Kyle's last three days have passed by in a haze of recovery, strategy, and frustrating interruptions. His shoulder has completely healed up now thanks to the Grade Three serum. Now his body was back to prime and his shoulders felt more strong, though the memory of Rina's interrupted blowjob therapy session still caused a familiar, internal throb of frustration, but it also helped him increase the balance of Dickies to 99.
He had spent the time studying the maps of the dark forest and planning for the inevitable high-stakes seduction, all while navigating the crippling politeness of the Low Beginner hunters who now treated him as the Edgewalker.
On the morning of the fourth day, Kyle made his way to the Wolffang House. The usual gear—axes, bows, and thick leather armor—was present, but the air today felt different. It was less about blood, more about logistical needs.
Lia was standing at the center of a gathering in the left corner of the house, clad in her utilitarian dark skin-armor, and her expression severely pragmatic. Her thigh wound was completely healed now, giving her movements a restored and sharp efficiency.
"Good Morning Kyle, you came earlier than the last time huh?" Lia greeted him with her businesslike voice.
"So Kyle, Today's task is not a hunt for meat or core, but a capture operation. Since you are here now we can take the mission now."
Then she gestured toward a crude, heavy-duty rope net and several thick, reinforced leather harnesses in her hands.
"So, basically the village's milk stores are dangerously low now. The cows we have domesticated are not enough and their yield is also decreasing. Due to which there's a scarcity of milk in the village. So, the village requires a new fresh source of milk which is a powerful, durable creature and can help with the heavy lifting around the house too." Lia explained.
"Therefore, we are heading to the Milk Grasslands, which is deep in the Dark Forest, to capture a matured prime Oxen-Bovina."
Jor grunted, hoisting a coil of the heavy rope net. "It's a nasty job,Kyle. They are really very big, half-monstrous, territorial, and tough to move beasts but their milk supply is definitely legendary."
"Our objective is to capture and contain it, not exterminate it. Do remember that." Lia emphasized, looking pointedly at the heavy axes carried by Jor and Bor. "We will secure the creature and guide it back to the village. That's all. Now move out, into the Dark Forest."
As soon as she said that, The team made its way out of the house and started moving towards the village gates leading to the Dark Forest.
They moved deeper into the forest, away from the thorny thickets and deep into an area Kyle hadn't seen yet. After two continuous hours of journey they arrived at their target location.
'A large, misty clearing within the forest where the grass grew surprisingly rich and high'.
These… were the "Milk Grasslands".
The air here was thick and oddly sweet, smelling of wildflowers and heavy milk cream.
"We will move slow now," Lia whispered, leading the team through the tall grass, her hand resting on the hilt of her obsidian blade. "They are often found near the central watering hole. So we will scout that area first."
They crept forward for several minutes until Lia raised a sharp hand, signaling them to stop.
Through a break in the mist and tall grass, Kyle saw it. His breath caught, and his mind immediately registered the creature in the language of his System, overlaid with a primal, staggering sense of shock and raw desire.
The "Oxen-Bovina" was a towering beast, easily two meters tall, with a shaggy brown hide that covered her immensely thick, rippling muscles. Its head was bovine like a cow, powerful, and crowned with thick, curved horns, but its lower jaw was sharp and predatory, revealing massive teeth as it snorted, exhaling a breath of steam into the cold air.
But that was not what shocked Kyle. No, it was the sheer, impossible volume of its secondary sexual characteristics that rendered the creature utterly shocking and Erotic??
Its upper chest was dominated by two colossal, pale, heavy breasts, swollen to an absurd size, glistening with fresh, dripping milk. Below them, its abdomen sloped into a disturbing array of four massive, pendulous udders, each teat swollen and dripping thick, white rivulets of milk onto the ground.
The creature was a live example of raw, grotesque, and overwhelming fertility.
Kyle found himself briefly paralyzed, his mind flashing to the image he had seen. The description fit the visual perfectly, demanding his full, inappropriate attention.
Status: Mid-Beginner Rank. Trait: Hyper-Fertile, Milk-Abundant.
"That thing is terrifyingly big," Bor whispered, clutching his axe.
Lia nodded grimly. "It's a prime breeder. It will resist our capture violently. We will first go for the legs, then spread the net over it. "
"But guys…Isn't that thing TOO EROTIC and SEXY???" Kyle asked to them pointing a finger at Oxen-Bovina, still in shock with what the fuck he was seeing…
" Huh????" They looked at him with varied expressions and then ignored him as if they didn't even hear what he had just said.
" I mean seriously… Also those huge…no not huge. Those are Gigantic!!... They are like human boobs…"
"...." again silence.
" If only she had a normal face… people would be fucking these things around leaving behind a new race" he commented to himself as if that possibility was very high.
But the whisper was loud enough for them to hear.
"... K- Kyle…you. Are you sure you are not exaggerating it and the last line…is that your own fantasy??" Jor said with a stupefied surprised expression with a weird smile.
" Okay enough it's time. Kyle, you stay back. Watch the flanks….and stop saying weird things" Lia ordered everyone back to focus leaving Kyle to his own weird answers.
...
The capture of the beast was a desperate, muddy struggle. When Lia attacked, her initial attack was easily deflected by the beast's thick hide and Oxen-Bovina roared, a mix of bovine pain and wild fury, striking out and sending Jor tumbling backward with a minor cut to his arm.
The chaos continued until Kyle, observing the pattern of the beast's clumsy attempts to turn, barked out the critical instruction that turned the tide: "Lia! It can't move and turn around easily. Use that and drive it towards the mud bank! Once inside, its low center of gravity and heavy weight will slow down its movements!"
The Mid-Beginner warrior Lia, who was getting attacked left and right by the beast, reacted instantly. She changed her angle of attack, driving the beast into the softest mud. Once inside the mud, the creature struggled to move and its massive, milk-laden udders hit the earth with a heavy splat, tangling its own legs.
It was the opening they needed. The team swarmed, expertly securing the thick ropes around its massive limbs. After a punishing twenty minutes of pure, muddy effort, the Oxen-Bovina was subdued, panting heavily, its milk dripping freely onto the ground, but alive and mostly unharmed.
Mara, wiping mud from her face, grinned. "We got it! That was a good call Kyle!. We wouldn't have been able to capture it without harming it more. Thanks!
Lia nodded sharply, her eyes on the struggling beast, but her praise was clipped. "Kyle's observation helped us capture it safely and Good work, team. Now, the hard part. Moving this thing back to the village."
The creature was too large and too heavy for all of them to simply drag.
Lia quickly assigned the tasks. "Jor, Bor—you take the front harness. Mara and Kai—you manage the rear tethers and start moving slowly. We must get this creature back before nightfall."
The four hunters immediately set to the grueling task of guiding the massive, reluctant beast back toward the village, disappearing into the mist-shrouded path of the Dark Forest.
Lia remained behind, checking the ropes and assessing the area for any sign of following predators. She was now alone with Kyle.