Kaolin - The southern border of Ithulian actually refers to the narrow and pleasant climate zone between the Cave Mountains and Azata's "Ladder of the World", surrounding the shores of the Long Lake, surrounded by several towns and dotted with civilization.
But leaving this area, the mountains rise to the east, deep into the holy land of the dwarves, 'Eldron'; to the south, the water of the Long Lake merges into the lowland swamps of Nognith, surrounded by jungle; to the west, it crosses the mountains of Idos The ruins are the vast yellow sand of Istania that is covered in dust all year round, and they are all inaccessible places.
Fang Yu and his party left Vanrick and headed west. After passing the shore of the shallow gold lake, they went deep into a barren mountain and wild forest. As far as the eye could see, the cliff zone formed by gray cliffs and dark forests stood above the lake. There is no trace of civilization left inside.
The small village that everyone passed by a few days ago seemed to be the last stop of the Kingdom of Kaolin in the south of Ithulian - after crossing it, they were already deep into the hinterland of the deserted forest. After two days, everyone had not encountered even a few adventurers. There was only silence in the forest. Occasionally, an alert gray deer could be seen flashing through the forest.
Or the goshawk crows above the mountain stream, and a feeling of independence arises spontaneously——
Sylvide will tell everyone about the history of the Southern Territory. In fact, as early as a century ago, this road led to Idos, and there were civilized settlements-villages and towns along the road. But since the disaster of the Dragon Witch and the destruction of Idus, the large and small settlements on this road have been abandoned.
A large number of adventurers and hunters fled this area, and local residents also moved to places such as Vanrick and White City. The traces of humanity on this road have since begun to fade. Dense vegetation spread and grew along the retreating footprints of humans, and it didn't take long for the area to be covered again.
As if to confirm her words, not long after, Mr. Huiyan passed by a village that was more than half a century ago. The place was no longer what it used to be. The vaguely visible towers and broken walls were covered with layers of emerald green. leaves.
An adult male wyvern stood on the top of the tower, watching these rare outsiders suspiciously. However, humans, papalals and big cat people were not on the wyvern's food list, so the two sides had no intersection. .
The well opened in the center of the village more than a century ago is still usable, and even after decades of settlement, the well water has become increasingly clear against the backdrop of clumps of ferns. The water below is probably connected to an underground river. There are also a few black fish.
The Papalar people looked over and saw that there was no trace of the fish.
Fang Plover planned to spend the night here. The ruins could provide a safer environment for Mr. Huiyan, but they had to clean the place before moving in.
After all, in addition to the 'aboriginal' who lives on the tower and is on the same side as them, there is an uninvited guest in the village - a gray-spotted large-jawed lizard that wanders around.
When Fang Plover and the others discovered it, this reckless intruder was lazily basking in the sun on the street. Its four small eyes quickly captured the newly appeared prey, and then it shook off the dust on its body and stood up. It's about the size of a van.
The first battle ended quickly in defeat.
The first dividing line between the levels of beasts, aberrations, and magical creatures in Etalria is from level 19 upwards to level 19 downwards. From level 19 down, most creatures tend to rely on their own physical strength to fight without any tricks. A well-equipped and well-prepared team of adventurers can easily defeat a monster whose level is no more than three levels above the average level of their team.
But starting from level 19, the various types of creatures began to be clearly differentiated, and the creatures that relied on physical fitness began to become extremely large. For example, Mr. Greystone and his tribe, and even the petrified cow 'Catoblepas', which is as huge as a mountain.
And the culmination of this evolutionary line - the floating island whale.
Other creatures have developed special abilities. They are called aberrations, or magical creatures. These creatures have various abilities, such as the elemental immunity of the quartz dragon monster, the physical immunity of the withered tree elder, or various abilities. There are living blood monsters, various mud monsters, glens, and even half-water monsters with magical abilities.
Not to mention the third level, even in the confrontation of the same level, the adventurer team often suffered group losses when encircling and suppressing these monsters.
Among them, the rock shark that Fang Plover has seen is a representative of this type of creature. Its level is not high. Rock sharks generally hover between level 15 and level 22 from juvenile to adult. Young rock sharks have little resistance to predators and therefore do not easily approach the continental layer.
Adult rock sharks above level 19 are big guys that require the combined efforts of several teams to capture.
However, rock sharks are basically the lower limit of this type of creature. The other lower limit recognized by people is a large family under the family Gray-spotted Lizardidae, from the Gray-spotted Jaw Lizard to the Gray-spotted Crested Lizard.
The lower limit is the lower limit, but if you think that rock sharks and gray-spotted lizards are easy to deal with because of this, you are totally wrong.
Therefore, everyone immediately suffered a heavy loss under the sonic attack of this big guy. At the same time, the powerful angel who went around to attack behind was unable to break through its thick scales for a while. When the attack was fruitless, everyone could only feel dejected. Return first.
Fortunately, Fang Plover and Orfen's Twin Stars can block the opponent's pursuit first, and then recover from a distance.
After the defeat in the first battle, Fang Yu quickly adjusted his thinking.
Of course, this doesn't mean that they can't defeat this big lizard head-on. After all, the dark giant dragon Fang Plover has seen it more than once. In his opinion, this stupid lizard is nothing more than a small wind and a wave. If he must take action, ten rounds of 'Fire Djinn' can turn it into ashes.
Or risking the Orphen Twins' damaged defenses and fighting them head-on, they might not lose.
It's just that it's quick to spend time like this, but for normal adventures, it's too much of a loss. After a few more visits, the Seven Seas Traveler will go bankrupt.
A normal adventure group's battle is of course based on minimizing losses. After all, for most adventure groups - taking risks is to make money, not to fight hard or to be cool. Fang Yu then asked the team to withdraw and discuss countermeasures with everyone.
In the end, everyone unanimously agreed with Tang Xin's method.
The gray-spotted giant-jawed lizard has a skill called 'Heavy Scale Rage', which can make it immune to 60% of physical damage for a short period of time. It will use this skill after launching a sound attack to wait for its vibrating organs to recharge. magic power, and launched the sound attack again.
Under the global sonic attack, magicians, elementalists and naturalists are unable to take action at all. It can be said that in this loop state, this thing is a troublesome hedgehog.
The usual method used by adventurers to deal with it is to use Silent Dust. This by-product of potions does not cost much money, but it is very useful. It's a pity that Fang Piao's adventure group's previous experience was very different from that of a normal adventure group, and he actually forgot to prepare these standing props.
There wasn't even a resonance crystal, which meant they had nothing to do when encountering a rock shark.
Fang Plover was a little confused now, but he couldn't say that you should wait until I return to the ship's workshop to compare and match, and wait until tomorrow to fight again. Fortunately, Tang Xin said, the gray-spotted large-jawed lizard has a characteristic. When an enemy is too close to the front, it will focus its sonic attacks into a fan out of vigilance, and mainly attack enemies that are too close to itself.
If someone can withstand a blow from the gray-spotted large-jawed lizard head-on, others can approach the big guy from other directions and entangle it, giving Luo Yu, Jita and Box a chance to cast spells.
Fang Plover slapped his head and then remembered that there were already professional defenders in the team. It was no longer the case before that his construct, the big cat man, and the paladin had to carry everything in front.
So he patted Luo Hao's shoulder: "Leave it to you."
"Is my level too low?" Luo Hao was a little panicked. He had only joined the team a few days ago and suspected that these people were using him as cannon fodder.
"Don't worry, Mr. Reid will back you up."
Luo Hao glanced at the big cat man and saw that the other man's level was not low, so he nodded bravely.
There is no other way, he joined this team, it was an order from above. He is a recruiter of the military, so it is natural for him to obey the arrangements as his first duty. And fortunately, he knew Fang Plover, and his performance in Dawn Star and in the battle not long ago gave him some confidence.
Luo Hao, sweating profusely, walked up with his shield in hand and said loudly: "Big Cat, when I call you later, you have to use your skills."
"I got it, little fat guy," Rhett squinted his silver eyes, and the scar was a little conspicuous in the hot sunlight. In fact, gray-spotted lizards are more common in Lotao, and they are even the totems of many clans. This made him remember some things from the past.
The big cat man replied casually: "Don't worry, you don't need to shout. My judgment will be much more accurate than yours."
Luo Hao was doubtful.
The crowd approached the big guy for the second time. When the latter noticed someone approaching, he spat out the metal fragments chewed in his mouth - they were the clockwork goblin that Fang Plover had used to lure the enemy. However, he did not have time to mourn for his flexible structure, so he only shouted:
"Everyone get ready!"
Luo Hao raised his shield and rushed forward.
The gray-spotted large-jawed lizard turned its head, and in its field of vision was a wild boar that was rushing toward it. In its simple visual structure, it is difficult to tell whether the spherical creature in front of you is a human or a wild boar under the monotonous black and white colors. In short, both are similar.
But because of this, the gray-spotted lizard was easily angered. It opened its mouth wide, and an invisible ripple swept towards Luo Hao. After the sonic attack, Luo Hao immediately opened the magic shield on his shield.
However, the thin shield was already in pieces as soon as it was opened. He almost flew out, but just as he was about to think about it, these people had indeed betrayed the fat uncle. But suddenly, a light golden light spread from behind.
The golden light was like a water pattern, slowly moving forward, forming a semicircular barrier and protecting Luo Hao within it. The Lion Paladin moved forward with one hand, and a steady stream of holy ether was transmitted from his magic furnace to his hand, supporting the barrier.
The sound wave hit the barrier and caused a circle of ripples, and the smoke and dust it rolled up immediately dissipated a lot.
Fang Plover knew that this was the new skill that the big cat man learned after Vanrick upgraded - the sacred barrier. Within the barrier, ether magic power is consumed to reduce damage. Every three points of magic value reduce the damage by one point, and the maximum damage can be avoided by 40%. .
Red's fiery red mane was seen flying in the wind, looking extremely majestic, but he said: "My magic furnace only has a reading of 400, which can last for less than five seconds. You'd better hurry up."
As soon as Luo Hao relaxed his pressure, the feeling of tingling ears and tightness in the chest disappeared instantly. He was about to sigh that the Paladins above level 20 were really powerful, but when he heard this sentence, he quickly took it back and just shouted: "Hurry up and seize the opportunity, we won't be able to support you anymore!"
A huge boulder flew over and hit the gray-spotted large-jawed lizard on the head with precision. The latter had to close its mouth, and the sonic attack was immediately interrupted.
Fang Yu didn't expect the box to have such a strange move. He couldn't help but feel a little happy, and immediately waved his hand: "Let's focus on hitting its left abdomen, which is closer to its heart!" As soon as he finished speaking, he didn't care about the gray spots. Did the lizard have 60% physical immunity? He also summoned two powerful angels and attacked.
After being approached, the gray-spotted large-jawed lizard no longer launches sonic attacks that take a long time to prepare, and only uses biological instinct to attack surrounding enemies. After all, its magic attack is very high, but its physical attack is also not low. Coupled with its thick scales, Baggins, Shesta, and Alyssa who joined in the melee were unable to do anything against it.
Just a few seconds passed, and Etila, Jita and Luo Yu finally prepared their spells. After the battle with Vanrick, Luo Yu and Jita both entered the tenth level. Although spells of this level are still not fatal to the twenty-level gray-spotted lizard, they can at least cause considerable spell damage to them.
After all, this thing has almost no magic resistance——
But Etila's druid spell was much more deadly. When a thorn spear fell down, the big guy was bleeding profusely and howling angrily.
Of course, the end of the final battle still had to rely on the Choppers of the Physics Department. After the gray-spotted lizard's Heavy Scale Fury Skill ended, Sylvide took the opportunity to shoot it out of its left eye, causing it to fall into a state of rage. , the big cat man cut off its left foot with another sword.
The battle after that was basically a one-sided massacre.
It's not that everyone lacks sympathy, it's because this thing's defense is too high. Even if it lacks 60% of physical immunity, everyone can only cut the flesh with blunt knives and slowly rely on bleeding to make it fall to the ground seriously injured.
The battle continued until evening, until the gray-spotted large-jawed lizard finally breathed its last breath, and Luo Hao sat down on the ground.
He wiped off his sweat and asked Fang Pliance with some lingering fear: "Are all your battles so thrilling?"
Fang Yu shook his head.
Fortunately, Luo Hao had just breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Fang Plover's lofty expression. As if he was deliberately suppressing the pride in his heart, he said lightly: "This is nothing, it's just a small scene."
"Holy shit!"
Luo Hao immediately gave this pretender a middle finger in his heart.
However, Fang Yu was quite happy. After Xiang joined, a new member who was weaker than him finally joined. If this continues, his authority as captain will gradually be established. Although Big Catman, Siesta and Baggins are powerful, they always give him the feeling of several mountains above his head.
Luo Hao sat on the ground and tasted it for a while, and then suddenly felt that something was not right about the team. He calculated that this team only had two battles around level 20, one was the cold maid, and the other was the lion paladin in the team.
Why do they dare to provoke an adult gray-spotted lizard?
He looked at the big guy lying in a pool of blood not far away, and then looked at the magic shield that had been slapped several times and had been scrapped into scrap metal. For a moment, Monk Zhang Er was confused.
For probably the first time, Luo Hao felt that he couldn't understand the world.
The gray-spotted lizard only has heavy scales and vocal organs, which are very valuable. However, after a fierce battle, there are very few heavy scales that are still intact. The Papalar man volunteered to take out the vibrating organ on the left side of the big lizard, and said that he had the certification of a first-level material collector. As a result, one was destroyed in three attempts.
Then Fang Plover also broke one.
The two men have since been placed on a list prohibited from approaching the corpse.
Fang Yu sat aside with great grievance, watching Miss Atila slowly cut open the body and took out the third magic organ, which was of C grade quality. Tianlan cheered for a while and put the things into a glass jar filled with antiseptic fluid.
After all, that thing is the main magic organ that allows the gray-spotted lizard to perform sonic attacks. If the quality is slightly better, the market price will be tens of thousands of lisels.
Then Tianlan encouraged Alyssa to try her hand. The latter touched it and pulled out a quality A-grade trembling leaf. She held the horny leaf that was still dripping with blood in a funny way and shook it towards Fang Plover.
Fang Plover was so angry that he took the Papalar man and left:
"I just saw some magic mushrooms over there. They are worth a lot of money, no worse than a gray-spotted lizard."
"Really, how come I don't know?"
"Wherever there are wyverns, there will be magic mushrooms." Fang Plover thought for a moment and then found a reasonable reason.
Not far away, Tang Xin and Tian Lan were holding a glass jar. She just rolled her eyes and watched these two idiots walking further and further away.
The twilight gradually became darker, and after the setting sun slanted through the forest, it cut under the mountains to the west - where the dark mountain shadows penetrated directly into the golden clouds - like a long and narrow blade, cutting the burning clouds from it. Split it.
Baggins told everyone that it was the Dwarf Rose Mountains north of Nognis. The people of the desert call it Arsoni, which means scimitar.
However, thousands of years later, this scimitar is still clearly visible from the west bank of the Long Lake Land, but there are only a few residents left in the desert. The former Idos under the red stone ridge and the Dragon Country in the sea of sand have all turned into dust.
After the sky darkened, people stopped trying to find anything valuable from the gray-spotted lizard.
Its carcass was parked on the street, and soon attracted a few vultures to hover over the ruins, tentatively trying to land and have a feast - the gray-spotted lizard's meat is slightly toxic and sour that it is difficult to eat, so generally no one would take it. When storing food, it doesn't matter to these master birds.
On the contrary, the flying dragon watched from a distance as this strange group of people helped it deal with the difficult enemy below, then lit a bonfire in the ruins and began to set up camp. For a moment, it was in awe and fear of such mysterious creatures as humans.
It has no intention of causing trouble to the other party anymore - in fact, it has already begun to wonder whether it should move.
From this place, looking through the woods, one can still see a corner of the long lake. As the last ray of sunlight gradually sank under the mountain col, the golden light on the water disappeared, leaving only darkness. Tian Lan then whispered to Ai Xiaoxiao that in Aitalia, the goddess of the lake lived in the lake.
If you pray to the goddess, the goddess will respond to you.
So the two of them yelled several times toward the lake. The sound came from far away, and the flying dragon was so frightened that it flapped its wings and flew into the night sky.
However, not long after that, the two of them were blasted back by Aitila.
"Don't attract the children of the forest."
Miss Elf looked at the two of them angrily.
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