Chapter 130: Beastman Shaman

  That beastman's ritual speech was actually in the common language of the Aqin continent, it seems that the Beastman Empire also has some understanding of human society. I didn't have time to indulge in more thoughts, and hastily said to the beastman: "Follow me into our camp to temporarily avoid this, bandage yourself first, that place is fully defended, come with me."

  Leading the beastman into the camp, Evan and the others were all shocked. The beastman priest hastily introduced himself: "I am Dakuru, a shaman from Krim, the capital city of the Beastman Empire. Please forgive my rudeness, for I was chased here by a group of ice snakes. Luckily, this magician led me here, giving me a chance to catch my breath. However, there is a large group of ice snakes following behind, and I fear that you all will be implicated."

  "Ice Snake Gang? How did you manage to provoke such a big trouble, this is terrible! Brother, think of something quickly!" Xilu said in surprise.

  Evan furrowed his brow and said, "Things have reached this point, it's also an unavoidable matter. It seems that we can only defend here, everyone get ready."

  Dakuru looked at us a few people with some hesitation and said: "Just these few people, I'm afraid they can't stop the ice snake group..."

  Xī Lù said disdainfully: "You're so capable, why don't you resist yourself and come to harm us? Now you even look down on us, hum!"

  Dakuru's green face suddenly flushed with a hint of red, and he bowed to Xilu with some embarrassment: "Beautiful miss, your beauty is like the most beautiful flower on the grassland. Although I'm slightly injured, I swear by the honor of the Beastman Shaman that I will stand in front of you until death."

  Xī Lù heard such straightforward words, her face also turned red, and she spat out a sentence: "Who wants you to protect me? My brother and Yàlìkè are both powerful people, they will naturally take good care of me. Besides, I'm also very capable, no need for you to be so eager."

  I stood by and hastily changed the subject, saying: "Since the Ice Snake group is about to arrive, let's get ready early, Furei. Sorry to trouble you, can you help treat this Shaman first? I'll go with Aiven to reinforce the outer defenses."

  Furei shook her head and said, "Alec, didn't you know that Shamans themselves have powerful healing and attacking spells? This little injury, I'm afraid this Shaman gentleman can heal himself."

  Dakuru hastily said: "Yes, yes, everyone can rest assured, give me a little time, I will soon be able to recover, you can rest assured that before the Ice Snake arrives, I will once again possess powerful magic to join the battle.

  Dakuru finished speaking, came to a vacant lot in front of him, and with a flick of his hand, two green lights flashed by. The image of two strange flower-patterned totem poles appeared on the vacant land, and instantly the entire camp was filled with wood-element magic elements. Even I could see countless green magic elements rushing towards Dakuru's body with my eyes. Dakuru muttered to himself, and the green light on his body flashed continuously. Immediately, the wounds on his body began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

  Xī lù immediately was attracted to this strange scene, curiously watching Dà kù lǔ cast his spell. I and ài wén were also very curious, but we suppressed the urge to watch carefully and turned around to run out of the camp to make preparations.

  Evan opened a bulging container and poured out a lot of black stuff, sprinkling all the small ditches around the camp. I couldn't help but ask curiously: "Evan, what is this that you're sprinkling?"

  Evan smiled and said, "This is called fire oil. Just pour a little bit on it, and you can ignite a big fire within three steps. It's really good for starting fires. I'll sprinkle some around the campsite in a circle. Later, when you throw a fireball spell here, the entire campsite will be surrounded by a huge ring of fire. With your flame magic traps set up outside the campsite, Ice Snake will probably burn to death most of its troops in front of this defense."

  I nodded and said: "This thing is so good, why haven't I seen you use it before?"

  "Aiwen said with a bitter face: "Big brother, do you know how rare this thing is? This fire oil is only produced in small quantities in one place in the dwarves' territory. Dwarves generally use it to make firearms and forge weapons, but due to its low yield, they strictly control it and absolutely prohibit selling it to outsiders. Therefore, in our human society, this thing is extremely hard to come by. The fire oil I just spilled could buy me a huge luxurious mansion in the imperial capital. If it weren't for our lives, I would be willing to take it out."

  Evan gritted his teeth and said, "After this crisis is over, the shaman must pay ten times the price to compensate for my loss!"

  I couldn't help but find it a bit amusing, so I said: "Aven, don't worry, I've heard that shamans are highly respected in the Beastman Empire, and one shaman is almost equivalent to the chief of a Beastman tribe. You're definitely not poor, and your account will definitely be recoverable."

  Then I turned around and left, looking back at Evan with a nod, saying: "Hmm, whether you believe it or not, I do anyway."

  Everything was ready, and in less than a moment, we heard countless "hissing" sounds coming from afar, as if the entire mountain was filled with such sounds. From far away, there were also several strange animal calls. Upon hearing these sounds, Evan's face changed drastically, and he grabbed Dakuru's collar, sternly asking: "You detestable beastman, how did you manage to stir up such huge trouble? Judging from the sounds, it seems that the largest group of ice snakes in the swamp has arrived, and even the legendary Ice Snake King has been summoned by you. What exactly happened?"

  Dakuru scrunched up his face, his nose and eyes all scrunched together, and after a few snorts said: "I just happened to find an extremely large snake fruit, dug it out, who knew this group of ice snakes would follow my butt and keep chasing me nonstop."

  After finishing speaking, Dakuru untied a bundle from his body and revealed a huge snake gourd. The snake gourd was over one meter long, lush and green, with roots that were much larger than ordinary radishes.

  I and Evan exchanged a surprised glance, I saw shock in Evan's eyes too, apparently he had never seen such a huge snake fruit either.

  "Ai Wen said fiercely: 'Such a big snake fruit, it can be said that it is the king of snake fruits. No wonder you were hunted down by the Ice Snake King. Every ice snake has a lifelong guardian snake fruit to eat only once in its lifetime when shedding its skin to prolong its life. If this snake fruit is gone, the ice snake will die quickly when shedding its skin. You foolish shaman, what kind of ice snake can guard such a big snake fruit? Don't you think about it?'"

  Daku Ru said with a hum: "How would I know? One of the challenges to advancing to Great Shaman is to obtain a Snake Fruit in this Black Flame Swamp. Seeing how big it was, I thought that bringing it back would definitely allow me to pass. Who knows, maybe even Salun, the High Priest, will be pleased and arrange an important position for me."

  At the mention of Salen's name, I felt a stir in my heart and asked: "Are you a student of High Priest Salen?"

  Dakuru nodded and said: "I was his first student."

  I turned to Evan and said, "We can't worry about that now, let's work together to get through this difficult time first."