Brand New Life Online: Rise Of The Goddess Of Harvest

Chapter 1612: Going To Hunt

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“So are we going to hunt right away?” wondered my daughter. “We can’t take it easy until tomorrow?”

“I wish, but I am quite worried,” I said. “I think there might be something wrong with that place… I just have this feeling. It just not normal that so many monsters have spawned there after all, right?”

“Yeah…” Mark nodded. “We should hurry then; this is a nice opportunity to make a lot of money here.”

“Leave it to me, I’ll take care of all of them!” Gabriel said proudly. “I’m much stronger than before now after all, I can handle just about anything, test me!”

“Just about anything, huh?” I wondered, giggling. “Calm down a little, young man, don’t be too reckless either!”

“But those Owl Bears were super weak, right Elisa, Monica?” Gabriel asked. “I can handle them easily!”

“Well they weren’t the strongest, but they weren’t weak either,” Elisa said. “They had very tough bodies, we had to hit them very strongly for them to be defeated, Monica’s cursed chains helped weakening them… but Goldie was the MVP.”

“Heheh, of course I was! I am the mightiest of Master’s familiars,” said Goldie pridefully. “Is it that not the case?”

“No you aren’t, that’s my cute Belle,” I said with a smile, caressing her bearded chin.

“Meeheee!” Belle seemed to understand my words, looking at Goldie with a prideful smile.

“W-What?! I am not the strongest?! But I am!” Goldie complained. “I was before, and I surely am still the one with the highest stats and strongest skills…”

“Not really, they’ve already caught up to you,” I laughed. “But you’re strong, yes.”

“I am a dragon and she’s a goat; this doesn’t make any sense! How come a goat is stronger than- Ugh!”

I patted his head and let him know that he had to stop being so annoyed with a single, gentle smile.

“…”

He looked elsewhere after that, finally shutting up, he sure was annoying sometimes. If he had acted properly as a Lake Guardian in the Forest of Beginnings and fought alongside us in the battles that happened before I found him, things would’ve been much different.

But he had to be lazy and conceited, and not do anything, and then when I found him, I decided that I had to punish him because he had so much strength and didn’t do a single thing! If he helped, instead of hiding under the mud, things would’ve been much better.

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But anyway, enough with these rants, Goldie is now an active helper, and I’ll make sure he continues to help us through this forest adventure… yes, he’ll be an excellent bait. A giant, juicy, meaty fish floating around, which predator, even more bears, would be able to just ignore such an easy meal?

“So, uh, where are the Owl Bears at, any nests they gather on?” Jenny wondered, looking at the sky while walking by our side.

“I brought this with me,” I said, as I showed them a map of the Giant Tree Forest. “This is a map of the forest, it was recently edited by someone that went to explore it and ran away as quickly as he could, he marked whatever big nests he spotted… here, here, and there.”

There were three large nests, but mostly in the exterior, perhaps there were even more in the interior…

“They also said that as you go deeper into the Owl Bear territory, the air becomes heavier and the atmosphere colder…” I explained. “What do you think about that?”

“Hmm, there might be something really bad in there,” Lily said. “But how bad? We won’t really know until we go there and see for ourselves.”

“Indeed,” I nodded. “And what do you think that could be though? Hm, Rita?”

“Eh, well, this is just my theory but maybe there’s something in there making the Owl Bears multiply,” Rita said. “But this is also all just new to us, so we don’t really know what it could even be to begin with, no?”

“It could be… wait, maybe the Black Hand is working on this?” Elena asked. “It is a big possibility, right mom?”

“I don’t know if they were trying to get here to begin with…” I said. “But it’s sus, yeah. We’ll have to go as deep as humanly possible and see for ourselves what awaits at the depths of this forest.”

We stopped in front of the Giant Tree Forest, its shadows so big they covered most of our sight. This was a truly dark forest, and I can only imagine it even darker and scarier at night!

“Alright! Let’s make some sweet money,” Rita smiled. “I want to sleep in that fancy hotel they got! They said there were even some massage service and good wine~”

“Rita, is wine all you think about?” Mark sighed.

“I don’t think about wine all the time; it is just a byproduct of wanting something fancy and nice!” Rita said. “You know, I’ve been living a pretty damn boring life as a housewife… so all these things are always nice.”

“Right… sorry I guess,” Mark nodded.

“Hmmm~ I guess this is a nice time to test our strength, endurance, and stamina!” Jenny said with a smile, holding her halberd weapon, formerly a metallic bat. “And also use our weapons even more this time! The Nightmareborns sure were tough, but I crave more challenges.”

“Looks like you’ve got the hang of it now,” Anna said to Jenny. “Are you enjoying the battles now, Jenny?”

“M-Maybe…” Jenny muttered. “I mean, what else can we do anyway, right? Heh… It’s nice to come here with everyone! And I’m really grateful Elayne even included me… I feel like this is the first time my life has something worth my fucking attention. It was always so damn dull and boring… playing that BNLO game was so fun, and now we’re even experiencing crazy shit IRL. Isn’t that insane? Pretty hardcore if you ask me.”

“I agree with Jenny there~ Life has always been pretty dull sometimes… but since Elayne appeared and she showed me so many fun things, I’ve been enjoying my life like never before! Despite the dangers, it feels like it’s all worth it sometimes,” Lily smiled at me.

“Aw you guys started having cute speeches already…” I said, feeling moved. “But this isn’t like we’re fighting some powerful final boss; it’s just Owl Bears. Let’s get this over with!”

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