After a friendly match with Hathaway, Suhlen left the astrology platform feeling refreshed. Hathaway's mastery of Grease was getting better and better. Even the little succubus Chrissy couldn't compare.
Suhlen and Hathaway discussed Transfiguration, Wizard's Hand, Art of Tentacles, and other magic books in detail. In the end, Hathaway was exhausted and had to end the match.
Hathaway also had some new products. For example, a special oil that could be used together with Grease. It was made by Hathaway using the essence of more than ten flowers. Not only was it smooth, but the smell was also very fragrant. Just a little bit was enough to make it very smooth.
They walked out of the wizard tower through the stairs. The elemental energy in the wizard tower was very dense. The elemental pool in the wizard tower had transformed the entire wizard tower into a place where elemental energy was active. Wizards could live in this environment like fish in water.
Boom!
A muffled sound was suddenly heard, followed by a burst of black smoke coming out of a laboratory not far away. Two golems quickly rushed over, and the door of the laboratory opened. A man in a tattered sorcerer's robe ran out of the room, wearing a pitch-black robe. The two golems didn't say anything and directly sprayed liquid at the man.
"Stop! Stop! I don't have any radiation on me! "The man said angrily. However, the two golems didn't care about his protests. They kept spraying the man's body back and forth before stopping. Then, the golems sprayed the lab again.
Suhlen finally realized that the black silhouette was Wizard Lorraine. Wizard Lorraine also saw Suhlen next to him. After being stunned for a moment, Wizard Lorraine smiled awkwardly and said, "Haha, experiment mistake, basic, hehe, no problem! No problem! "
"It's just that these golems are making a big deal out of nothing. Mr. Suhlen, can you ask Ms. Hathaway to change the settings of the golems? They're too rude!"
"I think that's a good idea! Magus experiments are very dangerous, so these precautions are necessary. " Su Lun looked at Luo Lin, who was like a drowned rat, with a trace of mockery in his eyes, and said righteously.
"Alright, I knew it. You guys just want to see a joke!" Wizard Lorraine snapped his fingers and used a cleaning spell to clean the dust and water off his body.
"You're underestimating me. I've been professionally trained in noble etiquette. No matter how funny it is, I won't laugh unless I can't hold it in!"
“.....”
Suhlen left the wizard tower in a good mood and returned to the Lord's castle. At that moment, the drow scouts who went to the swamp came back with some information.
"Sir, we found the Hydra in the poisonous swamp!" The drow with a scar on his face said.
"Where is it in the Poisonous Miasma Swamp?" Su Lun leaned against the chair in the study and asked.
Scarface took out a parchment scroll and said, "Sir, this is a simple map of the swamp that we drew."
He handed the parchment scroll over. Suhlen took the parchment scroll and spread it on the table. There was a very simple topographic map drawn on the parchment scroll. A winding line represented a river, and the paths in the swamp were also marked.
In a place that looked like a lake in the swamp, there was a mark of a multi-headed snake. In addition to this snake, Suhlen also found a few marks of small people on the west side of the swamp.
"This snake is a nine-headed snake, right?" Suhlen pointed at the map and asked.
"Yes, sir."
Suhlen continued to ask, "What are those small people on the west side of the swamp?"
"Sir, we found a swamp giant tribe there. There are about a dozen of them," Scarface explained.
Swamp giants!
Suhlen looked up at him in surprise. After confirming again, Suhlen nodded.
The Swamp Giants were one of the branches of the giant species in the multiverse. They were also known as Swamp Giants, and they generally lived in the swamps of the material world. There was a Swamp Plane between the Water Elemental Plane and the Earth Elemental Plane, and a large number of Swamp Giants also lived there.
The Swamp Giants of the Swamp Plane were much stronger than those of the prime material world. Adult Swamp Giant warriors in the Swamp Plane were around six meters tall and weighed around eight thousand pounds. Females were slightly shorter and had a lifespan of around three hundred years. The Swamp Giants of the prime material world were around four meters tall and weighed around five thousand pounds.
Swamp giants were grayish-brown and usually did not have armor on their bodies. After all, ordinary metals could not survive in the swamp for a long time. However, they usually had a layer of mud on their bodies. Their main weapons were javelins, giant axes, and rocks. Their attacks were very long-range. Swamp giants were weaker than their cousins, the frost giants, and only a little smarter than the hill giants.
After hearing that there were swamp giants in the swamp, Suhlen suddenly had an idea.
"Sir, these swamp giants are not on good terms with the hydra. When we were collecting information, we found that there was a conflict between the two," Scarface said respectfully.
"Sure enough, a mountain cannot accommodate two tigers!" Suhlen smiled. The swamp giants were not weak. Although they could not compare to the frost giants, they were not much weaker. Even if a group of a dozen swamp giants could not defeat a hydra, they would not be too far off.
After receiving information about the swamp, Suhlen started his preparations. Two days later, Suhlen brought Hathaway and the twelve barbarian marauders out of Northguard City. The work of Northguard City was handed over to Suhlen.
The weakest person in the group was at 4th Rank, and after casting a group haste spell, their speed was very fast. It only took a day for Suhlen's group to reach the edge of the swamp.
It was Su Lun's first time to come to the Poisonous Miasma Swamp. Su Lun frowned slightly at the environment of the swamp. First of all, because of the large amount of water in the swamp, the ground here was basically not dry and many places were like mud. Stepping on it would slightly sink, and lifting it would cause a large amount of mud to rise.
More importantly, some places that looked like roads might be traps. Stepping on them would cause them to sink into the mud, and if they were not rescued in time, they would quickly be swallowed up.
Apart from the ground, the swamp was also filled with a sour smell. This was the smell of animal corpses, decaying plants, and so on. Some of the swamps would bubble up from time to time. The air was very humid, and under the sunlight, the entire swamp was covered in water vapor, making the swamp's environment hot and humid. Apart from this, there was also a large number of mosquitoes flying above the swamp.
If an adventurer entered this kind of area unprepared, even if they did not sink into the mud, just the bites of mosquitoes would take away half of their life. These mosquitoes carried a large number of diseases, and being bitten by them was very likely to cause all kinds of diseases. If they did not have mosquito repellents, it was better not to approach this place.
Suhlen took out a few bottles of insect repellent and distributed them to everyone. The repellent was light green in color and emitted a kind of grassy fragrance. After using it, they would not be bitten by mosquitoes for a certain period of time. In addition to the repellent, Hathaway gave everyone a Lighten spell. This spell could greatly reduce the body's weight, and they would not have to worry about sinking into the mud. It was very convenient to move in the swamp.
Suhlen took out a sky lantern and cast Invisibility on everyone. With Invisibility, they would not have to worry about being discovered by the Swamp Giant or the Hydra. Apart from this, everyone also took antidotes. There was a lot of miasma in the swamp, and if they were not prepared, it was very likely to cause dizziness and nausea. In serious cases, they might even fall into a coma.
In this kind of environment, spellcasters also had to reduce their magic consumption in order to avoid not being able to exert their full strength in the face of danger.
After all the preparations were completed, the group entered the swamp. Because of the Hydra, the lizardmen in the swamp had been forced to migrate. Even if there were some that stayed, they would hide in some remote areas, so they did not encounter any lizardmen.
Although there were no lizardmen, there were many other creatures in the swamp, such as Swamp Lizards, Swamp Crocodiles, and some birds and snakes that lived in the swamp. It was said that there were also Titan Pythons living in the swamp. It was a fierce beast with a challenge rating of level 15, but this kind of Titan Pythons generally lived in swamps with a warm climate in the south.
Suhlen and the others approached the area where the Hydra lived according to the route on the map. Suhlen needed to check the situation of the Hydra first. In addition to the Hydra, he also needed to know about the Swamp Giant on the west side of the swamp. Although scouts had already explored it before, he still wanted to see it for himself.
Although the swamp looked dirty and filled with all kinds of miasma, in fact, it was very rich in food. There were a lot of fish living in the swamp, and the Hydra did not have to worry about a lack of food here.
"This is where the trouble is!"
Suhlen and the others hid in an area with lush reeds. A group of "black clouds" flew quickly in the sky. These black clouds were made up of countless Swamp Mosquito, and there were as many as a million of them. The Swamp Mosquito was much larger than ordinary mosquitoes, and with long mouths, they looked ferocious and disgusting. If they swarmed together, they could directly suck a person's blood dry. For someone like Suhlen, who had trypophobia, it was simply unbearable.
Fortunately, they had insect repellents on them, and they were in stealth mode. The mosquitoes did not notice them, and soon the mosquitoes flew away, and the group continued on their way.
Suddenly, a dull dragon's roar came from the distance. Suhlen's eyes lit up. "Hydra, it seems that we have found our target!"
Everyone hurried to the place where the sound came from. After ten minutes of walking through the swamp, the sound was getting closer and closer. Soon, Suhlen saw the tall figure of the Hydra. At this time, the Hydra was attacking a three-meter-long crocodile. Under the siege of the Hydra's many heads, the crocodile only lasted a few minutes before it was killed by the Hydra. Then, Suhlen saw the nine heads began to fight for food.
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