Volume 1 Feathering Chapter 62: Heading to the Swamp
While chatting and killing monsters roaming in the wild, Levi and his group followed Sam's guidance and soon arrived at a swamp. This was the place where Sam and his group had lost the goose eggs.
There were almost no trees as far as the eye could see, replaced by endless, smelly mud ponds.
There were a lot of mosses and duckweed plants, as well as some rotten branches and trunks, and even the corpses of some small animals floating on the ground. Levi couldn't see any ready-made roads for a while.
At the same time, a hazy mist floated over from time to time, and the whole scene looked extremely weird.
Levi couldn't help but frown. This disgusting environment would definitely greatly reduce their movement speed. Not only was it difficult to walk on the muddy ground, but also because of the fog, they had to be careful not to fall down.
Besides, no one knew what kind of monster would jump out from the bottom of the swamp, so Sam really posed a difficult problem for everyone.
No wonder, except for the ocean-based God-chosen heroes, most other God-chosen heroes are indifferent to water areas and monsters. Even swamps are like this, so how can they fight in real lakes and ocean environments?
The only consolation is that his pet frog has recently been upgraded to level 2 and has learned a skill of sharing power, which allows him to temporarily lend one of its skills to himself as its owner.
The little frog is born with the skill of Swamp Stride, which allows it to move freely without being affected by the swamp. This makes things much more convenient for itself, but others don't have any good solution.
Even Donna couldn't help but frown. Most of their Amazon Paradise Island was jungle. Even if there were some swamps, they usually didn't wade through the mud, but simply moved by jumping on tree trunks. In this way, there would be no danger of falling into the swamp.
Even they are like this, let alone Zhou Miyin and others.
As if he could see the dissatisfaction of the crowd, Sam quickly explained: "Don't worry, sir. We passed by this swamp before, and I still remember the map. This swamp only looks dangerous, but it is actually very shallow. I can lead everyone to a safe path!"
Sam wasn't completely bragging. He quickly led everyone to find a relatively safe path. Although it still looked disgusting on the surface and there was mud and other things everywhere, no one fell into it.
It's just that everyone's movement speed inevitably decreased. Sam and Donna were the least affected, but Zhou Miyin and their movement speeds decreased by 20%-35%, probably based on their physical fitness and agility and other attributes.
Moreover, Levi felt that if humanoid creatures such as dwarves or orcs came, the impact might be even greater.
The only exception was Levi himself. Because of the Swamp Stride skill shared by the little frog, his movement speed was still normal, but it was still inevitable that his shoes would be covered with mud.
However, this only made him more resolute in his mind that when he had the chance, he would definitely change to a stronger magical pet.
Among the little frog's several skills, except for increasing health points which is somewhat useful, the other skills are too limited.
Now that he knows that magical pets can share skills when they reach a high level, why not find a dragon, a phoenix, or something like that? Wouldn't it be much more attractive than a little frog?
As they moved forward, they were attacked from time to time by some swamp-specific monsters, including swamp mosquitoes, swamp flies, some mud monsters that looked like they were made of mud, and some monsters that looked like slugs.
Their strength is as insignificant as the mud under their feet. Most of them are level 0 cannon fodder, and you may not even see a level 1 one for half a day. Moreover, they have no intelligence at all and almost die as soon as they show up.
But through fighting with them, Levi became more and more aware of the shortcomings of his team.
Because these giant insects are only the size of a palm and are extremely fast , it is difficult for ordinary shooter-type troops except Donna to effectively hit these small, highly mobile enemies.
In comparison, Zhou Miyin and other melee troops performed very well today. No matter how fast the insects were, they could not remain so agile when launching an attack, and this was often the moment of their death.
But overall, today's battle went relatively smoothly, because the attack power and vitality were very low, so they posed only a slight threat to Levi and the half-elf hunters, but could hardly break the defense of Zhou Miyin and others who were wearing leather armor.
As they walked, Sam suddenly stopped and turned back in doubt, saying, "Sir, I think the swamp here seems to have changed. The last time we came here, the mud was over my knees, but now..."
He pointed downwards, and everyone saw that the mud only reached his calf. You have to know that he is a halfling, only about one meter tall, so in fact this disgusting-looking swamp is only a shallow layer.
Levi looked back and forth, but didn't find anything unusual, so he could only shrug: "Everyone should be careful until we find out the reason."
He had suffered accidents and even attacks due to information asymmetry more than once, so before he could fully grasp the intelligence, all he could do was to be more cautious.
Sam nodded, turned around and was about to lead the way again, but at this moment Donna suddenly raised her bow and arrow: "Be careful, there are enemies!"
In fact, she didn't need to remind others too much, as others had already noticed that with a "buzzing" sound, a dense group of flying insects such as swamp mosquitoes, swamp flies, swamp dragonflies and so on swarmed over.
Their number was unprecedented, even forming a sparse sphere with a diameter of more than ten meters. It looked like there were at least hundreds of them.
Moreover, Levi knew that something unusual must have happened this time, because although they had come to attack more than once before, they had never fought side by side like they did now. Even the swamp dragonflies would feed on two other flying insects.
In the current situation, they were either frightened by some big monster, or driven by some enemy, such as the Grond Frogmen that Sam mentioned before, who had ambushed them!
He immediately gave the order: "Form a battle array on the spot and prepare to fight the enemy!"
As he spoke, he took out the rusty flame iron badge. Although the number of these insects was large, they were still within his ability to deal with because their health was extremely fragile.
Many subordinates obeyed the order, and then the long-range troops took the lead. A rain of arrows flew over, and almost all the flying insects that were shot were killed instantly without exception.
The half-elf hunters' hit rate seemed a bit worrying when they attacked small groups of flying insects before, but now their arrows are very powerful, because when many flying insects gather together, they can't miss even with their eyes closed, and they can often kill several with one arrow.
Levi even directly used the Burning Arrow Spell on Donna. These special arrows with magical effects looked very normal in the quiver, only emitting a faint red light.
But as soon as it left her hand, her power was revealed. A raging flame burned directly on the arrow. In addition, Donna's archery skills were amazing, so her killing efficiency far exceeded that of other half-elves.
Levi was in the mood to count at first, but he soon gave up because she had killed too many!
But despite this, these mindless bugs still continued to swarm over, and soon came to the front. Zhou Miyin and others raised their weapons and prepared for battle, while Levi stretched out his hand and grabbed: "Burning Hand!"
A blazing line of fire spurted out from his fingertips, vaguely resembling a giant hand, instantly covering an area of several meters in radius. There was a burst of explosions, and densely packed red damage values flashed frequently. There was a sudden burnt smell in the air, and it was unknown how many dozens of mosquitoes were killed by this blow.
But that’s not all. The badge can be used twice a day. If Levi wants to continue using it, he can get additional uses by consuming 15 magic points.
"Burning hands!" "Burning hands!"
After three consecutive magic spells, the originally dense swarm of insects instantly became much sparser. At least hundreds of them were killed by him within a few seconds. This is the power of magic.
Unfortunately, his strength is still far from strong. If the kobold wizard Doug Bone Eater casts a fireball, he can directly clear the battlefield.
At this moment, Sam suddenly shouted: "Sir, it's the Gronn frogmen, they are coming!"
