Chapter 205: Son of the Swamp

Leo's psychic ability easily allowed him to see through the thick fog and see the appearance of the attacker on the ground, and the prominent appearance of the other party with obvious features surprised him, but also felt that it was reasonable.

It was seen that although the attacker's body was very similar to that of humans, they both walked with lower limbs and their bodies were erect, but their upper limbs and lower limbs were not much different, and their palms not only had sharp claws, but also had webbed membranes between their fingers, which are common to aquatic birds, and their dorsal spine had a bony dorsal fin.

It also has moss-like skin, a chest covered in metallic scales, and a face without eyes, but a tentacle-like nose and a large mouth full of sharp teeth.

"Son of the swamp. Looking at the monster in front of him, Leo muttered about the identity and origin of the attacker that he had found from his memories.

The legend of the Swamp Sons has always been circulating in Miria City, but no one has believed that only a few women like to use the stories of the Swamp Sons as a children's bedside story, or they will say that the Swamp Sons will take the bad children away when they teach them.

In the legend of Miria, before the city of Miria appeared, this area was a huge swamp, and the tribes here believed in various gods related to the swamp, and the children of the swamp were the servant race of these swamp gods, also known as the god servant race.

However, with the emergence of Miria City, the Orthodox Church cleaned up the beliefs of the tribes in the swamp area, and the army of the French Empire subdued the tribes of the swamp tribes, and finally swept all these swamp myths into the legends that are difficult to distinguish between true and false, and the son of the swamp, who is the servant of these gods, naturally disappeared from the swamp in the area around Miria City.

Even Old Man Rembrandt is unclear about whether the Children of the Swamp really exist, because according to the construction records of the city of Miria, the legendary stories of the war between the Orthodox Church and the gods of the Swamp, the battle of the French army against the Children of the Swamp, and so on, are all fake.

Although Miria City encountered some troubles during its construction, most of those troubles were only caused by the humans of the swamp tribe, and nothing supernatural appeared, which was not only recorded in the official construction materials of Miria City, but also recorded in hidden organizations in the dark world such as the Night's Watch and the Persona Society.

But the old man Rembrandt could not deny the existence of the Children of the Swamp, because when the city of Miria was building the foundation of the city, a large number of ruins of ancient civilization were discovered, and some erect humanoid bones that were very different from humans were found in these ruins, and many scholars believe that these remains should belong to the Children of the Swamp.

However, there are also many scholars who disagree, because the bones found are mixed with the bones of some other animals, so there is also a view that someone may have deliberately used various bones to artificially create the corpse of a Marsh Child, and use the reputation of the Marsh Son in Miria City to create influence and gain fame and fortune.

Although there has been no consensus in the academic community about whether or not the Children of the Marsh existed, there is one thing that all scholars agree on, that is, whether or not the Children of the Marsh existed, it is now extinct.

It's just that now it seems that this public opinion recognized by the academic community has become a fallacy, and the children of the swamp have not disappeared, but have developed into a race, because just now Leo found through the spiritual network that there are at least a dozen sons of the swamp in this inn, except for the one that is now killed by Leo, the rest of the sons of the swamp are all hunting down those soldiers of the French Empire who are resting in the hotel.

In addition, he found that in the noble villa manor not far from the street opposite the hotel, many of the residents of the village had gathered in the manor, as if some ceremony was being held, and the most striking thing in this ceremony was a statue of a god placed in front of everyone, this god was the mother of all the people that Leo was very familiar with.

The Mother of Warriors is one of the most mysterious ancient deities in the world of Velon, and the sect of belief about her is equally mysterious, with few writings handed down, and the only thing that is certain is that as long as there are snakes, lizards and other reptiles, there will be a belief in the Mother of Worms.

The Swamp of Miria City is no exception, and it has been clearly recorded in the construction materials that the tribes of this Swamp have the vast majority of people who believe in the Mother of the Mountains, so the Sons of the Swamp, the servant race she controls, is naturally the most.

From the present situation, it is clear that the villagers of this village are performing some kind of sacrifice, and this sacrifice has attracted the children of the swamp, and the sacrifices are made by him and the outsiders who live in the inn.

When perceiving the scene of the sacrificial ceremony through the spiritual web, Leo also discovered the source of the chaotic psionic energy fluctuations he had sensed earlier, and this source was the statue of the Mother of the Mountains.

It's a pity that Leo can only wander around the periphery of the ritual through the spiritual web, and can't penetrate the interior and lift the idol, because he feels that if he really does this, he may encounter very deadly danger, and even the mysterious blood in his body may not be able to save him.

So after a little thought, Leo gave up his exploration of the ongoing sacrificial rituals of those village names, and instead closed the spirit net, and turned to deal with the swamp child in his hand.

Leo moved the swamp child to the haystack, then opened the door and walked out, performing a very simple cleansing technique to remove all the smell from his body. After that, he used the spirit network to monitor the swamp children in the hotel, carefully avoided these swamp children, and silently entered the inn room, from which he found some jars and knives.

After finding the tools, Leo retreated to the warehouse, closed the door again, and then dissected the children of the swamp on the haystack in turn, and soon the son of the swamp was completely decomposed by Leo, in the process of dissection, the blood of the children of the swamp was put into a jar by Leo, because there are a large number of potions in alchemy that need to use some psionic substances, and the blood of the sons of the swamp contains psionic fluctuations, although this fluctuation is not strong, but it is enough to assist in the production of psionic potions.

After a series of dissections, Leo soon gained a deep understanding of the species of Swamp Child.

Whether the children of the swamp were born into this species, or whether they were transformed into a human race like the villagers who were sacrificing in the noble villa estate, they were now completely unrelated to humans.

The Swamp Child's skin is extremely stretchable, stretching out six or seven meters like an eraser, and his muscles are the same, and in order to match this particular organ, the Swamp Child's arms have some auxiliary bones superimposed on top of each other in addition to the two main arm bones.

From these special limbs, it can be inferred that many of the Swamp Child's attack methods are borrowed from the suddenly extended arm to sneak up on the target. In addition to the special arms, the Children of the Swamp also have a venom gland that resembles a venomous snake in the palm of the hand, which produces venom that is injected into the prey through the claws of the palm.

In addition to the skeletal accident of the arm, the internal organs of the Children of the Swamp are completely different from those of humans, and the thoracic bones of the Children of the Swamp are a complete vessel, which protects the internal organs of the Children of the Swamp in a strong bone. These bones are even as strong as steel, and if Leo had attacked the opponent's body instead of the opponent's head, his fist might not have been able to break through its body bones and kill it with a single blow.

The reason why the Swamp Child's body bones grow like this is because its internal organs are extremely special and extremely fragile. It does not have the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, kidneys, large and small intestines and other essential organs of the human body, and its internal organs are a huge organ of countless alveolar organs, which are not only organs such as respiration and blood, but also digestive organs.

It's just that this organ is extremely fragile, and when Leo dismantles the outer protective bone and cuts the outer protective film of the organ, the entire organ will be corrupted and vaporized in the blink of an eye, so fast that Leo will not have time to use other means to preserve it.

However, judging from the various remnants of food in this organ that have not yet had time to digest, it seems that these children of the swamp have changed their habits, and the abundance of plant fruits and some land animals that can only be found in the mountains indicate that the area where they live has migrated inland.

It's not for nothing that these sons of the swamp can be called a race of divine servants, just like those ancestral people in the dream world, they also have quasi-spells on their bodies, enveloping the entire village, and the dense fog that even psionic abilities can't penetrate is created by them using their own quasi-spells.

This type of spell is very useful, whether in the swamp or in the mountains, it can greatly help these swamp children to survive, and also prevent the enemy from attacking them.

It's just that these Swamp Sons' spell-like spells are different from those clans with psionic skills, and the clan's quasi-spells are all derived from mutated bloodlines, which are somewhat similar to witches. Although the blood of the children of the swamp contains psionic energy, the psionic energy in the blood is only an adjunct to the quasi-spells, and their quasi-spells are all derived from their skulls.

On the inner wall of the skull of the Children of the Swamp, there are a large number of Turing roots densely covered on it, and a rough count shows that there are about five hundred or more. None of these Turing roots are part of the base root of the Gamori language, but a new base root.

These basic characters themselves have very strong psionic energy fluctuations, and these psionic fluctuations are all negative psionic energy fluctuations, like the rune magic array in the dream world, which affects everything around them all the time.

Even Leo staring at these basic roots for a long time will produce some discomfort, such as nausea, dizziness, and will feel that the temperature around him will become cold inexplicably, and even have the illusion that a certain being in the void is watching him.

In addition, these roots are not artificially engraved, but innate, just like the natural bone patterns on the bones.

Judging from the large number of basic and complex Turing roots on these skulls, it is reasonable to assume that the Children of the Swamp will never have only one type of spell-like spell to create a thick fog, and Leo speculates that as the Children of the Swamp grows older, its psionic energy will increase, and it will be able to obtain new spell-like psionic energy from the Turing root on the skull.

Leo didn't have the time or mind to concentrate on the new Turing roots on his skull, and he had to figure out if the Turing roots on each of the Skulls were different or all the same before the Swamp Children left.

So, he cleaned up the dissected remains a little, and tried to put the clay pots filled with blood into the storage space, confirming that the storage space transformed from the space in his palm did not absorb the spiritual energy contained in the object, but played a protective role in the spiritual substance, inhibiting the emission of spiritual energy.

Although this change has made the space stable and convenient for storing items, it is not without its drawbacks, as Leo finds that he can no longer create a spatial turbulence in the space that can be used for attacks by psychic intervention alone.

Losing an effective and powerful attack, but gaining a stable storage space, Leo couldn't judge for a while.

After putting all kinds of things into the storage space, Leo performed another cleaning technique on himself, cleaning up all the smells and blood stains on his body, and then opened the door and walked out, quietly diving into the thick fog.

It didn't take long for him to catch a dead son of the swamp and return to the forage storehouse, repeat the dissection he had just done, and also pack up blood and other psionic substances and put them in the storage space. Only this time he carefully preserved the complete internal organs of the Swamp Child, and put it in the storage space, waiting for the opportunity to study it carefully.

Soon, Leo removed the skull of the Swamp Child, then took out the previous skull and quickly compared it, and thus determined that all the roots on the two skulls were identical, as if they were photocopies.

Seeing this situation, a bold guess immediately appeared in Leo's mind, these Swamp Children may have been artificially created, and the existence of these Swamp Children also wrote those Turing roots into the genes of the Swamp Children.

Leo had figured out a question and put both skulls in the storage space, then opened the door and walked out, leaving the village without alarming anyone.

He didn't have much to do, and went to the manor of the noble villa to spy on the sacrifice rituals of the villagers, not only because he sensed that the idol was a threat to him, but also because he didn't feel the need to pay attention to the villagers who were going to die.

It is conceivable that if the Children of the Swamp were wise, they would definitely take revenge on the villagers for the death of their companions, and even if the Children of the Swamp did not retaliate, the Flanger would track down the disappearance of the entire patrol, and these villagers would also be killed.

So Leo chooses not to do much and leave this strange village before the villagers and the children of the swamp notice the anomaly.