Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1737 Black Spider

The Trapped Camp and Centaur Cavalry set up camp at Outpost No. 2, while the Eagle Knights also began their mission to search for the location of the Serpent People's third outpost.

They were able to pinpoint the location of Outpost 2 because Tata happened to see where the snake people were going.

Now that the snake people have all burrowed into the yellow sand to move around, even the giant eagle knights who have the aerial vision will find it difficult to pinpoint their whereabouts in the short term.

"Captain, this search isn't going to work."

The snake-men were clearly aware of the dangerous situation and were not easily showing themselves, which left the giant eagle knights with nothing after their search.

Faced with this situation, the captain frowned slightly, and after a moment's thought, he suddenly remembered something.

"The borders of the Kingdom of Smith!"

"What?"

"Previously, the main force of the snake people directly attacked the border of the Smith Kingdom on this side, and they would launch an attack every half month or so!"

As the train of thought opened up, many clues suddenly connected.

"What does this mean? It means that the border of the Smith Kingdom is only about half a month's round trip from one of the snake people's strongholds! It might even be closer!"

"Locate the general direction of the Smith Kingdom, and based on this route, delineate the approximate area and begin operations!"

At this point, the captain paused, then his gaze fell on one of the team members.

"Go and inform the Northeast Army stationed in the Kingdom of Smith, and have them cooperate with the operation!"

At this distance, if the Northeast Army could conduct reconnaissance of the surrounding area, it would save them a lot of time.

If the snake people's stronghold is discovered, it would be far more convenient for the Northeast Army to send troops than for them to send troops from our side, considering the distance and location.

In fact, the Northeast Army now has three brilliant minds: Li Ce, Wei Qing, and Zhou Ye. Why would they need to remind them of this matter?
After a short rest, the outer exploration mission began.

During this time, the Kingdom of Smith also provided them with some intelligence, but it was of little use.

It's simply that all the reconnaissance units they sent out before never returned.

Now it seems that most of them ended up in the snake-man's stomach.

The Giant Eagle Knights quickly made contact with the Northeast Army.

Through this contact, the Northeast Army not only learned about the latest operations of the desert garrison, but also quickly reached a consensus on subsequent strategies.

With both sides acting simultaneously, the location of Outpost No. 3 was quickly locked by the Giant Eagle Knights.

Having confirmed the intelligence, the Northeast Army immediately mobilized its troops and set off without hesitation.

After all, they knew that the faster the snake people's forces moved after suffering heavy losses, the greater their advantage would be!
As the strongest cavalry in the Northeast Army, Joseph and his centaur cavalry took on the role of vanguard.

The Smith Kingdom was naturally more than happy to accept this.

They wished the Northeast Army had pursued and killed the snake people the very night they retreated.

Meanwhile, in a secluded alley in Smith City, a young man was pacing anxiously.

He was a spy planted by the Great Zhou in the Kingdom of Smith, codenamed Black Spider.

After arriving here, since many slaves in the Smith Kingdom were named after insects or livestock, his code name was simply used.

Espionage work in the Kingdom of Smith wasn't easy. Because apart from Black people, all other races were slaves there.

This severely restricted their actions after entering Smith's kingdom.

After all, slaves had no right to roam freely; their activity range was fixed, just like that of cattle and horses at the bottom of society.

This also meant that most of the Great Zhou spies were trapped in the border cities of the Kingdom of Smith.

If something happens within the Kingdom of Smith, spies in the border cities will have to wait a month or two to receive relevant intelligence, or they may not be able to get any information at all.

Under these circumstances, if they wanted to infiltrate the Kingdom of Smith, they would have no way to do so on their own unless a slave trader or slave owner bought them and took them to another city.

Black Spider was brought to the capital by a slave trader.

This is a good thing. The capital is the center of power in the Kingdom of Smith, which will allow him to access more intelligence.

But it was also a bad thing. His status as a slave restricted his movements, and he had no colleagues to assist him, which led to his being trapped and dying in the capital. Even if he obtained some intelligence, he couldn't get it out.

They had finally managed to get news that the Northeast Army of the Great Zhou was coming to support the Kingdom of Smith.

Black Spider originally planned to find an opportunity to contact the Northeast Army and send out intelligence.

Who could have imagined that the need to pay the Great Zhou 100,000 able-bodied young slaves would directly lead to a labor shortage within the Kingdom of Smith?

These slave owners wished they could use one slave as two, with overseers watching them with whips all day long, making it impossible for them to escape and causing them to miss the best opportunity.

Nowadays, Black Spider can only try his luck and see if he can meet people from the Great Zhou during the very few opportunities he has to go out to work.

As it turns out, ideals are often grand, but reality is often harsh.

He had gained nothing again that day, and just as he was about to head back, a passing slave suddenly bumped into his shoulder and said something in a very low and rapid voice...

"Same time, same place."

Upon catching these concise words, Black Spider's eye twitched slightly.

Black Spider knew that he would have to sacrifice his limited rest time each day.

However, as night fell, he quietly slipped out of the farm and went to the 'old place' the other party had mentioned.

Before his own men even arrived, the lookout spotted him and immediately whispered inside, "Black Spider's here!"

Good heavens, the news spread like wildfire, causing a stir within the organization.

As soon as the black spider entered, it found that twenty or thirty pairs of eyes were simultaneously fixed on it.

If he hadn't been mentally prepared, he definitely would have turned and run away.

Upon seeing him enter, the people in the room quickly made way for him.

Following that path, he steeled himself and walked to the head seat, where he sat down cross-legged.

Judging from their positions, the only person of higher status than him was the middle-aged man with gray hair sitting in the main seat next to him.

After seeing Black Spider take his seat, the middle-aged man's gaze quickly swept across the faces of everyone present, and then he spoke...

"Now that everyone is here, let's begin the meeting!"

(End of this chapter)