Chapter 171: Battling a Menace
CH171 Battling a Menace
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The next morning, Alex’s team of three cleaned up their camp and resumed their journey toward the boundary corridor, where their route would veer north.
They had barely arrived in the region when Fen suddenly picked up a familiar scent. However, it wasn’t the scent of a goblin like Alex had expected... or hoped.
No—what they found was something far worse.
A creature that was the chaotic offspring of an armadillo and a porcupine, with the bad attitude of a honey badger: the Needleback Badger.
This one-metre-tall, two-metre-long, half-ton walking bag of pure menace was on their trail again.
And according to Fen, it was the exact same Needleback they had evaded days earlier.
Which could only mean one thing—it had locked onto them.
Alex narrowed his eyes. That damned thing wasn’t just tracking them—it was hunting them.
Still, he had no intention of fighting a Needleback Badger. Even the local apex beasts gave it a wide berth. There was absolutely nothing about it worth risking his family jewels for.
"Let’s move quickly," Alex said, urgency creeping into his voice.