Chapter 532

The Rainbow Dolphin sea monster had disappeared, and Acheronides was a bit anxious.

She wasn't anxious because she couldn't hunt it down, but because she was afraid the sea monster might find other spirit bugs and eat them. Currently, three spirit bugs and two Giant Kelp Sprites had been discovered in the Giant Kelp Forest, and it was hard to guarantee there wouldn't be more. All the spirit bugs in the entire Giant Kelp Forest belonged to her brother Liszt.

They couldn't be ruined by the sea monster.

After searching for a while and still not finding any trace of the sea monster, she could only reassure herself: "This sea monster probably isn't targeting the spirit bugs; it might just be curious about them... I haven't heard my brother mention any animals that feed on spirit bugs, nor have I read about it in books."

Moreover, discovering spirit bugs is quite difficult, so the sea monster might not actually find a second one.

"The sea monster doesn't have the Magic Eye," she whispered as she swam among the Giant Kelp, feeling somewhat regretful. "It's a pity Acheronides isn't a knight and doesn't have mana, so she can't cultivate the Magic Eye. Otherwise, Acheronides could help her brother quickly find all the spirit bugs and magical herbs in the sea."

The "Magic Eye" is a mana technique that only knights can cultivate; naturally, mages cannot.

After searching for a while,

The sky turned completely dark.

She returned to her previous position, observed the new Giant Kelp Sprite for a moment, and then left the Giant Kelp Forest, swimming towards Red Tree Island.

On Red Tree Island, Nami was holding a green-headed duck that had just hatched a few days ago, waiting for Acheronides to return. Sometimes Acheronides would bring Nami along, but because she had to take care of the duckling, Nami now spent half her nights on Red Tree Island. She also liked Red Tree Island very much, having been born there.

Seeing the shell emerge from the mangroves, Nami immediately put down the duckling, happily fluttered up, and chirped "Jigu" as she rushed towards the shell.

By the time Acheronides flew out of the shell, Nami had just flown into her arms.

"Nami, Brother Liszt has brought you a new little friend."

"Jigu."

"Gulu!" Without needing Acheronides' introduction, Fizz popped its head out of the shell, baring its sharp teeth at Nami, instantly scaring her into hiding in Acheronides' arms.

"Fizz, don't scare Nami."

"Gulu!" Fizz then turned and bared its teeth at Acheronides. Although it would follow anyone who fed it, that didn't mean Fizz would submit to Acheronides...

Unless she offered jade powder.

Munch munch.

Having received the jade powder, Fizz no longer provoked Nami and quietly licked the powder. Nami, emboldened, started to inspect Fizz and occasionally chirped "Jigu" at Acheronides.

Acheronides explained gently: "It doesn't have wings because it's a sea spirit bug; sea spirit bugs have fins, not wings. Look at its fins, aren't they somewhat similar to Acheronides' fin wings?" Acheronides also had transparent fins behind her ears and back.

In fact, the spirits of the sea and the sea spirit bugs have many similarities.

A moment later.

Fizz had finished the jade powder and, seeing Nami looking at it, started baring its teeth again. However, Nami, now knowing it couldn't fly, was no longer afraid and chirped "Jigu" before turning and flying away. In a flash, she brought out two peanut nougat candies from her spirit bug's leaf.

"Jigu."

She offered one peanut nougat candy to Fizz.

"Gulu?"

Fizz paused, sniffed, and then reached out to take the peanut nougat candy. Seeing Nami stuff the candy into her mouth and crunch it, Fizz imitated her and crunched the candy. However, after a couple of bites, it spat out the peanut nougat candy and tossed the candy in its hand.

It bared its teeth once more.

Nami pouted, turned around, and whispered to Acheronides. Then Acheronides handed her some jade powder. Nami immediately grabbed the jade powder and flew back to Fizz. As expected, Fizz, eating the jade powder, didn't resist Nami at all.

Fizz allowed Nami to touch the small Giant Kelp on its head.

Acheronides watched from the side, amused. Nami was indeed a clever and sociable little spirit bug.

...

"Another Giant Kelp Sprite, huh?"

The next morning, after meeting Acheronides, Liszt was shocked: "This Giant Kelp forest is teeming with spirit bugs... By the way, can you still find that Rainbow Dolphin you mentioned? I'm very interested in it. If possible, capture it instead of killing it."

After being surprised by the Giant Kelp Sprite, he began to suspect that the Rainbow Dolphin might be the low-level dragon beast sea monster hinted at by the smoke mission.

The large, colorful fish, resembling a dolphin, matches the description of a dragon beast. The land bird Loki also has colorful feathers.

In any case.

The new day's search began, starting with Acheronides taking him to the location of the Giant Kelp Sprite's insect grass. The same routine, the same result—the greedy Giant Kelp Sprite couldn't resist the jade powder, and Liszt took the opportunity to extend his finger, successfully forming a contract with a snap.

After surfacing, Liszt felt proud: "Acheronides, these spirit bugs are so easy to tempt."

"Brother, if it were Nami, she wouldn't be so easily tempted." Acheronides detailed how Nami made friends with Fizz yesterday.

"Really? Nami is so cute... but I don't agree with you. Maybe I don't need to form a contract with her; Nami might approach me on her own and form a contract with me, just like she did with you initially."

Acheronides was momentarily stunned.

Suddenly, she felt that it might really be the case. Nami was indeed a spirit bug that liked to make friends.

While they were talking, a fight suddenly broke out in the shell between Fizz and the newly arrived Giant Kelp Sprite. They didn't get along and started punching and biting each other wildly.

"Stop!"

Liszt immediately shouted, 'Stop!' The two spirit bugs didn't dare disobey, but they still glared at each other, baring their teeth. Although they were born in the same Giant Kelp forest, with similar species and appearances, the two little ones were clearly not social creatures, daring to fight as soon as they met.

What a fiery temper!

"From now on, no more fighting, and no bullying any spirit bug! Do you hear me, Fizz, and you... I'll call you Tahm, meaning the King of the River. As for why I chose this name, with your fiery temper, you're bound to be the overlord of the castle canal in the future."

Fizz and Tahm continued to glare at each other.

The contract's power prevented them from disobeying Liszt, and they dared not fight again.

...

Time passed minute by minute, and the day ended just like that.

The extent of the Magic Giant Kelp was finally determined, covering about two to five hundred thousand acres. Of course, not every acre was covered with Magic Giant Kelp; there were also many ordinary Giant Kelps mixed in.

The yield of these Magic Giant Kelps wouldn't be less than that of fast-growing magic thorns. Liszt observed with his Magic Eye that the Magic Giant Kelp was not only very large but also had a high concentration of magic power. The amount of potion that could be extracted from a single plant was incomparable to ordinary potions.

"Acheronides, we still need to continue searching in this Magic Giant Kelp area. According to my calculations, there should be at least two more spirit bugs here, and I have a rough idea of their locations."

Liszt had previously ridden Loki to carefully map out the distribution range of the Magic Giant Kelp and the locations of three insect grasses within it.

Based on the locations of these three insect grasses, he drew a circular coverage area and found that they could not cover all the Magic Giant Kelp. He carefully deduced in the areas not covered by the insect grasses and concluded that there must be two more spirit bug insect grasses to satisfy the distribution of the Magic Giant Kelp.

This was a calculation based on scientific methods.

The accuracy was very high.

Liszt looked at the vast sea and thought to himself: "The mission is not yet completed, which means the core secret of the Giant Kelp forest has not been obtained. So, is it to search out all the Giant Kelp spirit bugs, or is there some other secret that I need to find... Could it be that there is also a Giant Kelp Grand Sprite in here?"