Chapter 471: Black Forest (20)
Luna's big guy is, of course, the giant crocodile she met when she first entered the woodland swamp, and Leon reassured the little girl that she was a little worried, telling him that the crocodile had its own territory, so the next one wouldn't appear soon.
Leon had almost forgotten about it, and it wasn't until Luna mentioned it again that he remembered that the woodland swamp was home to not only countless snakes and swarms, but also large creatures like swamp crocodiles, but now the focus was not on what creatures were in the swamp, but on the relationships between them.
The significance of territory for creatures is to forage, inhabit and reproduce, and the latter two are not mentioned for the time being, foraging must be the most important physiological need of such a powerful creature as the giant crocodile, and the amount of food it must eat must be extremely staggering in terms of size.
β...... So what does it usually eat?" Leon turned his gaze to the staggering number of poisonous snakes and insect swarms around him, "Since the giant crocodile has no problem surviving, it means that it has plenty of food in the swamp and can meet its requirements...... Nine times out of ten, these creatures are them. β
Erin also said her thoughts at this time, and it really coincided with Li Ang, but figuring out how this question would help the current shape shì was something that even the learned girl couldn't figure out for a while.
"Cheney, start attacking, don't care about attrition!"
At this time, the distance between the corrupt insect swarm was already very close, and Leon temporarily put aside the idea that had just taken shape, and gave instructions to the archmage, while the snake group was still launching wave after wave of attacks, fortunately, there were two people in Katerina and Sapa alone, and the remaining third-order powerhouses were almost all defending the other side. They are like a big reef standing on the sea, standing tall at the lap of the tide.
During this time, the hint of gaining experience points refreshed on Leon's retina like a waterfall. However, all of them are twenty or thirty experience points, which is still a long way from level 20 where you can learn to roar with excitement.
Bursts of fireballs of light and shadow began to light up in the air, and Leon didn't pay attention to Cheney's results, he calmed down and began to continue thinking about what he had just thought.
According to the hunters, there are no woodland swamps in the Black Forest near Brown Bear Town, where they have been stranded for at least four or five years. The area of the Black Forest that has been explored is definitely not too small, and according to this calculation, the swamp area of the Black Forest on this side of Sunshine Town is definitely not very large.
In order to form a complete ecosystem in a small place, it is necessary to achieve the conditions of self-sufficiency. For example, if the giant crocodile usually consumes a large number of snakes and insect swarms, then the snake group and insect swarm must maintain their numbers for the giant crocodile to consume, but how to maintain them is another problem.
"Swamp snakes are carnivores, but they certainly don't eat rotting animal carcasses. The spoilage swarm is made up of scavenging flies. Their food is rotting animals, of course, but these two creatures can work together...... That's why we're going to go together?"
Leon always felt that he was about to catch something, but he was always one step short, and suddenly, he remembered Luna's wordsβ"Se, will these little creatures living in the swamp meet that big one? Will they fight? Who is better at fighting?"
"That's right...... Leon had a flash of inspiration, "the giant crocodile eats swamp snakes and putrefaction swarms to survive, but this creature can't grow to such a huge amount in a day or two. And if the snakes and insects meet a smaller giant crocodile with their numbers, they won't necessarily lose, right?"
"Then they must have been rivals for so many years...... Leon thought. He pondered for a moment and then said slowly, "Cheney, Irene, in your experience, if there is no reason, will so many creatures attack us at any cost?"
Cheney said in between spells: "In their eyes, we are just food, so if we are discovered, we will definitely attack, but in the past, when I dealt with those beasts, if they lost too much, they would generally retreat, but I am a little uncertain about this situation today." β
As his voice fell, Erin continued, "Cheney is right, these creatures are not very manipulated, they don't have any special purpose, and they can't have any bitter hatred with us, so I feel weird too. β
"Special Purpose...... Bitter hatred?"
Hearing this, Leon suddenly felt that he had grasped the key point, and after pondering for a long time, his eyes lit up, and he suddenly asked: "Cheney, when I killed the giant crocodile, I asked you to clean up its corpse, where are the cut organs and body tissues?"
"Oh, that's what belongs to you, so I didn't let them take it, most of it was in my dimensional bag, and some of it was not easy to dispose of, and it was stuffed into that big bag of Boris. β
The young man immediately walked to the side, where dozens of bags were piled up, all of which they had untied from their bodies to facilitate the battle. And because Li Ang didn't have many dimensional bags, the vast majority of people carried ordinary bags, some large and some small, almost piled up into a small mountain.
"My lord, my bag is on the outside, and it's too dirty, be careful when you take it!"
Before Boris's hint was finished, Leon saw this huge leather bag, which was almost half a man high, and it seemed that Cheney and Boris had stuffed quite a lot of stuff into it, so it was propped up, and even the threads sewn in a few corners were stretched, and some red and black mixed liquid was flowing down the outside of the bag.
Leon simply lay on his stomach and looked down, only to see that the liquid had gathered at the bottom of the bag, and then dripped down the roots and merged into the swamp water below.
β...... What the hell am I doing?"
Li Ang finally confirmed his conjecture, and couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart.
During the hundreds of years when the Black Forest was undisturbed, the giant crocodile and the other two creatures in the swamp here have fought for survival for an unknown number of times, and this memory is deeply ingrained in their instincts.
This time, Leon encountered the giant crocodile first, killed it and removed the organs and tissues from its body. Cheney kindly didn't let the others take it away, but stayed with him, and picked out some of the organs and tissues that would stain the dimensional bag for Boris to carry.
Unexpectedly, the leather pocket broke because it could not bear the weight. Along the way, the blood flowed into the stagnant water, and then dispersed into the distance, attracting the swamp vipers and the rotten insect swarms scattered around, and these two creatures did not have much intelligence, and basically acted on instinct, presumably thinking that they had encountered a wounded giant crocodile, so they gathered together to launch a massive attack. And never to die.
β...... This is the rhythm of your sister being shot while lying down, right?"
Knowing this, the young man breathed a sigh of relief, if he could use this discovery to make the snakes and insects retreat. There is no need to waste all your abilities and supplies here, after all, the two decisive combat skills of "Immortal Will" and "Horn of the Mountain People" are still in the process of cooling, and if you want to continue to go deeper, you must consider the consumption of abilities and items.
"My lord, there are too many swarms here, we can't take care of them!"
At this time, the swarms in all four directions were already surrounded. Relying on the attacks of Cheney and Erin is already a bit of a loss of heart. Seeing that the young nobleman somehow ran to the place where his bags were piled up, and squatted there in a daze for a long time, the veteran mercenary had no choice but to ask for help.
"Don't worry, hold on a little longer. β
Leon stood up, he casually lifted the bag, first made a few long cuts on it with his long sword, then judged the location of the swamp creatures with the greatest concentration, and threw the bag out with all his might.
"Ah...... Me, my ......"
Boris looked back and was startled when he saw the other man's movements. In addition to the tissues and organs of the giant crocodile, there were also many of his own belongings in the outer compartment and pocket. If you are thrown so far away at once, and it is in the most dense place of swamp life, how can you get it back?
So he immediately shouted a few words in a hurry, but fortunately he reacted then, this young man should not make some meaningless actions at this time, there must be some deep meaning that he can't think of.
"That'...... Throw it away, throw it away!" Boris finally thought.
The others were also a little puzzled by Leon's actions, but the habit they had developed for a long time kept them silent, while the vampire girl, who had been holding her arms quite leisurely, slowly restrained her smile, and then gently "hummed" with her nose, seemingly quite dissatisfied.
The bag fell, and the poisonous snake near the landing point seemed to be startled, and avoided it with a "boom", allowing it to land on the muddy ground exposed in the middle, and the weight and speed made Boris's bag almost scattered, and the full flesh and blood inside rolled out at once.
At this time, including Erin, Cheney, and a few other more experienced people, they had already guessed the purpose of Leon's move, and although their hands did not stop, their eyes were focused on the vicinity of the place where the bags fell.
A few seconds seemed to have passed in the eyes of these people, and the poisonous snakes over there suddenly swarmed towards the vacant place in the middle as if they were crazy, and then more and more poisonous snakes gathered in the swamp, they were entangled with each other, and some of them even bit the bodies of their counterparts because they couldn't get close.
The Corrupt Swarm also began to change direction, one, two...... Eventually, even the swarm that had approached Leon's side began to retreat, heading in a direction filled with the smell of giant crocodile flesh and blood.
β...... It worked," Cheney muttered to himself, and then his voice rose to almost shout, "Your Excellency!"
At this time, the figure of this young man was extremely tall in his eyes, almost to the point of looking up, which was not Cheney's own opinion, even Boris and Hillarily felt this way.
Because in their experience, it was not easy to guess the purpose of the swamp creature's attack while fighting so fiercely, and finally find out the real root cause. It is unbelievable that the other party is only a young man in his twenties, who not only did both at the same time, but also played a decisive role in the battle ahead.
Leon's smile at this time was quite "sè", but no one minded that, because he did have the qualifications.
However, someone "sighed" in her heart, this is Fiona, she looked at the young man's expression very unhappily, and said in her heart: "This look...... It's just a little boy who is still in the city!" (To be continued......)