Chapter 345 Guaranteed Second Class Merit
The Mysterious Chorus can play a form of music according to Gothe's idea, and then deceive the creatures who hear the music.
The creature must make a mental confrontation with Gothe.
If the resistance fails, the creature will be deceived and will become friendly to Goth as long as the creature can hear the music and for 1 hour thereafter.
Any attack against the creature will directly break this friendliness.
An ordinary rancid water salamander would naturally be defeated by Gaode, who had a mental power of 186 in a spiritual confrontation.
So, at this moment, due to the spell effect of [Mysterious Chorus+], it is sending a friendly signal to Gothe.
Gothe went through so much trouble, so he naturally did not take advantage of the danger of the insects to attack the rancid water salamanders.
He cast [Mage's Hand+] and gently stroked the ugly head of the putrid water salamander with his ghostly hand, as if stroking a small pet.
It’s just “like”, because rancid water salamander is really smelly, and the slime on the surface is too disgusting.
Hence Gothe can only contact through the [Mage's Hands] and has not used it personally.
The reason why he needs contact is not because he is too special, but because the next spell he is going to cast requires contact.
Amidst the surge of mana, another spell model was activated.
【Beast Connection+】: As long as the creature is friendly to you or is charmed by you, it can successfully establish a spiritual connection regardless of its intelligence.
[Mysterious Chorus+] and [Beast Connection+] have reached a linkage.
· Under the influence of the former, the rancid water salamander, which was extremely friendly to Gothe, established a spiritual connection with Gothe without any resistance.
Through spiritual connection, Gaode can simply exchange information with it.
"Where are your lair and other companions?" Gothe conveys question information to the other party through the link.
This is his purpose.
The rancid water salamander is a gregarious creature. He can quickly and directly find the opponent's base camp through the rancid water salamander in front of him, and conduct a large-scale cleanup, thus saving a lot of time and energy, instead of the blanket search like now.
The rancid water salamander's intelligence is not very high, but Gaode's question is not complicated either, so Gaode immediately received feedback from the other party.
"Go that way," Gothe, who received the information, pointed the direction to Shama, and then confessed: "It leads the way, just follow."
The one in Gothe's mouth is the rancid water salamander he lured.
At this moment, it was swinging its tail fin violently towards the boat where Gao De was sitting, as if to say, "Taijun, go here."
After a brief moment of sluggishness, Shama probably realized that Gaode had a brilliant method and had controlled this vicious water beast through extraordinary power.
He gritted his teeth, finally mustered up the courage, rowed the boat, and kept up with the pace of the rancid water salamander.
A paddle cut through the dark green water, and a series of green bubbles popped up. The bubbles were also mixed with a disgusting fishy smell.
The two people on the boat had no expressions about this.
Shama was born and raised here and has long been accustomed to this smell without any discomfort.
Gao Deze also gradually adapted to this taste, and added a little patience.
【You are breathing gas with a strong odor and trace amounts of toxins. You begin to adapt to the gas. Your immunity to various toxins increases by 41.1%. Your body's organs' ability to digest, metabolize and excrete various toxins increases by 45.9%. Your tolerance to odors increases. The ability to withstand increased by 1.2%】
Yes, in the Makoko District, doing nothing, just breathing is equivalent to taking poison. This poison even prompted Gothe's body, which had gradually become immune to Kaimai Tincture, to start adapting to evolution again.
Led by this "Salamander", the boat gradually sailed towards a corner of Makoko District.
As we go deeper, the water here becomes more and more viscous, and phosphorescent mucus blocks even begin to appear on the surface of the water.
There are still some small debris attached to the surface of the slime block, such as rotten water plants and unknown debris, which are gently swaying with the water flow.
At this moment, the "Salamander" stopped swimming, its tail fin flapped violently on the water surface, causing a splash of water.
Some simple emotions and information reach Gothe's mind through spiritual connections.
This is its old nest, but most of the putrid water salamanders have gone out to look for food and will not be ready to come back until they are full.
Furthermore, a new batch of cubs were just added last night, and they are also responsible for bringing food to the cubs, which will probably take a long time.
The previous information was normal, and Gothe didn't pay attention to it, but Zaizai could understand the later information very well. It was a larvae, but "joining" made Gothe frown.
How can it be "joined"?
Under normal circumstances, it should be "birth" or "hatching".
His first reaction was that the rancid water salamander's IQ was too low, so it could only express simple messages, which were somewhat ambiguous.
It's just that the rigor of being a "mathematical person" still made Gothe instinctively ask for verification: "Is it the cub you gave birth to?"
The next moment, another piece of information came from the consciousness of the rancid water salamander.
Then, Gaode raised his eyebrows and his expression changed slightly.
On the surface, there was nothing unusual about him. He was already looking at the water in front of him through [Detection Magic+].
Through the filthy water, Gothe saw the dense magical light under the water.
These auras shone with a dim green light, like countless tiny will-o'-the-wisps swaying in the water, and occasionally a few would be brighter in color.
Such a weak magical aura should be the larvae of the rancid water salamander.
With these water beasts, there is no such thing as the old, weak, women and children.
Gaode's heart moved. Regardless of whether it was a larvae or not, he pointed his finger slightly toward the water, and the magic light shone on his fingertips.
【Blade Burst+】: You instantly create a circle of translucent sharp blades to clean around you.
After Wind Spirit Moon Shadow adds points to the Blade Burst+, the center point is no longer limited to itself, but any point within 20 feet.
The center point chosen by Gaode is exactly where the core of magic aura is densest.
In an instant, a powerful wave of magic power spread under the water.
The originally dirty but still calm water surface suddenly began to vibrate violently, and an invisible force began to stir under the water.
A circle of translucent sharp blades appeared and shot out at extremely fast speeds.
Hilled by the color of the sewage itself, the larvae of the putrid water salamanders were waiting for food to arrive and to grow up in great comfort underwater.
But now everything has become a delusion.
That circle of translucent sharp blades stirred up ripples in the water and swept right past them.
There was no scene of it being torn apart and juice and blood splashing everywhere.
Because the damage type of [Blade Burst+] is the most noble force field damage, it ignores the superficial physical defense and goes straight to the essence.
A faint halo appeared on the surface of the bodies of the putrid water salamander larvae, and then their bodies began to twist and deform slightly.
· Under the influence of the force field damage, the originally soft body seemed to be squeezed by an invisible force and became distorted, as if it were crumpled paper.
The next moment, tiny cracks began to appear on the bodies of these larvae, spreading quickly like spider webs.
There is something inside their bodies that is gradually decomposed by an invisible force.
Finally, with a faint "pop" sound, all these larvae lost their vitality and emerged from the water one by one like dead fish.
All this seems to take a long time, but in fact it happens in an instant.
So in Shama's eyes, the young Sea Sentinel Mage in front of him just pointed his finger forward, and the next moment, the originally calm water surface started to churn like boiling water.
Immediately afterwards, densely packed bodies of putrid water salamanders surfaced, their bodies twisted.
This sudden sight made his heart tremble violently, and he was shocked to a certain extent.
"Don't be nervous." Gothe soothed.
The strongest of the rancid water salamanders is the first level, and these larvae are even less worth mentioning. Even though the power of [Blade Burst] is only six degrees, it is enough to kill them instantly.
Of course, one spell is not enough to clear the area. There are also a few putrid water salamander larvae that are not within the range of the [Blade Burst] spell and adult putrid water salamanders whose magic aura is slightly brighter. They are more tenacious and have not died after being attacked by [Blade Burst+].
Gaode is not prepared to let these fish slip through the net.
His right hand grasped in vain.
A dazzling electric arc shot out from Gothe's hand instantly like a smart silver snake.
【Lightning pulling】.
Lightning pulling is a single-target spell, but due to the excellent conductive effect of sewage, it instantly becomes a group damage spell.
Zizzizi!
The electric arc spread rapidly in the water, like a large invisible net, covering all the rancid water salamanders that survived.
Their bodies twitched violently under the stimulation of electric current, the skin on the surface began to turn black, and their lives were quickly terminated.
Even an adult rancid water salamander is actually at the bottom of the first level in terms of combat power. It is a great threat to ordinary people, but to a serious first level mage, it is nothing at all.
The main reason why this task is such a headache for the Sea Sentinel Mage and he is unwilling to take it is that no one wants to go into the water.
But for Gaode, he can complete the task without going into the water.
First use [Detection Magic+] to find a single putrid water salamander, then use the beast taming spells [Mystic Chorus+] and [Beast Connection+] taken from the guardian of the snowfield to directly attack the putrid water salamander's lair, and finally attack with [Blade Burst+] and [Lightning Pull], which can work wonders in water.
With this set of combined skills, even a second-level mage may not be able to do better than Gaode.
This is the benefit of a deep spell library.
The spell reserve is deep enough to allow Gothe to pick out appropriate spell combinations to deal with most situations.
Although the rancid water salamanders in this old nest are almost dead, Gothe did not leave.
Because most of the putrid water salamanders he killed were juveniles, and 90% of the adult putrid water salamanders were foraging for food at the moment and were not in their nests.
It is these adult rancid water salamanders that truly pose a danger to the lives of the poor people in Makoko District.
At this point, things have become simpler.
Gaode asked Shama to park the ship here.
The next thing he has to do is to wait and see.
If a rancid water salamander comes back, kill one.
There is no need to worry about being unable to defeat four hands with two fists, and there is enough time to recover mana. Basically, this rancid water salamander lair can be used as a "monster refresh point" with no fixed time point.
Waiting like this means waiting from morning until sunset.
At first, only one or two scattered rancid water salamanders returned.
After noon, the number of putrid water salamanders returning to their nests gradually began to increase.
And in the evening, it became scattered again.
The whole process of waiting and waiting did not happen unexpectedly.
The combat power of these rancid water salamanders is really not worth mentioning.
Gothe made a rough estimate and found that the number of adult rancid water salamanders he killed that day was around a hundred.
There are nearly two hundred larvae.
This is already a very objective number.
Of course, it is unrealistic to completely kill all these water beasts.
Because these rancid water salamanders are so tenacious and are oviparous, their eggs may be found anywhere in the waters of the Makoko shanty area.
After you kill all the batches, a new batch of rancid water salamanders will appear after a while.
Sea Sentinel also understands this, so the strategy is to conduct a large-scale cleanup of the Makoko District first, reduce the overall density of water beasts, and then conduct so-called "expulsion maintenance" regularly to ensure that these water beasts will not overflow.
Gothe also knew this. Looking at the tail fins of the hundreds of rancid water salamanders collected on the boat, he was quite satisfied with the result.
The tail fin is used as a token of merit.
To eliminate water beasts, you must remove a certain part of the corresponding water beast as proof, otherwise no one can ensure that your record is true or false.
"I'll come here today, and I'll come back tomorrow to clean up the magic octopus. You'll wait for me at the same place tomorrow morning. I'll still get the same reward, okay?" Gothe asked.
"No problem, no problem." Shama couldn't help but nodded.
Today, he watched the whole process of Gao Deqing's suppression of water beasts. For Gao De, he only had awe and respect left in his heart.
He never expected that Gothe, who looked so young in front of him, would be the most skillful and astonishingly efficient among all the sea sentinel mages who came to the Makoko District to eliminate water beasts.
"But now, I have to trouble you to send me somewhere else." Gothe said again.
“Huh?” Shama didn’t react for a moment.
"It's better to follow it." Gothe pointed at the "Salamander Rape" who kept continuing the "Mysterious Chorus" and remained friendly.
Crunch.
The sound of the wooden door opening and closing sounded.
Under the dim sunset light, Gothe stepped on the threshold and entered this room that looked no different from other shacks, looking around.
Faced with his cautious questioning, "Salamander Rape" gave an important piece of information: those larvae were not hatched by them, but came from this shack not far from their old nest.
even itself comes from this.
After knowing this information, how could Gaode still be unable to react:
These water beasts that appeared in the Makoko District and have caused trouble to the residents of the Makoko District for a long time did not appear by themselves, but were man-made!
This made Gaode suddenly excited.
Opportunity! Big opportunity!
Driving away water beasts is just an ordinary task, and the merit obtained is also the lowest third-class merit.
Double reward, that is, third-class merit*2.
But if these water beasts are raised by humans and then released to hurt people, the nature of the entire mission will change.
To use an inappropriate analogy, it is equivalent to the difference between confiscating a batch of drugs and arresting a drug dealer.
The latter's contribution is far from comparable to that of the former.
If the mastermind behind the proliferation of water beasts in Makoko District can be found, given the bad nature of the whole thing, the wide impact and his strength, then the guarantee will be a second-class merit!
(End of this chapter)