Chapter 83: The Journey Continues
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Chapter 83: The Journey Continues
With the ants secured safely, Sage stored the Warp Worm in his beast bag and took out another bug egg to raise another new flying mount. There was only two downsides to his plan of switching through bugs to match the situation. The first was the time and energy wasted maturing them to full size, but the main problem was that it was far easier to raise a new one from an egg than it was to link to one that was already full size. It wasnt really much of a detriment, but it did mean hed rapidly fill up his Beast Bag and have to start releasing them into the wild. It wasnt an issue now since hed lost so many insects to that Demonic Plant, but it might be bad if he were to release the huge spirit insects into the wrong ecosystem.
With such good harvests from the first two encounters, Sage chose to go with a drop in speed to make his treasure hunting a bit simpler. This time he linked with a Chameleon Mantis. While it had a flying speed that was slower than the Emerald Dragonfly, it wasnt by much. The Dragonflys huge advantage was airborne agility and flying endurance, not pure speed. It could pull off maneuvers that would dazzle other flying insects and made its way by plucking flying bugs out of the sky with its incredible aerial acrobatics and exceptional vision. He wouldnt be able to travel as far on a daily basis with the Mantis, but it also made investigating treasures and opportunities much easier. Ive already wasted a few days on chance encounters so why not spend a few more.
Over the next few days, Sage had the Chameleon Mantis investigate a half-dozen different locations. They killed a few Spirit Animals, a handful of Demonic Beasts and even hunted down a couple bandits. The bandits were rank 3 just like Sage and the Mantis, but with the stealth ability of the Mantis it only took a half-day to kill them off. Half of the dozen bandits were easily dealt with by picking them off one by one when they went off by themselves. The rest still in their hidden den finally caught on to the disappearances and at that point Sage smoked them out. He found some of their air vents with his spirit sense and stuffed them full of dried grass and tree branches. Once he lit them on fire their den soon filled with smoke and he teamed up with the Chameleon Mantis to ambush them as they tried to escape.
The only reason he even noticed the bandits was that when hed flown over the only road in the area he saw a group of motley looking characters waiting beside the road. Looking closer he saw signs that they had set up traps to block off the road and they were all well armed and had tables and chairs waiting. It looked like they did this sort of thing often. Watching them for a few hours he realized they were the lookout team and after he followed some of them back after a shift change he found their hideout. When he realized that none of them were any higher than rank 3, he unleashed his spirit sense without reserve and found stacks of goods that looked like they came from merchant caravans along with womens clothing, jewelry, cosmetics, and all sorts of items that made no sense to be stacked up in a cave in the wilderness. Normal Storage Bags only hold a small amount of goods, and many of those chests look like storage chests. Definitely criminals!
On one side was a lone youth. He had long unruly hair and striking features. Tall and muscular without being large, slim yet imposing. He carried a single sword on his back and looked indomitable and arrogant as he stood his ground against a group of a dozen others. The dozen on the other side looked like a trading caravan. One man with an immense mustache, fingers covered in rings, was looking at the teenager with utter disdain. Behind him were three large and stocky men carrying huge backpacks. These four werent very well armed, but looked more like a merchant with three porters. The other eight seemed to be rogue cultivators, carrying weapons and with no matching uniform it looked just like many of the caravan guard teams hed once been a part of.
At the moment the eight cultivators looked at the youth like he smelled funny. The youth merely looked back at them like he was immune to criticism and spoke harshly, Watch your words, Old Men! This one does not recognize your seniority!
The group sneered at him and didnt hesitate to respond, Now hear this, Young Man! Why do you have to cause so much trouble just because of a few harmless remarks?
Sage tilted his head in the space within the Mantis. Looks like I get to see another showThe origin of this chapter's debut can be traced to N0v3l--B1n.
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Chapter 83: The Journey Continues
With the ants secured safely, Sage stored the Warp Worm in his beast bag and took out another bug egg to raise another new flying mount. There was only two downsides to his plan of switching through bugs to match the situation. The first was the time and energy wasted maturing them to full size, but the main problem was that it was far easier to raise a new one from an egg than it was to link to one that was already full size. It wasnt really much of a detriment, but it did mean hed rapidly fill up his Beast Bag and have to start releasing them into the wild. It wasnt an issue now since hed lost so many insects to that Demonic Plant, but it might be bad if he were to release the huge spirit insects into the wrong ecosystem.
With such good harvests from the first two encounters, Sage chose to go with a drop in speed to make his treasure hunting a bit simpler. This time he linked with a Chameleon Mantis. While it had a flying speed that was slower than the Emerald Dragonfly, it wasnt by much. The Dragonflys huge advantage was airborne agility and flying endurance, not pure speed. It could pull off maneuvers that would dazzle other flying insects and made its way by plucking flying bugs out of the sky with its incredible aerial acrobatics and exceptional vision. He wouldnt be able to travel as far on a daily basis with the Mantis, but it also made investigating treasures and opportunities much easier. Ive already wasted a few days on chance encounters so why not spend a few more.
Over the next few days, Sage had the Chameleon Mantis investigate a half-dozen different locations. They killed a few Spirit Animals, a handful of Demonic Beasts and even hunted down a couple bandits. The bandits were rank 3 just like Sage and the Mantis, but with the stealth ability of the Mantis it only took a half-day to kill them off. Half of the dozen bandits were easily dealt with by picking them off one by one when they went off by themselves. The rest still in their hidden den finally caught on to the disappearances and at that point Sage smoked them out. He found some of their air vents with his spirit sense and stuffed them full of dried grass and tree branches. Once he lit them on fire their den soon filled with smoke and he teamed up with the Chameleon Mantis to ambush them as they tried to escape.
The only reason he even noticed the bandits was that when hed flown over the only road in the area he saw a group of motley looking characters waiting beside the road. Looking closer he saw signs that they had set up traps to block off the road and they were all well armed and had tables and chairs waiting. It looked like they did this sort of thing often. Watching them for a few hours he realized they were the lookout team and after he followed some of them back after a shift change he found their hideout. When he realized that none of them were any higher than rank 3, he unleashed his spirit sense without reserve and found stacks of goods that looked like they came from merchant caravans along with womens clothing, jewelry, cosmetics, and all sorts of items that made no sense to be stacked up in a cave in the wilderness. Normal Storage Bags only hold a small amount of goods, and many of those chests look like storage chests. Definitely criminals!
On one side was a lone youth. He had long unruly hair and striking features. Tall and muscular without being large, slim yet imposing. He carried a single sword on his back and looked indomitable and arrogant as he stood his ground against a group of a dozen others. The dozen on the other side looked like a trading caravan. One man with an immense mustache, fingers covered in rings, was looking at the teenager with utter disdain. Behind him were three large and stocky men carrying huge backpacks. These four werent very well armed, but looked more like a merchant with three porters. The other eight seemed to be rogue cultivators, carrying weapons and with no matching uniform it looked just like many of the caravan guard teams hed once been a part of.
At the moment the eight cultivators looked at the youth like he smelled funny. The youth merely looked back at them like he was immune to criticism and spoke harshly, Watch your words, Old Men! This one does not recognize your seniority!
The group sneered at him and didnt hesitate to respond, Now hear this, Young Man! Why do you have to cause so much trouble just because of a few harmless remarks?
Sage tilted his head in the space within the Mantis. Looks like I get to see another showThe origin of this chapter's debut can be traced to N0v3l--B1n.
Chapter 83: The Journey ContinuesWith the ants secured safely, Sage stored the Warp Worm in his beast bag and took out another bug egg to raise another new flying mount. There was only two downsides to his plan of switching through bugs to match the situation. The first was the time and energy wasted maturing them to full size, but the main problem was that it was far easier to raise a new one from an egg than it was to link to one that was already full size. It wasnt really much of a detriment, but it did mean hed rapidly fill up his Beast Bag and have to start releasing them into the wild. It wasnt an issue now since hed lost so many insects to that Demonic Plant, but it might be bad if he were to release the huge spirit insects into the wrong ecosystem. With such good harvests from the first two encounters, Sage chose to go with a drop in speed to make his treasure hunting a bit simpler. This time he linked with a Chameleon Mantis. While it had a flying speed that was slower than the Emerald Dragonfly, it wasnt by much. The Dragonflys huge advantage was airborne agility and flying endurance, not pure speed. It could pull off maneuvers that would dazzle other flying insects and made its way by plucking flying bugs out of the sky with its incredible aerial acrobatics and exceptional vision. He wouldnt be able to travel as far on a daily basis with the Mantis, but it also made investigating treasures and opportunities much easier. Ive already wasted a few days on chance encounters so why not spend a few more.Over the next few days, Sage had the Chameleon Mantis investigate a half-dozen different locations. They killed a few Spirit Animals, a handful of Demonic Beasts and even hunted down a couple bandits. The bandits were rank 3 just like Sage and the Mantis, but with the stealth ability of the Mantis it only took a half-day to kill them off. Half of the dozen bandits were easily dealt with by picking them off one by one when they went off by themselves. The rest still in their hidden den finally caught on to the disappearances and at that point Sage smoked them out. He found some of their air vents with his spirit sense and stuffed them full of dried grass and tree branches. Once he lit them on fire their den soon filled with smoke and he teamed up with the Chameleon Mantis to ambush them as they tried to escape. The only reason he even noticed the bandits was that when hed flown over the only road in the area he saw a group of motley looking characters waiting beside the road. Looking closer he saw signs that they had set up traps to block off the road and they were all well armed and had tables and chairs waiting. It looked like they did this sort of thing often. Watching them for a few hours he realized they were the lookout team and after he followed some of them back after a shift change he found their hideout. When he realized that none of them were any higher than rank 3, he unleashed his spirit sense without reserve and found stacks of goods that looked like they came from merchant caravans along with womens clothing, jewelry, cosmetics, and all sorts of items that made no sense to be stacked up in a cave in the wilderness. Normal Storage Bags only hold a small amount of goods, and many of those chests look like storage chests. Definitely criminals!On one side was a lone youth. He had long unruly hair and striking features. Tall and muscular without being large, slim yet imposing. He carried a single sword on his back and looked indomitable and arrogant as he stood his ground against a group of a dozen others. The dozen on the other side looked like a trading caravan. One man with an immense mustache, fingers covered in rings, was looking at the teenager with utter disdain. Behind him were three large and stocky men carrying huge backpacks. These four werent very well armed, but looked more like a merchant with three porters. The other eight seemed to be rogue cultivators, carrying weapons and with no matching uniform it looked just like many of the caravan guard teams hed once been a part of. At the moment the eight cultivators looked at the youth like he smelled funny. The youth merely looked back at them like he was immune to criticism and spoke harshly, Watch your words, Old Men! This one does not recognize your seniority!The group sneered at him and didnt hesitate to respond, Now hear this, Young Man! Why do you have to cause so much trouble just because of a few harmless remarks?Sage tilted his head in the space within the Mantis. Looks like I get to see another showThe origin of this chapter's debut can be traced to N0v3l--B1n.
