In the Forest of Garrison, Hades walked through the woods looking for his target, with a miniaturized Clear Wing Synchro Dragon perched on his shoulder.
Hades discovered a patch of bushes that were glowing. He quickly stepped forward and pushed them aside to find a small sapling. The sapling had a few tender leaves, and each branch bore a fruit that looked like transparent crystal, marked with a red asterisk.
"Wu Star Sauce, it's not bad when paired with fish meat," Hades muttered as he picked a fruit.
"There's seasoning inside this fruit?!" Clear Wing Synchro Dragon asked from Hades's shoulder, looking at the Wu Star Fruit.
Hades continued to pick all the fruits, putting them into his spatial dimension as he said, "This is a gourmet-themed world; anything like this is possible."
"Aaaahhh!!!" Just as Hades was harvesting the fruit, a giant lizard with a ring of aloe growing around its neck appeared behind him and roared.
(Aloe Lizard: Capture Level 10)
"Hmm." Hades looked at the Aloe Lizard with an icy gaze. Under his stare, the Aloe Lizard began to tremble and break out in a cold sweat; it could even see a giant skeletal Reaper pressing a scythe against its neck.
"Aaaahhh!!" The Aloe Lizard let out a miserable shriek as the aloe on its neck fell off automatically, and it immediately fled the area.
"..." Hades looked at the aloe that had fallen to the ground, thinking that it was a premium item with moisturizing properties. It would be a perfect gift for Serafall and the others later. With that thought, he immediately stored it in his spatial dimension.
Afterward, Hades continued walking until he reached a more densely forested area.
Swish swish swish swish!!
At that moment, the roots around Hades began to move as if they were countless snakes. Hades jumped up and saw that the roots were all extending in one direction, like some sort of transport pipeline.
"Found it," Hades said with a smile on his face.
He then descended quickly and ran up along those roots.
"Ooooohhh!!" At that point, a tree blocked Hades's path. A zombie's face appeared on the tree, its eyes glowing with an eerie green light.
(Zombie Tree: Capture Level 10)
Bang! Bang!
Hades didn't stop. Instead, he struck out with both hands like dragon claws, gouging out the Zombie Tree's two eyeballs. Although the Zombie Tree had no edible value, its eyeballs were precious emerald-colored gems.
Hades exerted force with his feet and jumped directly above the Forest of Garrison. Looking around, he saw a cluster of giant corn growing at the top of the forest.
(bb corn: Capture Level 30)
Boom!
Hades stepped on thin air, creating a sonic boom, and landed directly at the location of the bb corn.
"Clear Wing, let's go pick the bb corn. You should also take some back for your brothers who are Guardian Dragons."
"Thank you, Master," the mini Clear Wing Synchro Dragon said with a smile. Then, a gust of wind rose as it returned to its original size to harvest the bb corn.
Clear Wing Synchro Dragon grabbed a large bb corn and pressed it firmly back and forth until the bb corn was naturally plucked. Clear Wing Synchro Dragon continued to harvest more bb corn in the same manner.
Meanwhile, Hades stood before the largest bb corn. His right hand transformed into a blade covered in Cosmos, and with a single slash at the stalk of the largest bb corn, the entire skyscraper-sized corn fell toward him. Hades opened his spatial dimension, and the bb corn sank into it.
"Master, what is the next target ingredient?" Clear Wing Synchro Dragon asked, placing the bb corn from its mouth and hands into its own storage space.
Hades looked in a certain direction and said, "The rainbow fruit. It's named because the vapor from its juice forms a seven-colored rainbow in the air, and after eating it, the taste changes through seven stages depending on the temperature and humidity. It is said that a single drop of the pure juice can turn the water of a 25-meter swimming pool into thick, mellow fruit juice."
"Hehehe~~! Then what are we waiting for? Let's go pick it, Master!" After hearing Hades's words, Clear Wing Synchro Dragon wore a rather lewd expression, drooling uncontrollably.
Seeing his Guardian Dragon like this, Hades could only close his eyes helplessly. He jumped onto Clear Wing Synchro Dragon's back and pointed in a direction.
"Go that way. The rainbow fruit is in IGO's 8th Biotope."
"Alright! rainbow fruit, here I come!!" Clear Wing Synchro Dragon's eyes sparkled as it flew in the direction Hades indicated. It seemed that after coming to this world, it was gradually becoming a foodie.
Because food was involved, Clear Wing Synchro Dragon used supersonic flight speed to reach IGO's 8th Biotope.
This place was a wasteland where not a single blade of grass grew. It was hard to imagine that such soil and terrain could nurture a top-tier delicacy like the rainbow fruit.
"Master, is the rainbow fruit you mentioned really here?" Clear Wing Synchro Dragon asked, expressing its doubt.
Hades crossed his arms and spoke calmly.
"Of course it is. The reason it's so desolate here is that the rainbow fruit has absorbed all the nutrients in the area. Smell the air carefully; there's a fragrance of seven fruits mixed together."
"Oh." Hearing this, Clear Wing Synchro Dragon began to twitch its nose to scent the air. A dragon's sense of smell is several times sharper than a dog's, so it was easy to pick up the scent.
"There it is!" Clear Wing Synchro Dragon instantly caught the fragrance Hades mentioned and immediately flew toward the source.
Soon, they saw a giant sapling bearing seven crystal-clear, iridescent round fruits that emitted an incredibly enticing aroma.
However, beneath the fruit tree, a large troop of four-armed green-furred gorillas, four and a half meters tall, was stationed.
(Troll Kong: Capture Level 9)
Leading them was a six-meter-tall four-armed gorilla with long silver fur.
(Silverback: Capture Level 10)
Seeing the Troll Kong troop below, Hades used his Cosmos to mask his and Clear Wing Synchro Dragon's presence to avoid being discovered by the IGO or the Troll Kongs.
Although his strength was enough to walk through this world unopposed, he was only here to collect ingredients this time and didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble.
Clear Wing Synchro Dragon seemed to vanish, plucking all the rainbow fruits in an instant. Then, the man and the dragon clutching the rainbow fruits immediately left the 8th Biotope, leaving the bewildered Troll Kongs behind.
They put the harvested rainbow fruits into their storage spaces, though Clear Wing Synchro Dragon kept one in its hand. It took a bite and began to chew.
With the very first bite, it was instantly stunned by the flavor. As Clear Wing Synchro Dragon continued to chew, the taste in its mouth began to change continuously, seven times in total.
"It's so delicious(｡＞∀＜｡)!!" Clear Wing Synchro Dragon exclaimed after its first bite of the rainbow fruit, soaring above the clouds in its excitement.
Then, as Clear Wing Synchro Dragon continued to eat the rainbow fruit, the iridescent juice dripping from the corners of its mouth fell through the clouds onto the ground below, instantly turning into a rainbow rain.
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