Chapter 346
Chapter 346 Magical Plants
The caravan set up camp on a piece of empty land to the side of the road.
Judging from the marks on the ground this place was frequently used by merchants all year round. There were already crude wooden huts and fireplaces on the spot.
Sadly, the lack of management and stationed staff caused these facilities to be damaged and ruined by the woodland beasts.
The caravan line was not about to stay here for an extended period anyway. The group was only stopping for a short rest.
It took no more than an hour for the entire group to set up camp, have lunch, and leave. The reason they even took a rest in the first place was to accommodate the ordinary men in their party, which made up a majority of the group.
The apprentice witches took the opportunity to explore even more distant territories while everyone rested.
If they were lucky enough, they might still be able to find some wild resource sites in the depths of the Black Forest. Those places were often where magical energies naturally gathered. Consequently, resources would grow abundantly in such areas.
Even though it couldn’t increase their Physique, the blood crystal could still have a decent effect on their health if they ate it as a ‘snack.’
Having understood this, Greem put his hands behind his back and casually strolled through the Black Forest. With the help of his powerful elementium sight, no item that glowed with abnormal elementium radiance could avoid his vision.
The blood crystal in the bloodsucking vines was a light red color; the roots and stinging tentacles of the man-eating flowers were a light blue. The leaves of the poison ivy were purple, and the sap of the Magespirit glowed with a milky-white color.
Even Greem was busy upon seeing such rich magical resources for the first time.
One moment, he would be tracing the vines of a Bloodsucking Vine back to its actual body behind a tree, and the next he was chasing behind a wriggling and shambling man-eating flower. Next, he would rip the Magespirits out of the earth as they screamed and cried.
Evildoers were doomed to death at the hands of a greater evil!
These hidden predators had finally met their match today.
They had none of the litheness of magical animals, and could only hide from the pursuit of big bad Greem. Their short, stubby forked limbs made escaping a joke, and as hiding was impossible. What kind of stealth ability could keep them hidden from Greem’s elementium sight?
Just like that, an area two hundred and fifty meters wide was wiped clean of magical plants in less than an hour. Greem had utterly exterminated all of them with his barbaric methods of harvesting. He had practically dug three feet into the ground to catch all of the plants.
He straightened his back and checked the time, before unhappily looking around the woods nearby. There, in the darkness, every blinking spot of light represented a target that was worth checking out.
Unfortunately, he was out of time!
By the time Greem followed the path he had taken back to the camp, the witches and apprentice had also returned. The servants had also finished their meals. After a brief rest, the caravans once again went on their way.
Greem opened the pouch in his hand once he was in the creaking carriage. He showed Alice the spoils of war he had labored over.
There was none of the expected praise and surprise. Instead, all Greem got was a stern questioning and a pair of rolling eyes.
“What? How did you do this? Have you never learned anything about herbology? Why are there only blood crystals, but none of the actual bodies of the bloodsucking vines? Do you not know that their bodies are worth more than the blood crystals?
“What’s this? Could this be the roots of a man-eating flower? Don’t tell me you ran into humanoid man-eating flowers! A lot of adepts are willing to buy this magical plant for forty magic crystals. You couldn’t have burnt them all, could you?
“Also, why are all the Mageroyals damaged? Do you not know that you are supposed to preserve their roots perfectly when you harvest Mageroyals? Damaged Mageroyals are worth way less than those in perfect condition.”
Greem’s mouth twitched as he listened to Alice’s devilish nagging. For the first time in his life, he grieved over his ignorance of herbology.
Dammit, wasn’t it just plucking some magical materials?! Why was it such a hassle!?
Greem’s face quickly soured.