Chapter 8: Management

After training the lizardmen and murlocs, the matter of eliminating the swamp monster should be put on the agenda. A magical beast that had entrenched in the great swamp for hundreds of years—if someone said it had no strength, Sakavi wouldn't believe it. As a black dragon who is insidious and cunning, he naturally wouldn't choose to fight in a place he wasn't familiar with.

Sakavi learned from the lizardmen that the swamp monster would clean up the various races around the swamp every once in a while to prevent any race from becoming too powerful. It had been less than half a year since the last time it fought the lizardmen, so it would take some effort to lure it out now.

For a large magical beast, the most intolerable thing is someone coming to grab its territory. Sakavi planned to turn into a small swamp monster and go around causing destruction.

The swamp monster's attack method is mainly acid. In the case of not having close contact with other races, utilizing the characteristic that the black dragon's breath is also acid, he could pass for the real thing.

According to the lizardman chieftain Lorn, besides the lizardman tribe and the neighboring lizard-people, there were two murloc tribes, one swamp-toad tribe, and a snake-person tribe, which was a teenage version of the naga.

Lizard-people are traditional allies of lizardmen, and because they are reptiles, their intelligence is worrying, so they were directly excluded by Sakavi. It is said that there is a priest in the swamp-toad tribe who can cast Level-4 spells, so it would be easy to be exposed if he went there.

The snake-person tribe didn't even dare to provoke the swamp monster at will. Although their strength was unknown, they didn't look like good people. Based on the principle of picking soft persimmons, Sakavi planned to attack the two nearby murloc tribes.

The nights in the Rotten Swamp usually belong to frog croaks, wing-beating sounds, and the low muttering of murlocs. The warriors of the Broken Scale tribe patrolled among the swaying fluorescent mushrooms with rough bone spears, everything as usual.

However, this night was destined not to be as peaceful as in the past. Seeming to have sensed something, the high priest hurriedly left the reed-built shed where he lived and prayed to something in front of the totem pole.

The uninvited guest tonight seemed exceptionally powerful, and the murloc god "Kull" also had to pretend to be dozing off. The high priest who didn't get a response fell to the ground paralyzed, and the look of terror on his face made the chieftain at a loss.

Suddenly, a tentacle full of suckers stretched out from the water and slapped toward the high priest's direction. A patrolman discovered this sudden situation, but couldn't recover from the shock for a long time, so the alarm he issued was incoherent.

Only hearing a loud bang, the place where the totem pole was located, along with the wooden piles supporting the floor, disappeared. Accompanied by the harsh sound of the shed's wood shattering and the short, shrill screams of the murlocs, a huge, nearly invisible gelatinous body rose from the depths of the swamp.

The murlocs who were woken up from their sleep were scared and ran around screaming, but all this was futile. Wherever the huge tentacles went, reed sheds, drying fishing nets, and stored food were all razed to the ground.

Some murlocs who tried to resist were terrified to find that the bone arrows they shot couldn't hurt this monster at all, and responding to them was acid emitting a fishy stench.

When the first ray of morning sunlight pierced through the misty water and shone on this former murloc tribe, what came into view was a dead, polluted water surface and countless murloc corpses floating on the water.

Looking at the murloc tribe that looked like a Shura field, Velanse frowned, but didn't know what to say. The tactful Sakavi didn't boast about his achievements but said: "Let's collect the murloc corpses and burn them. Accumulating them here will cause various diseases."

"Well said, but Sakavi, I hope this is just an exception. No living creature should be killed like this!"

"That is of course. After I establish a force in this swamp, there will be no more killing here."

If you look closely at the broken walls, you will find that there are no traces of being corroded, but rather a small amount of tree sap. The remaining murloc forces probably don't dare to come back. With the low intelligence of murlocs, the first thing they would do is run to the swamp monster's territory and question why it did so.

After ordering the birds to monitor the swamp monster well, Sakavi began to set traps in this area. After the swamp monster stepped into this area, it would find that on the way out, the underwater was full of spikes. Of course, these couldn't stop the swamp monster in normal times, but Sakavi didn't intend to give it time to clean up.

According to the information, the swamp monster would arrive in the evening. Perhaps because it hadn't had an opponent here for too long, the swamp monster's vigilance had dropped significantly, and it actually dared to travel during the day.

In the evening, the water surface where the fog had dissipated was dyed red by the sunset, and the calls of water birds returning to their nests were one after another. Velanse sighed: "It's really

At this time, Sakavi was in no mood to enjoy the sunset. Although the water surface was still as calm as before, his intuition told him that the swamp monster had already arrived. Suddenly, a scream broke the surrounding peace, and a huge head gradually emerged from the water.

"Who? Who dares to attack the powerful Visas!"

Responding to it was a fireball that exploded in its face. Accompanied by screams, the swamp monster hurriedly hid in the water. Another scream came, and a tentacle thicker than Sakavi floated up, and the surrounding water weeds were instantly corroded to nothing.

"Bug, you have completely angered me!"

Subsequently, a water blade flew toward Sakavi. After evaluating the strength of this water blade, Sakavi didn't dodge, letting it hit the scales on his chest.

This seemingly terrifying water blade only left a white mark on the scales. Sakavi couldn't help but mock: "The Lord of the Swamp is nothing more than this. It seems it's time to change people."

In a fit of rage, the swamp monster stretched out three tentacles to slap Sakavi. Seeing the timing, Sakavi used a solidification spell, instantly turning the water surface into thick mud. At the same time, more than a dozen lizardman warlocks who had been prepared for a long time launched water arrows to cut off two tentacles one after another.

When the last tentacle was about to touch Sakavi, a wind blade formed instantly, cutting it into three segments. The reason why dragons are strong, besides having the Dragon Scripture, is mainly because they have elemental affinity.

Whether it is humans or elves, if they want to cast elemental magic, they must communicate with the elemental world through chanting to obtain the right to use elemental magic.

A dragon's natural magic affinity makes casting elemental magic as simple as using hands to pick up things. Of course, this is only for simple elemental magic. Complex magic requires shaping the elements, which still requires incantations.

"Release!"

Following Sakavi's order, forty-five poisoned javelins were stuck directly into the swamp monster's body, followed by the second round and the third round.

Sensing that something was wrong, the swamp monster spat out a water bomb, directly blowing open the passage to the outside. Taking advantage of the fact that the mud hadn't flowed back, it quickly escaped into the water.

It seemed that there was a loophole in the plan, but in fact, Sakavi let it go on purpose. The lizardmen couldn't withstand the tossing. If they all folded here, it would be a loss. After seeing the swamp monster run far away, Sakavi decided to give it a big surprise.

Just as the swamp monster was struggling to swim toward its lair, the land below suddenly rose rapidly, forming a small island, and the swamp monster was stranded like this. Looking at the confused swamp monster, Sakavi asked: "Brother, do you like this gift?"

"You black lizard, I %＊@&#&."

Discovering that it was this black dragon playing tricks again, the swamp monster was so angry that it cursed. However, as a black dragon that everyone shouts to beat, how could he be broken by this little thing?

"Brother, don't be impatient. As a world-recognized villain, isn't it normal for me to bully other races? How can you scold me for this? Ahahahahahaha!"

Swamp Monster: "............"

Just as Sakavi was laughing loudly, suddenly a tentacle drilled out from the ground and tightly wrapped around Sakavi. He originally thought that after leaving the water, the swamp monster would lose its ability to resist. It seemed he was still careless.

Just as Sakavi was about to suffocate, the swamp monster suddenly loosened its tentacles and screamed in pain. Sakavi sighed: "I didn't expect the backup plan to be used so early. Sigh, what a pity."

As early as when planning to ambush the swamp monster, Sakavi had thought that there would be sudden situations, so he coated the javelins with the spores of a carefully cultivated plant. The only use of this plant was that after being awakened by magic, it would begin to take root rapidly.

This plant looked very useless, but it would be different if it were planted in an animal's body. After being trapped, Sakavi bit the scroll he had in his mouth, and the spores instantly "came alive."

As a magical beast that had lived for hundreds of years, it wouldn't be killed by this little trick. After only dozens of breaths, the swamp monster killed the plant using the acid in its body. However, this period of time was enough for Sakavi to escape.

Sakavi, who had learned to be smart, flew into the air, intending to consume it from a distance. But he never expected that this swamp monster had endless attack methods, actually beating Sakavi until he had no power to parry.

A simple water arrow was played into an arrow rain by the other party. After barely dodging a water vapor bomb launched by the other party, Sakavi decided to launch a melee battle.

Perhaps seeing Sakavi's purpose, the swamp monster's attacks became more and more dense. Five water cannons exploded in the air, forming countless fatal water droplets, which seemed to completely block Sakavi's path of approach.

Utilizing a speed that was unbelievably fast, Sakavi dodged the fatal water cannons, rushing toward the swamp monster like a black arrow, but he ran straight into a highly concentrated water vapor cannonball.

Looking at the black shadow falling in the air, the swamp monster finally breathed a sigh of relief, planning to teach the lizardman tribe a lesson after its wounds healed. Suddenly, it felt a sharp pain in its head. Before it had time to react, Sakavi tore off half of its head. Looking at Sakavi jumping down from its body, the swamp monster was both terrified and angry.