Chapter 136: Gray Dragon Mountain
On the outskirts of Lonshand, a car sped down the road toward the west.
Wren sat in the car, looking at the farmland on the side of the road.
Because it is already the end of November, the weather is getting colder, most of the fields have no crops, and there are not many pedestrians on the road, so the occasional pass by some small towns and villages will attract people's attention.
This is the way to the Lyansell family's Demon Soul Farm.
A few days ago, Viola was also surprised to learn of Viscount Perry's request. For the sake of Wren's face, and for Wren to learn the news of the Swift Shadow Thunder Blade Leopard, she agreed to meet with Viscount Perry, and arranged the itinerary the next day.
Wren didn't get involved, and he didn't ask what would happen.
However, the next day, Viscount Perry happily delivered the golden ticket to the door, and it was clear that he should have achieved his intended purpose.
Among them, 10,000 gold dongles were given to Rennes, and the benefit fee given to Viola was four or five times more.
As for how much wealth was secretly sent to Director Carol, it is not known.
Wren guessed from Viola's tone that it would not be less than 100,000 gold!
He couldn't help but be surprised by Viscount Perry's generosity, hundreds of thousands of gold dong in cash, except for the Duke of Silver Star, could not be more than one hand in Longshande.
I heard that all the family property of Viscount Perry is only five or six hundred thousand gold guilders in total, and this time for the throne of the director of finance and taxation, he really spared no expense.
However, if Viscount Perry becomes the director of the Finance and Taxation Bureau as he wishes, he should be able to earn it back soon.
These have little to do with Wren, and his mind is now all on the Swift Shadow Thunder Blade Leopard. According to the information provided by Viscount Perry, the magic leopard escaped from his farm, and someone will explain the specific situation to him when he arrives at the farm.
The creatures in the Demon Soul Farm are dangerous for ordinary people, so they are generally built far away from the city.
The Riansel family's farm is located more than 150 miles west of Lonzand.
After driving along the dirt road and passing through several towns and villages, the car finally reached its destination.
"Mr. Wren, here we are. The driver said respectfully, and pulled over in front of a large ranch.
Located at the foot of the mountainous area, the ranch is flat and fenced off by a log fence more than two people high to keep outsiders out.
Wren has excellent eyesight and can see many horses in the pasture, as well as several herbivorous monsters.
The walls on either side of the ranch gate were higher, like a walled city, with watchtowers on which stood guards with guns, all of whom were gunmen.
The gate opens inwards and the car drives in.
Behind the gate is a large open space with a modest manor house and several houses for the ranch employees. Not far from the manor, there are several large buildings that are very eye-catching, like factories and huge stables, from which the roars of wild beasts are heard from time to time.
The car was parked in front of the manor, and several people were already waiting.
Wren got out of the car and saw an acquaintance.
It was Dris, the son of Viscount Perry, who looked good, his injuries seemed to be almost recovered, wearing a swordsman's suit, carrying an enchanted sword at his waist, and his material was drawn, but his face was not good-looking, and his eyes were gloomy.
Especially when he saw Wren getting out of the car, Driss pursed his lips with a look of reluctance.
Wren took the initiative to beckon, "Dris, long time no see." β
Whether it is the pursuit of Viola or the competition between individuals, he is the winner, and naturally there is not much resentment towards this defeated general.
"Hmph. β
Driss snorted lightly, very unwilling in his heart.
He remembered his father's warning to him, if he didn't receive Wren well and have a good relationship with Wren, then he didn't want to go back to Longshand. I was sent to the farm for almost two months, and I have been recuperating from my injuries, and in this remote place, I was almost suffocated.
After a few seconds of silence, Driss suppressed the resentment in his heart and reluctantly nodded in response, "Welcome to our family's farm." β
Wren smiled nonchalantly and looked at the two men next to Dris.
In the eye of the soul, the middle-aged man on the left is a high-level warlock, with a career level of seven and good strength; the other is a woman, I can't tell the specific age, it should be about thirty-five years old, sturdy, with short masculine hair, and two huge soul guns stuck in his waist, he is a fifth-level gunner.
Driss was patient and briefly introduced the two.
The seventh-level warlock is called Harding, and he is the manager of the farm, with very rich experience in cultivating demon souls, and he is also a soul connoisseur with extremely high eyesight.
The female gunslinger is the captain of the farm's guard, and her name is Madeleine.
Harding and Madeline make no secret of their curiosity about Wren, they both heard about Wren from Dris, of course, Driss didn't say anything good, and he kept denigrating Wren.
However, as transcendents, they don't take Dris's word for it.
Being able to defeat a fourth-level magic swordsman with the strength of a first-level wizard is definitely not a simple character.
As soon as Wren came down, their eyes lit up.
Today, Wren is wearing a light leather armor, lined with cotton clothes for warmth, but he does not look bloated at all, a head taller than ordinary people, long and strong, with coordinated proportions, coupled with extremely handsome appearance, thick eyes and big eyes, calm eyes, the whole person exudes a strong self-confidence, which is difficult for anyone who has seen it to forget and leave a deep impression.
At least in appearance, Driss is not comparable, too far behind.
Harding noticed that Wren had a magic sword hanging from his waist, and the gray-white leather belt was also an enchanted piece of equipment.
On the other side of the belt, a boxy leather bag is tied, and the smell of magic faintly emanates.
"What a wizard. β
As a high-level spellcaster, Harding is quite sensitive to fluctuations in magic.
Madeleine's gaze fell on the outside of Wren's thigh, where there was a gun with a strange shape, a model she had never seen before, and she was very curious.
Wren nodded to the two of them, didn't say anything, and asked directly, "Where did that Thunderblade Leopard escape?"
"Please follow me. "Harding led the way in front.
The four of them walked out of the manor, through a wall, and into the adjacent ranch.
From here you can see most of the ranch, and as far as the eye can see, the ranch is divided into multiple areas, each of which is home to a different species.
At a glance, he saw the basalt rhinoceros, which was the first main soul of the Iron Guard, with the element of "stone skin", as well as the wind horse, which contained "galloping speed", which could be used as a secondary soul for many transcendents, and a variety of other herbivorous magical beasts, all of which could be free-range, and could contain elements in the soul.
Along the way, Wren saw many of the farm's employees.
Most of them are ordinary people, who are responsible for raising magical beasts, and there is also a category of transcendentals, most of whom are iron guards and gunners, with a level of one to two levels, and there are more than a dozen in total, all of whom are guards of the farm.
The overall strength of this farm is not weak.
Wren thought to himself, saying that it was a breeding farm, but in fact it was also the private arm of the Leansel family.
Soon after, everyone entered a large enclosed building, the size of a gymnasium in the previous life, and the interior was divided into cages, domesticating hundreds of demonic beasts.
These monsters have strong attacks and cannot be stocked, they can only be locked up.
Wren walked through the passageway, observing the creatures in the cages on either side, night owls, ice-toothed wolves, Cordies Tyrants, gibbs, dire wolves, molten flying lizards, shulker spiders, six-legged crocodiles...... There are twenty or thirty of them, and it feels like you've been in a zoo.
He discovered that not every creature's soul produced an element.
No more than half of the creatures that have soul elements have not yet reached maturity, or they are weak, and even if they do, most of them have only one, and very few have two.
Moreover, their elements are almost all ordinary elements, and there is no one in a hundred rare elements.
While Harding led the way, he introduced the habits of various creatures to Wren, and Driss also put his mind at ease, interjecting a few words from time to time, and the atmosphere was not as stiff as just now.
Coming to the depths of the farm, a demon leopard appeared in front of him.
Harding stopped and said, "This is the place where the demon leopard is domesticated, and we have a total of three demon leopards, the Frost Blade Leopard, the Sword Blade Leopard, and the Swift Shadow Thunder Blade Leopard. β
"The Demon Leopard is a relatively rare beast, and when tamed, it is a good mount and a very suitable companion for rangers. β
"So, we rarely kill the Demon Panther to ingest the Demon Soul, unless it has multiple elements that can be sold for a higher price. β
Wren nodded slightly.
Obviously, the demon soul in his hand was killed because of three elements.
He looked inside the iron cages, each with a large space, arranged according to the habits of the three demon leopards, which were arranged as environments by waterholes, forests, and highland cliffs.
Leopards are generally solitary creatures and only form mates temporarily during the onset period.
At this time, sensing the smell of many strangers outside, the demon leopards in the entire area became restless, walking around the cage restlessly, and let out a low roar towards Wren and the others.
Among the three types of demon leopards, the strongest is the Swift Shadow Thunder Blade Leopard.
They are extremely fast, running inside spacious cages, and ordinary people may not even be able to keep their eyes up, only a vague shadow can be seen.
In Wren's eyes, it couldn't be clearer.
The size of the Swift Shadow Thunderblade Leopard is not small, nearly four meters from head to tail, the shoulders are almost to the mouth of an adult, the blue-gray fur has lightning-like stripes, the limbs are thick, the claws are long, and the upper palate has downward sharp teeth, like two sharp curved daggers, which can easily tear apart the body of the prey.
From time to time, their eyes lit up with lightning, they ran with the sound of thunderclaps, and the smell of burnt was in the air.
"Sure enough, it's the Swift Shadow Thunder Blade Leopard, it's so fast!"
Wren exclaimed.
His gaze swept around, the Thunder Blade Leopard here has at least one element, that is, "swiftness", and there are not a few elements of the two, either "fast running" or "lightning reversal", all of which are agile elements.
Occasionally, there are one or two thunderblade leopards, and they have also mastered thunder and lightning spells.
As for the thunder and lightning affinity, it was not seen.
This disappointed Wren a bit, and it would be a little disappointing if a Thunderblade Leopard with a lightning affinity was found in the farm.
Harding led the crowd into a cage and said, "Mr. Wren, this is where the Thunderblade Leopard escaped. β
Behind the cliff-like cave, which was originally sealed with a steel bar the thickness of a forearm, a gap appeared under a stone. The steel bars were charred black, as if they had been burned by high temperatures for a long time, twisted and deformed, and then directly bitten off.
Wren felt the fracture of the steel bar, and there were signs of melting.
"This is what the Thunderblade Leopard did?"
"Yes. Harding replied: "It is very clever, every day when the keepers and guards are not there, it uses thunder and lightning to attack the steel bar, so that it softens and deforms, usually covers it with stones, and lasts for at least two months without being detected, and finally successfully escapes." β
Lei Cheng looked out of the gap, where was the wall of the farm, and there was a patched mark, apparently broken by the Swift Shadow Thunder Blade Leopard.
Get out of the cage and go around to the outside of the wall.
In front of you is a smooth road, more than ten meters ahead is the fence of the farm, as long as you continue to move forward three or four hundred meters, you will enter the mountainous area.
Wren looked at the forests and steep terrain on the mountain, and he didn't have a headache.
Needless to say, the Swift Shadow Thunderblade Leopard fled into the mountains.
This is the Gray Dragon Mountain, the largest mountainous area around Longshande, not a mountain range, the height is only a few hundred meters, but the area is very large, at least 1,000 square kilometers from the map, no roads, no human settlements, is a complete no man's land.
It is rumored that a long time ago, a gray dragon appeared in the Gray Dragon Mountain, hence the name.
In Ehrenus, there are dangers in any forest and mountainous area.
All kinds of fierce beasts and monsters, as well as messy monsters and unknown monsters, can easily kill ordinary people.
Even if you are extraordinary, if you are not well prepared, you can die if you rush into the forest.
Gray Dragon Mountain is very close to Longshande, with the Duke of Silver Star in charge, it stands to reason that there will be no special terrible monsters, and some local transcendents will also organize to go into the mountains to hunt and capture demon souls.
But the area of Gray Dragon Mountain is too large, and trying to find a demon leopard is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack.
Moreover, the Thunderblade Leopard is not necessarily in the mountains.
Wren said disappointedly: "That Thunder Blade Leopard fled into Gray Dragon Mountain the year before last, and after too long, it may have fled to other places long ago. β
"No, it's still there. β
Madeleine pointed in one direction, "We saw it last month, right on that cliff. β
Wren looked at the cliff and asked with some puzzlement, "Why didn't it leave?"
"It's supposed to be the time to start. Harding explained: "The Swift Shadow Leopard is not a native species in the Empire, they were introduced from the New World, and when they find different species in the wild, they can only return to the vicinity of the breeding farm to find an opportunity to mate. β
"In the past two years, this Thunderblade Leopard has appeared a few times. Driss also said.
Wren asked, "Why don't you catch it?"
"Can't catch it. Harding shook his head a little helplessly, "This Thunderblade Leopard has advanced, its speed is very fast, it is like real lightning, and the mountains are the environment it is most accustomed to, even high-level shadow warriors can't catch up, let alone our guards." β
"We've devised a few traps, but it's cunning and never hits. β
Harding looked at Wren and said, "Mr. Wren, if you want its demon soul, move quickly, there have been several groups of transcendents recently, and it seems that they have also discovered the traces of this thunder blade leopard, and it is likely that others will attack first." β
Wren nodded in understanding.
A mid-level demon soul, most likely with a thunder and lightning affinity, is worth thousands of gold, even if it is difficult, the transcendent will do everything to kill it.
He thought for a moment, anyway, he had nothing to do, and there was no news from Viola's side, so it was better to try his luck in the Gray Dragon Mountain.
This Swift Shadow Thunderblade Leopard has both speed and lightning affinity, which is perfectly suitable.
Wren didn't hesitate any longer, said thank you, and turned to Gray Dragon Mountain.
The three of them were stunned for a moment, Driss looked at Wren's back, gritted his teeth, and still said loudly: "Wren, my father asked me to send someone to help you, and Madeline will also go into the mountain with you, she is very familiar with Gray Dragon Mountain, if you don't want to die, it's best to take her with you." β
"Thanks, no need. β
Wren waved his hand without looking back and climbed out of the fence.
His steps were fast, and after a few minutes he was into the mountains and disappeared.
Driss scolded hatefully: "Who does he think he is, a beginner wizard, he dares to enter the mountain alone, and he really ran into the Swift Shadow Thunder Blade Leopard, I'm afraid he doesn't even know how to die." β
"This Mr. Wren doesn't look like such a reckless person. Harding disagreed, saying, "He should have his own way." β
"He's strong, very strong!"
Madeline also nodded in agreement, and after a brief contact just now, Wren left a deep impression on her.
Her perception was very acute, and she sensed an aura of extreme danger on Wren, and her intuition told her that this was a very formidable opponent, and it was by no means as simple as a beginner wizard.
Driston was a little embarrassed, but he couldn't blame the two of them, so he could only go back and sulk.
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