"ROAR!"
The water ghost roared toward the sky.
But the internal organs inside its body were all knocked out by Hunter Five's sliding tackle.
The pitch-black mass of organs splattered straight onto Hunter Five's face.
"Ew!"
(¬д¬.)
Ethan looked utterly disgusted.
'Good thing I did not go up myself. This water ghost really has no sense of hygiene.'
Actually throwing its organs onto someone's face, and they were the kind with black heart and black liver, a whole pile of rotten guts, stinking like hell.
BOOM!
With its organs gone, the water ghost could no longer hold on and crashed to the ground.
Hunter Five hurriedly brushed the organs off his face and started spitting frantically, "Peh! Peh! Peh!"
"Good work. Have some water!"
Ethan tossed a bottle of water to Hunter Five, then added, "And the Dragon-Slaying Blade you're holding, wash it clean before returning it to me."
"Yes, Lord."
Hunter Five quickly responded.
After that, Ethan had finished watching two performances. It was time to get to work.
He patted his butt, stood up, and looked toward the water ghosts in the lake. Dozens of water ghosts were already floating belly-up on the surface.
They were probably completely dead. Otherwise, even with their bodies sizzling from being burned by kerosene, there would have been some reaction.
But the smell of these water ghosts, compared to takoyaki, it was at least a hundred times more disgusting. It was basically the smell of burning trash.
[Water Ghost Fat: Although it smells a bit bad, because it has long absorbed fire elements from the hot spring water, its fat has an extremely high fire-element content. It is very resistant to burning and not easy to extinguish, making it a top-grade fuel.]
[PS: One portion of water ghost fat can keep one kerosene lamp burning for 100 hours without going out.]
[Water Ghost Bones: Can be forged into ghost arrows and ghost blades. After being injured by them, wounds are hard to heal, and one can only watch oneself rot to death. Special effects: Tetanus, Eye of Water.]
[Water Ghost Hair: Extremely tough. Can be used as hemp rope or similar cords! It can even be used to make a hanging rope, with pretty good results. Special effect: Grudge]
[Ghost Fangs: Contain poisonous resentment. Can cause tetanus, hallucinations, and other effects. Excellent arrowhead material.]
[Ghost Claws: Claws that can automatically grab items. Can be used to make a claw machine. PS: I think using them to make a ghost claw chandelier would also be nice. Very atmospheric!]
"What the hell kind of atmosphere?"
"This thing is pure trash. A claw machine? How bored does the system think I am."
So bored his balls hurt, playing claw machines?
Smash!
"Forget it."
Good or bad, just collect everything first and study it later.
"Collect All!"
[Water Ghost Fat +860]
[Water Ghost Bones +15695]
[Water Ghost Hair +4300]
[Ghost Claw +86]
[Ghost Fang +86]
[Beast Tendon +43]
[Water-Type Beast Core +86]
After everything was done, Ethan swept his eyes over the paradise again and found nothing else particularly worth collecting.
As for the remaining water in the lake, it was unusable due to contamination.
Ethan just let it go.
Just as he was about to leave with Hunter Five and the others, Hunter Five suddenly pointed into the lake and said, "Lord, um… that treasure chest. Aren't you taking it?"
(￣口￣)!
Only then did Ethan suddenly remember…
"Damn it!"
'This fight dragged on too long.'
He almost forgot the golden treasure chest.
But this lake had acid water added, kerosene added, and there were even floating bits of corpse waste inside, Ethan really did not want to go down and fish out the treasure chest.
'This is really self-inflicted suffering!'
So how the hell was he supposed to salvage the treasure chest now.
"Emmm!"
'The automatic claw machine?'
'Right, that actually seems like something I can use.'
Do it as soon as the thought hits.
Ethan immediately took out a ghost claw from his backpack, then took out one portion of water ghost hair.
"Damn, these two things are seriously disgusting."
No need to even mention the ghost claw. It looked just like the dried hand of an old man, with long black fingernails. The skin of the ghost claw was bluish-purple, covered with blotches.
At first glance, it looked just like corpse spots on a dead body.
And the moment Ethan took it out, the ghost claw actually twitched and clenched on its own, as if grabbing something, making a grasping motion in midair.
It could not get any creepier.
As for the water ghost hair, one portion was not a single strand, but a bundle.
A bundle probably had dozens or even hundreds of strands, each one similar to human hair, just greenish in color and slippery to the touch, like hair soaked in oil.
Enduring the disgust, Ethan braided the water ghost hair into a bundle, then wrapped it several times around the ghost claw.
Next, the Gold Miner mini-game began.
Ethan swung the little claw in his hand, then aimed at the golden treasure chest in the lake.
The little claw flew out of his hand.
It flew toward the golden treasure chest, but unfortunately…
Clack!
The ghost claw failed to grab the treasure chest, missing it by just a little bit.
He immediately reeled it back.
"Again!"
Ethan aimed once more.
Then he threw the ghost claw out again, but once again it failed.
However, when Ethan pulled the ghost claw back, he did get a tiny bit of harvest. The ghost claw had actually grabbed a rock.
[Stone +1]
"Heh!"
"Who wants your crappy rock?"
Even though Ethan cursed out loud, he still silently put the stone into his backpack.
After all, no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat. If you can save something, save it. Even a rock was something he worked hard to grab back. How could he just waste it?
"Again! I'll throw again!"
[Stone +1]
[Water Ghost Hair +1]
[Flint +1]
[Stone +1]
After throwing it ninety-nine times eighty-one times in total.
Hunter Five, standing nearby, could not help but remind him, "Lord, um… it seems to be getting late. How about we go back first and come back tomorrow to salvage it?"
"That won't do! Today I must grab this doll… no, today I must grab this treasure chest!"
Ethan was burning with anger.
Especially that feeling of being just a little bit off every single time.
It was absolutely tormenting.
Ethan exploded in fury.
He decided to try another nine hundred ninety-nine times.
But at that moment, Daji rubbed against Ethan's pant leg and made a yawning motion.
"Meow~"
"Daji's sleepy?"
Only then did Ethan realize that he really had delayed here for quite a long time.
He hurriedly took out his magic book, "Damn it, there were less than thirty minutes left until sunset."
From the ice plains to get back, it would take at least twenty-plus minutes.
He could not delay any longer.
'Do I really have to give up the treasure chest?'
Looking at the useless ghost claw in his hand, Ethan sighed.
"This is really like being young and not knowing what's precious. No, this is really like playing claw machines and not knowing how fast time passes. Just two more coins and I'll try again."
'No, this ghost claw looks useful, but it is actually a total trap.'
Unless he could precisely send the ghost claw right next to the handle of the treasure chest, no matter how he played, in the end it would always be just a little bit off.
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