Throne of the Warlord

Chapter 54 The Snakeman Kingdom and Other Mentor Apprentices

The team continued to move forward along the great river valley, and as they entered the depths of the plane, they encountered more and more ferocious beasts from time to time, and became stronger and stronger.

Occasionally hordes of ferocious beasts began to appear, but they were all defeated.

During that time, they passed near the big lake where many rivers converged. It was shrouded in darkness, and they didn't see the whole picture of the big lake. They only saw many murlocs on many sandbars in the big lake with tens of square kilometers.

They live not only in the lake, but also on the tidal flats at the edge of the big lake, and in the tributaries that flow into the big river.

As in the legend, these murlocs are widely distributed.

The team didn't linger, just looked at it and then left, continuing to go north.

Crossing this great lake, entering the depths of the plane like crossing a dividing line, the ferocious beasts encountered became obviously stronger.

But unexpectedly, the jungle began to thin out, and the density and height of trees began to decrease.

About twenty kilometers to the north, the trees were obviously sparse to the point where they could not block their eyes.

They entered the plains.

The trees became sparser towards the back, and there were half-person-high weeds everywhere, and the big river valley began to become gentler here.

The highest point on both sides of the big river valley on the edge of the plane is about 60 meters, and it is only 30 meters in the Murloc tribe, and it is less than [-] meters here.

Looking downstream along the river valley, the terrain is getting flatter and flatter. With an unknown light source, it can be seen that there is almost no shadow of the river valley behind, just an ordinary river.

Yes, unknown light source.

As they entered the deep plains of the plane, they were surprised to find that the sky seemed to be slowly getting brighter.

The sky didn't change much, it was still pitch black, only a few stars projected from nowhere.

But on the ground, it seems that there is light in the air, or there is some kind of light source that cannot be seen directly by the naked eye coming from a distance. It feels like the night on the fifteenth day of the earth. The moonlight is not strong, but you can see the surroundings clearly And the scenery not far away.

As one goes deeper into the plane, the brightness becomes higher and higher, and the viewing distance becomes longer and longer.

Several people looked at each other, Xie Zhu pondered for a while, and said:

"I saw a situation in a miscellaneous journal of foreign knowledge. If a civilization reaches a certain level in some fragments of the dark plane without sun projections, it will give birth to the light of civilization and shine in all directions."

"Light of Civilization?"

"Yes, the light of civilization combined with the origin of the plane can illuminate the plane just like the sun. The stronger the civilization, the wider the range of illumination and the higher the brightness."

"so???"

Xie Zhu said with a solemn expression:
"So in this fragment of the plane, there must be a very powerful alien race, or a kingdom formed by the ancient survivors."

Li Qing frowned upon hearing this.

Standing by the river and looking into the distance, after a little thought, he said to his subordinates behind him:

"Camp in place!"

All the subordinates immediately got busy, cutting the grass, cutting the grass, and being vigilant, just taking a short rest, so there is no need to build any fences, and only put down an arrow tower to keep watch.

Several heroes gathered together, Li Qing pointed to the flat river downstream and said:
"Generally, the edge of a river with gentle water is suitable for farming, and there must be towns or villages along the edge."

Xie Zhu added:
"There will definitely be. The light of civilization has extended to here, which means that there are definitely foreign towns nearby."

Li Qing nodded and said to Xie Jin:

"Please go downstream along the river to scout, but return at the farthest ten kilometers."

Xie Jin took the order, turned around and left.

Then Li Qing looked at Xie Zhu and said:
"Take five dwarf infantry and five archers to the east, not too far away."

Xie Zhu also took orders, and quickly went to count ten subordinates to prepare for departure.

After everyone left, Li Qing went up to the Arrow Tower and climbed up to look around.

Among them, the brightest is the north, and the east and west are slightly darker. The south where they came is pitch black, and the light of civilization has not shined there, which means that the unknown and powerful alien civilization has not developed there.

However, although the sky lit up inexplicably, it was at the edge of civilization at this time, the brightness was not enough, and the viewing distance was not far enough. Standing on the arrow tower from a high distance, there were no shadows of foreign towns.

However, Li Qing was not in a hurry, looked away for a while, sat on the top of the arrow tower and took out a magic book, and continued to study while waiting.

After almost two hours, the sentinel on the arrow tower suddenly blew his whistle.

Li Qing immediately stood up and went to the edge of the sentry tower. He saw the weeds swaying by the river more than 50 meters away from the camp. It didn't take long to see Xie Jin running towards the camp, and there was a large piece of weeds swaying behind him.

The weeds by the river were extremely tall and dense, and it was impossible to see what the chasing soldiers were for a while.

Li Qing didn't hesitate, and immediately shouted:
"Everyone is ready to fight, Long Shou, you go to meet him."

Long Shou listened to the order, raised the two-handed sword beside him and rushed towards Xie Jin in big strides.

At a distance of about 20 meters, the nearby weeds were cut down by them, and those chasing soldiers rushed out, Li Qing was a little surprised.

"Snake man?"

They were seven people about 1.8 meters tall, wearing chain mail on their upper body, covered with fine scales from the waist down, and a thick snake body more than two meters long on their lower body. They looked very similar to humans, but with vertical pupils and forked thin tongue , a snake man holding a long sword, or shield, or crossbow in both hands.

Their movements are very flexible and fast, they can also enter the water, and they are also fast in the water.

Fortunately, Xie Jin is a stalker and he is fast. If he switched to another profession, he might have been caught up long ago.

The snake man rushed out from the weeds, and immediately spotted the dragon guard who rushed out, and the garrison camp not far away. After a moment of hesitation, several snake men uttered an incomprehensible language, turned around and fled quickly.

Seeing this, Xie Jin shouted:
"Don't let them run away. There is a snake town about six kilometers downstream across the river. They enslave many races. If they are allowed to flee back, more troops will definitely be sent over."

Li Qing shook his head and said:
"They're so fast, they can't catch up."

"But don't worry, we still have time to deal with it."

After welcoming Xie Jin back, Li Qing asked:
"Tell me about the situation in that town in detail."

Xie Jin took a sip of water and said:
"On the opposite side of the river, about six kilometers downstream, there is a town dominated by snake people, ruled by a snake nobleman. They have enslaved many races. I observed in secret for less than half an hour, and saw humans and half-orcs. , jackals, kobolds and other alien races."

"Wait, there are humans in this plane?"

"Yes, but the situation of humans in this plane is not good. They are enslaved by snake people as slaves."

"How many town guards are there, have you found the existence of the sixth extraordinary level?"

"There are not many snake guards in the town. I can't see the inside of the town very clearly, but there are quite a lot of slave troops. It is estimated that there are five or six hundred."

"Besides these, are there any other discoveries?"

"There is a tower tens of meters high inside the town. The surface is surrounded by a layer of magic halo. There is a ball of light on the top that illuminates the entire town and the surrounding area. It poses a great threat to me, but I don't know if it is the mage tower. It was discovered while preparing to get closer to the town."

Li Qing
He pinched his eyebrows and nodded:
"I see, you should go and rest first."

What Xie Jin brought was definitely bad news. I didn't expect the alien race in this plane fragment to be so strong.

Others don't know, they may not be able to do anything with the information they have investigated now.

But you can't walk, a complete foreign town contains huge benefits.

First of all, not to mention the resources, a town can be copied just by dismantling all the towns and materials and moving them away.

Then there are so many alien races in the town, including a large number of human natives, who can become citizens after being saved.

And then.
According to Xie Jin, that high tower should be a magic tower imitating the mage tower, which is a shrunken version of the mage tower. It would be great if we could take it down or get the design.

In the end, destroying the town also condenses the loot, which will definitely contain source matter.

All things considered, if he can break through this town within two months, he will definitely win this time.

Unless Chu Zaizhong has the ability to wipe out the Murloc tribe within two months.

But he feels that this possibility is not very likely. There are tens of thousands of murlocs and a giant crocodile of extraordinary rank. It is not impossible for their seven warlord apprentices to work together, but if they are stuck within two months, they will definitely have to pay a huge amount. Loss.

Li Qing didn't believe that they were willing to pay such a high price.

"So, I have to pick up the pace!"

About half an hour later, Xie Zhu also came back, and turned around to the east, but found nothing.

When they got together, Li Qing asked Xie Zhu to bring ten soldiers to return to the outpost, and asked An Erqiu to lead most of the troops staying at the outpost.

The outpost only needs ten people. It is at the landing point of the war lords. The nearby indigenous and alien tribes will be wiped out by other apprentices after a short time. The ferocious wild beasts wandering in the wild cannot cross the wooden wall, so the safety is still guaranteed.

Don't worry about other war lord apprentices, they have an agreement, at least don't worry about it for the first year.

One year later, Li Qing had already established a firm foothold inside the plane, and had already withdrawn the outpost by then.

Then Li Qing ordered all the troops in the temporary camp to enter the arrow tower and seal the door.

Unless the snakeman has a siege crash, it is unlikely to break the door.

The troops stayed here, and Li Qing blew his whistle to summon the giant eagle to step up, patted the giant eagle on the back, and the giant eagle rose into the air with flapping wings, and flew towards the lower reaches of the river.

Since it is necessary to deal with this snake man's urban opponent, the information must be accurate.

He had to determine the specific defenders and defenses in the town, as well as whether there were superpowers, whether there were other towns nearby, whether there were other reinforcements, and so on.

The problem of siege is not big, just open it.

It is mainly the reaction of the snake-human race after breaking through, how fast and how strong the counterattack is, this is very important.

The giant eagle soared high in the sky. Li Qing looked down against the strong wind, and saw a large river wading across the endless wilderness, extending to the end of his sight.

The giant eagle flies at an altitude of about 1000 meters. The small river is already very small, and the field of vision is limited. The wilderness on both sides only feels a vast green, and the details are completely invisible.

Flying down for a certain distance, the barrenness on the other side of the river suddenly disappeared, and a large area of ​​cultivated farmland appeared. Fang Fangzheng was placed on the bank of the river. Li Qing asked the giant eagle to lower its altitude, and vaguely saw many figures working on the edge of the field.

He let the giant eagle lower its height again, and saw that these laborers were all human slaves in tattered sackcloth.

Occasionally in the field, I saw a snake-man supervisor holding a whip, and if he saw anyone who moved slowly, he would whip him.

He didn't disturb the people below, the giant eagle rose and flew downstream.

Not long after, the outline of a town appeared in front of him in the gray mist in the distance. From a distance, he saw a tall tower surrounded by a layer of transparent streamer standing in the center of the town.

The giant eagle slowed down, and began to reconnaissance around the town from a distance under his control.

The town faces the river, and there is a wharf beside the river. Many fishing boats are casting nets for fishing, and there are also cargo ships full of cargo ships sailing downstream.

The town is centered on a high tower, surrounded by a circle of stone buildings, which are both buildings and walls, like a castle.

Outside the castle is a circle of wooden buildings in the middle ring, and a ring of broken sheds in the outer ring. The main street is between the middle ring and the outer ring. Many figures of different heights walk on the street.

The town is surrounded by a low wall, roughly five meters in width, but less than four meters in height. It looks quite old, but there are still many guards on it.

There are farmlands outside the town, and Li Qing drives the giant eagle away from the town to fly to the north of the town, and there are farmlands along the river.

Continue down the river for about seven kilometers, where a tributary flows into the river, and there is a snake village at the junction.

After crossing the village and continuing down, a second village was found about ten kilometers away.

Less than two kilometers down, we saw the second town.

Li Qing didn't continue down, turned back to the first small town, and flew west.

There is still a large piece of farmland outside the town, but there is no farmland within two or three kilometers. After passing a snakeman village, a large area of ​​hills began to appear behind, and the terrain became higher and higher, and finally an endless mountain range appeared.

Going forward, the light of civilization cannot shine, and the direction of the mountains is dark.

Li Qing didn't move forward, and controlled the giant eagle to return along the hills.

Just after passing a snake-man village, Li Qing suddenly saw something out of the corner of his eye, and immediately asked the giant eagle to return, and then saw a small hill one mile away from the snake-man village, hidden in the valley between two hills. A large number of heavily armed human soldiers.

"Empire elite infantry?"

The armor and weapons were exactly the same as his own, and Li Qing recognized at a glance that these were not indigenous humans, but subordinates of the war lord.

He was extremely surprised to let the giant eagle hover in the sky for reconnaissance, and soon saw an apprentice of a war lord and several seemingly heroes behind this army with a total size of nearly [-], he had no impression of them.

"Are there any apprentices of other mentors around here?"

Li Qing rubbed his chin and ordered the giant eagle to rise higher to avoid being discovered.

Obviously, the target of this force is the snake-man village not far away.

(End of this chapter)