The Mole Bird Queen's eggs were really delicious, and there were about eleven more for us to enjoy… They also raised our Mana a bit and helped at our Physique and Magic Circle Cultivation as well.
They were a delicacy that made you stronger! It could at the very least sell for several million each in the magic market… But I decided to keep these for us instead.
We feasted on the egg while relaxing and not thinking about anything else than the delicious and creamy flavor.
Once we were full, I saved the rest of the egg inside my inventory and decided to move out with everyone else.
Gabriel had helped more than I imagined in our hunt, his spears of light were able to blind the birds and made it easy for us to catch them off-guard, making this entire raid last less than thirty minutes.
In fact I think we spent half of the time in this raid fighting the boss, that was how fast it all went down to…
While Mark brought us back home, I called Rose.
"You already raided that nest?!"
She was shocked we told her it was done after around thirty minutes since the last message I sent her when we entered.
"Yeah, it wasn't that long, actually… Were you having issues with this?"
I asked her politely, but she seemed a bit embarrassed to admit something…
"W-Well, me and Albert are on our break, so we only help when it is very, very necessary. But that nest was a pain in the ass for everyone else. Too big to the point they get lost inside, the birds kept coming endlessly, and there were no areas to rest either. And that's without including how dark everything was."
It seemed that the SWORD agents they sent had a lot of difficulties dealing with the Mole Birds due to the terrain being quite tricky.
"I am not saying they're weak, they usually can defeat D Rank monsters easily in groups… But these caves were a hellish journey where they couldn't take a break… We were going to assemble an even larger team to deal with it, but you've saved us a lot of time and resources, and money too."
"So, can I keep the corpses?"
"Of course, feel free! We'll send you a check later, for your work."
"We'll get paid too?!"
That surprised me more than anything… We did this on a whim, and we ended getting paid for it!
"Of course you will! So it was you and Mark, right? Okay, I wrote it down. I'll call HQ and report the nest is finally emptied. This'll save us a lot of time and money, don't mind the pay. Also the farmers will be really grateful."
"O-Oh, well, that's good."
"Anyways, if you ever feel like hunting more monsters just call us and we'll let you go ham on anywhere. There's a couple of places that are a bit of a pain right now too…"
"I see, well, if we ever have enough time, then we'll gladly help."
"Thank you! Well then, see ya."
"See ya."
With that, the call ended… I told Mark about the pay, and he was surprised. Rose later sent me a message with the checks.
"It says for this job, we're getting paid… One hundred million Canadian dollars each?!"
"Wait, really? Where do they get all this money?"
"I-I am not sure, but seeing how they're an agency led by the government, I would say from there, no?"
"Canada is a wealthier country than I imagined…"
"She said that even by paying us this much, they were saving a lot of money. Imagine they would probably have to pay a similar amount to several agents at once. Maybe not the exact amount, but it adds up."
"I see… So they would have ended wasting like hundreds of millions instead of only having to pay two hundred."
"More or less!"
Mark nodded as he understood how this business worked. Although they weren't making any money out of the monster corpses because we were taking them with us, they still saved money.
Why? Because they weren't just some random mercenaries, they were obligated by the government to eliminate the monsters.
They have begun adding Hunters to their Ranks lately, and they also get paid, so the requirement for money only grows.
"I suppose the pay would have been larger if we left the corpses there, I believe they all might cost another two hundred million, or more."
"Crazy… A-And you're just going to bury those sacks of money?"
"Well, it is for the Domain Quest! Nothing I can do about it."
As I shrugged, I counted the corpses…
In total there were 64 Giant Mole Bird corpses. I decided to use the 30 most destroyed-looking corpses to bury, the rest, which look better, will remain for us to butcher for materials and meat.
If I don't need them anymore, I could sell the materials back to SWORD or to the auction house and make up for the larger check we would have received if we had given up on the monster corpses.
Of course, their Magic Crystals will remain for us, as they'll help us grow stronger I'll distribute them with mark in a 50/50 deal, he'll get 32 and I'll get 32.
Everyone else won't get any because they didn't participate! Heheh, more rewards for the power couple.
"What will we do with the Boss Corpse? Those scales looked pretty good." Mark wondered.
"Hmm, I guess I could sell those too, not like we need materials, we still got tons of the leftover materials from the dragon bosses." I said. "Those are worth like, a hundred times this bird's scales."
"Yeah, but it would be a bit hard to sell them due to their immense value, you're right." Mark nodded. "And we're back home."
Once we were back home, I quickly buried the corpses once I took away their magic crystals, leaving everything else intact to not risk it.
And once buried… the process was automatic, the ground itself, or the domain, devoured them as if it were a living being, making them disappear in an instant…
[Your Domain has accepted your offerings.]
[It has consumed several monster corpses.]
[Your Domain has been strengthened by +5%]
[You completed the [Tier 1 Domain Quest: Domain Sacrifice]!]
[Thanks to your hard work, your Domain has absorbed the nutrients and magic power of thirty Monster Corpses, enough to grow slightly stronger.]
[Now that you've figured out that Nature Domains can become stronger by absorbing life and mana from things, you must continue feeding it with whatever you have.]
[Quest Rewards]: [Strengthening of your Domain by +10%] [Spirit Crystal Coins] x100 [Mystery Seed] x1]
The Quest paper changed its message before disappearing, and then, a sack of a hundred coins and a new mystery seed popped up out of thin air, materializing from the Domain's own powers.
"Wow, it really just materialized things out of thin air…" Mark was amazed.
"Yeah… Now, I guess I'll save these coins for now and- Oh, let's plant this Mystery Seed!" I said. "You'll see what pops out of it!"
I quickly planted the seed, and gave it some energy and water…
In just a minute, something else came out of it.
POOF!
