Chapter 3 The Swamps of Rigal
"Stride, stride, stride..."Six tall abyssal magic horses galloped across the wasteland.
The Abyss Demon Horse is a pure-blooded black-scaled horse, covered with black scale armor as a whole, and the body of an ordinary magic horse is about two meters and a half high, and, judging from the teeth of the magic horse, this guy should be carnivorous.
Ron and the demon man shared a magic horse, and it had been five days since the caravan was slaughtered.
In the past five days, the demon man has told Ron a lot of information about the demons, although it is only some common sense, but these common sense has helped Ron a lot now.
Like Ron, the demon big man is also a half-blood, and their destination this time is a half-race gathering place.
The ordinary abyss demons are divided into three clans: the Mana clan, which is the horned demon clan to which Ron belongs, the Chasha clan, also known as the scale demon clan, the guy with scale armor that Ron saw before is from the scale demon clan, and the Yusi clan, also called the winged demon clan.
In this demon team, there is only one winged demon clan, and Ron has seen a scene, an abyss demon with huge bat wings, with a wingspan of more than five meters, falling directly from the air on the back of an abyss demon horse, and the bat wings behind it are folded, like a pitch-black cloak.
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On the seventh day, the group finally arrived at their destination this time, the Rigar Marshes.
Along the way, the big man of the Horned Demon Clan fed the war horse and Ron with the abyss demon qi, so that Ron could survive seven days without eating.
The abyssal demonic qi is the kind of black qi that devours human corpses.
For the Abyss Demon Clan, as long as there is enough Abyss Demon Qi, it is completely possible to go without eating all the time.
Ron could only passively absorb the abyssal demonic qi given by the big man to keep his body from weakening.
In the past seven days, Ron has been urging the magic mark to strengthen his body, so his physical fitness has also improved a little.
"Strength: 2.8 (+0.1)
Speed: 1.1
Constitution: 2.1
Mental Power: 1.9
Soul Points: 12.1
Innate Ability: Soul Drain"
On the day of the massacre, Ron had absorbed a total of 13.3 soul points, but most of the soul points he had other uses, and now he couldn't consume them casually.
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In the middle of a dark wood, Ron dismounted and stood beside Longgel, surveying his surroundings.
Dark, damp, and seems to have a slight miasma.
"You go first, and I'll take this boy to the Black Tower. Longjeel took the Abyss Demon Horse and said to the others.
"Hmm. ”
Ron followed Longier down the wet jungle path.
"Uncle Longier, what's the place in the Black Tower?" asked Ron.
In seven days, Ron was also familiar with the big man of the Horned Demon Clan, he originally called him an adult, but Longjell said that he could call him uncle if he didn't mind. Ron certainly wouldn't mind.
"Go to the registration desk. After speaking, Longgel paused, glanced at Ron, and said: "The Rigal Swamp is a training ground, and the talent of the half-blood demon clan is not as good as that of the pure-blooded abyss demon clan, and it is more difficult to get ahead, so if there is a chance to get ahead, we must firmly seize it, a training ground like the Rigal Swamp is our biggest chance to get ahead." The opportunity has been given to you, and it is up to you whether you can seize it or not. ”
"Thank you, uncle!" Ron said after a moment of silence.
"Well, let's hurry up. It wasn't long before Ron saw a pitch-black spire erected in the middle of the jungle.
Walking through a dark jungle, the scene in front of me suddenly opened up, and the trees in the middle of the jungle were cut down, revealing a wide clearing, with rows of black stone houses lined up on both sides of the clearing.
In the middle of the clearing, there is a tall black tower about 30 meters high.
"Da-da..."
Ron followed Longel into the Black Tower.
"Lord of the Mana Clan!" an ugly creature less than one meter two tall, with dark skin and wrinkles, came out of the Black Tower.
"Well, I'll bring someone to register. Longier said.
"Yes, please come with me. With that, the ugly creature led the way.
"It's a dwarf. "Follow behind the ugly creature," Longel said.
"This is the dwarf?" muttered Ron.
Ron, once in his memory, has the impression of a dwarf.
Dwarf demons are the most loyal minions of the abyss demons, and, compared to the fragile body of humans, dwarves can withstand the erosion of abyssal demons for many years, and their fecundity is not bad compared to humans.
On the second floor of the Black Tower is a library with a dark wooden table in front of a dozen huge bookshelves.
At the wooden table, a bespectacled dwarf took out a parchment contract and asked Ron to sign it with blood.
Ron could see from Longier's attitude towards this dwarf that the status of this glasses dwarf was not low.
"It's your stuff. Ron put down the quill in his hand, and the dwarf handed over a stack of things.
Ron quickly took it, holding it in both hands before looking at what he was holding.
Two sets of black clothes, two paper books, two black bags, and an iron plaque marked '332' in the Abyssal Demon language.
"After you go back, memorize the 'Rigal Rules' before you come out, don't be the end, I don't know how to die. The dwarf said.
"Dulu, take him to the stone house. The glasses dwarf said to the dwarf who was leading the way.
"Yes. ”
"Lord Mana, please come with me. The dwarf said to Ron.
Ron's gaze looked at Longgel, who nodded.
"Goodbye, Uncle Longier. Ron said.
Immediately, Ron followed the dwarf and left the Black Tower.
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In a black stone house labeled '332', Ron sits cross-legged on a cold stone bed with two books in his hand.
"Breath in the Abyss", "The Rules of Rigal". After thinking for a moment, Ron put down "Breath in the Abyss" and took the lead in flipping through the "Rigal Rules".
Reading was never difficult for Ron. Ten minutes later, Ron put down the thin book in his hand.
The Rigal Rules are the rules he must follow in the Rigar swamps.
In the Rigal Marsh, the first-level safe zone is the Black Tower with a radius of 500 meters, that is, this stone house area, this area does not allow any fighting, the second-level safe zone is the Rotten Swamp, where the concentration of abyssal demonic energy is higher than other places, it is a resource zone, fighting is allowed, but no killing is allowed, and then there is the Black Tower Gladiatorial Arena, this area is next to the Rotten Swamp, and the two sides who voluntarily step into the gladiatorial arena do not care whether they live or die.
Outside of these three areas, the 'Rigal Marshes' does not provide any security.
Also, the kind of tower that Ron went to before, in the Rigal swamp, there are nine in total, and the black tower that Ron went to is Tower Six.
Each Black Tower governs a different number of half-blood demons, and every month, each Black Tower will throw a resource called 'Black Cards' into the jungle, which can be exchanged for rewards on the second floor of the Black Tower, which can be exchanged for items containing high concentrations of abyssal demonic energy, or natural abilities.
That's right, it's encouraging them to fight each other, the most primitive and advanced method, survival of the fittest.
Every half-blood demon clan will stay in the Rigal Swamp for ten years at most, and if they can't reach the 'first level' within ten years, they must leave the Rigal Swamp and listen to the arrangements of the Black Tower where to go.
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Halfway through, Ron picked up the copy of Breath in the Abyss.
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"Abyss breathing is the most basic and powerful talent of our clan. This is the first sentence of the opening paragraph.
Ron took a look at the author: Nande Carol Jussi.
"Half-bloods?" Ron thought.
The 'Jussi' at the end of the author's name represents his Abyss Demon True Surname, and the 'Carol' in the middle means that he is from a half-blood Demon Clan, if he is a pure-blood family, then there should be no 'Carol' in the middle, or 'Carol' at the end.
Like Ron, the complete name of the Abyssal Demon should be Ron Garcia Mona.
This is the name of the Abyss Demon Clan, which integrates the clan and origin into it.
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"For pure-blooded demons, 'Abyss Breath' is their innate talent, and there are also a small number of half-blood demons with a high enough bloodline concentration who can be mastered by nature, but for most half-blood demons, 'Abyss Breath' needs to be learned to master. ”
"No wonder. Seeing this description, Ron suddenly thought to himself, no wonder the author of this book is a half-blood demon.
"But for a person with this kind of talent, his achievements must not be bad. Ron thought, reading on for the rest of the story.
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After more than an hour, Ron read "Breath in the Abyss" cursorely, and got a rough idea of how it works.
First of all, the so-called 'Abyss Breath' is the breathing method of the Abyss Demon Race that is different from other races, and the root of it is the 'Abyss Demon Qi'.
The Abyss Demon Qi is the foundation of the Abyss Demon Clan, and without the Abyss Demon Qi, there would be no prestige of the 'Abyss Demon Clan'.
"Breath in the Abyss" is to teach the half-blood demons how to learn the unique breathing method of the abyss demons.
Ron put down the book in his hand and picked up the two palm-sized black bags, similar in style to money bags.
"Demon crystals, demonic sarcoma?" Ron poured the contents of two bags onto the stone bed.
One bag contained six palm-sized prismatic black crystals, and the other contained an eyeball-sized black-red sarcoma, a total of ten.
Both of these can be said to be the crystallization of abyssal demonic qi, but one is naturally conceived and the other is cultivated.
Abyssal sarcoma is made with the corpses of other creatures, placed around the 'demonic energy leyline', under normal circumstances, the corpse will be swallowed by demonic energy, but as long as it is modulated in a special way, the corpse will not only not be swallowed by demonic energy, but will also produce 'fruit'.
The magic crystal is to help him learn the abyss breath, and the sarcoma is to ensure that he does not starve to death before he learns the 'abyss breath'.
These were all things that Longier told him on the road.
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