The wind howled, rolling up the sand and gravel in the sky, smashing it against the back. The paladins could only lead their horses against the wind, and the dusty storm found every crevice in their armor and clothing, mixing with sweat into a stinking sludge. The air was hot and humid, the sweat on their bodies was hard to evaporate, and everyone felt like they were carrying a swamp on their backs.

"That guy's appearance is really impressive. ”

Standing on the aft balcony and looking at the vision of the protruding headland, Quest commented. At this moment, the harbor of Soft Maple City is already in chaos, and even if it is docked at the berth, the ship can still be overturned by the hurricane at any time. All the captains are working hard to save their belongings. Only Quest's ship was motionless, and that was because half of it was made up of Leviathan creatures, and the behemoth had stretched out its anchor-like tentacles, connecting itself to the seabed.

Several of the guards standing guard on the deck hurriedly dispersed, bending their bows and arrows, for they spotted several tall figures emerging from the swirling dust and onto the trestle. They were all wrapped in cloaks, and when they were blown by the strong wind, they were like huge wings flapping fans. "It's Mr. Naru, and Fezak," the crew lowered their bows and arrows after seeing the faces of the people who came.

"Why do you still use bows and arrows in such a strong wind?" "Go and change your flintlock pistols," Naru glanced at the guards on duty and criticized them for their unprofessionalism in the choice of weapons before entering the stern. He was carrying a sack in his hand, and blood was dripping out, and the sailors who were going to scrub the deck tomorrow had a sore brain.

The bag contained nothing but the dead Leopard Man, and after learning that Naru had killed a robber in Papertag, Quest told him to bring the body back to the ship first. This is the first time that the corpse of a robber has been obtained, and it is just right for three scholars, the half-lich Snead, the witch doctor Paru, and the engineer Shay, to study in order to find out the details of the other party.

Therefore, the headless body of the leopard man was directly sent to a laboratory at the bottom of the stern. The three experts had been waiting here for a long time, they had made all the preparations, and as soon as the leopard man's body was put on the dissection table, these people were busy in an orderly manner. Looking at the way they were studying, Naru couldn't help but pout, he had to go to Blue to get some food to warm his stomach.

"His muscles are similar to those of a feline, chewing hard and rich in striated muscles," he said, tearing off a small piece of muscle from the opponent's thigh and putting it into his mouth, Palu quickly gave his own intuitive description, "His thigh muscles have also mutated, fused with the caudal femoral skeletal muscle, and his running and jumping ability will be greatly improved." I'll take a look at his pectoralis expander ......."

The half-lich was holding a staff and chanting various spells to lift the curse. Not only is he responsible for spotting the various signs of spell modification that may appear on the corpse, but he is also responsible for providing spell protection for the other two companions. However, after carefully examining the various parts of the leopard man's headless corpse, Sneijder did not find any spell traps.

Unlike the other two researchers, Shay's examinations were mostly aided by sophisticated instruments, so he rarely stayed with the leopard man continuously, only taking some samples from his corpse every once in a while, and then taking the samples aside to conduct detailed observations and further exploration experiments through the instruments.

"His fur, bones, and musculature have all been modified to make him highly resistant to cuts, punctures, and blunt injuries. However, upon closer inspection, I discovered that the leopard man actually had internal organs, nerves, blood vessels, and fire resistance similar to that of a salamander's juvenile form, a fire snake. Moreover, he has two energy supply systems in his body, one is like ordinary creatures, which relies on normal food for energy, and the other is that he can drink a large amount of flammable liquid to use it as "

As he spoke, Shay put the heart he had taken out of the leopard man's chest and placed it directly on the flame of the alcohol blowtorch. To Sneijder's and Paru's surprise, there was nothing wrong with that heart, and there was no sign of burning at all.

"So, I boldly deduce that this leopard man is very likely to be a creature directly modified by the fire snake. By altering his appearance, at the expense of his racial characteristics, he was given athletic abilities far beyond those of an adult salamander. This also explains the presence of tissues similar to the upper body of a fiery snake between his waist and abdomen. And according to Naru, after he was hit by two shotgun shots at close range, there were no scorch marks around this guy's wounds. ”

Three researchers in different fields disassembled the leopard man's body into specimens in the form of parts in less than half an hourglass. They figured out the leopard man's habits, physiology, and possible weaknesses. And in the end, they came to a very unified conclusion: the emperor who created the leopard man has a lot of knowledge of mechanical systems, biological systems, and practical experience in biological transformation, and that guy is likely to have modified and improved himself.

"It's not a skill that a beginner can have. Given the Raven race we had learned about earlier, and the leopard man who had appeared now, we were certain that if the Emperor had let go of his hands and feet and had enough resources, he would soon be able to create an army of modified creatures of his own. ”

After listening to the report of the three people, Quis nodded, vaguely feeling that the emperor's craftsmanship was somewhat familiar, as if he had seen similar products there. When he saw the desert elf Brach sitting next to him, it dawned on Quest, "So, isn't the modified creature created by that emperor similar to the blazing shadow beast that the desert elf Salem tribe made when they restored the experiment of the ancient soulbinder mage of the ash world? Could it be that this emperor of the Ramsay world has been to the ash world before?"

In fact, Quest guessed very accurately.

Before changing his name, the Emperor did travel to many worlds in order to gain more knowledge, and the World of Ashes was one of them. There, he learned not only about soul energy and modified creatures from the Soulbinder Mages, but also how to cast powerful spells by drawing on the life force of other creatures.

And the latter is the reason why the gods and Ramsey can only seal it away, but cannot completely destroy it.

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