Above the mage!

Chapter 394: The Lake Esmere Basilisk

"Master Gode, this is the detailed introduction of the alien fox, take a look." Master Freddy, who was on duty today, searched the library on the second floor, took out a small roll of slightly yellowed parchment, and handed it to Gode.

"Thank you." Gao De thanked him while taking the parchment, lowered his head slightly, and flipped through it:
"The alien raccoon is a ground creature with no fixed attributes or levels. Its main supernatural power is transformation. It has the possibility of transforming into many different postures. Different supernatural powers are extended according to different postures, and the transformation is endless."

"So far, eight types of raccoons have been discovered: Thunder raccoons, Fire raccoons, Wind raccoons, Poison raccoons, Wood raccoons, Water raccoons, Ice raccoons, and Moonlight raccoons."

"The highest level of alien raccoons found so far is the fifth level poisonous alien raccoon."

"No matter what form or level of the alien raccoon, the alien raccoon eggs it lays are all "initial" eggs with no attributes and no level."

"Its specific posture and future level will be determined by the environment during its egg-laying period."

"During the oviparous period, the raccoon egg will continuously absorb various elemental powers in the environment, and the elemental power with the largest proportion will determine its final form. The purer the elemental power absorbed in this process, the richer the magic power, and the more powerful its final form will be."

"The Thunder Fox can absorb the lightning power in the air and store it, and can spit out lightning when needed."

"The Fire Raccoon has a fire bag hidden in its body. After taking a deep breath, it can spit out extremely high-temperature flames. When the flames are accumulated in its body, its body temperature will also rise sharply, which is very dangerous."

"The Water Rattan can blend into the water, making it invisible to others. In the water, it will slowly recover."

"The Wood Rat is able to absorb sunlight and create fresh air, pure magic, and wood elemental power. If there is sunlight, it does not need food, and its body is surrounded by a unique fragrance."

"Ice raccoon has the ability to quickly lower its body temperature and create ice crystals. It can freeze the atmosphere and create a snowy scene."

Seeing that Goder's eyes had finally moved away from the parchment in his hand, Master Freddy knew that Goder had already understood the basic situation of the alien raccoon. Out of kindness, he kindly mentioned two things that were not mentioned in the introduction:

"Some high-level mages are quite interested in the alien raccoons. In their opinion, the possibility of the alien raccoons changing into various forms contains great secrets, and they want to study the secrets.
If you are short of money, you can sell this raccoon egg to them. It should fetch a good price."

"It's a pity that this raccoon egg has already transformed into a water raccoon. If it were an raccoon egg that hadn't shown any signs of transformation, it would be really valuable."

"Once a trend emerges, the value will be cut in half." Master Freddy showed regret on his face.

"Forget it. After all, I fished it out from the bottom of the water myself. It stayed there for more than ten years and no one found it. But I happened to find it. This is also a kind of fate. I am not that short of money. I plan to keep it for myself." Gao De shook his head.

"I see." Master Freddy looked at God thoughtfully, thought for a moment, and said, "Then you'd better go to Bi Bo Ting and ask for advice on how to tame earth vein creatures."

"You have to know that even if you cultivate a ground vein creature from an egg, if you don't use the correct domestication method, the ground vein creature's unruly nature may cause it to refuse to recognize its master when it grows up."

"By then, all your previous efforts will have gone to waste."

"When it comes to taming earth vein creatures, Biboting is very professional."

"Okay, I will definitely go. Thank you for your reminder." Gao De thanked.

After leaving the second floor of the Haiyuan White Tower, Gaode did not leave the Mage Tower directly, but went to the "Mission Hall" again.

[Crab disaster hazard] cannot be considered completed yet, but it does not prevent him from taking on new tasks.

He needs to accumulate enough military merits to exchange for spell recipes. Just a reward of [Crab Disaster Hidden Danger] is far from enough.

This work has to continue.

As soon as I stepped into the "Mission Hall", it was as deserted as usual, and there were no other Sea Sentinel Mages present.

Gao De's eyes quickly scanned the crystal plate, looking for a suitable task.

This time it seemed like I arrived at the right time, and I was able to take on many more tasks than the previous two times.

The mission he was interested in was the one involving clearing out water beasts.

The content of this type of task is simple and direct, without so many twists and turns. The core is to kill the water beasts found in the water system. After completing it, you can come back to claim the credit.

Of course, just because the process is simple, it is not easy to complete.

Water beasts are cunning by nature and have extremely strong mobility, and their range of activities is extremely wide.

The process of issuing a task is usually as follows: after the people below discover traces of water beasts, they report it to the sea sentinel, who verifies and confirms it before issuing the task.

From the time the mage sees the task and "accepts the order" to the time he finally arrives at the "scene", this series of processes takes at least one day.

So much time has passed that the water beast that was originally discovered has long since left the place and disappeared without a trace.

This means that the Sea Sentinel Mage has to take his capybara companion along the vast waters, patiently searching for clues of the water beasts bit by bit.

Although this search process is not as clueless as looking for a needle in a haystack, it is definitely a huge and arduous task.

A lucky wizard might be lucky enough to find a water beast in less than half a day;
But if you are unlucky, it is not uncommon to find nothing after searching in the vast waters for a week or two, or even half a month.

Moreover, even if you finally find the water beast, it is still a huge challenge to successfully kill it.

Water beasts have amazing speed and agility in water.

Even with the assistance of capybaras that are good at moving in water, no Sea Sentinel Mage would dare to guarantee that he would be able to complete the mission successfully in one go.

After all, in a complex and changeable water environment, any unexpected situation may occur.

However, despite the trouble, the water beast clearing mission will always be the most basic, stable and longest-lasting source of military merit for the Sea Sentinel Mage.

It can be said that the bulk of every Sea Sentinel Mage's military merit comes from this type of mission.

The missions issued by the Sea Sentinel are also mainly of this type.

The tasks that Gaode selected this time happened to be water beast clearing tasks from various regions.

Although I really want to take on all the tasks, unfortunately I can't do it all and can only choose one.

"You have to choose the one with the highest reward for military merit. I have the Divine Berry spell to make nests, so it is much easier for me to find water beasts than other mages. I am not afraid of the difficulty of the task, but I am afraid that the reward for the task is not enough."

"Then try to choose a town you haven't been to before. The farther away from Dorne the better. This way you can collect more new species of trees."

After Gaode clarified his standards, he quickly selected the appropriate task.

"Sorry for the mission [Lake Esmere Basilisk]." He handed his identification tag to the staff.

The staff member glanced at the task requirements and said, "Master Gaode, let me remind you that the information provided by the witnesses of the basilisk is extremely limited. We cannot confirm whether this basilisk is a first-level thin-winged water snake or a second-level black-winged scaled snake."

"After all, judging from their appearance, these two water beasts are extremely similar."

"Because we cannot determine the specific information of the basilisk, both first-ring and second-ring mages can take this quest."

"If a first-ring mage accepts the mission and arrives at the scene to search, and finds that the snake monster is a second-level black-winged scale snake, he can come back and hand over the mission, and it will not be considered a mission failure."

"But at the same time, this trip is in vain and there will be no reward. So from a safe perspective, we still recommend that a second-level mage take on this mission."

"Are you sure you still want to accept this mission?"

These key information are all explained in the mission content introduction, and it is precisely these uncertain factors that make Gao De even more excited: If this snake monster is just a first-level thin-winged water snake, then the final military merit reward will be third-class merit*2.

But if it was a second-level black-winged snake, with his level as a first-ring mage, if he could successfully kill it, he would definitely get another second-class merit.

Missions that could award second-class merit were extremely rare, especially when he was only in the first ring, second-class merit missions were even rarer.

It's a rare opportunity to come across such a task, so there's no reason not to take it.

Gao De had already thought about it, so he nodded decisively, "I'm sure." "Okay," the staff saw Gao De's firm attitude and quickly registered the task, then returned Gao De's identity card, "Master Gao De, I wish you a successful mission."

Bi Bo Ting.

Gao De has always been a person who is very receptive to other people's suggestions.

Before setting out to carry out the [Eismere Lake Basilisk Mission], he came here to learn from others.

After listening to Gao De's purpose, Biboting, who specializes in raising pets for sea sentinels, showed great enthusiasm and friendliness towards Gao De, and had no reservations about the methods of raising pets.

They immediately arranged for a breeder to explain in detail to Gao De the general methods of taming earth vein creatures.

"If it's still an egg, taming it would be much easier."

"We at Bi Bo Ting have a special magic imprinting method that can help the mage infuse his own magic power into the egg in an extremely subtle and stable way before the egg hatches."

“This is not a method of control, but it allows the earth vein creatures to feel familiar and close to this magic power while in the eggshell.

This way, after hatching, it will identify with and follow you because you have the same magical properties as it does. "

"Once this step is completed, the rest will be much easier."

“After the eggs are hatched, with some preliminary preparation, you only need to wipe its body with a soft fabric with your own scent to make it familiar with your scent.

At the same time, mix a little bit of your blood into the food it feeds. The magic and breath in the blood can further deepen its connection with you.

If you continue this for one to two months, it will become dependent on you, and you can then feed and raise it as a pet. It will generally not betray its owner after it reaches adulthood. "The breeder explained in detail, describing each step in great detail.

"But the premise of all this is that it is a tamable earth vein creature. Some earth vein creatures are inherently ferocious, and you cannot tame them no matter what method you use."

After that, the breeder enthusiastically took Gao De to the office building of Biboting and got a magic mark method for Gao De.

After returning to the dormitory with the alien raccoon egg, Gao De couldn't wait to sit down at the table and study the magic mark method.

It's not that complicated.

As required, Gao De first entered a state of deep meditation, controlling his own magic power to be pure and peaceful, and then concentrated the magic power on his fingertips.

At this moment, his fingertips seemed to have become a gathering point of magical power, emitting a faint light.

Following the guard, Gao De used his fingertips as a pen and gently touched the eggshell.

The eggshell trembled slightly at the touch of the fingertips, as if responding to God.

He followed the method of magic mark, moving his fingertips along a strange trajectory, slowly transferring a small amount of magic power into it.

Every time a bit of magic power was transmitted, Gode could feel the subtle reaction from inside the egg, as if he could hear the heartbeat contained within it.

This process lasted about half an hour.

After finishing all this, Godd packed up his luggage, put on the capybara bag and took the raccoon eggs, and headed for the airship base outside Dorne.

He has to rush to complete his mission.

The reason why I brought the alien raccoon eggs with me is that according to the breeder at Biboting, this transfer of magic power must be done at least once a day and for a month to produce obvious results.

On the other hand, in the Plantagenet dynasty, Gode could not find a suitable place to raise the alien raccoon eggs.

For him, the most practical way was to bring the alien raccoon eggs back to the North.

In the north, there is an environment suitable for alien raccoon eggs.

Once the alien raccoon eggs were brought to the North, he would spend more time in the Plantagenet Dynasty, at least for now, and would generally not stay in the North for more than a month.

Therefore, before this, Gaode needs to complete the magic imprint step before he can safely entrust the alien fox to the northern border.

Of course, Gode is still not sure whether the alien raccoon eggs can use the astral portal.

According to scientific definition, it should be considered a living thing.

But after all, it hasn't hatched yet and is just an egg, so it's not wrong to call it an object.

Gaode is not sure how the star portal will be judged, and he will only know after trying it.

But he was also very open-minded and didn't dwell on it too much. If it really didn't work, he would find another way.

Wow~
The night is as dark as ink, and the sound of water is gurgling.

Gao De stood at the bow and rowed the boat.

It was late at night, and the water was pitch black, as if a huge piece of black silk was spread out. Occasionally, a slight sound of water could be heard on the lake, which made people tremble.

Gao De stood at the bow of the boat, but did not even light a lamp.

His left eye glowed slightly.

Mandola's Demon Eye has been unfolded, and with the adaptively enhanced ability to see in the dark, his visible range is actually much wider than that of a lamp.

Of course, it would be better if we could turn on a lamp, but both the Thin-winged Water Snake and the Black-winged Scaled Snake are extremely sensitive to light and can easily be alerted.

As for why they had to search for water beasts at night, it was not because Gao De had to "work overtime all night", but because these two types of water beasts were nocturnal earth creatures.

Even if there are gem berries nesting during the day, it may not be able to attract the dormant snakehead out.

——Just like when humans are sleeping, they may not be willing to wake up to enjoy delicious food even if there is one.

Lake Esmere, one of the three largest freshwater lakes in Byrow County, belongs to the city of Brost.

The entire lake has an extremely large area and you can't see the end at a glance.

In the moonlight, the occasional ripples on the lake surface flash a mysterious atmosphere in the darkness.

Gao De's search was centered on the point where the witnesses discovered the water beast, and then spread out in a circle.

Fortunately, there were more than one witness, and the snake was seen more than once.

It’s a pity that we only saw it at night and the visibility was not good.

In addition, when ordinary people encounter water beasts, the cold lake water will burn their feet, and they will wish they could grow a pair of wings to escape, so they will not have time to take a close look at the appearance of the water beasts.

Therefore, the descriptions of the snake beast's appearance by these witnesses were not accurate, and the information they remembered in a panic was even more distorted. Under these multiple buffs, the sea sentinels were unable to determine the true identity of the snake beast.

There was even an unlucky victim who was most likely attacked by a snake and lost his life.

Therefore, by connecting the sighting point with the point where the snake committed the crime, we can get a rough idea of ​​its range and direction of activity.

Under the boat, Tuanzi has entered serious working state, starting the cruising mode, alertly hunting and observing the surroundings.

Goder rowed the boat, dropping a few jewel berries at certain intervals, and then waited for half an hour.

After half an hour of no movement, he put away the gem berries, went to the next point, and repeated the above steps.

(End of this chapter)