As the Hongze River has the existence of a river god, it is not difficult to sort it out. The reason why the Hongze River God spent many years of effort in the past was unable to manage it well was essentially because of the occasional interference from Talos, the god of natural disasters.
The large amount of water vapor brought by the storm contains the curses of the gods, as well as the strange spirits hidden in it. The Hongze River often breeds some spirit life that is full of malice towards humans, or it stimulates some local creatures to turn towards the ferocious beasts. and ghost direction transformation.
Therefore, when Milo started combing the river with the mountain seal in hand, he immediately discovered that the biggest problem in combing was not to solve the existing problems, but to face the new problems that would arise later, as well as some hidden problems. Old question.
"No! There are too many putrid mud monsters."
Standing on the bank of the river and cleaning up a few putrid mud monsters, Milo felt that something was not right.
Rotten mud monsters are not native monsters affected by the Dragon Land, but are variants influenced by gods. Compared with ordinary mud monsters, rancid mud monsters are less averse to areas full of light and extreme temperatures, and prefer to stay on the edges of rivers or rivers. They breed at the bottom of the river. Although they will swallow the garbage and dirt inside the river, they themselves have abilities similar to the aura of sewage.
The nature of this aura is similar to the withering witchcraft of the Witch of the West, but it is different from the fact that the witch can curse an animal, plant type creature, or a piece of land to cause it to wither or die.
The sewage aura can only act on water sources. Its nature is similar to polluting water bodies with evil energy or negative energy, affecting a still water area or organisms with aquatic or water subspecies. If the drinking water area is polluted, all creatures using the water source must pass a Fortitude save, otherwise abnormal phenomena such as nausea, illness, fainting, etc. will occur, and most contaminated water cannot quench thirst.
Hongze River God replied casually: "Is there anything strange about this? These things are affected by the curse of the God of Disaster, and they will breed in batches every once in a while, and they cannot be killed at all."
"Always this much?"
Milo frowned and walked closer. Hongze River God saw this and asked: "Is there any problem?"
"I have faced the power of the God of Disaster. His authority is more inclined to the angry side of nature. Although monsters and ferocious beasts also fall under his jurisdiction, they are not very deep, and that one's authority is not very deep. It is not suitable for breeding rancid mud monsters. The most important thing is that I did not feel the power of the God of Disaster in these mud monsters. Instead, there are some magic-like or traces of spells."
"You mean a cultist was born in this area?"
Hongze River God's expression suddenly changed and he asked in a low voice: "Are you sure?"
"I can't be sure for the moment, so I plan to find a helper."
"Help?" Hongze River God was stunned for a moment, and looked at Milo with some doubts in his eyes. Milo did not answer, but flew towards the place where Bai Ao was previously buried with the water mist.
When Bai Ao died, Milo tried to preserve some of his spirituality and sealed it in Miaoyoutian. Now that he has awakened the power of the Jiangling clan and obtained the Mountain Seal, he can naturally choose to awaken it.
Milo walked to the small grave, stretched out a hand, and a little inspiration emerged.
In Miaoyoutian, the Miluo Treasure Scroll naturally unfolded, and one name after another appeared in front of Miluo.
"Bai Ao's spirituality is still too weak now. Even if I deliberately suppress the pressure brought by the blessing of the name and improve its spirituality, it still cannot bear a name that is too high, so I will choose to start from the eighth level."
Milo's eyes passed over one name after another, but he always felt that something was inappropriate. In the end, he directly created a new name based on the actual situation of Bai Ao, combined with its current state of being dead and buried in the soil. .
Reaching out a little, the name fell on Bai Ao's spirituality and fell into the grave. Combined with the concept of Bai Ao's corpse, it condensed into an illusory dog-shaped spirit covered in snow-white body.
"Woof?"
Bai Ao woke up and shook his head. Looking at the human being in front of him who felt very close to him, he couldn't help but walk to his side and wanted to stick out his tongue and lick his palm.
Milo touched his head, and the smell of putrid mud monster appeared on his fingertips. After letting Bai Ao sniff it, he whispered: "Go and find the owner of these smells."
"Woof woof~"
When Bai Ao heard the words, he immediately ran towards the distance, and from time to time he escaped into the ground and appeared a few meters away.
The Hongze River God who followed closely looked at Bai Ao and was stunned for a moment. He did not see Milo who created Bai Ao. He only thought that it was the helper Milo said. He couldn't help but whispered: "There is someone nearby. This kind of fey life? Also, why does it listen to Milo's words so much? Is this the benefit of being born with high charm? "
Although he felt very uncomfortable in his heart, the River God hurriedly followed him. After all, Milo was now a treasure. Although he had good combat power, he had not gained strength for a long time and might not have any combat experience, so he could not help but care.
Soon, the River God and Milo were taken by Bai Ao to a cave near where some deformed monsters lived.
"Bullying monsters?"
Hongze River God said, explaining to Milo the origin of such unusual monsters.
"It is a deformed and mutated product of fey life. It likes to destroy all goodness, innocence and beauty in the world. It is said to be born from the emotion of fear. According to records, as long as a certain kind of fey life is overwhelmed by fear, it will turn into They act as bullies, and once there are more than a certain number of bullies in a place, their nests will naturally be born."
"This type of life likes to attack humans from dark corners, relying on their talents to project horrific hallucinations into the minds of their prey, driving them into madness, and finally watching them being swallowed by fear and turning into their own kind."
Waves of water appeared around Hongze River God, trapping all the bully monsters in it, and his expression became a little strange: "It stands to reason that if there are bully monsters nearby, then the creatures living here should not be so peaceful. Yes, why have I never heard of widespread panic anywhere?"
Milo looked at the weak and uncoordinated auras on those bully monsters and whispered: "Maybe it's because these bully monsters were not born naturally. Bai Ao found the source of their abnormal auras."
Milo looked at Bai Ao who had bitten a bully monster and issued a new order.
Accompanied by a low growl from the throat, Bai Ao's teeth emitted a dull spiritual light, biting the bully monster in his mouth, then lowered his head and sniffed, and ran in this direction.
The river god used his palms and the waves collided, crushing all the bully monsters, and then followed Milo and Bai Ao to a river, where a dozen women were washing clothes, talking and laughing among themselves.
Bai Ao, who rushed here, raised his head and kept sniffing the scent in the air, but seemed unable to distinguish it. Feeling a little frustrated, he came to Milo with his tail between his legs, lowering his head and not daring to look at his master.
Milo knelt down and stroked Bai Ao's hair that ordinary people couldn't touch. He chuckled and said, "You are already great. I have found that guy."
Bai Ao raised his head, his eyes became very bright, and his tail flicked, looking very happy.
While Milo continued to stroke its hair, he stared at a thin woman with an ugly face who was washing clothes on the shore. The Hongze River God had not discovered the problem at first, but when Milo stared at one person, he also Condensing the weak degraded divine power in his eyes, he immediately broke through the opponent's disguise and said angrily: "Ye Hag?"
The hag is an ancient existence that is said to originate from the Fairy Wilderness. It has an ugly face that is shriveled and dotted with moles and sarcomas. Its long, broken hair is like withered grass, and its pockmarked skin is even more frightening. On weekdays, it is my favorite, The long and thin fingertips that can easily cut flesh and blood destroy other people's skin, thinking that is a charming sight. At the same time, hags possess many magical powers, and some of their spell-like abilities are close to the energy of gods. Therefore, this monster arrogantly believes that its magic can challenge the gods, and therefore has never looked down upon other life.
The night hag is a relatively common type of hag, and equally common are the demon hag, green hag and sea hag.
Like the hags, hags stalk out at night to spread fear and hunt the unwary, pretending to be travelers in need of help.
Night hags are both evil killers and greedy soul brokers. What they like to do most is to intrude their victims' dreams night after night, and eventually turn their poor, tortured souls into gems.
For the Night Hag, all corruption and depravity of mortals can bring him endless happiness, so it expects to see all positive things turn into negatives, loves to see love turn into trouble, friendliness turn into hatred, enthusiasm turn into indifference, Kang Yi becomes selfish.
From this point of view, it is not a strange thing for bullies to appear nearby.
But Milo, who could see more clearly than the Hongze River God, lowered his voice and said: "It's not a hag. A simple hag cannot hide from your perception and eyes. She is a substitute. Of course, if the purity of the blood reaches her level, it is said that it is The hag is not a big problem either.”
"Replacement?" Hongze River God looked at Milo, his eyes filled with anger.
There are usually two types of hag reproduction. The most common one is to devour human babies. The hag will steal the child from the cradle or even from the mother's womb with special magic, then absorb the poor little guy and repopulate it in the belly. gestate. After about a week, the hag will be able to give birth to a human-looking baby girl, and she will be able to maintain her human-like appearance until her thirteenth birthday. But as soon as it passes its thirteenth birthday, the hag bloodline in the replacement child's body will awaken, and eventually it will slowly transform into an existence exactly like its mother.
Another kind is the product of the intercourse between hags and other beings, usually humans or sub-humans. The children born in this way can maintain the racial characteristics closer to their fathers before they know the identity of their mothers, but once the replacements know their own Her bloodline will transform into something like a warlock, and she will gradually learn some witchcraft. Moreover, her own bloodline and subconscious will urge her to find her mother, and eventually become the same kind as her mother.
For Hongze River God, the emergence of any kind of replacement is not a good thing, and the former is more worthy of death than the latter.
And that night, the ghost woman also obviously noticed the gaze of Milo and others. The moment the two got close, a large amount of strange green smoke appeared around them. Wherever the mist passed, the river water became turbid, the soil became rancid, and the vegetation was also destroyed. withered.
"It's really you!"
The Hongze River God was furious. He felt the domain power of He from the mist. Although it was incomplete, it had already been revealed that the guy in front of him was one of the main factors that had made it difficult to clean up the river for many years.
The anger in his heart drove the river to roll, but the river god did not lose his mind. He first swept the women into the river and drove the water to send them away, while he himself called for strong winds to try to blow away the mist.
"No!"
Milo opened his mouth and used the wind-making technique to drive the strong wind.
Compared with the spell-like or divine-like abilities gained by the Hongze River God after becoming a god, Milo's wind-making technique is considered a second-level magic in the Western Continent, but he had previously explored some of the powers of the god of natural disasters through blood sublimation and rituals. The field has certain bonuses in terms of wind.
Coupled with Milo's extremely high magical ability, he easily took control of the wind and gathered the surrounding mist into a ball around him.
The Hongze River God was shocked at first and then realized that if the fog was allowed to disperse, the surrounding land and river water would inevitably be polluted, and he didn't know how long it would take to control it.
'Sure enough, I still prefer close combat rather than thinking about many situations and casting spells in conjunction. '
As a warrior who guarded the frontier in the past, Hongze River God quickly adjusted his mentality. With the help of the river god's ability, he used the water to propel himself and quickly rushed towards the night hag. While escaping, the night hag continued to cast spells, disease spells, Low-level spells such as blindness, deafness, weakening ray, exhaustion ray, and ice touch were cast one after another. Milo's eyes lit up slightly, and he carefully observed the operation rules of those spells.
Compared with the mana and many spell-like abilities he gained after awakening his bloodline, Night Hag's spells are obviously unique. They are more powerful than the mana they consume, and they obviously borrow external forces for assistance.
Milo followed the subtle fluctuations that occurred during the spell's effect and saw the energy network spread everywhere. He also saw that this huge network was suppressed by two huge divine powers and was unable to move.
'It turns out that through the magic network, the threshold for learning and casting is lowered, and many special spells can be formed in a very short time. The price is to impose certain restrictions on some people with high natural intelligence. Well, it seems that it can't be done either. Say it's a restriction, but the habit of casting spells with the help of energy networks makes them more inclined to think in a similar way? '
Milo secretly groaned in his heart, thinking about the concept of magic net. Bai Ao on the side watched Milo staring at the night hag with a gloomy expression. Hongze River God was delayed because he needed to deal with various medicine bottles thrown by the hag. Can't take it down.
Bai Ao lowered his body and disappeared very suddenly. The next second, he appeared next to Ye Hao Po again, opening his mouth and biting her calf.
As soon as the faint aura on the teeth came into contact with Night Hag's skin, bursts of pungent white smoke immediately emitted.
"Woof woof woof..."
Bai Ao was rushed by the smoke, and immediately let out a scream and ran to the side, feeling very embarrassed.
Milo summoned it to his side, drove the water to disperse the dirt on its body, especially in its mouth, and then Bai Ao felt better.
When he turned his head again to look at Night Hag who had been knocked to the ground by Hongze River God, the disgust and rejection in her eyes was obvious.
It ran to Night Hag, kept barking, and tried to bite several times, but it always stayed back because of the previous stimulation.
Seeing this scene, the Hongze River God laughed loudly. He turned his palm over and the flowing water directly strangled the night hag. Countless filthy spiritual lights emerged from the hag's body, polluting the flowing water and making the originally good-humored River God look pale. Change.
He hurriedly dispersed the water and found a few instruments that exuded a faint magical light. He looked at Milo and asked, "Can these things still be used?"
Milo stepped forward and took a look, not wanting to touch these filthy things at all. He pointed at a talisman with corpse oil and a strange stone and said: "These two can still be used normally, and the others may be more It may be contaminated with some negative energy and is not suitable for long-term wear.”
After saying that, Milo asked Bai Ao again if he could still feel any similar aura around him.
Hearing this, Bai Ao sniffed around, and then the whole dog stood there blankly. It sniffed around again without giving up, then whimpered and came to Milo's side with its tail between its legs, letting out a frustrated bark.
"Because the hag's blood was irritating, can't you smell other smells now? It's okay, it will be the same if we continue in a few days."
Milo touched Bai Ao's head, explained to the river god, and then took Bai Ao back to Hongze City.
Qiong Yun, who had been waiting for him for a long time, bowed slightly to show respect when he saw Milo. Then Milo's nephew rushed out like a firecracker and threw himself into Milo's arms.
A force that was beyond Milo made him take two steps back. At the same time, he hugged the boy tightly, and heard him cry in a cry: "Uncle is bad! He promised to come back soon, but he asked me I’ve been waiting for so long. I’m worried to death!”
"Uncle is here to find a friend. Come, let's see who this is?"
Milo said, summoning Bai Ao.
In fact, as early as the moment Milo's nephew appeared, Bai Ao was a little excited. It didn't know why it was like this, but it just wanted to get close to the boy. In comparison, it was more of a kind of obedience and kindness to Milo. obey.
The boy poked his head out of Milo's arms, and when he saw Bai Ao's appearance, his eyes suddenly turned red: "Bai Ao, is that you? Bai Ao!"
"Woof?" Bai Ao was a little surprised as to why the boy knew his name, but he still instinctively stepped forward, stuck out his tongue, and licked his cheek, which made the boy very excited. Milo stroked his head and stabilized it. The moment he lost his body, he held it in his arms.
"Bai Ao! Bai Ao..."
The boy cried again, and Milo patted his back gently, waiting for him to calm down little by little, and then fell into a deep sleep.
Holding him in his arms, Milo looked at Qiong Yun again and said softly: "I've been waiting for a long time. This child rarely leaves me. It's the first time I've been apart for so long, so I'm inevitably a little excited."
"This is human nature."
Qiong Yun's attitude was very respectful. She bowed slightly and said, "Teacher Shao Hua has told me before that your situation is quite special, so I asked you to wait for you again. Are you going to rest now or have a meal?" "
"Are there any books that can be read? Especially what happened in the last hundred years, as well as the updates to some spells and professions."
Although Milo asked this question, he had actually read the collection of books in Hongze City when he was hiding in Miao Youtian and wandering around. However, some things were not easy to express, so he wanted to use the book collection to let others Find a reason for yourself.
It's just that although Milo is willing to hide his unusual things, there are not many. For example, he showed some understanding of magic instruments when he was around the river god. In addition, when he asked about the collection of books, he specifically asked about historical content. It can also reflect some problems in itself, making Qiong Yun even more afraid to be careless.
The surrounding witches guarding Hongze City immediately sent many classics. As Milo was flipping through them, he was also carefully sensing the power of the name blessed by the boy in his arms.
Milo originally gave the boy a name because he hoped to control him to escape far away when necessary, but the impact of his sudden rush towards him was beyond Milo's expectations. He carefully sensed the boy's situation. , was surprised to find that he had begun to interact with that name, received more blessings, and was gradually controlling the power of the name.
Milo was a little surprised when he discovered this. While he was helping the boy further consolidate the power of his name, he was also carefully exploring the boy's talent.
After reading the secret detection techniques from the past, Milo felt surprised again.
'This kid's talent is probably too good. '
After careful perception, Milo confirmed that his nephew's talent was very high. Not only did he have good strength attributes, but he also had good agility, intelligence and perception. In comparison, his charm was slightly different.
Milo himself calculated the child's talent and found that he could reach the threshold of most professions.
Compared with the title of genius that he obtained through the power of his own body and Miao Youtian, his nephew's talent can be regarded as a real genius, and it is the kind of genius that is almost a cliff-edge away from the next level.
'But if this happens, how will this kid choose his future path? The bloodline of the Jiang Ling clan may not be suitable for this boy. If we follow the normal process, it is actually quite good to follow the combat system. As long as I find him another eagle-shaped spirit life, or a special eagle-like life with extraordinary power. Playing and mastering names will be much easier in the future. But it seems a waste if his intelligence is not in the mage line...'
Thinking of this, Milo couldn't help but feel a little troubled.
