Monster scholars talk about monsters, architecture scholars talk about architecture, and common ground gives strangers a basis for conversation.

Victor is so knowledgeable and self-contained that anthropologists are eager for Randall's guidance, but it's hard for him to imagine a hydra willing to listen to him explain politics, economics, art, or discuss pharmacy, martial arts, and other valuable intellectual treasures.

Hydra, who awakened the memories of his ancestors, sought out Victor, of course, because they were both direct descendants of the Old Gods. If the High Knight represents the Elemental Law of Chaos, then the Sun Elves and the Hydra Lizard are both darlings of the Elemental Law of Reality.

That's what they have in common.

Victor's insight into the wind element is actually a two-way street, and when he observes an object with the wind element, the subject can also feel the change of the wind element. It's just that Victor's previous observation targets are not on the same level as his, and they can't understand the deep meaning of the movement of the wind element at all, except for feeling the air flow permeating their bodies.

The Hydra lizard is different, it has mastered the power of the elemental law at least the level of legendary, and Victor is eager to understand the use of the wind element as he attempts to parse its bloodline talent.

To be sure, the Hydra Lizard could not have learned the extraordinary talent of the High Elves from Victor. However, the water element has both the flow characteristics of the wind element and the material properties of the earth element, and the way Victor operates the wind element is valuable for Hydra and can help it better use the water elemental law.

For example, the Misty Realm is apparently a new ability that Hydra gained after awakening its ancient memories. The essence of this field is the expansion of the use of the water element, but its effect is only to preserve the visual range of the dependents and suppress the visual distance of non-dependent creatures, which is not lethal in itself. However, Hydra's most famous talent is the Poison Domain, and since both Mist and Poison are manifestations of the Water Elemental Law, if Hydra can lock on to the enemy's location through the Mist Domain, it is likely to turn the Mist into Poison and kill specific targets.

The wind element represents space, and the perception and transmission of information belong to the category of the wind element. Hydra can't master the extraordinary talent of the wind elemental attribute, but it can slightly change the most basic perception, even if it is just an increase in perception distance, it will bring a qualitative change to the fog and poison realm.

Beasts full of instinct have no ability to learn, they don't even think about it. The long-named hydra was looking forward to Victor showing it the mysteries of the wind element.

Victor admits that using the wind element to deeply observe the changes in the Hydra's bloodline is an equivalent exchange of knowledge of the law, and there is a certain risk in itself. He didn't know how many hidden innate abilities the Hydra had that awakened the memories of the ancient gods, and he couldn't be sure how fast it could learn.

Ancient memories are still a strange puzzle of knowledge for Victor, and not knowing everything means not being able to control all changes, and exchanging knowledge with Hydra is sure to gamble on your luck.

Victor felt that his luck had always been good, and when he left the camp, he asked Bertina for his opinion. However, Randall's highness was more confident in his preparations, the magic ring made by Father Miller was placed on his finger, the manticore-tailed bone beads that Sylvia had given him hung on his chest, the petrification and toxins of the hydra lizard were a very limited threat to him, and the real ones who took the risk were Randall's expeditionary force and the half-dragon tribe.

While two powerful legendary creatures amicably exchange knowledge of the laws, their families must obey the laws of the swamp and engage in a brutal bloody battle.

Both Victor and Hydra understand that the longer the exchange drags on, the greater the casualties for their respective dependents. The difference is that the Hydra lizard loves bloody battles between their servants and sees them as a gift from the swamp world, while Randall fears for the lives of his followers.

In any case, the fate of the dependents is entangled at this moment.

Victor hesitated for only a 0.1 second before calling out to the wind elemental to surround Hydra's head. The willingness of a living Hydra to actively cooperate with his observations is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

The head of the hydra was the size of a shack, and a cow could be stuffed into it for a family of three, and it took a lot of time for Victor to use the wind element to gain insight into its physiology and bloodline talent.

He has to control the time for the safety of his followers.

Forty kilometers away on the island, Todd's body turned quickly almost against the ground, avoiding several obsidian spears shot from different directions, the long sword in his hand reflected blue and purple light, like a biting cold wind gently swept the neck of a half-dragon warrior, the lizard's head immediately fell from the other party's shoulder, hot blood shot from the neck more than a foot high, and the headless half-dragon corpse shook before falling to the ground and convulsed.

"Poof", an obsidian javelin is shot in the distance, hitting Todd in the abdomen at a tricky angle. The well-made six-legged crocodile leather armor was broken open by the spear, and the leather armor lined with silver dragons successfully blocked the obsidian spear head, but the heavy force of the spear hit the ribs with a faint pain.

Lying in the pit to dodge the half-dragonman's direct javelin, and the obsidian javelin thrown was too weak to penetrate the six-legged crocodile leather armor, Todd was able to breathe for a moment, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but pull a wry smile. Rao is he who ignited the fire of his heart, and his swordsmanship is superb, and he is still thrilling step by step in the battle where the enemy is outnumbered.

The Half-Dragon Hunters are brave and combative, and their dynamic vision gives them projection skills that are difficult for human warriors to match, and if you put aside their strength, their shooting accuracy is generally at the level of the Bronze Horseman.

The hunter who had just shot Todd with his throwing spear was a deeply violent half-dragon warrior. Head-to-head, it is by no means Todd's one-sword rival, but it has a keen instinct and can judge the distance of the target's vision in the dense fog, so it hides in the fog and sneaks towards Todd. This puts Todd in a predicament where he can only be beaten and unable to fight back.

Fortunately, the half-dragon warriors were poorly equipped, and they maintained a safe projection distance of more than 150 meters, and the javelin was not lethal enough to pierce the armor of the soldiers of the expeditionary force. However, these half-dragon warriors were experienced in combat and more numerous, and they used the cover of the fog to roam around the periphery of the battlefield and sneak attack, specifically shooting the weakly protected legs of the psychic warriors, successfully dividing the formation of the expeditionary force's combat team.

Todd and Marcie were separated from the battle, and he felt that Commander Nelson would not be able to defend the island without his support.

The half-dragon warrior saw that his prey was hiding in the pit, and he knew that he had lost the opportunity to hunt the other party, so he quickly changed his position, but his mind suddenly gave a warning, and his body reacted almost instinctively, pinching the obsidian javelin and quickly turning around, and saw two red-eyed fierce wolves piercing through the fog and rushing towards his position left and right. Behind them are three monsters with flat heads and wide mouths and rat tails.

The half-dragon warrior didn't have to think about it to know that shooting the two leading ferocious wolves was its only way to live, and the obsidian javelin had just been raised, and his heart suddenly felt unbearable pain and panic, like being pressed against the eye by a steel cone.

In an instant, an obsidian javelin flew straight from the side, aiming at the half-drake's armpit. The javelin roared, piercing the misty white mist and bringing out a white wave, the half-dragon warrior trembled in his heart, activated his full potential, and leaped forward more than ten meters to avoid the fate of being tied into a meat skewer, but its projection action was inevitably out of shape.

The bloodthirsty alchemy mastiff slammed down on the ferocious half-dragon man who had missed, biting its shoulder. The other alchemy mastiff also bit its thigh, and they tore together, and the strong body of the half-dragon warrior was stretched and suspended in the air by the huge force, and the three alien razor beasts pounced on it, and then the sound of tearing flesh and chewing bones sounded, accompanied by the miserable hiss of the swamp orcs, which was particularly cruel.

The Blood Python Marcie led several psychic warriors over the pit where Todd was hiding, ran a few steps forward and stopped, and said to the knight who had regained his feet, "It has just lost its mind, and it must be Lord Nelson who is eyeing it." ”

Todd put the Adamantine Silver Sword back into its sheath and said, "This group of half-dragon attackers has retreated, they can't deal with the dragon lizard beast and Philip III, we should quickly gather our troops, carry the wounded, and reorganize our defenses." ”

The deafening sound of the alchemy dragon lizard marks the end of the battle, but the half-dragon raiders will return, and in greater numbers.

Marcie nodded, blew the assembly whistle, and beckoned the family soldiers on the island to regroup. Beginner Psychic Warriors emerge from the fog in twos and threes, methodically helping the wounded and cleaning up the battlefield.

Nelson walked to the rallying point with Brandon, Klaus, and two other fierce warriors, and asked with concern, "How's it going, how many people have been lost here?"

Todd stepped forward and replied, "Eighteen brothers were wounded, none were killed, and three seriously wounded were in urgent need of the priest's divine healing, and they were temporarily incapacitated. ”

Nelson breathed a sigh of relief and explained, "There were at least 300 half-dragon mongrels attacking Isle Two, and we repelled them, with 2 killed, 6 seriously wounded, 26 razormons, and 4 bear dogs. I was a little late to support Island Three, but luckily you didn't have a lot of attrition on your side......"

"We killed 42 half-dragon mongrels. Brandon said, and asked Todd, "How many monsters have you killed over here?"

Todd shook his head with a wry smile, and Marcie replied on his behalf: "We slaughtered a total of 11 half-dragons, oh, in the end, they were only killed by war dogs, and we can't count our results, so let's 10." ”

Nelson took off his helmet, reached out and wiped his face, and asked, "I want to give up these two islands and concentrate my forces on Island 1, what do you think?"

Todd was stunned, and said without thinking: "My lord, if we give these two small islands to the half-dragon people, then we will be trapped. If the support of the half-dragon people arrives on the battlefield, I am afraid it will be difficult for us to break out of the No. 1 island. ”

The three islands that are horns of each other have the advantage of a condescending terrain, and are connected by an ice wall in the middle, which is very convenient for early warning, support, and breakthrough. Abandoning the island is tantamount to giving up the depth of defense, and if the half-dragons occupy two heights, it is like two daggers on the flanks of the expeditionary force's defensive line.

Nelson had been on the battlefield for a long time, and of course he knew that Todd was right, and he came up with a plan based on his combat instincts to consult everyone.

Under the commander's gaze, everyone was silent, apparently agreeing with Todd's statement. Only Klaus showed a thoughtful expression, and Nelson asked expectantly, "Boy, tell me, are we going to concentrate our forces in one place, or are we going to defend in a mobile way?"

Klaus nodded and said calmly, "I'm in favor of concentrating forces...... Ladies and gentlemen, we are actually surrounded, surrounded by fog. He gathered his thoughts a little, and after a moment's shift, he added, "But we were not besieged, not because of the three connected islands, but because Caligula and the three ladies were able to see through the fog. ”

"If the reinforcements of the half-dragon people rush to the battlefield, we need to break through, and it has nothing to do with these three small islands. The master's dragon maid can see the enemy's troop movements, and Caligula can choose the timing and direction of the breakthrough for us. ”

Nelson suddenly realized, and said clearly: "That's right, our original intention of defending the three small islands was to use the terrain to weaken the strength of the half-dragon people, but those mongrels are particularly cunning, every time they attack, as long as they are reduced by one percent, they immediately choose to retreat. We fought three battles and killed less than 100 enemies. In fact, our strategic intentions have been defeated. ”

Brandon followed: "I found that the half-dragon people are gradually increasing their forces in the attack camp, the first is about 100 troops, the second is 200, in this battle they have 300 hunters in the direction of their main attack, and 100 hunters in the direction of feints. Due to their constant pressure, we were able to pull all the Razormons from the two Ladies Delphie and Furgree, causing them to hunt down Half-Dragons in a draconian manner, and our side lost over 70 Razormons in total...... Lord Emerson's Alien Rat is running out. ”

Confused, Marcie asked, "What does that mean?"

Brandon explained, "I mean the Half-Dragons are constantly sending more troops, so that we can scatter our mobile forces, and we can't take care of them. When they notice that the number of razormons is decreasing, they will have the confidence to attack three small islands at once...... Lord Emerson, Lord Dane, and Bertina will be in danger. ”

Todd frowned, and asked hesitantly, "What if we hold on to Island 1 and more than 3,000 half-dragons launch a general attack on Island 1? We can break through, but the mission entrusted to us by our master has also failed." ”

Nelson's hand pressed Todd's shoulder and said confidently, "Ghost man, I have a feeling that the master is not only blocking the Hydra, but also blocking the support of the half-dragon man. ”

"My lord, do you have any more specific feelings?" asked Klaus, straightening his back and asking very seriously.

Nelson turned his head and paused before he said, "We fought three battles, and we didn't kill a silver-level fierce half-dragon leader, they are like rabbits hiding in the grass, and they run away at the slightest breeze." Moreover, I didn't perceive the position of the leader of the Golden Half-Dragonman from beginning to end, and it didn't dare to show its head at all. ”

Brandon's eyes lit up and he muttered, "I see, the leader of the half-dragons is stalling for time, and they will not retreat until Lord Randall returns." ”

Nelson shrugged his shoulders and ordered: "Everyone evacuates the No. 2 and No. 3 islands, and we will concentrate on the No. 1 island, and wait for the master to come back to relieve the siege, or wait for the opportunity to break through and support the master." ”

The corrosive breath sprayed on the ice, dissolving the entire ice into a miserable green liquid, and the fish flipped their bellies and floated to the surface of the lake one by one, and then eroded into bones at a speed visible to the naked eye, and even the bones melted into the water.

The violent air currents were like a ring of city walls, blocking the green mist from the outside, and Victor and Mei Wen stood in the eye of the wind, their expressions surprisingly solemn.

The power and persistence of Hydra's venomous breath surpasses that of Duffy Dirille's venomous dragon breath. Even though the swamp beast showed his breath ability as Victor requested, and did not breathe poison at him, Victor could still smell a faint hint of sweetness.

The violent air currents blew away the poisonous mist, and the sweet smell that Victor smelled was actually a psychic toxin, like the poisonous gaze of a manticore, which was unguardable and could only be resisted passively by relying on spiritual power.

"Okay, it's time to stop. The wind carried Victor's voice like thunder.

The hydra stopped breathing, held its huge head high, and said meaningfully: "I can spray for a while, do you want the human king to continue to observe?"

The process of wind elemental insight has exceeded Victor's expectations, and all the contents of this observation have been observed, and the energy of Hydra is not comparable to Victor's, after all, its size is the size of half a castle.

Victor has obtained very detailed information about the Hydra's bloodline talents, and in general, the eight heads of the Hydra are indeed "dead", but the blood is still flowing, and these heads have actually become limbs, except that the Hydra can awaken any head.

Although it can only use its living head to cast various bloodline talents, the dead head can only be bitten, resulting in serious degradation of combat effectiveness, but the difficulty of killing it has also increased exponentially, because its soul is unified, and its action power is also unified, which is equivalent to igniting the fire of the heart.

From this point of view, the Hydra lizard is much more powerful than its beast counterpart.

Victor had insight into the mysteries of the Hydra bloodline, lost the last trace of interest in hunting the other party, and instead sought the possibility of cooperation, and said: "The observation is over, we can talk about something else." ”

Hydra shook his head and asked, "Human King, I'd love to talk about something else...... What do you want to talk to me about?"

Victor groaned, "Do you have the King of the Spirit Realm in your memory?"

"Yes...... He attempted to infiltrate the realm of death and quietly open up a plane that bound the fire of the soul, but was rejected by Tyron Riel and besieged by many ancestors, so he had to flee to the abyssal world. Hydra said with a cold gaze, "The Great Ancestral God also participated in the battle to besiege the Spirit King, freeing the tormented souls of the two heirs and allowing them to return to their origin in the world. ”

Victor quietly jotted down this information, nodded without moving, and said, "The king of the spirit world has not fallen, he is back, in another form - the form of the Ant-Man monster, you should have seen them." ”

Hydra thought for a long time before saying slowly: "As if I remember, it was a long time ago, the weak Ant-Man monster entered the swamp, and I dived into the deep water...... I was worried that they would bind my soul, but I finally realized why I was avoiding them. ”

It then added, "However, in retrospect now, the Ant-Man monsters don't seem to have the ability to bind souls except for the sheer number of them, because my ancestors and other great beasts tore apart the soul plane opened up by the Spirit King. ”

Victor said, "I brought my family across the swamp this time to deal with the Ant-Man monsters of the Spirit King, who devour flesh and life without restraint, and are also the enemies of the swamp. I hope to have the help of the Lord of the Swamp. ”

"I'm not interested. ”

Without waiting for Victor to ask, Hydra gave a very powerful reason, "I'm dying, I'm not interested in fighting." ”