Dongdongdongdongdongdong!

The rapid knock on the door woke Modrian from his sleep, rubbed his sleepy face, and he looked out the window. The night curtain was shining with stars, it was already late at night.

Modrian was not in love with the bed, so he immediately got up and opened the door. If there was no important thing, Cran would not wake him up late at night.

However, at this time he was not clear that there were already deep misunderstandings about him and the Noxus Empire cavalry in the distant city of Edalas.

"Cran, what happened?" Modrian asked Crane outside the door.

"Sorry, Lord Modrian, wake you up late at night," Cranfogs said apologetically. "It was Lord Gregory who has returned and has brought back some news about the Renver Mountains."

Upon hearing this, Modrian couldn't wait to walk downstairs and came to the meeting hall of the main fort. He looked up and found that the hall was already full of people.

In addition to Gregory and the Noxus Expeditionary Cavalry who had returned from exploring the Reinwall Mountains, Dryus had also arrived and was whispering to Gregory.

With a look, Modrian looked at the most eye-catching corpse of a giant monster that looked like a multi-legged insect, with long tentacles dragged on the hard floor, rubbing out subtle marks.

Modrian's eyes were solemn, and he walked forward slowly, carefully observing the monster's corpse that looked like a multi-legged insect. His sharp forelimbs flashed with terrifying and fierce intentions under the magic light, and his strong jaw made people without any doubt that he would easily bite trees and stones.

As if he was not satisfied with his view, Modrian stretched out his right hand and gently stroked the hard and thick brown jaw. When he touched the spots outside the carapace, he felt a slight tingling feeling.

"Gregory, it seems that the exploration trip of the Renver Mountains is not very good?" Modrian said softly, his eyes patrolling the broken heavy armor.

"Yes, Lord Modrian, while we were exploring, this strange insect creature raided us directly from the ground." Gregory shrugged helplessly, recalling the scene at that time, his tone was filled with the smell of gratitude.

"If I hadn't noticed a slight energy fluctuation in advance, we might have lost a lot of people this time, but fortunately, we finally killed this big guy."

"Underground attack?" Modrian pondered for a while, searching for the information in his memory, and suddenly recalled the related books he had seen in Perris Castle. It was a monster picture album compiled by the Violet Mage Tower in the Kingdom of Stoke.

The Earth-digging Demon Worm, also known as the Descendant, is a powerful underground monster with strength comparable to the Knights. They usually like to appear between mountains and forests, and use their strong jaws to dig winding tunnels deep underground.

Whenever hunting is needed, the worms dig up the holes and wait patiently until their long tentacles detect that creatures pass by on the ground. Then they will rush out suddenly and grab the prey with their jaws, secreting acidic digestive enzymes while crushing them to dissolve the prey and make it easier to swallow.

A little uncertain inside, Modrian squatted down and carefully observed and compared the fixed characteristics of the monster. At the same time, he also noticed that the fatal injury of the Digit Demon Worm was penetrated through the jaw by a heavy cavalry gun. The corroded damaged gun body could be vaguely seen in the Digit Demon Worm's body.

That was Gregory's work. Modrian saw it at a glance. He knew very well that Gregory's strength was the most powerful force in Dowborg, except for Drayus, the existence of a senior knight.

"If you keep recording, the monster's name is the Digging Demon Worm. It is good at raiding from the ground and has a strong bite force. Unless you have the strength of a knight, you will detour and avoid it after encountering it." Modrian instructed, and then looked at the heavy armor on the surrounding Noxus Expeditionary Cavalry, which was more or less a little pitted.

"Also, be careful that the damn worm can spray acidic liquid to destroy the enemy, be careful of its sneak attack."

Modrian clapped his hands, got up and walked around the corpse of the digging demon worm. He had no gains, and there was a hint of regret in his eyes. It seemed that he could only be treated as a monster material. There should be magic professions specializing in monsters who would be interested in this.

Wait, it seems that I have forgotten something important.

Just as Modrian was about to turn around and leave, he suddenly remembered the monster crystal core mentioned in the monster album, flashed and pulled out the black heavy sword from Gregory's waist, and the sharp blade tore the head of the Digging Demon Worm.

The dark green blood mixed with some pale slurry flowed on the floor of the conference hall, and a brown irregular crystal core rolled down, making a crisp sound of falling to the ground.

【Ding.....Discovering energy sources, does the system allow decomposition?】

The dazzling magic lights were falling, and the brown crystal core flashed with hazy colors. Modrian had just bent down to pick up the crystal core, and the cold system prompt sounded in his ears.

【yes!】

Modrian showed an unexpected look. He didn't expect that there would be additional gains. The dark green data link emerged from his pupils, wrapped around the irregular crystal cores wrapped in brown. In a moment, it completely disappeared, as if it had never appeared in his palm.

【Congratulations to the host, obtaining the Blue Essence*5】

"Cran, contact Cooper tomorrow and try to collect the monster crystal core. I need it." Modrian raised his eyebrows and ordered. Another way to obtain blue essence can replace the crystal core of magic items.

"Yes, Lord Modrian." Cranfoggs pleaded in a low voice.

"Gregory, let me tell you about the situation in the Renver Mountains." Modrian sat upright on the wooden chair in the council hall and knocked on the table.

The Renver Mountains represent Modrian's future and are the top priority in his plan. This is also true for everyone here. When they come to the continent of Kaladimos, they need a territory of their own.

"Mr. Modrian, our exploration of the Remwall Mountains was quite smooth in the early stage. We encountered not many dangers, but the deeper we went, the greater the danger. Until we encountered this earth-digging demon insect, we had to return halfway."

Gregory said in a deep voice, then took out a piece of parchment from his arms, with a part of the scribbled map drawn and marked a certain number of red circles.

After taking the map drawn, Modrian half-squinted his eyes, recalling the warning from Old Jack of Oak Tavern, the Renver Mountains have become extremely dangerous in recent years and have even become a forbidden place for life.

Is it because of the existence of monsters? Or is it another reason?

Modrian was hesitant, his mind was full of the blue essence. He licked his dry lips, and his brown pupils had aroused desire. He looked up at everyone beside him, Drius, Gregory, Crane, and the Noxus Expeditionary Cavalry.

Ambition, maybe!
Chapter completed!