"What does this mean? It's a semi-anonymous letter …" Li Shuyi pondered for a moment. "It doesn't seem to have any ill intentions towards us."
Bai Xiaowen nodded and waved his hand to let the skinny Gnoll leave.
Not only was this Gnoll weak, but it also had low intelligence. It was basically impossible to communicate with it. Out of respect for the messenger, Bai Xiaowen did not use the Bewitching Spell on this Gnoll messenger to read its memory.
"Xiaowen, who do you think it is?" Li Shuyi asked.
"I'm not sure, but this person is definitely not simple," Bai Xiaowen said. "It seems that the other party already knows the location of my target. The only people who know this are Camelot and the orcs. But if it's the higher-ups of these two countries, there's no need for them to communicate with me in such a secretive way. "
"Could it be a mysterious organization that we don't know about?" Li Shuyi asked.
"That's very likely."
Putting away the scale, Bai Xiaowen sighed. "Let's not think too much about it. The difficulty of this mission is only B +. Judging from the difficulty, this mysterious organization should not be too malicious towards us. Otherwise, the difficulty would be at least A +. Of course, I'm not just considering the difficulty. When we get there, let's be careful. "
Nothing unexpected happened during the rest of the journey. The two took the teleportation portal to the Kingdom of Camelot. They declined Camelot's invitation to a banquet and headed north directly to the Ashen Swamp.
…
The Ashen Swamp was filled with a pale mist.
This mist was bone-chilling and seemed to be constantly absorbing the heat of the human body. Walking in the swamp could not replenish one's physical strength.
"The Ashen Swamp. This name sounds familiar," Li Shuyi said.
"Well, the treasure space of the Dead Soul Lake. The core area is called the Ashen Swamp. It actually means the same thing," Bai Xiaowen said.
"Could these two places be related in some way? I remember that there's this strange mist. It seems to be called Yin Qi. "
"Well … it should be the same place," Bai Xiaowen said. "However, the treasure space of the Dead Soul Lake should be a fragmented space that collapsed when the Blacktide Plane was unified last time, or even earlier, and it happened to include the Ashen Swamp. The Ashen Swamp we see now is actually a place that has evolved again. "
After Li Shuyi and Bai Xiaowen stepped into the Ashen Swamp, they were both afflicted with a negative status called "Yin Qi Lingering". In this state, the two were actually very familiar with each other.
"I remember that there was a hidden tribe of Nagas in the Pale Swamp in the Treasure Land. I don't know if it's still there," Li Shuyi said.
"I'm not sure about that …" Bai Xiaowen actually had some doubts in his heart. He recalled that the female chief of the Naga tribe, Alici, whom he had met in the Ashen Mire, seemed to be the priestess of Amotava. However, her appearance was very different from ordinary Naga. The most special thing about her was that she had many arms, which was very similar to the Snake Mother's Multi-Armed Naga.
According to Bai Xiaowen's judgment, the Dead Soul Lake should be a fragment of the plane that fell out after the Snake Men of the Abyss in the Blacktide Plane completed their unification. Because the Snake Men won, it appeared in the central area of the continent.
However, how should he explain the Eye of Amotava that was enshrined in the altar of the Snake Men?
If the Snake Men were unified, Amotava's body should be intact. He wouldn't gouge out his eyeballs for his believers to worship, right?
Bai Xiaowen shook his head and put away these thoughts. He focused his attention on his surroundings again.
Although the thin fog could block his vision, Bai Xiaowen's mental scan was not hindered. Soon, he found a trace of abnormality.
Splash!
A strong black shadow pounced out of the swamp, bringing a large amount of mud with it as it rushed towards Bai Xiaowen.
Bai Xiaowen was already prepared. He raised his hand and summoned the Skeleton Warrior. The Skeleton Warrior collided with the black shadow in front of him, knocking it back a few steps. Of course, the Skeleton Warrior was also knocked back a few meters. The difference in strength between the two was not big.
After the black shadow was knocked back, it revealed itself. It was a huge crocodile covered in mud.
Bai Xiaowen used [Insight]. This crocodile was called the Dead Swamp Crocodile. It was a Level-10 Elite creature with camouflage, bite, and tail sweeping skills. Its strength was not considered strong.
"Don't do anything."
Bai Xiaowen summoned Kitts, as well as the Shadow Assassin and other undead summoned creatures. In this environment where Yin energy lingered, sending the undead creatures was the best choice. The physical recovery of normal life forms was too slow.
Under Bai Xiaowen's control, the summoned creatures cooperated well and killed the giant crocodile, but not even a hair fell.
"This damn ghost fog. If only we could collect undead to camouflage ourselves," Li Shuyi said.
"Don't worry. The ghost fog itself is part of the difficulty of a B + level mission … With such a thick layer of ghost fog, it means that the difficulty of the battle we will encounter will be very low. "
Bai Xiaowen released his mental power and suddenly frowned. "Something else is coming … and there seems to be quite a lot of them."
As he spoke, Bai Xiaowen glanced at the Bracelet of Misfortune. There was a smiley face on it.
“？”
Before the question mark in Bai Xiaowen's mind turned into a "!", he encountered the creatures that had followed the sound.
A group of lobstermen …
Those large pincers, thick shells, bulging eyes … The familiar formula, the familiar smell.
"Who are you people?! How dare you intrude into this death zone. Do you want to die? "
The lobsterman at the front had a pincer on his right hand that was larger than his left. He was a commander. He waved his large pincer and shouted at Bai Xiaowen, "Hurry up and leave this place. Otherwise, only death awaits!"
"Oh …"
Bai Xiaowen glanced at the smiley face on the Bracelet of Misfortune again. Finally, he slowly took out a piece of scale.
That's right. It was the scale that the mysterious organization named "G" had given to Bai Xiaowen and asked him to take good care of it.
The moment the lobsterman leader saw the scale, he was stunned.
"You … this scale, where did you get it?"
"I don't know. There are words written on the scale. You can see for yourself. "Bai Xiaowen handed the scale over.
Unexpectedly, the lobsterman leader dodged it like it was a hot iron. He was flustered. "No, no need to look … human, follow me!"
Li Shuyi glanced at Bai Xiaowen curiously.
"Let's follow … these lobstermen shouldn't be hostile." Bai Xiaowen sighed lightly and quickly followed.
Soon, the two of them were led by the lobstermen to a village of lobstermen in the swamp. Under the curious gaze of a group of lobstermen, they walked all the way to the end of the village and in front of a small house made of shells.
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