It’s not intelligent, only weakened.

  Liam chuckled to himself as he made use of the opportunity, ruthlessly stabbing at the rge carp.

  [-250!]

  [-125!]

  As luck would have it, the effe Liam’s sword triggered. A stack of bleed was added on the carp.

  Liam’s expression stayed calm as he waited a sed before he was able to attack again.

  [-258!]

  [-129!]

  [-30!]

  The carp finally mao recover as it’s Hp were dwindling at insane speeds. It shook its body in panic before diving deeper into the water.

  For a moment the s fell silent again. Liam gradually got a bad feeling. He let out an exasperated sigh as the water began to ripple again.

  Looking at his HP affected by the poison Liam didn’t hesitate to use a health potion. With more than 50 gold to his name Liam could already be sidered a ty. A single health potion didn’t hurt muymore.

  , small carp jumped out of the water again. With the earlier experience Liam mao dodge most of them, only getting hit once.

  However, as his skill was still on cooldown Liam had no way to locate the weakened carp. He randomly checked his surroundings a few times without success.

  Thus, he could only fall silent.

  The carp swam through the deeper waters, cirg its prey. Blood trailed behind it. It didn’t have any deeper thoughts, only knowing that it had to defeat the nephilim intruding in its territory.

  Preparing itself the carp sloroached Liam’s back. When it felt that it was close enough, it suddenly accelerated, aiming for Liam’s thigh with its sharp teeth.

  Liam felt the movement behind him. He grinned, waiting until the carp was just about to hit him.

  Suddenly mana raced through his body. Sparks fshed around him as he vanished from the spot. He traveled a minimal distance, just enough for the carp to miss him.

  Reappearing he instantly activated his skills. His swords fshed through the air.

  The carp fell bato the water, wounds crisscrossing on his body. A mome resurfaced, its belly towards the sky, having lost all signs of life.

  Liam looked at the dead fish with a hint of excitement in his heart. This fight had turned out more iing than he expected, mainly because of the muddy ground and the unknown skill.

  Rubbing his hands he stepped forward, looting the carp’s body. He quickly skipped over the two pieces of green equipment, taking a closer look at three bottles filled with a sour smelling transparent liquid.

  Antidote? This might e in handy.

  Gng at his HP which were still slowly ed by poison, Liam put the antidote away. It would be a waste to use it now that the fight was already over.

  Now that the carp was gone, he didn’t o fear anything as he walked deeper into its territory.

  Slowly a straallic smell mixed into the moldy air. Liam quied his steps, cirg a thick tree.

  An eerie se could be seen oher side. The ubiquitous fog carried a red tinge, wafting around a pile of bohey stuck out of the mood, encirg a scary boructure attached to the tree.

  A dead person was hanging from the sharp boheir clothes were torn into pieces and streaks of dried blood ran down their body.

  Liam sched his face. This was not a sight for the faied.

  [Discovered Infernal totem; EXP: 50]

  [EXP: 1650/2500]

  Liam ighe notification as he already khe meaning of the sight before him.

  It was the doing of infernals, which was how the people of aboul collectively he many creatures born in hell.

  Infernals spent much of their time trying to find ways into the nds of mortals with the aim to cause as much chaos as possible.

  Serving the devils of hell they were the mortal enemies of godspawn, embroiled in aing war.

  The totem erected in the s could have all kinds of effects but none of them were positive for the locals.

  If a pyer found such a totem their as were usually dictated by the alig of the fa they beloo.

  Liam, however, as an inal nephilim had more thaion.

  But there isn’t much value in keeping this thing as long as the inal nephilim aren’t reected with hell.

  The veteran didn’t have to think much about it as he raised his swords and cut dowem.

  The bones fell apart, sinking into the water. Meanwhile, the dead human attached to them mysteriously vanished into thin air, a small relief granted by the game.

  With the corpse gohe eerie boructure behind it was clearly visible. Liam sed it for a sed before finding a small silver attached to it.

  The was engraved with two devilish horns, giving of an evil energy. Despite all the blood running from the corpse, none of it stuck to the .

  Liam ighe unwell feeling in his stomach as he quickly pocketed this . He khat depending on whom he prese to, he would receive rewards and potential quests.

  With nothing more to get from this secret pce Liam trudged back to the path. He was gd to leave the muddy water behind.

  But when the buzzing of mosquitos reached his ears, Liam felt he got out of the frying pan and into the fire.

  Annoyed, he fought his way through the is until Sentrav’s hut finally appeared in his vision.

  Calling it a hut was an uatement, however. The building was a solid wooden house with a io, mostly built on wooden pilrs which held it above the water.

  Broad stairs led to its door which was adorned by artful engravings.

  However, years of left traces on the house. Pnts rew from all sides, its roof showing a few obvious holes.

  Yet a keen observer would notice that no animal dared to get close. Liam naturally khat the reason for this was Sentrav’s pet which protected its home.

  He didn’t dare to behave hastily, readying his swords and approag tentatively, step by step.

  The tall grass below his feet rustled quietly as Liam advanced, his eyes focused oer which began oher side of Sentrav’s hut.

  A movement could suddenly be seen as Liam got closer. It was extremely covert but couldn’t escape the eyes of an experienced pyer.

  Already knowing what to expect Liam quickly dived to the side, seeking shelter behind the hut.

  Immediately sharp bullets of water shot out of the ke. Wood splintered as branches broke apart. The entire coast got bombarded except for the solitary hut.

  A moment ter an angry roar shook the surroundings as a creature got out of the water.

  It looked like a rge alligator, its skin a faint grey with small but sharp hrowing from its head.

  The creature was lohan a sportscar and had four thick but surprisingly agile legs ending in dangerous cws. A threatening snap could be heard as it opened and closed its mouth, tantamount of the incredible power its jaws were capable of.

  Liam took a few steps away from the hut as he checked the monster’s status.

  [Dorrav’s PetRank: Lord

  Level: 18

  HP: 3500/3500]

  Immediately Dorn turned her head, her angry eyes fog on Liam. The monster let out a low roar, as if telling Liam to get away from its home.

  Seeing that the intruder didn’t ply the two horns on the alligator’s head began to glow in a bright blue.

  Two water bullets shot at Liam at incredible speeds. If it weren’t for the signs beforehand even Liam wouldn’t be fident in dodging.

  [Stance -14]

  Liam looked at the notification and didn’t hesitate for long. He instantly used his ultimate skill [Holy Tempest]. Because of its long cooldown he refrained from using the skill in the previous fight against the carp but now the time had e.

  With a light golden shimmer on his skin Liam dashed towards his oppo. His swords nded on the monster’s head.

  [-81!]

  [-40!]

  Dorched her teeth, retaliating by biting towards Liam’s legs.

  The veteran hastily drew back letting the pet snap at empty air.

  [Stance -10]

  Dorn still had her head stretched forward as Liam crossed his swords. A glint fshed along them as Liam’s rapidly used his skills in quick succession.

  Cross ssh, holy wave, and double ssh flowed beautifully, stag holy marks and decimating the enemy’s HP, taking away more than six hundred points.

  Instantly the anger in Dorn’s eyes intensified. A shimmer ran along her body. Her speed suddenly exploded as she snapped tinuously at Liam.

  Rows and rows of incredibly sharp teeth were revealed. Liam didn’t mao dodge the first attack, before a hasty fsh step brought him out of danger.

  [-395!]

  Unfortunately, Liam had extremely limited means of attag from a distance. He could only approach the oppo again, hag down with his swords before evading the terattack.

  Dorn and Liam exged two more rounds of attacks before the pyer’s skills were off cooldown.