Treasure-hunting: Into the Unknown

After parting with Tracy and the others, Zachary found a remote place and entered the system.

"Mimi, is there a function in the treasure beast system that can help search for clues on legendary beasts?" Zachary asked, trying his luck. He couldn't search aimlessly through the Beast Tamer Space, so he had no choice but to turn to the system for help.

"Yes. However, that function has not fully recovered yet, so it can't be used for the time being," Mimi replied.

"Is there any other way to search?" Zachary frowned at the reply.

"On the fifth floor of the Treasure Cave, there is a treasure called the 'Beast Searching Reflector'. It is specifically for ordinary legendary beasts. Since it reacts to the aura that legendary beasts leave behind, it might be able to help you," Mimi suggested.

"The fifth floor? So I will have to spend treasure-hunting coins to open it?" Zachary asked glumly.

"Since the search for the Fighting Crane correlates with your apprentice quest, the system can open that floor for free," said Mimi.

"That's great." With a smile at the corners of his mouth, Zachary immediately teleported himself to the Treasure Cave. After taking a floating plate all the way down, he finally arrived at his destination.

However, once there, he saw that there were only five treasures in the huge space, and they all looked very weird.

Soon, his sight fell onto one of them—a dark green treasure in the shape of a turtle shell with the size of his palm. He found 'Beast Searching Reflector' inscribed on it.

"Found it!" Zachary murmured and immediately walked up to take down the Beast Searching Reflector from where it was floating in the air. After some inspection, he found that it was indeed a turtle shell, but there was only one hole in it, unlike normal turtle shells that had five.

"I should get it first. Mimi, how many treasure-hunting coins will it cost?" Zachary asked with furrowed brows.

"Five thousand," Mimi replied.

"Five thousand?

re..." Zachary's voice trailed off. He couldn't see any treasure beast around the quagmire, but the aura felt very close.

After looking around, Zachary's eyes finally fell back onto the quagmire. Was it hidden under it?

The muddy water surged again and kept rolling up. From within, a giant lizard-looking beast suddenly climbed out and onto the edge as if just getting out of a bath. It shook its body hard, dropping all the mud and sand that had been stuck to its body onto the ground.

Zachary immediately used the Flawless Illusion to hide. He did his best to avoid the mud falling from the sky, as the momentum would cause considerable damage this close.

Now that Zachary had inspected the beast, he could make out what it was. It had a lizard's body, with a long torso and six short limbs. What astonished Zachary the most was that this giant beast had three heads and two iron tails shaped like scissors. It looked very ferocious. If that wasn't enough, the beast appeared to have just broken through to the Sage Level.

"This is merely a rare treasure beast. Not a legendary beast, right? The Beast Searching Reflector was completely unreliable!" Zachary let out a frustrated huff, feeling like he had been fooled.

The giant beast moved to the south. Zachary surmised that it must be returning to its lair.