When Catherine took Murphy's hand and joined him in meeting the blood-red eyes of the snakeskin, Murphy looked back at her resolute little face, but there was no time to persuade her to leave, because the death gaze from the snakeskin's eyes was already shining on them at the same time.

At this moment, Murphy made a quick decision, he turned and hugged Catherine, and used his back to block her in front of her, Catherine looked at him with wide eyes in surprise, and suddenly felt the ground under her feet shake violently.

"What's going on?" Catherine held Murphy tightly in her hand to prevent herself from falling, and both of them looked back behind him at the same time, only to see a large number of tendrils emerge from the muddy water of the swamp, tangling around the snakeskin beast, forming a hemisphere more than a man tall.

With a loud bang, there was a loud bang like the sky falling, and the surrounding area immediately returned to calm, the low roar of the snakeskin beast disappeared, and the swamp returned to calm, except for Catherine, Murphy, Lisa, and the ten-captain of the crocodile clan.

"It's ...... The Great Druid's Root Passage!" Catherine looked back in surprise and delight, and saw that the light on Monica, the little flower spirit, had faded, and Monica opened her eyes, and saw that everyone was safe, so she fell on Catherine's shoulder.

"Good thing you're all right!" Monica smiled happily and said with great rejoicing, "I used to see Master Augustine with him, and I saw him use this magic!"

"When Catherine fell just now, I thought that only this magic could save people, so I tried my best to try my luck, but there are not as many trees in the swamp as there are in the forest, and it took a lot of time to summon these roots from a place where there are trees in the distance, but fortunately there was no mistake!"

"Thank you, Monica!" Catherine took the little flower spirit in her hand and bowed her head gratefully and kissed her little cheek.

"This is what I should do, after all, I wouldn't be where I am today without you, and I promised Mr. Rogge to protect you!" said to her with a smile.

"Where did you get that snakeskin beast?" asked Murphy, curiously glancing back at the large pit left by the Root Passage.

"I sent it a kilometre away. Little Flower Spirit stood up and waved her slender little hand lightly, and a green starlight scattered with her hand, and the deep pit left by the root passage was gradually sealed by the entangled roots.

"That way it won't come back and threaten us for a while!" said the little flower spirit as she withdrew her little hand.

Seeing this, the people present were completely relieved, and the ten captains of the crocodile clan walked up to Lisa together and said with admiration: "It is really an eye-opener to be a friend of the 'Scorpion'! Come on, we have to continue on our way, see the patriarch early, and when we get to the base camp, we will be safe!"

The group set off again, led by the Ten-Captain to the base camp, due to the previous battle with the lizardmen assault soldiers, and was chased by the snakeskin beast, the physical strength of the four of them was very depleted, and the speed of the march seemed to be quite slow, Monica cast a spell to conjure some fruit to help them recover their strength.

I don't know how long I walked in the swamp, the sky gradually began to brighten, and the ten-captain of the crocodile clan who was walking in front suddenly stopped, opened his big mouth full of fangs and roared, and a similar roar soon came from the reeds not far ahead, and several black shadows walked out of the reeds.

The Captain of Ten told the three of them to stay where they were, and he stepped forward to meet the dark shadows, and after a short conversation, he came to the three with a few crocodile sentries, and he told Murphy that this place had entered the territory of the base camp, and that there were crocodile sentries everywhere nearby, and they were safe.

After verifying the identities of the three people, the sentinels took them back to the base camp and sent someone to inform the patriarch in advance, and when Murphy and the others came to the huge camp at the dawn of dawn, Gustav, nicknamed "The Butcher", the patriarch of the crocodile tribe, had already brought people out.

"Ah, my old friend, my dear 'Scorpio', we haven't seen each other for so long that we almost don't recognize you!" said Gustav, who strode towards Murphy with his thick arms outstretched, and the two embraced each other tightly, laughing in the swampy morning light.

Catherine and Lisa stood there together, curiously observing the huge crocodile that was embracing Murphy, who was much taller than Rogge, and Murphy looked extremely thin in front of him.

Dressed in armor woven with colored scales and feathers, he looked gorgeous and mighty, and although he was not adorned with gold or silver, he looked no less than the emperors of humans or elves and dwarves.

"It's hard to imagine that a crocodile can have such a kingly demeanor. Catherine exclaimed in her heart.

After meeting Gustav, Murphy introduced Catherine and Lisa to him, and Gustav nodded to Lisa rather arrogantly, obviously he was no stranger to Amazons, but Catherine piqued his interest.

"My dear Scorpio, this good-looking girl, but is she your lover?" asked Gustav smiling, looking back.

As soon as these words came out, a trace of embarrassment appeared on Catherine's face, and Murphy also looked at her with a little restraint, and explained to the Grand Patriarch: "No, you misunderstood, Miss Catherine is just my companion, and I am very good friends with her, but not the kind of intimacy you think. ”

As he spoke, he quietly observed Catherine with his peripheral vision, and when the girl heard his words, her expression added a hint of relief, but there was a little more apology, Murphy knew in her heart that she didn't understand her own mind, but she couldn't empathize with her heart, and her heart couldn't help but hurt when she thought of this.

But he did not show it, but still calmly explained his relationship with Catherine to Gustav, and incidentally mentioned the alibi Rogge and the purpose of their visit to the swamp, and Gustav was surprised to hear that they had come for the Hallows.

"We, the crocodiles, have never intervened in the dispute between humans and vampires, but we also know about the battle of the century a hundred years ago," Gustav looked at the three people present and said, "Although the return of the vampire king may not pose a threat to us, if the Scorpion needs it, my people and I will definitely help!"

"Thank you, Grand Patriarch, and I hope you can help find out about Bach the Executive Priest and Rog the Witcher, if we can find them sooner and join them at your base camp, we can bring back the Hallows sooner and complete our mission. Murphy bowed gratefully to Gustav.

"Of course, I'll immediately send out patrols to search the territory and the border, and if I find the people you mentioned, I'll have the guards bring them back!" Gustav agreed without hesitation.

Murphy and the others thanked the patriarch and followed him back to the base camp, where they passed through the dotted camp and saw that the warriors of the crocodile tribe lived in semicircular huts made of river mud and stone, each with a two-man wide door, and a curtain of lizard skin hung from the door, and the figures inside were faintly visible in the firelight.

The three of them followed the patriarch, surrounded by the escort team, and went deep into the camp, and the crocodile warriors, women and children everywhere they passed were all in front of their own doors to greet the patriarch, and their respect was even more rigorous than waiting for the emperor.

In front of an unusually tall mud hut in the center of the base camp, a crocodile woman in a colorful soft leather cloak, who was two circles slender than Gustav, and a burly, armored crocodile general stood beside her.

"Old Scorpio friend, let me introduce you, this is my lover Nala, and standing beside her is her brother Sarif, a brave commander!" Gustav proudly introduced to the trio.

"It turns out that you are the legendary Scorpio, and I have heard the Great Patriarch speak of your bravery many times, and I am honored to meet you!" Nala said to Murphy with a smile, while her brother Sarif only nodded politely to Murphy, looking rather arrogant.

In this regard, Murphy did not show dissatisfaction, and still humbly and politely expressed his respect to the sisters and brothers, the patriarch Gustav was on the rise, and after introducing everyone, he pulled Murphy into the house to have a chat, but Nala stopped him.

"Great Patriarch, the distinguished guests have come from afar, and they have brought their female companions, you should let them rest well, you should not be in a hurry, why don't you let me arrange their accommodation first, and then prepare a wine banquet, and wait until the sunset when the guests have rested enough, and then use a grand bonfire banquet to entertain them, and then enjoy the wine, isn't it the best?"

When Gustav heard this, he immediately asked Nala to take the three of them to rest, and Murphy and the others said goodbye to the patriarch and followed Nala to the guest house prepared for them.

"I don't know how the three of you plan to live?" On the way, Nala asked Murphy with a pleasant face, "Which girl do you live with, or do you live separately?"

"Of course I live by myself, as for the two girls, it depends on what they mean. Murphy asked, looking back inquiringly at Catherine and Lisa.

"We just stayed together. Catherine and Lisa exchanged glances.

"That's fine, Miss Catherine hasn't been here, she is not familiar with the situation here, it is more convenient to have a companion, please come to me if there is anything, although our people here look ugly and terrible, they also talk about etiquette, they will not mess around, do not be afraid of trouble, girl. Nala squinted and smiled.

"Thank you for your words!" Catherine smiled a little embarrassedly, but she was secretly grateful to Nala, even though she had been with the crocodile tribe for several days, she couldn't help but be a little scared in this camp full of crocodiles.

Nala arranged a guest house for her and Lisa near Gustav's residence, then took Murphy to another guest house closer to Gustav's residence so that they could meet and talk, and after arranging everything, Nala said goodbye to them and arranged a reception for them.

"The Grand Patriarch's wife looks so good, though she's a crocodile!" said Catherine, smiling at Lisa, as she lay on her bed covered with reeds and hides in the mud house, recalling Nora's voice and smile.

"Who made Mr. Murphy their friend?" Lisa smiled as she sat on the edge of the bed across from her and looked at her with a smile, "I can't believe that his recent performance is really impressive." ”

Catherine nodded silently in agreement, not only remembering the scene when Murphy was protecting her again, but just when her heart was intertwined with emotion and apology, she was caught off guard, and a little crocodile that slipped in at some point suddenly jumped out of the end of the bed and pounced on her at once.