Witcher: I Can Extract Everything - Chapter 391: In the Lake

Chapter 391: In the Lake

After diving into the lake, Heath quickly swam to the other side of the lake. The Tarot Spider had very strong tracking ability. If it was still on the surface of the water, it might be able to sniff and track Heath. However, after diving into the lake, there was no such possibility. The water element had a very strong restraining effect on the Tarot Spider. This restraining effect was all-encompassing, including its tracking ability. Once Heath dived into the lake, the Tarot Spider would no longer be able to locate him.

Huff Huff! Huff Huff!

In the lake, the sound of breathing that sounded like a bellow was heard.

With the help of the Mermaid Sea Gills, Heath could easily maintain his normal breathing underwater. However, this breathing was completely different from breathing on the ground. Just by listening to this breathing, one could tell that.., this breathing was much heavier.

This was because the Mermaid Sea Gills worked like an ordinary parotid gland. It absorbed a large amount of the surrounding water, oxygen was filtered from the water and supplied to Heath’s respiratory system so that Heath could breathe under the water.

It took a lot of effort to extract a large amount of water each time, and it also consumed a lot of energy to filter the water. Therefore, when he breathed, it would make a sound like a bellow.

If he relied solely on his own strength to urge the Mermaid Sea Gills to filter the water, even a Grand Knight like Heath would not be able to use the Mermaid Sea Gills for too long. At most, he would be out of strength after half an hour.

The main reason why Heath could breathe freely underwater was that there was a separate magic array on the Mermaid Sea Gills The function of this separate magic array was to draw magic power from the Magic Stone to supply the Mermaid Sea Gills. It was because of this separate magic array that Heath was able to use the Mermaid Sea Gills freely.

As he swam forward, he could not help but observe the scenery around him.

It was different from the situation in the sea. The sea was very clear. The fish, seaweed, and even the sunlight that shot into the sea could be seen clearly. It was like a transparent glass bottle.

The quality of the water in this kind of freshwater lake was much more turbid. The surface of the water, where the bottom could be seen, was covered with a layer of sand. The entire surface of the water looked a little dark and gloomy. It was not that bright. It was as if there was a layer of fog in it.

However, this was also normal. The sea was, after all, an endless and vast sea. No matter what fell in, it would quickly be swallowed by the powerful volume of the sea itself. The volume of the lake itself was relatively small. Its swallowing ability was limited. A lot of sand that could not be swallowed easily drifted in the water, causing the water quality to be muddy.

In addition, the ecological environment in the lake was not as good as that in the sea. In the sea, there were groups of fish, hundreds and thousands of them, even the magnificent scene of tens of thousands of aquatic creatures gathering together was definitely not seen here.

The ecological environment in the lake was really too simple compared to the sea. Heath had been observing his surroundings along the way, but he did not see many fish, shrimp, crabs, and other aquatic creatures. Occasionally, he would see some of them walking alone. The largest school of fish that Heath had seen was only about a hundred or so. Compared to the sea, it was really not large at all.

However, there was an additional scenery that could not be seen in the sea.

The sea was salt water after all. There were many freshwater creatures that could not be seen in that place, such as frogs.

When he swam to the other side, Heath saw a few frogs paddling forward in the water. They were surrounded by a dozen tadpoles. It was as if the tadpoles were looking for their mother.

Not far away, there was a lotus leaf. The frogs swam all the way to the lotus leaf and jumped onto it. The remaining tadpoles surrounded the lotus leaf and refused to leave. It looked very interesting

In addition, there were freshwater shrimp and freshwater fish. There were many aquatic creatures that could not be seen in the sea. There were also some demonized creatures, such as a fish that could spit out ice swords.

This was a water-type demonized creature called an Ice Carp. It was a freshwater fish that lived in lakes, streams, and inland rivers in the forest. Although it did not look very eye-catching, its strength was not ordinary. It had the strength of an intermediate-level Apprentice and was very good at using ice element magic.

Every once in a while, it would regularly release ice element energy. During the period when it released energy, wherever it swam, it would be frozen, forming ice lumps that floated to the surface of the water.

Looking from the outside, it was as if after the fish swam through the water, when an ice road suddenly appeared under the water. It looked very magical, and because of this, this fish was also named Ice Road Fish by some ignorant humans. Some humans even thought that they were descendants of the god of ice, and used them as a form of worship.

“Ah, Heath, look, it’s an Ice Carp! I really didn’t expect that there would be such a thing here.”

Seeing the Ice Carp, Nina was pleasantly surprised. She pointed to the front and shouted at Heath.

The Ice Carp had great medicinal value to Wizards. The parotid glands on their bodies could be used to make many precious potions.

Because of this, the Ice Carp was the target of Wizards everywhere. Many Wizards visited lakes around the world to catch this kind of Ice Carp, and even during a certain period of time… In the wild forest, whenever Wizards saw lakes or streams, they would specially cast magic to dive down to see if there were Ice Carp. For this reason, a large number of Wizard tools that were specially used to catch Ice Carps appeared.

However, because of the wanton hunting by Wizards back then, Ice Carps were becoming increasingly rare. The rarer the item, the more expensive it was. In the past, the price of an Ice Carp was not cheap. Now, with the sudden decline in the number of Ice Carps… The price of the Ice Carps became even higher. An inch-long Ice Carp would cost at least 100,000 Magic Stones in the Wizard market, which showed how precious this material was.

Nina quickly shouted to heath, “Quick, Heath, catch it!”

Heath said without hesitation, “You don’t have to remind me.”

It did not matter to him whether it was worth Magic Stones or not. The key was that Heath had never extracted an Ice Carp before. Now that there was such a rare opportunity, he could not miss it.

‘I wonder how many attribute bonuses this thing can give me?’

As he thought curiously, Heath’s body exerted force and immediately shot out like an arrow towards the Ice Carp in front of him.

After practicing repeatedly by the sea during this period of time, Heath had already mastered the skills of underwater movement. The speed of his swimming was naturally needless to say. It was no different from the sword he shot out.

Just as he was about to reach the Ice Carp, the Ice Carp seemed to have sensed something. With a swing of its tail, it immediately flew out, before Heath could pounce on it, it had already thrown Heath far away. “Ah, little thing, you’re running pretty fast!”

After missing the target, Heath was not in a hurry. He mobilized his strength again and continued to chase after the Ice Carp in front of him.

For a moment, the man and the fish began to chase each other in the lake. The Ice Carp swam in front while Heath followed closely behind.

Originally, Heath thought that taking down the small fish would be a piece of cake, but this chase greatly exceeded his expectations.

Although the Ice Carp was not a powerful demonized creature, its swimming speed in the water was surprisingly fast. It was like a gust of wind blowing in the water, exploding before the eyes and disappearing. This made Heath miss several times. Of course, if Heath used magic, the little thing would not be able to escape from his palm. As long as the Wizard’s Forcefield was activated, Heath would be able to control the forcefield within 100 meters. Catching the little fish was a piece of cake.

However, Heath did not choose to do that. After all, he was not in a hurry to go ashore. It was interesting to be able to play with the little fish underwater.

It was just like how nobles liked to go out and hunt. They mostly enjoyed the fun of hunting, not the prey itself. Heath was also enjoying this hunt.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

All kinds of crisp sounds were heard in the water. Heath and the Ice Carp scuttled quickly in the water.

After chasing for more than ten minutes, the Ice Carp gradually slowed down. After all, it was only a small fish. No matter how powerful it was, its stamina was limited, especially when it was dodging at high speed just now, which was the most exhausting.

Heath and the Ice Carp were on par in speed. Previously, Heath had been hanging not far behind the tail of the Ice Carp. Now that the speed of the Ice Carp had slowed down, he immediately chased after it. Not long after… the curtain of the chase was also drawn.

Grabbing the small Ice Carp in his hand, Heath grinned. “Run? Aren’t you running pretty fast?”

The Ice Carp opened its mouth and immediately spat out an ice arrow. This arrow came very suddenly, and it was aimed directly at Heath’s face. If it was any other Wizard, they might really suffer a loss here… But to Heath, that was just a childish attack.

Just as the ice arrow was about to hit him, a silver Mimicry Shield quietly appeared and immediately covered his face, as if he was wearing a silver mask on his face.

Crack! The ice arrow hit the Mimicry Shield and exploded into pieces.

“Good guy, you still dare to sneak attack me!”

Heath, who had been filled with killing intent for a long time, did not give the monster the chance to attack him again. He reached out and pinched the central nerve on the Ice Carp’s forehead and exerted a little strength. Immediately, a crack was heard. The central nerve of the Ice Carp was completely destroyed by him.

Then, Heath silently chanted in his heart: ‘Extract.’

(Beep, successful extraction. Spiritual Power +0.2]

(Beep, extraction successful. Agility +0.3]

(Beep, extraction successful. Obtained Talent (Extreme Swimming).]

(Beep, extraction successful. Obtained Life Sequence (Ice Carp).]

[Beep, extraction successful…]

This little carp did not disappoint Heath. As soon as he finished speaking, a series of system notifications rang in his ears, then he felt a huge amount of pure energy and all kinds of knowledge pouring into his spiritual sea and mind.

Heath closed his eyes to feel it, but was surprised: “Oh, no wonder this thing can swim so fast. The secret is here!”

Extreme swimming was a talent attribute that he had just extracted from this Ice Carp. This talent clearly recorded the reason why the Ice Carp could swim fast, and now this talent belonged to Heath. Of course, this talent originally belonged to the Ice Carp, and it was completely compatible with the Ice Carp’s body. If Heath’s body was forced to use this talent, it would be impossible.

For example, a dog could have an extremely strong sense of smell, which was determined by its physiological structure. No matter how much humans or other creatures imitated the behavior of dogs, they would not be able to obtain a dog’s outstanding sense of smell talent.

However, it was different for Wizards. As long as a Wizard could grasp the detailed composition of the other party’s talent, they could completely reproduce the other party’s talent.

There were two ways to reproduce it. One was to change oneself. For example, using a transformation spell to transform oneself into an Ice Carp, thus giving oneself the physiological structure of an Ice Carp. Then, one could naturally use the Ice Carp’s talent.

Another way was to modify one’s body, which was the same as the previous method, which was to change one’s physiological structure. One could have the physiological structure of the Ice Carp so that one could use the talents of the Ice Carp.

Another way was to modify the talents of the Ice Carp so that one could use them.

This method was equivalent to using the talent of the Ice Carp as a blueprint to create a spell with this effect. Of course, this required a high level of knowledge and the ability to create spells. It was far from what an ordinary person could do.

But this method was also one of the methods that Wizards often used.

Wizards’ magic mostly came from simulating the abilities of various creatures in nature. Many spells were also created by simulating the natural talents of strange creatures in nature.

Simulating the abilities of creatures in nature was a mainstream method, but it was also the most difficult one. The most difficult part was to figure out the innate structure of these creatures.

Although the external performance of a creature’s innate talent was easily known, its internal innate structure was very hidden. It was not easy for people to see it. If a Wizard wanted to understand the specific structure of a creature’s talent, they would need to carry out a lot of experiments, conjectures, and research. Only then would they be able to excavate the talent structure of the creature step by step.

However, it was easy for Heath to understand the talent structure because when he extracted the creature’s talent, the complete talent structure had also been extracted…