In the small dining room on the battleship, the officers had gathered together happily, using wine and meat to comfort themselves from the roller coaster ride that had been going on all day long.

Now that the ship has abundant supplies, the officers and soldiers who survived the disaster are qualified to reward themselves with a feast like a noble cocktail party.

"The captain is here!"

"Hurry and help the captain pour the wine."

Drink the Chardonnay wine that Milan brought on board, and enjoy various delicacies made from "shadow lizard" meat that even the king may not have seen.

Although Chardonnay is more suitable for pairing with light food, the rarity and deliciousness of the exotic ingredients make up for this small shortcoming.

"To our greatest captain!"

"That's right! Your Excellency Ivan is of course the greatest captain!"

"cheers!"

While he happily accepted the respect of the officers, Ivan was thinking about these salty fish who could only call "Captain 666". No one could count on them at the critical moment.

Should he look further ahead and recruit a few powerful subordinates from outside the navy?

Although training from scratch can better ensure loyalty and better understand the basics, the results are really too slow.

Even the sailmaster Vader and the new recruit Fleck, whom he is optimistic about, still have a long way to go.

And even if the extraordinary transformation can be completed in the end, two low-level official knights may not be able to block the sword of the current self, and they can only be considered better than nothing.

After half an hour.

When Ivan, who was full of wine and food, leisurely returned to the laboratory with a toothpick in his mouth, preparing to accept his "debut", the first shadow talisman.

Click! Click!

Standing outside the door, he heard unexpected noises coming from his laboratory.

"It sounds like eating cookies?"

Ivan frowned, which desperate bastard on this ship dared to hide in his laboratory and eat cookies?

"How audacious!"

Although most of my valuables are carried in my "magic pocket", some materials that are used in large quantities or are commonly used are still reserved in the laboratory.

There are even occasional experiments that fail, and weird gadgets that you don't even know what effect they will have are temporarily stored. They may not be of much value, but the danger is not small at all.

Not to mention, the first "Wild Talisman" I made is undergoing an activation ceremony in the laboratory today, which is related to the prerequisites for my promotion to an official wizard, and is of great significance to me!

Alvin's face has darkened, and he is determined to teach this reckless guy an unforgettable lesson!

No matter who it is!

bang

Pushing open the door of the room, it was dark inside, and the hanging wind chimes that served as light sources had all been extinguished at some point.

But in the darkness, the chewing sound of "click-click-click" became louder and louder.

Snap! Snap!

Ivan snapped his fingers twice in succession but did not see the hanging wind chime light up again. He thought that the time without exposure to light was too long and the energy reserve was insufficient, so he did not take it too seriously.

Because, although there were dark clouds and heavy rain outside, the subtle light in the lightning gaps was enough for Alvin to see everything in the cabin clearly.

However, he would rather not see it.

The sound came from the workbench where the activation ceremony was going on.

A pure black lizard with a body length of more than 40 centimeters including its tail was lying on it, holding "something" and chewing it with relish.

But the so-called "something" is just Alvin's self-deception. There are only two things on the snow-white ceramic countertop that are pitch black.

One is the lizard that ran out of nowhere, and the other is the first "Wild Talisman" I made!

With the last hope in his heart, Alvin rushed forward in one stride.

He grabbed the lizard's long tail, lifted it up and shook it twice: "Ah! You bastard, spit it out quickly!"

But what he shook off was only the last remnants of the lizard held in its claws!

It was a completely incompetent roar, even if it was spit out again, it would be completely useless.

Moreover, the hanging wind chime next to it was not because it had no energy reserves, but was covered in bits and pieces, and all of them had died heroically.

Boom! Boom!

Alvin felt that the veins on his forehead had begun to beat uncontrollably.

He lowered his head and looked into a pair of dark, watery eyes.

Innocent! Poor!

"Kaka"

Being held upside down in the air by its tail, the little lizard struggled twice and opened its mouth to scream twice in discomfort.

Alvin saw that its mouth was full of fine triangular teeth, which were still gleaming coldly in the darkness. And with such teeth, even the vertical scales full of spirituality of the adult "Shadow Lizard" could be chewed as easily as eating biscuits.

Obviously it is anything but ordinary.

By this time, if Alvin still couldn't guess where this living lizard came from, it would be a disservice to the wizard's keen senses.

The alcohol lamp had been extinguished long ago, and the black lizard eggs in the crucible were gone. Even the eggshells had completely disappeared.

There is no doubt that the hateful guy who ate his "wild talisman" was his breakfast of "boiled eggs".

"My poor first 'Wild Talisman'! You only lived one chapter, ahem, one meal!"

After silently mourning for his "wild talisman", Alvin threw the lizard he was carrying on the workbench.

"Kaka"

The newborn lizard turned over dexterously and landed on all fours on the smooth ceramic table. It tilted its head and called to Alvin again.

At this time, Alvin knew that it would be useless anyway.

The first "Wild Talisman" I made came to nothing before it had any real experimental results.

"However, you can't just let it go if you eat mine."

Alvin paced in front of the workbench, thinking about how to squeeze the value of a "wild talisman" from this newly born little lizard.

Ever since I was tricked several times in the Crow Market, my experience has gradually grown. Ivan has always been the only one who takes advantage of others, but when did a lizard take advantage of him?

Looking down at the "boiled egg", I found that this little lizard was not afraid of creatures at all.

Follow your own footsteps on the workbench, walking from left to right and then from right to left.

Seeing Ai Wen looking over, he even raised his head and shouted "Ka Ka Ka Ka" seemingly happily.

"Huh? Are you so familiar?"

It was only then that Alvin finally calmed down and carefully observed the little lizard that had caused him "heavy losses."

The most eye-catching thing is its black eyes, which are completely different from those of its kind. Compared with the red eyes of adult lizards, these black eyes are obviously more agile and pleasing to the eye.

Because, Alvin himself has a pair of eyes of the same color.

Another point is that this little lizard has a flat body. It looks like a lizard but more like a gecko. Its skin is smooth and scaleless, and there are no erect iguanas on its back like lizards in the iguana family.

If it wasn't lying on the very conspicuous white ceramic table, it would be almost like a shadow, and you would miss it if you don't pay attention.

It's just that other physical features are no different from other "shadow lizards". Sharp teeth, sharp claws, and a long tail.

I don’t know if it’s because of mutation, or if the shadow lizard looks like this in its juvenile stage?

"But is this guy a descendant of ordinary shadow lizards, or is he a descendant of those giant beast-like lizards?"

Touching his chin, as a wizard of the "Activation School", he is half a biologist himself, and he is very interested in this biological issue.

Ivan then made a rough estimate based on the ratio of the body length of crocodile eggs to adult crocodiles. Normally, plus a giant reptile with a tail that is about 30 meters long, the eggs it lays must be close to one meter long.

However, this guy's egg, which was no bigger than a volleyball before hatching, was too big for an ordinary two-meter-long shadow lizard, but too small for a giant lizard.

"You're not an abandoned freak, are you?"

In fact, what Ivan didn't know was that the "Black Embankment" they encountered earlier was the concentrated spawning place of this shadow lizard group.

During this season, they will come from all over the archipelago to the ring-shaped volcanic island to participate in the "Blind Date Conference" and take advantage of the unique geographical conditions of the volcanic island to hatch their offspring.

This explains what Ivan and the others saw, which seemed to be a huge amount that far exceeded the environmental carrying limit.

In fact, those giant lizards hid by the hot springs under the volcanic islands and used the special conditions there to hatch their normal eggs.

If you analyze it from Aiwen's perspective.

Most of the so-called "demon creatures" were originally mutated due to the influence of mysterious factors that are ubiquitous in this world, and later slowly formed a group that can reproduce stably.

It is normal for a group of "demonized creatures" to have individuals that undergo atavism or secondary mutations.

However, the little lizard's parents obviously didn't think so.

Neither big nor small, but as a freak, this lizard egg was left alone outside. It was accidentally discovered by Milan, and became the trigger for early detection of abnormalities on the island!

The "boiled eggs" made by Ivan just met the hatching conditions of this shadow lizard, and this abandoned little guy hatched out unexpectedly.
To be continued...