Saint Laurent Prison Warden

Chapter 166 The power of wisdom

Boom! Boom!
An army of mechas made of brass and iron armor plates marched across the swamp in orderly steps.

These armed puppets, made of metal and ore and resembling Gundam in appearance, are the core arms that are widely used in the Silver City-State and are called [Golems] by the mages.

Each Golem is equivalent to a main battle tank in the real world, with combat capabilities far exceeding those of ordinary soldiers. In terms of cost, Golems are also far more expensive than Gargoyles used as regular troops.

Saint Laurent Prison does not keep idle people. In Saint Laurent Prison, there are no cheapest iron golems or steel golems. The worst golem is also a level 3 [Crystal Golem].

The most important role of golems in the Silver City-State is not external attack, but internal suppression. Therefore, almost all regular golems have extremely strong magic resistance.

For example, Iron Golems are mechanical soldiers in ancient magic and are the main combat units of the Silver City. They hold two long scimitars and their bodies are armor. They are not affected by delay magic and have strong magic resistance (immune to slowness. All magic damage is halved).

Another example is the Steel Golem. Steel Golems are cast with a powerful spell by their creators. They are almost immune to magic (magic attacks can only cause 1/4 damage to them). Compared to Iron Golems, Steel Golems are also not slowed, and are more threatening because once attacked, they will immediately retaliate (immune to slowing. Infinite counterattack.).

Above the Steel Golem, most golems have complete magic resistance and are completely unaffected by magical damage, making them truly mage killers.

But the golems in Saint Laurent Prison are completely different from these regular golems.

Because Saint Laurent Prison is a magic-free zone, the golems in Saint Laurent Prison have no magic resistance at all. Instead, they have physical defense as strong as a mountain and exaggerated melee attack capabilities.

When Richard led all of them out to sweep the swamp, it was like a main battle tank suppressing a village rebellion, it was unreasonable.

Snapped!
With every step the leading rock golem takes into the swamp, it slowly turns the soft and muddy swamp around it into hard rock ground. With them clearing the way, the heavy golems can move freely in the swamp without sinking into the mud.

In front of the rock golem, there is a group of [Crystal Golems] whose entire bodies are made up of purple crystals.

[Crystal Golem] acts like a loyal guard, protecting the Rock Golem firmly behind it.

Directly in front of the crystal golem was a large expanse of emerald green grass. This expanse of green grass looked as neat and clean as the carefully tended lawns in a noble's home, and it was totally out of place with the surrounding muddy swamps.

But this is just a disguise of the green grass. Under the grass, terrible predators are lurking.

hum!
The moment the rocky ground under the rock golem's feet extended into the grass, a sharp buzzing sound came from under the grass.

Then, patches of grass rose from the ground, revealing huge roots. The center of these roots was cracked, and inside were densely packed with terrifying teeth.

This is the giant mouth flower! Their mouth and teeth take up more than half of their body, and the remaining organs, plant fluid, nutrient balls, etc., all added up, only take up a small part of the body.

Richard once did a study and found that the number of teeth of the giant oriole can exceed 30,000!

These tiny and neat keratin teeth, which are shed from plant stems, have up to 335 rows, with 70 to 105 teeth in each row. They can easily chew through the tough skin of the swamp crocodile, and can also swallow the swamp mud raw and grind it up before absorbing it into the body.

Generally, the giant-mouthed flower hides underground, allowing mud to enter its mouth and be digested by itself. Occasionally, it will prey on some swamp creatures that step on it to improve its taste.

As you can imagine, this lifestyle means they don't need any mobility at all, so their limbs are highly degenerated and they can hardly move.

This also makes the rock golem that can solidify mud the nemesis of the giant mouth flower. The giant mouth flower has good teeth, but swallowing mud is already their limit, and they can't eat stones.

The sweet and delicious mud cake that was originally stuffed in their mouths suddenly became hard and stabbed their throats. How could these giant-mouthed flowers bear it?

They spit out the contents of their mouths, contract their bodies like springs, and then suddenly pop out to drill out of the ground. The intelligence of the giant mouth flower is not enough for them to realize the current situation. They mistakenly thought that they were attacked by other creatures, and naturally chose to start hunting.

According to their usual hunting conditions, they have a high probability of catching the prey on the ground and biting it into their mouths at this time. Even if they cannot bite it, their companions can.

But this time, they got a hold of something precious.

Snapped!
A giant flower suddenly opened its mouth and bit a [Crystal Golem].

Their teeth, numbering more than 30,000, began to wriggle like crushers, biting the shell of the crystal golem into a radiant glow.

This behavior is an attack to other creatures, but to the Crystal Golem, it has a name.

Recharge!

[Crystal Charge: When the Crystal Golem is attacked physically, 90% of the damage that would have been caused by this attack will be stored. When the Crystal Golem attacks or , the charged damage value will be released as a shock wave during the attack, and evenly distributed to all surrounding enemies. ]

As the basic golem of the prison golem unit, the [Crystal Golem] has the same powerful infinite counterattack ability as the Steel Golem. Any enemy that attacks it will automatically trigger its defensive counterattack.

There is no doubt that the attack of the Giant Mouth Flower has reached the tolerance limit of the [Crystal Golem].

"Those who threaten the prison must be eliminated!" Purple light flashed in the eyes of the [Crystal Golem], and it punched the giant-mouthed flower hanging on its body hard.

boom!
There was only a crisp sound, and the giant mouth flower was punched by the crystal golem, leaving a huge dent! A strange energy rushed out from the crystal golem's fist and rushed into the giant mouth flower's body.

The body of the giant mouth flower swelled up instantly, and a stream of acid spurted out from its trunk, cutting it in half. Crescent-shaped air waves gushed out, shattering the body of the giant mouth flower in an instant.

The high-speed rotating air waves spread in all directions, just like a lawn mower, removing neat layers of grass.

Many of those giant-mouthed flowers buried deep underground didn't even have time to react before they were killed by the unknown waves, without even a shriek.

The Crystal Golem has no emotions, no sympathy, no mercy. It will only move forward, forward, and forward cruelly, killing all the giant-mouthed flowers that pass by.

This was not a battle, nor a hunt, but a massacre.

Mohammed sat on the gargoyle, looking at the neat and majestic army of golems, his gills opening and closing constantly, and he was obviously in an excited state.

The terrifying prey that he needed a long time to prepare before daring to challenge seemed so weak under Richard's hands. This scene further strengthened his determination to follow Richard closely for the rest of his life.

He whispered to Richard, "Boss, I can feel that those giant mouth flowers that were directly killed by the crystal golem are no longer worth sacrificing, but those giant mouth flowers that were affected have intact torsos and only lost their heads, so they are still worth being sacrificed."

"Haha." Richard raised his head, revealing a look that saw through everything. "You are wrong. That is not your feeling, but God's desire.

Your brands are extensions of your Hunter Mother, and they subtly influence your body and mind.

The Hunter Mother was too anxious after all, and revealed her needs. Since He has needs, then we will do something to meet His needs! "Boom!
A strange noise came from the depths of the swamp, and huge dark roots emerged from under the swamp.

Richard pointed to an old tree not far away.
"Big Mouth Old Tree - the advanced unit of the Big Mouth Flower.

Compared to the immobile giant-mouthed flowers, the giant-mouthed old trees already have the ability to move in the mud, and in the future they will have a chance to be reborn and become treemen.

But this is only a theoretical possibility.

When a large number of giant-mouthed flowers and giant-mouthed old trees gather together, a collective subconscious called "Giant-mouthed Flower King" will be generated.

The collective subconscious of the giant flower king will suppress the development of overly strong individuals out of its own interests.

Thus, an interesting "big mouth paradox" arises.

If it weren't in the [Giant Mouth Flower King], the weak individual strength of the Giant Mouth Flower would never be able to grow into an old tree. If each Giant Mouth Flower wants to advance to a Giant Mouth Old Tree, it needs the selfless support of other Giant Mouth Flowers.

As long as it is in the [Giant Mouth Flower King], the giant-mouthed old tree cannot develop into a tree man.

This is the "Big Mouth Paradox".

Only under extremely coincidental circumstances could a very few old trees with giant mouths break this paradox and become giant-mouthed tree people.

Once the giant-mouthed tree man appears, he will immediately seize the collective subconsciousness of the giant-mouthed flowers and spend a long time devouring all the giant-mouthed flowers to advance himself to the [Giant-mouthed Tree King] again.

Every appearance of the Giant Mouth Tree King means that countless Giant Mouth Flowers that have fed the Giant Mouth Tree People have been killed and devoured in retaliation. Very interesting.

I have carefully studied the branding mission given to you by the Mother of Hunters. The stronger you are, the stronger and rarer the prey he requires you to hunt.

Obviously, rarity and power are two indicators that the Mother of Hunters values. Since the Giant Mouth Flower King is the prey that the Mother of Hunters wants to get, then He must be more eager for the Giant Mouth Tree King! "

"Oh~" Green Ham understood. "Boss, what you mean is that as long as we can get the Big Mouth Tree King, maybe we can fish out the Mother of Hunters?

But according to you, Boss, if we want to give birth to a tree king, we need to have a tree man first. But it is difficult for a tree man to be born, so what should we do?"

"Haha." Richard smiled and said:

"For the giant-mouthed tree man to be born, the right time, right place and right people are needed. The most common situation is that the surrounding environment changes dramatically and is no longer suitable for the survival of the giant-mouthed flower group, and a large number of giant-mouthed flowers die.

At this time, the giant-mouthed flower will concentrate its energy on nourishing one or two giant-mouthed old trees, turning them into tree people.

The giant-mouthed tree man has enough mobility to carry the giant-mouthed flowers away from danger.

But there is another less common situation.

That is, the giant mouth flower group dies quickly and in large numbers, far exceeding the normal death rate. At this time, the giant mouth flower king will sacrifice itself and produce a large number of giant mouth tree people!
In this way, even if the giant-mouthed flower tribe survives the war, as long as one giant-mouthed tree man survives, it means that the tribe is doomed to die.

But even if it means drinking poison to quench thirst, the giant-mouthed flower king will do anything to preserve his tribe.

Because the giant-mouthed Kao is the collective subconscious, it is the tribe, and the tribe is it.

This situation is now!"

As soon as Richard finished speaking, the vast lawn and forest suddenly shook! Layers of grass rose and fell, surging like green waves wrinkled by the sea breeze, and vines all over the sky were flying everywhere, messy and making a whirring sound.

The green was lush and dots of green light flew towards the center of the swamp and sank into a group of huge old trees in the center of the swamp.

These huge old trees had actually completed their accumulation long ago, but they were always suppressed and unable to break through, just lacking this finishing touch.

At this moment, all restraints were released, and they gained the freedom of advancement that they had always dreamed of!

"Roar!"

A vast green light was accompanied by roars. In the muddy forest, a large group of tree people with holes and sharp teeth all over their bodies rose from the ground and roared at Richard's army.

They were born to protect the race, and also shoulder the mission of destroying the race.

They will fight to the death for the giant flower tribe until all of them are wiped out. If they are unfortunate enough to win, they will kill each other until there is only one winner who can enjoy the fruits of the entire tribe.

This is the Big Mouth Treeman, a pitiful soldier born with original sin.

"Hey, retreat."

Richard clapped his hands lightly, and all the golems stopped what they were doing and began to retreat in unison.

You guys are awesome. I won’t fight you anymore. Bye.

"Roar!" For the continuation of the race! For the mission! Defeat the invaders!
A large group of tree people who were roaring and about to launch a charge stood still before they reached the boundary of their race.

Wait, where are the intruders?

Huh? No invaders? What are we going to defeat?
There is no intruder...then, I am the intruder!
Kill!
For a moment, the dozen or so tree root monsters that looked like giants in the distance were shaking and biting each other, causing a shocking fight and mud flying everywhere!

"Hiss!" Mohammed took a breath as he looked at the scene in front of him.

He didn't understand what Richard had just said. He clenched his fists excitedly and asked Richard, "Sir, this is amazing. This is amazing. How did you make these monsters kill each other? Is this the power of magic?"

"The power of magic? Haha. No, it's not. This is the power of wisdom." Richard pointed to his temple and said to Mohammed:
"Lao Mo, to become a wizard, both wisdom and magic are indispensable. In fact, wisdom is even more important than magic in many cases, and wisdom comes from knowledge. Starting tomorrow, I will teach you how to read."

"Yes! Boss!"

(End of this chapter)