"I never thought that one day I would pay a visit to a Mud Monster." Looking at the gray swamp in the distance, Sui Xiong only felt a little funny.
Yonier was a mutated Mud Monster that lived in a large gray swamp. As a famous legendary monster in the Ashes Forest, it had a unique appearance and a maverick character, full of "different styles."
Sui Xiong flew a little closer and saw its figure. It was a huge pool of Mud Monster, lying in the middle of the swamp. Its entire body was black, so black that it was shining. It had a metallic luster that mud should not have. The swamp beneath its body was emitting a strange aura. It was neither rotten nor ferocious, nor was it poisonous. Instead, it was like … hunger.
Sui Xiong had heard about Yonier. This legendary monster was powerful and gluttonous, but its diet was quite strange. It did not eat any known living things, and it had no interest in grains, vegetables, or fish. The only thing it was interested in was bones.
What was even more amazing was that there were endless bones buried under the ground of the Ashes Forest. So every night, a large number of skeletons would appear and madly attack any living things around them.
Therefore, during the day, Jonny would always lie on the ground lazily and sleep. When night fell and he was hungry, he would split into several Mud Monsters and attack in all directions. He would sweep through all the skeletons he could find and gorge himself on them.
Thanks to Yonier, there was actually a safe area in the depths of the Ashes Forest where there were no skeletons. Many creatures lived here, and some of the more intelligent ones respected this huge mud monster as their guardian. They built an altar in the swamp where it usually rested and bought the bones of demonic beasts as sacrifices.
The main source of these sacrifices was the Dragon-roar Town.
As the main source of income from hunting magical beasts, the Dragon-roar Town certainly had no shortage of magical beast bones. The intelligent creatures who believed in Yonier bought all kinds of bones for sacrifices, and finally found that the Mud Monster's guardian was really strong and simple. The bigger the bone, the better, and the bigger it was, the more it liked it.
Therefore, they set their sights on those large magical beasts. As a result, the hunters in Dragon-roar Town had developed a habit. If they hunted a large magical beast, they would remove its bones or directly drag it back, even if it was a little troublesome.
Honestly speaking, since those creatures were so poor that they had to rely on York to survive, they naturally couldn't produce any decent wealth. However, most of the hunters in Dragon-roar Town were a group of enthusiastic and hospitable people. As long as they did not bring too much trouble to themselves, they were willing to help others.
Not only that, but there were also some factions that tried to help Yornier. They would occasionally bribe the hunters to help those people.
Among them was Snowflake, who had changed her name to Arctic Tyrant.
Therefore, even though the believers of Jonnier were so poor that they had nothing on them and could only use wood and some common ores as trading items, they were still able to exchange for a lot of things that were enough to sustain their lives.
When he gradually approached Yonier, Sui Xiong slowly lowered his altitude to avoid arousing the other party's hostility. However, he was obviously thinking too much. Under the sun, the Sludge Monster was lying in the swamp that was almost completely frozen, lazily basking in the sun. It was completely motionless and completely ignored Sui Xiong's arrival.
However, there were a few gray intelligent creatures on the ground who had picked up their weapons and made a defensive posture.
Sui Xiong carefully looked at these creatures who believed in Yonier. They looked quite similar to humans, but the surface of their bodies was covered with grayish-black dust. This layer of dust had a special magic power that could maintain their body temperature well, so they could live normally in this world of ice and snow.
Their lower limbs were a little short, and their upper limbs were very long, which looked very strange. Although their heads also had structures similar to eyes and mouths, there were no eyeballs. There were only two surging masses of mud, which was very strange.
Of course, this was not something that normal creatures should have. In fact, they would only change into this appearance when they were close to Yonier. When they were far away from Yonier, they would change into another appearance — the most common one was a savage covered with thick fur.
Some powerful mages had caught these savages and studied them, but they found that their bodies and bloodlines were essentially not very different from those of humans. The reason why this strange phenomenon occurred was that they were too close to Yonier and were affected.
Near this Legendary giant beast, the "world" itself had been distorted and changed into the appearance that it was used to. The intelligent creatures that lived near it were also distorted by its power, and strange changes occurred.
These intelligent creatures were not powerful enough to resist this distortion, so they could not discover their own changes at all. In their view, no matter whether they were close to or far away from Yonier, they were still the same, and there were no changes.
Even when they communicated with the residents of Dragon-roar Town and discovered that they had become long-haired savages, they would not feel uneasy or worried. Instead, they felt that it was natural and not a big deal.
A mage once spent money to buy a few slaves and let them live with Yonier for a period of time. After they changed, he would try to remove this change. The experiment was quite successful, but the slaves did not feel anything wrong when they looked at the strange images of themselves that were recorded. According to them, everything was normal, and there was nothing strange at all.
That mage finally could not suppress his burning curiosity, and he went to live with Yonier himself. He used a lot of protective spells on himself, but it was useless. After a few months, he also became a monster next to Yonier, and a long-haired savage elsewhere.
Fortunately, he still had friends, and they pulled him back in time and cured him.
His sacrifice was worth it. After this research, the mages finally confirmed that the area around Yonier had undergone a change similar to a "Holy Kingdom." This super huge mud monster actually had the preliminary power similar to that of a god. However, its intelligence was too low, and it could not realize the transformation in its essence — or rather, the speed of this transformation was very slow, so slow that it was almost unobservable, so this strange phenomenon occurred.
Of course, Sui Xiong was also a little curious about this. But first, he had to communicate with Yonier's believers and let them believe that he was not an enemy.
In fact, it was very simple.
The huge jellyfish waved its tentacles and took out a shockingly large leg bone.
This bone did not come from a magical beast; it was made by Sui Xiong himself. Anyway, it was nothing more than a pile of minerals and nutrients, and it was no different from building a house.
However, to the believers of Yornier, this was an undeniable gift. They immediately put down their weapons and happily stroked this huge leg bone that was almost as tall as them. They clicked their tongues in admiration.
"Our Lord will like this gift very much!" a creature that seemed to be the leader said. "Guest from afar, the Swamp of Tranquility welcomes you!"
The Swamp of Tranquility was the name they gave to this area.
It was indeed very safe here, as long as you did not mind becoming a monster and having your entire body and mind distorted.
Of course, Sui Xiong would not be affected by Yonier's power. He landed on the ground, shrunk his body, and chatted with the residents of the Swamp of Tranquility who did not realize what was wrong with them. He also took out food to share with them.
The diet of these residents did not become strange like Yonier's. They still ate and drank like ordinary creatures. To prevent the ubiquitous negative energy from contaminating their food and drinking water, they dug underground storage rooms and used the purchased magic materials to build warehouses that could shield against negative energy for storage.
The cost of doing so was not low, so clean food and drinking water were rather precious resources for them. It was fine in the winter, as the snow and ice on the canopy of the forest was very lightly polluted and could be used as a reliable water source. However, there was no way to get food. They could only rely on buying it.
The batch of food that Sui Xiong took out was something that he had deliberately fished from the sea. The quantity was quite considerable. For these people who lived in poverty, it could be considered a considerable amount of wealth.
They happily lit a bonfire, sang, and danced. Although their actions were very strange, their joy was not fake. Sui Xiong lay on a nearby stump. Seeing them so happy, he could not help but laugh.
The day gradually passed. When the sky was about to turn dark, the believers of Yonier used various tools and laboriously dragged the strangely large leg bone to a simple altar in the swamp. Because the altar was not big enough, they could only put one side of the bone on it.
After doing this, they worshiped and prayed to Yonier, and then went into the underground cave.
The winter nights in the North were bitterly cold. Even with Yonier's gift to change their forms, it was difficult to resist. Only by hiding in the relatively warm underground could they survive the long cold night.
When the moon rose, the huge mud monster that had been lying motionless for the whole day shook slightly. It shattered the ice that had accumulated on its body during the day, and then slowly wriggled its body and changed its shape.
In the center of its upper body, the mud-like substance slowly flowed and gathered into a humanoid shape. However, its head was like a giant octopus, and its arms had four tentacles. It looked quite strange.
This strange creature and Sui Xiong, who had changed back into a giant floating jellyfish, looked at each other for a while and sent a query.
The will was vague, sticky, and soft, like glue mixed with mud. Fortunately, it was still possible to understand its meaning.
Sui Xiong smiled and sent a friendly message. He also reminded it to pay attention to the huge bone on the altar.
When Yonier noticed the huge bone, it immediately let out a long and happy howl.
Just as it was trying hard to eat the bone, Sui Xiong took out another one and indicated that he had more.
Thus, the most powerful mud monster in the world, the guardian of the peaceful swamp without any self-awareness, was easily bought over by a pile of big bones.
When Sui Xiong left, this guy learned the first word in its life other than instinct.
Friend.
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