When I traveled through time and became a player, I just wanted to commit suicide

"There are two last things left, the two most important ones."

Li Shanren rode Thoret and flew eastward along the land on the edge of the Ionian swamp.

On the roadside, you can occasionally see giant rotten terrestrial sea squirts that are four to five meters high growing on the roadside. This creature, which originally spewed green poisonous mist from the top opening, is now swaying and spewing out brownish-red rotten poisonous gas.

Sea squirts are marine chordates that look like plants. They are also found in the real world and can even be eaten. The terrestrial sea squirts in the border areas like to live in moist swamps or shallow lakes and are considered a kind of amphibians.

They look round and round, like an upright brown-black egg, but there is a spout on the head that looks like a stamen.

The flesh of their feet is soft, so they move very slowly, comparable to snails. When threatened, they will swing wildly and spray toxins or scarlet rot from the top of their heads. What they will spray depends on the environment they are in. related.

This creature is generally not dangerous, as long as you don't take the initiative to approach it.

If you want to hunt this kind of creature, you only need to continuously throw poisonous throwing knives at it or release poison-type magic, and it will explode due to excessive accumulation of toxins in its body.

The poisonous swamp of corruption is not peaceful. Under normal circumstances, Li Shanren would never want to step into it.

In addition to being eroded by crimson corruption within, certain areas of the Ionian swamps will also experience sudden bursts of corruption from time to time.

They squander their power like a volcanic eruption, not only violently stirring up the dirty and corrupt water, but also causing most of the creatures that accidentally walked nearby to die instantly.

Li Shanren thinks that his luck has always been bad, so he doesn't risk his life.

At the edge of the swamp, Torrett moved forward hard, snoring from time to time.

On the road, golden footprints suddenly appeared on the ground out of thin air, running wildly according to a certain trajectory, as if there was an invisible creature running wildly here. While running, it also made a "dinging bell" sound, similar to a special kind of The sound of bells.

This behavior was obviously attracting passers-by to chase it, but Li Shanren asked Torrett to directly cross the path of the golden footprints and continue moving forward without any intention of stopping.

The golden footprints are not dangerous creatures, but rather the existence of special elves in the border area. Catching them will usually be rewarded with spells or combat skills. However, due to their high-speed movement, without appropriate means, Catching them is still difficult.

Li Shanren didn't have time to waste here, and he already knew the magic that the golden footprints would give. It was of little use for the time being, so he didn't stop to capture the opponent.

It’s not too late to come back later.

After walking around the land along the edge of the swamp for more than an hour, Li Shanren and Torrett finally came to a ruins. This ruins is located in the swamp. It covers an area much larger than the Dragon's Breath ruins. The number of ruins and buildings It's two or three times more than there.

This place is called "Ruins of Sage Town". It was once a prosperous and rich town, and many people who could be respected as "Sages" lived in it. Unfortunately, after the Demigod War, this place was abandoned, and there was no one. Normal creatures can live under the shroud of crimson corruption.

"We're about to wade into the swamp... just hold on, Thoret."

Li Shanren gently clamped the horse's belly and signaled Torrett to wade into the swamp of corruption. Even if he let him enter the highly poisonous pool, this loyal partner had no regrets and carried out Li Shanren's request without hesitation. .

There was nothing unusual about Torette when he stepped into the swamp on the first day of the new year. It seemed like he just entered ordinary pool water. Li Shanren knew that this was only temporary. When Torette began to slowly exude a subtle brown-red smell of corruption, it It can be regarded as being eroded by the scarlet corruption. By then, every minute and second will be competing with the God of Death for time.

There is no normal life surviving in the ruins of Sage Town, but there are two special creatures.

One is a half-plant, half-animal creature called "Little Miranda" who looks like a walking flower.

Each flower is as tall as a five- or six-year-old child, and the tentacles growing under its feet allow it to wiggle and wiggle, much faster than terrestrial sea squirts.

When in danger, they will smash the ground with their flower bones crazily. People who are accidentally hit by them will usually be seriously injured. At the same time, they will release poisonous pollen from the top of their heads. However, the little Mirandas in the Corruption Swamp What is released naturally is decaying pollen.

Creatures that inhale the pollen are quickly poisoned or infected with crimson putrefaction.

However, fortunately, they move slowly and their desire to attack is not strong. Generally, if you encounter them, you can just pass by. At Torrett's speed, Li Shanren may have run away before they can react.

The other is a humanoid creature called the "Mushroom Wizard". It looks like a humanoid aggregation of huge mushrooms. It wears a large mushroom crown and holds an inferior wizard's staff in its hand, which releases an energy. The poison gas magic that tracks a certain distance moves as slowly as an old man, so there is no need to worry too much.

However, sometimes, they will guard some more important places.

After wandering in the swamp for a while, Li Shanren found one of the destinations for his trip.

He rode Thoret and rushed into a ruins from outside an arch. Under the watchful eyes of three mushroom wizards, he ran toward a passage leading underground.

Thoret's speed was as fast as the wind, allowing him to rush to the bottom of the corridor stairs in less than five seconds.

Li Shanren dismounted skillfully, stepped forward quickly, lifted the iron door at the door, went in and went straight to the silver treasure chest in the center, clasped the gap with both hands, and lifted the lid.

Lying quietly at the bottom of the treasure chest was a simple brown and yellow scroll, with two purple stone balls thrown in from a distance painted on it, which seemed to record a kind of magic.

Li Shanren grabbed the scroll in his hand. Although he had never actually come into contact with this kind of thing in the game, he who chose the stargazer profession understood the usage of the scroll the moment he touched it. .

Without hesitation, Li Shanren directly placed an ancient gravity symbol printed on the scroll on his forehead. He closed his eyes and concentrated. Soon, a purple halo lit up from the scroll symbol and gradually penetrated into his forehead.

In the blink of an eye, all the information about this magic appeared in Li Shanren's mind. At the same time, the brown and yellow scroll that was originally painted with patterns quietly turned blank.

"Learned it!"

[Magic Name]: Rock Ball

[Requirements for use]: Intelligence 18, equipped with any staff

[Concentration value consumption]: 18

[Description]: A kind of pyroxene magic belonging to the gravity magic faction. It can be summoned from the ground to release three large rock balls, which will cause extremely high physical damage to the enemy and easily make the enemy lose balance after consecutive hits. Causes temporary debilitating effects. When he was young, Latan learned gravity magic from the stone-skinned White King.

After learning this magic, even Li Shanren, who always lay flat and was indifferent to everything, showed a happy smile.

You don’t need to know much about Latarn introduced in the description. You just need to know that he is a noble demigod, so the rock ball is a magic that the demigod has also learned.

And his teacher, King Bai, is a strange race existing in the border area. Their number is already very rare. They are the origin of the gravity magic faction in the border area.

"White King" is not a personal name or title, but a racial name. Correspondingly, there is "Black King".

As a magic favored by demigods, although the rock ball has an unpretentious name, it is one of the most practical offensive magics among many magics.

It is pure physical damage, and it also has a powerful control effect. With continuous attacks, it can easily make the enemy lose balance and fall to the ground.

Moreover, the rock ball also has a certain tracking ability after it is released. When it first appears, its speed will be relatively slow, but the closer it is to the enemy, the faster it will be. Many enemies will always avoid the rock ball before it hits it. , but in the end he will always be hit hard by the suddenly accelerating rock ball, so the seemingly slow rock ball has a good hit rate.

Although the rock ball is not yet a legendary magic in the borderlands, in the eyes of many mage players, it is still the uncrowned king of magic.

After getting this powerful magic, there was nothing to stay here. Li Shanren turned around and went upstairs into the corridor. He spread his legs and ran again, rushing before the three slow-moving mushroom wizards outside the corridor blocked the door. After leaving the ruins, blow the whistle in the open space to call out Torres, and continue to purposefully explore the ruins of Sage Town.

Along the way, Li Shanren avoided many little Mirandas and mushroom wizards by virtue of Torette's movement speed, which was much faster than other creatures in the junction. In this ruins, their only threat was the corrupt swamp under their feet.

On the way, Li Shanren also collected a new set of clothes and a perfume bottle from the decaying corpse of a traveler. The latter was a prop needed to make certain consumables.

[Equipment name]: Perfumer travel set

[Equipment Description]: The clothing worn by the unknown traveling perfumer. The main body is equipped with a heavy apron that represents the identity of the perfumer. It is remade from soft leather and has a relatively simple shape. It can be seen that the owner of the costume is a man. It is said that he is a companion of the healer. He embarked on a journey to find new fragrant herbs and gardens. They tried to research a medicine that could cure hybrids, sons of ill omens, etc. Races with ominous names, in order to eliminate the stains on those races.

The travel perfumer suit has two uses for Li Shanren. One is that this costume has great anti-erosion properties and anti-toxicity, allowing Li Shanren to stay longer on foot in a pool full of scarlet corruption or venom. , which will be of great help in future explorations.

Another use may be due to the traveler's clothes. This suit of clothes is very wide and can wrap Li Shanren tightly. The hats are all collared, and there is a thick white cloth that can cover the mouth and nose, leaving only the exposed A pair of eyes. If he needs to hide his identity and go out someday, this outfit will be quite useful.