The captain of the ship reached out.

Chapter 6 Miss Goat

"The general reserve force remains stationary!"

Upon arrival at their destination, Horn gave orders to the tentacle fungus swarm.

Like other carnivores on the grasslands, the vulture wasp remains highly vigilant while feeding.

Now is not the best time to launch a surprise attack.

As the wasps gnawed at them, their abdomens gradually swelled up, their bodies became somewhat bulky, and they no longer flew as nimbly and lightly as they had at the beginning.

Horn realized that his chance had come!

"Tentacle swarm, attack!"

next moment.

The kin suddenly emerged from the mud, their antennae lashing out like whips at the poisonous bees' wings.

The biggest advantage of the Vulture Poison Bee is that it can fly. As long as you knock them into the mud, you've already won more than half the battle!

Buzz! Buzz!

The wasps were startled by the sudden attack.

But upon discovering that it was a group of carnivorous mushrooms, they became enraged rather than alarmed.

How dare a lowly monster provoke the swamp overlord?

They vibrated their wings at an extremely high frequency, like bombers flying over their kin.

At the same time, poisonous stingers shot out from the lower abdomen.

A rain of poisonous stingers fell from the low skies above the swamp.

Several poisonous thorns were embedded in the roots of the mangrove tree, and the bark was visibly turning black and purple.

Another unfortunate tree frog twitched twice after being hit by the poisonous stinger, and then remained completely still.

However, the usually effective stingers failed to have the desired effect on the mushrooms.

Hey, what do you mean by "thick outer skin"?

Most of the stingers get stuck as soon as they pierce the surface of the thick, grayish-white skin, preventing the toxins from penetrating deeper tissues.

"efficient!"

Horn's spirits lifted.

Although some of the family members were pierced too deeply by the poisonous stingers and died on the spot.

But this ratio is quite acceptable.

It was worth it for him to hunt so many frogs these past few days.

Meanwhile, the families' counterattack also arrived.

Under Horn's micro-management, the minions' whisker whips were incredibly precise, like playing a shooting game in a past life, hitting exactly where they were pointed.

Even if a single lash isn't very powerful, a couple of lashes will eventually knock down a poisonous bee.

After all, the Vulture Poison Bee is not a monster known for its strong defense.

Furthermore, their limited mobility after eating makes them perfect targets for the carnivorous mushrooms.

in other words.

In this battle... the advantage is on my side!

In the blink of an eye, several poisonous bees were knocked into the swamp, their wings stuck to the mud, unable to get up again.

But that's all the result was.

Upon realizing that these despicable carnivorous mushrooms possessed some kind of ability to counter poisonous stingers, the poisonous wasps immediately made the most correct decision—

Tactical retreat!

There's nothing we can do about it; the Vulture Bee can fly.

Once out of range of the tentacles' attacks, Horn could only watch helplessly as they rose into the air and escaped.

"Hmph, you're pretty fast."

Horn didn't intend to pursue them. He immediately organized the remaining followers to clean up the battlefield, focusing on recovering the corpses of the poisonous bees.

To avoid the Vulture Poison Bee summoning a large force to launch a counterattack.

Horn dared not let his family linger, so he hoisted the corpse and fled towards the fungal carpet.

as predicted.

A few minutes later, a massive army of poisonous bees drifted over like a dark cloud.

After searching the area and finding no suspicious tentacles, he could only vent his anger on the wild boar carcass.

With a chilling rustling sound, the wild boar's flesh and blood visibly disappeared.

In less than ten minutes, only a pale skeleton remained.

……

……

Just got back to my hideout.

Three or four more of their relatives collapsed onto the fungal carpet, clearly not going to survive.

"Hmm... the toxins still seeped in?"

It seems that the Lv3 [Thick Skin] is not enough to resist the penetration of the toxin, but it has at least slightly delayed the death of the family members.

Including the mushrooms that died on the spot, a total of 10 family members perished in this expedition.

Upon closer inspection, they found that they had only killed 11 dead hornets.

The casualty ratio was approximately 1:1.

In other words.

Although this expedition was a great success, there is still a long way to go before we can truly eliminate this swamp tyrant and replace him.

"Hopefully these corpses will give me some surprises."

After casually tossing the dead bee into the creep for digestion and decomposition, Horn switched his perspective to the split-off on the [Golden Sun].

Meanwhile, new employee Alice also completed her task.

"Mr. Horn, the wall has been breached!"

Alice raised her little hand and excitedly reported to the teacher.

"Well done, newbie."

Horn gave a compliment.

For a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl, digging a hole with only a small knife is indeed not an easy task.

Horn noticed that several blisters had formed on her delicate hands.

However, this also shows that Alice is still made of flesh and blood and has not yet been assimilated by herself.

After letting his thoughts wander, Horn extended a tentacle, drilled through a small hole, and entered the cabin next door.

Ok?

here it is……

The tentacle lifted slightly and immediately met a pair of rectangular black pupils.

"Meow~"

This is a young goat with off-white fur and pinkish horns.

The first reaction upon seeing the tentacles was to come closer and smell them, and then it made a move to bite them.

Horn, of course, wouldn't let it succeed so easily, and dodged it with a light flick.

"Are there lambs?"

Alice heard the bleating of the sheep and immediately remembered.

"Oh, by the way, the cabin next door is the Goat's Cabin!"

As a fully functional exploration ship, the Golden Sun has a special cabin for storing goats, in addition to the mushroom-shaped cabin where Horn is located.

In fact.

Besides producing milk and storing meat, goats actually have another hidden use.

Just like right now.

As soon as Horn climbed into the goat's cabin, he heard the door creak open.

A sailor staggered in, reeking of alcohol.

"Hehe... Miss Goat, I'm here!"

He went to the sheepfold, selected a relatively clean ewe, and then eagerly pounced on it.

The docile goat did not resist, or perhaps it had already become accustomed to this kind of life.

"Mr. Horn?"

Alice looked at the tentacles blocking the hole and blinked curiously: "Someone's come from the next cabin?"

"I heard someone talking... Miss Goat, what does that mean?"

"Don't ask questions like a child!"

"???"

Even though Horn blocked the entrance, some strange sounds still reached Alice's ears.

The girl's face flushed red instantly.

She suddenly remembered that her father had always forbidden her from eating mutton or goat milk on the ship, and had also forbidden her from going near the lower decks without permission.

So that's how it is.

at the same time.

Horn was amazed.

Sailors at sea are definitely one of the most repressed groups in the world, so it's completely understandable that they might have a strong preference for more extreme things.

That said, wouldn't you say this was one of the earliest cases of Fu Rui control?

In short, after fully understanding the meaning of the phrase "narrow path," Horn watched the sailor leave the cabin.

Only then did a thorough investigation of the cabin begin.