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Chapter 106 Fishman Village

After a dizzying moment, when Richard regained his senses, he found himself in an unfamiliar environment. There was a faint fishy smell, and the air was slightly damp, as if he were very close to a water source.

I was in a circular hall, with two rows of braziers around the perimeter, their flames blazing and illuminating the surroundings clearly.

The hall was decorated in a very strange style, with many skulls of strange creatures hanging on the walls, seemingly to show the bravery of the owner of this place.

Moreover, the structure of the hall is more like that of a primitive tribe from the previous life, with the walls built purely with wooden strips or tree trunks, and the top has a hollow conical thatched roof.

There was a six-pointed star magic circle beneath his feet, which was very similar to the one in the hidden cave, but Richard found that there were still significant differences in the structure of many runes upon closer inspection.

In particular, in the center of the six-pointed star magic circle here, there is a three-headed snake statue that is more than two meters tall. There is a groove in the middle of the statue, which is presumably used to place high-level magic stones.

The entire statue is exquisitely carved and lifelike. The eyes of the three snake heads seem to be made of obsidian, and they are so lifelike that they look as if they were alive.

If a master of magic arrays were present, they would easily see that this is actually a main magic array with positioning and teleportation functions.

What Richard had discovered in the hidden cave was a magic circle, and the statue in Richard's arms was a kind of witchcraft prop that matched the magic circle, and it also had an automatic teleportation function.

Thinking of the "culprit," Richard pulled out the three-headed serpent statue from his pocket, glared at it resentfully, and realized that it was this thing that had caused him to be teleported here.

In his mind, shouldn't teleportation arrays require a lengthy incantation to activate?

But reality taught him a lesson: there were actually trigger-activated teleportation arrays.

Richard examined the three-headed serpent statue in his hand carefully, then looked at the large three-headed serpent statue in the center of the magic circle. Sure enough, apart from being enlarged by about ten times, it was exactly the same.

So, does this mean I've been transported to that old merman's tribe?

This made Richard curse inwardly!

I want to earn points to exchange for potions!

Suddenly, Richard seemed to hear the footsteps of a fishman approaching. Most fishmen have webbed feet, so their footsteps are obviously different from those of humans, and Richard could tell the difference.

He was immediately alarmed and became more vigilant.

It seems that the energy fluctuations of the magic circle in the middle of the night attracted the attention of this merman.

Richard quickly hid behind a thick pillar in the hall, in a dark corner to the side and rear.

The door creaked open, and Richard glanced inside. Sure enough, it was a fishman holding a fishbone magic array. He was dressed like an elderly fishman, but much younger, and was likely a disciple of the elderly fishman.

Judging from his sleepy appearance, he must have been resting before, and only came over to check after sensing the energy fluctuations of the magic array.

He looked around and, finding no one nearby and the magic array as usual, muttered a few words in the Merfolk language before closing the main hall door again and walking outside.

Richard felt a slight sense of relief and immediately began to observe the outside world through the gaps in the wooden walls of the hall.

The sky outside was incredibly dark, with no moonlight, but there seemed to be some starlight, though it didn't seem to be like normal stars.

The surrounding area consisted of a large cluster of stilt houses, most of which were dimly lit, suggesting that this was the large merman tribe where the elderly merman lived.

Richard was basically certain that he had been teleported to the Underdark, to the merfolk tribe.

This immediately gave Richard the urge to swear!

However, now is not the time to think about that. He needs to hurry up and escape from this fishman tribe before making any other plans.

Otherwise, if we stay here, we'll be discovered sooner or later.

The problem is that I am in the center of the entire murloc tribe. I can vaguely see patrols of murloc warriors all around. Although they don't look very tall and should be ordinary murloc warriors, there are just too many of them.

Moreover, the hall is more than two hundred meters away from the outermost brightly lit area. If he were to rush out rashly, he would inevitably be entangled by patrolling murloc warriors. Even if they were just ordinary murloc warriors, they would still be able to kill an elephant with sheer numbers. In addition, such a large murloc tribe would definitely have high-level warriors left behind.

Moreover, Richard had no desire to fight the fishmen, as they offered neither energy points nor points for exchanging for credits. He knew he wouldn't be able to return anytime soon, and collecting a bunch of fishmen eyeballs would only increase his burden.

After a moment's thought, Richard came up with a solution.

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When Joachim returned to the Ignis School's headquarters with his obese Frankenstein's monster, he immediately reported to his mentor Gildas in the VIP lounge.

After Gildas heard his disciples' report, he immediately sensed something was wrong. The souls of so many people could not have disappeared for no reason; it seemed that someone was deliberately covering something up.

With a wave of his hand, Jenna's head, which had been tucked into the waist of the Stitched Monster, flew into his hand in an instant.

With Jenna's head facing him, Gildarts suddenly unleashed a powerful surge of dark elemental energy, his eyes instantly turning completely black, and two beams of black mist shot directly into Jenna's eyes.

Suddenly, the images Jenna had seen before she died flashed through Gildas's dark eyes like slides.

This is a relatively rare first-level witchcraft called the Eye of the Dead, which can retrieve the last few frames of images seen by a person who has recently died by reading the residual signals on the retinal nerves.

This witchcraft does not involve the soul, but to learn it requires a high level of expertise in biological neurology, neurotransmission, and other related fields.

This witchcraft can be used as long as the deceased's retinal nerves are still intact.

However, this witchcraft has a rather strict requirement regarding the time of death. For ordinary people, the nerve cell activity begins to be lost about an hour after death, making it impossible to examine them through this witchcraft.

Wizard apprentices have far greater cellular activity than ordinary people, so some can maintain a certain level of activity for half a day or even a whole day.

Of course, the higher the activity, the more and clearer the image can be seen; the lower the activity, the less and blurrier the image can be seen.

Although nearly half a day has passed since Jenna's death, Gildas has still found what he was looking for.

He immediately stopped performing the spell and tapped Joachim's forehead with his finger.

In an instant, Richard's lifelike face appeared in Joachim's mind, especially Richard's apprentice gray robe with a prominent bone club pattern on the chest, which seemed to mock his incompetence.

Now, cold sweat poured down Joachim's forehead. He realized that he had been negligent. The young boy in his mind was probably the murderer who had ambushed and killed Jenna while she and her two companions were fighting the fishmen.

Moreover, the other party was merely a first-level wizard apprentice of the Ignis School, which made him wish he could disappear into the ground in front of his own mentor.

"Damn it! They didn't take anything and deliberately set up the scene to mislead me. I, a dignified third-level wizard apprentice, was actually tricked by a first-level wizard apprentice. This is a huge disgrace!" Joachim clenched his fists, his face ashen.

"Go and investigate the other party. I'm leaving this to you! Joachim, don't let me down again." Gildas gave Joachim a deep look.

Gildas's glance instantly made Joachim feel as if he had been doused with a bucket of ice water from head to toe!

He knew all too well the countless, chillingly ruthless methods his mentor employed.

If I make any more mistakes, I'll definitely suffer the consequences!

"Yes, Master! I will make this brat pay an unbearable price!" Joachim said through gritted teeth, bowed deeply at a ninety-degree angle, and slowly left the room.

(End of this chapter)