The clear seawater was highly translucent.
Under the bright sunlight, one could clearly see that there was an independent dark blue pool at the bottom of the sea. There was also a clear boundary between the pool and the normal seawater — the saltcline layer.
A large number of halophilic bacteria were born due to the high salt content, and they were the foundation of the food chain here. Countless shellfish, fish, and shrimp from the lowest to the highest level formed a magical ecosystem around the saltcline.
Together, they fed the top predators that occupied the nearby area.
However, today's hunt was over, and the rest of the creatures at the bottom of the sea were safe for now. A slender, enormous shadow with a fish basket made of seaweed attached to its body slowly floated to the surface of the water with the young man who was waiting in the middle of the water.
It was a giant fish that was more than thirty meters long. Its body was smooth and scaleless, and there were seven gill openings on each side of its body.
Its mouth was cylindrical and had no upper or lower palate. Inside the mouth was a flesh channel made of ring-shaped sharp teeth. Any prey that was unlucky enough to be bitten by this mouth would undoubtedly be turned into a pile of meat and bones.
Without a doubt, it was a ferocious predator, and it was a small wild "lamprey" that was enough to join the family of sea monsters!
Boom!
The snow-white waves exploded.
Kvarina Bach, a mixed-blood young man with a green conch around his neck, jumped out of the water on the back of the thirty-meter-long "lamprey".
As if he did not feel the cold wind that was still below freezing point, he checked the fish basket and shouted excitedly, "Haha, Haha!
Polk, we're so lucky today! We caught two big codfish that are more than one meter long. Do you want to eat grilled codfish today? "
However, the small sea lamprey under him did not respond to him as usual.
Instead, it suddenly lifted its upper body out of the water and opened its terrifying mouth full of sharp teeth to the shore, hissing as if it was frightened.
At the same time, a circle of clear water suddenly rose and formed a high-speed water ring around them.
"What's wrong, Polk?"
The young man who almost fell off the back of the fish hurriedly comforted the sea monster that had always been docile. At the same time, he looked at the shore.
He saw a group of five people standing in front of his wooden house, as if they had been waiting for him for a long time.
The young man, who had never seen anyone other than his parents in his life, unsheathed a well-forged transcendent dagger at his waist the moment he saw these people. He looked like a wild beast whose territory had been invaded.
Among them, a very tall young man spoke in the language called Atlan, which his father spoke, "Hello, my child! Do you want to leave the island and see the outside world? "
Elvin had reached an agreement with Jeros, who had already left. This orphan of an unknown adventurer who was stranded on a deserted island would be taken over by him, regardless of whether he had the "Golden Compass" or not.
Jeros and his wife had been drifting on the sea, and they couldn't take care of such a "fragile" burden. In fact, on the entire Theseus, there were only two humans, Jeros and Stephanie, and a macaw first mate.
The other crew members, including the oarsmen, were [Regenerating Puppets] created by Jeros using the unique witchcraft of the school. Their cost-performance ratio was far higher than that of human sailors.
While Elvin was waiting for the young man to come ashore, his powerful mind field had already discovered some of the Atlan books in the house.
There were also the skeletons of a man and a woman buried not too far away from the wooden house. In particular, the man's skeleton still had old wounds that had not healed. They should be the young man's parents, and the man should be an Atlan.
However, this place was close to a hundred kilometers away from the nearest settlement of the Koyak people.
Perhaps because he had not had much contact with outsiders, this young man who had lived alone for god knows how long was obviously very wary of strangers.
"Stranger, leave here!"
Hiss!
His reluctance was expressed very clearly, and he resisted communication. If it were not for the strong sense of fear that the "lamprey" conveyed to him, this mixed-race young man might have launched an attack directly.
Elvin took a deep look at him, but he wasn't angry.
"Then … I'll come to you again after some time."
Of course, taking in a student was a matter of mutual consent. It was impossible to take him back by force. Since a wild kid who had been living on a deserted island did not realize the benefits of power, then he would wait for the future.
He would come and go often. Cakes, candies, seasonings, clothes … Elvin did not believe that he could resist his sugar-coated bullets. Sooner or later, he would fall into his trap.
The mental network had already extended here. With them monitoring at all times, there was no need to worry about the cooked duck flying away.
Even the "adventurer's blood" that had begun to surge in this young man's body would urge him to leave this "comfortable" place as soon as possible. By then, it would naturally become a seller's market. After all, he was not really a selfless grandfather.
Elvin turned around and snapped his fingers.
Pa!
A [Black Voice] appeared in front of them. Due to the distance, they could not directly reach the Georgia territory from here, and they still needed to pass through the gaps of the Shadow Realm.
However, as long as they rested a few times in the middle, they should be able to cross half of the New World and return to the territory later in the afternoon. Considering the physical fitness of Leon and the other two, this speed was already very fast.
As for the ability of the Universal Dragon, although it was more convenient, it was not as good as the Shadow Dragon in many aspects such as controllability, energy consumption, proficiency, and so on.
It had only been a day since he had loaded this plug-in. Elvin, who had only briefly tested a few spell-like spells, did not dare to take so many people to perform a long-distance space jump for the time being.
However.
Until he walked into the Black Voice, Jacob was still looking back.
However, he was not looking at the junior brother that had already been decided, but at the very ferocious-looking "lamprey." For ordinary people and low-level Extraordinaires, there were not many opportunities to come into close contact with sea monsters.
"Jacob, what are you looking at? Hurry up and keep up! "
Leon reminded him in a low voice.
"Teacher, the body of this sea monster is a kind of jawless fish without upper and lower jaws. The" round mouth "feature is very rare in the sea. It only appears on some very ancient species of creatures.
I once saw fossils of ancient armored fish near the six linked lakes in ancient times, which might have been the bottom of the sea. The mouth features between the two are very similar. "
Jacob hurried to catch up with the rest of the group, still enthusiastically recounting his discovery.
Jacob, who had awakened a [Talent Spell — Identify] when he was still an apprentice, had extremely keen insight. This was also the reason why he had the confidence to dream of becoming a naturalist.
The others did not react, but Elvin's eyes lit up slightly. He turned around and looked at his new student.
"Oh? Jacob, are you very interested in this field? Then I'll give you a mission.
After that, in addition to your normal studies, you can start to collect information on all kinds of creatures at hand, including animals, plants, fungi … Try to find as many creatures as possible. Then, find their connections and put them into a tree according to certain rules.
Based on appearance, habits, attributes, Extraordinary abilities, and so on, you can classify them according to your own ideas. You can even find a few more classifications to summarize them. How about it? Are you willing to accept this mission? "
Compared to Kyle, who only wanted to be a doctor or a pharmacist, Jacob, who had greater "ambition", wanted to travel the world to become a naturalist. In the past few days in the "alchemy workshop", he had already heard the significance of the most ancient school of thought, the "Tree of Life School" from his teacher.
Not to mention the ancient legends, just the concepts of the "Tree of Life", "God's Stairway", and "Path of the Flaming Sword" were already the foundation of many mystical knowledge. Even wild wizards like them, who specialized in Potioneering, were no exception.
Now that he was about to participate in this great project that spanned almost the entire history of wizardry, and it was the research direction he was most interested in, Jacob was so excited that he jumped up.
He agreed without hesitation.
"Yes, teacher. I'll do my best to complete this project!"
In this world, students and teachers did not have a personal relationship. A person could have many teachers in their lifetime, so Jacob did not find it difficult to call him teacher.
Elvin did not interfere in advance, nor did he give out the classification concepts of "Realm, Gate, Class, Head, Family, Genus, Species".
Because the supernatural world and the mortal world were obviously different, the meaning of classifying living things was to clarify the relationship and evolution between different groups. Every element had to be considered, and Elvin did not want Jacob to be limited by a fixed way of thinking.
Now that he had more and more people in his hands, it was no longer the bleak situation where he had to do everything himself. If there was something he needed to do, his disciples would help him, and he would just have to wait for the harvest.
The huge "Tree of Life" system couldn't be established with only him as the main trunk. It needed lush leaves and even more dense roots. These disciples with great potential were the hope for the "Tree of Life" to continue to grow in the future!
Whoosh!
The [Black Cavity] closed, and the few people disappeared.
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