Wizard: Fusing Everything - Chapter 30

Chapter 30: Fiend Salt Swamp

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Lin Suo prepared a large number of self-made tools, bottles, and jars.

The stomach that Lin Suo had previously bought from the black market was tied around his waist. After cleaning it, it did not look ugly. Rather, it looked like a leather pouch. When he put on a black cloak, no one could tell where it was.

It was his first time going out to train and seek battle.

Everything was prepared.

He also found a place halfway in the direction of the Fiend Salt Swamp and used earth crystals to build an underground safe house.

Inside was a large number of living supplies, medicine, and so on.

If anything happened, at least he would have a place to hide.

He was so careful because he learned from the handbook given by Antlers, as well as the many shocking stories he heard from the black market.

After planning everything he could, only then did he set off.

Wearing the human skin mask that had the characteristics of a Woodlander, Lin Suo leisurely set off in the direction of the Fiend Salt Swamp.

In the vicinity of Koster, other than the three great Magus forces that occupied islands with high magic energy and were self-sufficient, the other high magic energy environment was the salt swamp.

As the product of the condensation and fusion of natural elements, magic energy had extraordinary effects. It required some unique characteristics to be produced.

One was the underground magic vein.

The second was the artificially-created special creation that gathered all elements, such as the elemental pool in all Magi towers.

The third was the corpses of official Magis. After their deaths, the corpse would automatically transform and form a miniature magic vein. Its effect was similar to an elemental conversion device.

The fourth was a certain treasure.

The fifth, and also the most important point, was the dimensional rift!

This thing first appeared in the Magi World three hundred years ago when the celestial objects intersected. Not only did it bring fiends but also a new source of magical energy.

After the dimensional rift was produced and magic energy condensed, the Fiend Salt Swamp was formed due to the mutation of land which was caused by the large number of fiends living there. Although there were no magic veins, the place naturally had the ability to generate magic energy. As time passed, the Fiend Salt Swamp was born.

If disregarding the dimensional rift causing fiend attacks, it was actually a good thing since the place had fed a large number of self-taught wizards.

It was also from then on that Koster attracted a large number of Magi to gather and develop the city. The three great Magi forces of today heard about it and settled down here as well, developing until now.

Currently, every family had more than two digits of official Magis, which made them quite powerful.

This time, apart from hunting the Swamp-swallowing Frogs, Lin Suo also had the intention of digging some soil to bring back home. After all, cultivation environments had to be perfected step by step. If others dug the soil, it might lose its magical properties over time, but Lin Suo… He had even created artificial magic stones.

There was no reason why he couldn’t make a special creation that had the ability to gather magic energy.

30 kilometers to the north was where the Fiend Salt Swamp was.

Fiend hunting activities were in full swing every day.

Halfway through, Lin Suo checked the safe house before arriving at a camp near the salt swamp.

The camp had existed for a long time. It was built 300 years ago and its name had been changed countless times. Every time the fiends went berserk, the camp would be completely destroyed, so at this point, they didn’t bother to give it a name anymore.

Every riot would cause heavy casualties.

However, the Magis did not care. After all, a perfect hunting ground could be used for a long time, enough for generations to harvest. Even if they had the ability to clear it, they were unwilling.

The density of magic energy was of no concern to the apprentices.

Only official Magis needed it, so the one guarding the camp was an official Magi from the three major forces.

If a self-taught wizard wanted to enter, they had to buy a ticket.

It took Lin Suo half a day to get there.

He had to study the environment first. Coming to a new place, he had to at least know the environment well. Otherwise, if an accident happened, he would not even know where to escape.

The camp was built in the shape of a hashtag, surrounded by a six-ren stone wall, which was eighteen meters high.

A group of mortals lived there, serving the Magis.

In terms of currency, they did not accept gold coins. Magic stones and bartering were the main methods.

In the middle of the “hashtag” stood a 16.5-ren (50-meter) tall tower. Even before entering, one could see a huge creature sitting cross-legged at the top!

The creature had red hair and bloody eyes, reaching a height of nearly one ren. He was wearing a black robe, and his back was bulging, outlining the lines of his arms. His muscles were bulging, and it was a spectacular sight.

Lin Suo glanced at the creature and quickly lowered his head, not daring to look again.

It was obvious that the “giant” was an official Magi stationed there.

The other party’s four arms were either obtained through modification or he possessed a special bloodline that made his body different from ordinary people.

It was very likely that he was a close combat wizard.

It was no wonder that no one studied the path of knights when they reached human limits. In Lin Suo’s impression, Magis were similar to wizards such that they were long-range cannons!

Now, it seemed that the development of close combat Magi had also reached its peak.

If Gandalf was born here, he would probably be able to create a Flashing Muscles Style…

Shaking his head, Lin Suo shook the ridiculous thoughts in his mind away.

He obediently paid 3 magic stones for the entrance fee and successfully entered.

The guard gave him a map of the salt swamp. The ticket did not exist in name, and the money was actually a fee to buy the map. It was just that it was too expensive, and he felt his heart ache.

The Fiend Salt Swamp covered a very large area, 46 kilometers horizontally and 31 kilometers vertically. It was larger than the entire Koster.

It was divided into underground and aboveground areas.

Self-taught wizards were forbidden from entering and exiting the underground. If one sneaked in, no one would stop one. However, the result was often not good. Basically, those who sneaked in went missing. There was no news of any survivors.

The aboveground area was divided into five fiend habitat areas, namely the Swamp-swallowing Frog, Horrifying Crocodile, Rust Corrosion Python, Decay Worm Dragon, and the Cave Spider!

There were safe paths opened up by the Magus forces in the five habitat areas. It was not 100% safe, though it reached about 60%.

On the safe paths, one would not be easily attacked by fiends.

It could be considered a benefit brought by the ticket.

If one wanted to sneak in without using the main gate and thought that one could take advantage of the Magus forces by remembering the relatively safe paths, one would be gravely mistaken.

The map that one bought was actually a form of proof.

Once an intruder was discovered, he would be executed immediately.

On the other hand, the safe paths would change according to the changes in the fiend territory. It would be updated every day, and occasionally it would mark the birth of an official Magi-level fiend in a certain place.

If one didn’t wait for the Magus forces to clear those new fiends, one would most certainly die upon encountering those fiends.

The real-time information on the changes in the salt swamp day and night was worth the ticket price.

Realizing this, Lin Suo no longer felt heartache over the magic stones he had spent.

He began to study the Swamp-swallowing Frog’s habitat.

The fiend’s adult body was comparable to a Superior Knight, and it knew two types of bloodline spells, namely Corrosive Mud Bullet and Tongue Arrow, both apprentice-level spells.

If one knew psychic spells, even apprentice-level ones would make it much easier for one to deal with the Swamp-swallowing Frog.

Unfortunately, self-taught wizards couldn’t learn it since no one would sell such spells to them.

While thinking about the hunting plan, Lin Suo strolled around the camp.

While he was at it, he bought some unique resources that could be used in the salt swamp, such as herbs to dispel miasma, powder to hide one’s aura, and feces powder of advanced fiends to prevent sneak attacks by fiends.