After resting for a while, without staying too much in the dangerous swamp, Ivan chose to return directly to the original route.

"It's okay to occasionally capture potion ingredients as a dispensing, but if you spend all day running around for strange medicines that grow all over the world, the time and energy you spend will be too much.

Maybe the path of grabbing wealth from the sea and then converting the wealth into various spiritual resources is more suitable for me."

Although he had just completed a successful hunt without any injuries, Alvin was already considering staying away from this daily life in the future.

The ancients said that spiritual practice requires "wealth, companionship, law, and land", but for Ivan, as a wizard apprentice, apart from "wealth", all other elements of practice at this stage are hard to come by.

Alvin was not in a hurry.

As a promising naval officer, his future is destined to be on the vast sea, where wealth, secret treasures and power will be obtained.

This is also the charm of the sea that allows generations of people to continue to explore.

"There will be milk, and there will be bread."

Whoosh

Leveraging on the fallen dead trees, Ivan was like a vigorous cheetah, flying quickly between the islands that were not far apart. For ordinary people, it may take a day's journey, but for Ivan, it may only take a day.

It takes an hour.

And going back was much faster than when we came.

For Alvin, there are no secrets to the road he has traveled once. Where is the foothold? Where may the danger be hidden? It is clear at a glance.

But Ivan's luck was obviously not good today, as the weather changed faster than he could return.

Just when he left the continuous mainland islands and stepped onto solid ground, an inexplicable heavy fog swept across the entire swamp in a short time, and the sky suddenly turned dark.

Although it's not to the point where he can't see his fingers, it still greatly affects his vision.

After all, the "digital vision" is based on Alvin's senses, but it cannot strengthen his vision. In this kind of weather, he does not dare to rush on the road unscrupulously.

To be cautious, Alvin paused, cut some oily branches, made a torch, then slowed down and continued moving forward.

Hunting crocodiles has already taken up a lot of Alvin's time, and he doesn't want to spend the night in such a ghost place.

The time in the "Data Vision" shows that it is now 2:54 pm.

He had to strive to leave the swamp before five o'clock, otherwise in this weather it might get completely dark before five o'clock, bringing him more unpredictable dangers.

Different from ghost legends that only existed in fantasy or stories in previous lives, this world is a world where extraordinary power manifests. Knights and wizards have already appeared, can those weird and terrifying things be far behind?

Alvin doesn't want to see the horror and weirdness that must be real in this fantasy world!

Unfortunately, the development of things did not depend on Alvin's will.

Time passed by, and the traces left by his arrival were still clearly discernible, but Ivan felt that the road under his feet had obviously become much longer.

It is not the lengthening of the spatial scale in the true sense, but in Ivan's opinion, at his normal pace, he should have left the woodland next to the swamp at this time.

But by the light of the torch, the sight was still a gloomy and chaotic forest with no edges at a glance. There were no birds or insects, and the silence was eerie.

Slowly stopping, Alvin had to admit that something happened that he couldn't understand for the time being.

"Are ghosts hitting the wall?"

For a moment, despite his boldness, he couldn't help but feel his scalp numb. Poisonous insects and beasts were nothing, but the fear of the unknown was the most terrifying thing.

And I don’t know if it was an illusion, but the moment Ivan stopped, he felt as if countless pairs of eyes suddenly opened on the surrounding tree crowns, staring at him unblinkingly.

Alvin's face looked a little gloomy.

This area is clearly marked as a non-dangerous area on the map. At least there should be no extraordinary creature activities that could threaten him. But now Ivan just wants to scold the profiteer who sold him the map!

However, that is all for the future.

The immediate crisis has arrived!

"Plop la la, plop la la"

A large number of birds flew from the forest under the darkness.

crow!

Besides crows, crows!

Several hundred or even thousands of falcons, which were comparable in size to a small one, took off at the same time. Their wings connected together and covered the sky, blocking even the last faint source of light.

Dark night has fallen.

The scene in front of him was too weird, completely beyond Alvin's understanding. He couldn't help but take two steps back. The torch in his hand seemed to be affected by his fluctuating mood, and it flickered a few times.

at the same time.

Whoosh

Waves of cold, damp wind mixed with a strange aroma passed through the treetops and gathered from all directions.

"Quack, quack, quack"

Aiwen turned around suddenly, but immediately took two steps back.

He couldn't even control the power of his feet and left several deep footprints in the mud.

Because, on the tree very close behind Ivan, a "monster" was squatting quietly on the treetop.

It has an abstract and deformed human face, with wrinkled yellow skin, a nose that protrudes like a bird's beak, and gray, bloody eyes that sparkle with cruelty and indifference!

Its hands and feet have almost transformed into claws, and its body is covered with black feathers, but it wears an exquisite garland around its neck.

Squatting on the tree, it looks like a crow spirit that has mutated into a human being. Just looking at it makes people feel intense discomfort.

"quack!"

A red-eyed crow stood on its shoulder, tilted its head and looked at Alvin in a very humane manner, and made two strange quacking sounds, which made people feel even more chilled in their hearts.

Crow Hag!!!

Even though Aiwen first entered the supernatural world, he had heard of the famous name of this creature.

There is a detailed description of the crow hag in Leon's notes, but Ivan is more concerned about what Leon himself experienced at that time, but there is no detailed record. Anyway, it will definitely not be a pleasant experience.

It is different from the demonized creatures that have formed a stable group and the ferocious creatures formed by the alienation of ordinary animals.

Crow hags are not a kind of natural monster, their predecessors are actually witches among humans!

Unlike orthodox wizards who gradually transform from scratch, they are like demonized creatures. As they grow older from birth, they are born with the ability to awaken certain supernatural powers.

To a certain extent, they are all natural casters blessed by the gods.

but.

However, without systematic guidance, learning, and perfect mastery of this talent, they will also face the terrifying risk of losing control while growing rapidly.

Just like a skyscraper with a crooked foundation, the stronger it is, the higher the risk of losing control!

Until one day.

When their magic power is out of control or they die with resentment, if they are not processed and purified in time, they may mutate together with their crow pets and become such ugly and terrifying monster crow hags.
Chapter completed!