The Absolute beast Tamer-Chapter 103: THE UNREMARKABLE GRASS
No. 9: "The herd is not in the mating season, so the probability of isolation is extremely low. I identified a few vulnerable spots, but in fact we can't actually call them that because only for a brief moment some of the guards who are forming the circle stray away slightly from the herd only to be called back by the others, but this observation only happened two times throughout the whole day, so it's not helpful."
After observing for more than a day, there was not much information that they could work with.
One after the other, everyone reported their findings until they reached the last one, who did not report.
Everyone gave him a look as if they were waiting for him to report his findings.
No. 80: "What are you all looking at? , there is no way I have anything to add after all those pieces of information you said earlier."
No. 18: "We are the stupid ones for asking you to actually do something helpful for a change."
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No. 17: "Yeah, just shut up and stay quiet. That's one way to be helpful."
No80: "Hey, that's so mean. You do know that I reach the same conclusions as all of you have. It is just that you said everything, and you don't have anything to add. Oh, there is one thing: I took a video of a bunch of them fighting very seriously between each other; take a look."
The prankster number 80, operated his terminal, projecting the video he took earlier while observing the herd.
The video showed a few high-stage rhinos butting heads as they fought furiously, which was actually rare for the community-centered beast.
No. 25: "And what do we do with this exactly? Did we ask them to kill each other for us?"
No80: "No, dumbass, why don't you incite conflict between them, flipping them on each other? This way we will not have to do much to hunt one of them."
No. 17: "I really want to pay for an IQ test just to find out how much genius you have in you!!"
Alan: "Can you describe this video for me again?"
No. 80: "Sure."
No. 9: "Is there something in the video?"
Alan did not answer immediately as he listened to number 80 explaining the video multiple times; after the third time, a smile formed on his face as he looked at number 80.
Alan: "I think your IQ is actually very high; you might have given us the way to finish our task."
No. 18: "What!!"
No. 17: "Are you joking around, 33?"
No. 9: "What did you find in the video?"
Alan: "The reason the rhinos fought each other so furiously"
No. 9: "Let me see that again?"
No. 80: "Yeah, sure, go ahead."
With a stunned look on his face, number 80 restarted the video again so that number nine, alongside everyone, could watch.
Inside his head, he kept feeling that if the interesting video that he took as a joke turned out to be the key to their success, he might actually be a genius.
The expression on number nine's face changed from serious to utter surprise and astonishment as she looked at her junior, who was the first to spot the anomaly.
No. 9: "Play it again. Yes, here, stop, magnify the picture, then snap a copy of it and send it to everyone's terminal."
No. 17: "What are we looking at?"
No. 18: "Looks like grass."
Alan: "We are looking at the solution on how to lure one of the rhinos away from the herd. It is a grass, but it's a grass that multiple eight-stage rhinos fought over so intensely."
No. 9: "It must be a heaven and earth treasure; we all missed it, but you, junior, caught it. It might actually be our breaking point."
No. 18: "How the hell did we not see this?"
No. 25: "You want to use this grass to lure the target, right?"
Alan: "Exactly. From what we can see, this grass must be here somewhere, but from the way the beasts fought for it, it's not your common grass lying all over the place. It must be rare.
So our first priority is to look for it all around, and then we will go with the plan to use the carrot to work the donkey."
No. 80: "Is that a code name? What is the carrot, and what is a donkey?"
Alan: "Aha, it's just a silly code name that I came up with. What I mean is that we will use this as bait to lure the beast out and finish our task, but first we must find it. That's why senior number nine asked you to send us all the pictures of this grass. We will split up and search.
Hopefully we can find it fast, because the faster we find it, the faster we finish the mission."
No. 17: Great, let's get some rest. Then we will commence our search tomorrow at first light.
Alan: "That's a plan; I'll take first watch; you guys come get some shut-eye."
No. 9: "No, you are relieved of guard duty; we already left most of the cooking for you, and you found the solution for our task, so you get to sleep. Number 80 will take your place as first guard."
No. 18: "Go ahead and rest; leave it to number 80. He looks wide awake, full of energy."
No80: "Why, why me, guys? You know that this is called bullying."
No. 17: "Yeah, and what can you do about it?"
Seeing all the girls on their team united under one opinion The jokester could not argue further as he took the first shift to guard the others while they slept.
...….
The next day everyone went their way, trying to cover up as much distance as possible while expanding the search grid, trying to find the grass as fast as possible.
Alan: "From number 80 commentary on the video, the grass needed a very humid environment. It was close to the water source, so that's the first place I would look for."
No. 9: "We have to go around the herd; we don't want to alert them."
Alan: "Agreed."
The two of them circled around the herd, avoiding any obstacle along the way, trying to keep their presence concealed.
As they got closer to the lake, this slowed their pace. The two carefully searched the trail leading to the lake.
Alan did his best trying to use his perception to carefully sort out everything around him. Then he touched multiple grasses and plants all over around him to identify them.
No. 9: "Junior, come and see this."
Alan went towards number 9, who was standing above a batch of grass that looked extremely unremarkable.
If an ignorant person walked by, they might actually just walk all over this grass.
Alan sat on his knees as he gently used his hand to touch the unremarkable grass.
[Aetheira Dulcis]
[Visually, it resembles a common, unassuming reedgrass. It grows in tufts, with thin, pale green blades that sway gently in the breeze.
It's not particularly tall or lush, blending easily into the surrounding landscape. It might even appear slightly wiry or sparse to the untrained eye.
Despite its unremarkable appearance, Aetheria Dulcis possesses an unusually high concentration of essential minerals and trace elements, particularly those vital for the growth and vitality of large herbivores.
When grazed or crushed, it releases a faint, sweet aroma that is undetectable to humans but highly enticing to herbivores.
This grass can be classified as a 7th class heaven and Earth treasure extremely favorable for herbivores, and if taken by a peak 7th stage creature, it can help set a breakthrough to the next stage.]
No. 9: "This is it, right?"
Alan: "Yes, and I think I know what it is, and how can we use it?"
A surprised light flickered in the cold eyes of number 9, who almost could not believe what she heard.
No. 9: "You have already identified it."
Alan: "Yep, what we have in our hand is a seventh-class treasure of heaven and Earth with a very unassuming appearance but extremely valuable properties and a special aroma that is extremely enticing for herbivores."
No. 9: "This… this grass is actually a 7th-class treasure. No way!!"
Alan: "I know it doesn't look the part, but it is, and sadly for you and all of us, we have to use it by crushing it, so we will be destroying this treasure to finish the task."
No. 9: "Let's just keep the information about this grass being a 7th class treasure between us for now. I'm afraid if number 80 heard about it, he would fight us to death if he knew that we would crush this grass to finish the task."
Alan: "I am totally agreeing on that point."
No. 9: "Let's go back."
The two of them went to the gathering spot as they had finished much earlier than they anticipated.
It was no surprise for the two of them when they found no one there.
A few hours went by, and the other seeds started coming back.
