Kobold Wizard's Journal

Chapter 211 Squeak and the Trip

Ruger sipped his soup and enjoyed the two kinds of roasted meat. Since Lord Leiden was not afraid of the trouble of making it, he, as a diner, was naturally not afraid of the hard work of tasting it.

As he was enjoying his meal, a thought suddenly struck him, and with a wave of his hand, a huge, reclining figure appeared by the campfire.

Squeak! The thing made a sound.

It was the magical pet that hadn't been seen for a long time.

A crisp cry rang in his ears and also in Luger's heart.

"Squeak, you've gotten bigger!" Luger ate some roasted meat with one hand and stroked his magical pet's smooth head with the other. "You can sleep so much! Yes, yes, you can't control yourself, I know, yes, you're still trying to save food..."

The little insect chirped, and Ruger could roughly understand its meaning through the mental connection.

This creature doesn't look as cute as it did in the egg. Its black shell gives it a rather fierce appearance, but inside it's still that clever little bug. It might be fierce to strangers, but to Luger, it's still that little guy who expresses its emotions by shaking or wiggling, that egg that he always carries with him in the incubation bag.

"Is this your magical pet?"

Leiden looked surprised and tossed a large piece of roast meat over.

The insect suddenly raised its body.

Ruger had long suspected that Zizi's intelligence stemmed from its impressive mental strength. Based on what he had seen before, it seemed that many members of the Little Crybaby Bug clan were qualified to become spellcasters. Zizi was said by the Little Crybaby Bugs to lack awakened spiritual light and could not transform into a bug-human form. It was considered a non-bug-human insect beast within the clan. However, Ruger felt that this guy was somewhat special, with quite good aptitude. Moreover, during the large bug egg stage, it gradually absorbed things and became more like a large egg.

"Lord Leiden, can you identify what kind of subterranean beast it is?" Ruger asked.

As he spoke, he soothed Zizi, making it lie down and taste the roasted meat.

Even his master can't explain what "Zhizhi" is right now. However, Leiden's special trait is that he has come into contact with a lot of low-level underground beasts and is familiar with the characteristics of various strange beasts. He probably knows more about those he hasn't directly contacted but has some understanding of, so he might be able to say something.

Leiden pondered for a moment, then adopted the focused gaze he usually used when examining ingredients, and looked Zizi up and down.

Squeaky was eating meat while enjoying its owner's gentle stroking with the top of its head.

"Dragon scales? Insect shell? A full twelve pairs of sharp limbs..."

Leiden sounded somewhat agitated as he spoke.

Ruger glanced at him, and it seemed like the guy was drooling.

"This should be the form you bred and modified yourself. According to the naming method of ranking and summarizing, it should be called a sub-dragon beast. Although it has many insect-like characteristics, this name is more in line with the inductive method..." Leiden said seriously.

Ruger nodded in satisfaction. He had only asked casually, but he hadn't expected Leiden to be so interested in this kind of thing, and quite professional at that.

"However, its bloodline is far superior to that of a typical dragon, and given the strength of its dragon bloodline, the fact that it can still maintain so many insect-like characteristics shows that you must have put in a lot of effort... It also has another bloodline that is no weaker than the dragon bloodline within it... Of course, the phrase 'no weaker' only refers to the current concentration of the dragon bloodline. As the purity of the bloodline increases, its appearance will also change. If its bloodline has already fused quite well, then it may continue to develop based on this form."

Leiden spoke as he ladled soup with a large spoon.

Ruger nodded repeatedly.

Not only did Zizi bathe and drink its fill of dragon blood, but it also ate a giant snake egg that Karu had carefully cultivated. You should know that Karu originally planned to follow the path of the Beast King Wizard to advance. As a veteran level 5 limit apprentice, he must have put a lot of effort into cultivating magical pets for advancement. In fact, in Luger's opinion, that egg might have been Karu's original main target for advancing to Beast King. It's just that some unexpected events came too suddenly, and all the plans will come to nothing.

I don't know where the half-human, or Karyu, is or what he is doing.

Ruger flicked his squeaky head while thinking wildly.

Sometimes being too smart isn't good either. After finishing the roasted meat, Zizi refused to return to the incubation bag or the Abyss bedroom space. Although it missed Aisjin and Da Shaheng, it wanted to stay with its master, Luge, even more.

Ruger patted its head. "Lord Raiden, the wyvern pet staying in the Nightmare World... won't that..."

Before Ruger could finish speaking, Leiden understood.

"It will have some impact, but it's not necessarily a bad thing. Its adaptability should be very strong. By constantly eating things from the Nightmare World, it will gradually adapt to this place."

Leiden seemed particularly pleased with today's soup, drinking two bowls in a row and then asking for a third.

After a moment's thought, Ruger decided to let it go.

Squeak chirped beside Luger's legs, seemingly very happy that Luger was no longer chasing it away. It turned around and burrowed into the ground with a rustling sound. It circled around and emerged from the other side, only showing its head beside Luger's legs. The horns on its head had only grown slightly longer, but were much thicker than before.

As its owner, Luger could sense that most of its body was beneath the campfire.

After eating and drinking for a while, the two began to learn the art of vivid dream simulation separately.

I still dare not forget the old woman's instructions. Besides, learning a spell is not a loss. Even if it is not useful now, who knows what situation I will encounter in the future.

Squeak poked its head out and rested against Luger's leg, which made Luger feel more at ease using the Divine Object Technique to learn spells.

The clever little insect simply leaned against the wall carefully, remaining completely still, without disturbing its owner's concentration.

The Clarity Dream Technique is not a complicated spell. With the help of the Divine Object Technique, Ruger mastered it in just over a day.

Leiden took a little over four days, less than five days, during which time neither of them received a summons from the old woman.

Perhaps she knew they were focused on learning magic, or perhaps she was just so engrossed in chatting that she forgot all about it.

After learning it, Luger tried it out and had a very unique experience.

However, with the mental strength of wizard apprentices like them, it is difficult to achieve the level described in the spell. He is dreaming while walking, and he is prone to falling down. He is completely unable to do both at the same time.

The two rested for another day, but still did not summon anything.

The happiest one during this time was naturally Zizi, who stayed close to Luger all day long, firmly placing Luger above the roast meat.

After discussing it, Ruger and Leiden decided to continue what they were supposed to do: cultivate Nightmare Organs and explore the Nightmare World.

"That's about it. Your potion observation skills are very proficient; you don't seem to be any worse than the previous one..."

Leiden and Ruger were standing in the treehouse perched on a dead branch.

"The observed reactions of the four potions will naturally be recorded here. Place the magic stone there, and it will look something like this... Placing it on top will allow the imprinted records to be sent back to the superior camp... As for when these four potions are used up, since that lord hasn't escaped the town yet, it's no longer our concern."

Raiden shrugged as he recalled the process. Basically, he was in charge of dealing with the moving nightmare creatures, while the non-moving things like plants from the nightmare world were handled by the apothecary, Ruger.

After discussing it, the two chose a direction that they had not yet fully explored, with the camp as the center.

Ruger and Ryan sat atop Squeak's back, Squeak shrouded in his wings, while Ryan revealed the Nightmare Organ on his hand. Together, they worked to reduce the sense of disharmony between the two of them and the beast and the Nightmare World. It's worth noting that Squeak, frantically fiddling with its claws, had, as Ryan had said, become much more integrated with its environment after several days of eating. Just like when it swallowed the snake egg, its ability to adapt seemed remarkably strong. Ruger even suspected that its long body was related to that snake. Fortunately, the snake didn't have claws, otherwise Ruger would have been even more inclined to make the connection.

The terrain is constantly changing.

After a quiet and long journey, the two people and the beast gradually approached a deep valley.

(End of this chapter)