Chapter 279: Man-Eating Monster (Second Update)
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When he got the news, the Pegasus City Lord planned to personally lead the elite troops to secretly enter the Death Swamp, go deep into the dark region, slaughter the swamp giant crocodile, and obtain great wealth.
Unfortunately, shortly thereafter, Ogre Mountain launched an attack, and the Pegasus Lord died under the mace of the legendary ogre warrior, and most of Pegasus's elite troops were lost, and his plan to enter the Swamp of Death finally fell through.
Of course, the main reason is that it is a dark area with a Lord, and it seems that people live there!
"The news from the investigation team is vague, only that there is a terrible strange person living there, and then there are many swamp crocodiles and a lot of ooze monsters, which are difficult to deal with." Morgana said.
The biggest reason why the plan was aborted was that it was too difficult to attack that dark area.
"In fact, there is a saying that the real Death Swamp is actually an incomparably large ooze monster, a terrifying legendary creature." Morgana said softly.
She told Gavin that the story had come from the Acropolis, a high-ranking mage/alchemist who was very famous in the past.
It is said that the high-ranking alchemist named "Matt", who was obsessed with the study of ooze monsters, was the only person known to have entered the swamp of death and survived - of course, this is Matt's own account.
Thirty years ago, Matt was expelled from the Magic Acropolis by the Magic Acropolis because of his research on the Ooze Monster, which led to the destruction of the underground drainage system, resulting in a direct loss of more than 100,000 gold coins.
A high-level alchemist may still have some status in other cities, but in a place like the Magic Acropolis where archmages gather, it's nothing at all.
So this incident didn't cause much of a stir back then. There are not many people who remember that incident, and those who know the name "Matt" are those who experienced the "ooze monster incident" back then. The reason why Morgana knew about this was naturally due to the Pegasus City Intelligence Network.
"I've heard this kind of saying too, and it was said by the high-level mage I knew before." Hans said suddenly.
There was once a high-ranking mage who was willing to accept him as a follower, or a mage follower, but he was young and vigorous at the time and refused.
It was a high-level mage from the Magic Acropolis, who had now become an archmage and had a high status in the Magic Acropolis.
"A slime monster bigger than a castle?" Gavin shook his head.
It's not that he doesn't want to believe it, it's that he doesn't believe it at all.
Because if there really is such a soft mud monster, its strength is naturally not as simple as the legendary level.
Although size does not completely determine strength, large creatures tend to be stronger than ordinary creatures.
Such a large ooze monster, even among legendary creatures, is at the top level. Who would allow such a monster to exist?
The Flame Kingdom?
The Enchanted Acropolis?
Or the Holy Griffon Empire?
Gavin speculated that perhaps there was indeed one, or a bunch of ooze monsters, hidden in the so-called "real death swamp". These terrible ooze monsters dominate the area. When hundreds or thousands of ooze monsters join forces, they can indeed manipulate such a huge swamp, giving people the illusion of "man-eating monsters".
Gavin never stopped observing his surroundings.
Suddenly, he saw ripples on the surface of the swamp not far away, and something seemed to be lurking underwater.
Just as he was about to give a warning, suddenly a behemoth attacked from behind him.
Gavin only had time to snatch Morgana into his arms, and before he could even activate the arcane orb "Any Gate", he was hit in the back with a huge force.
It was at least 25 points of legendary power, and Gavin was knocked out of the way, and he and Morgana were greeted by a gaping mouth of blood and an incomparably foul smell.
It's a swamp crocodile!
Gavin saw the appearance of the enemy in front of him clearly, the six-meter-long body was extremely hideous, and the mud and cold water of the swamp were isolated and disturbed his perception, otherwise it would be impossible not to detect the presence of the swamp giant crocodile.
And being able to isolate the perception of transcendent spirits, this swamp obviously has some kind of special power, suppressing the spiritual power of those who enter the swamp. This kind of suppression is imperceptible, even Gavin is not aware of it!
More than one swamp crocodile!
What had just hit him was the tail of a swamp crocodile. And now it's another swamp crocodile that is about to swallow him in his belly!
Meanwhile.
Hans stood in Amelia's way.
This experienced captain of the guard, with the special intuition of the barbarian, sensed the anomaly earlier than Gavin, so he immediately raised his big sword to block the attack of a swamp giant crocodile, and even jumped up and pierced the head of the swamp giant crocodile with a sword!
The adult swamp crocodile has a legendary power of up to 27 points, but its challenge level is only level 4, which is not far from the majestic tiger. Because this thing doesn't have any special features other than terrifying powers.
It's easy to deal with!
Because of Hans's resistance, Amelia was prepared.
But it is useless to prepare.
There are swamps on all sides, and no one knows how many swamp crocodiles there are, hiding beneath the mud and the surface of the water. The swamp crocodile's body has weak spell resistance, and the crocodile's defense is on par with some wurms.
Amelia is only a beginner mage, and she only knows a few first-order spells, including only two or three offensive spells, which is about to not even break the defense of the swamp crocodile.
In this place, Amelia is a liability!
Amelia pursed her lips.
She is extremely strong and independent, and she doesn't like this feeling of being protected by others, which makes her feel that she is a weakling, a weak person who should be sympathized!
She hated this feeling, she didn't like to be weak, so she was so desperate to learn more clever spells and improve her strength.
A swamp crocodile lunged towards Amelia, while Hans was entangled by another swamp crocodile.
Seeing that Amelia was about to become food for the swamp crocodile, suddenly a fireball shot into the swamp crocodile's mouth. Then there was an explosion, and the swamp crocodile's head completely exploded and fell apart.
A not-so-tall figure stood in front of her, holding Morgana in one hand and a staff in the other, Gavin.
"Stay away! Or bless Hans! What are you doing standing dumbfounded? Even if you can't hurt the swamp crocodile, don't you even know how to hide? Worried about mud staining your beautiful dress? Gavin said coldly.
He didn't pay any more attention to Amelia, and didn't even look back at her.
HOWEVER, ALL MAGES KNOW HOW TO FIGHT, AND A SPELL LIKE AMELIA MAY ONLY HIDE BEHIND THE WARRIOR BIUBIUBIU.
No one said she was wrong to do that, just Gavin wanted Amelia to do more.
Gavin valued her business skills, but she wasn't particularly skilled. It's more because she is somewhat similar to her sister, so she is willing to support her.
Gavin wants her to set up a chamber of commerce!
The establishment of a chamber of commerce is bound to encounter many setbacks, and the business competition is accompanied by swords and swords, conspiracies, and the person in charge of the chamber of commerce is bound to be targeted the most.
If Amelia doesn't even have the ability to protect herself, then Gavin will have to find another puppet!