Chapter 526 Level 3 Yugatha Shira
Live in groups, docile, good at detection and speed, and can change body shape. The name of the capybara does not sound very domineering, but it is a natural helper in the water.
Living in groups means that they have strong teamwork and cooperation abilities, and being docile means that they are easy to tame.
The excellent detection ability and body shape change ability allow them to accurately find hidden prey or treasures in complex water environments, and freely enter and exit various complex terrains.
In the Plantagenet Dynasty, the water system territory was extremely broad.
The territory is covered with vast swamps and tributaries criss-crossing the land, covering the land like a huge water network.
These water systems not only irrigate thousands of miles of fertile fields and nourish the people on both sides of the strait, they also breed hundreds of millions of underwater creatures and hide countless undiscovered treasures
· Not to mention that the coastline of the dynasty is extremely long, the sea area is several times wider than the mainland, and the resources within it are even more inestimable.
If you can control a powerful capybara group, you are holding the "key" to the underwater treasure house. Whether it is treasure hunting or resource development, you can get twice the result with half the effort.
Of course, Gothe's expectations for this group of capybaras are more than just an "underwater treasure hunting team".
His eyes glanced at the young dolphins that were eating gem berries, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth:
If this capybara group can be cultivated, wouldn't it be possible to completely eliminate the basic task of the sea sentry in the future?
Among the tasks listed by the Sea Sentinel, the majority are basic tasks. The most common ones are to exterminate aquatic animals that attack humans in the waters and patrol the safety of designated waters.
These two types of basic tasks are not difficult for Gothe to complete, and can even be said to be very simple. After all, his strength is more than enough to deal with low-level water beasts, but it always takes a lot of time.
Because the difficulty of these two types of missions is not fighting, but finding the target water beasts hidden in the vast waters.
Sea Sentinel Mages often need to spend a week or two conducting investigations in designated waters in order to find the mission target.
But even so, the final military merit reward is just a few third-class meritorious service.
The time and energy required for such a task are not proportional to the rewards, at least for Gaode - after spending a week of hard work, it is of little significance to get one or two third-class merit.
Most of the materials that can be exchanged for third-class functions can be bought with money.
Now Gothe, after the opening of the route between the Northern Territory and the City of Black Sails, can be said to be no longer short of money.
There is no need to rely on third-class skills to exchange for things that can be bought on the market.
Only those tasks whose rewards are second-class merit or above are worthy of his time and energy.
Because the things that can be exchanged for second-class merit and first-class merit cannot be bought with money, and it is related to his evaluation and military rank promotion under the Sea Sentinel system.
But the high-reward tasks are relatively limited, and it is impossible for him to always have high-reward tasks to take on.
Moreover, if you want to improve your military rank, in addition to great merit, you must also accumulate these basic small merits.
What's more, the assessment of the Sea Sentinel is still conducted every year.
In other words, Gaode must still have to do these daily tasks.
Just doing these tasks is a waste of time.
The group of capybaras in front of us can be the key to breaking this dilemma.
This is not a delusion, but a promising idea.
Gothe's eyes swept over the little capybaras that were eating happily. Although they were young, they had already shown strong obedience, spirituality and team awareness.
Faced with the temptation of Gem Sweet Berry just now, no one dared to act without the leader's order;
With training and the assistance of [Beast Connection+], they can completely execute the instructions accurately.
When encountering the task of "cleaning up low-level water beasts" in the future, he does not need to stay in person. He only needs to connect through the mind and let the capybara leader lead the group to the target area to search.
Capybaras are good at underwater tracking and group cooperation. When dealing with low-level water beasts, they will definitely be able to capture them easily under siege;
As for the "water patrol" task, capybaras have outstanding detection capabilities.
More importantly, [Beast Connection+] can perfectly solve the core problem of "command transmission".
Through the spiritual connection, even if the task is complex, Gaode can directly turn the task details and precautions into clear messages to Yuanzi and Tuanzi.
Let them take charge of the task, and the efficiency will never be lower than if he went into the water himself.
In this way, he can be completely liberated from basic tasks, and only needs to be responsible for accepting tasks, handing in tasks, and "hanging up and winning".
Thinking about it this way, Gothe suddenly felt that the future was bright.
As for the first step to realize the "hang-up plan", we still have to help Mariko advance to the third level.
Only by becoming a third-level capybara, Mariko can better lead the group, deal with stronger low-level water beasts, and can hand over tasks with more confidence.
This is not difficult for Gaode.
With the size of the Northern Territory, not to mention the high-level blood food that one Yuanzi needs to replenish, ten more can be easily supplied.
After putting away the water spirit lotus root, Gao De first returned to the shore, took all the blood food he brought from the north last time, and distributed it to Yuanzi.
Because he did not expect such a situation at the time, the blood food he brought was not much.
But it's not a big problem. Gothe is just preparing to complete the task at hand and then return to the north to "retreat".
At that time, just let the cargo ships passing through the Plantagenet Dynasty and the Northern Territory transport a large amount of blood food.
After Yuanzi had eaten and drank enough, he thought about it and decided to take Yuanzi's tribe with him on this mission.
On the one hand, this is because Gothe’s mission this time is to eliminate water beasts, and one more dolphin means more strength.
On the other hand, he will return to the north soon, and it will last for more than two months.
Having just subdued Mariko, they have been away for such a long time. Even if the capybara is a docile water animal, it will inevitably become wild-minded.
Doing a task together can not only save time, but also cultivate tacit understanding and feelings, killing two birds with one stone.
The mission Gothe took this time was located within the jurisdiction of Dorne City.
The mission comes from a small town called Zekou Town near Dorne City.
This is a small place that relies on the meandering rivers and makes a living by fishing and drying aquatic products.
Recently, townspeople have been attacked repeatedly when collecting nets. Seven people have been killed and four others seriously injured. Even two fishing boats have been dragged into deep water, leaving only a few pieces of driftwood floating back.
· The survivors' descriptions were only vague features such as "the scales were green, the mouth was like a crocodile, and the tail could smash wood."
Based on the reported situation, and based on the poison remaining in the attacker's wounds, the description, and the scale of the damage, the Sea Sentinel made a judgment that the water beast should be a second-level swamp crocodile.
This is a common water beast in the waters of Dorne. It makes a living by ambushing small and medium-sized creatures.
Adult individuals can reach up to five meters in length, and their scales can easily resist a spell attack.
The tail swing is powerful enough to break ordinary oak ship planks, and the most dangerous thing is the "rotten bite" of its jaws.
Because the mission location is in the city of Dorne, there is no need to take an airship. Gothe went directly by boat.
Yuanzi, on the other hand, led the entire clan and group behind the ship, like a flexible convoy, creating ripples at the stern of the ship.
His back draws silver water lines in the sunlight, like a series of moving floating islands.
There are seventeen young capybaras in Yuanzi's group. Adding Yuanzi and Tuanzi, there are nineteen capybaras.
After arriving in Zekou Town, Gaode took the capybara group and launched an investigation and search centered on the point where the residents of Zekou Town were attacked.
Under normal circumstances, this search will last about a week before any results are obtained, and this requires a more experienced Sea Sentinel Mage.
If you don’t know enough about the habits of water animals, your observation skills are not sharp enough, and you are a little unlucky, it is normal for it to take more than half a month.
With the help of nineteen capybaras, Gaode is confident that he will be able to gain something within two or three days.
But he himself didn’t expect that Mariko would catch the culprit that afternoon.
After Gothe received Yuanzi's signal, he opened the Mandola Magic Eye, and sure enough he found an abnormal water flow beneath the reed marsh in the distance, and also saw a shadow more than four meters long.
The shadow is moving slowly, and the surrounding water flow is slightly disturbed by the friction of the scales.
"Gather the tribe and prepare to attack." Gothe gave the order to Mariko, but he did not step forward, but looked like he was watching a show.
This is the decision he made on the way here:
Although Yuanzi is at the second level, under the protection of his father, who is the leader, he has not experienced many battles at all, let alone those young dolphins.
Instead, he is the youngest Tuanzi, because he has been hanging out with him for a while and has the most rich combat experience.
Combat is a science that must be practiced in actual combat.
Since he expected to hand over the basic tasks of sea sentries to them in the future, he had to spend some time and energy cultivating their combat skills now.
Otherwise, it would be extremely irresponsible to just assign tasks to them.
This second-level swamp crocodile is an excellent target for actual combat training.
The strength of the second level is strong enough to bring pressure and danger to them and improve their fighting qualities.
But this strength is within Gaode's control. When a critical situation occurs, he has the confidence to control the situation and prevent the capybaras from dying.
Mariko has obviously never experienced the scene of "commanding operations". She was standing in the water at a loss, her dolphin fins swaying slightly, and her eyes looked at Gothe from time to time, as if seeking instructions.
When Tuanzi saw this, he immediately swam to Yuanzi, rubbed her neck with his head, bared his teeth in the direction of the crocodile, and made a few short "chirp" sounds, as if to encourage her.
When Gaude saw this scene, he couldn't help but sigh that Tuanzi was such a good boy.
He was obviously beaten by Yuanzi not long ago
Perhaps it was Tuanzi's determination that gave Yuanzi confidence. She took a deep breath, the hesitation in her round eyes gradually faded away, and she slowly raised her head.
The battle started with Mariko's low cry.
Seventeen young dolphins were the first to attack. They did not approach hastily. Instead, they spread out in a fan shape and swam quickly around the crocodile. They used their bodies to stir up the water flow, disrupting its vision and judgment. At the same time, they controlled the water flow to form water cannons to restrict its movement.
This is the tactic formulated by Mariko.
The first-level baby dolphin has limited attack power and lacks experience, so it is suitable for assisting. The main attackers are the second-level her and the bold Tuanzi.
The swamp crocodile was enraged and swung its tail violently, trying to swat away the approaching young dolphin, but by this time Tuanzi and Yuanzi had already attacked.
Tuanzi attracted the attention of the crocodile from the left, deliberately exposing a flaw, causing the crocodile to open its mouth and bite; Mariko took the opportunity to attack from the right
Although there were some twists and turns throughout the battle, several young dolphins were swiped by the crocodile's tail due to inexperience and suffered some injuries, but fortunately the injuries were not serious.
Mariko was also avoiding the venom spit when her back was scratched by the claws of the crocodile, and her blood was stained red.
But with every setback, the capybaras' cooperation becomes more and more tacit.
The young dolphins have learned to predict the attack trajectory of the crocodile in advance, and the connection between Yuanzi and Tuanzi's offense and defense has become more and more smooth.
Finally, Tuanzi found the opportunity and bit the crocodile's tail to restrict its movement.
Mariko took the opportunity to go around the back of the crocodile's neck and bit its artery with sharp teeth.
As a spurt of blood spurted out, the body of the crocodile twitched violently for several times, and finally it was unable to struggle. Its huge body slowly sank into the water like a puppet with its strings cut off.
"Well done!" Gothe praised without hesitation and asked the capybaras to drag the body of the crocodile to the shore.
He first asked the capybaras injured in the battle to come over and line up. The three young dolphins and Mariko were all decorated. He cast [Healing Technique] one by one and distributed gem sweet berries.
Through a two-pronged approach, the wounds of these injured capybaras healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and they unconsciously became more intimate with Gothe. Their little heads couldn't help but rub against Gothe's palm.
After finishing the work at hand, Gothe came to the body of the crocodile.
Hence, he first cut open the crocodile's jaw, removed the dark green poison sac, and then peeled off the entire scales on its back.
The former is a mission voucher, and the latter is the most valuable extraordinary material on it.
After dealing with this, Gothe's eyes fell on the huge body of the crocodile.
With such a large size, it is still a second-level water beast, which can be used as blood food for the capybara tribe to help them improve their strength.
Gaode's fingertips glowed with a faint gray-black light and cast spells.
The moment the spell was activated, a gray-black light enveloped the body of the crocodile like mist.
In the light, countless tiny energy threads moved quickly, like sharp blades, cutting the fleshy parts of the crocodile accurately along the muscle texture.
There are no bloody scenes or harsh cutting sounds. The muscles and fat of the crocodile seem to be peeled off by invisible forces, slowly separated from the bones, and automatically gathered into regular lumps of meat.
After the light dissipated, only a clean and complete skeleton of the crocodile was left on the beach:
The bones were white, the connections at the joints were intact, and even the tiny finger bones were clearly visible, as if they had been carefully cleaned and polished, with no trace of residual flesh, flesh or fascia visible.
【Decompose corpse】(Necromantic system, one link):
Through this spell, the caster can quickly break down the fleshy parts of a corpse of Giant size or smaller, leaving behind a perfectly clean skeleton.
This spell was originally used by necromancers to obtain perfect skeletons for summoning skeleton warriors or making necromantic items.
But in Gothe's case, he uses it as a gathering technique, which saves the trouble and energy of manually dividing the meat and avoids waste.
"These are all yours." Gothe pointed at the pile of crocodile meat and said to Yuanzi and Tuanzi.
Yuanzi immediately made a cheerful sound, while Tuanzi, who had seen the "world", was obviously very calm.
The task was easily completed. Gothe didn't stop at Zekou Town and immediately sailed back to Dorne City. He submitted the task at the White Tower of Haiyuan and refreshed his latest "attendance" time.
After submitting the task, Gaode went straight to the Wal-Mart magic material store and started the astral teleportation that had been prepared for a long time.
Colorful astral energy emerges, forming a portal.
Gaode strode into it.
Return to the north!