Soon, the river was blocked by a swamp shrouded in gray mist, and a dense forest loomed behind the swamp.

In the gray haze, you can see half-dead dead grass trees in the east and west, scattered, which seem to lead a sheep intestine path through the swamp, and the humid air carries a pedantic breath, like a dirty wet cloth on the mouth and nose, which makes people breathe poorly.

The dusk of the swamp came very quickly, and half an hour ago, you could still see the sunset in the west, and it was almost dark when you walked here. There were some fireflies floating in the mist, flickering and dimming, giving the gray mist a mysterious and romantic color.

"It looks like I can go over and give it a try, but if it doesn't work, I'm afraid I'll have to turn back. David, who was at the front of the line, spoke his mind and took a step forward.

Charlie, who fell at the end, suddenly picked up speed, and before David's front feet were solid, he dragged him to death, and the fierce movements rushed into the team, causing several women to let out a burst of exclamations.

Quack!!

A black crow screamed to break the silence of the swamp, flapped its wings, and disappeared into the depths of the mist.

An eerie and fearful atmosphere hung over everyone's hearts, and based on their trust in Charlie, they did not immediately turn around and run away, but only betrayed their inner thoughts with a frightened expression on their faces.

Charlie gestured to silence.

Davy sensed his seriousness, and focused his attention on the mud under his feet, which looked like a waterlogged grass in front of him, and the water was no more than the surface of his feet.

Davidden has a pair of high-cut battlefield boots, the sole of the boot is made of alloy steel plate, and the upper of the boot is made of the thick leather of the plateau magic rhinoceros, which is very tough and not afraid of poisonous insects, so this guy acts as a pioneer and runs over all the way.

Charlie poked forward with the stick in his hand, but before he could exert his strength, he plunged into the mud with the weight of the stick. Charlie let go of his hand, and a wooden stick more than a meter long sank into the mud silently, disappearing from the trace.

What a deceptive quagmire!

Davy's mouth grew up, and a cold sweat broke out in his vest, if it wasn't for Charlie holding him, it would be him who disappeared silently!

Suddenly, strings of bubbles bubbled up in the swamp ahead, emitting a sour smell, as if someone had stirred up the mud deposited under the water's surface, turning out decades or even centuries of curse and decay, and the smell was choking......

"Turn back! Run!!" In an instant, Charlie entered the combat mode, and he pushed his teammates behind him one by one, and he had to pay for his decision and break off for his teammates.

Gray-green bubbles bubbled out one by one, becoming more and more intense, like a pot of boiling smorgasbord, from time to time some indistinct solids gushed out and sank, the air was filled with a strong sour smell, provoking people to sneeze, and there was a hot feeling in the nasal cavity.

"Attention! Acid mist is poisonous!" Charlie reminded loudly, covering his mouth and nose.

When his teammates fully turned on the narrow path, Charlie turned around and ran wildly, and at the moment he turned around, Charlie saw a mollusk made of swamp silt slowly emerge from the water, two glowing green lights coming out of the top of the silt, it chased in its direction, the silt wriggled, and it could see what was hidden in the silt: broken skulls, broken arrows, rotten boots, grass roots, broken pieces of armor, all sorts of bits and pieces.

In both past and present lives, Charlie was a staunch no-goblinist, and to this day, its appearance has caused a brief downtime of the chip, a monster that subverts the earth's knowledge system, an inexplicable existence.

Thankfully, it's not fast enough.

Charlie just had the idea of rejoicing, and felt a strong mental fluctuation behind him, like the back of his head was beaten with a stick, his eyes were dark, his steps were brewing, and two hot streams spurted out of his nose, wiped dry with his hands, spread it out, and his palms were red.

In front of Charlie, the reaction of the five people was even more unbearable, like cutting wheat, they fell to the ground one after another, and the green pupils could still moan after falling to the ground, and the others passed out directly.

Looks like there's no way back?

Charlie looked solemn, turned around and took out the deadwood staff, at this time, you can't have the idea of preserving your strength, get through the difficulties first, the more critical it is, the more you can't lose your cool, Charlie keeps telling herself, try its endurance first.

Charlie endured the feeling of a splitting headache, recited the spell of the fireball technique, and a bright red fireball came out of his hand.

Burst!

A thick, dark green juice spurted out of the swamp mud head, and with a foul stench, it slammed on the fireball, sizzling, but unable to intercept the roaring flame energy.

With a bang, the fireball successfully hit the swamp sludge, splashing in a ring and blasting it apart, and the splashed silt was so terrifying that Charlie lay on the ground to dodge, and was not spared, and was splashed, but fortunately, the silt was not corrosive, but emitted a disgusting stench.

The chip captured an image of the moment the swamp sludge exploded, a cloud of gray-white gas evaporated by the scorching current, and on closer inspection, the gas actually contained distorted human faces, which were imprisoned and twisted together by some strange force.

The seemingly weird monster was just killed?! Charlie never believed the situation in front of him, and always felt that the danger was not over.

Could it be a creature like a wraith? The wraiths of this world are so powerful that they can control non-living matter?

Charlie couldn't help but think of the spiritual ripples it emitted, it was probably a soul-level magic attack, biased towards the dark system, Charlie's own spiritual power was stronger than that of ordinary mages, and he had eaten ghost mushrooms, gained 3 points of shadow resistance and 2 points of shadow affinity, and had a certain resistance base for dark spells, and inadvertently resisted the strongest attack of the swamp sludge monster.

Otherwise, like others who are stunned by a soul shock, there will be no resistance, and there is no need to think about it, the end will be miserable, the bones or equipment fragments on the body will become part of the body of the sludge monster, and the soul will be imprisoned by it, enduring endless pain.

After being dispersed by the fireball, the swamp sludge monster left a puddle of decay burned by the flames in its place, with a fiery stench, they were probably the essence of this ooze monster, and Charlie couldn't help but think of his teacher Anthony.

The teacher should be interested in this thing, and Charlie takes out a container and carefully collects the remaining sludge.

Then, Charlie rushed to his teammates and woke them up one by one.

"Uh! it hurts! a hundred times worse than a hangover!" Colin craned his brow, his expression pained.

"What was chasing us just now?" Davy asked, wondering if it was his quick recovery or curiosity that dispelled the pain of the soul shock.

Charlie nodded behind him, "It's all there, I don't know what it is, a weird swamp of mud." ”

"Acid ooze?" Colin spat out a noun.

Charlie high-fived and said, "Yes, that's a fitting name, and its other attack is acid spitting." ”

Colin was amazed, "I saw something like this in some adventure journal books, and only in the extremely evil and treacherous saprophytic swamps would such resentful creatures be born.

It is said to be incarnated by the souls of some creatures who died in the swamp, not necessarily humans, who endured despair, fear, and pain before dying, died full of resentment, sank into the swamp and fermented with the rotten things, and the negative things twisted together to form these evil creatures.

It is rumored that the souls of those who are devoured by it will be imprisoned by it, and they will not be able to convert to heaven, which is very miserable, and they are evil creatures in the church list!"

Basically consistent with Charlie's conjecture, it seems that collecting its residue is also a correct approach, and Mr. Anthony should be interested in it.

Qing Hitomi saw the spots on Charlie's body, made a disgusted expression, and pushed him in the direction of Qianxue, "Huh! you stink! Go away!!"

Charlie had no choice but to spread his hands.

Qing Tong glanced at him and motioned for him to comfort the taciturn Qianxue on the side, but Charlie shook his head firmly.

Blue Hitomi glared at him.

Seeing that the five people were basically relieved, Charlie said solemnly: "Don't delay too much, this is not a safe place, we must leave immediately." ”

I don't know if it's a coincidence, as soon as the words fell, a low hiss came from the swamp not far away, and a huge black shadow crawled out of the swamp, its body was covered with dark green and rotten aquatic plants, and pustules bulged out under the aquatic plants, and some snake creatures could be seen wriggling shadows out of the pustules.

In the mist, it was impossible to see its true face at all, but the blurred figure was extremely shocking, a giant beast more than three meters tall.

Charlie's mind moved, a name was turned out by the chip, infinitely magnified in his mind, thinking of this, Charlie was like being chopped off by a thunderbolt, and in an instant all his hair stood on end, and his eyes widened to the extreme, is this the "swamp crawler" warned by Anthony's mentor?

"Run!!" Charlie yelled, using all his strength.

If running away was just a fear of the unknown under the pursuit of the acidic ooze monsters, now, it was a shudder from the soul, because there was an irresistible aura behind him.

The sound of rumbling footsteps shook the ground and trampled on the human heart, and it was hard to imagine that such a heavy beast could survive in the swamp.

Charlie summoned the greatest courage and tried to curb the desire to escape, reciting a magic spell.

It's not a third-order 'Frost Freeze', because freezing is meaningless, even a fourth-order 'Ice Nova' can't stop this fierce beast.

The extreme rationality of the chip dominated Charlie's slightly trembling body, and it told Charlie that even if they ran as hard as they could, they would not be able to escape the pursuit of the swamp beast, and they had to try to block it with magic.

This spell is also a frost spell, which is even more effective when cast in places with a strong water element.

The water dragon opened the way, flew close to the ground, and an extremely cold and freezing air followed, spraying out from between Charlie's hands, Charlie's purpose was not the swamp beast, but the road surface, and in the blink of an eye, the road surface formed a thick layer of ice.

After doing all this, Charlie did not watch the results of the spell, chased after the back of his companion, and fled .......