Versatile Mage: Heavy Water Overwhelms the World

Chapter 191 Soul-catching Poison Bird

The waning moon was still half-hanging in the sky, and in the light rain, the sky was already whitening slightly.

Although Nanyi was still in a deep sleep, the entire sentry post began to move.

The tents gradually lit up, and the hunters stationed near the sentry post got up one after another.

Some of the diligent ones even made a simple breakfast while taking some time off, while some of the lazy ones ate the dry food they brought with them.

"Boss, is this rain going to stop soon?" A skinny young man said vaguely while chewing on white cakes.

"It seems so. It's been raining for almost a month and it's time to stop." The man called the boss is a man in his prime. His face is full of beard and unkempt hair, which shows his vicissitudes of life.

"What about these rioting demons?" the skinny young man asked again.

"I don't know. The best we can do is to fiddle around in the fringe areas. It is the military that really decides the overall situation." The boss said casually.

The man with the cheeks was right. The temporary encouragement policy issued by the military department was actually just to use civilian hunters to relieve the pressure on some less important places, so that the military department could focus more on dealing with core issues.

When hunters get together, they can't help but gossip with each other and exchange information. Of course, the authenticity of these words cannot be verified.

"Have you heard? That group of students from the Imperial Academy actually went to the frontal battlefield." A man with a monkey face said pretending to be mysterious.

"Those people who haven't grown all their hair are going to die from the front? The demons will not be as merciful as us." A strong man said in disbelief.

"Hey, what do you know? I follow the military to gain experience and gain gold." The monkey-faced man said disdainfully.

"But I heard from a friend who went to the cliff mountain that the military headquarters is stuck at the foot of the cliff mountain, and it will be impossible to attack it for a while." The monkey-faced man changed the subject again.

"Shouldn't the strength of the military department be used? I remember that Ai Juntong is very strong. He is an extremely powerful existence among high-level mages." A fat man also interjected. I really don't know that as a How did the hunter get so fat?

"I heard that a commander-level poison appeared, and it also had some strange abilities, so the general was stuck at the bottom of the mountain." The monkey-faced man suddenly lowered his voice and said.

"It's time to go. If you wait any longer, the good spots will be taken by others." Someone in the unknown team stood up and suddenly urged them. From this tone, he must be the leader of the team.

"I know, I'll leave right away." Although the monkey-faced man said this, his movements were still slow.

"Have you forgotten how that team died the day before yesterday?" The unknown man's words made the monkey-faced man stop being distracted and move quickly.

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The hustle and bustle near the sentry post gradually decreased, and the military mages standing guard were replaced at some point.

You Ming got up early. Although he didn't go to bed until midnight last night, his long-term military routine made him open his eyes when the time came and he couldn't sleep anymore.

"Are you up so early?" A wet military mage had just walked up the stairs of the sentry tower when he saw You Ming who was about to come down.

"Can't sleep." You Ming shook his head.

"Have you finished your shift?" You Ming asked with a smile.

"Yeah, get ready to go lie down for a while." The military mage waved his hand and passed by You Ming.

"I'll go down and take a look."

You Ming walked in the rain without an umbrella and with a light layer of water on his body.

However, You Ming did not wander around, but went directly to the first floor of the sentry tower. This was an independent room full of instruments and books. It was where the sentry tower usually stored some documents.

"How's it going these two days, Lao Ai? Is there any news from you?"

You Ming was either on the way to the Venomous Monitor Lizard or chasing the Northern Shadow-tailed Scorpion these past few days. Even though he stayed at the military headquarters for a while, he couldn't take any time off.

Now that I finally had some free time, I immediately took the time to inquire about the situation.

The person being questioned by You Ming was a man wearing thick glasses. He looked gentle and had heavy bags under his eyes.

"No, what kind of information can our little sentry tower know first?" the glasses clerk said angrily.

"No news at all?"

"Just yesterday morning, someone came to inquire about the traces of the Poison Bird." The glasses clerk adjusted his glasses and looked at You Ming.

"A soul-stirring poison bird appeared here??" You Ming said in shock.

"That's not true, but there have been a lot of monsters affected by the Soul-Destroying Feather Toxin, which has caused a lot of trouble for the hunter teams. There was a team that was directly wiped out by the group the day before yesterday." The glasses clerk said thoughtfully.

The Soul-Capturing Poison Bird is a poison-type demon at the command level, but because it has been living deep in the Death Poison Domain, even the military has not fully understood its specific strength.

The poisonous demons that appeared in the past half month were basically slave generals, but none of the commander-level poisons appeared. The military department also thought that the stronger poisons might have gone deeper.

This also led to the military's early focus being on hunting down poisonous generals and quelling the unrest among the local demon tribes.

This is basically the case whether it is a large army led by Commander Ai Jianghe or a small team such as You Ming. But I didn’t expect that a commander-level poison would actually appear in Undecided Plains!

Moreover, the words of the glasses clerk undoubtedly confirmed the unsatisfactory situation on the frontal battlefield.

You Ming also knew Ai Juntong very well. He was born in the Ai family. Although he only came to the Taihang Mountain Military Headquarters for a few years to gain experience, his strength and upright character still won everyone's trust.

Ai Jianghe is not a high-level dabbler like You Ming, who is a high-level one in a single system. He is a high-level three in the fire system, and a high-level two in the space system. Ai Jianghe's combat power is completely unmatched by You Ming.

But even with such strength, he suffered a loss from the soul-catching poisonous bird. One can imagine how strong this soul-catching poisonous bird really is.

"Are they at Cliff Mountain?" You Ming asked.

"Ah."

"Then I'll go back to the military headquarters and see if I can support them." You Ming nodded, then turned and left.

It's not that the military headquarters only has so many high-level mages, but that the Undecided Plains is more than that big. High-level mages are needed to lead teams everywhere, and demon riots are not so easy to quell.

As for the stronger super mages, there are deeper matters that they need to be responsible for. As long as these matters at the level of commanders and generals do not threaten the city, it is not their turn to take action.

You Ming originally planned to go back alone, but Nan Yi's figure suddenly appeared in his mind, so he turned around and walked up to the sentry tower.

"Knock! Knock! Knock!"

You Ming knocked slightly on Nan Yi's door.

"Nanyi, are you up?"