The news that the mage reconnaissance team encountered evil ghost warriors at the front was quickly transmitted back to the West Route Army's ghost-patterned ant army.
When I heard that the magician was attacked by evil ghost warriors, the army of soldier ants was advancing north along the edge of the dense forest. The magician who was attacked had returned safely with the help of his companions. According to Master Basil, the one who attacked him
There is only one evil ghost warrior, and there are no signs of the evil ghost army's activities around.
Surdak spread a map on a moss-covered stone.
The air here is humid, and the grassland at the edge of the forest is like a huge, water-filled carpet. Even the boulders are covered with moss. There are vines growing among the trees in the jungle, and small beasts hiding in the forest can be seen everywhere.
A group of soldier ants carrying heavy armored infantry lined up and passed by Surdak. These soldier ants seemed to like this humid and warm environment very much, and the food here was more abundant. They were born with six legs and walked on soft ground.
The grass carpet moved forward faster than the magic-patterned war horse.
Surdak marked a small red flag at the corresponding location on the map.
From the map, the Samosto River is located on the eastern border of Handanar County, stretching for thousands of kilometers from north to south. Its source is the convergence of countless mountain streams in the northern mountains of Handanar County, and it ends in
This jungle meanders for hundreds of kilometers, entering a large rift valley on the southeastern border of Handanar County, going south through Epsom County, and so on, and finally merges into the Kepattomos River.
It can be said that the Samosto River is also a tributary of the Kempatomos River.
The evil ghost warriors that haunt here are most likely coming from the mountains of Moyun Ridge, or they may be a scout team sent by the evil ghost army that occupied Kornberg County.
Handanar County is adjacent to Kornberg County, and the dividing line between the two counties is the Moss River, another tributary of the Kepattomos River.
Now Duke Newman has stationed nearly half of the elite troops of the Bena Army along the Moss River, not only to prevent the evil ghost army from Kornberg County from taking advantage of the opportunity to invade Handanar County, but also to prevent Duke Ryan from passing away.
, the Bena Army can have the opportunity to rush into Kornberg County.
But now Surdak has discovered traces of evil spirits in the Samosto River Basin, which is at least a thousand miles away from Moyun Ridge. Therefore, no matter what, it is necessary to investigate where this evil ghost scout team came from.
Surdak ordered a knight behind him: "Go and call Gulitem and Tago over!"
"yes."
The cavalryman who delivered the order immediately rode forward and ran forward.
Not long after, the two-headed ogre and wolf knight Tago ran over from the front of the team.
The two of them had never seen the dark corps of the Abyss forces, let alone the evil ghost warrior. Several of them showed strong curiosity about the evil ghost warrior.
The two-headed ogre prefers this humid and warm environment, but the frost wolf Bonita doesn't like it very much. Its silver mane is always wet and looks very embarrassed.
However, this place is close to the jungle, so Tago occasionally takes Bonita into the forest for hunting, which is more interesting than the flat plain.
"Look, according to the information provided by the Mage Investigation Team, ghost warriors were found next to this river valley. I need to know whether the ghost warriors who sneaked into this jungle are a reconnaissance team or an advance army. Ancient
Litem has rich experience in jungle survival, and Tago is an excellent tracking expert." Surdak paused for a moment before saying, "So for this operation, you will lead a team of construct knights.
.”
Hearing what Surdak said, the ogre and the Wolf Knight looked at each other, with a hint of excitement in their eyes.
"yes."
The two said in unison.
"This time, Magician Scout Basil will serve as your guide and will cooperate with the Magician for the first time, so I hope you can always respect him." Surdak reminded the two of them.
"Don't worry, Duck. I know he can see further than us in the air, especially mountain roads, and can help us find the most suitable pass to climb. We won't offend him so rashly!" Gulitem assured, patting his chest.
road.
Surdak saw a druid sitting on the back of a ghost-striped soldier ant, talking and laughing with a heavy armored infantry regiment passing by, so he called the young druid over.
"Lanny, come on!"
The natives of these southern tribes in the White Forest plane believe in the Son of Nature. They learned part of the power of natural laws from the World Tree, so in the past year, many natives have become druids.
Not only can these druids use their mental power to communicate with ghost-striped soldier ants, their greatest ability is actually to communicate with plants in the forest.
Of course, not just any plant will do, they can only communicate with a small number of plants in the forest that have memory.
The young druid immediately controlled the ghost-patterned soldier ants to stop next to Surdak. He slipped off the soldier ants, bowed deeply to Surdak, and then said respectfully: "Lord Surdak
, what are your orders?"
The ghost-striped soldier ant slowly knelt down next to him and lay quietly on the side. The huge black compound eyes on its head always made people shudder.
"Lanny, I need you to set off with Gulitem and Tago to explore this place!" Surdak pointed to the place with the small flag on the map and said: "I need to borrow your ability to track down the
The movements of those evil spirits."
"I am willing to serve you!" the young Druillani said to Suldak.
Surdak also wanted to tell Gulitem a few more words.
Andrew caught up from behind the team. He must have heard about this, and asked expectantly:
"Dak, what about me? This kind of thing is quite suitable for me. Let me also lead a cavalry team to investigate."
Surdak had already started to pack up the map on the stone. He rolled the parchment map into a tube and inserted it into the satchel behind the horse's butt. Then he turned over and said: "I know you are more suitable, but I need you to stay and help me."
Manage this army of soldier ants."
Andrew scratched his head and looked at the several-kilometer-long army of soldier ants in front of him. Although he was a little reluctant, he didn't say anything.
Then the wolf cavalrymen Tiger and Gulitem set off with a squad of soldier ants.
Originally, they wanted to bring a well-trained cavalry team, but since they had to pass through this jungle, which was full of vines, they didn't know how much effort it would take to open a path for the cavalry to pass through.
Crossing the jungle in front of us is not a difficult task for these ghost-striped soldier ants.
Not only are they extremely powerful, they are also covered in hard armor and have huge tusks on their heads, making it very easy to carve a path through the forest.
Surdak continued to march north with the army of soldier ants.
…
Since the route Surdak chose was inconsistent with the route planned by the military department, the supplies from the logistics department could not be supplied in time.
This soldier ant army not only has 50,000 ghost-striped soldier ants, but also 50,000 heavy armored infantry. Each heavy armored infantry only carries 15 days of marching rations, which is not enough to support them to reach the forest farm.
camp, so we have to keep hunting some small forest animals for food along the way.
These soldier ants are natural hunters, and they can dig out even wild rabbits hiding in the soil.
Those wild boars cannot escape the poisonous hands of these ghostly patterned soldier ants.
At this time, Surdak finally saw the scene of ghost-striped red ants forming a swarm in the jungle, with no grass growing.
In addition, the rations purchased by Aphrodite from the Hiransa Merchant Group were also brought over in batches by Surdak through the Void Gate, so the supply of supplies for the Soldier Ant Army was still very sufficient.
Originally, Surdak just planned to walk north along the edge of the jungle, trying to reach the forest camp as early as possible.
But the news that Gulitem and Wolf Knight Tago returned from the banks of the Samosto River made him hesitate.
At night, Suldak held Andrew and sat in the tent.
A horse lantern was hung on the top of the tent, and the soft light it released illuminated the map on the carpet. Suldak used a red pen to expand the Samosto River Basin on the map, and said to Andrew: "
At present, it can be determined that a large number of evil ghost warriors are scattered along the banks of this river..."
"What are they trying to do hiding here?" Andrew stroked his thick beard on his chin.
Suldak said: "There are some indigenous tribes hidden in the mountains east of the Samosto River, and many social animals nearby often drink water by this river. There are rich resources there, and those evil spirits also need them.
It’s all about filling my stomach, so I guess there’s an evil ghost hunting army hiding there.”
Andrew knew what Suldak was struggling with. He wanted to eat these evil spirits, but he didn't want to delay his trip.
Duke Newman hoped that his army could arrive along the forest camp as soon as possible to replace the elite members of Bena's Army.
"How about this? Most of our Western Route Army are heavy armored infantry. Why don't we let Samira and Gary Decker lead the other half of the Western Route Army along the planned route? This way we will have plenty of supplies.
You can also take a rest in Handanar City on the way." Andrew said with some excitement: "We will take these ghost-striped soldier ants and heavy armored infantry soldiers, get into the forest, and quickly get rid of the group of evil spirits.
, and then use the speed advantage of the soldier ants to go around to the front and join Samira and the others."
In fact, Surdak thought so too.
He was just worried that once the army got entangled with those evil spirits in the jungle, they would be unable to eat and unable to escape, which would be the most troublesome thing.
"Now that we've met, there's no need to avoid it!" Andrew added.
Hearing what Andrew said, Suldak also became worried and said:
"Then let's do it. We will turn around and go into the forest with the army of soldier ants tomorrow morning. Let's go to the Samosto River and get rid of those evil ghosts first..."
Andrew and Suldak high-fived each other and said excitedly: "I'm just waiting for your words! We can't be timid at this time."