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Chapter 108
Chapter 108: Lockburs Territory, the Great Swamp
2024-11-18 Author: Amnesty L
Tang Zheng descended the stairs, righted the sofa that the earlier collision had knocked askew, and sat down. His gaze fell upon Leinas's waist.
A magic leather pouch?
He had previously noticed that the spear she used as a weapon had been drawn from the leather pouch at her waist. It had to be a magic item from the Otherworld, specifically for storing things.
The kind that was exceptionally expensive.
Given Leinas's former status as a noble, it was perfectly normal for her to possess such a magic leather pouch.
"I'm just providing viable methods."
Tang Zheng shrugged. "Both of these ways can definitively solve the problem of the curse on you."
"You have another way?"
Leinas raised her head, her gaze fixed on Tang Zheng.
"Take me to the place where you were first cursed."
Tang Zheng nodded, a faint smile on his face as he looked back at Leinas. "Only by finding the source might we be able to find a true solution for the curse on your body."
"However, this method isn't guaranteed."
Leinas’s slender fingers tightened around the black spear, her expression grim and conflicted.
Back then, she had taken pride in sweeping away the monsters within her family’s territory to protect it, but in the end—her family had betrayed her!
If she were to return to that place, the only thing she could think of was revenge.
"Fine!"
A trace of struggle flashed through Leinas’s deep blue pupils.
"Then let's leave now." Tang Zheng stood up.
"Huh?"
Leinas froze, a sudden feeling washing over her that this had been his goal all along.
Imina, who had been standing to the side watching the show, was clearly slow to react to their conversation.
"Hey, what about the regeneration potions?"
"Do you know how popular alchemical potions are right now? Leaving at a time like this... never mind, you're the employer."
Imina spoke up quickly, but stopped herself midway and picked up her bow.
Tang Zheng turned to face Imina, who seemed ready to follow them. "Leaving the Imperial Capital is outside the scope of your previous reward."
"For now, you watch things here. If anyone asks, say I'm researching a new alchemical potion. Three people just died, so no one should dare to force their way in for a while."
"Take care of Xiao Hei for me. Let him wander around the entrance every now and then."
Tang Zheng spoke concisely, without any hesitation.
"Awoo."
The bone chain on the lesser soulhound rattled slightly as it let out an aggrieved cry.
Leinas's eyelid twitched a few times.
*This guy... so this was his real objective.*
But even if she guessed Tang Zheng's motive, she truly had no way to refuse.
Mid-Fire Month, the twenty-fourth.
Tang Zheng and Leinas secretly slipped out of the Imperial Capital, heading toward the territory of Leinas's family.
The terrain of the Baharuth Empire was far more complex than that of the Re-Estize Kingdom. Not only was the land more barren and resource-poor, but it also lacked the vast, flat plains the Re-Estize Kingdom possessed.
The entire Baharuth Empire contained numerous mountain ranges and swamp areas.
For the Blood Emperor, Jircniv, to have raised the country's national strength to a level comparable to the Re-Estize Kingdom since his ascension, he could indeed be called an outstanding emperor.
Three days later.
A vast great swamp, shimmering with a faint purple hue under the sunlight as if embedded directly into the land, came into their view.
The air was filled with a damp, earthy smell. As a light breeze blew from the depths, it carried an indescribable, rank stench.
Tang Zheng stood at the edge of the swamp. Looking out, he saw that the swamp's area was enormous, dotted not only with puddles of various sizes but also covered in all sorts of weeds and low bushes.
If Leinas hadn't told him, he would have thought it was a grassland.
In the depths of the swamp, one could see a towering mountain range and a hazy swamp jungle. The entire area exuded a strange and dangerous aura.
This was the territory of the Lockburs family—Leinas's family—located in the eastern part of the Baharuth Empire.
It was somewhat close to the Angelicisia Mountain Range but was completely separated by this large swamp and the smaller mountain terrain in its depths.
Leinas stood beside Tang Zheng, the golden hair covering the right side of her face swaying gently in the breeze, her expression unsightly.
Returning to this place of such profound memories, anyone's mood would likely be grim.
"That monster... I'd never seen it before. It didn't come from this swamp, but from the jungle or that mountain range in the depths."
Leinas took a shallow breath, inhaling the familiar, rotting smell in the air as she spoke softly.
Tang Zheng withdrew his distant gaze and said with a smile, "In that case, it seems we'll have to head into the depths of the swamp."
"Are you sure?"
"Putting aside the situation in the depths of this swamp, just crossing it is an extremely dangerous matter," Leinas said, astonished.
Even those who had lived here their whole lives would never venture deep into the swamp. It could devour everything; it was not a place humans could easily tread.
Even in the past, Leinas had only ever swept up monsters that entered the territory, not entered the swamp to clear them out.
"That power is indeed great."
"But it is also a curse. When you truly come into contact with it, you might regret it."
Leinas bit her lip and reminded him.
In her eyes, the reason Tang Zheng was here was his interest in the power of the curse within her body.
"Do you know what's most important to a pla— an alchemist?" Tang Zheng stretched and corrected himself. Before Leinas could speak, he answered with a smile:
"Mystery and the unknown."
"As for power, believe it or not, that is not my goal."
*After all, he had already obtained this power.*
"You can stay here for now," Tang Zheng said to Leinas.
"I'm not in the habit of being protected by others."
Leinas lifted her chin slightly, rejecting him outright, and took out her black iron spear. "What you should be considering now is how to cross this swamp."
"The method is simple."
From within the wide sleeves of his Priest's robe, Tang Zheng's hands each grasped a magic scroll, then gently crushed them.
*Fwoosh! Fwoosh!*
Two surges of white light erupted, coalescing in mid-air into the forms of Flame Archangels.
*Swish!*
One Flame Archangel flapped its wings, flew behind Tang Zheng, and extended its free arm horizontally before its chest.
With a simple leap, Tang Zheng sat on the Flame Archangel's arm.
"See? Isn't it simple?" Tang Zheng said.
*He can summon two angels at the same time?*
Leinas was inwardly shocked. Her gaze toward Tang Zheng changed once again. Not only was he a genius alchemist, but he was also a powerful individual, a caster of faith-based magic!
Seeing the other Flame Archangel flying toward her, Leinas stomped on the ground and leaped onto its back.
"You might be a magic caster, but I'm not."
"I can't move freely in that sitting position." Leinas grabbed a groove in the armor on the Flame Archangel's shoulder, effectively riding on its back.
*Fwoosh! Fwoosh!*
The wings flapped once more.
The two Flame Archangels flew over the dangerous swamp, heading toward the depths.
"Gurgle~"
A black shadow moved rapidly beneath the soft swamp ground, its eyes fixed on the two conspicuous, strange creatures in the sky.
Just as the two creatures in the sky passed overhead.
*Bang!*
The swamp mud exploded.
A monster, similar to a shark but with brown skin, shot out of the swamp. It opened its massive, bloody maw and lunged toward the Flame Archangel in the sky.
"It's a Swamp Shark!"
Leinas shouted a hurried warning.
The flaming sword swung down swiftly from the air, colliding with the sharp head of the Swamp Shark.
A spray of blood bloomed in the air!
The flaming sword split the Swamp Shark in two on the spot. A large amount of blood mixed with shredded flesh rained down onto the swamp below.
In the blink of an eye, the seemingly calm swamp began to boil. The shredded flesh of the Swamp Shark was completely devoured by the creatures hidden within.
『Experience Gained: 172』
『Experience Bar: 4123/10000』
"So these are the monsters of the swamp. How peculiar," came Tang Zheng's calm voice.
Thanks to reader Pig Who Lost Faith for the reward of 100 Book Currency!
(end of chapter)
2024-11-18 Author: Amnesty L
Tang Zheng descended the stairs, righted the sofa that the earlier collision had knocked askew, and sat down. His gaze fell upon Leinas's waist.
A magic leather pouch?
He had previously noticed that the spear she used as a weapon had been drawn from the leather pouch at her waist. It had to be a magic item from the Otherworld, specifically for storing things.
The kind that was exceptionally expensive.
Given Leinas's former status as a noble, it was perfectly normal for her to possess such a magic leather pouch.
"I'm just providing viable methods."
Tang Zheng shrugged. "Both of these ways can definitively solve the problem of the curse on you."
"You have another way?"
Leinas raised her head, her gaze fixed on Tang Zheng.
"Take me to the place where you were first cursed."
Tang Zheng nodded, a faint smile on his face as he looked back at Leinas. "Only by finding the source might we be able to find a true solution for the curse on your body."
"However, this method isn't guaranteed."
Leinas’s slender fingers tightened around the black spear, her expression grim and conflicted.
Back then, she had taken pride in sweeping away the monsters within her family’s territory to protect it, but in the end—her family had betrayed her!
If she were to return to that place, the only thing she could think of was revenge.
"Fine!"
A trace of struggle flashed through Leinas’s deep blue pupils.
"Then let's leave now." Tang Zheng stood up.
"Huh?"
Leinas froze, a sudden feeling washing over her that this had been his goal all along.
Imina, who had been standing to the side watching the show, was clearly slow to react to their conversation.
"Hey, what about the regeneration potions?"
"Do you know how popular alchemical potions are right now? Leaving at a time like this... never mind, you're the employer."
Imina spoke up quickly, but stopped herself midway and picked up her bow.
Tang Zheng turned to face Imina, who seemed ready to follow them. "Leaving the Imperial Capital is outside the scope of your previous reward."
"For now, you watch things here. If anyone asks, say I'm researching a new alchemical potion. Three people just died, so no one should dare to force their way in for a while."
"Take care of Xiao Hei for me. Let him wander around the entrance every now and then."
Tang Zheng spoke concisely, without any hesitation.
"Awoo."
The bone chain on the lesser soulhound rattled slightly as it let out an aggrieved cry.
Leinas's eyelid twitched a few times.
*This guy... so this was his real objective.*
But even if she guessed Tang Zheng's motive, she truly had no way to refuse.
Mid-Fire Month, the twenty-fourth.
Tang Zheng and Leinas secretly slipped out of the Imperial Capital, heading toward the territory of Leinas's family.
The terrain of the Baharuth Empire was far more complex than that of the Re-Estize Kingdom. Not only was the land more barren and resource-poor, but it also lacked the vast, flat plains the Re-Estize Kingdom possessed.
The entire Baharuth Empire contained numerous mountain ranges and swamp areas.
For the Blood Emperor, Jircniv, to have raised the country's national strength to a level comparable to the Re-Estize Kingdom since his ascension, he could indeed be called an outstanding emperor.
Three days later.
A vast great swamp, shimmering with a faint purple hue under the sunlight as if embedded directly into the land, came into their view.
The air was filled with a damp, earthy smell. As a light breeze blew from the depths, it carried an indescribable, rank stench.
Tang Zheng stood at the edge of the swamp. Looking out, he saw that the swamp's area was enormous, dotted not only with puddles of various sizes but also covered in all sorts of weeds and low bushes.
If Leinas hadn't told him, he would have thought it was a grassland.
In the depths of the swamp, one could see a towering mountain range and a hazy swamp jungle. The entire area exuded a strange and dangerous aura.
This was the territory of the Lockburs family—Leinas's family—located in the eastern part of the Baharuth Empire.
It was somewhat close to the Angelicisia Mountain Range but was completely separated by this large swamp and the smaller mountain terrain in its depths.
Leinas stood beside Tang Zheng, the golden hair covering the right side of her face swaying gently in the breeze, her expression unsightly.
Returning to this place of such profound memories, anyone's mood would likely be grim.
"That monster... I'd never seen it before. It didn't come from this swamp, but from the jungle or that mountain range in the depths."
Leinas took a shallow breath, inhaling the familiar, rotting smell in the air as she spoke softly.
Tang Zheng withdrew his distant gaze and said with a smile, "In that case, it seems we'll have to head into the depths of the swamp."
"Are you sure?"
"Putting aside the situation in the depths of this swamp, just crossing it is an extremely dangerous matter," Leinas said, astonished.
Even those who had lived here their whole lives would never venture deep into the swamp. It could devour everything; it was not a place humans could easily tread.
Even in the past, Leinas had only ever swept up monsters that entered the territory, not entered the swamp to clear them out.
"That power is indeed great."
"But it is also a curse. When you truly come into contact with it, you might regret it."
Leinas bit her lip and reminded him.
In her eyes, the reason Tang Zheng was here was his interest in the power of the curse within her body.
"Do you know what's most important to a pla— an alchemist?" Tang Zheng stretched and corrected himself. Before Leinas could speak, he answered with a smile:
"Mystery and the unknown."
"As for power, believe it or not, that is not my goal."
*After all, he had already obtained this power.*
"You can stay here for now," Tang Zheng said to Leinas.
"I'm not in the habit of being protected by others."
Leinas lifted her chin slightly, rejecting him outright, and took out her black iron spear. "What you should be considering now is how to cross this swamp."
"The method is simple."
From within the wide sleeves of his Priest's robe, Tang Zheng's hands each grasped a magic scroll, then gently crushed them.
*Fwoosh! Fwoosh!*
Two surges of white light erupted, coalescing in mid-air into the forms of Flame Archangels.
*Swish!*
One Flame Archangel flapped its wings, flew behind Tang Zheng, and extended its free arm horizontally before its chest.
With a simple leap, Tang Zheng sat on the Flame Archangel's arm.
"See? Isn't it simple?" Tang Zheng said.
*He can summon two angels at the same time?*
Leinas was inwardly shocked. Her gaze toward Tang Zheng changed once again. Not only was he a genius alchemist, but he was also a powerful individual, a caster of faith-based magic!
Seeing the other Flame Archangel flying toward her, Leinas stomped on the ground and leaped onto its back.
"You might be a magic caster, but I'm not."
"I can't move freely in that sitting position." Leinas grabbed a groove in the armor on the Flame Archangel's shoulder, effectively riding on its back.
*Fwoosh! Fwoosh!*
The wings flapped once more.
The two Flame Archangels flew over the dangerous swamp, heading toward the depths.
"Gurgle~"
A black shadow moved rapidly beneath the soft swamp ground, its eyes fixed on the two conspicuous, strange creatures in the sky.
Just as the two creatures in the sky passed overhead.
*Bang!*
The swamp mud exploded.
A monster, similar to a shark but with brown skin, shot out of the swamp. It opened its massive, bloody maw and lunged toward the Flame Archangel in the sky.
"It's a Swamp Shark!"
Leinas shouted a hurried warning.
The flaming sword swung down swiftly from the air, colliding with the sharp head of the Swamp Shark.
A spray of blood bloomed in the air!
The flaming sword split the Swamp Shark in two on the spot. A large amount of blood mixed with shredded flesh rained down onto the swamp below.
In the blink of an eye, the seemingly calm swamp began to boil. The shredded flesh of the Swamp Shark was completely devoured by the creatures hidden within.
『Experience Gained: 172』
『Experience Bar: 4123/10000』
"So these are the monsters of the swamp. How peculiar," came Tang Zheng's calm voice.
Thanks to reader Pig Who Lost Faith for the reward of 100 Book Currency!
(end of chapter)
