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Chapter 110
Chapter 110: Leinas's Surprise: Anomaly! The Agitation of the Curse Power
"Roar!"
The Swamp Giant Jaw shook the muddy water from its body. Its two huge, fist-sized beastial pupils were filled with cruelty as it stared at Tang Zheng and Leinas. It let out a roar, opened its bloody maw, and charged.
Bang!
The Flame Archangel that hadn't been knocked away rushed forward, swinging its flame sword with both hands and hacking heavily at the Swamp Giant Jaw's head.
However.
The Swamp Giant Jaw, its entire body wrapped in thick layers of mud and moss, suffered no injuries from the attack of the flame sword, which was imbued with fire and holy energy.
The only effect was that the force of the downward slash momentarily halted the Swamp Giant Jaw's advance.
"Roar!"
The Swamp Giant Jaw twisted its head, shrugging off the flame sword that had struck its crown. At the same time, it lifted its thick, powerful forelimbs and swatted forcefully at the Flame Archangel.
*Flap!*
With a beat of its wings, the Flame Archangel soared into the air, evading the Swamp Giant Jaw's strike.
At the same time.
The other Flame Archangel, which had been knocked away, now flew back and joined the attack.
Under the assault of the two Flame Archangels, the Swamp Giant Jaw was forced to stop. Letting out a series of great roars, it countered by swinging its forelimbs and tail, but its attacks almost all missed the flying Flame Archangels.
For a moment, they were locked in a stalemate, neither able to gain an advantage.
Seeing this, a look of astonishment appeared in Leinas's eyes. These two Flame Archangels were so strong.
The Swamp Giant Jaw was one of the top-tier monsters in this swamp; it would take at least a mithril-rank adventurer team to have a chance of fighting it.
And now!
Just two Flame Archangels had managed to force the Swamp Giant Jaw into a defensive position. If it weren't for the Swamp Giant Jaw's naturally tough hide, plus the layers of swamp mud serving as armor, these two Flame Archangels alone could probably have killed it.
"Attack its eyes," Tang Zheng's voice sounded from behind.
The two Flame Archangels' somewhat chaotic attacks paused. They simultaneously wheeled on their wings and attacked the Swamp Giant Jaw's eyes.
Just a moment later, the Swamp Giant Jaw let out a pained roar, its body twisting frantically as it began to retreat.
But how could Tang Zheng let this experience, which had delivered itself to his door, run away? Monsters around Level 20 were quite rare.
Under Tang Zheng's deliberate control, the two Flame Archangels took advantage of the opening revealed when the blinded Swamp Giant Jaw retreated.
The two flame swords plunged through its eyes and into the Swamp Giant Jaw's brain simultaneously!
"Aaargh!!"
The Swamp Giant Jaw's entire body trembled violently. Its wail of agony came to an abrupt end, and it crashed to the ground.
『Experience Gained: 3103』
【Experience Bar: 7405/10000】
Seeing the surge of Experience on his panel, Tang Zheng's mood instantly brightened.
But when he looked at the Swamp Giant Jaw's corpse, he couldn't help but feel it was a pity.
If Leinas hadn't been right next to him, he would have collected the Swamp Giant Jaw's corpse.
A Level 20 monster, while lacking any special abilities, had tough, thick skin, which made it far superior to the ogre corpses stored in his item box.
As material for "Undead Control," it was quite good.
Leinas took a deep breath, turned to face Tang Zheng, a complex look in her blue pupils. "Who exactly are you?"
It wasn't that the Flame Archangels were strong! It was that the summoner himself possessed great strength, which allowed him to summon powerful creatures.
With his level of power, combined with the alchemy skills he had previously displayed, he shouldn't be so unknown.
Tang Zheng, who was still lamenting the loss of the Swamp Giant Jaw's corpse, was caught off guard by Leinas's question. He didn't react for a moment, but after noticing the astonished look in her eyes, he realized what she was getting at.
"Genius alchemist, faith-based magic chanter, or…"
Tang Zheng shrugged, reaching out to flick the copper badge hanging from his waist, and said half-jokingly, "A copper-rank adventurer."
Leinas had no issue with the first two titles, but when she heard the last one, the corner of her delicate lips twitched violently.
"If I were the Adventurer's Guild Master, I would definitely change the rule that adventurers must complete tasks to raise their adventurer level," Leinas said forcefully, biting her lip.
"An ancient rule that has been passed down to this day naturally has its reasons."
Tang Zheng chuckled lightly. "On the contrary, I think this guild's rule is quite good."
It might seem like an inflexible rule, forcing even powerful individuals to start as low-level adventurers and complete tasks. But from the perspective of those in power, this seemingly inflexible rule was, in itself, a screening process.
His half-joking tone made the sense of distance that had just formed in Leinas's heart dissipate once more.
"Let's go."
Tang Zheng raised a hand and beckoned.
The two Flame Archangels flew over, and the pair continued onward in the same manner, flying toward the depths of the swamp.
As they ventured deeper, the swampy terrain gradually began to disappear. The low-lying bushes gave way to tall thickets, and a dense jungle came into view.
"Coo—coo—"
"Roar—doo—"
"…"
Accompanying this change was a variety of calls from wild beasts or monsters echoing from the jungle depths.
A faint white mist began to appear in the air.
"Fog is rolling in," Leinas said, her expression grave as she warned him.
"Then let's descend."
Tang Zheng had also noticed a large bank of fog in the distance.
*Swoosh! Swoosh!*
The two Flame Archangels carried Tang Zheng and Leinas down from the sky, landing in an area overgrown with weeds.
"Hmph!"
The moment Leinas landed, she suddenly let out a soft grunt. Her right hand pressed against the cheek hidden by her blonde hair as she let out a pained groan.
A piece of not-quite-covered rotten flesh was exposed to the air, twitching slightly.
Tang Zheng felt the anomaly as well.
To be precise, he sensed that his own curse power seemed to have become agitated.
There's something wrong with this place!
Tang Zheng's gaze hardened as he looked at Leinas. "Are you alright?"
"This place… it feels the same as that monster that attacked me back then," Leinas said, lowering the hand that was pressing on her right cheek. Forcing herself to endure the gnawing pain, as if ants were chewing on her cheek, she looked up, her eyes cold.
"Grrrroan!"
"Grrrroan!"
"Grrrroan!"
The low roars of a beast came from a nearby thicket.
Immediately after, three monsters, around the size of an adult evil spirit hound but with grotesque appearances, emerged from the bushes.
Seeing these monsters' appearance, Tang Zheng frowned instinctively. It was simply because these three monsters were too ugly, too bizarre.
They had humanoid heads, but the teeth in their mouths were incredibly sharp. Their bodies were similar to a lion's, and their humanoid heads were covered with manes.
The strangest part was that their tails were like a scorpion's, covered in spikes, and they even had a pair of bat-like wings on their backs.
At first glance, they looked like a combination of several different monsters.
"The bizarre monster you mentioned couldn't be this, could it?" Tang Zheng asked, looking at the three completely monstrous creatures.
"No."
Leinas lifted her black spear and shook her head. "It's not them. These three monsters are manticores."
"Watch out for their tails; they can shoot spikes. I'll take one, you take the other two!"
The moment Leinas finished speaking, she had already raised her spear and charged toward the manticore on the far right.
She hadn't been of much help since they entered the swamp area. These three monsters were a perfect opportunity for her to deal with one.
"It looks this bizarre, and it's still not the one?" Tang Zheng waved his arm.
The two Flame Archangels immediately charged toward the other manticores.
The battle that followed was seriously at odds with the manticores' monstrous appearance. In just a few moments, the three manticores were successively slain.
『Experience Gained: 286』
『Experience Gained: 301』
【Experience Bar: 7992/10000】
Tang Zheng glanced at the experience points he had received. Their strength was about the same as an ogre's.
Huh?
Tang Zheng was suddenly taken aback. He had clearly felt that after the two manticores died, a trace of curse power had seeped out of their bodies.
And this curse power had actually been absorbed by him.
Tang Zheng quickly checked his attribute panel and found that neither his experience points nor any other data had changed.
But he could clearly feel that the curse power within his body had indeed increased slightly.
"Ah!"
Leinas, holding her blood-stained spear, suddenly let out a sharp cry.
Tang Zheng's expression changed, and he quickly rushed over. When he saw her face, his gaze froze.
He saw that the curse, which had originally only covered half her face, had begun to expand toward the rest of her right cheek.
Seeing this change, Tang Zheng already realized that he wasn't the only one who had absorbed the curse power; Leinas had absorbed it too!
Or rather, only someone with the [Curse Knight] job could feel this curse power.
(end of chapter)
"Roar!"
The Swamp Giant Jaw shook the muddy water from its body. Its two huge, fist-sized beastial pupils were filled with cruelty as it stared at Tang Zheng and Leinas. It let out a roar, opened its bloody maw, and charged.
Bang!
The Flame Archangel that hadn't been knocked away rushed forward, swinging its flame sword with both hands and hacking heavily at the Swamp Giant Jaw's head.
However.
The Swamp Giant Jaw, its entire body wrapped in thick layers of mud and moss, suffered no injuries from the attack of the flame sword, which was imbued with fire and holy energy.
The only effect was that the force of the downward slash momentarily halted the Swamp Giant Jaw's advance.
"Roar!"
The Swamp Giant Jaw twisted its head, shrugging off the flame sword that had struck its crown. At the same time, it lifted its thick, powerful forelimbs and swatted forcefully at the Flame Archangel.
*Flap!*
With a beat of its wings, the Flame Archangel soared into the air, evading the Swamp Giant Jaw's strike.
At the same time.
The other Flame Archangel, which had been knocked away, now flew back and joined the attack.
Under the assault of the two Flame Archangels, the Swamp Giant Jaw was forced to stop. Letting out a series of great roars, it countered by swinging its forelimbs and tail, but its attacks almost all missed the flying Flame Archangels.
For a moment, they were locked in a stalemate, neither able to gain an advantage.
Seeing this, a look of astonishment appeared in Leinas's eyes. These two Flame Archangels were so strong.
The Swamp Giant Jaw was one of the top-tier monsters in this swamp; it would take at least a mithril-rank adventurer team to have a chance of fighting it.
And now!
Just two Flame Archangels had managed to force the Swamp Giant Jaw into a defensive position. If it weren't for the Swamp Giant Jaw's naturally tough hide, plus the layers of swamp mud serving as armor, these two Flame Archangels alone could probably have killed it.
"Attack its eyes," Tang Zheng's voice sounded from behind.
The two Flame Archangels' somewhat chaotic attacks paused. They simultaneously wheeled on their wings and attacked the Swamp Giant Jaw's eyes.
Just a moment later, the Swamp Giant Jaw let out a pained roar, its body twisting frantically as it began to retreat.
But how could Tang Zheng let this experience, which had delivered itself to his door, run away? Monsters around Level 20 were quite rare.
Under Tang Zheng's deliberate control, the two Flame Archangels took advantage of the opening revealed when the blinded Swamp Giant Jaw retreated.
The two flame swords plunged through its eyes and into the Swamp Giant Jaw's brain simultaneously!
"Aaargh!!"
The Swamp Giant Jaw's entire body trembled violently. Its wail of agony came to an abrupt end, and it crashed to the ground.
『Experience Gained: 3103』
【Experience Bar: 7405/10000】
Seeing the surge of Experience on his panel, Tang Zheng's mood instantly brightened.
But when he looked at the Swamp Giant Jaw's corpse, he couldn't help but feel it was a pity.
If Leinas hadn't been right next to him, he would have collected the Swamp Giant Jaw's corpse.
A Level 20 monster, while lacking any special abilities, had tough, thick skin, which made it far superior to the ogre corpses stored in his item box.
As material for "Undead Control," it was quite good.
Leinas took a deep breath, turned to face Tang Zheng, a complex look in her blue pupils. "Who exactly are you?"
It wasn't that the Flame Archangels were strong! It was that the summoner himself possessed great strength, which allowed him to summon powerful creatures.
With his level of power, combined with the alchemy skills he had previously displayed, he shouldn't be so unknown.
Tang Zheng, who was still lamenting the loss of the Swamp Giant Jaw's corpse, was caught off guard by Leinas's question. He didn't react for a moment, but after noticing the astonished look in her eyes, he realized what she was getting at.
"Genius alchemist, faith-based magic chanter, or…"
Tang Zheng shrugged, reaching out to flick the copper badge hanging from his waist, and said half-jokingly, "A copper-rank adventurer."
Leinas had no issue with the first two titles, but when she heard the last one, the corner of her delicate lips twitched violently.
"If I were the Adventurer's Guild Master, I would definitely change the rule that adventurers must complete tasks to raise their adventurer level," Leinas said forcefully, biting her lip.
"An ancient rule that has been passed down to this day naturally has its reasons."
Tang Zheng chuckled lightly. "On the contrary, I think this guild's rule is quite good."
It might seem like an inflexible rule, forcing even powerful individuals to start as low-level adventurers and complete tasks. But from the perspective of those in power, this seemingly inflexible rule was, in itself, a screening process.
His half-joking tone made the sense of distance that had just formed in Leinas's heart dissipate once more.
"Let's go."
Tang Zheng raised a hand and beckoned.
The two Flame Archangels flew over, and the pair continued onward in the same manner, flying toward the depths of the swamp.
As they ventured deeper, the swampy terrain gradually began to disappear. The low-lying bushes gave way to tall thickets, and a dense jungle came into view.
"Coo—coo—"
"Roar—doo—"
"…"
Accompanying this change was a variety of calls from wild beasts or monsters echoing from the jungle depths.
A faint white mist began to appear in the air.
"Fog is rolling in," Leinas said, her expression grave as she warned him.
"Then let's descend."
Tang Zheng had also noticed a large bank of fog in the distance.
*Swoosh! Swoosh!*
The two Flame Archangels carried Tang Zheng and Leinas down from the sky, landing in an area overgrown with weeds.
"Hmph!"
The moment Leinas landed, she suddenly let out a soft grunt. Her right hand pressed against the cheek hidden by her blonde hair as she let out a pained groan.
A piece of not-quite-covered rotten flesh was exposed to the air, twitching slightly.
Tang Zheng felt the anomaly as well.
To be precise, he sensed that his own curse power seemed to have become agitated.
There's something wrong with this place!
Tang Zheng's gaze hardened as he looked at Leinas. "Are you alright?"
"This place… it feels the same as that monster that attacked me back then," Leinas said, lowering the hand that was pressing on her right cheek. Forcing herself to endure the gnawing pain, as if ants were chewing on her cheek, she looked up, her eyes cold.
"Grrrroan!"
"Grrrroan!"
"Grrrroan!"
The low roars of a beast came from a nearby thicket.
Immediately after, three monsters, around the size of an adult evil spirit hound but with grotesque appearances, emerged from the bushes.
Seeing these monsters' appearance, Tang Zheng frowned instinctively. It was simply because these three monsters were too ugly, too bizarre.
They had humanoid heads, but the teeth in their mouths were incredibly sharp. Their bodies were similar to a lion's, and their humanoid heads were covered with manes.
The strangest part was that their tails were like a scorpion's, covered in spikes, and they even had a pair of bat-like wings on their backs.
At first glance, they looked like a combination of several different monsters.
"The bizarre monster you mentioned couldn't be this, could it?" Tang Zheng asked, looking at the three completely monstrous creatures.
"No."
Leinas lifted her black spear and shook her head. "It's not them. These three monsters are manticores."
"Watch out for their tails; they can shoot spikes. I'll take one, you take the other two!"
The moment Leinas finished speaking, she had already raised her spear and charged toward the manticore on the far right.
She hadn't been of much help since they entered the swamp area. These three monsters were a perfect opportunity for her to deal with one.
"It looks this bizarre, and it's still not the one?" Tang Zheng waved his arm.
The two Flame Archangels immediately charged toward the other manticores.
The battle that followed was seriously at odds with the manticores' monstrous appearance. In just a few moments, the three manticores were successively slain.
『Experience Gained: 286』
『Experience Gained: 301』
【Experience Bar: 7992/10000】
Tang Zheng glanced at the experience points he had received. Their strength was about the same as an ogre's.
Huh?
Tang Zheng was suddenly taken aback. He had clearly felt that after the two manticores died, a trace of curse power had seeped out of their bodies.
And this curse power had actually been absorbed by him.
Tang Zheng quickly checked his attribute panel and found that neither his experience points nor any other data had changed.
But he could clearly feel that the curse power within his body had indeed increased slightly.
"Ah!"
Leinas, holding her blood-stained spear, suddenly let out a sharp cry.
Tang Zheng's expression changed, and he quickly rushed over. When he saw her face, his gaze froze.
He saw that the curse, which had originally only covered half her face, had begun to expand toward the rest of her right cheek.
Seeing this change, Tang Zheng already realized that he wasn't the only one who had absorbed the curse power; Leinas had absorbed it too!
Or rather, only someone with the [Curse Knight] job could feel this curse power.
(end of chapter)
