I'm a forest ranger, why would I enslave a succubus?

Chapter 405 Two Casting Methods
Rhodes saw it.

This is a black shop.

No wonder no one bought it for more than 70 years.

As far as he knows, the main function of specimens is to display or preserve biological information.

If this race becomes extinct in the future and its physiological function information is needed, then the specimen will be useful in magic research.

Although there are not many astral ambushers, they are by no means rare.

38 gold Aaron, that’s an absolutely ridiculous premium.

Seeing Rhode's questioning expression, Pavla also showed an embarrassed expression and explained:

"This is an early work by the shop owner, Lady Stephanie. I heard that back then, Lady Stephanie was still quite arrogant and looked down on everyone. She believed no one could understand her art of taxidermy, so she often set ridiculous prices in an attempt to find a like-minded audience."

".Who is this Lady Stephanie?"

"She used to be the chief dwarf craftsman of the Magic Control Union, though she has now retired to the second position."

"Last time it was Master Darwin's magic jewelry shop, and this is the chief dwarf craftsman's taxidermy shop, Pavla. Are you some kind of lucky girl? You always work for big shots."

"Hehehe—I've always been confident in my ability to find a job, and that's just one of them. Honestly, I'm really confident that Calvin Brown Bear's tapeworm fried skewers can succeed! Mr. Rhodes, go try some too."

Okay, stop talking for now.

Rhodes once again avoided the girl's burning gaze.

The scene in that sight was of Calvin the brown bear walking on the road, dragging a white tapeworm five or six meters long behind his chrysanthemum, and then being rolled up by wooden branches and fried in a frying pan. It was too raw.

I'm sick to my stomach, man.

At the same time, he had to think about it for a moment.

Now that Rhodes has been promoted, there are new ways to construct the fighting spirit.

One is to build it by referring to the appearance, just like the bronze dragon and Gorgon before.

The second is to directly use the target's body to portray the fighting spirit.

simply put.

That is, Rhodes can now control his spirit to penetrate into the target's body, replacing the opponent's physical body bit by bit with his spirit. When the battle spirit is constructed, the target's body will be reduced to ashes.

The former was called "Appearance Casting" by Rhodes, and the latter was called "Soul Devouring Casting".

Among them, 'Spirit-Devouring Casting' is about 12~20% stronger than 'Appearance Casting', and the casting speed is also faster.

38 gold Aaron in exchange for this 12~20% battle spirit enhancement.
If it were in the past, Rhodes would have bought it with a wave of his hand, regardless of the premium.

But it's different now.

After realizing the dragon's strength, he felt a sense of crisis and urgency.

Therefore, a sum of money needs to be left to entrust the dragon-slaying team, and this 12~20% seems a bit not worth it.

"Things have their priorities. It's not like I'm a unique psychic fighting spirit anyway."

Rhodes made up his mind.

I looked back at the girl behind the counter, but she smiled bitterly.

"This price is ten times higher than a living Astral Ambusher. That's why it's been sitting here for over seventy years. Perhaps, Mr. Rhodes, you could wait for the Alien Dimension Cleanup Team to return in two months. By then, there will be a large number of intact remains, and there will definitely be no shortage of Astral Ambushers."

"Two months is too long. Pavla, I want to discuss something with you."

"Please, Mr. Rhodes, you saved my life. I will do whatever I can!"

Next.

Rod politely expressed his admiration and love for Stephanie's specimens, and hoped to see the specimens' appearance with his own eyes and record them with a video camera.

Pavla naturally wouldn't refuse such a small thing.

She readily agreed and asked Rhodes to help watch the store for a while while she skipped to the warehouse in the back to pick up the goods.

soon.

The sound of wheels rumbling could be heard.

Pavla laboriously pushed a large, square, sealed display cabinet from the room behind the counter into the transparent glass.

A strong humanoid creature with thick dark green skin stood quietly under the support of a bracket.

At about 1.8 meters tall, Rod is much taller than him.

But its shoulders are ridiculously wide, wider than two Rhodes combined.

You can see the naked upper body, and in the concave gaps between the muscles are strange, old white meridians, which clearly divide and divide the extremely developed black muscles all over the body, and the effect is better than applying fitness olive oil.

The arms, like cast iron, reach all the way to the knees and are thicker than the waist. The ten thick fingers have no nails, which transform into thick, sharp white bones at the second joint, and the claws are as sharp as knives.

Its head is not much different from that of a normal human being, it is bald, and its mouth is protruding with interlaced fangs.

Supported by the powerful and huge trapezius muscles, it appeared smaller than Rhodes' face.

There was still a small glint of white in the monochrome black eyes, making him look cruel and arrogant.

Honestly.

Very handsome.

Especially the muscles on its body, which are big, but at the same time have both strength and natural feeling.

It doesn't look bloated at all. On the contrary, because of its height, which is not very tall among the creatures in the universe, it inexplicably has the temperament of an agile master.

Rhodes did not delay.

Quickly use the recording stone to record all aspects of the specimen in front of you.

The process was completed quickly.

Of course, he felt embarrassed not to buy anything, so he picked out a slightly smaller specimen of the Hundred-Eyed Demon and a specimen of the Locust Lord in the display area.

Anyway, Rhodes also wanted to try 'Soul Devouring Casting', so it wasn't useless.

These two pieces are obviously the recent works of the dwarf Stephanie. They look very new and are far less exquisite than the Astral Ambusher, so the price is not so arrogant.

The total amount is less than 15,000 gold coins.

Compare 380,000 and 15,000.

Rhodes felt numb.

Before leaving, Pavla handed me a coupon for the tapeworm fried skewers restaurant.

Rhodes' face changed and he pushed again and again, but the girl was too enthusiastic and he couldn't push her away.

resignedly.

Then I had to follow the old rules and secretly give it to the front desk guy in the service hall.

night.

Outside Quartz Town, the green acid mist was slightly dissipating.

"Yuna."

Rhodes returned from the Magic Control Union and waved to the spider elf who had been waiting there for a long time. She bowed respectfully and greeted him with joy.

Blown by unstable winter winds, acid mist shows signs of gradually spreading to farmland areas.

When he got closer, he found that the green mist in the sky was extremely overbearing, and even the yellow color of the sandstorm was dispersed.

The sharp crackling sound corrodes everything it touches.

The dragon's breath is very strong, and the mages in Quartz Town are setting up a magic circle to defend against the acid mist in the farmland area.

But Rhodes felt that the problem should be solved at the source.

This is where he fought against the Black Dragon Mikhail.

It can be clearly seen that the black solid matter left behind by the hill collapsed by the strong acid breath is constantly releasing acid mist.

"It's a good opportunity to try out the shared skills of Toru the Fungus Man's girlfriend."

——[Throat of the Abyss].

(End of this chapter)