"Roar!"
The ear-piercing roar came from the mouths of the earth-brown, mantis-like monsters covered in tiny, dark yellow thorns. These monsters had dark red patterns on their bodies, and their insect-like mouths opened, looking extremely ferocious.
"These are much more dangerous than the group of monsters from before." Minori glanced around, noting that a total of seven had already surrounded him.
These mantis monsters were not small, standing about a meter tall, and their entire bodies were covered in a layer of earth-brown shell, exuding the dangerous aura of predators.
"Magic Arrow!"
Before the mantis monsters could attack, Minori preemptively launched a spell at one in front of him.
Whoosh!
Three magic arrows shot out, instantly piercing the chest of the mantis monster at the front, bringing out a yellowish-green liquid.
"Roar—" The attacked mantis monster roared in pain and fell to the ground.
"The strength is average, a bit stronger than ordinary lizardmen." Minori said calmly, seeing the result.
His companion was attacked.
The other mantis monsters all let out sharp roars, their ferocious mouths opening, spraying corrosive saliva from their mouths.
Whoosh!
The Flame Archangel quickly stood in front of Minori, blocking the acidic liquid sprayed from the front, while Kuro nimbly dodged with Minori, avoiding the liquid flying from behind.
Sizzle~ Sizzle~
The acidic liquid landed on the Flame Archangel's bright silver armor, making a sizzling corrosive sound and emitting white smoke.
"Kill them." Minori narrowed his eyes slightly at this scene, and said indifferently.
Whoosh!
The Flame Archangel's wings vibrated, and it quickly rushed in front of a mantis monster, swinging its flame sword and easily splitting it in half.
The other mantis monsters that attacked were easily dodged by Minori with Kuro's nimble movements, while the Flame Archangel quickly pounced and killed.
In just a moment, all seven mantis monsters were killed!
[Experience: 27875/120000]
It had only been half a day since entering the Great Swamp, and he had already gained about two thousand experience.
This was the result of Minori only killing them along the way, without intentionally trying to gain experience.
"The monsters in the upper lake area of the Great Swamp are indeed more dangerous than those in the lower lake area. Then, the strength of the frogmen tribes living here should be stronger than the lizardmen tribes."
Minori grabbed the bone chain on Kuro and continued forward calmly.
His main purpose in coming to the depths of the Great Swamp was to retrieve the lizardmen race's treasure from the Twin Witch.
As for the specific location of the Twin Witch, Minori didn't know, so he planned to ask the frogmen living here for directions.
In fact, it would be faster to travel by "flying", but Minori was not familiar with the terrain here, and he didn't know much about the information in the depths of the Great Swamp near the mountains.
Naturally, he had to be cautious and avoid such conspicuous behavior.
Continuing deeper.
The dense, low shrubs suddenly became sparse, and even the dead trees and vegetation became sparse as well. A swamp area full of various weeds and occasional bubbles popping from the puddles came into view.
Minori, riding on Kuro, raised his head towards this swamp area, his eyes slightly narrowed. He saw dozens of frogmen with dark cyan skin, similar to the skin color of goblins, and shorter than lizardmen, lying in the mud puddles.
These frogmen didn't seem to care about Minori and Kuro's intrusion, and didn't even turn their heads.
If it weren't for the pale white bellies exposed outside the mud, rising and falling with their breath, Minori would have thought these frogmen were dead.
The stench in the air was not strong, but the frogmen's behavior of lying directly in the mud made Minori slightly stunned.
He was just thinking about how to find the frogmen, but unexpectedly, these frogmen appeared in front of him in the blink of an eye.
Before coming to the depths of the swamp, he had already asked Crushe Lulu about the frogmen's information in advance.
Crushe Lulu didn't know much either, because frogmen rarely left the depths of the Great Swamp.
The lakes in the lower lake area are relatively shallow, which is not a suitable environment for frogmen who need to keep their skin moist at all times. According to the lizardmen's saying, frogmen belong to an evil race.
Currently, this statement is questionable.
Minori glanced at this group of lazy frogmen, and this thought flashed through his mind.
"There are no buildings, isn't this group of frogmen's tribe nearby?"
Minori glanced at this swamp area and didn't see any tribal building structures similar to those of the lizardmen, and reached out to pull the bone chain.
Kuro strode out, moving nimbly and lightly towards the frogman closest to them.
Suddenly!
The frogman who was originally lying in the mud, looking extremely lazy, suddenly turned his head, and a pair of hemispherical, dark brown eyes the size of fists on both sides of his head looked over.
Facing the approach of Minori and Kuro, the frogman's huge eyes did not show any surprise or unexpected emotions, but were filled with an indescribable sense of indifference.
"Unseen prey."
The frogman's voice was empty and hoarse, still staring at the approaching Minori with an unwavering gaze.
"Excuse me, can I ask for directions?" Minori said lightly.
He had already noticed the abnormality of this group of frogmen, or rather, the indifference that was different from normal intelligent creatures.
Although lizardmen like to eat raw food and are hostile to any foreign species, they still have the characteristics of intelligent creatures.
But the frogman in front of him gave Minori the feeling of a race that only had intelligence, but still maintained its barbarism and animal instincts.
Bang!
In an instant.
This frogman had already stood up, drooping his hands that didn't reach his knees, his thick thighs suddenly pressed down, making a pouncing motion to capture prey.
"Charm."
A magical light flashed in Minori's eyes, and an invisible mental wave spread out.
The frogman's action of pressing down his legs paused, and his emotionless eyes immediately became dull.
"Take me to the Twin Witch's territory." Minori said lightly.
The frogman shook his arms, walked out of the puddle, and walked forward dully to lead the way.
Looking at the frogman, who was just savage and indifferent, but now obediently leading the way in the blink of an eye, Minori chuckled.
No matter what race.
As long as they cannot resist the influence of charm, they are equal.
Whoosh— Whoosh—
The other frogmen who were originally lying in the mud and puddles, however, all stood up from the mud at this moment, pairs of fist-sized dark brown eyes staring at Minori.
Undisguised hostility emanated from these frogmen.
"Being stared at by such big eyes is really creepy."
Minori glanced at these frogmen out of the corner of his eye, and raised his eyebrows slightly. Although he said that, his face was still full of calmness.
The image gap between different demihuman races is indeed too big.
Whether it's lizardmen or frogmen, if ordinary people saw them in his previous life, they would probably get goosebumps.
Even in another world, ordinary people would be frightened to see them. If he hadn't adapted to facing this kind of intelligent non-human species in the process of killing a large number of goblins.
I'm afraid it would also take some adaptation.
"Kill them all." Minori waved his arm and said lightly.
The Flame Archangel, suspended in mid-air, shook its wings and pounced towards the frogmen in the swamp.
"Waaah—!!"
A frogman let out a sharp wail before dying, which immediately resounded throughout the swamp area.
It was only silent for a moment.
The originally quiet swamp began to vibrate, and dense bubbles emerged from the mud.
Minori held the bone chain and glanced at the swamp area. He saw huge, purple worms like earthworms emerging from the ground.
'Discovered skill "Beastly Rage", requires basic class Beastmaster, current conditions not met...'
'Genius class activated, conversion successful, meeting learning conditions, consume 1 skill point to learn?'
Minori glanced at the attribute panel and ignored the reminder to consume skill points to learn.
"Beastmaster class, no wonder they have the technology to enslave monsters." Minori quickly had Kuro adjust its posture, retreat, and simultaneously activate the scroll.
Summoning another Flame Archangel!
The other Flame Archangel who solved the frogmen also returned and worked together to clean up the large number of purple worms.
'Gained experience: 21'
'Gained experience: 127'
'Gained experience: 265'
'Gained experience: 156'
[Experience: 29199/120000]
Although there were many purple worms, their strength was not high, with the strongest only being around level ten.
At this moment.
Minori's attention was no longer on these purple worms, but he raised his head and looked into the depths of the swamp.
Thump! Thump!
The ground vibrated.
A five-meter-tall multi-headed water snake first appeared in his field of vision, running with thick limbs like an elephant.
Behind it, there were two more multi-headed water snakes of the same size, each with eight heads, and a frogman holding a long spear weapon was standing on the central head.
"So these frogmen lying in the mud are the scouts arranged on the outermost periphery."
He finally understood the role of those lazy frogmen: "What a strange race."