Chapter Twenty-Three: Angelo's Trial
After taking the course of the Demon Flow Attachment, Naxi has already learned the basic course of the Battle Mage. The next class is basically self-practice after class. Naxi needed to consolidate what he had previously learned through a lot of practice in order to meet Angelo's requirements.
Naxi has already been taught the course of subject eight, Angelo has nothing to say, it is estimated that it will be Malfoy who will teach Naxi at that time.
In other words, Angelo didn't have anything new to teach Naxi.
Although Naxi had been pestering Angelo to teach him more about the magic of the protection system in the first few lectures, his teacher had only taught him some spells that were useful to the battle mage, and he would not teach the rest anymore.
Naxi understood that it was useless for him to struggle like this, and after learning a few four-ring protection methods, he gave up his original idea. As some new pressures appeared before his eyes, Angelo arranged a test for him to follow Malfoy ahead of him to hunt a rare monster in the Misty Swamp outside Yepharan City.
Although Angelo did not say why he wanted to hunt the monster named the One-Eyed Crocodile, Malfoy's tone could tell that it was a very difficult task.
Because Angelo, who was their mentor, did not go with him, according to him, it was a test for the two of them.
When accepting this appointment, Naxi deeply felt the teacher's malice. The tone is clear, that is, if you encounter an accident, it must be that you are not good at learning and have nothing to do with him.
There is such a teacher in the world, it is really a hell of a life, and Naxi's heart has become a little apprehensive.
Although he has also experienced a thrilling process like the realm of a thousand wishes, it is all relying on the perverted strength of Lidona and others to survive the crisis. And he was also lucky in the realm of a thousand wishes, and now he didn't dare to guarantee whether the god of fate was still in love with him.
Before heading to the Misty Swamp, Naxi searched the library of Valhalla to find out what the monster known as the one-eyed crocodile could do. Without a detailed understanding, Naxi felt that it was too dangerous to rush there.
But when he found all the information about the Cyclops Crocodile and the Misty Swamp, he was stunned.
What shocked him was not how powerful this demonic beast was, but the reason why this demonic beast could live happily outside Yefaran City all the time. Naxi also had to admit that the prey he was about to face was quite tricky, because the foggy swamp where this guy was located was a poor place.
Although the Land of Poor Demons is not as miserable as the Land of Absolute Demons, it is a place where there is no magic net at all. But for a magician, this is also a place that magicians are extremely reluctant to face. Because in this environment, magicians are rarely able to use their abilities to the fullest.
has become an existence close to ordinary people, and to be honest, there are really few magicians who go back to do such a stupid thing as hunting and killing one-eyed crocodiles. What's more, this damn monster has a garbage-like existence except for the eyeballs, and no one would embarrass the one-eyed crocodile at ease in the Misty Swamp for something almost worthless.
The two who are embarrassed by the division are different, even if they are in the land of the poor devil, they have to break in, not to mention that Angelo has already said that he must bring back the crocodile's eyeballs intact. This is a new challenge on top of adventure.
In order to defeat this beast in that environment, both Naxi and Malfoy must use their skills as war mages to the extreme, or else they will die.
Before leaving, Nashi and Malfoy discussed that they should find some traps or something to deal with the damn beast. In Naxi's opinion, the teacher did not require that he must use the skills of a war mage to hunt the one-eyed crocodile.
After a moment's hesitation, Malfoy dismissed Naxi's tricks. He was afraid that the traps that didn't have long eyes would destroy the crocodile's one-eyed.
Nashy couldn't resist Malfoy's insistence, so he had to obey his senior's arrangement and use his true skills to kill the damn crocodile. He was nervous in his heart, but now he can only bite the bullet.
The Misty Swamp is a river swamp located twenty-five kilometers outside of Yefaran City, and because it is a land of poor demons, almost all magicians will walk around here, for fear of being taken advantage of by those low-level demonic beasts here. There have been several times when councillors have approached the Mage Council to recruit some mercenaries to clean up the disgusting existence, only to give up because they can't find cheap adventurers.
Because many mercenaries feel that it is not cost-effective to charge someone so much money to clean up such a large swamp. You know, mercenaries aren't scavengers who can be sent off with this amount of money.
There are also some mage councilors who believe that even if adventurers are recruited to clean up the Misty Swamp, it will be useless, and it may even become a hiding place for some unscrupulous people. Yefaran didn't want it to be a place that magicians couldn't manage.
Therefore, the wild animals here, including some magical beasts, have always lived a happy life.
But this good day has come to an end, and the two uninvited guests have turned this place upside down, and they are about to clean up the foggy swamp completely.
These two men are the same ones who have come here to find the one-eyed crocodile. With enough supplies to last for two weeks, they had been walking in this swamp for about three days. There were not a hundred or dozens of unlucky low-level demonic beasts that died in their hands, but they just didn't find the prey they wanted.
"Shouldn't we go over there and check it out?" said Nash, scraping off the sludge stuck to his boots with a scorching wand. It was disgusting to walk in the swamp with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and if it weren't for the one-eyed crocodile's eyeballs, I would have slipped back long ago.
Malfoy didn't answer Naxi's question right away, he took a sip of water, glanced around and said, "This damn fog never goes away, and I don't know where to look for it." โ
Speaking of which, since they stepped into the swamp from Naxi, they had not seen any trace of the fog that shrouded them dissipate. The fog wasn't too thick, and it wasn't clear until more than thirty meters away, but the feeling of wetness made the two of them feel extremely depressed, probably because it was called the Fog Swamp.
Naxi also glanced at the gloomy mist, and he didn't know the bottom of his heart. If he knew that the damn crocodile was so hard to find, he should rent a hound from the Mercenary Guild. That way, you won't have to go around in this damn swamp.
"If we still can't find that damn one-eyed crocodile today, I think we'll have to hire a guide who knows the place. Malfoy also thought about going with Naxi.
"Forget it. Nashi felt a little hungry, "Senior Malfoy, let's rest for a while, why don't you have some bread?"
Being reminded by Naxi of this, Malfoy felt that it was time to eat, "Okay, then bring me some bread." โ
Just as the two of them were about to find a slightly drier meadow for lunch, a strange cry came from not far away. The herons that had just been walking and foraging in the swamp were frightened and scattered in all directions, as if they had seen something unusual. At the same time, Nashi and Malfoy heard the crackling sound of water being struck.
Nashi and Malfoy, who had not yet reached their mouths, glanced at each other, and their instincts told them that this might be the prey they had been looking forโthe one-eyed crocodile.