While speaking, the rotting goat monster had already charged to Mariaâs front. Maria crossed her hands in front of her chest and produced unclear musical scales from her mouth.
Immediately, a huge cross-shaped flame suddenly blazed from her arms.
The rotting goat crashed headfirst into the flames. The flames werenât scattered by the impact but instead actively bent to wrap the monster entirely.
Four fire ropes suddenly bound the rotting goat into a ball, then tightened again, cutting into flesh and skin.
Maria raised her hand and released a magic scroll. The scroll burned in the air and transformed into a sharp arrow, piercing the flame-wrapped rotting goat directly from the center of its skull to the base of its tail.
The rotting goat, which had been silently roaring just moments ago, immediately withered and then turned to ash in the flames.
The ash fell through gaps in the flames, including a palm-sized grayish-white bone fragment.
Mariaâs eyes lit up and she immediately rushed down.
She caught that bone fragment near the sea surface. However, at this moment, a huge circular shadow suddenly appeared beneath the sea surface.
This shadow appeared silently. Mariaâs attention was entirely focused on her spoils of war and she didnât notice what was below her feet at all.
As Maria approached the sea surface, the shadow suddenly shot up from beneath the seaâit was actually a huge mouth with a ring of sharp teeth!
Maria only reacted when the monster leaped from the sea surface. Her first instinct was to escape upward while releasing a protective shield.
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However, while she was too nervous to consider Saul above her, a large number of black objects suddenly rained down from above.
It was like a sudden black downpour.
âEeeaahhh!â
The huge mouth on the sea surface immediately let out a wail. Foul-smelling gas sprayed from its throat, directly knocking Maria off balance.
She had just stabilized her form in the air when she looked down and saw that the huge mouth that had been about to ambush her was now riddled with holes.
Seawater rushed up through the wounds. The big-mouth monster was sinking, spouting water columns from its mouthâsomewhat like fountains in a small plaza.
As the monster sank, the water columns converged into a puddle and finally merged into the deep blue sea.
Maria looked up at Saul. Seeing that he made no movement, she immediately jumped into the sea, circled around the sinking monster once, then dried the water from her body and returned to Saulâs side.
The smile on her face carried hints of shock and admiration. She held the grayish-white bone fragment out to Saul. âThat big-mouth monster fish didnât have any gray bones. This oneâs for you. Without you, even if I could have escaped, I definitely couldnât have kept it.â
Saul didnât politely decline and accepted the grayish-white bone fragment.
This grayish-white bone was quite similar to the bone monsters Saul had obtained in the Chaos Realm. It contained a small amount of black tide pollutionâthat erosive feeling that tried to penetrate your body upon contact and seep into your brain along skin patterns was unusually obvious.
But it was precisely this undisguised aggressiveness that made Saul deploy defenses the moment he touched it.
However, the pollution within was incomparable to the bone monsters brought from the Chaos Realm.
This monster is half-rotten, the Chaos Realm has white bones, and that world outside the Chaos Realm is filled with grayish-white skeletons. Could there be some kind of progressive relationship between them?
Saul was looking down in thought. Maria didnât know what he was thinking and assumed he was using mental power to study the gray bone.
She enthusiastically and proactively helped introduce it to Saul, âThis kind of gray bone could be called a specialty of the Sighing Wall. Some can also be collected from the southeastern waters of Nephret, but the quantity and size canât compare to what the monsters here produce. Donât let the small amount of pollution on it fool youâit can be made into potions that resist black tide pollution through special methods. So every time we fight these monsters, we pay attention to whether there are gray bones inside the corpses.â
âCan it actually be made into potions that resist pollution? Is this a case of antidotes always being found near poisons?â
âI havenât heard that saying, but itâs very similar to what you described. A wizard once tried to transform his body into a form similar to gray bones to resist black tide pollution, but he ultimately failed and the entire person mutated into a monster.â Maria paused. âI personally killed him.â
Looking at the gray bone in his hand, Saul actually thought of how his own bones had once turned black due to the black tide.
Could this count as a type of gray bone mutation?
When gray bones were defeated by the black tide, would they completely rot and become bone monsters? Then, under the influence of the Abyssal Eye, would they become anchor points?
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But if gray bones withstood the pollution and developed âresistance,â would they eventually become Saulâs black skeletal frame?
âNo wonder he wanted to take my arm back then.â Saul murmured quietly. âFrimâs real target probably wasnât my twice-modified Soul-Devouring Resin, but my bones.â
Seeing Maria still looking at him, Saul put away the gray bone. âThank you. Iâm quite interested in this gray bone. When I encounter black tide monsters later and get gray bones, Iâll give you one back.â
Maria smiled generously, fine lines appearing at the corners of her eyes. âNo need, no need. When the black tide invasion comes, Iâll be able to collect quite a few. This is to thank you for helping just nowâhow could I let you pay me back?â
The wizards at the Sighing Wall all seemed quite generous. Could it be that Murphyâs merit-based resource distribution system had fostered everyoneâs current way of interacting?
Of course, it was also possible they currently had requests of Saul, so they appeared very generous and kind.
Regardless of where this goodwill originated, it didnât have much impact on Saul. He advocated for equivalent exchange. Once Causality came into play, he didnât believe many people would dare break their word with him.
After dealing with the monsters, the two prepared to continue their journey. But before leaving, Saul noticed Maria also made a mark at the position where the big-head monster fish had sunk.
âDo you also salvage monster corpses?â
Maria shook her head. âGenerally not. But that monster just now was very powerful. Normally such powerful monsters donât appear before the black tide arrives. Even if they do appear, they would be intercepted by the forward wizard towers. I just donât understand why it could infiltrate this far. After I escort you over, Iâll investigate further. There are quite a few second-rank wizards in the rear areasâit would be too dangerous if they encountered the big-head monster fish.â
This patrol wizard seemed quite dedicated.
Saul didnât delay any further. The two flew rapidly over Storm Sea. After more than ten minutes, they finally saw Gorsaâs wizard tower.
âItâs over thereâthe farthest one is Lord Gorsaâs wizard tower.â Maria pointed ahead.
She stopped here, obviously not wanting to escort Saul to the door.
Saul looked over and discovered that almost no other wizard towers could be seen near that tower.
It was a solitary tower deep in Storm Sea.
When he had just arrived, he had only vaguely seen another wizard tower from the rear-side direction.
Saul also stopped and turned to ask Maria, âShould I ask Master Gorsa if he noticed the big-head monster fish?â
âUh, no need. I should investigate first. When I understand the situation clearly, Iâll go inquire with Lord Gorsa if necessary.â Maria quickly waved her hands. âIt wouldnât be good to disturb Lord Gorsa when we donât know anything.â
(End of Chapter)
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