science wizard

Chapter 171 Rotten Swamp
The entire mission hall is about a thousand square meters, with 24 stone pillars as thick as a person, supporting the stone roof above.

Under the feet, there is a ground paved with black slate, and the surrounding walls are also gray and black.

At first glance, the entire hall was a bit gloomy.

This made the people in it subconsciously lower their voices.

But after walking into the hall and walking through the crowd, you can still hear a burst of conversation.

"Third-level mission! There is a third-level mission coming out! Reward [-] magic stones, what a great deal!"

"Hunting the Black Mountain giant bear and bringing back a complete heart, no wonder! The difficulty is so high that ordinary third-level wizard apprentices are not sure. I'm afraid it will be the top wizard apprentices in the academy."

"Yeah, let's be on the safe side, lest you lose your life if you don't earn the magic stone. Just take a few simple second-level tasks..."

"This is a very good first-level task, why don't you take a look..."

"Let's forget about the first-level task, the reward is too low, it's all hard work..."

As the conversation became quieter, Li He glanced at the speaker, and found that there were two wizard apprentices, a man and a woman. Judging from the tattoos on each other's chests, they were both second-level wizard apprentices.

After taking a look, without paying too much attention, Li Hyuk looked at a wall deep in the hall.

On the wall, there is a white stone wall four or five meters square.

On the surface of the stone wall, under the influence of spells, blood-red characters continuously emerged, displaying messages one by one.

After a while, the characters twisted and changed, and new information appeared, overwriting the previous information.

The content is constantly refreshed and is related to various tasks.

It’s as small as cleaning the wizard’s laboratory, investigating the information of a certain area outside the academy, as large as hunting a powerful demonized creature, assisting the wizard to complete a dangerous secret exploration, they are all different...

The remuneration is also more or less, the minimum cleaning of the wizard's laboratory is only half a magic stone a week.

Before hunting the giant bear in Montenegro, it cost as many as [-] magic stones.

There are up to [-] magic stones to assist wizards in their exploration, and a note: If you die during the expedition, [-] magic stones can be transferred to the designated beneficiary.However, only third-level wizard apprentices who have passed the wizard assessment or holders of the Dark Heart Medal can join. Ordinary first-level apprentice apprentices and second-level wizard apprentices are not directly eligible.

This is the core of the mission hall - the mission stone wall, which is extremely popular in the entire academy.

We must know that most apprentice wizards do not have such wealth as Li He, and they are extremely short of magic stones.Without magic stones, you can't study courses, buy spell-casting materials, and you can't get enough resources to improve yourself.

What should I do if I want to get magic stones?The answer is to come to this mission hall and undertake various missions on the mission stone wall.

Every apprentice wizard will come here several times a week to see if there is any suitable opportunity to earn magic stones.

Some wizard apprentices even stay here for a long time. After completing a task, they will immediately take on a new task, repeating it constantly, trying to earn magic stones to buy a certain precious potion or spell casting model.

Li Hyuk was an exception, although he knew there was such a place, he had never been there.

After all, for him, there is no shortage of magic stones at all, so naturally he has no motivation to come here.If you have time, it is better to use it for research and benefit more.

But today is different. In order to obtain the qualifications to leave the academy reasonably, he is ready to take on the next task.

The difficulty doesn't matter, as long as it can be used as a reason for him to leave the academy.

Only by leaving the academy can you display your strength without any scruples and challenge your limits.

Thinking of this, Li He looked at the mission stone wall, looked at it for a moment, and landed on one of the contents.

"Hmmm, this assignment seems like a good fit..."

……

After more than ten minutes, Li He successfully took over the next task and got the identity certificate to leave the academy.

Afterwards, without further ado, he left the mission hall and the academy, and headed further inland.

……

Four days later.

"Crack!"

A foot fell and crushed a dead branch on the ground.

Li He stopped his pace, looked forward, and saw a large swamp appearing in front of him, boundless, with no end in sight.

Looking into the depths of the swamp, a grayish-white mist emerged, covering the field of vision.

Li He took out a parchment map, confirmed it, nodded slightly and said: "The place mentioned in the mission should be like this, the Rotten Swamp."

The mission he had received in the mission hall before was to ask him to reach the outer area of ​​the rotten swamp and investigate the situation for 3 days to report back.

The reason for this is because in the rotting swamp, there is a large number of demonized creatures - swamp black crocodile.

A single swamp black crocodile is not terrible, and a second-level wizard apprentice with rich combat experience can solve it.

But when the number reaches a certain scale, it will be different. There are more than a dozen ethnic groups and hundreds of swamp black crocodiles living in the entire swamp. If you break in casually, let alone a third-level wizard apprentice, even a wizard will flee in embarrassment.

In addition, the value of the swamp black crocodile is not high, there is no motive for hunting, and this swamp is not on the main road, so this swamp is listed as a dangerous place in the sphere of influence of the Dark Heart Academy, and apprentices are usually prohibited from approaching it.

But the problem is that the swamp black crocodile has a strange habit. At the end of each year, they will collectively crawl out of the swamp, migrate to dry land, gather, select a mate, and return to the swamp after breeding.

This kind of behavior has caused some troubles to the Dark Heart Academy.

Because every time they migrate, some swamp black crocodiles will be too active and migrate too far on land, attacking passing students and causing casualties.

For this reason, when the swamp black crocodile is about to migrate, the college will send people to investigate the specific situation, expand the scope of the rotten swamp dangerous area, and remind students not to enter by mistake.

Li He accepted this task, and the reward was... two magic stones.

Yes, two magic stones.

The journey alone takes four days, the round trip takes eight days, and the investigation takes at least three days, which is eleven days.

It took eleven days of hard work to get two magic stones.

On the one hand, because the college doesn't pay much attention to it.

On the other hand, it is because the requirements of the reconnaissance mission are not high. It is enough to find out whether the swamp black crocodile has left the swamp, from which direction it landed on the dry land, and how many there are.

Anyone can undertake this task, and as long as they are careful and keep a long distance observation, there is no danger.

For some wizard apprentices who are not strong and lack magic stones, it can be regarded as a cost-effective task.

But for Li He, it was another matter.

Li He stopped and looked around, making sure that the surrounding area of ​​the rotten swamp was quiet, and had some guesses about the current situation of the swamp black crocodile... If there is no accident, the swamp black crocodile will not migrate to the dry land in this direction within a day or two.

However, he didn't stay in place for three days to confirm. After thinking about it, he stepped forward again, stepped on the muddy ground, and walked quickly towards the depths of the swamp.

He did not forget that the main purpose this time was to seek combat, not real investigation.

And the swamp black crocodile in the depths of the swamp, with strong attack and defense power, and a large number, is a good target to help him.

Thinking of this, Li He's body sank into the gray mist deep in the swamp.

……

After marching for another half a day, Li He entered the core area of ​​the rotten swamp.

Stopping, his eyes swept across the pond next to him, and he saw a huge black body slowly approaching him in the mud of the pond, ready to attack.

It was a predatory swamp black crocodile.

"Whoa!"

The surface of the water broke, and along with the flying mud, a five-meter-long black alligator rushed out and bit Li He's body.

Li He raised his eyebrows lightly, without any fear.

"Just waiting for you."

As he spoke, he took the initiative to meet him.

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(End of this chapter)