction, which confirms that he was not from here, but from another town nearby.

I wait a few minutes until I am sure it has left here, and I go down to where the goblins disappeared.

As I approach, I get a notification.

[Entrance to the abandoned laboratory G-1]

[Description: A laboratory where experiments with goblins were carried out.]

[Opening requirements: 10,000 goblin corpses (corpses must be intact)]

[Total bodies 9947/10000]

* What the fuck? Is this a dungeon? And this guy has been collecting goblin bodies to open the Entrance?

But if this is a dungeon, why would he put such a high entry requirement? It's not just about killing goblins; it's about killing them while their bodies are still intact.

* And then they say I'm the sick one, this guy has been collecting goblins for who knows how long, and this plant.

[Fetid flower]

[Description: This plant expels pollen that attracts monsters to suck their blood, depending on the type of blood it sucks up, it will attract different types of monsters, in a way, this plant is like women...]

* So, this plant is responsible for attracting goblins.

Now I understand everything; every night, he places a fetid flower to attract the goblins, and the following day, he goes hunting them and brings the bodies back for this rock. Still, because he draws more than he can hunt, the goblins scattered and started attacking the local farms, causing the goblin extermination order to be given.

* What an ingenious plan; too bad you found me.

Since I find myself with such a good opportunity, I'd be an idiot to waste it, so let's bring in the rest of the missing goblins and open up this dungeon.

I started searching for goblins with my wooden sword and the intertwined rope with a new objective in mind.

Not long after the hunt started, I found two goblins, but I didn't hide this time. I face them face to face.

* Gy gyaaa!

The goblins rush at me with their stone axes, but they are slower compared to the bunnies, so I have to dodge their first attack and hit the back of their head.

In a sense, it's complicated to kill them without destroying the wooden sword, so it's training to control the force exerted on the sword, not so strong as to break it nor so weak as to cause no damage.

[You have defeated goblin x 2].

After 40 seconds, I manage to defeat the two goblins, tie them up with the ropes and return to my position on the hill.

To save time, I roll the bodies down the hill, the goal is for the bodies to be whole, so it shouldn't matter if they have some fall injuries.

After rolling the goblin bodies, I return to my hunt.

[You have defeated goblin x 6]

[You have defeated goblin x 8]

[You have defeated goblin x 6]

[You have defeated goblin x 5]

After about 30 minutes, not only did I get all 53 goblin corpses, but I also got another achievement.

[Congratulations, you have completed the "Goblin Hunter" achievement.]

[You get HP+10]

This confirms that if you hunt 50 monsters of one type in a single day, you get an achievement and a bonus to your stats.

All that's left is moving the bodies to the rock, which isn't much of a problem since I finished it in only five minutes.

When I threw the last goblin body, the rock started to break, and now a blue-edged portal appeared; after that, I got a notification.

[Do you wish to enter the abandoned laboratory G-1?]

Before entering this dungeon, I have to do a couple of things. First, check the items I have; I even rebought another katana-type sword if this one breaks in the middle of a fight.

I also have to leave Kawaii and the dark egg outside to prevent them from getting hurt in the dungeon.

* Kawaii, listen to me; I'm going into the dungeon, and not whether it's dangerous, I need you to stay here, hide and protect the dark egg, it's clear.

* Kiii (╥﹏╥).

* Don't cry. You know you still can't fight; you still need to eat a lot of herbs until you evolve; I'll give you the rest of the herbs to eat while I'm in the dungeon. I won't be long, ok.

* Ki! (✿◠‿◠)

I had to give Kawaii the 31 healthy herbs and another 48 hypos herbs for her to stay, so once she went to hide, I headed to the portal.

Another reason I left Kawaii next to the dark egg is so I could use the space in the bags to store more items.

If I remember correctly, Oscar told me that there are objects of all kinds in the dungeons, and I don't want to leave something just because my inventory is full.

Having said all that, I approach the portal again, and once more, the notification comes up again.

[Do you wish to enter the abandoned laboratory G-1?]

* Yes

As soon as I say that, the portal sucks me inside