Chapter 102: Rune Power

Chapter 102: Rune Power

Chapter 102: Rune Power
As soon as the apprentices stepped back, the soil where they had been standing collapsed, trees fell down, and the monster made of mud and rotten matter continued to grow larger and taller. In a moment, it expanded to the height of almost two stories high, turning into a bloated mud giant.

There was tremendous power emanating from the mud giant.

This time, the six people undoubtedly encountered a tough opponent.

"There are such powerful elemental monsters here. High-energy particles must have leaked from some laboratory."

"Stop talking, don't talk nonsense."

As soon as someone opened his mouth to complain, Cody stopped them immediately.

As an apprentice, they were never allowed to question the affairs of wizards.

'Secondary Energy Fireball'

After gaining his footing, the third-class apprentice Haydn took the lead in launching a magical attack. A fireball with a diameter of more than one meter condensed and attacked the swamp mud monster that had stopped expanding. The burning fireball hit its body.

The fireball exploded.

Flames and mud splashed everywhere, causing the apprentices to take a few steps back.

"No, the mud layer is too thick. This kind of magic can't hurt the swamp mud monster." Haydn said helplessly. The fireball just now hit the flowing mud layer like a fist hitting a sponge.

As the mud flowed, the charred marks caused by the fireball were being quickly erased by the corrosive mud monster.

The swamp mud monster was enraged by the fireball, and its facial features, which had not yet fully formed, let out distorted roars, and spit out mud bombs one after another, attacking Haydn's direction.

"Boom bang bang."

Hayden dodged it easily, and the mud bomb fell to the ground. There were obvious signs of corrosion where it was hit, which should contain some kind of corrosive acid.

After a round of attacks, the characteristics of the swamp mud monster were exposed. Its advantages were strong defense and fast recovery, while its disadvantages were clumsy movements and slow speed.

Under Cody's command, the other four people stood separately and wandered around the swamp monster, constantly launching attack tests to further confirm the characteristics of the swamp monster.

The four of them launched frost and cold attacks together. Frost began to spread on the swamp mud monster's body, causing great inconvenience to its movements, but failing to completely restrict its ability to move.

Under the influence of frost, the swamp mud monster seemed to be covered with a layer of ice armor, making the apprentice helpless.

"This kind of monster is probably the nemesis of the Swiftwood Silkworm."

Ivan was looking for an opportunity at the back, but he found that he had no means to deal with the swamp mud monster. The Swift Wood Silkworm, who he had placed high hopes on, just couldn't do anything with this kind of creature. It seemed that he had to find an opportunity to learn other spells as soon as possible.

Not far away, Mei Li also did not move forward. The only means she had to attack the mud monster was her strong bow. Arrows were unlikely to be useful in this situation.

The ice armor dissipated, and the swamp mud monster was provoked by the apprentice ~ It became even more furious, and two huge palms emerged from the flowing mud. The palms reached into the air one after another and slapped the apprentices around it.

Cody and his other three had already dodged.

The giant palm fell to the ground, corroding the ground into two irregular palm prints and splashing mud nearby.

'Secondary Tornado'

When the swamp monster's attack was the most fierce, Cody saw an opportunity to attack and decisively used his signature spell.

A tornado took the opportunity to land on the swamp mud monster, whose body was slightly leaning forward. It was located in the middle of the body. The wind rolled up the mud and fallen leaves, forming a different kind of tornado in an instant, which continuously pulled the mud on the mud monster's body.

Seeing this, the other three apprentices took action one after another, bombarding various spells on various parts of the mud monster's body.

Ivan and Mei Li, who were on the periphery, couldn't help but take a few steps forward.

In just three or four seconds, the swamp monster's body became half as thin as before and was still shrinking.

At this moment, a strong flow was generated inside the swamp mud monster's body, and a mass of high-energy stuff rushed from the upper part of its body to the lower part.

It's the body core of the swamp monster!

The six people present all realized one thing: this was a great opportunity.

Cody was holding the tornado and couldn't pull his hands away. The other three had just finished casting spells, which would take two or three seconds. Meili drew her bow and shot an arrow.

Ivan was not vague either. He casually took out three disposable runes, a 'sharp rune' and slapped it on the tip of the sword, and two 'ice runes' and slapped them on the middle and back of the sword respectively. The long sword was immediately enchanted with three runes.

He threw the sword.

The long sword, with its unique sharpness and cold air, pierced into the body of the swamp mud monster, directly penetrated into the interior, and attacked the high-energy core that was rushing down. In the blink of an eye, the long sword sank into the mud.

The next second, the swamp mud monster let out a fearful roar, and the ice froze from the inside out, freezing the circle of mud into blocks and then shattering it into ice chips.

The swamp monster's huge body began to collapse rapidly.

"spread."

Seeing this, the apprentices quickly moved away to avoid being affected by the falling mud.

The swamp monster is dead and the surrounding area is in ruins.

"According to the growth rate of vegetation here, it will return to its original state in less than two months." Cody waved towards the place where the swamp mud monster fell, and the wind blew a ball of something and flew in front of everyone.

A thin layer of ice wrapped around a mass of sticky frozen liquid, with half of a cracked sword stuck on it.

The broken sword was the long sword that Ivan had just thrown out.

"This is the core of the swamp mud monster. It should be worth 20 to 30 magic stones if you hand it over to the academy's purchasing office. Ivan, you seem to have used three disposable runes just now, which are worth about 20 magic stones. Otherwise--"

Cody glanced at the others as he spoke. He guessed that Ivan was a new apprentice and must be lacking in magic stones, so he couldn't let him spend so much money.

Before anyone else could speak, Ivan rejected his offer: "It's okay. I'm an enchanter. I just want to test the runes I made. It's like killing two birds with one stone."

"That was the first time you made a rune yourself?"

"Yes, it was made not long ago."

Cody was very familiar with his situation, and when he heard this, he looked at him differently.

Cody joked, "It looks like I can ask you for help in making magical items in the future."

Ivan didn't dare to answer: "Not even close. Now I can't do anything except making disposable runes."

Cody pretended not to hear this. How long have you been in the academy? If you can make magical items now, then all of us have come to the academy for nothing.

The other three didn't know Ivan and didn't have any feelings for him. Unlike Mei Li who entered the school at the same time, when she was the senior sister of the Kasha Fencing Hall, Ivan was just a student who was not even a first-class knight's squire.

Unexpectedly, in less than a year, the opponent had surpassed her by a large margin, which made Mei Li hold the broadsword even tighter.

The appearance of the swamp mud monster is just an episode on the patrol road, and the patrol mission still needs to continue.

On the fourth night of the patrol, Ivan had been back in the dormitory for three hours.

Under the firelight, he was immersed in the preparation of the medicine. The medicine liquid in the glass dish had reached a critical moment. After a while, the tumbling medicine liquid became crystal clear.

"It's done."

He stared at the glass in front of him, and saw a stream of ink-like liquid condensed and slowly rotating in the pure water. It seemed so comfortable and smooth. This was the magic crystal water.

Compared with the water of magic stone, the water of magic crystal is darker in ink color, and the surface of the ink strips is smoother and more vivid, like a circling black loach.

This was the fifth time he had refined the potion. He consumed another portion of Level 2 Light of Wisdom yesterday, and only succeeded today. This potion was the most difficult of all the potions he had ever refined.

After the medicine cooled down, Ivan poured the magic crystal water into a small glass bottle, and a portion of magic crystal water was completed.

He observed carefully for a while, and only after checking that everything was correct did he start to meditate to restore his mental strength. Once his mental strength was restored, he planned to directly take the magic crystal water to improve his strength.

(End of this chapter)