Chapter 39: Strange Shaped Stones

"Do all the disciples of your big family come out to train so early?"

Night began to slowly fall, swallowing up the light. Bai Le drove the Bone-Killing Dark Tiger to keep a certain distance from the demon hunting team.

“They are them.”

"I do have a question. Can all Undead Mages summon warriors at the initial stage?"

Mu Nu stared at the Gusha Dark Tiger with her beautiful eyes. There was no shortage of beast tamers and summoners in the family. She had seen commander-level monsters that were higher than the general-level monsters, but the realm of a beast tamer or summoner must at least be on par with the monsters.

An initial-level necromancer who can summon warriors is indeed a rare existence. At least the necromancers recruited by the family do not have this ability. No wonder Professor Luo would accept him as his apprentice.

“It costs a price.”

"cost······"

Mu Nujiao stopped talking, her eyes fixed on the back of the man driving the Gusha Dark Tiger.

The rain gradually became heavier and heavier, blurring the vision.

The demon hunting team walking in front suddenly stopped, and Xu Huang's dark pupils showed solemnity.

"Miss, I'm afraid we can't go and clean up the demons today."

The heavy rain makes the water element in the air extremely abundant. Xiaodie's water ability will be greatly enhanced, and so will the monsters. Excessive rain will obscure the vision, and it is not a wise move to hunt monsters rashly.

"Brother Xu, you go ahead and explore the way, we will follow later. After confirming it is safe, we will head to the nearest dam."

One of the hopes for human survival is to build a safe world. The walls of the safe world are built by highly skilled earth magicians and patrolled by guarding magicians. Different regions have different forms of safe worlds to deal with different monsters.

Due to the special location of the Yangtze River, the guardian mages chose to build a dam to fight against the demons. There was a human gathering place behind the dam, selling magic tools, demon bones and furs, etc.

The mission of their demon hunting team is to clean up the demons that have managed to get through the dam. According to reliable information obtained by the Hunter Alliance, a war general-level sand crocodile has passed through the dam defense line and is committing crimes in the breeding grounds on the outskirts of the city.

With a flash of green light, Xu Huang's figure disappeared into the rain at a speed invisible to the naked eye.

Sand crocodile?

Bai Le quickly searched for information about demons in his mind. In the demon class, the teacher would lead students to learn the characteristics and weaknesses of various types of demons. For example, the power-type demon, the muscular demon wolf, could easily resist the burning of fire, but could not resist the paralysis of thunder.

Bai Le was not familiar with river monsters and other monsters that lived in rivers, lakes and reservoirs.

"Sand crocodiles are a type of monster that is extremely rampant in the Huangpu River. Because of their well-developed scales and earth-related magic skills, they can move freely in the soil. They are the most troublesome monster for the mages stationed at the dam. They never know when the sand crocodiles will pass through the dam and sneak into the security zone behind."

Mu Nujiao told Bai Le the content of the mission and introduced the mission target, the sand crocodile. Bai Le was not a combatant, but Mu Nujiao felt it necessary to explain it clearly to Bai Le.

"The most troublesome thing about the sand crocodile is that once it finds something wrong, it will hide in the soil, and it will be difficult to attack it with magic. So it is best to have an ice mage in the team to freeze the ground before the sand crocodile hides."

Common knowledge about monsters has always been Bai Le's weakness. Although he wanted to make up for it, there was simply too much knowledge he lacked. His predecessor did not like magic and preferred science and culture.

"Miss, something happened."

The track of wind passed through layers of rain, and Xu Huang appeared at an extremely fast speed, holding a shivering little girl of five or six years old in his arms, who was as skinny as a stick.

"The farmers ahead seemed to have been attacked by demons. There was no one in sight. I found this frightened little girl in the closet." "Damn demon!" Xiaodie took the little girl from Xu Huang's hands and examined her carefully.

"Let's go to the nearest gathering place to rest first, and then look for traces of the sand crocodile as soon as the rain stops." Mu Nujiao ordered Xu Huang to continue searching the breeding ground and report any situation immediately. Then the remaining few people set off towards the gathering place.

A level 3 intermediate wind magician, if he wants to run away, the war general-level sand crocodile is not enough to catch up with him.

The remaining few members of the demon hunting team remained vigilant. The sand crocodile's target was the breeding farm. They were only a thousand meters away from the breeding farm, and no one was sure whether the sand crocodile would suddenly emerge from underground.

After returning to the gathering place safely, Xiaodie carried the skinny little girl to Wei Fang's shelter, while Bai Le and others rested in the gathering place.

After saying hello to the demon hunting team, Bai Le wandered around the gathering place. It was said that even the child of destiny could live simply in an ordinary downtown.

It’s called a gathering place, but it’s more like a busy city with bright lights.

The vendors on the street sell things that magicians need for fighting and training, and people come and go through the busy city.

"Take a look, take a look. Sir, let me tell you, this is a good thing. Do you know what is the best defense against demons... That's right, it's the black tortoise. This is made of the black tortoise shell, with a light blessing pattern enchanted on it, and pure light stones to provide energy, which will ensure that the demons in the Huangpu River will be helpless against you. I see that you have a connection with this thing, so I'll sell it to you at a 20% discount!"

"Sir, don't listen to Zhang San. I'd rather buy a demon-slaying tool. With a snap, any demon or monster will fall down and be slaughtered at your will. This one is cheaper, and I'll sell it to you at a 30% discount!"

"Bullshit, how can you behave like that, Li Si? Sir, don't listen to him, buy a defensive magic tool."

Li Si immediately became dissatisfied and started arguing with Zhang San who was arguing.

Further ahead, there is an unpopular stall with some strange-shaped stones on it and a crumbling sign engraved with "Gambling Stones". The owner is a sloppy old man who is sleeping on the ground without caring about his image.

Gambling on stones?

Bai Le thought he had come to the wrong place. How come there was a place selling stones in the market?

Zhang San and Li Si, who were arguing, saw the escaping customer stop at the gambling stone stall and hurried to try to persuade him.

"Young man, don't be fooled. This old guy is just a swindler. There is nothing in his stone. If it weren't for the kindness of Officer Li, this old swindler would have been driven out of the market long ago."

"That's right, young man, you have to think carefully. Buying a magic tool is at least not a loss. It can save your life at a critical moment. Don't buy a stone and end up with nothing. You will lose all your money and even go bankrupt!"

Bai Le ignored Zhang San and Li Si, squatted down and looked at it curiously, reaching out his hand to touch the strange-shaped stones.

"Don't touch it if you can't afford it."

The sleeping sloppy old man opened his eyes at some point, gave a light scolding and continued to turn over and sleep. Zhang San, who was watching the fun, was immediately unhappy.

"Hey, you old man, it's your blessing that a guest touches your stone. If someone gets the urge to buy a piece, it will be enough to support you for the rest of your life."

"How much is this stone?"

"Excuse me, sir. One piece for fifty thousand." Li Si had to admire the old man's courage. He sold a piece of broken stone for two hundred thousand.

"One dollar for five hundred thousand." The old man's voice came out indifferently.

"Hey, sir, don't listen to him. One dollar and fifty thousand."

(End of this chapter)