Chapter 38
The next day, Greem met two reeking midgets.
Clearly, they were two unlucky guys who had been attacked by the Sludge, which seemed to have hit them with both it’s ‘Acid Retch’ and a ‘Shrinking’ curse, thus turning them into their current forms. But, before Greem could learn how this had happened, the two, discovering his presence, clenched their jaws shot and glared at him.
Faced with their angry glances, though completely confused as to why they were doing so, he just quickly handed over the list of the items he wanted to trade to Danny, turned around, and left.
Danny was considered to be one of the friendliest guys among all the Apprentice Adept in the tower, and he had established an underground market by selling info on supply and demand. Greem had come by to tell him that he was selling a Giant Lizard egg and Magic Iron Ore. If any Apprentice Adept was interested, they would come to him for a trade. At the same time, he bought a few useful items from Danny at a high price.
Comparing to previous days, the Tower was rather lively today. Most of Apprentice Adepts had left their room, coming out and talking with their familiar ‘friends’ about all that had happened yesterday. The compulsory mission that Adept Anderson had set for them was like a bomb, bringing a massive storm to the peaceful lives of these Apprentices.
All Apprentices were forced to discontinue their research projects and pay close attention to the latest developments, as their very status as ‘Apprentice’ was at stake.
After all, only a handful Apprentices had immediately decided on their missions yesterday, and most of them were still hesitating. In fact, everyone could tell that these missions had been put out by then Zhentarim Association. This also meant that they would have to form a temporary team with Apprentice Adepts from all over the Zhentarim region to fight together.
This was a situation that never happened before, so, while the uniqueness of this event in their formerly dull lives was refreshing, it also absolutely terrified and disturbed most of them as well.
What’s more annoying, its enormous body weighed over thirty tons, so the ground would shake briefly with every step it took. But, it still was attempting to sneak around, like it was actually going to launch a sneak attack. It seemed that it had no idea how much it shook the ground with every step it took.
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Having smoothly moved around a bunch of obstacles, the Giant Alligator King finally discovered a suspicious figure behind the Killer Tree.
It was a hateful human wearing in an Apprentice robe. It also had a few immobilized Ghost Nannies beside ‘him’. Every minute ‘he’ would throw one into the pond in the distance. Thanks to ‘him’, the once peaceful and quiet swampland had become a lively and noisy bloodbath, where the frightening scene of Giant Alligators ripping apart their food was seen everywhere.
The Giant Alligator King angrily glared at this evil Apprentice, and, in order to prevent this enemy from fleeing, it patiently moved forward, slowly yet surely proceeding toward this Apprentice.
100 meters…
70 meters…
50 meters…
20 meters…
Today was its lucky day.
It almost reached the back of that evil Apprentice, and ‘he’ still hadn’t sensed anything strange behind ‘him’.
While praising itself for how well it had sneaked up on its target, the Giant Alligator King lowered its body, making the last preparations for a devastating strike.
Time to die, human! I’m having Apprentice Adept for dinner!
Moving explosively, the Giant Alligator King leaped toward its target.