Chapter 31: Hallownest?
Skern knew that this praying mantis was strong, but he never expected it to be so strong!
Five years to achieve the Holy Rank, what is this concept?! More than a billion human beings in the entire continent, counting other subhuman races, the total number exceeds two billion! Among so many living beings, there are only nineteen Holy Ranks on both sides of the magic and martial arts!
What is the strength of the Holy Rank of other races, Skern does not know, but each of these eleven Holy Ranks of the Human Race can destroy several cities with one enemy and ten thousand! This kind of terrifying strength, Lord Gonitz actually thinks that this mantis can reach it in five years?
Not only was he taken aback, but the elemental master Alice was obviously also a little surprised, she frowned slightly, and asked:
"Grandpa Gonicez, this praying mantis just has a high affinity for the wind element, it's still an exaggeration to say that it can achieve the Holy Rank in five years, right?"
"No, Your Highness Alice, your knowledge of the elements is unmatched, but you still lack a little understanding of the power system of our martial artists. β
Gonitz shook his head slowly, calmed down for a moment, and then said:
"In your eyes, that praying mantis cut out a half-moon, but in fact, that half-moon was not cut out, but stabbed!"
In order to make it easier for Alice to understand, Gonitz made a false stabbing movement by referring to the sword, and in the process of stabbing, a half-moon-shaped energy suddenly flashed and flew into the distance with a swish.
Looking at Alice's thoughtful expression, Konitz continued:
"When the praying mantis jumped up, it was already surrounded by a strong wind force, and then it stabbed forward with its knife arm, attracting the wind around it, and he made exactly the same 'stabbing' action, countless small 'thorns' were combined together, and the macroscopic expression was a half moon.
It is precisely because it is actually a 'thorn', not a 'cut', that it has so much power and can directly split the tongue that evades service. As you may not know, the tongue of the evasion is very tough, and it is no easier to cut it than to cut it off a thin layer of iron. β
Alice's face showed a look of understanding, and she said:
"I see, what Grandpa Gonitz means is that all the wind elements around this mantis, even if they have been released, are still obeying its command and forming a harmony with it. This shows that it is not affinity with the wind element, but can control and command the wind element, which is the legendary 'Wind Resisting Realm' that only the wind god has?"
Konitz shook his head:
"No, it's just a first-level demonic beast, and it can only be said that it has the potential to reach the realm of wind resistance. But it's a pity that it's a praying mantis, I'm afraid there is no hope in this life, after all, the lifespan of a praying mantis is only about seven months, so I said, hate it is not a human body. β
Nodding silently, Alice thought for a moment before asking:
"Grandpa Goenitz, do you think this mutant mantis has anything to do with that organization?"
"Absolutely nothing!"
Gonitz replied categorically, with disdain in his tone:
"It's not that I look down on them, if they can create a mutation of this level, then we don't have to fight this battle, everyone surrenders together as soon as possible, kneeling down at the feet of those guys, begging them to spare our lives!
This praying mantis is 100% out of nature's magic, or another beautiful regret among the monsters. β
"In that case......
A mysterious smile rippled at the corner of Alice's mouth, and she said:
"Is it necessary for us to get this praying mantis back? Whether it's for further cultivation, or dissecting it, and studying its internal structure, it's a great thing. Taking a step back, it's much better for us to master it than if it fell into the hands of that organization and give them some inspiration, right?"
"Don't think I don't know what you're up to, but I have to tell you that your idea is very risky. β
Konitz gave Alice a deep look and said:
"The northern border of the continent is the territory of the Holy Light Church, and the elements other than the Holy Light are very thin, and the magicians in the southern realm can't even exert one-third of their strength.
What's more, you should know that there is something terrifying sealed under the 'Silent Forest' where that praying mantis is located, right?"
"Of course I know that sending an ordinary legal powerhouse over there is easy to lose over there. β
Alice chuckled:
"But I have a good candidate, what do you think of the 'Super Electromagnetic Cannon', which ranks third among the younger generation in the Magic City?
Sending her there, is it very suitable for the environment there, does it feel like it complements the seal of the Silent Forest?"
"Is the power of electromagnetism...... I just hope you don't play with fire and set yourself on fire. β
Gonnitz snorted coldly and said:
"Whatever you want. I only have one, if you find a way to extend the life of the praying mantis, then bring that praying mantis to me as an apprentice. β
After he finished speaking, he didn't wait for Alice to answer, he hung up the communication directly, Alice didn't care, she glanced at Sken slightly, then closed her eyes again, and the communication phantom disappeared.
..................... I'm the dividing line.................................
Of course, Feng Bei didn't know that the picture of his previous battle was actually photographed by the magic city, and it was still in the far far south, which aroused the interest of the big people of the Holy Order.
After running for almost half an hour and turning a small hill, his position at this time finally coincided with the "Praying Mantis Holy Land" marked in his mind.
Before I had time to look at the environment, the system's prompt suddenly sounded in my consciousness:
"Dear host, the hardcore druid system reminds you:
The Praying Mantis Holy Land, arrived.
Congratulations on entering the mission area, and since you are in the middle of your first mission, you would like to give you a preferential treatment:
First, in this mission, the attacks of the Warcraft above level 3 against you are ineffective, provided that you do not take the initiative to attack and provoke the other party.
Second, by paying a certain amount of Light, you will be able to understand the meaning of your fellow people in the Praying Mantis Sanctuary, and at the same time, you will be able to convey your meaning to your fellow clan clearly.
Third, since you're on a rescue mission, your initial friendship with your fellow Mantis Sanctuary is: Friendly.
Note: The order of favorability from low to high is hatred, disgust, vigilance, neutrality, friendliness, trust, gratitude, and worship. Raise a race's opinion to worship and you'll get a chance to command their entire race.
Above, I wish you a happy mission. β
Yo, this system is actually quite humane?
The first preferential treatment aside, Feng Bei didn't plan to provoke any third-level demonic beasts, the second and third were all very urgently needed by him.
The second ensures that Feng Bei can communicate with those praying mantises, so that there will be no phenomenon that he wants the other party to do something, and the other party does not understand and can't do it; this actually reduces the difficulty of the task in disguise, his original plan was to rely on his own strength, for the mantis tribe to kill a piece of the sky in the wilderness, to seek an ecological niche, but now it seems that there is no need, he can borrow the power of the mantis tribe itself.
The third article ensures the personal safety of Feng Bei, you must know that the praying mantis is not as friendly as humans, hunting and killing the same kind of things happen from time to time, and even some praying mantis specifically feed on the mantis nymph (that is, the praying mantis before metamorphosis), if there is no friendly feeling in his body, maybe he will be eaten as food by the same clan as soon as he enters the mantis tribe.
After understanding this, Feng Bei raised his head and began to observe the surrounding environment:
This place is different from the wilderness you are in, although it can also be called a forest, but the trees are sparse, and there are more patches of meadow, and there are some puddles that look quite clear. In general, it should belong to the typical grassland terrain that has just walked for a long time in the rainy season.
It stands to reason that in this environment, the king of insects like the praying mantis will not have nothing to eat, so why do you need to save it yourself?
Feng Bei thought about this question as he strode forward, looking around aimlessly, when suddenly, a very familiar thing caught his eye, and he was shaken!
It was a half-sunken puddle of soaked cloth backpack!
This backpack, which is often worn by those who go long distances or deep into the wilderness, is definitely a man-made item that looks so out of place in the wilderness around it!
What does this mean?
It means that this place is either not far from the gathering point of the humans, or someone from the adventure group has been here!
Feng Bei hurriedly walked towards the backpack, wanting to see if there was anything in it that could provide more information, but he didn't expect to turn around a tall grass and come to the side of the bag to take a look, and found that there were really a lot of man-made items in this place!
Melon seed shells, beer bottles, iron shelves, burnt firewood, tent fragments, sparse ropes, etc., scattered between a few puddles, judging from the degree of rottenness, at least soaked in this for many days!
In other words, it used to be a human camp, and then I don't know why it was abandoned?
Feng Bei thought in his heart, raised his big knife, made a cut on the backpack, and was about to open it to see what was inside, when suddenly a warning flashed in his heart, making him jump back as fast as he could!
Pengββ!
A sound similar to a muffled fart sounded, and a puff of black smoke erupted from the mouth, enveloping the surrounding area of about half a meter, and then slowly dissipated.
Because the reaction was fast and not affected, Feng Bei saw it very clearly and recognized what it was, and his heart suddenly tightened:
This puff of black smoke turned out to be the remnants of demonic energy!
There is actually a human camp around the "Praying Mantis Holy Land" prompted by the system, and there is actually a residual demonic energy in the backpacks used by the people in the camp! This can't be a coincidence, right?
This combination of too much dΓ©jΓ vu suddenly reminded Feng Bei of the huge mutant mantis he had encountered when he returned to Moyi City before! His brows furrowed deeply, and he couldn't help but have some very bad associations in his heart:
The praying mantis to be saved in this system mission can't be the praying mantis that has been transformed by demonic energy, right?
After the demonic qi almost dissipated, Feng Bei stepped forward again, looked at it, and found that there was only the remains of a magic crystal inside, and the demonic qi that was spewed out just now was already the last stock in the wreckage, and at this time, the wreckage had been scrapped and completely shattered into powder.
After thinking about it, without jumping to conclusions, Feng Bei began to inspect the man-made products scattered on the ground one by one in order of distance and proximity:
He soon found that among these things, the materials related to life, such as canned food shells, drink bottles, etc., did not have any traces of demonic energy, while other storage materials were more or less remnant.
This shows that those people who used to camp here carried a large amount of things that stored demonic energy! But at the same time, they also made a very strict separation of demonic qi and food to prevent demonic energy from accidentally eating into their stomachs!
Interestingly, the body surface has a certain resistance to demonic energy, but the body is very easy to be invaded?
Just as he was thinking about it, a shout with a lot of clutter suddenly came into his ears:
"Holy ...... Hallownest...... Emissary...... She is the messenger of Hallownest!
Great... Great ...... Hallownest...... On top, I ...... We're finally ...... Finally saved!"
Feng Bei suddenly turned around, and saw a praying mantis with a body length of thirty centimeters, looking at him not far away, swinging all over, as if he would die of six heart infarctions at the same time due to emotional excitement in the next second!
What the hell is Hallownest?
What is the messenger of Hallownest?
This guy can't be talking about me, right?
Feng Bei had several question marks in his heart, and he couldn't figure out the current situation, but as a clergyman, his long-term experience in fighting against evil beasts made him see at a glance that there was also a faint demonic aura around the body of this huge praying mantis! What's even more fucking is that on its head, there is also a systematic logo, showing that it is really the mantis that Feng Bei needs to save!
Wrong!
As the big mantis got closer and closer, Feng Bei suddenly found that he was dazzled just now, this big mantis was not infected with demonic energy, the demonic energy was only surrounding its body, and it seemed to have some power in its body, and it had been fighting against demonic energy!
It is precisely because of this confrontation that its body is very weak and sluggish, and it has no feeling of praying mantis spirituality and agility at all, even though the distance between it and Feng Bei is only five meters, it has climbed for nearly thirty seconds!
Some of them weren't sure what the situation was, but Feng Bei wasn't going to go around the bend with a praying mantis, so he simply 'said':
"I'm here to save you, how is your tribe doing?
Besides, I'm curious, your level of intelligence doesn't seem to match your strength, right?"
"Holy ...... Hallownest is on top...... Sure you are...... Sure enough...... Our hope!"
Hearing Feng Bei's words, the big mantis was excited again, and after calming down for a long time, he replied intermittently:
"The current situation of the tribe...... It's not very good, many people haven't eaten for many days, everyone... Very...... Weak.
Envoy, introduce myself to you, I am ...... The leader of the Mantes tribe...... Mantes, I used to live in ...... Hallownest...... Outermost ...... On the hillside, it is the great ...... Hallownest Light...... Shine on the ...... I, endowed with... I...... Wisdom!
It was great to see you here! I knew, I knew! The great Hallownest would not just abandon its people!"