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Chapter 112 Attack in the Fog

After Richard learned about the fishman hunter's memories, he fell into deep thought.

From this perspective, I am actually in the border region of the Night Elves, close to the territory controlled by the Grey Dwarves.

However, this might be because the murloc hunter's level within the murloc tribe was simply too low.

Richard wanted to know the key information, such as how many high-level murloc warriors were in the murloc tribe.

For example, are there any other beings like the Murloc Prophet, who are similar to the pinnacle of a level 3 wizard apprentice?

In addition, and most importantly, where are high-level magic stones stored if they exist?

Clearly, Richard found no answers to these questions in the fishman's memories.

Therefore, Richard needs to find another fishman, one who holds a high position in the entire fishman village, to answer the above questions.

So Richard let the Soul-Eating Spider crawl out of the Merman Hunter's body and return to the Brain Eater's body.

After observing for three consecutive days, Richard found no high-value fish-men emerging from the village.

The highest-ranking officers are generally like the murloc hunter captains; their actions are not very meaningful and are more likely to alert the enemy.

However, Richard wasn't in a hurry.

These past few days have been exceptionally fulfilling for Richard. He practices the Rodriguez meditation method once a day, and this continuous practice has allowed his mental strength to steadily increase.

When meditation is practiced to a high level, it often gives rise to some extraordinary abilities; the more advanced the meditation technique, the more common this phenomenon becomes.

Of course, generally speaking, to master advanced meditation techniques, a practitioner would probably already be a senior level three wizard apprentice.

And at the master level, without a doubt, 99% of the time they are at the level of formal wizards.

Where would you find a freak like Richard!

Richard's mental strength had only recently reached the level of a second-level wizard apprentice, but he had already cultivated advanced meditation techniques to the master level. As a result, Richard's mental strength had been improving rapidly in the past few days.

In particular, Richard's Rodrigo Meditation Method is one of the best among advanced meditation methods. At the master level, it has given birth to two auxiliary spells: Energy-Saving Spellcasting and Secondary Mental Boost, which are similar to the effects of first-level spells.

If Richard's total mental strength reaches the threshold of a formal wizard, then these two auxiliary spells will undoubtedly become one of the options for innate spells.

What is innate witchcraft? It is when a third-level wizard apprentice advances to the first level of wizard, a spiritual core will be born in their spiritual sea. If one or two witchcraft models are also completed at the same time as the spiritual core is born, then innate witchcraft will be generated.

Its effect is equivalent to that of a monster that has mastered innate abilities, hence it is called innate witchcraft.

Talented sorcery has two main characteristics: instant casting and energy-efficient spellcasting. Therefore, by the time a third-level wizard apprentice reaches this stage, they are all desperately trying to improve their meditation skills and mastery of important sorcery, hoping that it can become one of their talented sorcery options when they advance in rank.

Among them, the auxiliary magic of intermediate and advanced meditation techniques naturally becomes one of the options, which is why so many third-level wizard apprentices are eager to have an advanced meditation technique.

Of course, besides practicing meditation, Richard also spent his other time looking through the record crystal, the one Ophelia had given him.

It contains Jenna's experimental manuscripts, an ancient parchment scroll—a walking corpse conversion ritual, and the rare level zero sorcery, Necrovision.

Today, Richard has just mastered the basics of Necromancer's Vision. In his opinion, this level zero sorcery is quite effective in certain situations.

[Undead Vision: The caster can observe the world through the vision of the undead or undead summons they control.]

This is essentially an otherworldly version of a "surveillance camera." Once Richard casts this level-zero spell, he is essentially activating a "surveillance camera," allowing him to observe the surroundings through the eyes of the skeleton guardians standing at the cave entrance.

Moreover, as Richard's level of control increases, he can also observe the surrounding environment through the vision of multiple undead summons at the same time, which is equivalent to an otherworldly version of "multi-screen monitoring".

This allows Richard to apply it to different scenarios such as reconnaissance, defense, and combat, enabling him to grasp first-hand information at any time, making it very practical.

Richard's only regret was that for several nights in a row, no brain-eating monsters came.

"According to that merman hunter's memory, shouldn't the Grey Fern Wilderness be a monster paradise every night?!"

"Why haven't any monsters bothered me for three nights in a row? Could it be that the cave I'm in is too remote, and I need to move to the center of the Gray Fern Wilderness?" Richard couldn't help but wonder to himself.

Richard decided to take another look tonight. If that didn't work, he would prepare some bait tomorrow, such as a large piece of bleeding wild boar with steel bristles, to lure the monster.

The Steel-Bristled Boar, discovered and named by Richard in the Gray Fern Field, is a type of porpoise with bristles like steel brushes and an appearance similar to a ground-dwelling wild boar. It is known for its irritable and fierce temperament, but its ribs are quite delicious.

Richard's plan was to eat the steel-bristled boar's ribs himself, and use the rest to lure the monster.

After arranging for skeleton guardians to guard the cave entrance, Richard fell into a peaceful sleep.

It was late at night, and a thick fog blanketed the area.

Gray Fern Field, at the entrance to the cave where Richard was.

Suddenly, a tentacle as thick as a bowl wrapped around the skeleton guardian standing at the cave entrance and instantly pulled him into the depths of the thick fog.

Richard was instantly jolted awake when he received a warning message from the Skeleton Guardian in his mind.

A reverse pentagram magic circle instantly lit up the ground, and Richard immediately summoned two skeleton archers and a skeleton berserker to protect them.

He looked out of the cave, but the thick fog at the entrance made it impossible for him to see anything clearly.

Richard immediately recalled the level zero spell, Necropolis, and used it right away.

Suddenly, a small "screen" appeared in Richard's field of vision, like a "surveillance camera" being turned on, with the image constantly shaking.

Richard's skeleton guardian was clearly engaged in a fierce battle with the enemy. Although Richard could not see the enemy's full appearance due to the thick fog and tremors, the several giant python-like tentacles wrapped around the skeleton guardian were very clear.

Especially on its long tentacles, the suckers, each the size of a bowl, are clearly visible.

At this moment, the brain-eating monster controlled by the Soul-Eating Spider also reacted and rushed into the mist to help the Skeleton Guardian fight against the enemy together.

"Hiss! These giant tentacles, could they be a shelled tentacle monster?" Richard was immediately shocked.

He recalled a monster described in "Common Monsters in the Underdark," which resembled an octopus but carried a thick snail shell, possessed immense strength, and had thick skin and flesh, providing excellent defense against physical attacks.

Although it resembles an octopus, it is a terrestrial monster that fears fire and elemental damage.

The shelled tentacle monster probably didn't expect that such a small skeleton would be so troublesome.

Richard's skeleton guardian is slightly stronger than the skeleton warrior. It's not particularly strong in terms of attack power, but it's not easy to kill it in one go!

Especially with a brain-eating monster harassing them from the side.

The effects of the level zero spell, "Undead Vision," were immediately apparent, allowing Richard to instantly assess the enemy's strengths and weaknesses. Otherwise, Richard would have faced an unknown foe, significantly increasing the difficulty of the battle.

Now that he knew his opponent's weakness, Richard immediately took out several bottles of Fire Dance Star from his pocket and tied them to the arrows of himself and the undead archers.

With the role of skeleton guardians, Richard and two skeleton archers aimed at the enemy in the mist.

"Snap!" The shelled tentacle monster, after using five of its eight tentacles, finally seized the opportunity and twisted off the skull guardian's head.

Just as it was about to deal with the brain-eating monster, it suddenly heard three sharp whooshing sounds as it cut through the air.

Three swift red beams of light landed on it.

"Boom boom boom!" With three violent explosions, the shelled tentacle monster let out a piercing scream!

Beat up the drowning dog!

Richard continued his attack without hesitation, throwing out Fire Dance Star and Silver Moon Dust as if they were free.

The skeleton berserker also rushed forward to attack immediately.

After the shelled tentacle monster was blown up and covered in wounds, its physical defense capabilities were greatly reduced.

The skeleton berserker's giant axe cleaved and hacked away, severing three tentacles, which immediately instilled fear in the shelled tentacle monster.

But it was too late. After Richard cast Slow and Weakness spells, the shelled tentacle monster had no choice but to submit!

[Is absorbable energy detected? Will it be absorbed?]

"yes!"

[Gained 5543 energy points.]

At this moment, the Soul-Eating Spider slowly crawled out of the Brain-Eating Monster's body. In its juvenile stage, it needed to break free from the possessed state when absorbing souls.

As it climbed onto the shelled tentacle monster to devour its soul, a surge of pure spiritual energy, about the size of a thumb, was instantly fed back into Richard's spiritual sea.

Although it's still not as much as the brain-eating monster incident, it's about half the amount.

This already satisfied Richard greatly.

At this moment, the Soul-Eating Spider transmitted a message to Richard, essentially asking whether it was possessing the Brain-Eating Monster or the large creature before it.

After a moment's thought, Richard decided to let the Soul-Eating Spider possess the shelled tentacle monster.

After all, this thing was enormous, comparable to a rhinoceros, and its heavy shell did not shatter under the violent explosion of the Fire Dance Star; it was merely charred in a large area, demonstrating its formidable physical defense.

If it hadn't been suddenly injured by the Triple Fire Dance Star, instead hiding inside its heavy shell, this battle would probably have lasted much longer.

After the Soul-Eating Spider crawled into the shell-like tentacle monster, Richard ordered it to guard the entrance. With such a big guy blocking the entrance, nothing could get in without anyone noticing.

(End of this chapter)