When the Deathmarsh Great Crocodile saw the trio climbing up the tree, it still wasn't willing to give up. It frenziedly slammed its massive tail against the tree trunk, as though it wasn't willing to stop until the tree was broken. Its actions were exactly in line with the trio's expectations. This gigantic tree of this ancient forest was at least 3-5 people hugging it. Even if this Deathmarsh Great Crocodile possessed boundless monstrous strength, it would at least need to thrash for 20-30 minutes …... by then, the exhausted crocodile would be heavily injured and bleeding profusely. Even if it didn't want to die, it would be hard.
Nevertheless, this Great Crocodile wasn't that brainless. After thrashing its tail against the tree several times, it realized that it had no hope of destroying the tree. Thus, it calmed down and lowered its adrenaline secretion. As the agony of its body gradually subsided, it turned around and crawled towards the swamp. Yet at this moment, Reef, who had successfully recovered, had already led a group of underlings and silently blocked its path!
Following that, there wasn't much suspense. With the addition of Sheyan, Reef was able to obtain an additional 10 seconds of breathing space during the battle. One mustn't belittle this little bit of respite. It was like a person who could at most last 10 minutes underwater. If he was allowed to gasp for 5-6 seconds after one or two minutes, he would be able to last for an entire day.
With the two of them taking turns, no matter how valiant this tier-5 legendary creature was, it could only release a mournful shriek before dying on its way to the swamp.
Sheyan and Reef glanced at each other, before releasing a long sigh of relief. Then, they chortled heartily before collapsing to the ground in exhaustion. The 5 hired natives behind Reef started cheering loudly as they swarmed towards the slain Deathmarsh Great Crocodile. They smeared its blood on their bodies, before holding hands and singing loudly.
Witnessing such a scene, Sheyan couldn't help but sigh.
"What a pity, those guys weren't of much help. Instead, the quality of our spoils will definitely drop."
Instead, Reef replied.
"That won't happen."
Speaking till here, his lips curled into a grin.
"They were conquered by my courage, and are willing to become my slaves henceforth. Therefore, they are like your Dingyuan, where their attacks are equivalent to my attacks. The quality of our spoils is 100% guaranteed."
Sheyan curiously asked.
"They became your slaves?"
Reef couldn't help but proudly exclaim.
"That's right. However, the contract I signed with them can't be compared to yours and Jinkuang's. It's a slave contract. They can enjoy a certain percentage of my attribute bonuses, but they can't give me anything in return. Moreover, I can only revive them after returning to the Realm and registering them. Therefore, we must try our best to prevent them from dying in the following battles. "
Sheyan nodded.
"Of course."
At this moment, both of them received a notification at the same time.
"You have killed a Tier 5 Legendary Creature: Deathmarsh Great Crocodile."
[Each of you has received 3000 utility points.]
"Each of you can choose one of the following rewards as an additional reward."
"A: Achievement + 1."
"B: Obtain the dropped key." (This option must be passed by both players)
"C: Obtained 3 potential points.
[D: The inhabitants of the Great Swamp naturally possess a certain level of resistance. There is a very high chance that the effects of normal diseases will be weakened by 10%. The effects of high level diseases will also be weakened. The effects will last until you leave this world. This special effect can be stacked with other similar effects.]
Sheyan and Reef glanced at each other and didn't converse any further. Instead, they directly selected option D. Both of them were experts in close combat, and were the most battered and battered by diseases! At present, if they could successfully weaken this disease, even if it was only in this world, it would be like sending charcoal in snowy weather.
At this moment, Reef explained the situation to him. As it turns out, Brother Black had also been separated that night. When he escaped, he had successfully lured away another Deathmarsh Great Crocodile. If not, Reef wouldn't have been able to drag that Deathmarsh Great Crocodile along and fight it one on one.
Instead, those hired aboriginals had suffered disastrous casualties. They had used their own corpses to attract the firepower of the Deathmarsh Great Crocodile and the Ndipaya barbarians. Therefore, apart from the few before them, there weren't many left.
Nevertheless, it wasn't without good news. Those aboriginals who were able to survive such a desperate battle had all matured, and obviously had a substantial improvement in their strength. Especially when Sheyan and Reef discovered that after Reef's 5 slaves slayed that Deathmarsh Great Crocodile, their names had changed to 'Thick Leaf', 'Berry' etc. Now, their names had changed to 'Warrior XX'. Although their offensive capabilities didn't seem to have increased by much, their HP had substantially increased, and their survivability had been enhanced.
At this moment, Sheyan sought out the familiar Mbenga, and inquired about the surrounding terrain. He then discovered that if Mogensha had successfully fled, then he should've already returned to the route they had previously traversed. Yet now, he hadn't returned. The only explanation was that he had either been captured, or had fled into the depths of the swamp.
Fortunately for now, that escape tool 'Unmodified Amnio-tank' was still intact in the party storage. This was sufficient to indicate that Mogensha hadn't encountered any life-threatening dangers. Moreover, Mogensha had originally resided in Africa in the present world. It could be said that returning to this place was akin to returning to the sea; his home turf. If Brother Black risked his awakening as a Reserve-duty Growth-Hunter, then it should be a daunting experience without any mishaps.
After a series of discussions, Sheyan and Reef finally sorted out their current train of thought, and summarized their experiences and future plans.
Evidently, their group was currently circling around the outer fringes of this hidden world. If they wished to penetrate deep into the swamp, then they would have to gather the mysterious stone slabs of the Ndipaya barbarian tribes scattered throughout the swamp.
Currently speaking, the enemies in the outer fringes of this hidden world were the Ndipaya barbarians and the Deathmarsh Great Crocodile! These two types of enemies were exceedingly thorny. They would appear in groups, and were extremely durable.
The Ndipaya barbarians had grasped an exceedingly valiant long range defensive ability. Hence, their enemies were forced to engage in close combat. Once they engaged in close combat, unless they weren't injured, they would be infected and weakened by various diseases. From this, Sheyan could deduce that as their group continued exploring this hidden world, they would very possibly discover creatures with exceedingly tyrannical long range offensive capabilities. These creatures would very likely engage in frequent bloody clashes with the Ndipaya barbarians. Thus, they had tempered the miraculous long range defensive capabilities of the Ndipaya barbarians.
The Deathmarsh Great Crocodile was a tier-5 legendary creature, and was adept in moving in groups. Their attacks wouldn't carry diseases. Instead, battling them in the swamp, one would easily be injured and infected with diseases. Furthermore, though Reef's prowess had improved tremendously, in the absence of Brother Black, he could at most lure two Deathmarsh Great Crocodiles. Any more and an accident would easily occur.
Based on their current situation, the most troublesome issue, which was also what they had anticipated, was still the endless stream of horrifying diseases. Till now, Sheyan and the rest had only encountered those elementary weakening diseases. This already caused them to feel exceedingly unbearable. More importantly, they could foresee that if they planned to venture deep into the depths of the swamp, and uncover the secrets within, they would very likely encounter even more formidable diseases that directly affected their lives. For example, septicemia, tetanus …... all of these were horrifying diseases that could kill within a short period of time.
Therefore, Sheyan and Reef decided without much effort. First, they would hunt down the Deathmarsh Great Crocodiles. First, they would raise their disease resistance, and strive to achieve immunity against ordinary diseases. Then, they would stack as much resistance as they could against high grade diseases.
In this way, they could also conveniently train Brother Black's servants, allowing them to rapidly mature and become useful.
At this moment, Sheyan suddenly had a thought. Was it possible to return to Port Qom to recruit more helpers? Yet regretfully, the moment they departed 5 kilometres from the swamp, they would receive a merciless notification from the nightmare realm.
[You've acquired an important storyline item: Mysterious Black Slate.]
[Storyline has undergone changes, difficulty has increased.]
[Return method has changed, removing the restriction of returning to Port Qom before returning to the nightmare realm.]
[Are you certain you wish to leave the hidden world: Resident Evil Origins?]
Sheyan naturally dared not confirm, and could only obediently shrink back. Nevertheless, although his attempt had failed, he still had a certain clue on how to hunt down the Deathmarsh Great Crocodiles. Without a doubt, engaging them in battle within the swamp was absolutely unwise, and they had to remove this advantage.
Moreover, Mbenga had informed Sheyan that the Deathmarsh Great Crocodiles were exceedingly greedy and savage. Once they couldn't find sufficient food, they would even massacre each other.
Sheyan pondered for a moment and decided to first lure them with food. Utilizing the discarded prey, he would first divide these greedy Taotie Great Crocodiles, before seizing the opportunity to slaughter them while they were feasting. Generally, a Deathmarsh Great Crocodile pack wouldn't exceed 5. If that was the case, there would still be some hope.
Right now, most of the forest creatures were aware that the Kijuju Marshland was a land of death. Therefore, the number of creatures that dared to venture near this boundary was considerably scarce. Nevertheless, Sheyan could still move about within 5 kilometres of the Kijuju Marshland. Thus, he still managed to capture 2 Great Crocodiles and a python. Naturally, after slaying them, he tossed them into the party storage. (To be continued.) If you like this work, I welcome you to donate your recommendation votes or monthly votes to me. Your support, is my greatest motivation.)
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