Chapter 68: The Calm Before the Storm

"I'm really excited."

"Yes."

Even Kurt, who is good at manipulating this kind of magic, has a high opinion of him.

It seems that the strength of the other party is indeed a threat to himself.

Although he is currently able to use the elements of water, fire, and earth, he is also a rookie among the Magisters, and he doesn't even have a single combat experience, so it's not safe to rely on himself.

Sure enough—I'd have to let Kurt, Nightcourt, and Longnsm protect me.

Anyway, I don't know how things are going on on Kot's side?

Now that Kurt is here, it's time to ask about the current progress.

"Kurt, how's the matter going about the clearing?"

"Yes, I've already met and said hello to each other."

Counterpart? Didn't I say looking for uninhabited vacant lots?

Could it be a monster that lives for a long time?

I don't think Kurt should forget my mission goal, and the chances of making mistakes are on the low side.

There must be a reason, right?

"Who do you mean by 'the other party'?"

"Lord Bao, it is the Celestial Snake clan that inhabits the Wet Land."

As soon as the illustrious clan name came out of Kurt's mouth, Wu instantly felt his scalp tingle.

Perhaps to these arrogant gods, the Celestial Serpents are just a weak race that is not worth mentioning.

But in the human world, the Celestial Snake Clan is a powerful race comparable to elves.

Because the power of the spatial magic he wields is extremely terrifying and rare, he has made a lot of contributions in the battle of sealing gluttony, and it is a relatively prestigious race on the Stafen Plains.

They also share the reputation of the "Fish-People" with their powerful hand-to-hand combat skills.

Although there is already a rift between the two clans, Kot's presence is sure to alarm the Fish-People.

As for the relatively ineffective snake people themselves, it is relatively unclear.

All in all, Kurt and the Sirens are a very good enemy.

Although for them, they should not even be as good as ants.

But you shouldn't have given the wrong order, right? Or could he be wrong about what he meant?

Whatever the reason, there is no way to salvage the situation now – the established facts cannot be changed.

Looking at Kurt's confident face, I thought he was just doing things for me, and it wasn't his fault.

It can't be the siren's fault.

It seems that the only way to deal with this is to deal with it.

"So did you mention anything important after meeting with the Celestial Serpent Clan?"

"Yes. You can rest assured that you have made it clear to the other party that you will come down to the land and take over ownership, with a special emphasis on the 'harmony' and 'kindness' you wish. ”

"Yes...... Is it. ”

What the hell is it to take over the wetland!?

Could it be that I really didn't make it clear?

How did I explain the mission to Kurt and the Sirens in the first place?

Ah——!h I have forgotten about it now.

It doesn't mean that you can't take over, so you don't need to work hard to create building materials.

I can even get a batch of instant combat power that can help me, so why not?

But will the other party obediently obey me?

I'm going to have to go to the land and meet with each other in person.

"In the process of talking, the other party is bound to resist a little, right? How did you cope? ”

"Yes - as you say, 'avoid bloodshed', you can only put the opposing soldiers into a dream, but before you leave, you can also free the affected soldiers."

"This is indeed quite a 'harmonious' approach......

"Thank you for the compliment."

The tone that seems to be complimentary, but in fact, Wu is just muttering to himself because he is confused.

Isn't it violence to knock the other person unconscious?

In a sense, it's not very acceptable.

"So who's in charge of monitoring the Wetlands at the moment?"

"Tell you, it's the Sirens and the Thousand Tails."

"It's okay to let those two incompatible gods coexist in the same wet land, right?"

"Please rest assured, there are still the splinters of the Night Pavilion by the side of the two of you."

"That's right. Anyway - I have something I want to ask you, and I hope you can answer me truthfully. ”

"Of course! Please ask. ”

"Well—the potion you made for me earlier was extracted from the blood of which monsters?"

In fact, the potion was made by Nighti's own hands, and Kurt and Siren were only responsible for collecting it.

But Kurt didn't care about the details.

He was now in a state of dreaded fear that was about to overflow—Fortes had fainted after drinking the blood of the monster.

Although it was not his fault or that of the sirens at all, Kurt was still quite guilty.

When Forts inadvertently asked about this, it made Kurt even more worried.

I don't worry about how much punishment I will endure, I just feel very disrespectful.

With a feeling of self-reproach, Kurt still pretended to be calm.

"Report to your lord, there are demonized wolves, ghost-faced bear-hunting bears, and skeletal pepperfish. It's all a mid-level monster that is common in humid air, and I beg your pardon for the poor quality. ”

"No, I'm very glad you have that."

The sudden compliment surprised Kurt.

He thought he would be scolded, and he suddenly felt a heavier sense of guilt in his heart.

concealed the fact that his dragon was unwell, and even encouraged his despicable behavior-

What mercy this is!

"Thank you, sir, for your compliments!"

Kurt held back tears of emotion, and his head could not be lower.

"By the way, Kurt, I want to know what kind of supermaterial magic these monsters I eat."

"Supermatter Magic...... Is it? ”

"Although it is common, I haven't touched these monsters for a long time, and I have always been a little rusty."

"Nope! You don't need to waste your tall wisdom on the abilities of memorizing these inferior monsters one by one. In the future, the detailed abilities of monsters will be sorted out for you! ”

"Uh-it's hard work."

For some reason, Kurt seemed to be happy?

Was his tone so impassioned in the first place?

"Can you tell me about the abilities of these monsters?"

"Yes. The Demon Wolf has an 'Iron Armor' that can metal parts at will. Ghost-faced bear hunting has the 'Smashing Mastery' that shatters objects it touches. Skull pepperfish is a 'dissolving foam' that produces acid. ”

Kurt gave a detailed introduction, and Wu nodded in satisfaction.

Can I metallize any part of my body?

In other words, can you turn any part of yourself into an offensive or defensive weapon?

As long as there is a clear imaginary picture in the mind, it is no longer a problem to perform supermaterial magic.

Then give it a try.

Wu closed his eyes and began to meditate.

It is also worthy of a gluttonous body.

It only took a second to imagine - Wu's hands were instantly covered in gray-white iron elements, and he quickly mimicked a sharp and terrifyingly shaped long scimitar.

From afar, it looks like a giant praying mantis.

However, the speed of the cast was too fast, and Wu had no idea that the technique had been successful.

This is followed by continued meditation.

It undoubtedly only made this ability more powerful—large amounts of iron were rapidly generated as meditation continued, faster and faster, and on a larger scale.

At the end of the operation, not only their own parts turned into scimitars, but hundreds of scimitars in total were massively generated and suspended in the air in just half a minute.

The flickering light of the knife made the empty sky look extraordinarily spectacular.

When Wu slowly opened his eyes, he was greatly surprised by the scene in front of him.

But it didn't show emotions on the face.

Although it has long been known that "gluttony" can multiply the power of the magic or ability taken away -

But the degree of multiplication is too exaggerated, right?

Not only Wu as a spellcaster, but even Kurt beside him and the night pavilion in his cuff were amazed by this.

"It's worthy of Master Fortes, just the inferior mid-level magic of 'Iron Armor', you can break out of the framework of your original ability, and you can create weapons out of thin air without using body parts, I really admire the small ones."

"Uh-yes."

What kind of exaggerated evaluation is this!?

I'm just thinking about turning my hands into scimitars, how can I create so many scimitars out of thin air?

Accidental? But according to common sense, creating so many scimitars, your own elements should also be hollowed out, right? I can still stand here straight, and it seems that I have an unexpectedly large amount of elementals.

What's more, I am still maintaining a "hunger strike" now.

Looking at the surprise work in the air, Wu Xin turned his mind to dissolve the technique, and instantly turned a hundred scimitars into iron filings.

Forget about this, and then there is the "Crushing Mastery Technique".

According to Kurt's description, it seems that you have to touch an object to do so.

Wu looked at the tree trunk to the side.

This is a strong and solid tree that survived the earthquake caused by Longensmu, right?

In that case, let's use this tree as my experiment.

As Wu walked towards the tree, he was thinking about what the "Crushing Mastery" should look like.

Crushing – simply put, shattering from the inside out, right?

Since it's going to be smashed, there will inevitably be an explosion, right?

Then there is the dusty tree debris that fills the air in abundance.

This is "smashing", right?

"Bump!"

A sudden explosion sounded in front of Wu.

The violent explosion instantly stopped Wu from his fantasies - he seemed to guess the origin of the explosion.

The trees exploded and turned into debris that filled the air.

But before he could even touch it, he turned the tree into splinters just by his thoughts.

Although I had a premonition, I was still very shocked.

How powerful is gluttony?

This time, without waiting for the admiration of Kurt and the Night Pavilion, Wu immediately tested the next magic trick - "Dissolving Foam".

The simple and straightforward magic of creating acid to corrode targets shouldn't be over-the-topping......

This time there was no time to even complain to myself, and the surrounding scene had changed drastically.

Except for the ground on which he was standing, the rest of the turf had sunk and melted into the bubbling acid.

It is as if it is stepping on a highly corrosive "hydrochloric acid pool".

Beside him, Longensmu reacted very quickly, and immediately made himself and the three unconscious villagers gravity-free, causing them to float in the air.

Kurt unfurls the black wings hidden behind him, stalling in the air. Everyone admired the scene in front of them.

Wu finally looked at his masterpiece in disbelief, and a drop of cold sweat almost dripped down.

In human opinion, this is an absolutely terrifying ability.

At the same time, Wu also deeply felt that he had the power to destroy the sky.

In just an instant, it was as if the pressure of heaven and earth was crushing his original humanity.

Should you be excited about this? Or is it a fear of it?

It is always necessary to choose one of the attitudes that is clear about this force.

Because it can't change the fact that you have to rely on this force to survive in the world.

Following the path of the remnants of the elven breath, Disent walked back at a faster pace.

Interestingly, the path of the elven breath was the same as the direction of saying goodbye to Wu and the others three hours ago.

Grossar followed in the footsteps of Diesent.

However—the elve's whereabouts had not yet been found, and a vision somewhere caught Diccent's attention.

Discent stopped uncharacteristically, and Grossar followed suit.

Looking deeply at the ground, it seemed that Discent seemed to sense something unusual.

Follow Disent's line of sight.

Grossar watched intently, and then he realized what Divicent had seen.

"Your Majesty, what is this ......?"

"I didn't expect there to be such a big hole here."

As the two of them saw, in the sparsely populated grassland, suspected artificial "holes" appeared inexplicably.

In fact, the entrance is very hidden, and it is perfectly covered with dirt and weeds.

However, as a dragonman, Disent, is particularly sensitive to subtle keys.

Crouching down, Discent brushed away the soil and weeds that covered the entrance.

It is a cellar door that leads to the underground.

It is made of ordinary trees, but there is no trace of corrosion.

It looks very new.

This kind of entrance will appear in the grassland, where only monsters and animals roam, and there must be some secret hidden underground.

At this point, what exactly is to continue the whereabouts of the elves? Or do you want to explore the mysterious underground?

The answer is actually quite clear.

Discent decided to change his goal and began to explore the underground.

After all, the elves' whereabouts are erratic, and it will be useless to continue chasing them.

"Let's go down and have a look."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Dragon Summoning!"

The experienced Discente stretched out his right hand, and a crimson magic array appeared in his palm.

It is a special summoning circle that can summon flying dragons.

The magic array exuded a bright red like the sun, and a small figure slowly burst out from the center of the circle.

Ancient Dragon.

The body of an adult dog is covered with bright red dragon scales, and the color is slightly dull. It has incomplete wings on its back, but it still stands still in the air with flapping wings.

Shui Liang's eyes slowly opened.

"Master Discente, long time no see."

It's quite a childish baby voice.

"I'm sorry to summon you so abruptly—'Dimo'."

"It's okay, as long as there is a need for me, I will definitely show up right away."

"Thank you. You've been summoned this time so that you can help us explore the unknown that lies ahead. ”

"Do you mean this underground?"

"That's right, if you sense a crisis, let us know in advance."

"Yes."

"Good. Let's go, Grossar. ”

"Yes."

At the sound of an order, Discent kicked open the wooden door, and three figures jumped into the ground.

It was getting darker.

Wu looked in the direction of the village.

It's time to go back.

After testing the detailed ability of "gluttony", Wu is already well prepared for the action of waiting.

Because the other party has sensed that their actions have been exposed, the next step will be to face it as an "enemy".

"Kot, when I get back to Targasna with me, I'll do as I say."

"Yes."

"Longnsmu, you're watching these three over here. If someone else wants to take them away or hurt them, you must protect them - and you cannot harm the enemy without my permission. ”

Longnsmu nodded in agreement.

"Night Pavilion, you are the communication channel between me and Longensmu, and you must report to me immediately if there is a situation."

"Yes."

Judging from the current clues, the other party has three ways to deal with me.

Control the villagers to attack me.

Or manipulate monsters to defeat me.

It is also possible to try to cast consciousness magic on me, trying to manipulate my behavior.

However, these three measures do not pose a threat to themselves.

Kurt is also able to cast the same abilities, even more so than the caster.

Removing control from villagers or monsters is a breeze for Kurt.

As for trying to manipulate me, let's just believe that the "hunger strike" can stop me.

If I'm really under control, there's Curt by my side who can lift it for me.

Other than that, I'm actually quite eager to try.

For the trial of the new power, he urgently needs a few white mice as his sandbag.

At this thought, Wu couldn't help but smile meaningfully.

Kurt, who was beside him, noticed Wu's smile.

"What is it that makes you so happy?"

"It's a good thing—maybe what I thought was bad wasn't as bad as I thought."

sighed slightly, but Wu didn't think he had said half a word.

"Forget what I just said. Anyway – let's go! ”

"Yes."

Kurt turned on the spatial teleportation to the village, waiting for the departure with Wu.

Wu takes his first steps to the village.

The mood that had been dormant for a long time was already running high - excitement that I had never felt since I was a child.

Under Longnsmu's send-off, the figures of the two also disappeared into the gradually closing spatial teleportation.

Walking into the space corridor, Griffin once again skillfully greeted the return of the two great gods.

"Master Forts, Lord Kurt, welcome back."

"Thank you for coming to greet us, Griffin."

"Master Fortes, you've won the prize! It's just the small ones that should be done. ”

"You're working hard, too, so remember to take a break once in a while. By the way, we're going to head to Tergasna Village next, and we hope you can open the teleportation location that will lead directly to the entrance of the village. ”

"No problem!"

There was another crisp clapping, and this time one of the doors on the left slowly opened.

"I wish the two adults good luck."

Wu walked towards the open door, and Kurt followed closely with graceful steps.

Back to the familiar entrance of the village again.

As the sun sets, the peaceful village seems to be quiet.

It seems to be "the calm before the storm".