Above the mage!

Chapter 397: Water Beast Appears

Brovst City.

Bailo County is a coastal county with many cities built by the sea. It has become prosperous by relying on maritime trade.

But Brost is an inland city, not surrounded by the sea, and the largest body of water under its jurisdiction is Lake Esmere.

As a non-coastal city in a coastal county, its development should normally be unsatisfactory.

But the fact is that in Bairo County, Brost City's economy is in the middle, much stronger than the coastal city of Lagos.

This is possible because the city of Brost is located in the center of Bayero County, where land transportation and inland waterway transportation in Bayero County meet.

That is where the "inland transportation hub" is located.

Thanks to its status as a "logistics center", there are three airship bases in the city alone.

Therefore, although the development of Brost City cannot compare with those strong cities along the coast, it still firmly occupies a middle-class position in Bayro County and can be regarded as a traditional city with profound heritage.

After returning to the city of Brost from Lake Esmere, God first went to the local sheriff's office to pay his respects.

After stating their purpose, they were able to easily and free of charge borrow a long rowing boat that they usually used to patrol the waters.

After borrowing the boat, the sheriff on duty invited God to have lunch together, but God declined, saying that he was exhausted after a busy night and needed to rest.

This was followed by a series of polite words, "Master Gaode works tirelessly, which is really admirable. I should take you as an example."

After leaving the sheriff's office, Gao De found a hotel in the city that met the reimbursement standards, booked a room, and prepared to rest.

A whole night of highly concentrated and intense patrols consumes a lot of energy, not to mention that we have to continue working tonight.

If he doesn't keep in good condition, and the basilisk in Lake Esmere is really a second-level black-winged snake, he will be in big trouble.

Not to mention earning a second-class merit, you might even lose your life.

Gaode would not become blindly arrogant just because he once defeated a second-ring mage with his own hands and his own combat power has improved compared to that time.

In fact, in most cases, the combat power of the second-level earth vein creatures is stronger than that of mages of the same level.

This is because in order to survive in an environment where the strong prey on the weak, the earth creatures have put all their "talent points" into combat, including strong bodies and various extraordinary powers created for combat.

But it is different for mages. They have various development directions, and the proportion of combat mages who are truly specialized in combat is not high among the mage group.

Of course, the combat power of a battle mage is far stronger than that of a geomancer of the same level.

And Aldrich is neither a battle mage nor a senior second ring mage.

Therefore, the record of defeating Aldrich was not enough for him to underestimate the Lake Esmere Basilisk.

However, compared to human mages, earth vein creatures also have their weaknesses: although they have a certain intelligence, it is ultimately limited; they generally cannot rely on the power of external objects.
It was with this in mind that Gaode chose to take on this task.

Of course, risks do exist.

A first-level mage is facing a second-level earth creature in the water, with the advantage of being at home. No matter how you look at it, his chances of winning are slim.

But if you want to exchange for rare spell recipes, you must earn second-class merit.

No matter how many third-class merits you have, they cannot be equal to second-class merits.

In order to increase the strength of the awakened expertise when promoted to the second ring, rare spells must be mastered and expanded.

So, we have to do it even if there are risks.

Gaode didn't think much about it, he cast [Comfortable Sleep+] on himself and fell into a deep sleep.

After nearly five hours of deep sleep, Gao De woke up refreshed, and the fatigue accumulated overnight had long since dissipated.

The first thing he did after waking up was to spend half an hour performing magic marking on the alien raccoon eggs, injecting his magic power into the eggs in an extremely subtle and stable manner, so that the unhatched alien raccoon would become familiar with his magic power.

Then comes daily practice.

After all this was done, Gao De, who was already starving, went out to eat and strolled around the market to collect tree species, which he had to do every time he arrived at a new place.

Brost City is the "inland transportation hub" of Byro County. The city has a rich variety of goods. Goods from all over the country converge here for transit, so the tree species are much richer than those in the county city of Dorne. Just a quick stroll around the city, Gao De has gained a lot and collected more than 30 new tree species.

However, the same thing is that the magic tree species are still rare and not a single one was received.

After all this, the sky had turned dark blue again, and the night was like a huge piece of black silk, slowly covering the city.

Gao De immediately left the city and went to the small pier where the sheriff's office docked ships. After showing the documents to the guard, he successfully received a small boat.

Compared to the fishing boats he had previously borrowed from fishermen, the sheriff's office's patrol boats were more slender, lighter and more durable.

Exquisite oars are installed on both sides of the boat, which can reduce the resistance when paddling, making it more efficient and flexible on the water, and convenient for docking and turning around.

Gao De boarded the boat, rowed, and headed towards the shore where the fishing boats were docked this morning.

By this time, it was completely dark.

There was a special lighting lantern on the bow of the patrol ship, but Gaode still did not turn on the light and chose to move forward in the dark.

Lake Esmere was unusually quiet at night, with the only sound of Goder paddling on the entire lake.

At this moment, a slender shadow swam across the lake, and its gray tail fin flashed across the water, leaving only a fleeting ripple.

Gao De was not flustered, but smiled.

"Get ready to work." He said to the lake.

The next moment, the originally calm lake water suddenly splashed with water, and Tuanzi emerged from the lake with his round head, shaking his two front fins up and down towards Gaode.

Godd took out the map of the basilisk's activity areas he got from the sheriff's office, excluded the area he had searched last night, and then planned tonight's search route from near to far.

Even with a rough area and some godberries to nest with, it's still very difficult to find a elusive basilisk.

The first half of the night passed quickly, and Gaode still found nothing.

As the night deepens, the dark water appears deeper.

Goder threw a few more gem berries into a new area of ​​water, then rowed the boat to the side and began to wait.

He waited like this for about half an hour, and when he was about to put away the gem berries and move to another place.

Gentle ripples suddenly appeared on the water.

It looked like just ripples caused by the breeze blowing across the lake.

But Gao De knew it was not the case.

His Mandor Magic Eye has lit up and can see through everything.

In his vision at this moment, where the waves were rippling, he could clearly see the veins of energy flow.

Water beast.

Not necessarily a basilisk, but definitely a water beast.

Breathe.

In the darkness, in the lake below the Gem Sweetberry, a huge black shadow swam by.

The lake water formed a whirlpool, and the Gem Sweetberry was at the center of the whirlpool and was sucked into it.

The whirlpool disappeared in a flash, and the lake soon returned to calm, but the jewel berry was nowhere to be seen.

Wow, this stealing action is so skillful!

While Gao De was sighing in his heart, he had already jumped into the water with the north wind.

And Tuanzi, who was hiding near the Gem Sweet Berry, had already rushed out!

(End of this chapter)