Chapter 393 Strange raccoon dog? Ibrahimovic!
Seed shop in Monte Town.
"Sir, thank you for your visit." The shopkeeper packed the seeds Gaode needed into small bags, put them together in a larger cloth bag, and handed them to Gaode.
Gaode held a cloth bag in each hand and walked happily to the hotel where he was staying temporarily.
The cloth bag in his left hand contained the new tree seeds he had just collected from the seed shop in the town.
For him, every time he goes out to perform a mission, as long as he goes to a new place, he will have a guaranteed harvest: new local tree species.
There are really too many types of trees.
So even small towns under the same jurisdiction of Dorne City have different tree species.
From the perspective of this, this is actually a bit like the illustration collection game in some simulation business games in the previous life. Collecting new tree species is to light up a brand new illustration.
When the number of illuminated illustrations reaches a certain value, you will receive a reward (Yugatra Shira upgrade).
This abundant positive feedback can be said to have made him enjoy collecting tree seeds.
As for the bag on the right hand, it contains the blood crystal wheat given by Chief Harper.
This is an unexpected harvest, and it is a big harvest.
I didn’t expect that just rushing to have a meal in vain would lead to such an unexpected joy.
The next three days.
Gaode relied on his magic berry to make a nest, and cooperated with Tuanzi to "fish for law enforcement" in the shell-stealing crab activity area designated by the Monte Town Sheriff's Department.
Hits a lot.
The spirituality and intelligence of earth line creatures are much higher than that of ordinary animals, but their nature is not so easy to suppress.
What's more, even among humans, how many people can resist temptation?
In short, after just three days of standard working hours of 8 a.m. to 6 a.m. with a two-and-a-half-hour lunch break, Gaode has already collected more than 400 shell-stealing crab eyes.
In fact, there were already more than 300 coins on the first day, and the next two days were already in the stage of checking and filling in the gaps, catching those fish that slipped through the net in twos and threes.
On the fourth day, continue to make nests with magic berries.
After trying every point and confirming that no shell-stealing crabs appeared again, Gaode decisively chose to end the mission and return home.
Shell-stealing crabs reproduce at an extremely fast rate. Under normal circumstances, it takes a very long time for the Sea Sentinel Mage to perform a mission. While those shell-stealing crabs are being exterminated, they are also breeding new small shell-stealing crabs, which further increases the mission time and difficulty.
But Gaode's main goal is to cut through the mess with a sharp knife and not give these shell-stealing crabs a chance to reproduce further, so his task completion time is also accelerating.
Going back, Gothe no longer chose to take a boat, but instead took a carriage.
Although the plantagenet road network is equally developed, and there are no uninhabited and dangerous areas, the speed is definitely worse than the waterway.
But this is also for the sake of safety.
Comparatively, Gothe had a strange egg found underwater, which was emitting fluorescent light and looked extremely extraordinary at first glance.
He was worried that if he continued to return to Dorne by water, the "father" and "mother" of the egg would be able to sense something and cause unnecessary trouble.
Although this possibility is not very high, it is not completely impossible. It will only cost you a few more hours on the journey. There is no need to take this risk.
Back in Dorne, Gaode first went to the supplies department to submit the mission voucher and apply for settlement of the mission.
The various offices on the first floor of Hai Sentinel are still very well connected with each other.
So after seeing the bag full of shell-stealing crab eyeballs handed over by Gao De, Master Neil immediately opened his eyes wide:
"[Hidden Crab Disaster] Wasn't this task just taken over five or six days ago? Is it over so soon?"
He looked up and down at Gothe.
I remember correctly, Gaode is a grassroots first-level mage.
This kind of task completion speed can only be achieved by high-level mages who have special techniques, or by noble mages.
The reason for the latter is also very simple. In addition to the ordinary mage abilities, aristocratic mage also has a "money" ability. It is natural to have money to do things easily.
Happy master's privacy is a recognized truth, so even the Sea Sentinel will not pay too much attention to the means used to complete the task, as long as the means are just.
Therefore, it is actually very common for noble mages to mobilize family forces to help "clear" tasks. In Sea Sentinel, although this is not stated directly, it can be regarded as compliant by default.
After all, family power is also part of the mage's strength.
This is roughly equivalent to the fact that in some online games in Gaode's previous life, the RMB warriors paid money to be led by big men.
Rich and willful.
However, there is also an unspoken rule.
That is a "brush" mission, and will not receive the special subsidy of "defeating the strong with the weak".
Gothe is neither a high-level mage nor a noble, so why can he complete this difficult task so quickly.
Old Neil was puzzled.
Gothe smiled "shyly": "I came from the Green Teeth Mountains and the Sword Mountains, and I have rich experience in finding and killing earth-line creatures."
This explanation can only be said to be barely reasonable. Old Neil naturally knew that there must be other reasons, but if he asked again, he would be offended, so he decisively stopped.
After much thought, Old Neil felt that it should be related to Gothe's awakened expertise.
Old Neil completed the corresponding registration work neatly, and then said to Gaode: "We will send someone to notify you when the task evaluation is completed, but this is the task completion state for the time being, and you can take on other tasks during this time."
Hands of Crab Disaster] The task is quite special, and it takes half a month of observation period to confirm whether the task has been completed.
Gaode already knew about this matter, so he was very calm.
"Sorry for the trouble, Master Neil." He put away his identity plate, left the supplies department, and went to the library next to him.
The books collected in the library on the first floor of the Mage Tower are mostly introductory books, used to increase knowledge. There is not much truly valuable mage knowledge or technical knowledge, so most of them are free and open to Sea Sentinel mages.
Gaode searched around and entered the books in the earth line creature introduction area, and found the water beast section according to the classification.
For an excellent Sea Sentinel Mage, a full understanding of the habits of various water animals is a basic and necessary skill.
Gaode is also aware of this, and often comes to the library to read the introduction to the Memory Water Beast.
But nothing about the egg obtained from underwater.
Gaode does not think that he has omitted something or his memory is too poor.
He thought it should be the water beast to which this egg belonged. It was of a relatively high rank and was not listed in the common catalog of water beasts.
In the library, the introduction of a small number of rare water beasts belongs to the "paid column", and the "military rank" level is required to unlock them.
Gothe was not stingy either. He paid to unlock all the rare water beast books that a first-class trainee mage could unlock, and then started to read them carefully in the reading area of the library.
As a result, I looked through them all and still couldn’t find any relevant content.
This is both a good thing and a bad thing.
The good thing is that the water beast this egg belongs to may be much more powerful and rare than he expected.
The bad thing is that I don’t know what this thing is, no matter how powerful and rare it is, it seems useless.
He thought for a while, turned around, and found the mage on duty on the first floor.
"You picked up an earth-line creature egg on the waterway to carry out a mission in Monte Town?" After hearing Gothe's stated purpose, the mage on duty felt incredible.
The routes of passenger ships are all fixed, so why didn’t anyone else notice it, but Gaode discovered it?
"Then, you browsed through the introductions of earth-line creatures in the library, but you couldn't find any description of water beasts that match it. Do you suspect it is a high-level or rare water beast?" In disbelief, his expression straightened and he further confirmed.
“Yes.” Gothe nodded slightly.
The mage on duty glanced at Gothe with admiration. After thinking for a moment, he knew that the matter was of great importance, and then said: "I will report it immediately. You wait here for a while. If it is finally verified to be a high-level water beast, you, as the discoverer, will also be rewarded."
After the explanation, the mage on duty walked to the second floor, which is still restricted to Gothe.
After a while, he came back, his expression a little more serious than before.
"Captain Merrick happens to be here too. He asked you to come up. You come with me."
Captain Gothe was also a little confused. He didn't expect that just a simple report would alert a mage of this rank.
Under the guidance of the mage on duty, he was led all the way to an office room on the third floor.
· Pushing the door open, behind the black wooden table in the room sat a mage who was between young and middle-aged, that is, Captain Merrick.
Of course, for mages, especially those with high rings, age cannot be judged by appearance.
Like a three-ring mage, his lifespan is as high as 375, and his youth period has been greatly extended. Even if he is a hundred years old, he can only be regarded as a youth, and his appearance is still that of a youth.
"First class trainee mage Gaode?"
"Yes." Gaode said quickly.
"You performed well in the Lagos City water beast mission," Merrick nodded slightly, with a faint smile on his face, as if he recognized Gothe's performance in that mission, and then turned back to the topic, "Tell me the process of discovering the water beast egg in detail."
"Under normal circumstances, you are right to worry."
After listening to what Gothe said, Captain Merrick said: "If a water beast egg is found on the passenger ship route, the parents of the water beast egg are most likely to be wandering nearby. This means that water beasts appear on the route and must be reported and exterminated as soon as possible, otherwise it is very likely to cause great harm to the people."
"This is the basic understanding that a sea sentinel mage should have."
"You reported in a timely manner," Captain Merrick affirmed Gothe's actions before returning to the topic, "However, this time the situation may be special."
"Did you bring that water beast egg?"
"Bring it." Gothe said as he took off the bag tied around his waist. The bag is made of special leather, with a tough texture and can protect the items inside well.
It contained the water animal egg that Tuanzi discovered.
The report was not an impromptu decision, he was naturally prepared for it.
Gothe took the water animal eggs out of the bag and placed them on the table.
Captain Merrick stood up, carefully looked up and down at the fluorescent lights and lines on it, and then put his hand on the egg shell to feel it. Then, he sat back in the chair, and his expression returned to calm.
"Captain Merrick, what kind of water beast is this?"
"It actually cannot be regarded as a water beast. The original body should have been first discovered in the Green Teeth Mountains, so we did not classify it as a water beast. Naturally, you are in the order of water animals. It can't be found in the records. Its official name is Alitanuki. "
" Yitanuli?" Gothe has never heard of this name, and he has more doubts in his heart. "Then why do its eggs appear in the water, and the eggs clearly contain water elements?"
“This has something to do with the extraordinary characteristics of the alien raccoon itself,” Captain Merrick told Goldcop: “This is an earth-line creature with extraordinary ability to change.”
"When they are in the egg form, they are just gray eggs with no attributes at first. Then they will continue to absorb the elemental power of the surrounding environment and begin to have their own attributes. When they finally emerge from the shell, they will turn into different types of alien raccoons due to the differences in the surrounding environment."
< br/> "Just like this alien raccoon egg, because it stayed in the water for a long time, it absorbed enough water elements and became what it is now. If it finally breaks out of the shell successfully, it will be an alien raccoon egg."
Good guy, isn't this Eevee? The thought in Gothe's mind flashed.
Captain Merrick continued here, "Thirteen years ago, we found a seriously injured female Fengqiu who had just given birth in Dessarin Town. It should have been attacked by other earth-line creatures. In short, it died not long after we found it." Fortunately, the murderer of the alien fox was discovered in time."
"It's just that the alien egg that the female Feng Yiren gave birth to was never found, but it's not a big deal. Without the help of the mother, the alien egg will most likely be difficult to hatch, so we didn't continue to search."
"The town of Desalin is located near the water where you found the alien egg."
“So this alien raccoon egg is probably the one left by the strange raccoon dog.” Captain Merrick concluded.
"I didn't expect it to hide it underwater, no wonder we couldn't find it."
"Inland water routes, our sea sentries are engaged in long-term maintenance and eradication of water animals. Under normal circumstances, the possibility of hiding water animals is not high, but it is good for you to have this awareness. I will give you a third-class merit as a reward." In the end, Captain Merrick also gave Gothe a small surprise.
"Thank you." Gothe thanked him quickly. Then, he looked at Captain Merrick and asked uncertainly, "What about this alien egg?"
"You can just take it back and play with it yourself." Captain Merrick waved his hand and said casually.
"Okay," Gothe put away the alien raccoon eggs, and couldn't help but ask: "May I ask what level of earth creature the alien raccoon is?"
Captain Merrick naturally knew what Gothe meant by this question. He chuckled and said: "Not only the type of this thing will change with the difference in the surrounding environment, but also the level." Even if the raccoon egg can hatch in the end, it will only be a first-level water alien raccoon."
"Besides, it's still unclear whether it can be hatched."
"The letter from the alien raccoon. "If you want to know more about it." Captain Merrick raised his head and glanced at the mage on duty who was following him, and said casually: "Mr. Freddy, you will take Gothe to the library on the second floor later and take out the introduction to the alien fox and show it to him."
Gothe was overjoyed: "Thank you, Captain Merrick!"
(End of this chapter)