The man with a short goatee and a constant smile was what Phyllis the parrot called the priest 'Joshua', but his outfit was more like a sailor or a pirate than a priest. Especially when Phyllis the parrot landed on his shoulder.

However, although the priest's dress is somewhat casual, he can indeed perform some magic spells. He can obtain certain magical effects by praying to the nameless deity in his heart, and through specific prayers.

Yes, you read that right, Nameless Deity.

This is because Joshua, as a pastor, did not know the name of the deity he served. The goatee man said he should have known before, should. Only later it may have been forgotten, probably.

But in any case, Joshua said that his faith was still very religious, and the god in his heart seemed to be very talkative, even if the believers did not even know their names, but they still responded generously to the prayers of the believers.

"Hurt? no. Barrett shook his head, "This guy isn't enough to hurt me. If it was on shore, I wouldn't even have to take five breaths to fix it. I've slain monsters that are several times more powerful than it. ”

This is not a habitual boast, because the giant crocodile on the shore will move more slowly, while the brute will be more agile.

"The most powerful monster I remember taking down is a powerful eyeman. Goatee laughed and said, "But I can't remember exactly how I killed it." While I did know one or two offensive spells, they weren't enough to hurt the Eye Demon. Of course, that could also be in a dream. ”

After the establishment of the Magic Empire, the Eye Demon in the main material plane has almost been extinct, Barrett has heard a familiar mage say this. The only known Eye Demon still alive lives in the Sky City, Al Safir.

"Look, I found a big snail. The voice of the bard Felix suddenly came from behind.

"I'll see, where is it?" asked the little ghost, who was on guard at the back of the line, curiously running over to the bard.

"Right at my feet!" said the bard, holding out a pineapple-sized snail with his hands in the water, "I thought it was a stone, but it suddenly bit me as I passed." ”

The young man turned the opening of the large field snail to the crowd, and on the special soft body inside the brown-black shell, there was indeed a row of tight small teeth.

"It can't eat you, you can try it for dinner today." Barrett said.

Huge quantities of cattail stalks and crocodile meat, snails, and green shrimp everywhere, two white storks that were knocked down on the road and eels in their mouths. The barbarian has already decided on tonight's recipe.

He often eats roasted pigeon meat, but he has never tasted roasted white stork, and it must be about the same as the meat of wild ducks, Barrett thought to himself.

Then he took out his map and beckoned to the parrot in the sky.

"We're currently in ...... It should be here. He said to Phyllis, who had landed on his shoulder, "And the black dragon is ...... Over here. We are almost two days away from it. If you have to wade through the water for both days. ”

"I hate the creeks, I hate the rivers, I hate these swamps with all shallow water, and it's not as good as mud. The little mage complained, "We should build a bigger raft, at least it won't leak." I felt like all ten of my toes were swollen and the toes felt like they were covered in mud. ”

"Be content, at least you have a leaky raft to ride, and we'll have to wade along. Barrett said.

None of the people in front of him knew how to build a raft, including the barbarians themselves.

Before this adventure, Barrett had never fought in a sea of water as before, and he had no experience in this area.

When they first arrived in the swamp, the first wetland crocodile approached silently, almost causing casualties among the team. Fortunately, the giant crocodile had gone for the bard, and the young man was running very fast in the water, and his agility was once again beyond Barrett's imagination.

Handsome, fast-running, and singing melodious songs, this guy is destined to be a man's public enemy in the future, Barrett thought.

In addition to crocodiles, there are also quite a few other monsters in the Kanda swamp. Our brute adventurers were also teased by a group of black-scaled fishmen from the reeds.

The fishmen hid in the reeds and "gurgled" and "whoa-wah" and threw sharpened fishbone javelins and stones at Barrett and the others. And when the barbarian chased after them and tried to teach them a lesson, he found that they did not know when, and swam to another cattail bush in the distance, and continued to harass them.

Eventually, Barrett's Resonant Tomahawk, combined with the little mage's fire-based magic, lit up several reeds, and after a lot of effort, finally wiped out all the fishmen.

The smell of grilled fish was in the air, and Barrett was even tempted to go up and cut a fish leg to try it.

But he didn't. He didn't know, but he didn't want to make himself uncomfortable. Anyway, Barrett is particularly disgusted by eating intelligent races.

"Even though it was still early, we still needed to find a place where there was no water to rest. He turned to Phyllis and said, "It's a little tiring to be in the water all the time. ”

Not only the little mage, but Barrett also felt very uncomfortable with his feet in his dragon leather boots. Fortunately, it is summer, and although the shallow water is slightly cool, it is not unbearable, otherwise it would be difficult to get dragon blood, even if it is difficult to travel through the Kanda swamp.

"Okay, leave it to me. The parrot nodded, and flew off Barrett's shoulder, looking for a place for the group to rest and camp.

But even in the dark night when the sun had receded, they still couldn't find a small area of the ideal open space. Not even a shred of land on which to stand on. The vast Kanda swamp was all buried in shallow water, not too deep, without the slightest exception.

In desperation, Barrett and his family had no choice but to make a "nest" on the branches of some stout fallen fir trees, like birds. Although it is uncomfortable to sleep in a tree, it is at least a lot stronger than in the water. After Barrett tied everyone with a rope to the tree, he let the Demonic Rope tie himself up. In this way, even if he encounters danger, he can deal with it as soon as possible.

In this way, Barrett and his party made a hard journey in the Kanda Swamp for two more days, and at noon on the third day, the parrot that was scouting in the sky suddenly flew back and told everyone that it had seen the black dragon.

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