Reincarnated As A Lion In Another World-Chapter 97: The Powder

As the information drilled into Kael’s mind, he wondered what mysterious mechanics the spiders had used to engineer this thing.

Based on appearance alone, it looked like a ball of fine white silk. There was nothing special to it other than its whiteness.

It was only after having the ’Will’ to see the contents of the web ball that one would marvel at the complexity of such an item.

The web ball contained information on certain resources that could be found in and out of the forest.

The first one was a red fruit-like item that could be eaten by both herbivores and carnivores. It was called Meat Fruit and grew on specific trees.

Luckily, they could be grown in any location, it was just that it took time for them to grow, and before the trees matured, they would usually be trampled by large creatures.

It was an item that most animals would attempt to devour the moment they found it, so it was considered to be in high demand and consumable.

It was good if one considered its potential as a currency or medium of exchange. The only problem was that it couldn’t be stored for too long after harvested from the tree as it would eventually spoil.

The next item that was mentioned was also related to trees. This item was a type of wood. There was no name for it yet and the other distinguishing characteristic of the wood was its metallic black texture.

It was the only wood they heard of that had the properties of metal.

If used well, it could be turned into a currency since it was rare. It’s just that the animals of the forest had no practical use for it and most animals don’t give it as much as a second look after passing by.

Only a selected number of animals would outright go out of their way to look for these trees which don’t even bear any fruits.

And speaking of metallic, the third item data in the web ball was a type of metal ore.

Again, most animals don’t even use it. Kael knew that for animals in the wild to start caring about the uses of these types of materials, they would have to be comparable to tier 3 first.

Opposable thumbs were a very big driving force of curiosity. But then again, most creatures still preferred their original forms to their humanoid forms.

The only creatures that would have permanent use of these things would be people like N’bayé or Nalli or maybe Fortune Lionesses like Olivia.

Kael browsed through the information, a frown appearing on his face. Most of the items he was seeing didn’t soothe his taste.

Yes, they could be used as a media of exchange but they had one problem or the other. Either they were too rare to circulate well enough or they were highly perishable in storage.

There were rare crystals that could only be found in certain places, specific animal bones that weren’t quite common, and certain fruits that would decay after a week of no use.

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All of them had some sort of value, but in the forest, that value was overshadowed by the downside. If Kael wanted to make any of these things an official currency, he would have to manually look for a way to counter those flaws.

He would need a large piece of land just for growing those black metal trees.

It was the same case for those special fruits. He would have to dedicate a large piece of land just to cultivate trees that bear those types of fruits.

For the rare crystals and metals, he would have to look for mining veins, then he would have to find creatures capable of mining those resources.

Kael sighed, each of these resources was very valuable.

Kael checked until his eyes lit up, he found something interesting.

According to Natalia, this thing was a powder-like substance that when added to some food, could either enhance or destroy its taste.

The spiders are still experimenting with the uses of this powder. From what they know, the salt could also help gather the energy in meat or vegetables and prevent it from dissipating.

When used well, this powder-like substance could not only enhance taste, but it could also enhance energy and nutrition intake.

Having enough of this powder added to food could even help animals speed up their evolution stimulation.

’Isn’t this salt or sugar? No, it says that it enhances the taste of everything, Salt and sugar can only better the taste of certain things.’

Natalia didn’t drop a name for this resource as it didn’t have an official name yet. It was simply called The Powder due to its physical appearance.

An image of The Powder was added for Kael to observe, just like the other items. The Powder was basically a faded white powdery substance, the best way to describe it was that it looked like crystalized powdered milk.

It was soluble in water but could be extracted out of anything. If added to raw meat to enhance taste and energy intake, the powder could still be extracted from feces later in the future.

Although, repeated extraction results in lower and lower quantity extracted each time. Some of the powder when taken usually ends up being permanently consumed.

When extracted, it returns to its natural smooth powdery form.

Another thing is that The Powder could be found almost anywhere. It could be found in rocks, in water, in plants, on animals, and so on. There were many ways to identify it when it wasn’t in its natural form.

The only problem that the powder had was its powder form and the fact that most of The Powder had to be extracted from something as only an estimated 30% are found in its naturally occurring state.

Even the 30% that is found is usually loose and mixed with other things that need to be cleaned out and refined.

The Powder had a lot of uses, maybe they hadn’t even discovered everything about this resource.

’Hmm, it’s perfect.’ Kael thought. The Powder was very good, it could be stored for long periods, it was valuable for its edible effects, it was naturally occurring for some reason, and it was not necessarily common, just rare enough to still be able to circulate around an economy.

Kael looked through the information again, making sure to memorize as much as possible before he handed the web ball to N’bayé for maximum reverse engineering.

The technology of this web fascinated Kael that much.

As Kael looked through the contents of the web ball, he noticed that Natalia had knowingly or unknowingly left some added information. This wasn’t the special information that she had mentioned, it was just some minor additions to the original data.

There was information about creatures who were good at finding some of these resources.

The creature that I tested Kael among all those that were mentioned was the Moles.

The Mole race are creatures that primarily live in subterranean habitats. Kael knew moles from Earth, and from the look of things, they were very much similar to the moles in this world.

The moles had an uncanny ability to find precious metals and gems when digging. Their most common ability when their hearts were awakened was that of earth, they were adept at finding these precious underground resources.

’Miners,’ Was the first thing that came to Kael’s mind. Just as how he had put the wolves in the warrior caste, he immediately planned on creating a Miner Caste just for the Mole race.

To him, the Mole race was just another race waiting to be conquered by the lions.

Unfortunately, Natalia did not add information on where they could be found or how to find them. As they were known to dwell underground, finding them would take some time.

’Did she plan this intentionally?’ Kael thought. Natalia was just as scheming as N’bayé, who knew if she had deliberately input information about the Moles and other creatures knowing that Kael would be interested in them.

’She’s trying to keep me busy…’ Kael concluded with a sly smile on his face. He guessed that Natalia already knew that he would definitely think of conquering the spiders, so she sent things that would distract him and take his attention away from them.

’Well played,’ Kael mused, drawing up another scheme of his in his mind.

"She talked about a bonus package, where is it?" Kael asked himself. As soon as he had this intention, a new stream of knowledge began flowing into Kael’s mind.

"Hmm," Kael frowned, taking on a serious demeanor as he glazed through the well-arranged data.

This new bit of information was about entities that lived on the mountain but were very secluded.

The data was mostly about some powerful creatures who usually preferred to manipulate things from the background rather than fight head-on. The list wasn’t long, but it was detailed.

On the list, two entities had more details about them than the others, at the same, there was not much about them that was useful.

Among the two special creatures was Isaiah, the crane who had the mysterious ability to control space.

Then there was Darius, the lightning tiger who was currently at the point of evolving into a…tier four Tiger.

Kael’s eyes widened, "Fuck!..."