Proofreader: M_W Miss Fierce

BOOOOOM!

The wall that separates Charlotte and the others from the nest of the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle was finally destroyed.

Whoooosh! Whoooosh! Whoooosh!

Charlotte and the others quickly flew inside the nest of the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle, fully prepared to fight against the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle and defeat it as quickly as possible.

Contrary to their thoughts though, the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle was surprisingly not inside its nest. Aside from its eggs, there were no signs of the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle at all.

"This is weird," Charlotte said. She added, "Did the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle already expected us to come here, that's why it hid itself somewhere else?"

"Well, if we think about the fact that we made a tunnel on the ceiling of its nest, then there's no doubt that the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle would notice us coming here," Elvis explained.

"We have already done something similar to this before, and believe me, that Beast Lord we fought at that time wasn't able to notice in any sort of way that the Earth Elementals were currently digging a tunnel above its ceiling. They were only able to notice the Earth Elementals when they finally began attacking them," Charlotte assured.

Back then when they were fighting against the Sandstone Lord Spider, specifically during the time that Leo was making a tunnel to the surface while also creating a hole straight towards the direction of the nest of the Sandstone Spiders in order for the sands to fall to them, it wasn't only until the sands stacked up higher that they were finally able to notice the presence of the Earth Elementals and began fighting against them. At that time, even the Sandstone Lord Spider wasn't able to notice the Earth Elementals when they were still digging the hole.

That's why Charlotte was confident that the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle would also not be able to notice them as well.

"Don't waste any time and quickly look for that Beast Lord Treasure Beetle. I think that it is just hiding somewhere nearby its nest," Charlotte ordered Chief Lago and the others.

Charlotte knows for certain that the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle would definitely not just abandoned its eggs this easily. After all, it even chased after them relentlessly when it knew that they have stolen its eggs, or at least when it knew that they have stolen its Mutated Treasure Beetle's eggs. Not to mention, they have also already noticed tens of Mutated Treasure Beetle's eggs around this nest of the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle after observing around the place. Therefore, the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle shouldn't have just thought of abandoning its nest just to save itself.

Such a way of thinking for the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle is completely contrary to what it had done before.

That's why the only possible case right now should be that the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle is hiding somewhere nearby its nest. And it wasn't hiding because it had noticed them digging a tunnel towards its nest, but rather it has long been hiding itself.

Charlotte doesn't know the exact reason why the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle was hiding. But one thing is for certain though, and that is they can look for it and force it to reveal itself to them.

Chief Lago, Elvis, Iasiah, and Nightingale nodded their heads in unison as they then quickly began looking for the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle.

While Chief Lago and the others were looking for the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle, Charlotte, on the other hand, went straight to stealing the Mutated Treasure Beetle's eggs. Of course, she wasn't doing this because it was an easy task, while what Chief Lago and the others were currently doing was a difficult task. The main reason why she's doing this is to lure out the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle. If the Mutated Treasure Beetle's eggs is important for the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle, then it should stop hiding once she starts stealing a lot of its Mutated Treasure Beetle's eggs.

"Let's see who's more patience, me or you?" Charlotte said as she put the first Mutated Treasure Beetle's eggs inside her Storage Ring. After doing that, she then quickly went to the second, then the third, the fourth, and so on and so forth.

Meanwhile, Chief Lago was currently thinking of something different while looking at his surrounding.

"The level of intelligence of the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle shouldn't be this low. If it really chooses to hide nearby its nest so that it won't get found out by us, or maybe from others, then this action alone would, in turn, allow us to freely steal all of its eggs, or worst, destroy its eggs. To counter this plan would also be very easy, since we can just gather together at one spot and focus on stealing its eggs until it will eventually choose to voluntarily reveal itself to us," Chief Lago thought to himself. The situation right now is extremely suspicious for him. Honestly, the plan of hiding nearby its nest is such an idiotic way of thinking for the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle. What they have thought shouldn't be the case right now, rather there should be another reason why it's hiding. To be more precise, a plan that is appropriate for its level of intelligence.

"Wait..."

Suddenly, Chief Lago thought of something.

"If we choose to gather together at one spot and focus on stealing its eggs, it would be possible to lure the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle out... But then, what if we choose to separate from each other?"

Without wasting any time, Chief Lago quickly looked at the location of Charlotte and the others. It was then that a thought appeared in his mind.

Just now, Chief Lago suddenly thought that maybe the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle wasn't actually intending to hide itself from them so that they wouldn't find it, but rather it was hiding in order for them to begin looking for it. And once all of them are separated far away from each other while looking for it, it would then suddenly reveal itself and instantly eliminate one or two of them, which would immediately decrease their own combat capability.

At this moment, Chief Lago could see for himself that Charlotte, Elvis, Iasiah, Nightingale, and including himself as well, are all far away from each other. If his thoughts really turn out to be the plan of the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle, then it would certainly be able to easily catch one of them off guard and kill that person.

Realizing this, Chief Lago quickly gathered Mana from his surrounding to cast a Long Distance Blink spell. He was planning to teleport himself to the others and gather them together as fast as possible in order to prevent what he had thought from happening.

However, before Chief Lago could do that, he suddenly realized a huge fatal flaw in his plan. If he really cast a Long Distance Blink spell and teleport to the others, the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle would certainly realize that he had found out about its plan. Since he doesn't know where exactly is the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle is hiding at right now, hence there is a really big chance that it will reveal itself nearby someone else far from him and attack that person so that he couldn't save them even if he knew what it was planning to do.

In the next moment, instead of casting a Long Distance Blink spell, Chief Lago immediately changed it to a powerful Defensive Magic spell. With a Defensive Magic spell, even if the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle appeared, he would certainly still be able to prevent any danger from happening to Charlotte and the others as he could block its attack.

"Hehehe, this Beast Lord Treasure Beetle really don't fail to surprise me, but unfortunately, it's not the only intelligent one here," Chief Lago said as he secretly gathered Mana from his surrounding and prepared to cast a powerful Defensive Magic spell whenever the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle decides to reveal itself. Of course, he didn't forget to pay attention to the surroundings nearby him as well. After all, there is also an equal amount of chance that the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle is actually just nearby him right now, especially if he considers the fact that he has the Doombringer, the Magic weapon that had caused it a lot of trouble not too long ago. If he was the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle himself, then there's no doubt that he would choose to eliminate the person who possesses the greatest threat to him.

With Chief Lago's action, four different plans are now currently taking place inside the nest of the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle right at this very moment.

There are three plans for Charlotte and the others side, which are to lure out the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle by stealing its Mutated Treasure Beetle's eggs, to look for where the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle is hiding at, and to prepare for the ambush of the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle.

While on the other hand, the Beast Lord Treasure Beetle has a single plan on its mind, which is to catch one of the people present inside its nest right now off guard and kill that person instantly in order to decrease the combat capability of Charlotte and the others.

As to whose plan would end up being successful, that would be decided later on...