Chapter 17: The Little Praying Mantis
"That knife is weird!" said Edward.
Gabud explains, "Blade-based monsters usually act as assassins, and broadblades are one of the very few blade-based creatures that like to confront their enemies head-on. If you say weird is the way it behaves, then it is. ”
"Alright, let's bet on it!" Edward didn't lament Gabud's knowledge, he did come here to buy summoned beasts, but the two creatures in the field were obviously not for sale.
"If you want to bet on a half-bull victory, go to a table on the left and sit down, then put the bet on the table, buy and leave, and you can't go back. If you win the big knife, you will go to the right, but you can't bet on this game, and the next game will start, so let's wait a while. Gabod was fond of gambling, and when he saw that Edward was interested in this kind of thing, he invited Edward to gamble with him.
The half-bull man in the ring was already obviously tired and frightened, and with a mistake in the half-bull's position, the big knife directly cut the half-bull man into two pieces with a horizontal split.
The people on both sides of the ring were happy and angry, but none of that mattered, the staff in the arena had quickly put the broadsword in the cage, along with a whetstone, which was the reward that the blade creatures loved.
And the dead half-cow man was carried away by the staff and cleaned up the blood on the ground, it was just a matter of magic.
"The next thing to play is the monster steel gate from the steel system and the monster mantis from the blade system, this is the collision between the strongest defense steel system and the strongest attack blade system, welcome everyone to bet! A man with an exploding head appeared in the middle of the field and soon appeared, loudly introducing the creatures in the two cages around him.
An eye appeared on the silver surface of the steel gate on the left, and traces of photoelectric movement appeared on the body from time to time, steel creatures are born with very strong defenses, and they are not limited to steel energy, most steel creatures can also use blade and electric energy.
The little mantis on the right is a little wilted, this little mantis with a head the size of a football, and a head about the size of his own body is far less energetic than the steel gate.
After seeing the appearance of the two monsters, Edward walked directly to the left side of the ring, found a seat where no one was around, sat down, and put a large magic coin on the table, next to each table there was a staff member, who was responsible for collecting and distributing money, and was also responsible for keeping gamblers from some unwise behavior.
When Gabud saw that Edward won the steel gate, he also took out a big magic coin and sat on the other side, and he bet on the small mantis.
"I like to be upset. Gabud said with a smile at Edward.
What do you like about my, Edward didn't care about Gabud, as a puppeteer, he still has to be a little confident in the puppeteer's products.
Most of the steel creatures are the products of the puppeteer, and the steel gate in front of you is another form of puppet.
The reason for dividing monsters and monsters into twelve groups is that there are too many of these creatures, and in order to facilitate their search and cultivation, they need to be divided more finely.
Most monsters have the ability to evolve, and monsters can also change their appearance through continuous transformation, so it is more reliable to distinguish them by type than by type and race.
Just like the knife just now, its final form is not a knife, but a real human knife unity.
Shortly after the purchase was set to leave, the two monsters fought.
The little mantis mainly relies on its forelimbs to attack, and a pair of forelimbs keep slashing at the body of the steel gate like a big knife, and the steel gate releases an electric current to paralyze the little mantis while bearing the attack, and consumes the little mantis's physical strength through defense.
Most of the blade-based monsters are assassins, and if the little mantis can't kill the steel gate in a short period of time, then it will be killed by the steel gate.
If a puppeteer is not set to look like a human, then there are only two possibilities, one is that the technical materials are not enough, and the other is that it needs to strengthen some aspect of the function.
The Iron Gate is a product of strengthened defenses, and it has excellent defense capabilities, which can attack the enemy while defending, and when the enemy does not attack it, it will "weld" itself to recover its own damage.
Summoning Beasts - Steel - Source Power - Non-Humanoid Creatures - Small - Residential Defense - Steel Gate, this is the correct way to search for Steel Gates in the Library.
Because it is the product of a puppeteer, you can also find relevant records from the many products of a puppeteer.
The little mantis may have known that it was in a bad situation, and after attacking the steel gate five times, it swung its forelimbs into the air and slashed through the air, leaving a narrow fork-shaped crack in the middle of the steel gate with its two forelimbs crossing.
"This attack ......"
Edward realized the superiority of the little mantis when he saw the little mantis's attack, but except for Edward, the rest of the people didn't have any expectations of the little mantis, and they couldn't see the value of the little mantis.
In the eyes of these people, the attack of the little mantis is just average, and when the steel gate Shenwei steel creatures are the last thing they are afraid of, they will not affect their strength because of this injury.
The steel gate has always been in a state of passive defense, bearing the fierce attacks of the little mantis again and again, at the moment when the little mantis's attack ended, the steel gate will have been releasing the current increased sharply, and the huge and sturdy body also pressed the little mantis after paralyzing it, directly crushing the little mantis to death.
"Steel Gate wins! Buy one and lose 1.6, our store draws into one-tenth of the principal, and now we will start to distribute and receive, please wait patiently!"
The staff at Edward's table put the big magic coins that Edward had put in front of Edward, and then took 13 coins from the staff holding the magic stones on the side and pushed them in front of Furutegawa, these are the currencies in the casino, and they can be exchanged for big magic coins when they leave.
Edward didn't care about the coins, he asked the staff next to him, "That little mantis shouldn't be dead yet, and it's obviously not able to fight anymore, what will you do with it?"
"For monsters that have lost their ability to fight, we will sell them or take them out to destroy. It was not the first time that the staff had encountered this kind of problem, and they gave Edward a satisfactory answer.
For a place like a casino, a monster that has lost its use value is an existence that needs to be regulated.
In this world, it is easy to have ghost-type creatures and negative energy, and in places like casinos, creatures that starve to death and die of battle or abuse are more likely to turn into ghosts, or even more powerful spirits.
So when dealing with this kind of thing, if it can't be sold, it's usually pulled out and killed, and you can't always die in one place, otherwise there will be chaos.
"How much does that little praying mantis cost? I want to buy it. Edward was very concerned about the little mantis, and did not hide his interest in the little mantis, and directly marked his thoughts. "Wait a minute, I'll ask. After saying that, the staff walked to the ring and talked to the man with the explosive head.
As the two of them were talking, Edward said to Gabod, "Gabod, do you have a lot of money? I want to buy that little praying mantis, and I don't have enough money on me." ”
"Isn't that little praying mantis dying? What are you going to do with it?" Gabud didn't see any difference in that little mantis, in the same level of competition, the blades that couldn't beat the steel system were all rubbish.
Because there were people at several tables nearby, Edward didn't explain, just smiled at Gabud.
Soon the previous staff member came over with a cage the size of a microwave oven and said to Edward, "This little mantis only needs sixty Wind Coins because it is injured, will you buy it now?"
The little mantis in the cage was motionless as if it was dead, and the staff used a sharp long knife to get Edward to buy the little mantis, and pressed it the little mantis's head.
"Squeak!"
The little mantis raised its head because of the pain, and the forelimbs that were originally used as weapons were still not raised, and it looked like it was seriously injured, which also made some of the people around the excitement have no intention of participating.
"Very affordable price, my money is rich. The price was not beyond Edward's acceptance, and Edward did not bargain, handing over the winning coin and the original large magic coin.
"The deal is over, this little mantis is seriously injured, and it is recommended that you go to the Holy Light Shelter in the academy for treatment. The staff took the money and left after the trade was over, and kindly reminded Edward to heal the little mantis.
Edward took out a piece of jerky from his spatial ring and put it in the cage, and the dying little mantis in the cage tilted its head and bit the jerky, and slowly ate it.
In fact, for many blade-based creatures, as long as they don't die, they can easily recover.
"Don't you have a spider, don't you find a summoned beast that can do magic, what do you do with a blade-based monster like a little mantis?" Gabud didn't understand, Edward was a puppeteer, and he should be more rational when choosing a summoned beast.
"I went to class. Edward didn't answer Gabood's question, and they didn't know each other very well.
"It's really interesting, since you bought this little praying mantis, then I'll buy that steel gate, and see who is good then!" Gabud was not short of money, and after thinking of something interesting, he walked to the staff.
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