NOVGO.NET Chapter 242 - 194: Fire-Scaled Viper
Chapter 242: Chapter 194: Fire-Scaled Viper
Emily also frowned slightly, staring at the device gently emitting mist, her nose twitching as she sensed a faint scent of grass mixed with mint.
“What kind of potion is this? I don’t think I’ve seen it before,” she couldn’t help but ask.
“Frost Leaf Vine Guiding Agent,” Louis answered casually, still focused on observing the few red figures slowly wriggling between the crevices of the rocks ahead.
“Frost Leaf Vine?” Emily repeated in a low voice, “How come I’ve never heard of it?”
“That’s normal.” Louis’s lips curved slightly, a hint of self-assuredness appearing in his eyes.
“A rare chill-type vine from the Northern Wilderness, often found clinging to icy cliffs, secreting a sticky blue sap with a piercingly cold scent when mature. I had some people collect a batch for experiments, and after refining, it was made into this guiding agent.”
Emily tilted her head, looking at the white mist slowly spreading out, her expression becoming a tad more serious: “Are you saying… this thing can control Fire-Scaled Viper?”
“To be precise, it ’suppresses the explosive reaction in all magical beasts’ instincts.’” Louis’s tone became a bit more serious.
“Fire-Scaled Vipers, these magical beasts, will directly enter a self-destructive rage when faced with threats, making it hard to capture or even approach. But this potion can release a cold mist, penetrating their nervous systems and suppressing that state.”
He paused, seemingly observing a snake that was getting restless, “Just like now, it’s hesitating, sniffing, instead of charging directly to self-destruct.”
Emily nodded, her pupils reflecting the shadow of the Fire-Scaled Viper seemingly swimming in the mist.
He’s not even an alchemist, yet he can design something like this, like some wild genius…
She silently watched his concentrated profile, a feeling arising in her heart that she had never experienced before.
“I originally thought you were just the kind to fight,” she said softly, the corners of her mouth curling, “Turns out you even study so thoroughly how to capture and raise magical beasts.”
“Magic Explosion Bullets and Fiery Oil also need raw materials, after all.” Louis shrugged, his tone calm, “The world is going to get more chaotic, and if we don’t prepare for a ’non-human soldier’ force early, we’ll suffer sooner or later.”
The mist had gradually spread out, wrapping around the edges of each hot rock like silk.
Pale blue mist drifted through the air like a light veil, as if the entire Geothermal Canyon was draped in a layer of dreamy frost-woven veil.
“Mist layer is stable.” Louis looked up at the refraction of the sky’s light, confirming humidity and wind direction, “We can start contact now.”
A knight with a lean build and a covered face walked out slowly.
He was wearing a custom-made brown-silver protective suit; this was Adrian, in charge of today’s induction task.
A knight from the Calvin Clan, specializing in hunting.
He slowly approached the crevice area where the Fire-Scaled Viper was.
The completely crimson demon snake with scales hovered on the warm rock, no longer raising its neck high as before, but slowly moving, the frequency of its tongue flicks reduced.
Suddenly, a thin flame tongue sprayed from its mouth, hot but brief, not forming a complete stream of fire.
“It’s okay, it’s a warning flame tongue,” Adrian reported in a low voice, “It’s not a predatory spray, its emotion remains low-agitated.”
Louis spoke softly, “Then increase the dose by one-tenth, we need to form a ’Frost Leaf Veil’ in this area.”
As the second round of distillation device started, a denser blue mist slowly released, merging with the canyon’s moist air, like a thin gauze barrier, gradually enveloping the Fire-Scaled Viper.
It began to slow its movements, its head on the ground, eyes half-closed, clearly entering some kind of calm state.
“Begin contact.”
Adrian steadily approached. He put on a pair of specially made frost-covered gloves, gently reaching out, stroking the side of the Fire-Scaled Viper’s neck—one of its most sensitive areas.
The snake’s body trembled slightly but did not evade.
Taking the opportunity, he took a small piece of meat from his waist and slowly extended it to the snake’s head.
The Fire-Scaled Viper paused slightly, flicking its tongue lightly on the meat, emitting a low “hiss.”
Adrian’s eyes lit up, “It’s a neutral signal, it doesn’t see me as a threat.”
“Very good, induction group, start the operation,” Louis whispered.
The team immediately began their actions, with the induction group guiding it to the already prepared taming area.
The protection group got into position, ensuring the perimeter’s safety;
The observation group continued analyzing the Fire-Scaled Viper’s breathing frequency and muscle tension changes.
Throughout the process, the Fire-Scaled Viper never again showed intense hostility, even moving only slightly when the gentle restraints were applied, then obediently being guided, slowly swimming into the taming area.
When the cold iron net closed, the ligature locked in place, the entire canyon suddenly fell into silence.
“Successful capture.”
The knights breathed a sigh of relief, some even cheered softly, but all kept it restrained.
With the first Fire-Scaled Viper successfully guided to the taming area, the pace of action quickly accelerated.
“Follow the same procedure,” Louis ordered in a deep voice, his sharp gaze sweeping over the geothermal canyon, “Today, we aim to clear out as much of this activity area as possible.”
The knights quickly divided into groups, with distillation devices set down like spirit lamps releasing blue mist along both sides of the canyon.
With the cold mist rising again and the air humidity gradually increasing, a thin and uniform “Frost Leaf Veil” quietly formed, as if covering the entire scorching rocky plain with a layer of transparent ice silk.
The Fire-Scaled Vipers gradually fell into calmness.
Their movements in the mist became slow, sluggish, even beginning to snuggle by the edges of the crevices, as if enjoying the long-lost coolness.