I saw that the Ekans made a den near the tower. I let him stay for a bit. He was aggressive, but I had Yawni monitor him to ensure that he did not attack any more Ynnub as they came and went. The Ekans laid the eggs. It was a bit rough since it was a live birth instead of an egg. I saw the light blue Ynnub babies could be useful for my big goals of improving the tribes. I did not want Protector babies around. They could be problematic for the NPC and mob ecosystem. Other Sages might say that it was unfair to any random Player that would blindly encounter them in the wild. Keeping them around would be more trouble than it was worth. In fact, using them as a good exp. farm would be great. The Ekans had no love for the children as he was too proud to care for the babies of a Ynnub. Honestly, it was his loss. He could have been a main beneficiary. I took the 3 bables from the nest back to the tower and waited for the blacksmiths to come. I asked them to bring 2 adolescent Ynnubs from each tribe next time they came by. I wanted them to get a jumpstart on adventuring in the 3 tribes.
As the new Ynnub tribesmen came, they were pretty antsy. Unlike the blacksmith Ynnub that were broken in, these newcomers were hard to keep still. We could not turn our backs to them without at least 2 of them jumping at us to breed. The Protectors, Epsilon, and I were all orders of magnitude stronger than them. It was easy, though annoying, to repel them and put them back in line. After the blacksmiths made a trio of swords, We gave them all a blade for them to hold. With that done, I pulled the 2 white tribe warriors aside and placed one of the Ekans's babies in front of them. They looked at it in confusion. One even went closer to sniff at it. "Why does this kit look so weird. Ynnub are not blue." he said. I nodded and crossed my arms. "This is one of the babies of the Ekans that was attacking you earlier." That seemed to get them to dislike the baby. "I need you to slay this baby. Benson is very strong. If this baby grows, it could kill you all with no problems. Can you do it!?" I asked. They shared a look before nodding. They attacked the baby and were able to kill it in a few strikes.
Being so high leveled even as a baby, it was harder to kill than one would expect. Ekans were generally level 30-35. The babies were level 74. The exp. for killing them shot them up really high. So much so they got pretty tired. I told them to rest at the forge. I repeated it with the members from the black and brown tribes. They were able to do it and leveled up as well. I gathered them all together and said "Okay. I have helped you out and now you can go outside your tribes to explore. It you get into any harsh fights, you will have a better chance of surviving it. You can take the loot and bring it back to your tribes to make them bigger and stronger." They looked at me and then each other. I was not entirely sure that they got it. I let the others got for the day and told them to come back. When they left, I told Gnaw to make 6 armor sets. The armor would be able to keep the Ynnub adventurers even safer. Gnaw right to work and they were ready way before they came back the next day. When they came before us, We helped them into the armor. It took a while for the males. They got horny.
