The witch thought I am a Demon God-Chapter 576 - 330: The Idol in the Marsh (Two-in-One)_3

He couldn’t help but remind Ivita, "The Death Swamp is right next to Viscount Josè’s Territory. It indeed used to be human territory, but now it’s occupied by the Lizardmen and the terrifying Longhair People Clan."

"Previously, there was a lord, blessed by the Governor of the Central Harbour, who brought along his writ and viscount ring to that swamp. Do you know what happened to him? That unfortunate middle-aged nobleman, who was about to take up the viscount’s position, along with his army of over five hundred men, disappeared completely into the depths of the swamp."

"If you obtain the swamp, you better not enter it. The place is neither suitable for farming nor business, and there aren’t many humans there. You just need to claim it in name, there’s practically no difference."

"The Marsh People do have a powerful army."

Seeing the sincerity of Joe Joseph’s housekeeper, Ivita laughed.

So that’s how it is.

No wonder Joanna had told him there were some complications in the swamp.

However, the way he obtained the territory was different from the middle-aged nobleman the housekeeper mentioned. He had obtained it from Santa Claus’ daughter as a prize, and the Hearthstone Witch under him had won it by dart throwing.

Depending on the situation of the territory, at least Joanna would ensure her prize belongs to the winner for about ten years.

Just that the ones currently occupying Death Swamp are not humans.

He wondered whether the daughter of Santa Claus could still guarantee the ownership of the prize in non-human territory.

Ivita nodded to the housekeeper, only saying, "I understand." 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

Joe Joseph was about to say something, but he didn’t. He watched Ivita enter the castle hall, his lips mute, after all, Ivita was the lord.

However, at the dining table in the hall, amidst the candlelight and the servants, it was again Joe Joseph’s housekeeper’s forte.

At his insistence, Ivita, Kamizuki and the Dead Cow Wizard were finally assigned three personal servants.

Ivita could not decline. The housekeeper was too enthusiastic and wanted to serve him well in every detail.

After leaving the Jose Castle, they switched to three top class warhorses, heading for the swamp. After about four hours of hard riding, it was already dark.

At that time, they rode their warhorses and appeared at a protruding rock highlands next by the swamp.

On the barren rock highlands, Ivita, under the cover of the night, looked down at his territory.

It was a swamp with sparse trees and many shrubs and wild grasses about half the height of an adult. At first glance, it was sparsely forested.

But Ivita and the others knew, underneath was a man-eating swamp.

The three warhorses seemed to sense the danger and refused to go near the swamp.

Such heavy horses would find it hard to escape once they tread into the swamp.

In the Death Swamp stood many stone statues about fifty meters high. Some of them looked like seated humans, partly in the form of Lizardmen, and partly ordinary human figures.

Opening up his wizard’s unique Spirit Vision, Ivita found that these stone statues exposed outside the swamp were only half exposed to the swamp’s surface, and at least fifty meters were submerged under the swamp.

Ivita asked, "What’s the matter with this swamp? There’s a significant concentration of negative energy at the bottom of the swamp. It’s not dissipating and almost turning into a solid entity."

"And why do I feel that the overall shape of the negative energy under the swamp is that of a dragon without wings?"

The Dead Cow Wizard turned around and said to Ivita, "Sir, the formation time of the swamp highlands is impossible to trace."

"I heard that some idle scholars from the Scholar City tried to trace back in historical records to examine the formation time of the swamp."

"But the most recent history books with relevant records go back to the Ancient World."

"According to a book called [History], the formation time of this swamp may have been before the appearance of humans, saying something about the [Ancient Dragon Era] when countless [Reptile Dragons] lay dormant at the bottom of the swamp."

"Due to the over-concentration of spirituality, there are many unrotten bodies of reptile dragons at the bottom of the swamp, but it’s extremely dangerous. Even wizards who enter the Death Swamp never come out."

Ivita felt a tremor in his heart. He found the shape of the negative energy underneath the swamp very similar to a dinosaur.

He asked hastily, "What’s the [Ancient Dragon Era]?"

The Dead Cow Wizard said: "Sir, you’ve asked me a difficult question. What I know are some unverified rumors. They make a good story, but that’s about it."

Ivita said, "Let’s hear it."

The Dead Cow Wizard was forced to reveal what he knew. "It seems to be proposed by a scholar. The [Ancient Dragon Era] before the appearance of humans was a world without humans: the world was ruled by the law of the ancient dragons. At that time, even the important gaseous elements in the air that support life were different from what they are now, whether in terms of temperature or sunlight conditions, everything was completely different."

"But that person believes that later the law of the ancient dragons encountered a serious problem, and in the cycle of ’shatter – restore’, it was unable to restore completely. The era of the crawling dragons ended, and then humans were born."