BXBX NOVEL Chapter 116: Purple Hunting Spider Hunt
Alros prepared himself, for his next target did not reside in a colony. Purple Hunting Spiders are solitary creatures, remained alone except during mating season.
However, there are some are where they are abundance of spiders, one he dubbed as Purple Hunting Spider Territory. The territory is large, but it is easy to find a Purple Hunting Spider.
As for the reason he was interested in the spider species, it is because of it\'s ability. The Purple Hunting Spider can shoot out venom like projectile. However, instead of killing, it would weaken the opponent, making them weaker and easier to kill.
They can also shoot out silk to trap their prey, making it easier for capture as well. Having such species in his force is a boon, as it will make hunting other monsters easier.
However, he also need to be careful. Purple Hunting Spider is similar to the Giant Earth Wasp, in that they both fast and can move quickly, making it hard for them to be captured.
It also make them into a formidable guerilla fighter, able to weave through the dense trees and making it hard for capturing them. So, he need to prepare a lot of traps to make it easier. Thankfully, Gobruk had told him how he manage to deal with the Giant Earth Wasp.
He plan to copy the strategy, with some twist that only he can do.
When Alros enter the Purple Hunting Spider Territory, he could tell the presence of the spiders. Unlike other spiders in the Web Section, they did not build large webs that covered their part of the forest, instead preferring to hunt by leaping from tree to tree.
With no webs to distort his Mana Sense, the incubus could tell the whereabouts of the Purple Hunting Spider. They all located on the top of trees, no doubt eying him the moment he entered their territory.
So, Alros call out the cloned slaves, using them as bait, again. One he release almost 50 clones, the demon also call out the Giant Earth Wasp, intending to use their speed to combat the Purple Hunting Spider. He also call out the Forest Wasp, to give him aerial superiority and scouting ability.
Once he release his chosen monsters, and clones, the Purple Hunting Spider began to gathered enmasse. Their numbers going from a measly 10 to an astounding 100. Both making it hard and easy for him.
Hard due to the difficulty of facing such number of spiders, who could neutralize some of his combatants when they are capturing or pining down his monsters. Easy because he did not have to look for Purple Hunting Spider, using his energy and time hunting down the elusive creatures.
"Paralyze and weaken them," he ordered the Giant Earth Wasps, the one that would like engage the spiders. "Keep an eye on them," the Forest Wasps would be used as an extra eyes, to make sure any attempt to jump on his, literally, would not be made possible.
Gobruk already barked orders to the goblins and clones, the later use as baits would be vital to dealing with the spiders. With his force prepared, the capturing of Purple Hunting Spider commence.
While using clones as baits may seem crude and inefficient, it is the best way to tie down the monsters. As the spiders manage to weaken the clones, despite them wearing armor and have shields, they will fall to the ground, vulnerable to the spiders.
And the spiders, which did not possess tactical acumen, will grab the fallen clones, intending on bring them to their nests. When more clones are down, the same thing happen, all over again. Reducing the number of spiders they have to face.
Not to mention, they one that walked asay with the clones would not escape him, as there are some goblins and Giant Earth Wasps following them, cornering them in their nest.
As time goes on, the number of Purple Hunting Spiders dwindled to a measly 20, something his current group can handle with ease.
"Surround them and make sure they did not escape," the Giant Earth Wasps, Forest Wasps and goblins quickly surround the last of the spiders. With their escape paths blocked, the spiders tried to leap away, but was stopped and stung by the Forest Wasps, before being pinned by the goblins.
It did not take long before all 20 spiders were taken down, before being brought to Alros, who subdued them immediately. After he finished, he waited for a few minutes before the rest of his forces returned, bringing with them the spiders that escaped with the bounties that were his clones.
Slowly but surely, the number of Purple Hunting Spiders in his command rise, until all 100 were counted for.
A smile formed on his face as he opened the portal to the system space. Though he wonder if he should captured more to fill the lair population or wait until he done exploring the core of the Danger Zone.
In the end, he decided to wait it out. After all, it\'s not like the Purple Hunting Spider would ran away or left the territory. In fact, with it being emptied, some of smaller ones would likely thrive or it would be filled by competing spider species.
"Looks like they like it here," the incubus exclaimed, watching as the Purple Hunting Spider roamed their new home. On occasion, giant bugs will appear, prompting the nearest one to hunt it.
Thankfully, the giant bugs are not that expensive in terms of LP. A single giant cockroach is worth 10 LP, which may seem cheap, until the population of insect eating bugs come to mind. And then it is no longer cheap.
Thankfully, it is the size of a human, so it can sustain some of the smaller bugs species for days, though the food for the monsters still cost him around 200 000 LP, per day. Thankfully, his own LP farm gave him around 700 000 LP, daily, more than enough to make for his expenditure.
Aside from him doing it with the women, there is also his clones and the male slaves doing it plus the women masturbating, which add more LP as well. With a lot of sources of LP, he need to spend a lot of it to not have any remaining.
Which is something he did, though he did left 100 000 LP, using 400 000 for mediums and buying lairs and items. Overall, his expenditures, mainly to improve his goblins, are not cheap.