In Zong Shen's opinion, the Lion Skeleton Knight may be weaker than the contemporary fifth-level human knight.
But it won't be too weak.
This kind of fighting power is enough to be tough.
It's easy to deal with them if the number is small, but if the number is large, Zong Shen and the others may not be able to defeat them.
In addition, as undead creatures, their greatest advantage is not reflected in pure combat power.
The reason why natural disasters of the undead were able to sweep across the continent in the past was due to the characteristics of the undead.
They are not afraid of life and death, have no emotions, no sense of pain, and a high degree of execution. They will never be merciful when killing. No matter how fierce the enemy's offensive is, they cannot shake them.
As long as there are high-level undead with the ability to command, once these monsters get together, it will be a real natural disaster.
These two problems are mixed together and become a big problem.
"How to kill the Skeleton Knight without alerting the fishmen..."
"We must also ensure the safety of subsequent excavations."
"Oh, it's really difficult!"
Zong Shen curled his lips and suddenly felt that this adventure trip was still very difficult.
After much deliberation, there is no reliable solution.
At least based on the known information, this operation is definitely very difficult.
Fortunately, he still had a few hours to study further.
Baron Bezos and the others still have at least five hours to arrive.
This period of time is the best opportunity to make preliminary preparations.
The strategy module can provide very detailed details, but the specific situation requires your own observation.
As the saying goes, a sight is better than a hundred hearings, and it can also be applied here.
At that moment, Zong Shen was ready to go down the mountain to investigate.
The status of the ruins must be determined first before the next action can be considered.
Although the fishmen closely monitor this place, they will not move at the foot of the mountain.
Maybe you can consider luring those lion skeleton knights to the fishmen first.
Zong Shen crossed his legs and sat on the edge of the cliff, thinking quietly.
The breeze blew from north to south, allowing him to face the current problem more calmly.
Vereesa and the others moved freely on the cliff, observing the situation on the top of the mountain and keeping alert.
Madeline, who had advanced to the fourth level Strike Ranger, stood beside Zong Shen, looking at the lake in trance.
She has the blessing of [Eagle Eye]. Compared with ordinary people, her eyesight is incredible, but she cannot clearly see the situation by the lake.
Talking about the field of view in front of the distance is just a joke.
Zong Shen stopped thinking for a moment, turned his head and saw Madeleine standing next to him, and handed her the [Single Telescope].
"Madeline, use a telescope to take a look."
"I think with your eyesight, you should be able to see more clearly."
Hearing Zong Shen's words, Madeline nodded and reached out to take the telescope.
The size of this thing is not small, it is heavy in the hand.
Madeleine took a few steps back and then put the telescope lens in front of her right eye.
During this period, she kept moving left or right, adjusting the observation position.
After a long while, Madeleine put down the telescope and pointed to the north.
"My lord, there is a stone tower on the north shore of this lake."
"It looks like an altar."
"In addition, there are more straw huts on the north bank than on the east and west banks."
"There are also some strange buildings like big pools."
Madeline reported what she saw to Zong Shen.
After listening to her report, Zong Shen didn't say much.
He reached out to take the telescope and nodded casually.
"I see."
"You guys wait for me on the top of the mountain."
"I'll go check on the situation alone."
Zong Shen put the telescope into the storage compartment and jumped off the cliff without looking back.
The moment he fell, he activated the levitation technique.
The light cyan wind spirit energy surrounded him, making his body as light as a feather.
Just as Madeline wanted to say something, Zong Shen disappeared.
This way of leaving is indeed a bit out of the ordinary!
The cliff has a drop of five to six hundred meters, and going down is the mountainside with dense trees.
Zong Shen used the levitation technique to control his body and landed smoothly in the dense forest on the mountainside.
He wanted to serve as a scout himself to explore the condition of the ruins.
If necessary, you might have to use [Shapeshifter's Illusive Mask (Purple)] or [Transformation Potion (Blue)] to disguise yourself as a shallow-water fishman and sneak into the Riptide Tribe to see what's going on.
But he is a human after all, and if he wants to transform into a fish-man, the [Transformation Potion] is probably not up to par.
You probably need to use [The Illusory Mask of the Shapeshifter (Purple)].
No matter what, he needs to come to the foot of the mountain first.
Zong Shen landed in the mountain forest and took a look at the surrounding situation.
I didn't find anything suspicious, so I guess the ruins are not here yet.
"Please guide me to the location of the ruins!"
He used his mind to convey a request to the strategy module.
He received a response almost instantly, and an eye-catching gold-labeled guide appeared in front of Zong Shen.
After having a clear goal, Zong Shen rose into the air again and flew towards the foot of the mountain.
Flying is definitely faster than walking.
After leaving the dense forest on the mountainside, the view below suddenly became clear.
It is an open land extending on a slope, with no plants or gravel, only large areas of dark, soft land.
It is about two kilometers away from the lake in a straight line.
Of course, the straight-line distance here refers to the south bank.
It is at least five or six kilometers away from the fishman outposts on the east and west coasts.
When looking down from the top of the mountain, the distance of a few kilometers is nothing.
But when he stood at the foot of the mountain, these distances should be safe enough.
Murlocs are not birds of prey with incredibly good eyesight.
As long as there isn't much movement at the ruins site, it shouldn't attract the attention of the murlocs.
However, in this case, the [Magic Drilling Machine] is not suitable for use.
After all, as a magic machine, it will make obvious noise whether it is driving or starting the drill to start digging.
In addition, it is impossible to mobilize a large number of manpower to dig manually at the foot of the mountain.
If there were only a dozen or so people, it wouldn't matter if they deliberately hid their bodies.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! But if dozens of people were digging at the foot of the mountain in a big way, it would also attract the attention of the fishmen.
Zong Shen slowly flew towards the foot of the mountain while thinking about countermeasures.
There is never a best-of-both-worlds solution.
Levitation is much faster than walking.
Three or four minutes later, Zong Shen had already landed at the foot of the mountain.
When he landed, he felt that the soil under his feet was extremely soft.
Even after the effect of the levitation technique disappeared, his own weight alone left obvious footprints on the ground. In addition, there were many horse hoof marks nearby.
These marks are very deep, but smaller than the hoof marks of prairie horses, which are obviously consistent with the characteristics of undead bone horses without flesh and blood.
Zong Shen watched carefully and soon discovered more.
There are ruins of buildings near the foot of the mountain on the left.
The exposed parts on the ground are several huge round stone pillars.
The pillars have been broken and most of them are buried in the soil.
The one exposed on the ground is about two meters high.
Zong Shen walked to the ruins and reached out to rub the building.
There is a lot of floating soil on the surface, which is already gray-white.
Although this location is obviously a ruins location.
However, the guide points are not here, but five or six hundred meters north of these stone pillars.
You can imagine that as a temporary base, the Lion and Skull Knights would not be able to build stone buildings with great fanfare.
Nine times out of ten they are wooden houses or tents.
These stone pillars should have originally existed here.
After all, to choose this place as a residence, concealment is one of the considerations. Secondly, it also proves that there were people living here more than 10,000 years ago.
The temporary residence will not be placed in a place where birds do not poop.
At the very least, this is a safe rear area. As for the buildings under the stone pillars, they may have been the contact point for the resistance to the coalition forces.
It could also be a temple or some other ancient building, but it couldn't be the station itself.
However, based on the principle of preferring to kill by mistake rather than letting go, Zong Shen still asked the guide.
"Besides the ruins, is there anything else worth exploring around here?"
This question method covers all surrounding places.
(Places worth exploring within 50 kilometers nearby have been marked for you)
This prompt subtitle disappeared soon after it appeared.
Zong Shen began to look around, looking for marked points other than ruins.
Not to mention, besides this ruins, there are three marking points within a fifty-kilometer radius.
Both of these marking points are to the north of Zongshen, which is where the lake is located after the foot of the mountain is extended past.
A marker point was located near the center of the lake. It was covered in water mist and Zong Shen could not see anything clearly.
Another marker point is on the north shore of the lake, where the core of the Riptide tribe is located.
The last marked point is in the south, near the top of the mountain, where Zong Shen and the others landed.
As for the bottom of the stone pillar, there is nothing famous.
After Zong Shen confirmed all the locations, he erased the other two marks with a thought.
Now is not the time to explore the lake and the Riptide Tribe.
The Riptide Tribe has more than 8,000 shallow-water fishmen.
If Zong Shen didn't bring hundreds of people, he really might not be able to defeat them.
After all, this is the home ground of the Riptide Tribe.
A few hundred people is a very conservative figure.
Even if you use the Eagle Bomber to drop goblin bombs first to clear the ground.
Then let various third-level and fourth-level group attack magic sweep across.
Finally, the team is dispatched to attack.
Even if you do this, the outcome is unpredictable.
After all, there are more than 8,000 murlocs with basic combat power here, and even 8,000 pigs would have to be killed for a while.
Just because it is difficult to do in a short period of time does not mean that it cannot be done in the future.
These shallow-water fishmen are natural and bodyguards, and it is not too late to harvest them when they are strong enough.
Zong Shen couldn't handle it anyway, let alone the other lords.
Unless hundreds of lords band together and gather thousands of warriors to attack.
Otherwise, this Riptide tribe will continue to exist peacefully.
At any rate, they have been living here for a hundred or two hundred years.
This shows that their strength is enough for the tribe to stand here without being threatened by other beasts and warcraft.
Zong Shen turned his attention back to the remains of the Lion Knights' residence.
He had been down to the foot of the mountain for a while, but he did not see the lion and skeleton knight.
But he did not take it lightly because there were many traces of skeleton knights walking on the ground.
These traces have not been naturally erased and should be traces of recent activities.
However, Zong Shen has not seen any active skeleton knights on the surface yet.
Now he was going to visit the location of the ruins, which had long been buried deep underground.
But since the Lion Skeleton Knight has been disturbed, it means that there is a vacancy underground.
With questions in his mind, Zong Shen followed the navigation instructions in the guide and headed north.
After traveling five or six hundred meters, he came to the navigation standard place.
There is a huge sinkhole here.
It is more than ten meters in diameter and has a funnel shape.
The deepest part is about three or four meters wide, but it's so dark that you can't see anything.
There are obvious footprints of bones and bones on the inside of the pit.
It shows that this pit leads directly to the ground.
"Strange, the soil here is so soft, why are there pits?"
"It looks like there is a cave inside this pit."
"No! Only the top soil is soft!"
Zong Shen knelt down, looking at the pit and thinking.
The soil underfoot is very soft, only slightly firmer than mud.
Logically speaking, let alone a cave, even such a pit cannot be formed.
Because the soil is too soft and has no support, unless it collapses in a large area in the open air.
But when he looked carefully at the pit, he made a new discovery.
Only the top 40 to 50 centimeters of the dark, soft soil were left.
The lower soil layer is a normal gray-brown color.
It seems much more practical.
The color of the soil is the first business card, which can initially convey some soil conditions.
It seems that those lion skeleton knights ran out of the cave under this pit.
And that cave was obviously formed from the remains of the original residence.
Whether it is a wooden house or a tent, even if it collapses, it can be turned into a basic support space.
Especially when geological conditions change drastically.
For example, things like earthquakes and flash floods can cause some space to form, which is normal.
Of course, these are just Zong Shen’s own analyses.
In fact, it doesn't matter how the pits and burrows were formed.
This ruins has gone through more than 10,000 years, and there have been countless geological changes during this period.
What kind of situation may arise is unpredictable.
At least for Zong Shen now, no matter what the condition of the ruins is, all he can do is accept them all.
Let alone more than 10,000 years, in fact, even if only a few decades have passed, great changes may have occurred.
Zong Shen stood up slowly, reached out and took out the [Magic Flashlight], turned the lamp mouth down and turned on the brightness.
Then he walked step by step towards the bottom of the pit.
The slope of this pit is not too steep, and the soil below is very solid.
The traces left by those skeletons and horses are obviously not as obvious as those on the surface.
He carefully came to the entrance of the cave, and some crushed soil slipped down and fell into it.
Despite the darkness inside the cave entrance, in fact when he shined a flashlight he discovered that the depth was only four to five meters at most, and it was quite gentle.
This is not surprising, since the remains of the Knights of the Lion were buried due to geological changes.
Normal geological changes can result in a burial depth of more than ten meters at most.
Secondly, those resurrected lion skeleton knights can still freely travel between the underground and the surface.
This means that the passage below must be very gentle. If the vertical height is four to five meters, the skeleton horse cannot jump out.
Zong Shen had the answer almost immediately.
"Let's go take a look first..."
He grabbed the flashlight with one hand and touched his waist with the other hand, where the [Roaring Hammer in the Skull] hung.
"call!"
After taking a deep breath, he decisively followed the gentle slope and entered the cave.
There should be multiple reasons for the formation of this cave.
In addition to natural factors, perhaps those resurrected lion and skeleton knights also played a certain role.
They don't need to breathe, and they have brute strength. A little space can allow them to dig underground.
Therefore, this cave penetrates at least most of the ruins.
In any case, since we came down, we had to explore it first.
After walking down the gentle slope, you will find an irregular tunnel with a height of four to five meters.
It was pitch dark all around, so I had to use a magic flashlight to illuminate it.
The passage in the crypt was dark and silent, cut off from the outside sunlight, and no sound could be heard.
It's so quiet, it's like entering another world.
Although it is adjacent to a lake, it is still relatively dry here.
Zong Shen carefully shined his magic flashlight forward.
The passage is not very long, only about fifty or sixty meters.
About halfway forward, there were ruins on both sides of the passage.
Zong Shen saw several wooden beams that were already in fossil form.
There are some scorch marks on these wooden beams.
Some space was propped up below, and it was solidified after being buried.
This further proves that this place must have suffered a geographical disaster such as a landslide or earthquake.
The burial was sudden.
Before these wooden beams decayed, they were sealed and the corresponding spaces were solidified.
However, the gap under the wooden beam is very narrow, and one person can bend down in front of it to enter.
It is impossible for the Skeleton Knight to exit through such an entrance.
Therefore, this is by no means the place where the Lion and Skeleton Knight revived. It is most likely a part of the residence.
Zong Shen observed it for a while and decided to go in and have a look.
He grabbed the flashlight and ducked into the gap under the wooden beam.
After entering, there is about forty to fifty square meters of space inside.
There is a layer of soil several dozen centimeters thick on the ground.
It looks like it should be a wooden house.
The function is not clear yet, because Zong Shen did not publish anything useful in it.
There are only some skeletons that are almost jade-like.
These bones are all yellow-brown in color and have a jade-like luster under the light.
Seeing such skeletons, Zong Shen couldn't help but think of the skeleton that he dug under the crooked neck tree near his territory and was hit by a blood-burning arrow.