The old man took another sip of his pipe and said, "I still have to thank those snails, the people in the village have lived in harmony with the snails for generations, and they have naturally formed a protective circle for the village, and ordinary demonic beasts dare not approach here, so people can live and work in peace and contentment." ”

The old man spat out a smoke ring and continued: "The contribution of the snail to the village does not stop there, the pumpkins planted in the village are planted for the snails. As long as the big ones are fed fresh pumpkins, they will excrete a gel from their bodies, this glue is specially used to strengthen magic items and spells, and applying gel to the magic guide can increase the power of the magic channel, and if it is combined with defensive spells such as ice shield and water wall, the defense will be greatly increased. The village makes a lot of profit from the export of these gels, and every family here is richer than the big money in the city. ”

Not only that, but the docile giant snail has become the main means of transportation in the village, and it is also an expert in farm work. At this point, the old man was already proud.

The more Hall listened, the more surprised he became, and said in a low voice: "I didn't expect such a magical thing, Snail Village is really a paradise." ”

As he spoke, the window behind the old man was suddenly obscured by something huge, and then Hale saw a slowly hairy thing coming in through the window.

If you look closely, the guy sticking in has a round head, two black bean-like eyes on either side of the head, and a pair of short but powerful antennae on the head, all of which indicate that the animal is a snail.

To be honest, Hall didn't have a good impression of the snail, it was wet and sticky, and a little disgusting.

But the huge snail in front of me is obviously a little different from the impression of the snail, this snail is not only not slippery and sticky, but also has fluffy green pine hair, and there are some yellow spots in the green, which makes the head look a little cute.

Hall didn't see the whole picture of the snail, but it was not bad to think about it, so he felt a little closer. "It'...... It's a seventh-level demonic beast sentence snail, right? What is it going to do?" Hale asked curiously.

The old man smiled, stroked Peng Song's hair on the top of the snail's head with his rough old hand, and said, "That's right, its name is Mengqi." I'm ninety years old, a little older than me. It's an old friend of the village, and he likes to hang out, so he probably misses the taste of pumpkin pie when he comes to me, right?"

As he spoke, he picked up a piece of pumpkin pie from the table and put it in the fluff-covered snail mouthparts, and the guy began to chew on it.

But all the while, the big snail's eyes stared at Hall curiously.

Hall looked at the pair of small black bean-like eyes, and actually felt that the other party looked like an old man with wisdom, this feeling was very strange, and it should not appear in an animal like a snail.

What happened next surprised Hall even more.

I saw that the snail stared at Hall, and the jaw covered by the fur seemed to squirm a few times, and then the old man next to him nodded and said to Hall: "Master Monchi praised you for your good looks, and asked you how old you are this year?"

Hall was taken aback, he had no idea that the snail could still speak, and that the old man could understand it.

After a long time, Hall said, "Before...... Senior, I'm thirteen years old, almost fourteen years old. ”

The old man nodded slightly, exchanged his head with the snail again, and then said, "Master Monchi said that at the age of thirteen, such a tall man is already very good among humans. And he's a brown-robed mage, and the kids are really amazing now. ”

Hall was even more surprised, because the seventh-level demonic beast in front of him not only told his identity as a magician, but also was able to accurately tell his strength level.

He had never heard of a demonic beast below level ten that could use detection magic, and even more than seventy percent of the seventy-level demonic beasts at level seven or eight had not even been able to enlighten their wisdom, and even if they had some kind of magic, it was only a gift.

Surprise in his heart turned to surprise, but Hall still said very politely: "Thank you for the compliment, the senior is really a respectable wise man." ”

Hall's words came from the heart, and I have to say that if you were someone else, you would never praise a snail, and in Hall's heart, all intelligent creatures, even some non-intelligent creatures, are equal to him.

However, in fact, there is still a big difference between animals and humans, especially those magical beasts with intelligence, no matter how smart they are, they will still be very jealous of humans in their hearts, after all, humans are the primates of all things.

Therefore, generally intelligent monsters are full of self-confidence, and they have to pretend to be very arrogant and great in front of humans to hide their jealousy. For example, the wolf king Sarn is a good example.

Despite their pride and arrogance, the satisfaction they feel even more difficult to conceal when they are praised by true primates of all things, and it is more satisfying for them to be genuinely praised by humans than any honor.

I saw that the old snail heard Hall say this, the hair on his body exploded slightly, and his head was higher, and it was difficult to hide the satisfaction in his heart.

Then the old man next to him laughed and said, "Lord Monchi said that he has seen a lot of arrogant humans, but this is the first time he has seen a good boy like you, so he intends to give you a gift." ”

Hall didn't shirk either, looking at the giant snail with curious eyes.

The snail bent his neck, skillfully removed an empty glass bottle from the cabinet in the corner of the room, and then placed the glass bottle on the table, and used his mouthgear to remove the wooden cork on it.

Hale then saw the snail's entire neck begin to shrink violently, and at the same time, the right tentacles on the top of its head began to glow with a faint yellow light.

The light grew brighter and brighter, and when it reached its brightest, another sphere detached from the sphere at the top of the tentacles.

The orb glowed and slowly fell, falling into the empty glass bottle, and the light disappeared with it.

At this time, the old man next to him quickly closed the lid and handed the bottle to Hall.

Hall took the bottle, and when he looked closely, it turned out to be a round stone, dusty, and had no features except for being particularly round.

Seeing Hall's puzzled old man, he smiled and said, "Don't look at this stone as inconspicuous, many people can't want it, this is the crystallization of Lord Mengqi's tears." ”

Hall raised his eyes to look at the old man and asked curiously, "Is this tear crystal any use?"

The old man nodded and said, "Of course it works, first of all, giant snails rarely shed tears, and no one can get their tears unless they are willing." This crystal is harder than steel stone. And giant snails have a kind of talent, the antennae on their heads can analyze the subtle fluctuations of biological energy in the air around them, so they are born to sense the level of magical power in other creatures, and this tear contains this kind of detection power, so this stone is a stone that can perceive magical energy. ”

Before Hall could ask how to use the snail's tears to detect magical power, the stone-like tear crystals in the glass bottle suddenly vibrate, and it hit the inner wall of the glass bottle, making a crisp high-frequency sound.

The old man explained: "Although the giant snails are all seventh-level magical beasts, they don't have any magic power in themselves, so the current vibration frequency is mostly caused by the magic power in your body, and the power of a brown-robed mage will probably cause this level of vibration." ”

Hall nodded happily, because for him who had not learned detection magic, this thing was really useful, especially before the other party showed his strength, and could effectively avoid danger.

Looking at the stone in the bottle, Hall said to the giant snail Monchi, "Thank you!

Meng Qi nodded triumphantly, looking unfathomable.

At this time, Hall asked again, "But if there is magic in the vicinity all the time, will it always shake like this?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the stone in the bottle gradually returned to normal and became stationary.

The old man smiled and said, "Of course not, the stone only responds to nearby magic fluctuations every two quarters of an hour, and depending on the distance, the vibration time will be different, and now it is because the magic source is close to the stone, so it has been shaking for so long." Its farthest detection distance is one mile, and if it is at the limit distance of one mile, it is estimated that it will only shake for two or three seconds before stopping. And the same magic will cause the detection of the stone to get tired, that is to say, if you carry this stone, it will reflect your own magic at first, and after a little time, the same magic will be recorded too many times, it will not respond, and the people around you, once it records the magic too many times, it will lose the detection reaction. ”

Hall thought for a moment, and said in his heart that it would be better this way, because in this way, it would only detect other people's magic information, and would not be disturbed by the people close to him, living their own magic.

He felt more and more that it was a treasure, but the detection range was a little shorter.

Just as he was thinking, suddenly Monchi slowly shrank his neck out of the window, as if he was leaving.

Sure enough, Monch fully retracted his neck out of the window, and slowly crawled away from the house.

Then the old man translated: "Lord Monchi said that he was hungry again, and went to see how the pumpkin pie of the Douglas family was." He said that you are a good boy, you must work hard to become a great magician, and come back to see him when you are free. ”

Hall nodded sincerely and said, "Thank you seniors for the gift, I will definitely come back to see him." ”

The old man smiled and said, "This is the edge of the Jifen Forest, and there are powerful demonic beasts guarding it everywhere, if you want to come here safely, it is estimated that you will be a purple-robed mage." ”