Chapter 276: The Druid of the Giant Bear
After Luke asked about the general appearance of the druid named "Eder Dipiy", he used the large globe of Michigan to teleport to the city of Manaus, a city located in the heart of the Amazon jungle.
Known as the "Heart of the Amazon" and "City of Forests", the city is the capital of the Brazilian state of Amazonas, with a population of 2 million, the seventh largest in Brazil.
Finding a specific person in such a big city is tantamount to looking for a needle in the sea, but fortunately, Luke has a clear enough direction: a zoo and a botanical garden.
The accuracy of the globe was as reliable as ever, and under Luke's deliberate control, he appeared directly on the edge of the city.
As a very famous tourist city, the most important thing for every store here is a tour map that marks all the attractions of the whole city.
Lighthouse coins can also be used here, so Luke randomly found a street store, bought a very detailed map of the local area, and then confirmed his current location with the owner, and then got into action.
The map shows that there are more than 20 zoos and botanical gardens of all sizes, and Luke needs to find them one by one.
The crows flapped their wings from the mirror in front of them, and as Luke instructed, they looked for the druid who was more than two meters tall, with a full beard, and as strong as a bear.
With Luke's current soul strength, the crows' control range can easily cover the entire city, Halpier's size is too huge, so he didn't release it, and stayed in the mirror world, and the remaining hundred crows acted separately, and at the same time flew towards the more than twenty large and small zoos and botanical gardens in the city.
Some of these gardens were very small, even the large back gardens of a luxury hotel, and some were outrageously large, like a deep mountain forest, and the crows first turned around the smallest miniature botanical gardens and zoos, and found no huge and conspicuous strong men as Quinn described.
By the time Luke had found a random chicken to sit down for lunch, the crows had gathered and searched for one of the remaining large zoos and two large botanical gardens.
By the time Luke had finished his entire family bucket, the crows still hadn't found anything.
Dry!
The druid must have already explored.
It was at this point that Luke noticed something unusual.
Although the bear-like druid was not found, Raven found five or six well-trained Beacon Nation Special Forces players at the entrance to a botanical garden.
Even its sharp vision revealed the guns and equipment in the Humvee through the dark windows.
Thinking of Quinn's statement that the druid had organized an expedition, Luke wondered if it could be the man Eder Dipiy had called.
Probably locked the target range, Luke, who had already finished eating, turned on the [Psychological Stealth], sensed the mirror vision within a certain range over there, picked the highest side of the terrain, and shuttled directly to it.
After emerging from the world in the mirror, Luke came to the top of a watchtower more than 40 meters high, where many tourists were already looking downward, and professional photographers set up their cameras to take pictures.
The watchtower was probably in the center of the Botanical Gardens, and after ignoring the visitors, Luke's psychic powers began to spread around, looking for possible transcendents.
The botanical garden is full of towering trees unique to the Amazon rainforest, and not far from the watchtower, there is also a small aquarium and orchid greenhouse.
Luke's spiritual power swept through the aquarium and into a dense forest.
After a while, he was in good spirits!
Finally found it!
No wonder the crows never saw the bear-like man, who had really become a bear.
After all, turning into a bear is a druid's specialty, and in this huge jungle, even if he turns into a strong black bear, it will not be particularly noticeable.
Luke dodged to the bottom of the watchtower, removed the [Psychological Stealth] in a remote corner where no one noticed, and then walked in the direction of the giant bear.
The jungle looked close, but it was actually quite deep, and it would take at least half an hour for ordinary people to walk. However, Luke's feet were much faster than normal people, and in only three to five minutes, he was already close to the vicinity of Druid Eder Dippiy.
Keen to hear the sound of human footsteps and clothes rubbing against the bushes, the bear raised the soles of its thick fleshy pads and quietly moved deeper into the jungle as if it were afraid of scaring tourists.
"Is it Eder-senpai?" Luke shouted in that direction with telekinesis.
The bear paused, stopped, and turned back to meet Luke.
"Who are you?"
The bear's mouth opened slightly, and human language flowed out of it.
"My name is Luke, and I'm from Miskatanik University."
"Miskatanic?" The giant bear repeated suspiciously, and its fierce head was slightly tilted, looking a little contrasting and cute.
"Oh, I remember, Arkham school." His body twisted for a moment, his black fur narrowed, and his size gradually shrunk, until he became a man who had shrunk considerably, but was still very strong, with a full beard.
"I regularly provide information about the Amazon to some intelligence agencies, but I remember that Arkham is only interested in things related to the old gods, how can he probe the force of nature this time?"
"It's not that Mi is interested," Luke explains, "it's my personal interest in spore organisms, and I've had a strange spores in a mine in the Arctic, so I've been paying attention to this for a long time." β
Despite his fierce appearance, Eder actually has a very gentle personality, and in fact, most druids are not particularly impulsive and fierce types. In the face of Luke's application to join the team, he sensed the rich transcendent energy in Luke's body, although he didn't know what level of transcendent he was, but he was not weaker than himself in perception, and there was a sense of "unity between heaven and man" in his body.
He asked with great interest, "Have you studied shamanic practice?" β
Luke nodded, "I have some Indian tribal heritage, and I have a good relationship with the Wapatoni tribe. β
Shamans and druids have a lot in common, and Eder has a three-point better impression of Luke when he learns that he has been passed on by shamans, and immediately agrees to Luke's application to join the team.
"Since you're also interested, there's no harm in joining, this operation is still focused on exploration, as long as you don't go deep into the core, it shouldn't be particularly dangerous."
He walked out with Luke, and said as he went, "There's a biopharmaceutical company in the Lighthouse Nation that is also interested in spore biology, it's a secular Druid industry, and they've sent an armed team to collect samples, let's go together in a moment." β
In the huge primeval rainforest of the Amazon Forest, even Luke could not find the exact location of the destination without someone familiar with the terrain to lead, so he could only follow the team honestly.
Walking out of the botanical garden with Eder, sure enough, the group of people waiting at the door is the armed team of the pharmaceutical company.
Eder's size is very easy to identify, the moment he appeared at the door, the group greeted him, and the leader of the team handed Edel a leaf-shaped voucher, and the two talked for a while, confirming each other's identity and intentions, and then formed a team and prepared to go.
The armed squad consisted of five people, including captain Quiat Holland, firefighter Diego Zarate, assaulter Wally Thiessen, sniper Chance Cabrera, and his assistant and medic Rocky Clinton.
Quarte saw that Luke was also following the team, although he hadn't heard from the company that there was such a person before, but he worked in a company operated by the Druid school, and he knew more or less about the existence of transcendent people, and Eder, a "little giant" person, dared to follow the team into the Amazon, and it was very likely that he was also a transcendent.
Therefore, there is no story of the armed team looking down on people, taunting Luke in the face, and then being slapped in the face by Luke.
Instead, the five members of the team politely gave up their comfortable front seats to Luke, and several of them squeezed to the back of the line.
However, the car also drove in the city, although the Hummer has strong off-road performance, but as it leaves the main road of the city and enters the forest road, the road becomes more and more bumpy, and the vehicle is driving slower and slower, and after more than 40 minutes, there is simply no way to go.
After consulting with Eder, the leader of the team, Quett, decided that the group would abandon the car and continue on foot.
The company also considered experience when dispatching armed personnel, and the five people in this group are all veterans who have experienced many jungle battles, so they are quite adapted to the dense forest environment, although they are also deep and shallow, but they travel quickly.
Edel led the way at the front of the group, and Quart followed, thinking that Luke was a transcendent, but he didn't look as strong as Eder, maybe he was not physically fit, and wondered if he should give him a hand.
As a result, when I looked back, I was almost startled-
The old man who walked behind the last hall floated up.
From the beginning of entering the jungle, the four teammates who followed him entered a state of alert, and when they saw the captain's frightened eyes, they thought that there was a beast attack behind them, and the assault man Wally and the fireman Diego hurriedly turned around together and raised their guns to fire.
Then they also saw Luke floating up.
Yes?
Can you still play like this?
Luke mainly felt that the rainforest ground was a little muddy, and he was too lazy to use his mental power to isolate the sludge under his feet for a long time, and this exploration originally involved extraordinary factors, so it was only a matter of time before he showed extraordinary strength, so he didn't hide it, and directly took the most recommended way not to step on the mud - flying.
I didn't expect to surprise my teammates.
Sensing the movement behind him, Edel looked back curiously, and then said helplessly: "Relax, it's still far from the center of the Amazon, there is no danger here, at least there is no danger worth using a gun." β
"Also, Luke and I are both transcendental, you should have been mentally prepared for a long time, don't be nervous, isn't that a good thing?"
Indeed, if there are two transcendents in a team, the safety of the others will be even greater.
The overly sensitive few people put away their guns in embarrassment, the assault Wally was more outgoing and cheerful, and seemed very curious about the world of the transcendental, he slowed down a few steps, and waited for Luke to float in front of him, walking side by side with him, and at the same time asked in a low voice: "Cool!" Can you transcendents fly? β
Luke didn't mind chatting with people during the boring journey, and he replied, "No, it depends on the ability of the individual, just like in your squad, some are snipers, some are firefighters, and the abilities of our transcendents are also different." β
Although he didn't understand the rules of the transcendent world, Wally, who was polite and didn't listen to other people's privacy, still understood, and instead of asking Luke about his specific abilities, he began to inquire about some common sense of the transcendent world. After all, the more fragile mortals like them knew, the more likely they were to survive in the face of danger.
Of course, the premise is that Mr. Ke and his friends are thrown out.
An hour later, Luke and several members of the armed squad were getting acquainted, and the heavily armed ones were also a little tired, and the speed of the march had dropped significantly. Seeing that they were not in a good state, Eder chose to stop and rest for a while.
At this time, they have penetrated deep into the no-man's land of the Amazon jungle, and the surrounding area is all primeval rainforest, without a trace of human civilization.
Wally, who had been giggling and chatting with Luke, handed the gun in his hand to his teammates and said, "I seem to have a bad stomach, I'll go over there to make it easier." β
After speaking, he asked Eder again: "Master, there is no danger around here. β
Edel closed his eyes to communicate with the nearby flora and fauna, and after a while, there was a sound of rustling in the soil and trees under his feet, and countless poisonous insects such as scorpions and centipedes came out of the inconspicuous corners and crawled around.
Although several soldiers are experienced elites, looking at this terrifying scene, they still nervously hold the steel gun in their hands and dare not move, for fear of provoking those insects to be drilled into their bodies and attack them in groups.
After a while, the bugs dispersed, and Edel said, "Go ahead, it's not dangerous now." β
Is this supernatural power?
It's so convenient!
Having just seen Luke's flight, and now seeing Eder's insect repellent technique, the few people who had only vaguely known about the existence of the transcendent before were full of envy in their hearts.
The poisonous insects were all expelled, and Wally casually found a bush a little farther away, and began to squat down to make it convenient.
After a while, he contentedly tore off a wide leaf from the small tree beside him, this leaf, flat and neat, was perfect for wiping.
He has a lot of experience in jungle warfare, and he has never been very particular, and it is a regular situation to wipe directly with leaves.
The leaves were wiped over, andβ
"Whew!!"
"Help!!
"It hurts !!"
"10,000 bullet ants are biting my ass!!" (End of chapter)