This was what Viriclo, the crocodile of Niros, shouted, and it hit Erikson and Bockaar's heads like thunder. Erikson's feet softened and he almost knelt on the deck: "No, it's impossible. This place is still several miles away from the Kermida Swamp. Then, how could the Niros crocodile appear here?"
Bokoal stared at the approaching wood in the distance, and began to tremble when he spoke: "Yes, it's a crocodile, it, its tail is paddling in the water."
Niros Crocodile Claude hadn't reacted yet, but he quickly retrieved the impression of the Kermida Swamp from his memory. In fact, the original owner of this body, Claude, had never been to the Kermida Swamp either after or before he crossed over. However, he had heard people mention that there were several rivers in the Kermida Swamp leading to Beringa. Lake, which is the source of water resources in the freshwater area of Lake Beringa.
Moreover, the Kermida Swamp stretches for hundreds of miles, reaching as far as Dodessa County, the westernmost of the three southwest counties, and is connected to the Normandys River, the largest river in the southwest. Geography books say that the Kermida Swamp is rich in hundreds of rare animals and plants, but it is full of poisonous miasma and stagnant pools, with countless poisonous mosquitoes and poisonous snakes. Every year, adventurers who enter the Kermida Swamp to explore and collect medicines die. The three southwest counties are famous adventure areas and death forbidden areas.
By the way, geography books also mention the Niros crocodile, which is the most ferocious beast in the Kermida Swamp. It is good at lurking in the mud and water to wait for prey. An adventurer once saw a seven-meter-long Niros crocodile lurking in the mud. It suddenly burst into flames and effortlessly tore apart four adventurers who passed by it. However, Niros crocodiles mostly live in the depths of the Kermida swamp and rarely hunt in outer areas.
Claude looked at the tree-trunk-like Niros crocodile. It was now swimming towards the fishing boat. This could be seen from the ripples in the water caused by the swing of its tail. Obviously, the Niros crocodile that floated on the water pretending to be a piece of wood to attract prey had been angered by Bokoal and Erikson's competition of marksmanship just now. It swam very fast and was about 130 to 40 meters away from the fishing boat.
Claude snatched the matchlock gun from Erikson's hand and shouted, "Hurry up and sail the boat" while loading the gun.
Viricero was already raising the sail, and then grabbed the pole and pushed the fishing boat out. However, this time the boat was in the reeds and was not moving so fast towards the center of the lake.
Claude loaded up the gunpowder and gun, took aim and fired. This shot obviously hit the swimming crocodile, but the Niros crocodile only shook its body and continued to swim towards the fishing boat as if nothing happened.
"Shoot it in the head, preferably around the eyes. It won't have any impact if you hit other places. The skin of this crocodile is very thick." Verricro shouted as he pushed the fishing boat outwards. Claude said this The gun woke up the dazed Bockar, and he hurriedly poured gunpowder into the matchlock gun he was holding.
The Niros crocodile swam faster and faster, and when Claude raised his gun again to aim, it was seventy or eighty meters away from the fishing boat. Only when we got closer did everyone see clearly. Although the crocodile in the water was not as big as seven meters, it was almost four meters long from the tail to the top of the head. It was almost as big as the fishing boat. It was clearly an adult. crocodile.
No wonder Bockaar and Erikson thought it was a piece of wood floating on the water when it was more than 200 meters away, because no one expected to encounter such a big Niros crocodile.
Ericson hurriedly turned the steering wheel, but the steering wheel only controlled the stern rudder under the boat to adjust the direction of the boat. At this time, the fishing boat was deeply stuck in the reeds. No matter how hard he turned the steering wheel, he could not make the fishing boat turn around immediately. Come, we can only rely on Viricero to push the fishing boat away from the reeds step by step.
Erikson let go of the steering wheel and ran to adjust the sail, but although there was wind, it was blowing in the direction of the reeds. Even if the sails are fully hoisted, it will not help the fishing boat to escape danger. On the contrary, the wind will blow the sails and the fishing boat will sail into the reeds. He had to deflect the sail first, then ran back to the stern and turned the steering wheel to control the direction of the bow.
Claude calmed down and aimed at the Niros crocodile that was getting closer and closer. However, the color of this Niros crocodile was muddy gray, making it difficult to see the position of its eyes. Claude could only estimate the approximate location and pulled the trigger hard.
With a "boom", the Niros crocodile shook violently and stopped.