Treasure-hunting: Into the Unknown

"I take it you like these, huh?" Zachary asked, his lips spread in a wide smile. He noticed that Zelvag was looking at the pills like a child drooling over a pile of snacks. The scene was rather funny.

"Do your snacks taste good?" Zelvag asked curiously, his eyes as big as his stomach.

"You'll find out as soon as you eat them," Zachary answered, contouring the question.

After hesitating for a fraction of a second, Zelvag grabbed a pill with his two strong fingers and threw it into his mouth. He gulped it down dry. At first, he didn't feel anything special, but within just a few seconds, his eyes lit up as he said, "Yummy! I've never eaten anything like it before!"

"The snacks come in a vast number of flavors because different ingredients often create different tastes. The ones I have taste different," Zachary explained slowly, ensuring Zelvag understood.

"Oh, really?" Zelvag exclaimed excitedly as he listened to Zachary's explanation.

'Although he's a pretty big fellow, he's much like a preschool child. It's understandable, seeing as he's seldom met any humans before. He is totally ignorant of the human world, ' Zachary thought to himself.

Now that Zelvag was clearly satisfied with his pills, he went straight to what he wanted. "Now, can I have a look at your treasures?"

"Come with me." Sure enough, Zachary had successfully bought Zelvag over with his pills.

Taking care to put the pills and weapons in front of him away safely, Zachary followed Zelvag closely behind.

Zelvag led Zachary back to the place where they had first met and then headed east. After a short while, Zachary saw a very colossal cave come into view, but for Zelvag, it was regular-sized, like his own home.

Once Zachary followed Zelvag inside the cave, he was completely taken aback by what he saw. The cave was filled with glittering, strangely scented flowers, and it was apparent that they were at least twenty years old. In addition, glowing, green stones lined the walls in every direction. If his eyes weren't deceiving him, then he recognized them as some rare stones that could condense martial energy, being very precious weapon refining materials. More than that, the green stones could also improve weapon quality. He looked around the cave quickly and estimated that there were at least a hundred of them.

On top of everything else, Zachary also noticed a few strange stones of different sizes in the corners of the cave. From where he stood and from what he could see, they seemed to b

Zachary hurriedly warned Zelvag, his voice shaking in fear.

Zelvag listened and was quick to calm himself down.

Zachary took five bottles and threw them up at Zelvag. Before Zelvag could say another word, Zachary began to collect the treasures in all four corners of the cave, all while Zelvag watched on, an aloof smile spreading across his lips. Zachary could take everything he had in his cave and he wouldn't even mind.

It wasn't very long before Zachary had collected nearly all the treasures within the cave, except for those Zelvag liked, of course. He had even taken the time to dig out more than fifty of the fluorescent green stones in the walls.

"I'm almost done here." After placing all the treasures that he'd collected into the system, Zachary clapped his hands and looked at Zelvag. "Hey buddy, if there's nothing else, I'll be on my way,"

"Oh...are you really leaving?" Zelvag was sad and didn't want to part with Zachary.

"Don't worry big guy. I'll come back to see you as soon as I'm free," Zachary comforted him. He knew what Zelvag was thinking.

"Are you telling the truth?" Zelvag asked as he opened his big eyes even wider.

"Of course I am. I wouldn't lie to you," Zachary said affirmatively as he shrugged his shoulders in a casual manner.

"Then, we've got a deal!" Zelvag stretched out an enormous hand to Zachary.

"Deal. But you cannot tell your leader that we've met. That is very important." Zachary reminded the friendly giant, as he reached out and touched Zelvag's big hand.

Zelvag nodded back in response.

Still touching his hand, he led Zachary out of the cave and headed back to the forbidden area's entrance.