Chapter 196: Anglers Association and Crab Spiders

Jianhe University, Knight College.

Yeats stood on the marble platform at the top of the watchtower, looking out at the Hippogriff flying over the skyline.

The Knight Academy has a Hippogriff manned service, and Yeats plans to take the Hippogriff to Lake Demere.

Lake Demeer is surrounded by continuous mountains and scattered villages and towns, which is a picturesque sight. Due to its narrow and long terrain, it looks like a drop of lake blue gem inlaid in the emerald green plain when viewed from the sky. It is known as the "Tears of God".

"I have a friend who bought a cottage in the lakeside town of Demier and goes fishing at the lake all year round."

Crane Doyle, standing side by side with Yeats, said:

"I invited him to be our guide this time."

"Is he extraordinary?" Yeats asked.

"Yes, his name is Nash, and he's a member of the Anglers Guild." Crane said with a smile, "I'm sure you've heard of this organization."

Ye Zhi was slightly startled.

The Anglers' Guild, a transcontinental organization whose influence is no less than that of the Food Association.

Its members can be found in the ice-free fishing ports in the north and the tropical rain forests in the south.

The organization's review standards are extremely broad. As long as you own a fishing rod, you don't even need to formally register to call yourself a member of the guild.

Its founder is a fishing master, and like Robinson who founded the Adventurer's Guild and Merlin who founded the Mage's Guild, he is also a powerful sanctuary.

It is said that this man has mastered all kinds of martial arts and can even use street lamps and fishing rods as weapons.

And this skill was honed step by step during the fishing process.

Ye Zhi thought to himself that fishing in this world is a high-risk profession. The fish that can be caught include but are not limited to sea monsters, fishmen, snake demons, killer crabs... If you don't have some self-protection methods, you really don't dare to call yourself a fisherman! The Hippocampus carried everyone, broke through the layers of clouds, and flew to Lake Demier.

According to the flying speed of the Hippogriff, it can cross the central plains in one day, but it will take two days to return to the Morning Frost Ridge, the outermost part of the northern province.

If you can contract a high-level flying monster, this time can be shortened further.

Ye Zhi was already thinking about how to contract a flying magical pet.

"In addition to contracting a flying pet, there is another way that can allow me to have a flying mount..."

Ye Zhi thought to herself, "The Black Knight has a blessing that allows her mount to gain wings. I should prepare a few jokes and present them to her the next time she prays... This way, Radish will hopefully learn to fly!"

Sunset.

The Hippogriff landed on a high slope outside the town of Demir.

The friend that Clan mentioned was here to greet him early.

"I have long heard of you, Baron Yeats!"

Nash has long golden hair and wears a linen shirt. He carries a fish bucket and a fishing rod and has a friendly smile on his face.

This outfit reminded Yeats of the man in "The Hearthstone" who could fish by the lake all day.

Ye Zhi nodded in greeting, and seeing the respect and curiosity in Nash's eyes, he asked hopefully, "Excuse me, but could you let me see your magical pet, the Snow Owl?"

Ye Zhi thought about it and thought that the Snowy Owl should still be catching up on sleep at this time, so he shook his head.

Nash felt a little regretful, but being able to meet the famous Baron Yeats meant that it was worth his while to be a guide, so he did not ask for anything else and smiled and invited everyone to stay in his cottage.

Yeats had already learned from Crane that Nash was a down-and-out aristocrat.

He has no ambition to revive his family. Besides, he is a transcendent being and can live a carefree life with the income from fishing. He is currently enjoying a quiet life by the lake.

"Did you just come back from fishing?" asked Cran.

Nash pointed to a small pond not far away and said with a smile: "To be precise, I made a few more shots while waiting for you."

Ye Zhi glanced at his empty fish bucket... Well, it can be seen that he is a caring person who likes to feed fish! After walking for more than ten minutes, they arrived at their destination.

It is called a cottage, but in fact it is a lakeside villa. However, there is a shortage of servants, so many things have to be done by oneself.

Nash's garden was planted with tulips, violets and roses. One wall was covered with moss and ivy grew small pink flowers. In the evening glow, pigeons flew in and walked freely in the yard.

The elderly maid had prepared dinner for everyone, simple stew and grilled fish, plain but delicious.

After dinner, Nash used dancing lights to summon a suspended ball of light to serve as a light source in the poorly lit hall, and then started talking about the rumors of the "Lady of the Lake".

"When I was fishing at night recently, I always heard a hazy song coming from afar. The lyrics seemed to say that there was a king's sword in my hand, and whoever got it could achieve great things..."

Nash said, "Plus, many people have disappeared in the town recently, and even the adventurers who came to investigate are missing. I thought about asking Mr. Crane to come forward, but I didn't expect that he would invite you to join him, Baron Yeats. This is really an honor."

Nash showed great respect for Yeats, the young baron who had recently become famous.

Cran also had great confidence in Yeats' abilities. After all, as a bard chosen by God, Yeats' attainments in music and magic were unmatched!

"Singing?" Cran murmured. "It sounds like a water nymph's way of seducing others."

"No, it's not a water nymph." Nash said seriously, "Because I have seen from afar a human figure dancing on the lake under the bright moonlight... That image is the lake fairy."

"You saw it?"

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

"Yes, at that time I thought maybe I could catch a singing mermaid, so I followed the sound of the singing into the jungle, and I saw a very beautiful scene," said Nash.

Yeats asked, “You saw the goblin dance, but what happened after that?”

"Afterwards, I thought it was unacceptable that I didn't catch any fish today." Nash scratched his head. "No matter how beautiful the dance was, I didn't feel like watching it, so I went back to fishing."

Yeats was stunned and thought, fortunately Nash didn't catch any fish, otherwise he would have probably sent it away!

"Did you catch any fish later?" Gray interrupted.

Nash: "No... But I vaguely saw the shadow of a crab under the dark water, so I wanted to use a fishing net to catch it--"

"But I didn't expect that it was a big spider that looked like a crab. It almost scared me to death!" Nash was still frightened.

Crane reasoned, "From this description, it looks like a crab spider."

"What is that?" Gray asked. "Is it a crab or a spider?"

"It's a spider that looks like a crab, with strong pincers, a mouth full of sharp teeth and poisonous venom glands." Ye Zhi frowned, "It's the spider-type monster that I hate the most!"

Gray secretly breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this... Yeats hated spiders, which at least meant that he would not cook spiders.

"but."

Ye Zhi changed the subject and smiled.

"After frying the crab spider's legs, they will taste like crab meat and will also help you practice the poison-type dragon breath technique. Gray, do you want to try it?"

Gray's face turned pale instantly. After a struggle between heaven and man, she gritted her teeth and said:

"If you eat it... I will eat it... After all, I have to test the poison for you!"

Ye Zhi raised his eyebrows. This wave, this wave is an extreme one-for-one exchange!

Considering the power of 'Blessed Poison Blade', Ye Zhi accepted it calmly as he could gain benefits from this [Fried Crab Spider Leg].

Use smart fish oil to fry the crab spider legs into "French fries"... I'm eating! "Crab spiders shouldn't appear around Lake Demier." Clan fell into deep thought, "It looks more like... a magical beast that obeys the orders of others?"

"Why don't we set off tonight and go to the place where the goblin in the lake was spotted to find out what's going on," Ye Zhi suggested.

Yeats has deduced that the mastermind behind the case is most likely relying on illusion to cause trouble.

"How dare you play an illusion in front of this Mist God's Chosen..."

Ye Zhi thought to himself, "Why don't you ask around? I have someone above me!"

(End of this chapter)