Chapter 217 - The Swamp with Consciousness
Chapter 217: The Swamp with Consciousness
Perhaps it was because they realized that they couldn’t do any harm to Jerry and the others outside the swamp, the terrifying scene in the swamp gradually disappeared.
Everything returned to its normal, calm appearance.
But at this moment, no one would look down on this seemingly ordinary swamp anymore.
“Cough cough! Cough cough!” The woman on the ground coughed a few times, her expression extremely dispirited.
Beside her, Athena used a spell to help her clean off the dirt on her body.
Meanwhile, Jerry seemed to be thinking about something as he slowly walked towards the edge of the swamp.
“Your Majesty! !” Athena, who was constantly paying attention to Jerry’s movements, immediately cried out in surprise.
“It’s alright, don’t come over!” Jerry reached out his hand to stop Athena and the others from approaching, while he had already walked into the edge of the swamp.
But at this moment, there was still no movement in the swamp, just like an ordinary swamp.
If it wasn’t for what he had just experienced, he really couldn’t see what was wrong with it.
But Jerry knew clearly in his heart that the reason why the swamp didn’t make a move now was because he was only at the edge, and he could completely get out of the swamp’s range with a casual retreat.
Once Jerry took a few more steps forward, he was afraid that there would definitely be some strange movements in the swamp. Perhaps those arms would cover the sky and earth as they rushed towards Jerry again.
“Not only those hands, those arms too probably belonged to those that were swallowed by the swamp. So, before these arms were taken away, how did the swamp attack?” Jerry lowered his head and looked at the dark swamp soil.
“The mud seems to be different!”Jerry was keenly aware that his spiritual sense was blocked by the mud.
Jerry moved without hesitation. He reached out and cut off a branch of a tree. With a few flashes of silver light, a smooth wooden board appeared in front of him.
Then, he took the square wooden board and stabbed it into the swamp, trying to dig out some mud to check.
It was easy to get in, but there was a huge resistance when he tried to pull the wooden board out.
A huge force came from the swamp and pulled the other end of the wooden board. Jerry felt like he was in a tug-of-war with the entire swamp.
Finally, there was a crack. The wooden board could not withstand the huge force and broke. A part of it sank into the swamp and was completely swallowed up by the endless mud.
However, Jerry’s efforts were not futile. The wooden board in his hand also brought out some mud.
Jerry stared at the small piece of mud at the end of the wooden board and directly used his divine power to see what kind of divine power was contained inside.
However, he suddenly found that his divine power was absorbed and devoured by the mud. As it devoured Jerry’s divine power, the mud actually began to twist like a living thing.
Following the wooden board, Jerry slowly climbed towards the source of the divine power, but his speed was extremely slow.
And as more and more divine power was devoured, the strange mud actually slowly came to a stop.
It no longer absorbed any more divine power.
“Are you full?” Jerry’s expression gradually became serious. He finally understood the secret of this swamp.
He finally understood why even the King of the Gods could not get out of this swamp.
The mud here could actually absorb divine power. A small piece of mud might not be able to harm the King of the Gods.
However, the mud in this swamp was undoubtedly a death trap for any tier 2 King of the Gods.
In addition, who knew how many King of the Gods were buried in this swamp, since those arms could still display some of their original strength.
This undoubtedly caused the danger level of this swamp to increase exponentially.
Padah!
After understanding the characteristics of this mud, Jerry directly threw the wooden board in his hand into the swamp.
The mud on the wooden board gradually regained its activity, squirming and sinking into the swamp to become one with the swamp again.
And the wooden board just floated quietly on the swamp.
“Don’t you have any interest in these dead things?”Jerry sneered, then turned his head and left the edge of the swamp.
“How is it?”Jerry asked as he came to Alice’s side and looked at the person who had revealed his original appearance.
The woman still seemed to be a little panicked. Her eyes were flustered and her breathing was rapid, but it was still much better than before.
Athena patted the woman’s back gently to help her calm down.
“My… My name is Crane Elinor. I also have a sister, Crona Elinor. Initially, we didn’t think about how far we would go into the forest. We just wanted to see if we could find any herbs.”
“We accidentally encountered a terrifying ferocious beast. It chased us so we could only runaway. In the end, we had no choice but to escape separately.”
“I panicked, so I chose a random direction. By the time I regained my senses, I realized that I had already fallen into a swamp.”
“It seems that the beast was chasing after your sister!” Jerry said calmly. He did not find any traces of the beast in the vicinity.
A hint of pain appeared on Crane’s face. After the two of them split up, the beast did not follow her. Naturally, it was chasing after her sister.
Once she thought of her sister being caught, the consequences caused her face to instantly lose its color, turning deathly pale.
“Please, if you see my sister, can you help me save her!” Crane seemed to have found hope as she clung desperately to Jerry’s thigh, refusing to let go.
After that short period of time, she already knew that Jerry was the leader of this group of people, and it was also Jerry who saved her from the swamp just now.
“Why? I want to know what happened after you fell into the swamp? Am I the first person to save you?”
“Of course! Why do you ask this question?” Crane’s body trembled, and a trace of panic flashed in her eyes. Her face was a little unnatural, but it soon disappeared.
However, this small change did not escape Jerry’s eyes, and Jerry immediately knew the answer.
“Nothing, I’m just curious! If someone else came to save you, then where did they go? Why didn’t I find any signs of other people around here?”
“Did those people sink to the bottom of this swamp? Initially, I thought that although this swamp was strange, it was ultimately just a weird place. However, as I was saving you, I discovered that this swamp seemed to have its own consciousness.”