As for Gaia, who was wearing ordinary shoes, it was not that troublesome. He himself did not step on the mud at all. If those adventurers paid attention, there were actually only five people's footprints left on the swamp.
"Hey, magician, my arm is scratched. Can you treat it?" The female swordsman Feiman had always been suspicious of the idle magician. She accidentally injured her right arm by the dead vines, so By the way, let's explore the strength of this magician. If he can heal, he is at least a high-level magician.
"Just apply some potion on this kind of injury." Gaia had been thinking about the swamp ruins and didn't know the female swordsman's intention to test her strength. She glanced at the wound on her hand that couldn't be called it at all. He casually took out a cone-shaped bottle of healing potion from the space bracelet and threw it to the female swordsman.
Feiman's face immediately showed a look of disdain, and the other team members also glanced at Gaia. Indeed, they still don't know the strength of this magician teammate. Captain Essen only intuitively believes that he is very strong. No one knows how strong it is. At least in the past three days outside the Swamp of Despair, this magician has not made a move.
"Feaman." Captain Essen gave his sister a look, telling her not to be so rude. He accidentally caught a glimpse of the bottle of healing potion in Feaman's hand, and the expression on his face changed slightly, and he said with some surprise, " It¡¯s an advanced healing medicine, and a bottle of this stuff on the market costs thousands of gold coins!¡±
The price of those potions sold among low-level adventurers generally does not exceed one gold coin, but the effects of high-level healing potions prepared by real pharmacists are completely different. If there is some trauma, apply these The potion is similar to a light healing magic released by a magician, and the wounds will even begin to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye. It is not that these great swordsmen do not have such expensive potions in their packages just in case, but like this magician, they can directly Throwing a large bottle to Feiman can be described as more than generous.
There are a lot of such potions in Gaia's space bracelet. Most of them were brought by Mesa from the temple. Gaia herself is a magician. Even if she is often injured, there are so many potions that she can't use up. So she gave them to the female swordsman. Think of it as a welcome gift to join this team.
"It's strange, you didn't bring anything with you. Where did you get this potion?" Only then did Fei Man react. She remembered that the magician had empty hands when he entered the swamp. Even when he was talking to him just now, he There doesn't seem to be any place on the body that can hold this potion, so why does this thing appear inexplicably.
Gaia didn't answer. She glanced at the miasma floating in the swamp, and then said to Essen: "There is a group of poisonous lizards ahead, so let's avoid it."
Omar, who was exploring the road in front, was stunned. He turned around and said to everyone: "I was just going to tell you this. The poisonous lizard is not strong, but those poisonous gases will do a lot of harm to us."
"Have you seen any lizard people here?" Gaia asked. It is said that humanoid monsters like lizards like to live with dark elves. These lizardmen usually serve as the guardians of the elves. If you can find lizardmen, they should be relatively close to the ruins.
"Of course I have seen those things that drag their tails and stand like humans. At that time, we worked together to kill a lizard man. As a result, before we could take away its crystal core, a large group of these creatures appeared all around, and almost all of them were killed. The army was wiped out, and now I feel a little scared when I think about it," said the strong man Midila.
"That's the time we approached the swamp ruins. There were these powerful lizardmen everywhere. Last time we hit that place by mistake and didn't draw an accurate route map. As long as we find that place again this time, You can hand over the commission, and then the royal family will naturally send powerful people to explore here." Captain Essen said.
"There must be some special treasure there" said Omar, who was holding the dagger.
"Don't be wishful thinking. We can't deal with the groups of lizardmen we are guarding. I saw a very strong team wandering around Randiga City a few days ago. I don't know if they are heading for the ruins." Yes, I think there is nothing in this swamp that is worth exploring for this team." Qiu Li, the nobleman who came out to practice, said.
"How do you know they are very strong? Have other adventure teams found the exact route to the ruins?" Essen asked.
"You know that arrogant guy from the Magic Guild? Latin Law, a second-level great magician, never takes anyone seriously in Randiga City, but that day I saw this guy nodding and bowing to them, and those people let him Those who are exploring the path are lagging behind. The people in their team are generally two years old.I'm young, so I wonder if someone with such strength is a student who came out of Elmo Academy and experienced training. "Qiu Li continued.
Elmore Academy Gaia has only heard of it recently. This academy is the most authoritative academy above the four imperial holy academies. It is said that many of the students in it are disciples or direct relatives of members of the Holy Alliance, and they are all very powerful. , no force on any side dares to provoke them easily.
Elmo College does not belong to any empire. In fact, there are many such independent organizations in the Eden continent. Although they have their own territory on the territory of a certain country, they are not under the jurisdiction of this empire at all. Under the protection of the Holy Alliance, Naturally, the Elmo College under the British Empire cannot be influenced by the Holy See or the royal family, but it is true that people from all major empires are interested in recruiting people from this college. Most of the people in Elmo College have no concept of nationality, and even Their beliefs and contracts are all different.
Now Gaia also knows that those who enter the Forbidden Land of God from the major empires may not be the strongest among the young people in the Eden continent. When I heard the six heroes mentioned by Holy Magister Kurgao a few days ago, Gaia Ya also asked Feize about the Six Heroes.
The Six Heroes refer to the six young men recognized as the strongest by various organizations in Eden. Most of these people are disciples of a certain peak powerhouse, or some lone rangers who truly rely on life and death battles to stimulate all their cultivation potential and surpass all their peers. , not only possesses a lot of treasures, but also has shocking strength. When Feize listed the names of those people, Gaia was also a little surprised, because among the thirty-six young people from the empire who entered the forbidden land of God, none of them were there. Among the ranks of the six heroes, the reason why those stronger young people did not enter the Forbidden Land of God is because their strength has exceeded the restrictions of the Forbidden Land of God.
And now there are two of the six strongest young people in the Elmore Academy that Qiu Li mentioned. Fezer also made a metaphor, if people like those selected by the Empire and the Temple enter Elmore Academy , in terms of age, their strength is in the middle and lower levels. Those students at Elmore Academy really put all their thoughts on cultivation. It can be said that they are a group of real cultivation geniuses and lunatics in the Eden Continent.
"Let's avoid these poisons. I don't want to feel nauseated after eating tonight." The female swordsman Fyman seemed not to want to delve into the topics of Elmo Academy. After all, those were not the levels that they could touch.
Others naturally agree. Although it has to cross a considerable distance, the toxins are unimaginable, and even antidotes often do not help. Now that Gaia's body is relatively weak, what he can't stand most is poison that damages his body functions, so he doesn't plan to come into contact with these poisonous lizards
After bypassing the territory of the poisonous lizard, it was already night. Traveling at night was naturally not a wise choice. After Gaia used earth magic to transform the ground of this swamp, it became much easier to set up a tent, and it didn¡¯t need to be used. Worry about the danger of getting stuck in a quagmire.
The night in the swamp is deathly silent. Occasionally when the moon slips out of the dark clouds, those pale lights will only bring a sinister atmosphere to this desolate and humid land. Those black bubbles and strange things that rise from the mud ponds The smoke always makes people feel like the withered claws of the undead, which will drag the adventurers walking late at night into the mire at any time, and bury them in this swamp forever.
Gaia stayed alone in a tent, which was built for him by captain Essen. This captain was quite enthusiastic and reasonable, unlike her sister who always liked to treat people who did not show true feelings with a jealous attitude. Powerful Gaia.
They have been on the outskirts of the swamp for the past three days. Those E- and C-level monsters don't need Gaia's help at all. What's more, Gaia is not here to collect magic crystal cores. It would be great to find that place as soon as possible. ¡
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Ten days later, the adventure team finally entered the area inside the swamp. Essen was indeed familiar with the swamp. He was able to accurately determine the location in such an almost completely similar environment. In this way, Gaia would not be confused by his teammates. They left the team due to their incompetence. Although they are not expected to have much combat effectiveness, they are still good as guides.
As they go deeper, they need to pay more attention to the strength of the monsters that appear in the swamp. After all, it is possible to encounter A-level monsters and B-level monsters inside. Once such creatures target them, they will be destroyed. Disaster.
"We arrived here last time, but after being attacked by a B-class monster, we lost our way. We accidentally walked into the ruins and met the lizard man." Captain Essen said, now in front of him There is a large quagmire, which is almost equivalent to a lake. Black bubbles are constantly billowing outwards. From a distance, it gives people a creepy feeling. It seems that there is a terrifying creature under the mud. He is lying in wait, waitingWaiting for those innocent people to pass by
"Hey, it seems that someone came first. There are some obvious footprints there." Omar, who had been walking in front of the team, said, and his eyes fell on the footprints next to the big quagmire.
Those footprints were very messy, and some even overlapped. The dry old branches and leaves were trampled into the mud, and there were some larger marks near the footprints. These seemed to be split open by a swordsman using fighting spirit. The mud was A large ravine appeared in between, spreading for about thirty meters, and the short trees at the end were stained with some disgusting liquid.
"It should be those people who fought with the monsters here." Essen glanced at the vultures that had fallen on the old vine trees, and then said to the others. The reason why there are no monster corpses is probably because they were devoured by these hungry vultures.
Gaia also looked around, and suddenly found that there were many corpse-eating vultures on the gray dead branches around them. These humble creatures always like to stand far away, timidly and longingly looking at these people who may become them. The food creatures wait there extremely patiently, and sometimes make some annoying cries, which seem to tell the creatures lurking in the swamp that humans have invaded.
"Why don't these annoying things leave after eating up the corpses of the monsters? I don't like their screams the most. They always appear in my nightmares." The female swordsman Feiman seems to like to complain about everything.
"Because new food has been delivered, there is not much difference between human corpses and monster beast corpses to them." Gaia replied lightly.
Almost as soon as he finished speaking, there was an obvious vibration in the big mud pond. Of course, it was not that these creatures were cooperating with Gaia's words, but that Gaia had noticed through elemental perception that they were crawling outward and was preparing to attack the intruders. The adventurers who enter this territory.
"I hope it's not the B-class creature last time." Captain Essen glanced at the turbulent quagmire and took a few steps back unconsciously.
The rolling area of ??the mud pond was very large, and it was obviously going to be a big thing. Several adventurers began to retreat, but it was difficult for them to continue moving forward without killing this creature. Retreating would definitely be of no use.
"They should only be high-level C-level ones. It shouldn't be too difficult for everyone to deal with them together. I hope there won't be too many of them." The strong man Midila stood at the front during the battle, holding a nearly two-meter-high weapon. The big sword was placed in front of him, ready to welcome the arrival of the monster.
"Three giant mud beasts, it seems they are not easy to deal with." Captain Essen judged it when he saw half of the heads of those creatures exposed. This giant mud beast's whole body is wrapped in gray mud. It has no eyes, but has a big mouth that takes up two-thirds of its head. Although it stands like a human, this creature is definitely not a humanoid monster. Even calling them creatures is a bit far-fetched. They are more like elemental creatures piled up in layers of mud.
Elemental creatures refer to those creatures that have no blood or body. They are only good at the magic of their element and do not have any thinking. They will attack any intruder. The most troublesome thing about dealing with such creatures is that they are difficult to find. The fatal part, because their bodies are almost entirely composed of elements.
"It seems those vultures are waiting to feast on our corpses." Omar said. This kind of elemental creature obviously cannot be used as food. The vultures are naturally waiting for the mud beasts to kill the adventurers and eat their corpses.