The guild was as busy as ever.

At this time, money naturally comes faster.

But don't get me wrong, it's not that Merfolk Song makes more money. For this mission, the only thing that the mermaid song got was two gold coins in exchange for the half-gold, half-flesh heart. Although Airo felt he deserved more...... But think about the first mission, let's adjust it first.

It's the whole Pelican Town that's really happy.

As soon as everyone returned to the guild, they immediately saw Mayor Round Cheese and a few townspeople talking and laughing around the counter over there. As the housekeeper, Napa was full of resentment, and as soon as he saw Arrow and the others coming back, the cat immediately dropped the pen curled up on his tail and floated up with a wave of his paws: "I won't write, I won't write!" The president is back, so if you have any questions, go to the Lord! Over there, hurry up! Don't delay my sleep! ”

Arrow smiled and told his members to rest and adjust, while he put down his things and handed them to Coco and walked behind the counter.

Round Cheese's face was smiling like a cake full of cream, and he happily led the other townsfolk to various tasks. When he came, he kept thanking Arrow.

It's not hard to understand.

Originally, the fact that the army came to Pelican Town to station made the town seem a little nervous. But once Mermaid Song shows its friendliness with the military, then the town that is also friendly with Mermaid Song will naturally be freed from this tension.

Moreover, no matter how strong an army is, it is made up of people. Since it is a human being, then there is naturally a business.

During the three days that the army was stationed, those soldiers who were not on duty would naturally wander around the town, buy something, eat and drink. Although there is no special entertainment in the town, the town is located in a remote area, the surrounding environment is quite good, and there are some drinks and food to be provided, which is still a good place to relax.

Because of this, the market in the town, which had begun to fall silent, is now lively again. Everyone is busy, and the money transferred is more, and the work naturally increases. In the final analysis, this is all due to the friendly relationship between the Mermaid Song and the army, and the radiation effect brought by this is naturally enough to make the mayor and the townspeople smile.

Quickly handle all the requests and post them on the bulletin board. After sending the mayor away, Arrow stretched and rubbed his shoulder.

Seeing that the people were finally finished, Napa yawned a lot, floated to Arrow's head and lay down, and said, "How is the mission this time?" How much money did you make? ”

Arrow sighed and smiled helplessly, "It's not much, it's just two gold coins." However, what happened to us was quite troublesome. ”

Napa: "Trouble? ”

Arrow nodded, and then told Napa what was happening in the underground cavern in a simple and clear way.

When he was done, he asked, "Do you know what this thing is that has the lower half of a lizard's body and the upper half of its body is full of all kinds of tentacles with eyes?" Although the naturalist I saw in the school library itself was not complete, the appearance of this creature was a little strange. ”

The cat's ears drooped slightly, and its tail swayed from side to side with a slight hesitation.

After thinking for a while, the cat finally shook its head slightly, and its head was simply lying on Arrow's hat, and said, "This is really strange, I don't know if there is such a magical beast...... However, there are already many types of Warcraft in this world, and I have been self-sealing for so many years, so it is not surprising that even if there are any new varieties during this time. ”

After a pause, Napa stretched out her paw and patted Ero's forehead lightly, saying, "Hey, have you thought about what to do with it?" Since the pool will drop suddenly, there's no guarantee that this monster won't show up in your hunting environment for the Necro Eater. ”

Speaking of the corpse eater, Arrow also frowned, looking very embarrassed: "Speaking of corpse eaters, I originally thought that I already knew a lot, but now that I think about it, the mystery on this kind of demonic beast is no less than the new demonic beast encountered this time." ”

"When I first saw it, this monster lived by eating blood bugs. After eating human flesh for the first time, it appears that they also show surprised movements. But then, who created these ghouls in the first place? Judging from the evolution of the corpse eaters, they must have been human beings from the beginning, but what happened to this human being? Finally it became like this......"

"In addition, the Corpse Eater King can make a sound when fighting the Tentacle Monster. Why is that? If the mutation effect of the tentacle monster can only block the sounds coming out of the human mouth, then why did this feature need to exist in the first place? After all, there are very few humans in that abyss, right? ”

While asking his own questions, Arrow thought for himself. After thinking about it for a long time, he shook his head and said-

"The tentacle monster didn't have the desire to attack the Corpse Eater King at first, but it just didn't want to be robbed of its prey. And the Ghoul King was not hostile to the tentacle monster at first, purely against the puppets who had attacked it before. It was only after the disagreement that the two sides became hostile and attacked each other. But in this case, there should have been no dispute between these two types of demonic beasts before we entered. Each survives in its own realm and is not related to the other. ”

"In this case, it can explain the reason why the mutation effect of the tentacle monster did not have an effect on the Corpse Eater King. Since they are not enemies per se, there is no need for the Tentacle Beasts to target the Ghoul King. And from the moment the two sides fought, the tentacle monster aimed its eyes at the luminous organ of the Corpse Eater King, and it could be seen that they really had no experience in fighting each other before. ”

"But, if that's really the case......"

At this point, Arrow's face suddenly became a little gloomy, and the smile that had been hanging on the corner of his mouth was now gone.

Napa noticed something was wrong and asked, "What's wrong?" Any questions? ”

Arrow thought about it again, and after confirming that there should be nothing wrong with his thoughts, he nodded and said, "Since the attack method of the tentacle demonic beast is not aimed at the corpse eater king, then there are only two possibilities. ”

"One, under the abyssal maw, there is a passage to other human gathering areas. In this way, it would be possible to explain the origin of those human corpses that were previously found in the pits. And because it is to attack humans, the tentacle monster will have the power to prohibit humans from making sounds. ”

"And the second point......

"Underneath this tentacle beast, where it overlaps with its chassis, there is a more powerful existence. And this being is an existence that can produce sound or language, and rely on this ability to generate great power. It is precisely to deal with this more terrifying existence that the tentacle demonic beast will evolve the power of the forbidden word. ”

Napa's ears pricked up suddenly, and she seemed surprised. The cat leaned slightly towards the front of the hat, "Hey, how are you so sure that being will be stronger?" Couldn't it be the prey of this tentacle beast? ”

Arrow smiled bitterly and said, "If something that exists in the depths of the Abyssal Mouth happens to be the prey of this tentacle beast, then how can it run up to it?" We found that its location was not far from the entrance to the Abyssal Craw, which meant that it had been climbing up for a long time. If it was really a sudden increase in prey, how could it possibly climb up? Let's go deeper. Thinking about it this way, it was only when that existence suddenly became stronger, or the number suddenly became larger, which was enough to squeeze the living space of this tentacle demonic beast, that forced it to climb up. ”

"Although I don't know about the tentacle monster, it is a creature that must not leave the most basic behavioral logic in order to survive. For Warcraft that do not have the concept of material exchange, their economic interests should be the abundance of food and the threat of not being threatened by natural enemies. There are two reactions in the case of damage to one's own economic interests, one is to snatch it back, and the other is to stop losses and retreat in time to prevent greater damage. Therefore, from an economic point of view, I am more inclined to believe that the mutation effect of the tentacle monster comes from the second possibility. ”

After listening to these analyses of Arrow, Napa could only say that she was not convinced.

However, it is not enough to analyze alone, there must be a solution.

"So Ariel, I'll ...... with you next time I go to the mine."

Without waiting for Napa to finish speaking, Ariel continued to reach out and touch the cat's fur, and said with a smile, "You forgot?" The Vice President is going to continue to be stationed in the guild headquarters. ”

Although she had said it so many times, Napa couldn't help but sigh when she saw that she still hadn't obtained the consent of her peers: "Then do you have a way to deal with this demonic beast?" “

Arrow pouted: "What's the way...... But I can't say that. But I've got some idea of how this thing attacks. Maybe it can solve my problem. ”

Napa: "Attack?" ”

Airo: "It first wraps its tentacles around its target, then looks at it with its eyes to stun them." And I found that when the polyester turned its head away from looking at it, its movements suddenly became rough and turned into a direct attack. And the beast didn't seem to notice us until we lit the torch in the first place. In other words, unlike the Corpse Eater, a blind man who doesn't need light at all, it attacks targets that need light. And after not seeing the target's eyes, they will not carry out tentacle binding, but directly beat people. ”

Napa thought for a moment, "Hmm...... It is true that this can be analyzed, but what does this really mean? ”

Arrow: "Prove that you can't look at him when you fight him, and try not to show the light, and attack in the dark." ”

Hearing this, Napa was simply amused and angry, and shook her head again and again and said, "It's just nonsense!" I'll forget it, you humans can't look at the target when you attack it, and you don't want to shine? Do you think your guild has such a good configuration? ”

To this, Arrow just smiled. Although it is not possible to say that there is a specific lineup, if you think about it carefully, maybe there is a way to do it...... However, the biggest problem at the moment is not the tentacle monster, but the one below the tentacle monster that may be even more terrifying.

Seeing that Arrow didn't speak, Napa's tail also shook listlessly and said, "I didn't think about how to deal with the tentacle demonic beast, but it turned out that something more powerful came deeper into the place...... Ariel, I think this gold mine is getting more and more evil. Are you sure you want to keep exploring? “

In fact, there is no need for Napa to say, Airo has been thinking about this matter for the past two days.

Originally, he encountered a corpse eater when he was not strong enough, but he couldn't successfully kill and bring back one or two gold nuggets. In the case that the strength can deal with it, it is discovered that not every one of these corpse eaters has a heart of gold nuggets. And the more we explore the gold mine, the more we can perceive the danger in it, is it worth it to continue to explore the gold mine?

But if you give up the exploration of gold mines, how can you earn a thousand gold coins in three years?

Other than that......

Now, Iero began to doubt the reliability of the source of his gold mine information.

Such a dangerous gold mine is obviously not a place that ordinary adventurers can casually step into.

But in this case, when he first learned the news of this gold mine, the messenger did not seem to be so flustered. That person seems to be an ordinary peasant, without any strong combat effectiveness, and there should be no strong force behind him.

But in this case, how exactly did this person know about the gold mine?

How did you dig out the piece of gold that was a sample from the chests of those mighty and terrible corpse eaters and present it to Your Majesty?

The more I thought about the mystery, the more I thought about it, and even Arrow began to feel that his head was starting to hurt.

He clutched his temples and rubbed them slightly.

No matter how much you think about it at the moment, there is still too little intelligence information in your hands after all. Let's wait until we have more experience and a more comprehensive understanding of this mine.

At least now I can judge that I don't need to go to the Abyssal Maw anymore, just wait a while to kill the corpse eater and dig out the heart. If you think about it that way, it seems like it's okay.

As the sun rises, the guild members go out to complete their tasks, and Arrow begins to complete his job as president.

Draw a map and identify information at key points on the map.

When I drew the mouth of the abyss, I specially marked the possibility that there might be a high tide and low tide.

Thinking of the high tide and the ebb tide, Arrow regretted that he didn't set up a marker next to the Abyssal Mouth, and if he went again, he would set one up next time, so that he could know when the tide was high and when the tide was low.

After drawing the map, he picked up another piece of paper and began to draw the appearance of the tentacle monster with his impressions.

Well, the painter is still like that, but you can more or less see the concept of the other party, so as not to seem too panicked when you first meet it.

After finishing the painting, he closed his eyes and thought for a while...... Well, that's the name.

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Monster: Silent Eater

Size: three meters to three meters five, two adults tall

Eating habits: No feeding scenes have been observed, but active attacks on humans have been observed, and it is speculated that there is a possibility of carnivorous or scavenging food. The feeding port was not observed, and it may have been inhaled by injecting a corrosive fluid to melt the flesh and then opening the feeding opening.

Environment: Under the mouth of the abyss, there is no light

Appearance: The lower body is a lizard with two feet and a tail, which becomes a triangular support. The upper body splits from the abdomen, forming several tentacles with strong contraction and stretching abilities, and the tentacles end in eyeball-like organs.

Habits: Isolated movements have been observed so far, and the possibility of group movements cannot be ruled out. Sensitive to light, it has been observed during combat that mobs lurking in the dark will not be found if there is no light. However, due to their sensitivity to light, they will first catch any glows or light-gathering areas on hostile creatures or targets. In the case of humans, it is the eyes, which will be the first to attack the eyes of humans. The human is first tied up with the flexibility of the tentacles, and then the eyes at the end of the tentacles are used to look directly with the human eyes, causing the target to faint and coma.

However, if you can't reach the target's eyes or other concentrators, but you can still see the target, you will change the previous relatively gentle process of subduing, winding, suppressing, and being stunned, and instead use powerful tentacles to directly whip the target, which is very powerful.

Will use a certain method to cause humans in a certain area within their range to lose the ability to speak. The estimated distance is about twenty meters.

When the tentacles are severed, they do not seem to have a painful effect, and they do not retreat immediately, but rather speed up their attacks. When the tentacles break, they will spray some black liquid, which will penetrate into the skin when it comes into contact with human skin, and it is not known what the effect will be for the time being.

Strength: Powerful strength, a constitution that is not afraid of pain, and a special range of silence and seduction.

Weakness: No obvious weakness has been found yet, but according to its habits, it is necessary to detect the opponent's position as soon as possible before fighting, and use the darkness to approach quickly. Before being observed and attacked, try not to make eye contact with them, and close their eyes if possible. But this is demanding for adventurers.

In addition, due to the unknown effect of the Voice Eater's bodily fluids, do not use slash or stab weapons in combat. Visually, its tentacles are very soft, and the target is aimed at the lower half of its body as much as possible, and the attack method is also as strong as possible in blunt weapon or bondage combat.

How to deal with it: The best way to deal with it is to use dark magic to unfold the light barrier, if that doesn't work, then use blunt weapons and elemental magic. If you close your eyes immediately after being restrained by your tentacles, you will be injured by a certain blow, but you can avoid fainting immediately. Minimize the loss of combat effectiveness.

Monster Strength Evaluation: Monomer, Strong Threat.

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After writing the Voice Swallower's Monster Illustrated Book, Arrow stretched.

Before you know it, the sky has darkened, and the day is almost over.

Looking at the guild members who had already completed their tasks and returned one after another, Airo glanced at his monster illustrated book again.

"Well, okay."

Be prepared, think about how to deal with it, and at least feel more confident next time, won't you?

- November 8, 1381, Food: -4 silver and 2 copper, Sundries commission: 6 silver and 7 iron, Student meals: -1 gold and 2 silver, Tuition and miscellaneous expenses: 3 gold and 6 silver, Gold mine income: 2 gold, money laundering: 3 gold, salary: -5 silver and 6 copper, balance: 107 gold, 5 silver, 2 copper and 5 iron (stolen money expenditure: -6 gold, stolen money balance: 34 gold, 7 silver and 7 bronze)