Volume 1 Feathering Chapter 64: Changes in the Swamp
Although they repelled the Grond Frogmen's sneak attack, Levi and his team's journey was not much smoother because the enemies they encountered became gradually stronger.
At first, there were only some level 0 swamp flying insects, but soon some fishmen covered with scales and mud, as well as some crocodiles several meters long, began to appear.
This made Levi somewhat confused. Why could there be these monsters in such a shallow swamp? Shouldn't they stay near the river?
But no matter what, they still have to be beaten, and they have to be beaten seriously, because both the scales on their bodies and the mud outside have a certain protective effect and should not be underestimated .
As they continued to go deeper, the road became easier and easier to walk on. The sewage and mud around them disappeared, and were replaced by gradually solid land. Especially when the system washed away , Levi's mood also improved.
Not only because they no longer had to worry about crocodiles jumping out of the mud to launch a surprise attack, but also because he was more accustomed to this kind of ground, so his summoning magic could come in handy.
Because currently his summoning elements are randomly summoned from earth, fire, water, wind, and a small probability of other elements. If there is a swamp around, it is okay to summon wind and water elements. If it is earth and fire, it will probably be useless.
But Sam became more and more suspicious, and in the end, he couldn't help but run to Levi.
"Why, you can't remember the way?"
If the other party made such a low-level mistake, I would have to go back home. Anyway, I didn't promise to help him find the lost goose eggs.
Sam shook his head repeatedly when he heard this: "No, sir, we should be close to the original location soon, but please look at your feet, sir."
As he spoke, Sam stomped his feet hard a few times, but although they were clearly in a swamp, not much mud splashed out. At this moment, the land under their feet was almost the same as the grassland outside.
The only difference is that the land here has some tiny cracks and is drier than ordinary grassland.
Levi immediately asked back: "This place wasn't like this when you came here last time?"
He had not taken it seriously at first and thought it was just a normal situation. But now seeing what Sam said, he wondered if something unusual had happened during this period?
Sam shook his head repeatedly: "I have had this question since I stepped into the swamp. Last time, the deeper we went, the deeper the mud in the swamp became!"
Levi frowned. If Sam was not lying, then this kind of large-scale change to the terrain would involve things that were not so simple.
After thinking about it, he didn't care about the dirt anymore, so he just squatted on the ground and started digging the dirt on the ground, and even put his hands into the cracks. Anyway, even if he couldn't find clean water to wash his hands for a while, the system would refresh it for him after a while.
Similarly, the terrain, grasslands, trees, and the refreshing of various corpses are all similar.
This is also a kind of maintenance of the world by the system. If the corpses of monsters are not refreshed all the time, it will be a huge advantage for the undead.
And if there is no such maintenance, if a hundred wizards come out of the novice village, let alone advanced magic, even if one of them casts a few burning hands, the whole prairie will be burned down the next day.
Seeing the team stop, Donna also came over, wanting to see what the two of them were whispering about.
Then a few seconds later, they all saw Levi raising his hand with a serious expression. There was still no dirty water on it, only a trace of heat visible to the naked eye.
Donna couldn't help but frown: "What's going on?"
Levi sighed, "Do you know if there are any hot springs, volcanoes, or anything like that nearby?"
After looking at each other, Sam and Donna shook their heads.
Levi frowned and thought for a while: "Then maybe we should be more vigilant, because next we may encounter demons from hell."
Demons and devils are both initial optional races belonging to the destruction system. As the name suggests, they are born with great hatred for the world and only want to destroy everything they see.
The only slight difference is that demons usually use direct means such as killing, while devils are assisted by some conspiracies and tricks, and their actions are also based on routines.
This can be seen very intuitively from their camps. Demons are usually in the chaotic evil camp, while devils are in the lawful evil camp.
Their armies also each have very distinct characteristics. The demons often rush in in a swarm, either killing the enemy or being killed by the enemy.
Demons will mostly form neat military formations, using many strategies and tactics. Even high-level demon commanders may be more proficient in military tactics than human generals.
In addition, their average strength is far superior to that of humans, so the threat they pose to the world is far greater than that of gnolls and the like.
But fortunately, like other powerful life forms such as angels, their lair is also in another dimension. They have invaded the main world many times, but under the joint efforts of the gods and many races, they all ended in failure.
Although there are still a few remote corners in the main world, as soon as they show up, they will be besieged by many camps and races. On the other hand, when they come to the main world, their various attributes and skills will be weakened to a certain extent.
So overall, their influence in the main world is very small, and they are not favored by many God's chosen heroes.
Maybe at first some people were attracted by their cool looks, but soon they couldn't stand the personalities and behaviors of these two races, so they gave up and ended up deleting their accounts and starting over.
Although in the game world, many people begin to let themselves go because they are not subject to many constraints of the real world. According to their camps, many of them are in the chaotic camp, but they are still far behind the pure lunatics like the devil.
If there is no safe zone in the Novice Village, and you have to be on guard against the blacksmith, grocer, or even the village chief of the Novice Village at all times, who may be chatting with you happily one moment and then kill you with a knife without any warning the next moment, then it would be really tiring to play the game.
The devils were in a similar situation. They were all real old silver coins. The few God-chosen heroes who were deceived into being sacrificed alive were the most obvious examples. They even dared to cheat on the mission rewards, and they would be recognized by the system.
But despite this, demons and devils are still thinking about invading the main world all the time, and the most notable feature of the demons is that most of them carry flames.
Their attacks, magic, and even various buildings may be related to fire, so after a brief thought, Levi thought of these guys.
After he said that, Sam's face suddenly became much uglier, but Donna became interested instead.
"Demons? I am somewhat interested. In fact, they are one of my hunting targets. I have never encountered any demons on Paradise Island."
Levi shrugged his shoulders and did not comment. In a world with gods, the name of heaven is not used casually. After all, those angels live in heaven.
So he just looked at the halfling wanderer very seriously and said word by word: "Sam, if we really encounter a demon next time, then at the critical moment, you should know what choice we will make."
In the previous invasions, fighting against the demon armies that invaded the main world often required many races from different camps and factions to temporarily put aside their prejudices and jointly deal with the threat.
Compared to true demons, the Gnolls of Stoney Heights are nothing.
So even if there is only a slight possibility, Levi has to be on high alert. After all, according to the information he got from the few heroes chosen by the demon gods, although the low-level demons also have weak troops, the high-level demons are also really powerful.
Sam's expression became more and more miserable, but in the end he nodded vigorously: "My lord, I understand. Although I have always wanted to retrieve the relics of my companions, I should not and cannot put more comrades in danger."
When Levi heard his words, he knew that Sam had truly returned home, and his efforts were not in vain.
So he nodded and prepared to move on, but he was still somewhat curious.
Before coming, he specifically asked around in the tavern. He found out that the swampland under his feet was unremarkable and didn't even have a name. It was just a simple small circle on the indigenous people's map.
Sam and other halflings want to use the swamp insects here to train war geese, which is a very good reason. But now there are traces of suspected demons here, so why are they here?
As he was thinking about it, a cheerful ballad suddenly came from not far away. At the same time, Donna, Sam and others also found some blurry figures fighting behind a low, rotten tree.
Since there were suspected traces of demons here, Donna and the others immediately perked up and prepared to fight with all their might.
But Levi's expression became very strange. He was sure that one of the warring parties was definitely a hero chosen by God, and a bard, because the name of the song was "Nunchucks"!
