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Chapter 114 The Birthing Cyclops
Because the Imperial Second Class Iron Cross only applied to one piece of equipment, at this time, Fang Senyan still had one piece of equipment he couldn't use yet, and that didn't require a military rank: the unique Golden Side Mission reward D: Puppet of Capture.
The requirement to use this thing is that all attributes must be no less than thirty points, and Fang Senyan's charm... well, you know.
For the rest of the team, this thing was quite useless because failure to capture would enrage the enemy and attract a lot of aggro, so only Fang Senyan and Reef were suitable to use it.
However, Reef also had a problem, which was that he needed to use skills frequently, plus he had a powerful servant at this time! There was a reason behind the servant's power, and his skills also consumed Reef's MP, so MP had always been his weakness, and he often needed to carefully calculate and allocate MP usage.
And the Puppet of Capture's active ability: Capture, required 50 points + 15% of current spirit power. The Capture ability was a combination of percentage mana consumption + fixed mana consumption, which was the most troublesome type.
Reef was already pulling his hair out to save MP to the point of almost going bald, so how dare he equip this thing and make matters worse? On the other hand, Fang Senyan, apart from throwing potions, relied entirely on equipment-attached abilities, and his spiritual power was envied by all.
After getting this thing sorted out, Fang Senyan went to find his teammates. At this time, everyone was gathered in the team's private space, waiting and discussing. After Fang Senyan walked in, he first glanced intentionally or unintentionally at Zi's full chest, making her both ashamed and angry, and she glared fiercely at Fang Senyan. Then Fang Senyan sat upright, coughed, and said:
"How is it? Have you discussed any relevant plans?"
Android Number One, Old Charlie, was wearing a swallowtail coat, white gloves, and a Western top hat, looking like a very standard eighteenth-century British aristocratic butler. He said politely to Fang Senyan:
"Master, I have already revealed all the information I know about the mountain cyclops."
Fang Senyan nodded and said:
"Well done, your knowledge is very important to me. I will apply for non-combatant protection for you later. You will also enter the world adventure with me. With this protection, accidents will usually not occur."
After speaking, Fang Senyan said to Sanzai:
"How about it, do you have confidence?"
When it came to his professional field, Sanzai immediately showed a calmness different from usual. He looked at Fang Senyan very seriously and said:
"With my current strength, it's still a bit difficult to tame this Tier 7 creature."
Fang Senyan was not surprised by Sanzai's answer. After thinking for a while, he said:
"Then how confident are you?"
"About 7%." Sanzai said. However, his expression did not seem very depressed, and there must be something more to it.
"Brother Yan, after your Ukiyoe recorded the information of this cyclops, it actually has a disguised monitoring function, like installing a camera on it. As long as you pay a certain amount of Universal Points, you can observe it closely."
"Through my careful tracking and observation of this mountain cyclops, I found that it actually has a habit of storing food, tearing off the best meat from the hunted creature's body, and then drying and pickling it."
After Fang Senyan heard this, his eyes lit up and said:
"Oh, is there such a thing?"
Sanzai nodded and said:
"Yes, according to the information provided by Old Charlie, cyclops are lazy and clumsy creatures. They will eat all their prey after catching it, and they won't even let go of the bone marrow. This gluttonous appetite allows them to endure nearly a month of hunger like pythons after eating their fill. There is no information introducing that they will store food. Why is this mountain cyclops we are monitoring doing this?"
"Next, I found a record in the information: Cyclops have no milk, but their offspring have very good appetites after birth. Therefore, the mother chews the pickled meat into a paste to feed their young. In this process, the cyclops' infancy will only last for seven days, and they will grow rapidly during this period and enter the juvenile stage where they can hunt alone."
Fang Senyan's eyes lit up and said:
"You mean, this mountain cyclops is about to give birth? So it started storing fresh meat? But I can't see any signs of pregnancy in it?"
Sanzai smiled and said:
"Although mountain cyclops and humans both have the word 'person' in their names, the difference is still very big, and the method of delivery is also very different."
Fang Senyan also laughed and said:
"Then, how confident are you in taming a young cyclops?"
Sanzai cautiously said:
"At least it should be 70% or 80%."
Fang Senyan nodded and said:
"Then we have two problems to face. First, we will enter the new world in five hours, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to wait for the cyclops to give birth. Second, we should consider how to deal with a powerful Tier 7 legendary creature. You must know that the stones it throws are not vegetarian. It is estimated that Mogansha and Zi will be close to death if they get hit."
Reef laughed and said:
"I don't think the first problem is a problem at all, because this mountain cyclops had already started some strange movements before you came in, and it looked like it was about to give birth. Second, as long as someone is fighting nearby, the mountain cyclops will not throw stones, because his ammunition is formed by using his own abilities. If he is attacked at close range during this short period of time, not only will the cyclops suffer extra damage, but the condensation of stones will also fail."
Zi first rolled her eyes at Fang Senyan, and then said:
"If the cyclops has just finished giving birth, its strength will decline. Then we can use the virus to infect the cyclops, so that its strength will further decline. Finally, you two MTs and the Dark Gold Leech will besiege and delay it together, and Mogansha and I will focus on firepower output from a distance. We should have a chance to fight."
Fang Senyan was still a little hesitant at this time. The main reason was that the three consecutive throws of the mountain cyclops he had witnessed before were too domineering. Even the extremely powerful Predator Arbitrator died under the stones it threw.
However, he calculated that with the Dark Gold Leech and summons as backup, his talent would also be upgraded. Even if he couldn't beat it, running away would be no problem, so he acquiesced to the battle plan.
At this time, Old Charlie, who had been silent on the side, suddenly said:
"The delivery has begun."
Everyone immediately gathered around the Ukiyoe. The holographic image projected above the Ukiyoe showed: The mountain cyclops suddenly looked very painful, lying on its back on the ground, and then convulsing violently all over. It could be seen that the blood vessels on its body were like small blue snakes expanding on the surface of its skin, converging towards the position of its stomach.
Slowly, a bulge the size of a basketball began to rise on the cyclops' abdomen. This degree of bulge did not seem like a big deal relative to the cyclops' burly volume, but it could be seen that the blood vessels all over the cyclops' body were concentrating on this bulge, as if to infuse all the nutrients and essence of the body into the bulge.
After a while, the bulge the size of a basketball began to move upwards gradually. It looked slow, but it was very firm.
When it moved to the cyclops' throat, it seemed to be the most painful time for the mountain cyclops. Its thick fingers wanted to buckle towards its throat, but its willpower made its fingers deeply plunge into the soil, and it dug a big pit next to it in a few strokes. It could only use the wriggling of its muscles to try to vomit out the bulge.
Old Charlie explained on the side:
"The most dangerous part of the mountain cyclops' delivery is at this moment. If the young's volume is too large, it will easily block the throat and cause suffocation. If the young's volume is too small, the mother will not be in danger, but the young that appears will be similar to human premature babies due to poor development, and will easily die."
"However, more than 80% of mountain cyclops mothers will choose to let their young grow bigger, and would rather have a higher chance of being suffocated themselves. Therefore, they have a higher chance of danger during delivery, exceeding 30%, and the chance of the mother and child dying is no less than 20%."
Everyone was watching the mountain cyclops mother's delivery with rapt attention. Although human fetuses are delivered from the lower body, while cyclops are vomited out from the throat, the danger is not much different.
Time passed quickly, and seeing the mountain cyclops' feet constantly kicking frantically, it had already stepped out a huge mud pit under its feet, and the accumulated mud was like a small mountain. However, its situation not only did not improve, but became even worse. The cyclops' eye was covered with dense blood streaks, and a large amount of brown liquid was flowing out of its mouth, and a terrible sound was coming out of its throat, but the lump that was blocked in its throat did not move outwards at all!
"The situation doesn't seem right!" Zi frowned first and said, "She should be having a difficult labor!"
Old Charlie bowed respectfully and said:
"It seems so, madam."
Zi immediately said:
"We will summon her immediately, she needs help!!"