The edge of Mirkwood.
Fang Yuan quickly circled a location on the map.
"right here."
Lilith next to her came over to check for a moment and then said.
"It's less than half an hour away from us in a straight line."
"Considering the terrain in the forest, it can be reached in forty minutes at most."
Fang Yuan nodded and then said.
"Several Plantagenet family guardian knights have been found."
"But how to get them to reveal the information is a bit troublesome."
These words made Lilith a little confused.
"What else happened?"
Fang Yuan nodded.
Immediately, he recounted the information just reported by Windrunner.
"According to the news sent back by Vanas."
"They stopped the guardian knight who was returning to report the news at the outermost sentry tower away from Plantagenet Castle."
"During the fight, the guards at the guard tower outside Gorse were alerted."
"As a last resort, Vanas had no choice but to kill all these guards."
"Then the traces of the orc attack were disguised."
"It's just that these were seen by a few Plantagenet family guardian knights."
"They decided Vanas was the enemy."
"Has refused to surrender to her and will no longer provide any intelligence."
I heard this is the reason.
Lilith said after pondering for a while.
"I didn't expect such an accident."
"But there is no need to worry, Lord Lord."
"Have you forgotten Vanas' skill disguise?"
When I heard Lilith mention the name of this skill.
Fang Yuan immediately knew what she wanted to say.
"You mean!"
"Let Vanus disguise himself as a member of the Plantagenet family?"
Lilith nodded.
"good."
"We just arrange for people to perform a play."
"The people who sent the Purple Moon mercenaries pretended to attack Windrunner."
"Then let Vanus disguise himself as a guard of House Plantagenet."
"Then send soldiers to chase them."
"At a critical moment of life and death, these guardian knights have no choice between life and death."
"I will definitely choose to disclose the information to Vanas."
"In this way, the information will be obtained."
When Fang Yuan heard this plan, he couldn't help but clapped his hands and said.
"Absolutely awesome!"
Then he looked at Lilith and said.
"How did you come up with this plan?"
"Yes or no!!!"
Lilith shrugged.
"In the civilization era of the Old Continent, the Magic Empire was the conqueror. It not only conquered the Old Continent, but also conquered other planes."
"Of course there will be enemies."
"As a magician who makes up a magic empire, if you are too stupid and cannot see through the trap, you will basically not survive for long."
"Even a talented magician will have a bad mind."
"It will also be abandoned."
"So in the courses of many magic academies, in addition to learning the necessary magic knowledge, you also need to learn how to survive."
"To express it in the language of the world my Lord lives in, it is political science and social science."
"And this course not only teaches how to avoid various dangers and traps."
"We will also invite some mercenaries to teach us how to take advantage of the enemy's weaknesses, etc."
"So in the old continent era, every magician who grew up enough to enter the City of God of Law."
"They are not pure little sheep."
"On the surface it may look harmless to humans and animals."
"In fact, it's a bloody debt."
"There was a time when there were rumors in the Old World."
"If you have not killed more than a thousand people, you are not qualified to be called a magician."
Fang Yuan heard Lilith's words.
Said quite surprised.
"Lilith, you have once again refreshed my understanding of magicians."
"Before, I thought they were just a bunch of crispy guys who only used their skills."
"Later I thought they were gentlemen who studied magic."
"Only now do I realize that these are a group of evil villains who kill without blinking an eye!"
Lilith chuckled.
"Magic cannot be defined, and neither can a magician."
"Not all magicians are like this."
"At least those magicians who are not qualified to enter the Dharma God City are not like this."
"They are indeed, as the lord thought, a group of gentlemen obsessed with studying magic."
"It's just that the research is on low-level magic."
"And he doesn't live long."
Hearing this, Fang Yuan asked curiously.
"Why?"
Lilith said calmly.
"The strength is too weak."
"The magic power itself has a very destructive effect on the magician's body."
"Only when magicians continue to practice meditation and improve their own strength can they resist the damage of magic to the body."
"And if you want to keep improving, you must enter the Dharma God City."
"Only in the Dharma God City can you get enough time to improve your cultivation and resist the damage to the body caused by magic when your strength stagnates."
"When you study outside, your strength can easily stagnate."
"Once the strength stagnates, the physical damage caused by constantly studying and releasing magic will explode."
"The mage who is eventually eroded by the magic power will either turn into a monster or explode himself to death."
"Magic City, Magic Empire."
"In the end it's just~"
Speaking of which.
Lilith shook her head again and said.
"It's all old stuff."
"Lord, it's better to arrange personnel quickly to obtain information."
Seeing that Lilith didn't seem to want to continue talking.
Fang Yuan didn't ask any more questions.
After he nodded slightly, he found a Windrunner and told him the plan.
Let him tell Varnas the plan.
prepare in advance.
Then he personally selected some Ziyue mercenaries from the auxiliary legion and went to the forest.
And just after arranging these things.
There was a sound of horse hooves outside the dark forest.
Then an alert dragon hunter came over to report.
"Lord Lord."
"Lord Brainy is back."
Fang Yuan looked outside the dense forest.
Sure enough, Brainy returned with the Demon Knight.
Soon they entered the dense forest.
Brainy walked to Fang Yuan and said.
"Lord Lord."
"All the orc spear infantry have been wiped out."
"Before they were wiped out, the Orc Lancers sent out a distress signal."
"But I have sent a hundred demon knights heading southwest."
"Judging by time."
"Now the orcs have almost discovered the battlefield."
"We will definitely find traces of a hundred demon knights next."
"They will inevitably be led to Plantagenet Castle."
I am still very relieved about Brainy Fang Yuan.
"Well done."
"Now just wait for Vanas to get the information, then we can go north."
"Braney, you take over all the legions now."
"Bring back all the reconnaissance units we sent out."
"Don't leave anyone on the grassland."
"To avoid being discovered by the orcs and causing unnecessary complications."
"Our main task now is to find Duke Plantagenet."
"The rest will be done after completing the main mission!"
"As you command!"
After Brainy left, Fang Yuan immediately heard the notification sound of the Lord's Mark.
"Ding, kill 8,000 orcs' red eighth-level spear infantry, and you'll get 8 red battlefield treasure chests."
Look at the eight treasure chests floating in front of you.
Fang Yuan thought to himself: "It's just the right time."
"Take advantage of this time to open the treasure chest."
He had a thought.
Eight treasure chests were opened one after another.
"Ding, you successfully opened the battlefield treasure chest, and you gained Gondor reputation*500."
"Ding, you successfully opened the battlefield treasure chest, and you gained Gondor reputation*300."
"Ding, you successfully opened the battlefield treasure chest, and you gained Gondor reputation*1000."
Wait until the eight red battlefield treasure chests are opened.
Good guy.
Nothing but prestige.
And the number of reputations is not much.
The eight treasure chests add up to only 2,500 kingdom reputation points.
Only half of the orange chest.
Fang Yuan secretly thought: "Perhaps this is the norm for ordinary battlefield treasure chests."
"In other words, only the ones above orange can produce some good things."
And just when he sighed.
There was a sound coming from the dark forest.
Immediately afterwards, Fang Yuan saw several guardian knights of the Plantagenet family running towards him, escorted by Ziyue mercenaries.
"Quick, our reinforcements are there."
Wait till you get close.
Several guardian knights have already arrived.
But when they saw themselves, they shouted in surprise.
"It's one of our own!"
Just when Fang Yuan was confused.
I heard the guardian knight say.
"Your Mightiness."
"We are the guardian knights beside His Excellency Duke Plantagenet."
"The king was defeated in the steppes."
"The guardian knights of the Plantagenet family were all wiped out."
"His Excellency the Duke of Plantagenet was killed in action."
"Knight Thorn took his body and hid it in Mirkwood."
"But after entering the dense forest, we were attacked by monsters."
"We need your help to rescue the bodies of Knight Thorne and the Duke from the hands of monsters."
They just finished talking.
Fang Yuan heard the prompt sound again.
"Ding, you have 500 Plantagenet camp reputation, and you can currently get a commission from the new mission Guardian Knight."
"Ding, do you want to accept the mission?"
I didn't expect there to be such a benefit.
This kind of task is really like hunting rabbits in the grass.
The main line is superimposed on the branch line.
Is this what reputation is for?
Fang Yuan was determined in his heart that he would gain more reputation in the future.
Immediately, he chose "Yes" without ceremony.
"Ding, the mission was accepted successfully, and you will receive the reward after completing the mission."
And with the success of the mission.
Several guardian knights of the Plantagenet family said impatiently.
"Please, Your Excellency, follow us."
In order to avoid the suspicion of several guardian knights.
Fang Yuan asked Vanas to take Windrunner to the outside to investigate and go ahead to clear the way.
A reconnaissance unit of purple mercenaries followed closely behind.
Demon Knight and Flame Mage serve as the main force to protect themselves.
The remaining great sword infantry and tower shield troops walked at the back.
The dragon hunter glides among the trees.
Make sure no flying units get close.
Because the army was large in number and in the forest, it moved slowly.
After they spent a night in the dark forest.
It was not until early morning the next day that we finally arrived at our destination.
"Your Excellency, please take a look."
"Through that hill, you can reach the place where the Duke and Knight Thorne were killed."
"After we were defeated from the battlefield before."
"Being chased by a group of orcs."
"We fought and retreated into the jungle."
"As a result, we were ambushed by orcs here."
"The Duke fought against the strong orcs with all his strength, and both died together in the end."
"Then Knight Thorne took us deep into the Mirkwood."
"Prepare to hide here."
"At that time, Knight Thorn told us that there were goblins around who had discovered us."
"Let us go south first and seek rescue from Plantagenet Castle before the goblins surround us."
"And he is guarding the Duke's body, waiting for rescue."
"Judging from the time plan, they should have been discovered by the goblins by now."
"And the habit of goblins is to drag humans into their lair after catching them."
"Now they are probably in the goblin's lair."
Fang Yuan nodded and immediately raised his hand.
"Stop moving forward."
"Tell the investigation unit ahead."
"Start investigation immediately and report nearby intelligence."
It didn't take long for the order to be issued.
Still maintaining his disguise, Vanas ran back.
"Lord Lord."
"It's been proven before."
"Only three monster lairs were found."
"A goblin, a bugbear, and a beholder lair."
"Nothing else was discovered."
"The dragon I saw before doesn't seem to be here."
"In addition, Duke Plantagenet and Knight Thorne have found no trace of them."
"It should be in the lair."
"Just now I wanted to use the camouflage skill to enter the lair for reconnaissance."
"But I found that there are auras of camp reconnaissance outside these lairs."
"You'll be noticed if you get close."
"I guess this was arranged by the dragon."
"Maybe the dragon is hiding in the lair."
"Should we launch an attack on these three nests immediately?"
Fang Yuan nodded.
At this time, Lilith said on the side.
"Previous intelligence from Vanas' reconnaissance showed that there is a giant dragon here."
"No dragon nest has been detected yet."
"And if the dragon is in the lair, if the whole army presses on it."
"Once the dragon appears, our few soldiers and horses will suffer heavy losses."
"Before we know the specific location of the dragon."
"Lord, please don't send all your troops forward just yet."
This reminder is timely.
He thought for a moment and said.
"Braney."
"Deploy the sword infantry and tower shield infantry from behind."
"Send another 100 Ziyue mercenaries to accompany us."
At this time Brainy said.
"Lord, this number of people is too small to attack three monster lairs."
Fang Yuan thought about it too.
Then he looked at Lilith.
"How much magic power have been restored to the 500 mages who had no magic power before?"
Lilith replied quickly.
"About 1/3."
"With this little magic power, each person can summon a fire element."
"The war spell cannot be cast because it does not consume all the magic power."
Hearing this, Fang Yuan interrupted her and said.
"enough."
"Five hundred fire elements, plus other units."
"It's not a big problem to push a few low-level monster lairs."
"Just use them to test whether the dragon is there."
"Braney!"
"Just use this plan!"
"Deploy the Legion."
"Order them to attack immediately!"
"As you command!"
(End of chapter)
