Chapter 17: Next time, fill in “very simple”
The fiery red setting sun gradually sank into the sea, and the afterglow of the sunset gradually disappeared in the rising night, and a slight coolness spread.
As the weather alternates between cold and hot, the cold sea breeze blows in from the depths of the Oceanus Sea, stirring up the deep sea water upwards. Layer upon layer of waves push towards the surrounding islands and lands, hitting the reefs and beaches along the way, forming pieces of snow-white foam and waves.
Accompanied by the rhythmic sound of waves, the ripples on the sea surface flicker in the moonlight, as if stars have landed in the sea, like a beautiful painting.
However, the more beautiful something is in nature, the more dangerous it is.
With the rising tide comes the unique salty smell of the deep sea and the rustling sound of climbing on the reefs.
Night is not only the time of high tide, but also the time when marine life is most active.
In the Age of Gods, these marine creatures naturally included sea monsters...
They often choose to land at night to attack livestock and settlements along the coast and hunt for food.
Under the cold moonlight, several gray-brown sea scorpions with several pairs of sharp limbs climbed onto the beach with the surging tide. They were as big as trucks and quite conspicuous.
As soon as they came ashore, these giant monsters living in the deep sea waved their limbs excitedly and scrambled towards a pile of fresh offal on the beach.
Sweet, delicious, and rich in magical nutrients!
They were attracted by the unique and strong smell of blood on the island and came here in groups for dinner.
However, before the sea scorpions arrived and cheered to start feasting, the soft beach suddenly sank, and white skeletons holding swords, shields and spears jumped up one by one and slashed at the sea monsters' weakly defended abdomen and joints.
Suddenly, the shells of several sea scorpions were shattered and they fell to the ground, like chariots stuck in a mud pit.
Even if they reacted and fought back, it would still be futile facing the fearless skeletons around them with amazing fighting power.
Soon, several sea scorpions fell to the ground in a mess before the feast started.
Afterwards, more than a dozen skeletons on the beach attacked the sea scorpions that were not yet dead one by one, dismembered them one by one, and then threw their body parts into the nearby shallows.
Streams of light blue blood gushed out from the miserable wounds, soaking the nearby beach and merging into the rising and falling tides. They then spread in the sea water, emitting an even stronger smell of blood, attracting new targets in the deep sea.
Now, the sea scorpions not only failed to get a share of the feast, but also became bait for bait nests. They were extremely unlucky.
The instigator leaned against a standing rock, calmly wiped the bronze sword in his hand, and continued to squat on the edge of the hunting ground, quietly waiting for the right target to come ashore.
Although these sea scorpions are large in size, the magic power content in their bodies is pitifully low, only at the upper bronze level. In the Sea of Oceanus, they are at best at the bottom of the food chain and are basically useless as shrimps.
However, their blood and meat are very popular with carnivorous sea monsters. Combined with the wyvern viscera that he had piled up on the beach before, they should soon attract more advanced predators.
Sure enough, after waiting for about half an hour, a white wave rose on the sea, and the sword-like fish fins broke through the waves and swam towards the shallows that smelled of blood.
The pieces of sea scorpion floating on the sea surface were immediately torn into pieces and eaten by two rows of sharp fangs.
Based on the outline, it can be vaguely seen that this is a sea monster similar to a hammerhead shark.
Here we come!
The hunter lurking in the night was alerted and suddenly opened his eyes, but his gaze skipped over the sea monster that was feasting and looked towards the deeper sea.
In the thick night, a golden color was approaching rapidly.
“Crack!”
Then, with a teeth-grinding bite, the hammerhead shark-like sea monster was struck by lightning, and it kept roaring and rolling in the shallows.
But as large amounts of blood gushed out and a disgusting fishy smell filled the air, its resistance soon stopped and it turned up its snow-white belly.
"puff……"
After a moment, the belly of the shark-like sea monster was cut open by two sharp claws, and a figure bathed in blood stretched its waist lazily under the bright moonlight.
She was a beautiful woman with a human upper body and a snake tail in the lower body. Her graceful curves exuded great temptation to the opposite sex.
But the pair of claws covered with snake scales and still dripping with blood, and the heart that was being held in the mouth and chewed, still beating faintly, could not help but make people feel daunted.
The vertical pupils opening and closing in the night reveal the gloomy and bloodthirsty nature of cold-blooded animals.
Obviously, when you encounter something like this, instead of fantasizing about a romantic encounter, it is better to consider whether you can save your life first.
The Greedy Snake Lady, Lamia...
A kind of very ferocious and gluttonous sea monster in the Oceanus Sea. Some say they are the children of Poseidon, some say they are the descendants of Zeus' cursed mistress Lamia, and some say they are the blood of the old sea god Pontus...
In short, the sources are complex, and there are considerable numbers and groups of them in the deep sea.
But there is no doubt that they have divine blood flowing in their veins and possess extraordinary strength.
For example, this adult Lamia on the sea has already reached the gold level.
At this moment, the snake woman who had previously disemboweled the sea monster, squirmed her throat to swallow the still warm heart, and opened her mouth to spit out the scarlet core.
“Hiss~~”
The tempting sweet smell coming from the island made Lamia, who was not yet full, a little excited. She looked greedily at the internal organs and pieces of meat scattered on the beach.
Compared to ordinary sea monsters, the flesh and blood of dragons obviously contain richer magic power and are more to her taste.
The snake girl's mouth was drooling uncontrollably, and the hunger that was almost like a curse drove her to crawl up the beach towards a more delicious meal.
However, just as the food was about to be approached, there was a buzzing vibration all around, and several triangular, square and circular Hermetic characters lit up on the beach, connecting and rotating with each other, forming several intertwined and overlapping magic circles.
Sensing the magic factors gathering madly in the air and the temperature rising rapidly around her, Lamia's vertical pupils shrank sharply and she subconsciously wanted to withdraw.
Want to run? Too late!
A sneer appeared on Loen's lips, and he clenched his right hand suddenly.
In an instant, scorching flames rose from the ground, and Lamia, who stepped into the trap, had her skin torn and her scales peeled off.
"hiss!"
The snake girl twisted in pain and let out a sharp hissing sound, trying to use the gift of her bloodline to summon water to extinguish the flames around her.
However, at some point, the shallows leading to the sea behind him had already gathered sand into a wall, isolating the tide from the base of the magic circle.
Soon, the small amount of water vapor that was summoned and attached to Lamia's body surface in an attempt to cool down could not withstand the scorching flames and dissipated.
Similarly, the dying snake woman was turned into a piece of black charcoal as the flames exploded.
And golden-red particles poured out from the twisted wreckage, turning into strands of light and converging on Loen's chest.
Accompanied by a strange burning sensation, Loen felt his blood boiling, and his bones made a faint growing noise. Above the bronze altar in the ocean of consciousness, golden-red light flickered.
These are, apparently, the divinities that complete the refinement of the hunt.
As the dust settled, Loen slowly opened his eyes, cut off control of the magic circle, exhaled the foul air that had accumulated in his chest, looked at the remains of his first prey, and muttered to himself.
I have overestimated the intelligence of these sirens. It seems that this upgrade is not that difficult.
In order to ensure that everything went perfectly well, he almost used up all the materials he got from Circe and set up more than a hundred magic circles and traps on the island.
If I had known this earlier, I would have used it sparingly.
Just as Loen was secretly complaining, several golden lights appeared under the sea in the distance, and a series of winding and graceful figures quickly approached this remote volcanic island.
The hunter who had just been muttering "very simple" suddenly remembered something when his eyelids twitched.
Lamia, it seems, lives in groups...
The screams of their fellow creatures before their death have become a signal for gathering and calling for help.
What a crow's mouth...
Luo En twitched his lips in self-mockery, but his eyes did not fluctuate at all. Instead, he took a deep breath, slowly raised his hand, and his thoughts spread out in all directions like a tide.
Buzz!
Along with strong humming and vibrations, lines of Hermetic symbols flashed and echoed, and the magic circles that were formed by each other continued to focus and operate, turning the entire isolated island into a solid war fortress.
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(End of this chapter)
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