At noon that day, the dwarf returned to Storm Bay on the ship that Iris was on.

Carl, Hope, Nia, Shadow, Mithris and Iris continued to take the boat to the east coast of Xen'drik, and planned to spend the night there before finding a port to dock and head to Lonely Mountain.

However, after spending the night, Carl and his three girlfriends looked hesitant when they got up to eat.

"What's wrong? Did you have bad sex last night? I have a secret medicine that the Winter Son Druids use to help rare wild animals reproduce~! If you beg me, I can consider giving it to you."

Without any movement from Mitris, a bottle of pink alchemy potion appeared in Mitris's hand.

Nia looked over when she heard the sound, but with just a glance, she recognized that the potion was just a triple concentrated aphrodisiac.

'I can make it ten times more concentrated!'

Nia's thoughts wandered for a moment, and she suddenly realized that now was not the time to think about these things.

She adjusted her hair, her face slightly flushed, and asked Iris, "Iris, I remember that psychics of the Abnormal Mind profession often have some physical changes. Then, then..."

When it came to the key point, Nia's face suddenly turned red. She was stuck for a long time and couldn't explain it clearly.

Seeing her like this, Iris continued with what Nia had said at the beginning: “Yes, except for the psychic power obtained from the dream spirit, psychics of other paths all have distorted minds and some distortions in their bodies.

Among them, some will grow twisted tentacles on their bodies, some will have distorted aesthetics, and some will occasionally secrete strange mucus somewhere on their bodies..."

When giving examples, Iris carefully observed the expressions of Carl and the other three, trying to analyze what had happened to Carl.

But she failed.

However, seeing that Carl didn't seem to have any extra limbs growing out of him, Iris thought it shouldn't be a big problem, so she comforted him:

"It shouldn't have much of an impact. Just make sure to give Carl more nutrition on a regular basis."

After standing there thinking for a long time, she finally gave only this suggestion.

"Okay, okay, let's eat first."

Covering his forehead, Karl awkwardly changed the subject.

After finishing the meal, everyone worked together to steer the boat westward.

No one knows where the defeated Dalcat soldiers have gone. It seems that they left in the armored ships that were still functioning.

Around noon, Carl and his team finally arrived at a small port.

However, judging from the dilapidated houses and thriving weeds around it, this port has probably been abandoned for a long time.

"I'll take the three of them to investigate. You stay on the boat and be on guard."

After giving Hope some instructions, Carl instantly put on the power armor, then floated into the air and flew towards the depths of the abandoned port town.

The three Iron Ant constructs transformed into flying saucers and followed closely behind.

After the system upgrade, these three guys became much more agile and seemed to have gained a certain level of intelligence.

However, according to Carl's test, their IQ is limited, roughly the same as that of a Border Collie.

This made Carl feel like he had three obedient and sensible mechanical dogs, except that their appearance was similar to that of ants.

After flying forward for a distance, a winding river caught Carl's attention.

This river does not seem to flow into the sea from the land, but rather flows back into the sea.

There were some traces of artificial excavation on both sides of the river. Carl winked at the three iron ants, and then led them to move forward along the river.

"Huh? This is... a shipyard?"

More than ten minutes later, just when the levitation effect created by Carl's psychic power began to slow down, the river ahead finally came to an end.

It was a huge, dilapidated factory shed. Because it was blocked by rocks, Carl and his team didn't even notice it when they were at the port.

The factory shed here seems to have been exposed to wind and rain for a long time, and the metal railings are covered with rust.

Carl flew in through the gap and found that this was indeed a factory for repairing and building ships, just as he had guessed.

However, there were a lot of bloodstains on the ground here, and it seemed that a battle had taken place there.

"Was it invaded by a tribe in the wilderness, or was there an internal conflict? However, there is no negative energy here, and it seems that no undead have been born."

After looking around, Carl made a judgment.

At this moment, the iron ants seemed to have discovered something and began to make "beep beep" sounds towards Carl.

They cannot yet master language, but can understand what Carl and others say.

Carl flew straight over and found three iron ants pointing at a lever.

Without thinking too much, Carl pulled the lever.

With a rumbling sound, the door of the factory shed slowly opened, revealing the river outside.

"Oh! Good job! We can park that bronze and wooden warship here!"

Carl originally planned to abandon the ship directly at the port, but now that there is a better place to dock, he naturally would not waste it.

"You guys search the area to see if there is any danger. I'll go back and bring the boat over!"

As he spoke, Carl patted the three iron ants and flew back into the sky.

The iron ants seemed to feel that they had helped Carl, and they danced and celebrated after Carl left.

After they had their fun, they began to patrol the shipyard as Carl had just said.

In the shadows, a creature that looked like a black panther but had six limbs and two tentacles extending from its shoulders looked at the iron ants patrolling around and made a gurgling sound in its throat.

This is a displacement beast. Judging from the muscle contours and appearance of its body, this displacement beast is already an adult.

They are cruel hunters and will hunt and play with their prey out of boredom.

Rumor has it that they were born in the Feywild, and are mortal enemies of the Blink Dogs, who will fight whenever they meet.

After killing its prey, the Displacer will use the tentacles on its shoulders to carry the prey's body to a safe place to eat. This is probably why there is blood all over the shipyard but no corpses left.

Looking at the three iron ants, the displacement beast moved slowly and hid its body with the help of the shadows.

It has a high intelligence and is very proud of its hunting skills.

Iron ants were something it had never seen before, so it planned to hunt two for fun.

Skillfully displaying its abilities, the displacement beast's figure blurred for a moment, and then it appeared directly in another place.

This is not a flash or teleportation, but it uses its own ability to shift its own image.

The real displacement beast is still standing here, it is just an illusion in the distance.

This is the origin of the displacement beast's ability.

With a cruel smile on its face, the displacement beast deliberately made some noise, waiting for its prey to come.

It has no idea how many times it has used this hunting technique, but it works every time.

Just as it was imagining that the iron ants were deceived by it and then killed by its fangs and claws, suddenly, a beam of energy shot towards it.

The energy beam flew dangerously past the tip of the displacement beast's nose, and it could clearly feel the biting coldness of the energy.

No, buddy.JPG didn't expect that the prey this time was actually a group of guys pretending to be pigs and eating the tiger. The displacement beast turned around and had already vaguely planned to leave.

Just then, one of its paws suddenly stepped on a dry branch.

A crisp breaking sound was heard immediately, and the next second, three spells of different colors surrounded the direction of the sound.

Seeing the power of ice, fire, and lightning coming, the Displacement Beast rolled on the ground and dodged the attack directly to the side.

But the iron ants completely regarded it as a dangerous element and turned it into a flying saucer on the spot. They ignored the possible danger and flew towards this side rapidly.

At the same time, the specially made magic cannons behind them continued to fire.

Seeing the Iron Ant chasing after him, Displacement Beast admitted that he was a little panicked.

These three strange-looking guys looked inconspicuous, but I didn't expect them to be so aggressive! The body rushed to the side a few meters, and the displacement beast quickly used its ability again to create its own phantom on the other side.

It will attract three iron ants to attack its phantom, and then take the opportunity to escape in the opposite direction.

Sure enough, the iron ants quickly adjusted their trajectory and launched an attack towards the phantom.

The displacement beast that had played a trick on the iron ant grinned, then turned and fled to the other side as quickly as possible.

But at this moment, it suddenly felt a cold energy hitting its back.

The two tentacles were quickly paralyzed, as if it had never had them.

The Displacement Beast was about to turn around, but found that his body was extremely stiff, as if he had been told the truth.

Soon after, more and more parts of its body lost sensation, until finally even its consciousness became blurred.

When Carl drove the boat back to the shipyard, he found that his pets were surrounding an ice sculpture frozen by solid nitrogen, guarding it with full alertness.

"Hey! An adult displacement beast? I heard that the fur of this creature is very popular among the noble ladies of Khorvaire. Well done!"

Looking at the three iron ants with a smile, Carl stroked their hard metal bodies, giving these little guys the rewards they deserved like petting a dog.

The fur of this displacement beast was big enough, and he felt that he could cut a shawl for each of Hope and the other two.

Carefully carrying the ice sculpture transformed by the displacement beast into the river, Carl and the three iron ants sank it into the water, and then slowly heated the surrounding water surface, keeping the river water at a certain temperature as much as possible to help the displacement beast thaw as soon as possible.

As expected, the displacement beast is dead.

The conditions required to revive a living creature after being frozen are still very harsh. The cells of the displacement beast died because the liquid inside the cells was pierced by ice crystals after its body froze.

(End of this chapter)