Above the mage!

Chapter 393: Alien? Eevee!
Seed shop in Monte town.

"Sir, thank you for coming." The owner packed the seeds that Gao De needed into small bags, put them all in a larger cloth bag, and handed them to Gao De.

Gao De held a cloth bag in each hand and walked towards the hotel where he was staying happily.

The cloth bag in his left hand contained the new tree seeds he had just collected from the seed shop in town.

For him, every time he goes out on a mission, as long as he goes to a new place, there will be a guaranteed harvest: new tree species in the local area.

There are so many types of trees.

Therefore, even small towns under the jurisdiction of Dorne have different tree species.

This actually seems to be somewhat similar to the illustrated book collection games in some simulation management games in the previous life. Collecting new tree species means lighting up a whole new illustrated book.

When the number of lit illustrations reaches a certain value, you will get a reward (Yugatshira upgrade).

This ample positive and negative feedback makes him enjoy collecting tree species.

As for the bag in the right hand, it contained the blood crystal wheat given by Chief Harper.

This is an unexpected gain, and a big one at that.

I didn't expect that I would have such a pleasant surprise when I just went there for a free meal.

The next three days.

Gao De relied on the magic berry to make a nest, and cooperated with Tuanzi to carry out large-scale "fishing enforcement" in the shell-stealing crab activity area given by the Monte Town Sheriff's Office.

Great harvest.

The spirituality and wisdom of the underground 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 from 8 am to 6 pm with a two-and-a-half-hour lunch break, Gaode had collected more than 400 shell-stealing crab eyeballs.

In fact, there were already more than 300 on the first day, and the next two days were the stage of checking for gaps and filling them up, catching those few that slipped through the net.

On the fourth day, we continued to make nests for the magic berries.

After trying all the points and confirming that no shell-stealing crabs appeared again, Gao De decisively decided to end the mission and return home.

The shell-thief crabs reproduce very quickly. Under normal circumstances, it takes a very long time for the Sea Sentinel Mage to complete the mission. While those shell-thief crabs are being eliminated, they are also breeding new small shell-thief crabs, which leads to a further increase in mission time and difficulty.

But Gaode’s main goal is to cut the Gordian knot and not give these shell-stealing crabs any chance to reproduce further, so his task completion time is also accelerated.

On the way back, Gaode did not choose to take the boat again, but instead took a horse carriage.

Although the road network of the Plantagenet Dynasty was also well developed and there were no uninhabited dangerous areas, the speed was definitely slower than that of water routes.

But this is also for the sake of safety.

Compared to when he came, Gaode had an extra strange egg found underwater on his body. It was emitting fluorescence and looked extremely extraordinary at first glance.

He was worried that if he continued to take the water route back to Dorne, the "father" and "mother" of the egg would sense something and cause unnecessary trouble.

Although the possibility is not very high, it is not completely impossible. It will just cost you a few more hours on the journey, so there is no need to take the risk.

After returning to Dorne, Gode first went to the supplies department to submit the task certificate and apply for settlement of the task.

Information is well communicated between the various offices on the first floor of the Sea Sentinel.

So when he saw the bag full of crab eyeballs handed in by God, Master Neil's eyes widened immediately:

"Wasn't the [Crab Disaster Hidden Danger] mission just accepted five or six days ago? It's over so soon?"

He looked Godd up and down.

If I remember correctly, Gaode is just 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 ordinary wizard abilities, noble wizards also possess an ability called "money". Having money naturally makes things easier.

The importance of a wizard's privacy is a truth universally acknowledged, so even the Sea Sentinels don't pay too much attention to the means by which people complete their tasks, as long as they ensure that the means are just.

Therefore, it is actually very common for noble mages to mobilize family forces to help "brush" tasks. Although the Sea Sentinels do not say it directly, it can be assumed that it is legal.

After all, family power is part of a mage's strength.

This is roughly equivalent to some of the online games in Gaode's previous life, where RMB warriors paid big players to lead them.

Rich and willful.

However, there is an unspoken rule here.

That is a task that is "brushed" and will not receive special subsidies for "defeating the strong with the weak".

Gaode is neither a high-level wizard nor a noble, so how could he complete this difficult task so quickly?

Old Neil was puzzled.

Gao De smiled shyly: "I came from the Green Tooth Mountains and the Sword Mountains. I have a lot of experience in finding and killing leyline creatures."

This explanation was barely acceptable. Old Neil naturally knew that there must be other reasons, but asking further would be offensive, so he stopped decisively.

After thinking about it, Old Neil felt that it should be related to the expertise awakened by God.

Old Neil completed the corresponding registration work neatly, and then said to Gao De: "We will send someone to notify you when the task evaluation is completed, but for now, the task is considered completed. During this time, you can accept other tasks."

[Crab Disaster Hazard] The mission is quite special, and it will take a half-month observation period to confirm whether the mission has been completed.

Gao De had already known about this matter, so he was very calm.

"Sorry to bother you, Mage Neil." He put away his identity badge, left the supply department, and went to the library next door.

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 skill knowledge, so most of them are open to the Sea Sentinel mages for free.

Gao De searched around and entered the book that introduced the earth vein creatures, and then found the water beast section according to the classification.

For an excellent Sea Sentinel Mage, a full understanding of the habits of various water beasts is a basic and necessary skill.

Gao De is well aware of this and often comes to the library to read the introduction to the memory water beasts.

But nothing about the egg obtained from underwater.

Gaode did not think that he had missed something or that his memory was too poor.

He thought that the water beast to which the egg belonged was of a relatively high rank and was not listed in the common water beast catalog. In the library, the introduction to the few rare water beasts belonged to the "paid column", and unlocking it required a "military rank" level.

Gao De was not stingy and paid to unlock all the rare water beast books that a first-class trainee wizard could unlock, and then he began to read them carefully in the reading area of ​​the library.

The result is that I searched through everything but 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 to which this egg belongs may be much stronger and rarer than he expected.

The bad thing is that I have no idea what this thing is, and no matter how powerful or rare it is, it seems useless.

He thought about it, turned around, and found the mage on duty on the first floor.

"You picked up an earth creature egg on the waterway on the way to Monte Town to carry out the mission?" After hearing Gode's purpose, the mage on duty felt incredible.

The routes of passenger ships are fixed, so how come Gaode discovered it while no one else did?

"Then, you looked through the introduction to the earth vein creatures in the library, but couldn't find any corresponding introduction to the water beast. You suspected it was a high-level or rare water beast?" While expressing his disbelief, he straightened his expression and further confirmed it.

"Yes." Gao De nodded slightly.

The mage on duty looked at Gao De with admiration. After a moment's thought, he realized that the matter was of great importance and continued, "I will report it immediately. Please wait here for a moment. If it is finally verified to be a high-level water beast, you will also be rewarded as the discoverer."

After giving the instructions, the mage on duty walked towards the second floor, which was still a restricted area for Gaode.

After a while, he came back, looking more serious than before.

"Captain Merrick is here too. He wants you to come up. Please follow me."

Captain Gode was also a little confused. He didn't expect that just a simple report would alarm a mage of this rank.

Under the guidance of the wizard on duty, he was led all the way to an office on the third floor.

Pushing open the door, behind the black wooden table in the room sat a wizard whose age was between young and middle-aged, Captain Merrick.

Of course, for a mage, especially one of high level, age cannot be judged from appearance.

For example, a three-ring wizard has a lifespan of up to 375 years. His youth and prime age are greatly extended. Even at a hundred years old, he is still considered a young man and his appearance is also that of a young man.

"First-class apprentice mage Gaode?"

"Yes." Gao De said hurriedly.

"You performed well in the Lagos City Water Beast mission," Merrick nodded slightly, with a faint smile on his face, as if to express his approval of Goder's performance in that mission, and then turned back to the topic, "Tell me in detail how you found the water beast egg."

The process of Tuanzi discovering the water beast eggs was very normal and there was nothing secret about it, so Gaode simply spit it all out.

"Normally you're right to worry."

After listening to what God said, Captain Merrick said, "If water beast eggs are found on the passenger ship route, then the parents of the water beast eggs are likely to be wandering nearby. This means that water beasts have appeared on the route and must be reported and eliminated as soon as possible, otherwise it is very likely to cause great harm to the people."

"This is the basic knowledge that a Sea Sentinel Mage should have."

"You reported it in a timely manner," Captain Merrick first expressed his approval of Goder's actions, and then returned to the main topic, "However, the situation this time may be special."

"Did you bring the water beast egg?"

"I brought it." Gao De said as he untied the bag tied around his waist. The bag was made of special leather with a tough texture that could protect the items inside very well.

Inside was the water beast egg that Tuanzi had discovered.

The report was not a spur-of-the-moment decision; he had naturally prepared for it in advance.

Gaode took the water beast eggs out of the bag and placed them on the table.

Captain Merrick stood up and carefully looked at the fluorescence and patterns on it from top to bottom. He then put his hand on the eggshell to feel it. Then he sat back in his chair and his expression returned to calm.

"Captain Merrick, what kind of water beast is this?"

"It can't actually be considered a water beast. Its original form was probably first discovered in the Greentooth Mountains, so we didn't classify it as a water beast. Naturally, you won't find it in the water beast catalog. Its official name is the Alien Civet."

"Yili?" Gao De had never heard of this name, and he was even more confused. "Why did 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 explained to God, "This is a ground creature with extraordinary transformation abilities."

"When they are in the form of beast eggs, they are just gray beast eggs with no attributes at first, and then they will continue to absorb the elemental power of the surrounding environment and begin to have their own attributes. When they finally hatch, they will become different types of raccoons due to the differences in the surrounding environment."

"Just like this raccoon egg, because it stayed in the water for a long time, it absorbed enough water elements and became its current appearance. If it successfully breaks out of the shell, it will become a water raccoon."

Wow, isn't this Ibrahimovic? A thought flashed through God's mind.

Captain Merrick continued, "Thirteen years ago, we found a severely injured female raccoon that had just given birth in Deshalin Town. It must have been attacked by other earth creatures. In short, it died not long after we found it."

"Later, we searched the surrounding area and found another fourth-level earth vein creature, which was the culprit that attacked the female Feng Yi Li. Fortunately, we found it in time."

"However, we still couldn't find the eggs laid by the female Fengyi raccoon. But it's not a big deal. Without the mother's help, the eggs would have a high probability of hatching, so we didn't continue looking for them."

"The town of Deshalin is located near the waters where you found the raccoon egg."

"So this alien raccoon egg is probably the one left by Feng the alien raccoon." Captain Merrick concluded.

"I didn't expect it to hide it underwater. No wonder we couldn't find it."

"For inland waterways, our sea sentinels carry out long-term maintenance and elimination of aquatic beasts. Under normal circumstances, the possibility of aquatic beasts hiding there is not high. However, it is good that you have this awareness. I will give you a third-class merit as a reward." Finally, Captain Merrick gave Gode a small surprise.

"Thank you." Godard thanked him quickly. Then, he looked at Captain Merrick and asked uncertainly, "What about this alien raccoon egg?"

"Just take it back and play with it yourself." Captain Merrick waved his hand and said casually.

"Okay." Gao De put away the alien raccoon egg and couldn't help asking, "May I ask what level of earth vein creature is the alien raccoon?"

Captain Merrick naturally knew what God meant by this question, and chuckled, "Not only does the type of this thing change with the surrounding environment, but also its level."

"Like the wind raccoon we found before, it's a third-level earth creature. As for your raccoon egg, even if it can hatch, it will at best be a first-level water raccoon."

"Besides, whether it can be hatched is still unclear."

"If you want to learn more about the alien raccoon," Captain Merrick looked up at the mage on duty and said, "Mage Freddy, take God to the library on the second floor and take out the introduction of the alien raccoon for him to see."

Goder's face lit up: "Thank you, Captain Merrick!"

(End of this chapter)