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After breaking through the Death Legion, the path led into a deep swamp. Black water rose up to their knees, and decaying trees were leaning in the mist. With every step, the mud stuck to my feet.
The surface cracked open, and the mudworms surged upward. The moment the giant body wrapped itself in the swamp water, venomous mosquito monsters swarmed over its head. Giant spears were aimed at them all at once.
Bulpa exploded consecutively. The heatwave swept through the mosquito monsters, and the flying flamethrowers pierced Worm’s body. Direct sunlight broke through the mist, revealing the surrounding shadows.
But the swamp had already formed a siege.
The web of spiders spread across the water tightened. The Black Lich blocked the path, spewing black mud, while the Swamp Lich’s rotten arm swung from the side. The tentacled monster stretched its tentacles underwater, trying to wrap around the leg.
I pushed away the tentacles with a shield and thrust the spear in. As the spear tip pierced the monster's body, a blazing fire of high heat immediately spread. The flames spread over the water, burning the decaying plants and mud.
The swamp spider raised its long front legs. Before the sharp legs came down, he quickly thrust his spear to cut off the attack and twisted his body to evade the mudhounds charging from behind. The flamethrower pierced the hound, and the burst of fire swallowed its muddy body.
Then a vibration arose from beneath the ground.
A mud mole emerged by digging into the ground, and the swamp golem threw a giant punch, mashing up stone and mud. As the mud crusher threw rocks, the swamp water surged in all directions.
Ray after ray of light poured down. It broke the rocks and pierced through where the fog predator had been hiding. Then Bulpa swept through the rows of trees like a tunnel, burning the exoskeletons of swamp beetles.
The venomous snake monster stood up and released toxic gas. As suffocating fog surged in, they pushed back the gas with flames of high heat. The flamethrower pierced the serpent’s body, and the heat bursting from its spearhead boiled the surrounding swamp water.
A rotifer lunged at them with its huge claws spread open. I caught the claw with my shield and stabbed the gap with my spear. After that, the corrupt deer charged forward, thrusting its rotten antlers, but the direct sunlight poured down from the front, stopping the monster's movement.
The restless spirits of those who died in the swamp rose, entangled in the mud. As the swamp spirits reached out their arms to approach, flames enveloped their forms. Faint light spread across the black water, and the ghosts sank into the blazing mud.
The attacks continued.
He hurled his spear to push back the approaching monsters, alternating between fire bursts and beams of light. Flames of high heat shook the swampy mist, and explosions rattled the decaying forest.
At last, the monsters blocking their way fell. But deep in the swamp, the black water was still rippling. Beyond the burning thicket, a massive mark submerged in water moved slowly
Suffocation in the Swamp
After dealing with the Death Legion, they emerged from the split tunnel and entered the swamp. Mist covered the ground, and rotten roots were rising through the black mud. The moment the sticky bubbles burst beneath my feet, the entire swamp shook.
A mudworm broke through the ground and emerged. The massive body swung, pouring mud and water, and venomous mosquito monsters swarmed the space. The moment the poison needles flew, the firecrackers exploded, sweeping away the swarm of mosquitoes. Then the flamethrowers flew in succession and pierced Warm's torso.
Direct sunlight pierced through the mist of the swamp. The outline of the hidden fog-eater emerged, and beams of light pierced through its shape one after another. But in the water where no light reached, the swamp tentacanth monster stretched its tentacles.
I brushed off the tentacles with my shield and quickly thrust my spear. As the spear tip pierced the monster in the water, black water surged forth. Soon after, flames of high heat engulfed the water's surface, burning the tentacles.
The swamp spider pulled back the web it had spread over the water. Just before his ankle was caught, he twisted his body to cut the rope, but Swamp Rich swung his rotten-plant arm. Blocking the attack with spears and detonating firecrackers, the mud and decaying vines crumbled in the flames.
Black Rich crawled up the floor, trying to grab a leg. He pushed away the black slime with his shield and plunged his flamethrower in repeatedly. As the hot flames burned the slime, the muzzled hounds charged from both sides.
He swung his spear wide, pushing back the hound in front, and poured direct rays of light at the one following him. As the light pierced the monster's body, the fire burst forth, and the swamp water surged up like an explosion.
At that moment, the ground gave way.
A mud mole broke the ground from beneath, and through the gap, a swampy gollum rose to its massive form. As the mud crusher threw rocks and mud clumps, he charged forward, deflecting the impact with his shield. The spear pierced the golem's body, and flames of high heat spread through the crack.
The venomous snake monster lifted its body and unleashed toxic swamp fumes. As the thick gas obscured visibility, beams of light shot through the fog. He hurled a flamethrower at the exposed serpent’s body, and the flames pushed back the poison gas, burning the surroundings.
A rotten crab lunged at it with its claws spread wide. It deflected the attack by stabbing through the claw’s gap with its spear, but the swamp beetle charged in, spraying acidic sap. He deflected the attack by tilting his shield and trapped the beetle in the flames by detonating a fireball.
The long front legs of a swamp spider descended over its head. I crouched down to avoid, then quickly thrust my spear. Then, as the corrupt deer charged forward with its decaying antlers, he parried it head-on with his shield and poured down a torrent of blazing fire.
Finally, the swamp spirits rose from the mud. The restless spirits of the dead tangled with the black water and stretched out their arms. Direct beams of light sliced through the ghosts, and a continuous spear of fire pierced through their backs. A fierce blaze spread across the swamp, engulfing the shapes of the ghosts.
As the attacks subsided, only charred mud and broken shells remained in the swamp. But a huge bubble rose again from the depths of the water. Something moved beyond the mist, and the entire swamp began to sway low.
