My Summons Are Mythical Beasts

He had also recommended Lucas to go there, but Lucas had another idea so he could only follow behind him obediently.

Lucas nodded his head with great confidence.

Aside from the familiarity of Kane, Lucas also knew some information regarding the Gobbling Toads, so he was not entirely clueless about it.

"According to what I know, Gobbling Toads usually don't dive deep under the waters and they usually hide under a massive tree, right?"

Kane nodded his head. This information was known by almost all summoners who desired the Gobbling Toad in Serene City.

"The area it was last spotted would be quite chaotic now. I doubt if the Gobbling Toad would still stay there. Gobbling Toads doesn't go out of swampy areas either, so it could not have gone too far away from where it was last spotted."

"However, it has been a few hours since the Gobbling Toad was spotted, and up until now, there were already a lot of people searching in those areas, but there was still no signs of the Gobbling Toad."

"With how intense the search was, this could only mean two things. One, the Gobbling Toad was no longer there, and second the Gobbling Toad was already captured by someone. However, since the Gobbling Toad is not easy to capture, it would naturally create and attract commotion. If it was already captured, news would have already traveled."

"Since it wasn't the case, it could only mean that the Gobbling Toad was no longer in that area."

Lucas explained as he checked under an aerial root of a massive tree.

Kane nodded his head, and began searching as well.

"Gobbling Toads were of the same color as the roots of these trees. Bro, you need to search intently. According to some information I heard, before a Gobbling Toad gets spotted, it would usually grow tense and the root area it blends in would tremble ever so slightly. You need to pay attention to such changes."

Hearing what Kane said, Lucas nodded his head in understanding and began to search more intently.

Spot, sitting at the top of his head, was also not idle.

As per the instructions of Lucas, Spot remained alert of their surroundings.

After all, Gobbling Toads were not the only beast present in the Western Swamp. The deeper one went, the more beasts they would encounter as well.

However, since the Western Swamp was still inside the affected area of the First Lord's power so the beasts here were not particularly of a higher level. Still, it was better to be safe as according to some information, beasts in Western Swamp were those ambush predators like the Sworn Crocodiles and Swamp Boa.

With Spot's attentiveness, he could also help in searching for the Gobbling Toad.

In terms of other beast's presences, Spot was naturally attentive.

Unfortunately, Gobbling Toad's were quite special and could not be discovered easily, or else, those summoners who have pure reconnaissance type beasts would have surely discovered it already.

A few minutes passed by in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, Lucas looked up and saw multiple figures gathering toward the area that they were searching.

From the looks of it, some summoners had already realized that the Gobbling Toad was no longer in that area, and was already proceeding to search in other areas as well. Your journey continues on My Virtual Library Empire

Frowning, Lucas continued with his search.

With competitors arriving in the scene, he could only intensify his search.

Likewise, the people who arrived did not mind his presence as well. Like him, they also focused on searching for the Gobbling Toad, afraid that another person would be able to spot and capture it first.

As time passed by, more and more people arrived, making Lucas grow more anxious.

At this moment, he could already see at least fifteen summoners searching intensely for the Gobbling Toad in the same area.

Each of them were quite focused, checking one aerial root after the other thoroughly, afraid of missing even a single spot.

"Bro, should I drive them away? With my identity, they would surely retreat on my behalf," growing anxious, Kane could not help but ask.

He was still skeptical at first, but seeing that there were other summoners that decided to search this area, he gradually believed that the Gobbling Toad had truly escaped here.

Since it was he and his bro who discovered this area first, he was naturally unwilling to share it to others.

If these summoners end up finding the Gobbling Toad, it would be a huge blow to him and Lucas who arrived here first.

Knowing that he could not defeat the other party, he could only make use of his identity to shoo them away.

Hearing what he said, Lucas could only smile wryly and shake his head.

"No! Don't create trouble. Just focus on searching."

He knew that it would not work.

The Gobbling Toad was not an ordinary beast. These guys might be chased away by Kane for a brief moment to avoid offending him, but they would surely still linger in the area and search one way or another.

Instead of offending them, Lucas instead thought of an idea that he knew only he would be able to pull through.

There was no need to chase them away, and in fact, it might even be better if more of them came to join the search.

Since he could not find the Gobbling Toad himself, then he could just let them find it for him.

Although this plan was somewhat sinister and exploits others, Lucas did not mind as long as he could get his hands on the Gobbling Toad.

In his current situation, there was no need to consider their grievance and he knew that he must focus on strengthening himself.

Just like that, another hour had passed.

At this moment, there were already over forty summoners searching thoroughly in the area.

Kane's face was grave, and his anxiety shot through the roof with each summoner that arrived in the area.

Suddenly Lucas patted him on the shoulder and gave him some set of instructions.

With a grave expression, Kane could only nod his head in agreement.

Not long later, Kane and almost all the summoners in the area turned their heads toward a particular direction.

Just then, a swooshing sound echoed in the air, followed by an intense shout from a summoner searching not far away from him.

"THE GOBBLING TOAD!?"

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A/N: Extra chapter for the power stone votes, golden tickets, and the continuous support!