1012 Orlov's Tentacled Crab

The "hermit crab carrying a sea anemone" was academically called the "Orlov's Tentacled Crab". In truth, that wasn't an anemone on its back, but a particular parasitic creature that highly depended on the crab to survive.

"You may not know it, but that crab was, in fact, the most valuable prey among the three monsters," explained Sunders. "It's a very, very precious material used by Gourmets. The name was announced by a Gourmet called Orlov, who discovered its value."

That explained why Toby was eating the monster. When Angor found the smaller crab corpse in the Shaded Cave, he also saw bite marks that suggested Toby did consume it.

"So Toby brought it into his dream because it's good to eat?"

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Meanwhile, a glowing tentacle emerged from the dark water zone where Angor ran into the troll yesterday.