Victor followed John and the others boredly, while the paladin and a human ranger were discussing and pointing at a map.
The human ranger is Leon from [Wild Knights], and their team is one of the few elite adventurer teams that followed John. This may be because they are not familiar with those large teams.
Among the nearly 500 low-level adventurers, after hearing that they were asked to leave the elves and form a group into the swamp, two-thirds of them chose to stay in the camp and "hang up".
——They were originally here to fish in troubled waters, how could they risk breaking away from the elven army and entering the dangerous Black Dragon Swamp.
After traveling for most of the day, there were only forty or fifty people left in the “Adventurer Legion” that should have numbered more than a hundred people...
This ritual of the elves not only froze the swamp, but also caused devastating damage to the weak monsters inside - who has ever seen snow in a tropical rainforest!
The adventurers along the way found that the swamp monsters were greatly weakened, and most of them went to pick them up. And you ask about the rewards from the elves?
It can only be said that ten birds in the forest are worse than one in the hand. Don't expect low-level adventurers to have long-term insights and plans.
And a dozen elf soldiers didn’t stop him...
"John, there is a chaotic bullywug clan ahead!"
Doso's sharp voice sounded not far away, and the half-elf ranger beside him rubbed his hands in coldness.
"Haha! They are in a ball with themselves."
John and Leon looked at each other.
"Perhaps we should go ask what's going on?"
Leon hesitated to express his suggestion.
"But bullywugs are not easy to deal with!"
Bullywug life is filled with filth, roughness and dampness. These frog-headed amphibian humanoids must stay moist, so they inhabit rainforests, swamps and damp caves.
Bullywugs are always hungry and evil to the core, and they will try their best to appear arrogant because of their low self-esteem.
Bullywugs like to show off their status as lords to outsiders who trespass on their territory. Therefore, their warriors will try to capture the intruders alive instead of killing them.
Then they are brought to the King or Queen of the Bullywugs (usually an extremely large Bullywug), and then they interrogate/torture the intruders, making them beg for mercy, and offer treasures to pray for freedom.
Their leader will show off his territory and wealth to the "guests". Driven by complex emotions mixed with a strong sense of inferiority, the bullywug leader will try his best to disguise himself as a real king and queen, and is extremely looking forward to these outsiders.
They showed awe towards them.
After listening to the supplementary explanations given by Master Rhodes and Shatara, Victor became somewhat interested in this arrogant race.
Along the way, as spell casters, Pastor Nathan, Shatara, Mage Rhodes and Orc Hans all consciously walked near Victor.
A strong warrior will give a "physically fragile" caster a sense of security.
Looking at Pastor Nathan who was covered in plate armor and carrying a giant axe, and the half-orc shaman who was over two meters tall, Victor expressed doubts about this explanation.
It is worth mentioning that Nathan is the priest of Vandelia Gilmaderi, the elven god of war and the goddess of sorrow and law...
However, along the way, he did learn a lot of knowledge from the spell caster's explanations.
"I agree to go ask those bullywugs about the situation!"
Before John's objection could be heard, Victor spoke predicatively and forcibly interrupted his speech.
How could a good paladin be willing to deal with an evil bullywug!
But now that he is the "Legion Commander", he needs to consider the interests of the collective. However, this conflicts with his camp concept.
"Temporary compromise is for the greater good, John!"
Doso shouted loudly.
Shatara just stared at the meditating paladin silently.
John didn't let people wait for too long. He nodded hard and then waved his hand to signal Duosuo to lead the way.
An adventurer laughed secretly at John's "hypocrisy", but Victor glared at him and quickly covered his mouth - no one can offend this man!
Victor shook his head. Paladins have too many dogmas...
However, everyone's persistence should be worthy of recognition. He also believes that the most powerful source of strength for mortals is persistence in faith!
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After walking a few kilometers, a group of "frog men" shivering and fighting appeared in front of the adventurers.
Victor looked at the "war" of these bullywugs with great interest. Their body structure opened his eyes to the fact that "people" could actually look like this!
The bullywugs who discovered that they were being watched hurriedly separated and stood in two teams. After discovering that there were many adventurers, they hurriedly gathered together, as if they were afraid that others would see their contradictions and weakness.
"Outsiders!...Leave! You are not welcome here"
The speaker was a bullywug nearly 5 feet tall, who should be their "king".
His Common Tongue was extremely awkward, and Victor, who was learning the language, couldn't understand a single word. Fortunately, he was familiar with the language and he could understand the meaning behind the words.
"Dear Bully Frog King, we want to know the distribution of creatures around here!"
The one who came out to communicate was Ranger Leon.
Guala, who was so excited by the words "King of Bullywugs", turned back and glanced at the other larger brown bullywug - now everyone knows what their contradiction is.
"You must offer me treasures!"
cried the brown bullywug, standing up.
Next, at two o'clock, the big frog started croaking and started to quarrel, and even began to tear...
"Oh? What treasure?"
Victor walked out of the group of adventurers. His burly figure blocked the sunlight from the two bullywugs, and his gaping mouth with exposed teeth looked particularly "ferocious".
The huge shadow caused the two bullywug leaders to stop fighting.
"East! There is a big snapping turtle in the east!"
"There is a tribe of lizardmen to the west!"
The two big frogs let go of each other, but still leaned together to seek a little "security", and then spoke out almost simultaneously.
"Lizard Man?"
Leon asked strangely. They came to the west and didn't see any lizard people.
"The lizardmen were recruited by the dragon, and most of the nearby tribes were recruited by the dragon!"
The big brown frog explained.
"It's all your fault for not agreeing to the call of the true dragon, and now you're being punished by the cold! It's all your fault! You don't deserve to be the king anymore!"
"Quack quack quack!"
Two big frogs quarreled again.
Victor's horizons have also been broadened, and he is now more interested in snapping turtles - it's fun!
The adventurers ignored this chaotic Bullywug clan, and after a short discussion, they decided to continue heading northeast.
This is exactly what Victor wanted. According to Master Rod, the snapping turtles in Faerun can be as big as a "car"!
Looking at the orc dinosaurs, the dwarf dragon lizards, the dwarf goats, and the various mounts of other adventurers, Victor rubbed his chin and thought for a moment.
——Perhaps I should also play with the whole mount?
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"roar"
Victor raised his head and looked at the black spots flying in the sky. The black dragon had flown by for the third time. Its roar was so loud and arrogant. It was a provocation!
Victor looked around, while the adventurers around him hurriedly held their weapons and moved away from him...
When the black dragon flew by twice before, he randomly "borrowed" a weapon and threw it.
Unfortunately, the dragon was too tall and too fast, so his "Domineering Throw" failed twice, and he was helpless against the adventurers who lost their weapons.
Of course you can only hide!
Seeing this situation, Victor shook his head.
"Can't the mage make some throwing weapons on the spot?"
Rhodes could only smile and shake his head...
Due to the elves' rituals, most of the monsters fled the swamp, and the few that did not escape also became weak. The adventurers had an unobstructed journey, except for this patrolling dragon!
The elves asked the adventurers to insert themselves between the two battlefields of Black Dragon and Uldeburg. It was actually just a casual move, because Victor's appearance was not in their budget.
Their role is to attract the dragon's attention, and they have succeeded now.
For Victor, there are three considerations for him appearing in this position:
First of all, as the middle of the two battlefields, if an accident occurs on either side, Victor can quickly provide support - the mage Rhodes specially came to open the door for him.
Secondly, he has exposed part of his strength in front of the Black Dragon Legion. The Black Dragon will definitely pay a certain amount of attention to him, and even find some trouble for him to prevent him from going to the battlefield.
Again, they can cut off mutual support between the two major battlefields
——Victor said that this last point is pure nonsense. All mages can pass by in a blink of an eye. Cut it off!
After continuing to walk eastward for more than half an hour, Victor suddenly raised his head
——In his perception, a big guy suddenly appeared in front of him!
Appears suddenly without warning!
"Master Victor, the general sent a message requesting support!"
Pastor Nathan suddenly said.
"It's Hydra! Mutated Hydra! 9 heads!"
An adventurer wanderer suddenly came out and shouted in panic.
The adventurers can already see the three-story multi-headed monster in front of them from a distance.
It seems that the battle on the main battlefield has begun, and the stumbling blocks for him are in place!
Hydra is a multi-headed lizard. The nine-headed Hydra must have awakened several kinds of magical breath abilities, and ordinary non-legendary professionals may not be able to deal with it.
And Hydra's vitality is so strong that the so-called "cut off one head and grow two more" is also very difficult for a pure physical legend professional to handle.
"Who said you have to chop off the head? That's funny! I don't believe it can survive if it is cut in half!"
Victor grinned and twisted his shoulders, making all the muscles and bones in his body crackle.
"Mage Rhodes, please prepare the portal, I will soon..."
While Victor was speaking to the mage, he held [White Ghost] in his right hand and jumped towards the multi-headed monster.
