Chapter 862 - 862 Moving the Crab People

862 Moving the Crab People

“So, how will you take us up there to the sea?” Crabbe asked.

Me? carrying him up to the sea? No way.

I’ll just use portal to get him out of here. It’s simple.

As I was about to open a portal, I realized something. They have been in this place since birth. Other than the light from the dungeon, they have never seen the sun. Their weakness will be exposed right away if I fight them as soon as we move.

“Hmm... then I will take everyone out of here first. I will find a place for us to fight later. I guess I can bring all of you to the village right away. You can settle near the lake or even inside the lake if you like. As for the match, let’s do it in a few days after you get used to the surface. After all, if you ended up joining our battle, even if I ask you to join because we need power to fight underwater, there will always battle on the surface. Though whether you will join or not will be for later. Just stay there for a few days and then we will fight,” I said.

If I exploit his weakness right away, it won’t be a match. And I won’t be able to see anything about how strong he is. So I suggested this.

Also, if they somehow enjoyed life under the sun, it will be more likely that they are willing to join us whether I make a contract with one of them or not.

As monsters themselves, they might be jealous if I asked the others to help me but I don’t ask them for help. So they will be willing to volunteer instead of staying in the village.

Even the elves are now willing to fight. Though we don’t have any battle at the moment. So they are currently still improving their strength.

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I don’t mind if these Crab People enter the lake where everyone drink from. Because the elves have convinced me that the plants in the lake will sterilize the water and make them drinkable even if someone pee on the lake.

As for where I will fight Crabbe, my first choice would be the sea. But it should be deep enough to see how good he is underwater.

“So in the end, you will bring us out of here no matter what. That’s good,” Crabbe said.

Now that I think about it, they are crabs. I guess they can’t enter the village. They need to be in the sea.

The lake in the village is artificial. And there are not many fishes there. So they need to go somewhere where there are a lot of fishes for them to hunt.

But I remember the entrance to this dungeon. Many corpses laying there. I guess it’s fine for them to stay on land as well since I don’t think that they only eat fish.

Though they need to be able to hunt. But I think that will be fine seeing how they can fight the spider that well. As for mobility, they are not as fast as the others in the village. But that doesn’t matter since there are not only the centaurs are there, but a lot of horses who joined us because of Ray were there as well. There are horses without owner near the village.

It’s not because we have more people than horses. But it’s because there are many people who refused to get horses. Either because they can fly, or that they feel that riding a horse and using magic at the same time is difficult.

Some elves have chosen their own horses as well. So it should be fine for the Crab People to get their own horses.

By the way, it’s actually amazing how the ecosystem near the village is not disturbed by how many monsters living there. I guess the monsters, especially the werewolves and weretigers, would look for monsters much further. As for the nearer wild monsters, they will be prey for the weaker monsters from the village.

Then I guess it’s fine if we keep on adding more monsters in the village. That’s good.

I used telepathy to contact Graham and Shelia about the possible newcomer to the village. They will inform the others about the Crab People’s arrival.

“Alright, you need to be careful because outside there, it’s much brighter than this place. Your eyes need to adjust to the brightness there,” I said.

After my warning, I gathered everyone and opened a portal to near the village. To where Graham was.

“Oh! So bright!”

The Crab People squinted their eyes because of the brightness of the sun. And it’s noon. So the sun is at its highest position.

Normally, I should be like them as well. But I have Divine Vision, so my eyes can adjust quickly to the surrounding.

“Everyone, don’t alert them. They are not used to the light yet,” I said to the monsters waiting there.

They are excited to see the new guests. Their new friends. And their new rivals.

After a few minutes, all of them entered the portal. It took a while since they need to adapt to the light first. So I spent some mana since I need to let the portal opened for quite a while.

After their eyes adapted to the light, their expression turn bright because they finally see something different after living in the dungeon for so long.

They are enjoying the sights. But it’s a good thing that I prepared something.

I asked Graham to get some angels, the kindest angels, to guide the Crab People. So the Crab People can quickly learn the way of the outside world.

“All of you, they will stay here for a while until I can fight their strongest member. After that, whether they will stay or not depend on them. And until then, do your best in treating them in this village,” I said.

“Does treating them mean that I can fight them if they ask?” Shelia asked.

“Obviously. They are not used to the outside world. Also, my battle will happen underwater. So after they calmed down, bring them to the sea,” I said.

Of course I want to get Crabbe to get stronger before our fight. Because that means that Crab People can grow stronger.

At least Shelia and Tiger will ask Crabbe to fight them in the next few days. And if Crabbe is smart, he would accept their challenge. And they will fight so Crabbe can get a feel of how strong we are.

If it’s a fight on land, I’m confident that Shelia will win. Though maybe Shelia will ask Crabbe to fight underwater. And Shelia will lose.

I just hope that she won’t lose any limb. Because those claws are sharp.

“Have you gotten used to the sun yet?” I asked Crabbe.

“What’s a sun?”

That’s what he asked? I guess that’s natural.

So I spend the whole day explaining about things that is common for us and even the monsters here, but for the Crab People, it’s their first time seeing.

I hope that they can quickly get smarter. Because it’s sad that one of our potential allies are stupid because they have been living in a cave since they were born.

“That’s a sun. It’s very far but very bright. That’s a tree. That’s a cloud. That’s called the sky. That’s a floating island. That’s a house.”

Patiently, the angels taught the Crab People like teaching a kid. I think it will be a while until Crabbe can fight me.

“Crabbe. Get used to everything quickly. Once you do, you can tell Graham over there, the archangel, or Shelia over there, the werewolf, that you are ready to fight me. If you want to test your strength first, you can ask anyone here for a fight. But remember to not kill anyone or permanently injure anyone. If you think that you have adapted to the outside world and the sea as well, we will fight. And the fight will happen as I told you before, underwater. Do you understand?” I asked.

“Yeah. What will you do then?” Crabbe asked.

“I’ll take a break until you’re ready to fight. Also, if you need anything, you can ask the other monsters here,” I said.

After I finished explaining things to Crabbe and the other Crab People, I opened a portal to return back to Cassau.

I haven’t told anyone else about the Crab People. And I also haven’t explored the dungeon where I found them before.

I will tell everyone about the Crab People now since I have returned home early. As for the dungeon exploration, I will go there before the fight with Crabbe. Alone since the gas inside the dungeon is dangerous for the other who are not air mages.

“Crab People? Like, snip-snip?” Angela asked. While making a hand gesture like that of a crab’s claws. Or like a scissor.

“Yeah. Snip-snip. They have been inside that dangerous dungeon for so long that they need to adapt to the outside world first. I hope they are the ones I’ve been looking for,” I said.

Well, it’s tiring to look for another monster. I hope they are the right ones for me.