CHAPTER 95: HERBS LIKE GRASS AND WEEDS

Curious about Nash’s ability, Lawrence paused and looked back.

"What is your special ability?"

"Me? I can see the herb’s saturation rate directly," Nash said without hiding anything.

"Hmm? The Crimson Eyes?" Lawrence muttered, looking at his glowing red eyes.

"Yes."

Although Nash wanted to deny it, the features of the Crimson Eyes were too obvious.

He had heard that other eyes had similar abilities, but their pupils were different in color or located in other parts of the body.

"An Arleanian, huh? It’s a good ability. Tell me if you find the perfect herb."

After learning Nash’s ability, Lawrence no longer cared.

Although the Arlean Civilization was one of the top organizations in the Nova Sector, the Verdant Group wasn’t beneath them either.

Having a wandering Arleanian join them instead of his own clan wasn’t surprising.

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Meanwhile, free to go, Nash took William, Leslie, and five other void warriors as they headed in another direction.

"Did you see anything?" Leslie asked.

"What do you think?" Nash shrugged his shoulders.

They were just at the periphery of the Willow Jungle. Finding a perfect herb here was nearly impossible.

"Hey, this is a waste of time. I’d say Lawrence is being too paranoid," Elisha, the 4-star void warrior who came with them, clicked her tongue.

Scanning the edges of a danger zone was just too inefficient.

"Then we shouldn’t waste time." Unable to find what they were looking for, Nash wasn’t one to linger.

Looking at the unpicked herbs, his hands couldn’t help but be itchy.

Although most of them had a low saturation rate, their number was too dense that it looked like grass and weeds.

"William, take care of my back..."

"Yes, boss!"

With William and the others protecting him, Nash went on a picking spree.

Every herb he could find was plucked clean and thrown into his bag.

Whether it was a herb with 10% or 30% saturation, poisonous or not, Nash didn’t let anything go.

Meanwhile, seeing what he was doing, the team protecting him couldn’t help but feel jealous.

While they were on guard, he was just picking up free money? How dare he?

"Don’t worry, I’ll give each of you 5% of my harvest. As for Elisha, I’m willing to give you 20%."

Nash knew what he was doing was a bit immoral. Since they were protecting him, it was only right to give them a share of the profits.

Besides, there were too many herbs that he couldn’t pick them all alone.

Holding his aching back, he called out to three people for help.

"You three, follow my command and pick all the herbs I point out."

"Yes, sir!"

Amazed by his ability and generosity, they didn’t mind following Nash’s orders.

"That’s good! Dig that one below the tree, to the left of the shrub, on top of the rock..."

Freed from the hard labor, Nash became more energetic and pointed out all the herbs he could see.

Although they were rough and didn’t know the proper way to pick herbs, it didn’t matter as long as they could still be sold.

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Finding herbs with his eyes while helping them deal with dark beasts, half an hour soon passed.

"Gather around! Let’s go to a different place!" Lawrence shouted to the team.

Not finding anything in the area, it was time to move to look somewhere else.

Although it would waste some time, it was better to be safe than sorry.

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"Time’s up~"

"I didn’t realize picking herbs could be so fun."

"What do you mean? We’re picking up money—how could it be not fun?"

"Hey, Boss Noir, do you have a squad? Can we join you?"

Having a pathfinder really made a difference.

In the past, aside from the familiar herbs, they could only earn merits by killing dark beasts.

Now, after experiencing what it was like to pick money off the ground, they were hooked.

"Join me?"

Hearing their words, Nash fell into contemplation.

Initially, he didn’t want to bother forming a group or anything like that.

However, seeing the efficiency with which they picked herbs, Nash couldn’t help but be tempted.

In just half an hour, the herbs they gathered were worth over 5,000 merits.

Although it was mostly due to being in a 5-star danger zone, which was rich in resources, the earning speed still shocked him.

5,000 merits in half an hour meant 80,000 in eight hours.

If the group was big enough, he might even earn hundreds of thousands of merits in a single day!

Of course, at that level of efficiency, they’d strip the entire zone bald within days.

Thinking of this, Nash couldn’t help but smile.

"I don’t have a group, but since you want to join me—why not?"

"Huh? Really? Great!"

"We can join Boss again!"

"What about me? Can I also join? I’m willing to take a smaller share," Elisha asked, a little tempted.

Although she was a 4-star Void Warrior, the merits that he earned each day didn’t even reach 5 thousand.

Seeing them earn it in a few minutes, she was a little shocked.

"You’re welcome to join. I’ll call you once I’m done with my preparations," Nash nodded, accepting them all.

Although Elisha was a 4-star void warrior that he couldn’t control, once he reached peak void saturation, handling her shouldn’t be a problem.

After this mission, he should have enough merits to buy a storage treasure.

With that, his income could reach 15–20 thousand merits per run, enough to quickly propel him to 100% void saturation.

By then, even a 5-star danger zone wouldn’t be a problem.

With his promise made, the group walked joyfully and regrouped with the main team.

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Seeing everyone arrive, Lawrence began walking toward another location.

On the way, aside from defending against dark beasts, Nash didn’t do anything.

Picking herbs while marching would only slow the group down.

Once they arrived at a new area, Lawrence split the team again to search for the perfect herb.

Taking his time, Nash and his group went on another picking spree.