Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Same Boat
Corpse wetland.
Countless corpses are deposited in the soil, which then becomes a nutrient-rich humus layer. The demonic plant grows on top of it, then decays, piling up humus layer higher and higher. Although it takes countless years to turn a place into a wetland or swamp in the real world, in the game, it only takes 8 hours to complete it. In the end, the humus layer turned out to be a rootless piece of dirt, which looked like a real field, but when you stepped on it, it was slowly swallowed by mud and water.
Even ghouls didn't dare to trek through those meadows, because they weighed enough to bury themselves. Swimming in the muddy water are skeleton fish, born and dead in the Broken Silver Lake. They don't need air, so it doesn't make a difference to them whether it's land or lake water. When they jump onto land, they pull the dirt with their fins and are able to move on. They are always covered in mud, hence the name "sludge fish", and are low-level creatures at the bottom of the necromantic hierarchy, inferior to skeleton soldiers, equivalent to ornamental animals, and have no experience points when killed.
The sea breeze from the starry ocean blows the dead clouds that can't disperse the sky. Because of the subtropical climate of Osgilia, the heat that accumulates on the land causes dead clouds and rainfall, and at the same time changes the topography β the warm woodland has changed from a mountainous area to a solid rainforest, and demonic plants are constantly popping up to the surface. Under the erosion of acid rain, not only the nutrients in the soil are lost extremely quickly, but even the demonic plants, which have always been tenacious, have suffered countless deaths and injuries. The demonic plants that can remain are all mutated "monsters" that can hardly be called plants. In order to survive, they evolved organs that could hunt animals; And the rainforest they make up has become a bloody slaughterhouse that no one can enter. Therefore, the warm woodland was renamed "Carnivore Rainforest", in which the monsters are basically plant-based monsters, with a level between 35 and 45, which is the best leveling place for necromantic players who have just turned around.
There are only meat eaters in the "Carnivore Rainforest". They are either disguised as plants, or they are plants themselves, and in any case, their digestive systems exist only for meat. The layers of vegetation make the rainforest always run out of light. In the early morning, a thin layer of gray mist rises here, obscuring even the eyes of an eagle and blinding it. Except for the demonized leeches and sludge fish, nothing dares to move on the ground here, because the slightest mistake will lead to ruin.
At this moment......
Sou!
A flesh-colored shadow jumps between the branches and leaves! From time to time, it stretched out its long tentacles and grabbed the trunk of the tree in front of it; From time to time, he conjured a scythe and cut the attacking demonic plants into several pieces. Its jumps have a unique rhythm, and every rise and fall is clean and pleasing to the eye. It seems to have been made for this horrible environment, and it fits perfectly here!
"Well done, recruit."
With a cold voice, a bloody shadow followed closely after the flesh-colored shadow! Its posture is fierce and rude, and the rush it raises as it runs can sweep away the grass and trees on either side. Its body must have been extremely heavy, for with each step of the paw print, the humus layer dented downward, turning into muddy water; It was so fast that when it ran, the land collapsed at a rate that could not be compared to its own speed, making it impossible for it to sink in the swamp! Behind it was the falling earth and blood-red paw prints, making it look like a monster from the abyss.
Faced with these two outsiders, Rainforest was furious.
Stinger Blast, Vine Lash, Pod Bomb...... The flood of attacks of all kinds proves how angry the entire rainforest is. The flesh-colored shadow shrank into a ball of flesh and rolled to the ground, and those attacks that landed on it were quickly bounced to the side, like a sponge. Once the opponent's attack is over, the meat ball bounces up again and continues to fly. The blood shadow roared wildly, and in the sound, the vines shrank back in fright, but the stinger could not penetrate the opponent's body.
Faced with this, the rainforest succumbed.
Counting this time, Rainforest has succumbed for the twenty-seventh time. The two magic stars, one big and one small, tossed in the rainforest for a whole day, making the demonic plants want to cry without tears.
Suddenly, the blood shadow braked sharply and stood firm, but it was a big dog without skin. Because its weight is really not light, its entire body sinks at a speed that is visible to the naked eye. It doesn't care, it just looks up at the sky. The flesh-colored shadow seemed to understand the big dog's mind, jumped above the big dog, and with a whirlwind, cleared the branches and leaves. The rainforest has been opened as a "skylight", revealing a sky of dead clouds.
Then, the big dog raised his head to the sky and howled, like a male wolf.
A "Fermat airship" passed by the "skylight". A man on the airship waved: "Hey, Frankie! Looks like you're doing rehab exercises! How's your body doing? β
"Master, I'm not in any trouble." The big dog shouted. As soon as the pupils of its eyes reflected the person sitting in the airship, it changed from calm to fanatical.
"That's good!"
The airship left.
The big dog's body continued to sink, and the muddy water reached near the shoulder blades. Many of the demonic plants stretched out their branches and leaves to the big dog, and the edges of the leaves were dangerously jagged and flickering with cold light. The flesh-colored shadow was a little restless, and it seemed that the next moment it would strike to cut the weeds for the big dog.
"Hopefully, the next war won't come too late."
The big dog said coolly, and then grinned: "Recruit, take a hand." β
The flesh-colored shadow hooked the branch and hung a long tentacle. At the same time that the big dog bit this tentacle, dozens of vines had already covered it, and the muddy water splashed in an instant-
γBlood Red Raid: Ghost Danceγ
The vines hesitated and scattered, clutching only a reddish afterimage. A huge mud puddle erupted from the ground, and both stars were far away.
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Qingyi took an airship and came to Osgilia, accompanied by Clavisol ("Only with Your Majesty can I feel safe!"). ~" She said coquettishly). Fermat and Walterpole Cullen were already one step ahead and ready for the battle ahead.
When she reached out to help Claviso get off the airship, Qingyi asked casually, "Xiaowei, do you have any thoughts after seeing the Carnivore Rainforest just now?" What about the demonic plants there? β
"It's good, it's a bunch of thugs, but it doesn't hurt me." Clavisoll's long skirt was hung up in a basket, and the spring was shining. "This airship really should be redesigned, it's rude for a lady who doesn't wear panties."
You're not wearing panties?! Qingyi couldn't help but ask this question, he coughed, and asked again: "So, can you go to the Carnivore Rainforest and transplant some demonic plants to Osgilia?" β
Clavisoll snorted, "No." will stain my shoes. β
Qingyi: "......"
("Hey, host, she really didn't wear panties!") Xue Duo shouted)
("Please, shut up.") "Qingyi Forehead)
Because Osgilia has high walls, ghouls can't go into the city to eat, so the corpses in Osgilia are piled up into a hill, but no one pays attention to them. Clavisoll looked at the corpse water flowing on the ground, pinched her nose and splashed the seeds, and in less than half a day, the demonic plants made Osgilia much more beautiful. Qingyi let her play, and she came to the milk tea square.
The square has lost its laid-back atmosphere, the evergreen trees that provide shade for the road have been reduced to ashes, and the fountain has long since stopped spraying. And the culprit who caused all this was walking in the square, stopping from time to time to examine the corpses at his feet. These skinned corpses are all Fermat's masterpieces. It is also unknown what kind of agreement Fermat and Waterpole reached, Fermat stayed in the square, while Waterpole went to the sewers.
"It's not human." Qingyi frowned, pointing to the corpses whose hands and feet were obviously much longer. γ
"It's a ghoul, Your Majesty." Fermat said with great interest: "Now all the airbags of the 'Fermat Airship' are sewn with the skin of ghouls, and the quality has been greatly improved!" β
("It's food, corpses, ghosts!! Xue Duo gritted his teeth and said)
"Plus, these ghouls can also be used as raw materials for the 'Scourge Banner'! Frankie and Embryo III hunted me a lot, enough for you to take down Olquila. Fermat handed over several more "Scourge Flags".
"What about 'Embryonic Body II.'? Why doesn't it follow along? Qingyi glanced at the guy standing next to him, covered in mud.
"It suffered several losses, so it didn't dare to go out."
Qingyi thought to herself: With such a weight, it's no wonder that it will blow a loss......
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Schroeder Bray has also come to Osgilia to provide players with a credit point exchange service. But he hadn't been standing for a few minutes before he was dragged into the corner by Qingyi.
Qingyi's tone was serious: "Shi Rode, the sword soldier of 'Huaxia' is my ally, please don't do anything that harms his interests." Selling items to his hostile creatures should be forbidden. β
"Oh, is it? My dear majesty, I didn't know about his relationship with you. At that time, I just felt that he was a little arrogant, so I made a little joke with him~" Although Schroeder was happy, his eyes expressed suspicion and questioning: "But Your Majesty, why didn't you tell me about your allies?" β
Qingyi was speechless. Indeed, Qing Yi did not explain to Shi Rode about going to the "Eternal Destination" of the Sky Island to meet with the Necromantic King. Maybe he was suspicious of the "Cry of the Dead" from the magic cannon, so Schroeder Bray went to the other necromantic kings to test them with these trivial things?
"In order to prevent such a thing from happening in the future, please tell me in time, what are your allies and what are your enemies? If you accidentally help the enemy again, it will be bad~" Schroeder stared at Qingyi, and there was a faint threat in his words.
Qingyi asked in a deep voice: "Schroeder, aren't we in the same boat?" β
"Yes, indeed, but I have a lifebuoy and you don't. Okay, I still have something to do, so I won't talk to you! Looking forward to your performance! β
Qingyi looked at Schroude's back, and a sense of powerlessness filled his heart.
Two people sit in the same boat, and when the boat sinks, the person with the lifebuoy can leave unscathed, and the person without the lifebuoy can only sink with the hull of the boat. In the same way, if the Dusk Empire collapses, Qingyi, as the king of the necromancy, can only be buried with him; But Schroeder is different, he has already recouped his initial investment, and he can leave whenever he wants, even if the Dusk Empire collapses in the next second, there is no loss for him. He can even raise dozens of factions if he wants to, and have them fight each other.
Qingyi is just a toy for Schroeder.