Gold coin is justice

The guild is as busy as usual.

At this time, money comes naturally faster.

But don't get me wrong, it doesn't mean that Song of Mermaid makes more money.For this mission, the only reward of Song of Mermaid was the two gold coins for the half-gold and half-flesh heart.Although Ai Luo felt that he deserved more... But thinking about the first mission, let's adjust it first.

What is really happy is the whole Pelican Town.

As soon as the crowd returned to the guild, they immediately saw the Mayor of Round Cheese and several townspeople talking and laughing around the counter over there.As the housekeeper, Napa was full of resentment. As soon as he saw Ai Luo and others coming back, the cat immediately dropped the pen curled on its tail, waved its paw and floated: "I won't write anymore. Stop writing! The president is back. If you have any questions, go to the righteous master! Over there, come here! Don’t delay my sleep!"

Ai Luo smiled and asked his family members to rest and adjust, but he put down the things in his hands to Coco, and walked behind the counter.

Round Cheese's face smiled like a cake full of cream, and he cheerfully led other townspeople to continuously entrust various tasks.When it came, he kept thanking Ai Luo.

This is actually not difficult to understand.

Originally, the fact that the army came to be stationed in Pelican Town made the town a little nervous.But once the song of mermaid shows its friendship with the military, then the small town that is also friendly with song of mermaid can naturally be liberated from this tension.

Moreover, no matter how powerful the army is, it is made up of people.Since it is a human being, there is naturally business.

During the three days in which the army was stationed, those who were not on duty would naturally walk around the town, buy something, eat and drink.Although the town does not have any special entertainment, the town is remote and the surrounding environment is pretty good. In addition, it can provide some drinks and food, which is a good place to relax.

It is precisely because of this that the market in the town, which had begun to quiet down, is now welcoming a bustle again.Everyone is busy and the money transferred will increase naturally.In the final analysis, this is all due to the friendly relationship between Mermaid Song and the army, and the radiation effect brought about by this is naturally enough to make the mayor and the townspeople smile.

All the orders were processed quickly and posted on the bulletin board.After Ai Luo sent away the mayor and them, he stretched out and rubbed his shoulders.

When Napa saw that the people had finally finished walking, she yawned and floated on Airo's head and said, "How about this mission? How much money did you make?"

Ai Luo sighed, and smiled helplessly: "Not many, only two gold coins. However, what we encountered was quite troublesome."

Napa: "Trouble?"

Ai Luo nodded, and then told Napa briefly and clearly what had happened in the underground mine.

After it was over, he asked, "Do you know what is this kind of thing with a lizard's lower body and all kinds of eyed tentacles? Although the museum pictures I saw in the school library are not complete. , But the appearance of this creature is a little too strange."

The cat’s ears droop slightly, and the tail swings left and right with a little hesitation.

After thinking for a while, the cat shook his head slightly after all, and lay his head on Airo’s hat, and said, “This is really strange. I don’t know if there is such a beast... But in this world There are already many types of monsters, and I have sealed myself for so many years, it is not surprising that new varieties have appeared during this time."

After a pause, Napa stretched out her paw and patted Airo on the forehead and said, "Hey, have you thought about how to deal with it? Since the pool will suddenly drop, it is impossible to guarantee that this monster will not be the next time. Appear in the environment where you hunt the corpse eater."

Speaking of the corpse cannibal, Airo also frowned and looked very embarrassed: "When it comes to the corpse cannibal, I thought I already knew it well, but now that I think about it, the mystery of this kind of beast is nothing compared to it. There are few new monsters this time."

"When I saw it for the first time, this kind of beasts made a living by eating blood worms. After eating human flesh for the first time, they seemed to be surprised. But in this way, these corpse eaters Who created it in the beginning? Judging from the evolution of the corpse cannibals, they must have been humans at the beginning, but what happened to this kind of humans? In the end it became this state..."

"In addition, the King Corpse Eater can make sounds when fighting with Tentacle Beasts. Why is that? If the silence effect of Tentacle Beasts can only shield the sound from human mouths, then why is this function needed in the first place? Exist? After all, there are few humans in that abyss, right?"

While asking questions by himself, Airo thought for himself.After thinking for a long time, he still shook his head and said--

"The Tentacle Beast did not have the desire to attack the King Corpse at the beginning, but did not want to be robbed of its prey. The King Corpse Eater also did not have hostility towards the Tentacle Beast at the beginning, purely against the puppets who had attacked it before. After the disagreement, hostility arises and attacks each other. But in this case, neither of these two kinds of monsters should have disputes before we entered. Each survives in its own field and is not related to each other."

"In this case, it can be explained that the muted effect of the Tentacle Beasts did not have an effect on the King Corpse Eater. Because they are not enemies in themselves, there is no need for the Tentacle Beasts to target the King Corpse Eater. And from the moment the two sides fought, The fact that the Tentacle Beast pointed its eyes at the light-emitting organ of the King Corpse Eater shows that they did not have the experience of fighting each other before."

"But, if this is the case..."

Speaking of this, Ai Luo's face suddenly became a little gloomy, and the smile he had originally hung on the corner of his mouth also disappeared.

Napa noticed the strangeness and asked, "What's wrong? Is there any problem?"

Ai Luo thought for a while, and after confirming that there should be nothing wrong with his thoughts, he nodded and said: "Since the Tentacle Beast's attack method is not aimed at the King of Corpse Eaters, there are only two possibilities."

"One, under the huge abyss, there is a passage leading to other human gathering areas. In this way, it can explain the source of the human corpses found in the pit. And because it is to attack humans, so Only the Tentacle Beast has the power to prohibit humans from making sounds."

"And the second point..."

"Below this tentacle monster, where it overlaps with its chassis, there is a more powerful existence. And this existence belongs to the existence that can make sounds or words, and rely on this ability to generate powerful power. It is to deal with this more terrifying existence, so the Tentacle Beast will evolve the power of silence."

Napa's ears stood up suddenly, seemingly surprised.The cat leaned slightly toward the front of the hat: "Hey, why are you so sure that existence will be stronger? Couldn't it be the prey of this tentacled beast?"

Airo smiled bitterly, and said: "If the thing that exists in the deeper part of the mouth of the abyss happens to be the prey of this tentacled beast, then how can it possibly run up to it? We found that its location is far from the entrance of the mouth of the abyss. It’s not far, which means it’s been crawling up for a long time. If it’s really a sudden increase in prey, how could it climb up? It’s right to move deeper. Thinking about it this way, only that existence suddenly changes Being stronger, or suddenly increasing in number, is enough to squeeze the living space of this tentacled monster, which forces it to climb up."

"Although I don't understand Tentacle Beasts, a creature will inevitably not depart from the most basic behavioral logic to survive. For Beasts that have no concept of material exchange, their economic benefits should be the amount of food and the freedom from natural enemies. There are two reactions when one’s own economic interests are damaged, one is to snatch it back, and the other is to stop the loss and retreat in time to prevent greater damage. Therefore, from an economic perspective, I compare The muting effect that tends to be Tentacle Beast comes from the second possibility."

After listening to Airo's analysis, Napa could only say that she was not convinced.

However, analysis alone is not enough, there must be a solution.

"So Ariel, next time in the mine, I will be with you..."

Before Napa finished speaking, Ariel continued to reach out and touched the cat's fur, and said with a smile: "You forgot? The vice president will continue to be stationed in the guild base camp."

Although she said so many times, Napa could not help sighing when she saw that she still hadn't obtained the consent of her peers: "Then do you have a way to deal with this monster?"

Ai Luo curled his lips: "Well... but I can't say that. But I already know how this thing attacks. Maybe it can solve our problems."

Napa: "How to attack?"

Airo: "It will first use its tentacles to wrap around its target, and then look at the target's eyes with its eyes to faint it. And I found that when Polyester turned its head away from looking at it, its movements suddenly became Rough, it turned into a direct attack. And from the beginning, before we lighted the torch, this monster didn't seem to find us. In other words, this monster is different from a blind person like the corpse eater, who does not need light at all. It's ray. And after you can't see the target's eyes, it won't bind the tentacles, but directly hit people."

Napa thought for a while: "Well...it can be analyzed like this, but what does it mean?"

Airo: "Prove that you can't look at him when you fight it, and try not to expose the light, and attack in the dark."

Hearing this, Napa was so funny and angry. She shook her head and said, "It's just bullshit! I'll forget it. You humans can't look at the target and don't want to shine when you attack the target? You think your guild is like this Is it a good configuration?"

Ai Luo just smiled at this.Although it cannot be said that there is a dedicated lineup, if you think about it carefully, there may be a way... But the biggest problem at the moment is not the Tentacle Beast, but the possibly more terrifying existence under the Tentacle Beast.

When Napa saw Ai Luo not speaking, her tail swayed listlessly and said, "I haven't thought of how to deal with Tentacle Beasts. As a result, there is another more powerful thing in a deeper place... Ariel, I think this gold mine is more The evil is coming. Are you sure you want to continue exploring?"

Needless to say, Napa, Airo has been considering this matter for the past two days.

Originally encountered the corpse eater when the strength was not strong enough, but there was no way to smoothly kill and bring back one or two gold nuggets.When they were able to cope with the situation, they found that not all of these corpses had a gold heart.And now, the more you explore gold mines, the more you can perceive the dangers in it. Is it worth it to continue exploring gold mines?

But if you give up the exploration of gold mines, how can you earn a thousand gold coins in three years?

In addition...

By now, Airo began to doubt the reliability of the source of his own gold mine information.

Such a dangerous gold mine is obviously not a place that ordinary adventurers can step into.

But under this circumstance, when I first learned about this gold mine, the messenger did not appear to be panicked.That person also looked like an ordinary farmer, without any strong fighting power, and there should be no strong forces behind him.

But in this case, how did this person know about the gold mine?

How can you safely and safely dig out that piece of gold as a sample from the chests of those mighty and terrifying corpse eaters and offer them to your majesty?

The more I thought about the mystery, even Airo started to feel his head hurt.

He clutched his temple and rubbed it slightly.

At present, no matter how much you think about it, there is no way, after all, there is still too little information in hand.Let's wait for the experience to be more abundant and to have a more comprehensive grasp of the information of this mine.

At least now it can be judged that there is no need to go to that abyssal mouth, just wait for a while to kill the corpse eater and dig the heart.If you think about it this way, the job seems to be okay.

As the sun rose, the members of the guild all went out to complete their tasks, and Airo also began to complete his work as the president.

Draw a map and identify information at each key location on the map.

When drawing the huge mouth of the abyss, it specially marked the possibility of high tide and low tide.

Thinking of the high tide and low tide, Aylor regretted not setting up a marker next to the Great Mouth of the Abyss, and would set one next time if he went again, so that he would know when the tide was high and when it went low.

After drawing the map, he picked up another piece of paper and began to draw the appearance of the Tentacle Beast based on his impression.

Well, the painter is still like that, but you can more or less see the concept of the other party, so that you don't seem too panic when you first encounter it.

After painting, he closed his eyes and thought for a while...Well, let's decide the name.

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Monster: Voice Swallower

Size: 3 meters to 3.5 meters, height of two adults

Feeding habits: No eating scenes have been observed, but active attacks against humans have been observed, presumably there is the possibility of eating meat or eating decay.No eating port was observed, it may be caused by injecting corrosive liquid to melt the flesh and then opening the eating port for smoking.

Environment: Under the mouth of the abyss, no light environment

Appearance: The lower body is a lizard with two feet and a tail, which becomes a triangular support.The upper body will split from the abdomen to form several tentacles with powerful contraction and extension capabilities. The ends of the tentacles have organs that resemble eyeballs.

Habits: Single actions are currently observed, and the possibility of group actions is not ruled out.Sensitive to light, if there is no light observed in the battle, no creatures lurking in the dark will be found.But because it is very sensitive to light, it will first capture any hostile creatures or luminous bodies or light gathering areas on the target.For human beings, it is the eyes, which will attack human eyes first.First bind the human with the flexibility of the tentacles, and then use the eyes at the ends of the tentacles to look directly at the human eyes, and then cause the target to faint and become unconscious.

However, if you can’t touch the condensing body such as the eyes of the target, but can still see the target, it will change the milder uniform, entanglement, suppression, and coma process, but use powerful tentacles directly. Flogging the target is very powerful.

Will use a certain method to make humans in a certain area within their own range lose their language ability.The estimated distance is about 20 meters.

After the tentacles are cut off, it doesn't seem to have a painful effect on them. It will not immediately retreat, but will speed up the attack.After the tentacles are broken, some black liquid will be sprayed out, and it will penetrate into the skin when it comes in contact with human skin. I don't know what effect it will produce for the time being.

Strength: Powerful strength, physique without fear of pain, special range of silence ability and charm ability.

Weaknesses: No obvious weaknesses have been found for the time being, but for its habits, it is necessary to detect the opponent's position as soon as possible before fighting and use the darkness to approach quickly.Before being observed and attacked, try not to meet your eyes, and close your eyes if possible.But this places high demands on adventurers.

In addition, since it is currently unknown what effect the body fluids of the voice swallowers have, do not use cutting and stabbing weapons in battle.Visually, its tentacles are very soft, and the attack target is aimed at its lower body as much as possible, and the attack method is also mainly blunt or restrained.

Coping method: Using dark magic to expand the light barrier is the best way to deal with it. If not, you must use blunt weapons and elemental magic.If you close your eyes immediately after being restrained by the tentacles, although you will suffer a certain blow and be injured, you can avoid fainting immediately.Reduce the loss of combat effectiveness to a minimum.

Monster strength evaluation: single, strong threat.

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After writing the demon illustration book of the Voice Devourer, Ai Luo stretched out.

Unknowingly, the sky has dimmed, and this day is about to end.

Looking at the guild members who had completed the task and returned one after another, Ai Luo once again glanced at the monster illustration book he wrote.

"Well, all right."

Be prepared and figure out how to deal with it. At least you will feel better next time, right?

——November 8, 1381, food expenses: -4 silver and 2 copper, sundries commission: 6 silver and 7 iron, student meals: -1 gold and 2 silver, tuition and fees: 3 gold and 6 silver, gold mine income: 2 Gold, money laundering: 3 gold, salary: -5 silver and 6 copper, balance: 107 gold, 5 silver, 2 copper and 5 iron (the expenditure of stolen money: -6 gold, the balance of stolen money: 34 gold, 7 silver and 7 copper)