Of Swamp And Sea Novels & Stories

Chapter 105: The Weight of the Spoils The rhythmic thump-thump-thump of the corvette’s iron pistons felt muted beneath the heavy blanket of the outer fog. Behind them, the red glow of the burning mainland docks slowly faded into a dull, bruised purple on the horizon. The scent of sulfur and scorched stone lingered on Natalia’s skin, but out here on the open water, it was gradually replaced by the clean, sharp salt of the inner sea.

The dirt was rather wet around the necrotic swamp, and there were large and dry black and gray-colored trees, which the Orcs named Dead Trees, where they believed the souls of the dead rested inside. Through their journey, they found some of the endemic fauna of this swamp, which was large crocodiles with crystals growing over them, which Chaos caught and ate around, named Crystal Crocodiles. Their meat was mostly hard, but the crystals made it even harder and rather crunchy, Chaos found it an interesting snack. There were also Giant Sticky Salamanders, B-Rank monsters, the same as the giant Crocodiles, three-meter-long salamanders with giant and sharp jaws, they were slow but fierce, althou