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The night was dark and the light was dim.
After leaving the camp, Allen followed the signs left behind by the scouts and went deeper. One side of this place was at the foot of the mountain, and the other side was a dense forest. Gradually, the fire in the camp could not be seen, and the sounds of people and horses could not be heard. Loneliness enveloped the forest and Allen. The humidity in the air began to rise, and the wind brought with it a faint rotten smell of the forest leaves. There was some weak light in the forest, which was emitted from some glowing plants. These plants emitted a faint light at night to attract animals. The attracted animals would eat them, and they would place their seeds on the fur of the animals, spreading them throughout the forest through the walking of the animals. The cycle of life and death was miraculously passed down. Sometimes, dangerous beasts would be attracted by the faint light. Thus, after Allen left the camp for nearly a kilometer, an incomparably large black bear stopped him. Black bears were different from their compatriots on Earth. They were taller on Planet Paradise. This black bear was almost four meters tall when it stood up, and its head, chest, and shoulder blades were embedded with blood-red crystals to provide this black bear with terrifying strength.
Allen did not have time to tangle with this black bear, and released his aura slightly. The black bear was immediately frightened, and turned to run.
Gradually, the signs left behind by the scouts became fewer and fewer. He was already five hundred meters away from the previous sign, but Allen had not found a new sign. Fortunately, not long after, he saw an arrow drawn with a dagger-like sharp weapon under a tree. From here, the ground became softer and softer, and it was obvious that he was close to the swamp. Roderick had said earlier that there was originally no swamp here. Ever since the big tunnel plan was disrupted by the Hellworm, some worms dug to the exit of the tunnel. However, those worms did not like wet soil, so they returned to the dry bottom of the mountain. In the place dug by the worms, there was an underground water flow that connected to the mountain, so the water flowed in, mixed with the soil and rotten leaves, and many animals lost their footing here, died, and rotted. Over time, this place began to form a swamp. Although strictly speaking, this was not the same as the swamp, there were traps everywhere. That was why scouts were needed.
Roderick had sent out a total of ten level one scouts, but none of them had returned to the camp.
As he approached the swamp, Allen could sense a dangerous scent in the air. Especially in the depths of the swamp, he felt an obscure aura. It was clearly not the aura of a human, but some kind of creature. Although it was not obvious, when the aura collided, the obscure aura quickly shrank back. Allen frowned and picked up a piece of dead wood. As he looked down, green smoke rose from the dead wood. Then, a flame lit up in front of the wood, turning it into a simple torch.
Allen held the torch and went deeper into the forest. Under the light of the fire, in the shadows of the forest. From time to time, something would stare at Allen, but they would quickly shrink back into the shadows. The light from the fire illuminated an area of less than three meters around Allen. It should have been able to illuminate further, but there seemed to be something in the air blocking the transmission of the light. Not only that, but Allen vaguely felt some kind of force field that could disrupt people\'s perception. If it weren\'t for his keen senses, it would have been difficult for him to detect it. It was a bit like the force field set up by Alice in Agares\'s Forgotten Realm. But it was far inferior to Alice\'s force field. Allen had a hunch that it was like a spider\'s web. This force field was probably set up by the owner of the obscure aura in the depths of the swamp. Its purpose was naturally to capture prey.
After walking for another kilometer or so, Allen stopped. There was a person lying under a tree in front of him. It was a scout sent by Roderick. When Allen didn\'t know if he was dead or alive, the man raised his head and looked in the direction of the fire. It turned out that he was still alive. Allen hurriedly went over, squatted down, and asked, "How are you?"
The man was covered in mud and leaves, as if he had just come out of a swamp. In fact, the ground here was already very soft, and stepping on it was like stepping on cotton. The man said with difficulty, "Sir, there\'s …"
At the end of his sentence, he suddenly flew up and then flew backwards. Allen snorted. He could feel an extremely weak aura wrapped around that person\'s body. He immediately reached out and grabbed a flame in the flames. Allen flicked out the flame, and a spark floated away, but it continued to grow in midair, finally turning into a fist-sized golden fireball. The fireball chased after the man. Under the light of the fire, something could be seen coming out of the scout\'s stomach. It was a tentacle. The fireball hit the tentacle, and the flames ignited the entire tentacle as if they were stained with kerosene. The tentacle immediately retracted, and the scout fell to the ground with a thud. His eyes were wide open, and he was dead.
Allen\'s eyes were cold. He leaned forward and kept moving forward. The tentacle was still burning, and it quickly retracted, sprinkling sparks all the way. Allen chased after this clear trace and went deep into the swamp in the blink of an eye. The tentacle drilled down, and the sound of water rang out. This was already a swamp area. Allen landed on a broken tree, one hand on the hilt of his sword, and his eyes turned cold. He used his pure spiritual energy to form a sharp blade and stabbed into the swamp. A moment later, a series of low whistling sounds came from the swamp, and then the swamp began to bubble like boiling water.
A moment later, a large clump of mud flew out, and muddy water and rotten leaves splashed in all directions. Allen waved his hand, and the dirty things splashing towards him bounced back as if they had hit an invisible wall. A rain of mud fell from the swamp. Something emerged from the swamp amidst the rain of mud. This monster had an incomparably large head, like an octopus, but with a human face. It seemed to be a man in his forties or fifties, with two large but pupil-less eyes and a wide open mouth. Inside were two rows of yellow teeth dripping with dirty water. A circle of flying tentacles emerged from under its head. The tentacles reached into the air, and there were actually faces at the bottom. There were men and women, old and young.
Allen threw the torch away, and when the torch landed on the swamp, not only did it not extinguish, but it ignited a large fire, illuminating the monster even more clearly. He could see a cluster of tentacles floating on the monster's head, like a person's hair; and the faces under the tentacles seemed to have changed due to the light, as if everyone was staring at Allen. At this time, a few corpses gradually floated up from the swamp near the monster. They were all scouts sent by Roderick. The corpses were already rotten, and it was unknown what they had experienced. Then, the monster began to slap its tentacles, as if it was trying to intimidate Allen.
Allen sneered and unsheathed his greatsword. Suddenly, there was a hissing sound in the air.
Sword energy overflowed!
As if it was frightened, the monster retreated a few steps, and then from the man-like face, it opened its mouth and let out a strange howl. Several tentacles danced and smashed towards Allen's head.
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