Chapter 108: Iron Fist, Mantis Shrimp

Yeats first bled the vampire eel and stored the blood in small glass bottles.

The blood of vampire eels is a precious ingredient for potions, and adding it to vampire eel pie can also add flavor to food.

Yeats then set about cooking this dish, 'Red Wine Vampire Eel'.

After cleaning the vampire eel, cut off the tail fin and dorsal fin, cut off the head from the gill hole, blanch it, peel off the skin, cut it into pieces, and roast it in a frying pan until the fat oozes out.

The eel meat gradually began to smell fragrant, and Yeats added a piece of butter to the hot pan, stir-fried onions and shallots together, added red wine and began to stew, then put the vampire eel meat, chopped garlic and cloves into the soup and simmered them slowly.

During this time, Yeats controlled the heat while asking Rich about the current movements of the Duke of Hudson.

"Hudson has won victory after victory and is now heading towards High Fort." Rich said, "But I am not optimistic about this battle, which is why I left."

Yeats nodded slowly.

If Thomas defeated Hudson, he would become the most powerful lord in the northern province.

In fact, it is better for him to get Wick Port than for Wick Port to be in Hudson's hands, so that Whitefish Port can establish trade directly with Wick Port.

Dishes that require stewing always take a long time to prepare.

"It would be great if I could capture a fire elemental pet."

Ye Zhi thought to himself, "It's easier to cook this way."

It was almost noon.

"Red Wine Vampire Eel: Three Stars. A delicacy stewed with red wine, herbs and vampire eels. It has rich layers of eel gelatin, meaty aroma, herbs, fruity aroma and red wine astringency. After consumption, it provides permanent benefits, and reduces the amount of bleeding when you are injured and enter the 'bleeding' state (medium)"

Gray took the wooden plate handed over by Ye Zhi, looked at the bright red soup, and said in a complicated tone: "Is this... the blood of the vampire eel?"

"It's red wine," said Yeats.

Gray swallowed her saliva, picked up a piece of eel meat with a fork, and put it into her mouth.

"It tastes so chewy and tender, like a drunk vampire eel," Gray said in amazement.

Hild smiled lightly and said, "That's a very good analogy."

Li Xi tasted the vampire eel, and his eyes flashed with surprise. Suddenly, his face turned red and he coughed continuously! Ye Zhi was stunned. How could he choke on this?

After a while, Richie finally caught his breath, and Yeats immediately looked around.

As usual, when Richie is unlucky, good luck will come around! As expected, Yeats only heard a strange cry.

“Woo——”

A huge manatee climbed onto the shore, shrouded in magical fluctuations, and was the incarnation of the spirit of nature! The manatee slowly crawled towards Ye Zhi, staring at the red wine-sucking eel in the pot, and then raised his eyes to look at Ye Zhi.

"Dear foreign guests, you have defeated the monsters that occupied this place. Please allow me to express my gratitude to you!"

Yeats used the same argument he had used against the platypus spirit, saying:

"No need to thank me, just acknowledge me as your master and let this production area be under the jurisdiction of Morning Frost Ridge!"

Manatee was stunned for a moment, shook his head, and said, "But I can no longer fully control this Whitefish Port."

"Why is that?"

"In this sea area, there lives a three-ringed magical beast. It falls asleep on the seabed when it is full, and starts looking for food when it wakes up. I cannot defeat it, and my magic power is gradually weakening. It may disappear soon." The manatee sighed.

The condition of this manatee is even more pitiful than that of the platypus.

Ye Zhi asked, "What kind of monster is it?"

"It looks like a monster from another sea. I don't know its true identity."

The manatee said, "All I know is that its body is colorful, more than ten segments long, and it has very powerful forelimbs. I saw with my own eyes that the bottom of a ship was pierced by it with one blow!"

Ye Zhi couldn't figure out for a moment what kind of monster the enemy the manatee was talking about.

"As long as I defeat it, you will accept my conditions, right?" Ye Zhi confirmed again.

The manatee nodded: "Please wait for me for a moment."

When I came back, there was a metal fishing rod floating next to the manatee.

"This fishing rod was left here by a human. Maybe it can attract the attention of the monster."

Ye Zhi took the fishing rod and said, "Don't bother. I have a better fishing tool!"

Manatee: ? You said it's not a bother, but why did you take the fishing rod away?

"Pure Angler: Excellent. Retractable metal fishing tackle that slightly improves your fishing ability. It has an inscription from the previous owner: 'No fish caught!', Enchanted: Purify Food."

"Purify Food: Purify non-magical food and drink within a spherical area with a radius of two meters around the designated point, and remove all toxins and diseases that are contaminated by them."

Yeats was just lacking a piece of fishing gear, so this 'clean angler' was an unexpected gain.

Afterwards, Ye Zhi discussed with Gray, Hilde, and Lishi how to lure out the monsters hiding in this place.

“You can use large game as bait,” Rishi suggests.

Ye Zhi smiled and said, "I think so too."

After a moment.

Rich stood in the shallows, the waves hitting his feet. Rich looked at the chains wrapped around him, then looked back at Yeats and others who were watching from afar, and thought to himself:

"How did things turn out like this?"

Ye Zhi held the chain in his hand and shouted, "Don't worry, I will pull you back if there is any movement. It will be faster than you can run away by yourself!"

Li Xi didn't expect that he would become the "bait". He felt a little complicated and heard his lover's gentle voice in his ears.

"Rishi, did the baron see through your curse of doom?"

"Why do you say that?" Rishi responded in his heart.

Please...collect 6...9...books...!

"With your luck, standing in this sea, you are likely to be attacked by powerful monsters." The woman said, "If the baron can see this, it is not difficult to explain why he used you as bait."

"Impossible. Not even my teacher knows what happened between you and me." Richie didn't believe that Baron Morning Frost Ridge could see this much.

The woman's voice gradually faded away, and the sound of waves echoed all around. Richie sighed and decided to trust Baron Yeats for once. After all, he had no choice.

From another perspective, meeting Baron Yeats was also quite unlucky!

The sea water became restless.

As the waves became more and more violent, an abnormal surge appeared under the sea. A huge shadow approached quickly, so fast that Richie's eyes flashed with surprise.

Snap! The chain dragged Richie and quickly pulled him back to Yezhi.

At the same moment, a three-meter-tall mantis shrimp rose into the sky from the waves. The bright scales on its body shone with colorful luster in the sun, its two golden eyeballs shone brightly, and the two pairs of claws on both sides of its head were like iron fists, like a boxer protecting his fists in front of his cheeks.

Ye Zhi was shocked: "What a big shrimp!"

Li Xi's face changed and he said, "This is a mutated giant mantis shrimp. Even the general crab's claws can't withstand its iron fist!"

The mantis shrimp is ferocious and aggressive, and has a pair of powerful "spring fists".

When attacking its prey, it can deliver a jab in one fiftieth of a second, with a maximum speed of over 80 kilometers per hour. The high temperature generated by the instantaneous friction can even produce electric light!

"No matter how hard it is, can it be harder than armor?" Ye Zhi ordered in his mind, "Kelya, charge!"

The headless knight, Kaelya, riding on a nightmare horse, charged at the giant mantis shrimp in stealth mode.

The mantis shrimp's compound eyes move slightly.

Use unique optical perception to grasp Kaelya's movements.

Suddenly, it threw a jab.

Sparks flashed in the air, and Kylia's lance was actually shattered by this jab.

Kailya was startled for a moment, then she condensed a huge sickle and swung it at the mantis shrimp.

At the same moment.

The mantis shrimp's two pairs of claws are as fast as lightning and can deliver a series of jabs.

How fast.

A sonic boom was created, and afterimages followed one after another! The black armor that Kailya had materialized actually sank, and was forced to dissipate in spirit form.

"Your summoned beast, the Dullahan Kelja, has been severely injured and has returned to the underworld."

"Time remaining until next summoning: 47 hours and 59 minutes."

This was the first time that Kylia suffered a setback.

Yeats hissed.

Is it really reasonable that a mantis shrimp can produce the special effects of Ora Ora?

Gray stared at the mantis shrimp blankly, her eyes flickering, and nodded:

"This meat must be very chewy and firm!"

Ye Zhi: “…”

I just want to eat at this time! (End of this chapter)