The Royal Military Academy's Impostor Owns a Dungeon [BL] novel Chapter 177

Chapter 177: Hoarding

Luca couldn’t believe their luck!

Not only did they find Jade Vine, but there was also this enormous gift that kept on giving!

D-29 was not kidding when he mentioned several top-grade materials.

When the Purifier managed to melt off the corruption that had stuck like barnacles, they were all surprised to see something akin to an ecosystem in there.

While there weren’t any live animals, there were certainly mineral deposits, remains, and some tough plant life that managed to survive being fully corroded.

And Luca was planning on getting all of it!

The little money grubber couldn’t help but wonder just how old this tortoise had to be for such a place to grow like this.

If anything, it was probably even more lively before it got contaminated.

Oh, to have such a tortoise! Luca sighed as he thought about the beauty of having such a pet.

The others watched as their guild leader disappeared inside the remnants of what used to be a lush forest.

"Luca, what are you looking for?" Xavier had to ask as he tried to follow the little chipmunk around.

The Prince watched as Luca punctured a few of the standing trees with a resin tap and had to wonder just what he was collecting when the slow dripping sap suddenly disappeared.

Huh?!

"What exactly are you collecting? And do you need help?" Asked the bewildered Husband, who felt like he had to block Luca’s path just so he would hear him.

"Luca!" Xavier called again, and this time, Luca’s mecha actually stopped.

"Oh! I’m sorry, I got so distracted!" And he really was because he’s got prompts from D-29 everywhere and was torn about where to go as he wanted to check everything out.

"I can see that. But is there a way we could help? If you can tell us just what you’re collecting, then—" Xavier didn’t have to elaborate more as, apparently, that was enough to get Luca talking.

"Have you rested enough?" asked the little chipmunk who would’ve really wanted the help but was afraid of overworking the three who had been working on the Tortoise for the past two hours.

"I’m fine. I drank a lot of the spiritual water. And that pill... that pill seems to be working well."

More than well, actually.

While he felt like dying and vomiting his guts several times over, he didn’t get to the point where he could be taken over by contamination.

The regeneration rate was so fast that he practically scared himself into using more of his abilities, afraid that he would have too much stored and explode instead.

Because Xavier could feel it and wondered if this was what Luca and their ancestors experienced in abundance.

But before he could focus on the intricacies of spiritual energy levels, he was surprised to see Luca handing over what looked like power cutters.

"It’s for the Titanroot Fibers. Ideally, we should be cutting near the core so they don’t regenerate instantly..." Luca trailed off, knowing that he would sound insane for doing this.

But they just couldn’t let the opportunity pass!

"However, I was hoping you could cut away from the core so that it would regenerate and we could get more..."

Then, from over the comms came the screeching voice of one overly eager mechanic, "Wait! Brother! Did you just say Titanroot fibers?!"

"Ah yes, brother! There are a few mother plants, and I was hoping we could either bring the whole plant or just take some first before uprooting it." Luca thought about it, and for something like this material that regenerates almost instantly, then he’d rather not take his chances.

Just in case.

It was one thing to harvest from the plant, but another to ball out or marcot it with full expectations that it’ll adapt and survive.

So, what began as a resource-gathering segment involving a few regenerating plants evolved into a full-blown factory dictatorship.

So much for the little mop fearing for his life earlier! He thought as he began tapping on the shell’s outer layers like a good little miner.

Yes.