Dense fog shrouded the forest near the deep lake. The water vapor in the air formed a gray-white fog that filled every corner, severely damaging Grant's vision. He narrowed his eyes slightly and could only see clearly within a few dozen meters.

, these familiar fogs made him understand that this place was 100% a forest beside a deep lake.

"Crack! Click!"

Thick rotten leaves piled on the ground, and Heilu's thick soles stepped on them, making a squeaking sound. The secreted black muddy water spread on the leaves. Occasionally, some insects living in the sewage escaped from it, or followed it along.

Heilu's hooves moved up the road, causing Grant to release a certain amount of mental power to block their progress.

Soon, we crossed the mountainside as we did last time and arrived at the familiar deep lake.

The empty deep round lake in front of us is like a smooth and smooth water mirror. Occasionally, the tall trees on both sides blow through the rustling cold wind, and some floating leaves fall on the lake, and soon disappear.

"Ho~~~"

Heilu trampled back and forth uneasily, with a look of fear in his eyes. With his only intelligence, Heilu understood that there were some terrible creatures living in the place in front of him, or a big tree that exuded gloomy energy.

"Follow me and pay attention to your surroundings." After Grant got off Heilu, he picked up the scimitar and carefully prepared to go to the deep round lake. Since Heilu had changed to the deputy pet slot, and in order to improve his agility, he would attack

By removing the sharp claws, it can only maintain one-third of its previous combat power. Grant generally does not intend to use it as an attack familiar, just for running errands.

There was a chilling aura in the air, and there seemed to be a cold energy of resentment condensing back and forth in the air. This lifeless environment made Grant look ugly. He could feel that this aura was stronger than the last time he came.

The stronger ones, especially the energy of resentment, are blocking his mental fluctuations.

"This place is really weird, and there are dangers everywhere. It is similar to several copies that I have encountered in the game in my previous life." Grant thought to himself, but as he swept across the deep lake that was approaching in front of him, he couldn't help but add:

"It should be more real, extremely real."

One person and one animal kept approaching the deep lake.

Soon, Grant came to the edge of the deep lake. Seeing that there was no danger lurking in the swaying grass beside the lake, Grant resisted the urge to get goosebumps and his eyes fell on the dark bottom of the lake.

"Wow~~~"

The densely packed large black "earthworms" twisted together, their entire smooth bodies twisting and twisting. Such a large number of creatures occupied the entire bottom of the lake, which made Grant think that if he fell in, he would be trapped at the bottom of the lake in an instant and would never be able to climb again.

came up, and some of the tiny breathing holes on those "earthworms" were glowing with silver spots, which made Grant guess that these "earthworms" were more terrifying than they looked.

"It's really disgusting." Grant cursed in a low voice and bent down to get some "earthworms" to bring up. Although he has been a mage in the game for decades, he has a certain immunity to eating ordinary beasts raw.

, only this kind of caterpillar-like creature, he is born with disgust and nausea. Once in the game, I heard that there was a wandering mage Bergoglio who specialized in searching for magical mutant creatures to eat to replenish the basic attributes of the body.

Just thinking about the other party's preference to eat these "earthworms" raw made him feel numb.

Wearing long black leather gloves, there is a crossed ax carved on the back of the dark and supple hand. This was given to him by the owner of the Rose Tavern a few years ago, and Grant can use it now. Through the cold water, Grant flashed lightning

He reached out and picked up a smooth earthworm. Exposed to the air, the smooth earthworm twisted wildly, and its soft body actually grew a layer of black hair from the pores, making it look like a ball of hair.

"Okay, put it in the wooden box. Just wait until you return to the scavenger." Grant muttered, and a small yellow wooden box appeared out of thin air in his hands. He took four of them out of the water in succession, put them all in, and placed them there.

Reserve space.

"Finally done with these things, now go to the mage cemetery."

Grant showed a satisfied look, took off his gloves and put them into the storage space.

At this moment, Heilu roared suddenly, causing Grant's body to react automatically. He held the scimitar tightly in his hand, turned around and looked at the direction of Heilu, knowing that something dangerous might happen.

"Ho~~"

Over and over again, roars roared from Heilu's mouth. Grant quickly took a few dozen steps closer and found Heilu roaring in terror at a tree hole. Grant's face froze, and he vaguely felt that something bad was happening, and signaled to let him go.

Heilu shut up and prepared to exit this place. Here, he always felt as if he was living in a ghost land.

"Squeak~~~squeak~~~~"

There was a dark hole at the bottom of the rough old tree root, which made noises similar to those of a mouse. Before Grant could move away, he noticed a strange creature crawling out of it.

It looks like a big earthworm in a deep lake, with a smooth body and no eyes. The only difference is that there are eight dark, thick-textured hard shells growing under its belly, and its toes are extremely sharp. And its head has jagged teeth.

The mouthparts have triangular silver-white teeth that are opening and closing.

It was very fast. When Grant discovered it, it roared and spread its eight black legs, intending to attack Grant.

"Detection!" Grant threw out a detection technique, intending to see the strength of this monster.

"Unknown mutant creature Strength: 0.8 Agility: 1.6 Physique: 1.2"

After knowing all the information about the other party, he understood that although the other party looked a little strange, at least he was not that powerful.

"You are so disgusting, go to hell." Grant made a bow-shooting gesture with both hands. A black flame flashed past, and a gray-white recurved longbow appeared. Three white-feathered arrows turned into flowing light and pierced the black monster.

With a groan, the monster was thrown several meters away by inertia. When it reached the ground, some brown, earth-like blood gurgled out of its body, and there were also weird white maggots twisting from the wound and climbing around.

Seeing this kind of strip-shaped creature again, Grant's head got big. He immediately prepared to escape from here without any plan. He knew very well that these strange insects were definitely the mutation and evolution of the large "earthworms" in the deep lake. Such a large number

, he will never believe that there is only one.

"Ho~~~"

Heilu suddenly roared again, and it roared towards other tree holes, very frightened.

When Grant heard the sound, his expression changed, and an angry look appeared on his face, and he quickly shouted: "Call me, why don't you lift your butt for me, let me get up and get out of here quickly." He understood that those monsters must be in those tree holes.

, I don’t have many thoughts at the moment, I just want to leave.

"Woo~~~" Heilu whimpered in aggrieved manner, blinked his dark gold eyes mixed with a hint of red, then got on his knees and raised his buttocks, ready to let Grant ride.

Sure enough, after finally leaving, Grant could vaguely see hundreds of these monsters crawling out of tree holes in the distance, making squeaking sounds and wandering around the entire deep lake, which made his scalp numb.

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Chapter completed!