Zhou Qingfeng took some ambergris with him and gave it to the dwarf witch doctor. Then Old Berg spent a day preparing a small bottle of 'paralysis poison' according to the correct formula and process.
'Shadow' commented that the dwarf witch doctor's skills were poor, his medicinal materials were impure, and his spirituality was lacking. There was no way he could be called a true alchemist. As for the potions he made, they were of extremely poor quality and had close to zero efficacy. They could only be given to ogres.
Drink it as mouthwash.
But after the potion was prepared, the old dwarf himself was so excited that he shouted wildly. He said that he performed extremely well this time and prepared an unprecedented "paralysis poison". The effect of this medicine was beyond imagination, and the dragon drank it.
He will fall down and be unable to move.
In order to express his gratitude, the old dwarf provided Zhou Qingfeng and Todd with accommodation and daily necessities, including food, drink, toilet, and other supplies. But...
This voodoo swamp is too poor. Even though he is an honored guest, Zhou Qingfeng's dinner is actually a piece of stinky salted fish - such an unpalatable thing that the servant who serves it is drooling.
"I'm not taking refuge here. I'm clearly abusing myself."
Zhou Qingfeng can carry one-tenth of his weight in supplies from reality to another world every day. But Mawang Village is also a poor place, and even if he has money, he can't buy anything.
In just over half a month, almost half of the chickens and ducks in Mawang Village were eaten by Zhou Qingfeng, and even the crowing roosters were about to be killed. My sister-in-law had to go to the neighboring village to buy meat, eggs and other ingredients, otherwise there would not be enough for him to eat.
The smelly salted fish was pushed to Todd, but the orc was not averse to it, so he grabbed it and stuffed it into his mouth. Zhou Qingfeng came out of the house where he lived, intending to walk around the settlement and take a stroll.
The Voodoo Swamp is very large, but the settlements next to the swamp are not very large. Apart from Old Borg's Witch Doctor Shack, there is only one warehouse that provides commercial services.
The warehouse has a small facade, and there are two strong men guarding the door. Due to the spread of rumors, when they saw Zhou Qingfeng, they maintained the most basic respect and invited him to visit the warehouse.
Most of the output of Voodoo Swamp is related to the swamp, and more than half of the settlement's supplies are supplied by this warehouse. The owner of the warehouse is a middle-aged man with a deer-like head and rat eyes, and a skinny body that looks like he will be blown away by a gust of wind.
Seeing Zhou Qingfeng come in, this wretched guy trotted forward and greeted him flatteringly: "Sir Hugo, it's an honor to meet you. My name is Rubio, what do you need me to do for you?"
Zhou Qingfeng wants a portable crossbow, also known as a crossbow. Compared with lightweight bows and arrows, crossbows are much bulkier. However, the monsters in the black forest are all thick-skinned and rough, and they are too weak to shoot to death.
People in the Black Forest all carry crossbows to prepare for emergencies. Facing the archers ambushed by the goblins, Zhou Qingfeng also felt that he needed long-range shooting capabilities. Otherwise, he would be suppressed by several bows, and he would have no choice but to flee everywhere.
The crossbow arrow has no tail feathers, and its effective range is only about thirty or forty meters. The light crossbow is wound with a lever. Its characteristic is that its power is guaranteed while the weight and rate of fire are not too bad. The rate of fire is five rounds per minute, and it can shoot
Wear ordinary leather armor.
Although the power of the light crossbow is not as powerful as the bulkier and more powerful heavy crossbow, if it is paired with poison, it only needs to hit the exposed part and slightly scratch the skin. The key is how effective the poison is?
Zhou Qingfeng provided the dwarf witch doctor with authentic ambergris, and the Shadow also improved the other party's formula and technology, and produced a paralysis potion that was tested on two wild wolves - the muscles were paralyzed within one minute and died after five minutes.
This kind of poisonous effect is very terrible.
Even Todd, who has high poison resistance, was shocked. He said that given his size, he would not be able to survive for several hours without an antidote when exposed to such a harsh poison.
After buying a light crossbow and two pots of crossbow arrows, Zhou Qingfeng continued to look at the products in the warehouse. He found a lot of dried meat, probably little ones like rabbits and pheasants, and there were quite a lot of them.
Considering that otherworldly objects can freely travel through time and space gates, Zhou Qingfeng can completely use the real world to store some food. He decided to buy all the dried meat so that he can take it back and eat it every day, without the need to eat smelly salted fish and the like.
It’s a toy.
But when it was time to pay, Zhou Qingfeng realized that if he continued to spend like this, he would have a financial crisis sooner or later. Light crossbows and dried meat were not cheap, and he bought more, so his wallet suddenly lost three points.
one.
"Do you have any money-making jobs here?" Zhou Qingfeng asked.
"Making money?" The unscrupulous profiteer in the warehouse immediately laughed. He had a monopoly on the business in the settlement, and the price of the goods he sold was twice as high as elsewhere, so the profits were naturally huge. And now when Zhou Qingfeng asked about 'work', he seemed to see
Like a free thug.
"There have been some terrible mud monsters in the swamp near the settlement recently. They often lurk in the mud at the edge of the swamp to launch sneak attacks. My slaves went to the swamp to catch specialties, and were attacked by monsters one after another, and several of them died.
I have always wanted to get rid of these monsters, but firstly, they are hidden and difficult to find; secondly, their skin is very slippery, and ordinary attacks are basically ineffective. If Mr. Hugo can eradicate them, I am willing to pay a reward."
"How much?"
"For every mud monster I kill, I pay five gold coins."
Zhou Qingfeng didn't know whether the remuneration was reasonable or not, so he just nodded and left the warehouse. When he found Todd and asked, the orc almost chopped down Rubio with an axe, "We're going to kill him for only five gold coins."
Sludge monster? Let the profiteer go on his own."
The old dwarf also came to see Zhou Qingfeng. When he heard this, he frowned and said, "Five gold coins per head is definitely too low. But if the paralysis poison can be effective on the sludge monster, maybe we can try it.
The sludge monster is quite scary. Especially in the swamp, it can suddenly jump several meters away after finding the target, bite the prey and then rush back into the swamp within a few breaths. Not only do they affect Rubio's business, but also the
My business.”
Old Borg was willing to pay five gold coins per head, which seemed reasonable to Todd, so he could give it a try. But is the newly configured paralysis potion effective against the sludge monster?
Zhou Qingfeng could only ask 'Shadow', "Can the sludge monster be restrained by the paralysis poison we prepared?"
"Sludge monster?" 'Shadow' sneered, "I haven't heard the name of this kind of reptile for a long time. Although the 'mouthwash' you prepared is a little less effective, it is still fine for use against reptiles.
But you'd better not get too close to that kind of reptile. The sludge monster is ferocious, agile, and fast. Your current strength is not very good."
After hearing this, Zhou Qingfeng felt confident. He said to the old dwarf: "We have done this work. But the sludge monster is in the swamp? Should we get some bait?"
"Bait?" The old dwarf laughed loudly, "We have a lot of bait in our settlement." After saying that, he shouted and asked the servants to get a 'bait'. Soon, a man with a withered face walked out of the shack, hunched over.
Back, kneel on the ground.
Using people as bait?
Zhou Qingfeng was so surprised that he couldn't speak, but Todd's expression was as usual. The old dwarf said cheerfully: "People who come to the Voodoo Swamp will not live long. As long as you give them money, you can buy their lives. I usually make potions.
Do this."
As expected, he is a believer in the "goddess of poison and disease" and doesn't care about human life at all.
Zhou Qingfeng sighed slightly in his heart, there was a weird guy in his mind, the people he met were not good people, and his opponents were also a group of goblins - this was some kind of dark forest, it was clearly the Valley of Evil.
The withered man seemed to be seriously ill and had no strength to speak. Zhou Qingfeng bought the other man's life with a gold coin and paid it to the 'bait''s family after the deal was completed.
Being able to trade his own life for a gold coin, 'Bait' was grateful for Dade's praises and expressed his willingness to lure out the mud monsters that harmed the voodoo swamp so that 'Master Hugo' could hunt them down.
Outside the old dwarf's shack, the people in the settlement soon learned that the 'Dragon Vein Warlock' who came today was going to hunt the mud monster. They watched the withered man slowly walk towards the swamp, followed by Zhou Qingfeng carrying a light crossbow.
The settlement was built near the Voodoo Swamp. Less than a hundred meters away from the settlement is a dangerous place with white mist. People have built more than a dozen trestles beside the swamp, and they usually take special pontoon boats to go to the depths of the swamp.
Get local produce.
The pontoon is connected to the pier on the shore by ropes, and you can use manpower to pull yourself back when necessary. Due to the many dangers in the swamp, it is impossible to rescue in danger. Therefore, every trip is equivalent to gambling with your life. Many people go out once and never come back.
Come.
Todd grabbed the big ax and followed Zhou Qingfeng. He refused to use poison in order to show his bravery. At this moment, hearing the croaking behind him, he turned around and glared to prevent the onlookers from following up.
But the people in the settlement refused to disperse and followed them from a distance of more than ten meters, chattering non-stop. The residents here suffered from the swamp and also relied on the swamp for their livelihood. They could not survive in other places.
They all came to this damn place to work hard.
The people in the settlement are not afraid of goblins or anything else. They are enslaved wherever they go. However, the recent appearance of the sludge monster has seriously affected their livelihood. If they cannot enter the swamp to work, they will have no choice but to starve to death.
The old dwarf followed Todd with a staff, and someone knowingly shouted from a distance: "Mr. Berg, what are you going to do?"
"Stay away, we are going to hunt the sludge monster." The old dwarf waved his staff, but did not forcefully drive it away. His doing so aroused people's interest, and almost half of the settlement people came out to see it.
See how Zhou Qingfeng kills monsters?
The withered man who was the bait slowly walked to the trestle beside the swamp and jumped onto a round-bottomed wooden boat. He turned back and gave Zhou Qingfeng a wry smile, grabbed the towing rope on the boat and gradually left the shore.
According to the description of the old dwarf, the sludge monsters used to only attack people who went deep into the swamp. But now they are becoming more and more courageous and have begun to approach the settlements on the shore of the swamp. Even if they bully the people in the settlements, there is nothing they can do to them.
Zhou Qingfeng loaded the string of the light crossbow and inserted the crossbow arrow into the receiver. He had test-fired more than a dozen rounds before. The material used in this weapon was very good and the accuracy within twenty meters was quite high. Now let’s see if there is any paralysis poison on the arrow.
How effective.
Todd grabbed the ax and stood beside Zhou Qingfeng to protect the latter's safety. Zhou Qingfeng stood on the trestle, staring at the muddy swamp, catching any movement in front of him.
But after waiting for half an hour, nothing happened except for one or two bubbles occasionally popping up in the mire. The people watching gradually became impatient and kept yelling and criticizing.
When Zhou Qingfeng also felt that waiting for help was not an option, the 'shadow' in his mind sent a warning, "Boy, pay attention! There is something about thirty feet away to your left, five meters under the mud. Its target can be