The intricate terrain of the Great Wetland, the current hot weather, the harsh environment, and the lack of understanding of the local race and language all made it impossible for Lu Yu to find traces of the existence of intelligent races.
But this time, there is no need to look for it.
Not long after the earthen wall was repaired, Lu Yu welcomed guests.
About a dozen lizardmen emerged from the distant rainforest on the fifth day after the monsters attacked the city, and were observed by the mist demon floating above the earth wall.
They hold metal shields and weapons, proving that they can smelt metal to a certain extent.
The lizard man holding the staff at the head wears a strange feather decoration on his head, which is gorgeous enough for any sniper to prioritize him as the first sniper target.
However, this also proves that the lizard people use some special decorations to show their status and strengthen their authority.
Originally, Lu Yu was still thinking about whether the intelligence of the lizard people would not be high, which is about the same as that of the mushroom people. The use of tools and the use of magic are basically in the most primitive stages of exploration. It is only because of their high physical strength that they have become the most intelligent people in the wetland. A distinguished race.
Now this idea can be denied. These lizard people are basically similar to humans. Maybe they already have their own writing and have entered the stage of recording knowledge through writing and patterns and passing it on.
Lu Yu did not block the mouth of the captured lizard man, so he kept screaming after feeling the breath of his companion.
Someone in the lizardman team took a few steps forward after hearing the call of their companions. It seemed that they wanted to come directly to rescue them, but they were stopped by the lizardman holding a staff.
This lizard man decorated with bright feathers raised his staff and released a spell.
They were too far apart, and it took Lulutis a while to vaguely judge that this might be a shield-type magic, and it was all-inclusive.
"This style is really similar to yours."
Sigrid and the Mist Demon, who were climbing up the wall to watch, heard Lulutis's words and nodded repeatedly.
Lu Yu clicked his tongue and said, "This proves that this lizard man is resourceful and will give priority to protecting his teammates when encountering enemies with unknown intentions. When the information is complete, he is a qualified mage."
The lizard man mage stopped other companions from coming forward and slowly walked towards the earth wall alone.
His eyes moved back and forth between the white mist demon on the earthen wall and the black Lulutis, his eyes sharp and a bit cunning.
After being captured for five days, the lizardman, a prisoner of war who basically kept silent, called out loudly, but the response he received was a sharp scolding from the lizardman mage.
Even though he didn't understand the language, Lu Yu could feel the anger in his words. He didn't know whether he was scolding the captive lizard man for not doing things well, or scolding him for shouting too much.
When he was about two hundred meters away from the earth wall, the lizard man mage stopped moving forward.
At this time, his eyes met Lu Yu for the first time, and then Sigrid.
This is a very strange look. If the look towards Lulutis and the Mist Demon is a little scrutinizing and vigilant, then the look towards Lu Yu and Sigrid is pure resentment and viciousness.
"He seems to hate you." Even Lulutis saw the change in the lizardman mage's expression and poked Lu Yu's waist with his tentacles.
"The dead lizard was yelling so loudly just now. I'm afraid he has already told all the story." Lu Yu said, "We didn't give him good things to eat, so he will definitely have to complain vigorously."
It makes sense, but Lu Yu and Lulutis don't regret teaching the smelly lizard with their own hands at all.
It makes no sense for you to lead a group of people and rush into my servant's home. I still have to serve you with good food and drink, right?
I didn't praise you on the spot because you are an intelligent race and you are of some use to me.
The lizard mage slammed the staff on the ground and slapped it with both hands.
The magic in the air was pulled along with this movement, and with the lizard man's continuous slapping, ripples rippled around the staff.
"Humph, you're just doing your homework!"
Lulutis floated down the stone wall, and six or seven tentacles plunged into the ground.
Lu Yu didn't know what Lulutis was doing, but judging from her actions, it was estimated that the lizard mage's magic still posed some threat.
A dull explosion came from the ground, and after a slight shake, the lizardman mage staggered back. He wanted to reach out to retrieve his staff, but he never expected that Lulutis was extremely fast.
Before Lu Yu could see what was happening, Lulutis was already in front of the lizard man mage. She flicked her tentacle hard and the staff broke.
Before Lulutis left, she did not forget to take out the magic core in the staff.
The lizardman mage trembled all over, and it took a while before he came back to his senses.
Looking at the broken staff on the ground, he hesitated for a moment, then returned to his companions and stared at Lu Yu and Lulutis on the earth wall for a long time before disappearing into the rain forest.
The contact with the lizard people started suddenly and ended suddenly, but Lulutis knew very well that this contact was just an appetizer, which was why she did not launch any further attacks.
The magic core Lulutis brought back belonged to a fourth-level monster, and it was full of magic power. It should have been hunted not long ago.
"The strength of the lizard man just now is approximately at the fine steel level according to the evaluation standards of Mera Continent."
"Adamantine grade...not that strong." The mist demon said with a nonchalant expression.
Lu Yu and Sigrid frowned.
The problem is not the level, but the magic core of the staff.
A steel-level, benchmark magician, a third-level lizardman, actually used a staff made from a fourth-level magic core...
"Only by being able to stably hunt fourth-level monsters can we have such luxury." Lulutis said, "The magic he just cast in front of us is of the earth attribute. It can mobilize the resonance of the earth element and cause the earth wall to collapse. It is A small-scale earthquake.”
"Among low-level magicians, this kind of magic power consumes a lot of money. It only has miraculous effects on specific occasions. Generally, no one would throw magic in front of the enemy in actual combat."
The behavior of the lizardman mage is a naked temptation.
The captive lizard man must have told him some information about Lulutis and Lu Yu, but the lizard man mage was very vigilant. He only believed in his own judgment, so he did not hesitate to risk his life to get the information.
This made Lu Yu more confident in his conclusion.
Behind this lizard man mage is a large lizard man tribe. A steel-level monster like him directly takes orders from a more powerful lizard man, so he will take actions that are very likely to get him killed on the spot.
what to do?
Yasi, Grand, Thoresen and Lu Yu all came here with tiger skins, they dealt with human beings, and they could all communicate with each other.
Only by being able to communicate can one mediate, and by being able to mediate can one's disguised identity gain the greatest benefit for oneself.
But there is a language barrier between them and the Lizardman tribe. Once the conflict intensifies, they will really start to fight...
Although Lulutis' body is strong enough, she has only recovered to the level of a third-level magician. According to her, her immediate combat power can barely reach the fifth level.
Looking at it this way, as long as there are no monsters above level five in the lizard tribe, Lu Yu and his party can still pass the test if they cooperate well.
But what about the mushroom people?
Judging from the fact that the Lizardman tribe drove monsters and beasts to attack the city, their goal from the beginning was very clear, which was to completely eliminate the Mushroom People.
Lu Yu could run away if he couldn't fight, but the mushroom man had nowhere to escape.
Lu Yu didn't know why the mushroom people offended the lizard people. Before, the lizard people clearly didn't even bother to take a second look at the mushroom people. How could they be so arrogant and kill a race they looked down upon.
I don’t know what news the captive lizard man got from his companions. In short, he is grinning ferociously now, and from time to time he sticks out his tongue to threaten the little mushroom next to him.
This arrogant behavior was not pleasing to the eye. Sigrid put on the finger tiger and planned to have some intimate physical communication with him and exchange their opinions in a friendly manner.
Lu Yu stopped him.
It wasn't that Lu Yu was merciful, but that they were about to ask the mushroom man something through the fog demon.
Lu Yu found mycelium and wrapped it around the lizard man's mouth in circles, making the upper and lower jaws stick together so tightly that not even a sound could be made.
The captive lizard man who was physically muted could only express his anger with his eyes, but Lu Yu didn't bother to pay attention to him.
The Mist Demon constantly takes on various patterns by transforming into a lizard-man.
The mushroom man, who already knew the meaning of nodding and shaking his head, relied on this method to give Lulutis some basic information.
First of all, there is no possibility that the mushroom people have offended the lizard people.
Because as soon as the image of the lizard man slaughtering the mushroom man appeared, all the mushrooms shook their heads in unison.
When the lizard men appeared alone, they still shook their heads.
After repeated confirmations, Lulutis concluded that the mushroom people only knew that lizard people existed in the Great Wetland and had never dealt with them before. Their attitude of awe towards lizard people came from word of mouth from other monsters.
These rumors gave the mushroom people the impression that the lizard people were invincible.
It is obviously impossible to expect such a group of mushrooms driven away by the sharp-toothed flower to disturb the head of the wetland devil.
"It's not their problem, could it be our problem?" The fog demon still said what came to mind.
Feeling the attention of everyone, the fog demon turned into a question mark.
"What are you doing..."
Lu Yu and others fell into a misunderstanding.
The mushroom people didn't know what gods looked like, so they just prayed blindly, and finally worshiped them as gods after descending from the sky.
Therefore, Lu Yu naturally felt that the monsters in the Great Wetland had never seen humans, otherwise they would not worship a foreign race.
The subtle sight of the lizard mage...
Is their real target not the mushroom people at all?
Lu Yu and his group are the ones they want to deal with?
"No, no, this explanation doesn't make sense." Lulutis thought it over herself, "If the lizard people have seen humans and are very hostile to humans, then they should have come to us from the beginning."
"On the night of the attack, the first targets of the monsters were all mushroom men. How do you explain this?"
Lu Yu and his party fell into deep confusion.
At the same time, in the rain forest on the other side of the great wetland, in a wooden tent, the lizard man mage was kneeling in the center, having just finished describing what he had seen and heard in the mushroom man's habitat.
Four sturdy lizardmen, more than two meters tall, sat with the skins of unknown beasts on their shoulders and listened carefully to everything.
These four lizardmen all wear strange-shaped monster bone fragments on their necks. When they finish digesting the information and raise their heads to speak, the bone fragments will make a "click-click" collision sound as they move, like The soul that has not dispersed is trembling.
"Your Majesty, the chiefs of the four tribes, our great lizard warrior has fulfilled his duty. He faced vicious, ferocious, and savage monsters. Although he complained, he was still brave."
The lizard man mage mentioned the captured lizard man and drew the intertwined gazes of the four large lizards to him.
"The tribe will not abandon him."
Realizing that the clan leaders were about to discuss something, the lizardman mage slowly exited the tent.
The leader of the lizardfolk who presided over this meeting was called Mudtail. He was the one who gave the order to the lizardfolk mage. He was also the one who sent the captured lizardfolk to the Mushroom Man habitat.
Mudtail shook his dirty tail that looked like it was covered in yellow mud and couldn't be cleaned at all and stood up.
"Now, you all heard it."
"Shattered Scale, Fire Scar, Brown Shield, do you have anything to say this time?"
Broken Scales, whose skin scales looked somewhat mottled, was a dark lizard. He remained silent.
There were scars on his chest that were burned by fire and no scales would grow back. He asked, "Is it the same as in the legend?"
Mudtail looked at Brownshield in the corner.
"The ancestors separated, multiplied, and formed different groups for various reasons... The patterns we inherited may not be as complete as Brown Shield's. After all, his ancestors claimed to have seen the real 'Alien God'."
The tan lizard man Brown Shield stared sideways at the other three clan leaders and spoke in a low voice.
"unconfirmed."
"The patterns left by our ancestors were not vivid. The descriptions of monsters in the rainforest and the sudden glances failed to give him the 'real' wisdom behind his paintings."
Mudtail snorted in dissatisfaction and swung his tail irritably.
"What happened to the 'Blue Water' clan is enough to explain everything. The signs are the same now as they were then, and you are still here thinking about these trivial possibilities!"
Broken Scales said: "The blue water has been missing for hundreds of years and was submerged together with the unknown miracle. Maybe the gift comes with a price."
Niwei reminded: "Didn't you hear what my people said just now?"
"Towering walls, mushroom men who can use tools, weird technology and magic."
"If this is a miracle, a gift from an unknown god, then I will naturally just curl up and wait for the messenger to leave."
"However, they are just a group of unknown alien races. Their strength is not outstanding, but they rely on the knowledge they brought to give the mushroom people a family to grow."
"No matter what happened to Blue Water, we cannot sit back and watch the aliens develop a second 'faith' in the Great Wetland."
"Both the God of the Forest and the God of the Giant Lizard are watching us. This wetland that belongs to us will never allow alien beliefs to spread like a plague."
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