hotmtlnovel Chapter 499 Puppeteer's Prowess
Chapter 499 Puppeteer's Prowess
"This area should be good..." Shye muttered as he arrived at a secluded area inside an advanced adventurer zone three hours away from Valenzia City.
Although this specific adventurer zone had lots of adventurers inside, the area Shye chose didn't as it was once the nest of an apex predator.
The Evening Caliphus resembled an enormous cobra with pitch-black scales and eyes, making it extremely hard to spot at nighttime—its preferred hunting time.
Hence, before one could even notice, one would already be swallowed whole.
This was the reason adventurers avoided the area like the plague.
Well, it was already a thing of the past, though, as Shye had already killed the serpent by cleanly puncturing its core.
As a result, despite its almost instantaneous death, the Evening Caliphus' body remained perfectly intact.
...Setting up his Small Camouflage Camp, Shye eagerly took out the Evening Caliphus' corpse from a corpse container.
"Nookie, come out."
"Yes, Master."
Since the imp spent most of its time eavesdropping on Shye's conversations from within a void pocket, it was gradually improving its understanding of human language.
As a result, it could now compose simple phrases and sentences as a response, though its way of speaking was still rather unrefined.
...Upon seeing the enormous corpse of a (B) ranked monster before it, the Necrollin Puppeteer's instincts immediately kicked in, giving it an overwhelming urge to control the corpse—much like a cat instinctively hunts a mouse at first sight.
However, it was way too respectful of Shye's strength and was too scared to do things that might anger its master.
"M-Master, may Nookie control the corpse?"
Hearing the cartoonish little imp's words, Shye inevitably smiled.
He tested whether it would act based on instinct or ask for his permission first.
Luckily, Nookie didn't disappoint him.
"Of course, since you've been a nice little Necrollin, I shall allow you to play with it."
"My gratitude, master!"
With an evident smile on its impish face, Nookie once again disappeared into a void pocket, leaving Shye puzzled.
'Hmm? Can't it simply control the corpse outside its hiding pockets?'
"UGYIII!!!"
The little imp celebrated, clapping in glee.
However, just a few seconds later, it stopped, suddenly realizing something important.
"M-M-Master...Did you kill this?"
"Hmm? Yeah, why?"
"N-N-Nothing! C-Can Nookie use?"
"Of course, I told you it was a gift, didn't I? I'm lending this corpse to you!"
This was a part of Shye's plan.
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After all, one could never be too sure of a monstrous creature's loyalty, hence, it would be best to subtly intimidate it every now and then.
Nookie seemed to already forget the intimidation, though, as it swiftly returned to its void pocket with an excited impish smile.
It wanted to immediately try controlling the (A) ranked monstrous creature's corpse.
After three whole minutes of remaining motionless, the corpse finally twitched, bringing a smile to Shye's face.
If Nookie could control it perfectly, there were numerous ways Shye could utilize it!
*ROAR!*
The wyvern roared with a rather stiff intensity, making the sound even more horrifying to those who heard it.
Shortly after, the corpse's enormous wings started flapping mightily.
A few more seconds later, although clumsily, the wyvern finally soared to the skies while roaring, bringing sheer happiness to Shye's heart.
A few adventurers eventually spotted the dead wyvern, filling them with horror and causing them to gasp for breath as they hurriedly fled the area.
They hoped to escape alive, believing that the WAA would dispatch high-ranked adventurers to deal with it, as it was outside its expected habitat.
Little did Shye know, this marked the beginning of a significant mystery that even high-ranked adventurers failed to solve, impacting the entire adventurer zone and dissuading wussy adventurers from taking quests there.
He wasn't in the mood to care, though, as he was simply way too excited.
"Hahahaha! Well done, Nookie! Bring it down so I can attempt to ride it!"