37 Finding Treasure
"Now then..."
Rey walked away from the Hobgoblin bunch and left them to their duties while he explored something else he had noticed in the process of fighting the Hobs and freeing the rest.
It was an opening that led somewhere else.
'I'm curious...'
One of the reasons for that was because the place was open. That meant it had to be available to the general populace.
Other than that, it was also glowing a little, so that meant it had to be special.
'Let's check it out!' Rey smiled as he approached the entrance.
He had to bend a little since it wasn't originally designed to fit a human. However, all things considered, the experience wasn't too uncomfortable.
The closer Rey approached the end of the hallway, he could sense what awaited him was.
'Don't tell me... no way!'
His eyes widened, but he quickly squinted them thanks to the light that radiated from the end.
Finally, Rey reached the end of the hallway and emerged into another massive clearing.
"Hehe... hehehehe..."
Rey slowly opened his eyes, ensuring he acclimated well to the light as he took in the ambiance that greeted him.
"Hahahahahaha..."
As his eyes now flickered open, he graced his sight with piles of Monster Cores.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"
His laughter echoed throughout the great clearing, and his eyes could not stop shedding tears as he watched the immense stockpile of Monster Cores.
It was insane!
'There's at least hundreds of thousands of them here!'
They were in so many piles, and it was crazy just how abundant they were.
'I expected them to have kept a lot of NightWolf Monster Cores, but not to this extent!'
This was... this was unbelievable!
Monster Cores didn't expire, so they could last for years upon years.
Rey could only imagine how Hobgoblin civilizations had come and gone to be able to produce something of such magnitude.
'What do they even use these things for? I have to know!' Rey beamed. This chapter is updated by nov(e)(l)biin.com
'I should call one of them over to explain this to me!'
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"I-I see..."
'It'll take me at least a few weeks to clear out all those Cores.'
By that time, he could show the Hobs how to use fire, so they would no longer need the Monster Cores for warmth.
'I could make a fortune with all these Monster Cores!' He could feel himself salivate internally.
However, he had to control himself.
Everything would come to him in due time. He just had to be patient.
Before Rey left, he made sure to burn the feces for the Hobgoblins, completing the first step in his restructuring plan.
'It'll take some time for me to fully breed them, but so far so good.'
Since it was already getting pretty late, however, Rey decided to leave things the way they were.
"I'll be back tomorrow. Take care until then..." Rey waved his hand at the Hobgoblin group.
Surprisingly, they waved back at him.
'Ah... these guys...'
They were all his prey, so it felt a bit uncomfortable for them to treat him this way.
He chose to ignore them and floated off.
'If this was some anime or manga, perhaps I could be their friend and even develop their society for the greater good.'
However, this was real life.
Monsters were Monsters.
And he was an Otherworlder, brought to this world for one reason alone.
'To kill Monsters and grow strong enough to challenge the ultimate Monsters.'
The Dragons!
Rey knew he could not allow himself to grow soft at this point.
He had to keep growing stronger.
'That's the only way to guarantee my own survival.'
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[A/N]
Well... this was an interesting event.
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