Today is the last day before the start of the defense challenge, and it is also a suitable day for final rest.
Just when Zong Shen was leisurely waiting for the subsequent hostile targets attracted by the territory upgrade to arrive.
In the northern mountain forest fifty or sixty kilometers away from the territory, an observation post was established here in just two or three days. An exploration team belonging to the Mage Tower of the giant city of Lentax will be stationed here.
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These days, the Dragon Eagle air cavalry troops are mainly used to quickly deliver messages between here and the giant city, and also transport various supplies.
Therefore, the dragon eagles were moving freely around the outpost.
Just now, all the dragon eagles made restless chirping sounds and tried to fly to the south.
The sharp chirping resounded in the mountain forest. Fortunately, the dragon eagle knights calmed down their mounts urgently.
"What's going on?"
"At this time yesterday, the dragon eagles seemed to be restless?"
A female knight asked her comrades beside her in confusion.
No one can give an accurate answer to this.
These dragon eagles were hatched from dragon eagle eggs in the giant city of Lentax.
The same is true for every dragon eagle knight. They will be selected from an early age. After selecting the children who are suitable to become aerial knights, they will then be allowed to choose their own dragon eagle eggs.
The standard for selecting dragon eagles in the giant city of Lentax is captain level, and the dragon eagle knight squadron formed is also a fourth-level squadron. This level has a large number of dragon eagle eggs and is suitable for large-scale formations.
Although rare-level and overlord-level dragon eagles are stronger, their numbers are too small.
Moreover, the time from hatching to maturity for a captain-level dragon eagle is exactly ten years, which is shorter than that of griffins and horned eagles.
These ten years are just enough time for children to train while growing up with their riding beasts.
Therefore, every dragon eagle knight has a deep relationship with his riding beast.
The same was true for the dragon eagles. Under the comfort of the knights, these suddenly restless dragon eagles gradually became quiet.
The originally red eyes gradually returned to calm.
That's right, they were attracted by Zong Shen's territory expansion mission just now, and they almost changed from neutral creatures to hostile targets participating in the attack.
Fortunately, the Dragon Eagle's alignment is more clear than that of other beasts, so it can quickly transform back after being appeased. This also proves that the territory upgrade task is not mandatory for attracting creatures within the range.
Many creatures with alignments between neutral and hostile will be affected.
After appeasing Dragon Eagle, the knights also breathed a sigh of relief.
Such situations will be reported truthfully to the observers and scholars of the Mage Tower.
Because it is not ruled out whether Dragon Eagle was affected by evil energy.
A similar situation happened yesterday. At that time, the observers and scholars of the Mage Tower were very nervous. They used the orbs for detecting evil energy to check each dragon eagle, and then they were relieved after ruling out the possibility of evil.
Now that the Goblin tribe has been cleared away, a huge deep pit has appeared.
All soil containing evil energy is taken away, stored in a separate storage space, and eventually destroyed.
Judging from the situation at the scene, the evil energy should have been completely eliminated.
However, necessary monitoring posts will still not be cancelled.
Jucheng has already contacted the leader of the state city here, that is, Bosbang. In the future, the state city will also send a squadron of troops to assist in the defense and undertake the task of transporting supplies and baggage.
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In addition to the northern mountains and forests, there is a bone burial ground that stretches for one or two hundred kilometers.
There is a knight riding a skeletal horse on the gray-white slush.
It wore a battle armor that was obviously decayed, and the heavy lance in its hand had been broken, but there was fresh blood scab on the crack.
The soul fire in this guy's head is extinguished, and so is the skeletal horse underneath him.
They are like sculptures, standing silently on the rotten soil.
Suddenly, an invisible wave came, and it suddenly raised its head, with red soul fire dancing in its eye sockets, and the skull and limbs of the skeletal horse also burst into flames.
"roar!"
It pulled the reins, rode the skeletal horse and charged in one direction.
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Zong Shen, who was basking in the sun on the tower of the Lord's Fortress, stretched lazily.
The second batch of hostile targets just arrived, and they turned out to be a kind of prairie wildebeest and carrion hyena.
There are seventeen wildebeests in total and twenty-two carrion hyenas.
For such beast-like hostile targets, Zong Shen felt that they were not here to attack the city, but to deliver supplies...
Those prairie wildebeests are not small, even bigger than ordinary prairie horses.
After slaughtering, you can also provide a lot of meat. It seems that tonight's recipe may not be beef bone soup but wildebeest bone soup.
As for carrion hyenas, their meat is said to have a sour smell and the smell of urine.
Zong Shen estimated that the meat should contain ammonia. Although it is not poisonous, it is certainly not very tasty. He can drag it away and dissect it first, then pickle the meat with salt and sell it to the [market]
], it can still be sold after processing.
Zong Shen was not prepared to digest this kind of meat internally.
If you want to eat, you have to eat something slightly better!
It just so happens that these hyena bones can be thrown into the [Shadow Pool (Purple)] and turned into undead skeletons through [Skeleton Transformation].
The bones of other beasts cannot be kept, and are basically used to make soup. The remaining bone residue will be ground into bone meal and fed to the wargs of the Wolf Cavalry and the war horses in the territory to supplement calcium.
"Looking at this, there should be a group of hostile targets..."
“It’s not easy to reach LV19 territory!”
Zong Shen yawned, and the warm sunshine shining on his body made him feel very comfortable.
I have to say that the climate in the area where the territory is located is still very comfortable.
Except for occasional rain, most days are sunny.
This kind of sunny day is not as hot as in the Gobi Desert. On the contrary, it greatly promotes the natural growth of plants. Just like the grasslands on the periphery of the territory, it has grown several tens of centimeters in nearly a month.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The mountain forests in the north bring water sources, and the grassland itself also has rivers passing through it.
The climate of the entire area is quite pleasant.
I was lucky to be able to choose this place as my territory when I landed.
Zong Shen sighed in his heart for a while, and more than ten minutes passed in the blink of an eye.
"Woooo..."
The melodious horn horn sounded in the northwest of the territory.
The trumpet will be blown only when a powerful enemy is encountered, which means that a powerful hostile target is approaching from the northwest!
Zong Shen stood up from the recliner and was about to activate [Super Vision] to observe the situation when the communication crystal on his chest lit up and Vereesa sent him a communication.
After the call was connected, Vereesa's voice came quickly.
"Sir, a powerful enemy has appeared in the northwest of the territory."
"It's the Lion Skeleton Knight Richardson we saw in the Boneyard before!"
Hearing Vereesa's words, Zong Shen suddenly became excited.
Richardson was the commander of the Silver Lion Knights. In the past, Zong Shen couldn't even see its attributes due to the large level gap.
To elaborate, the exploration of the ruins of the Knights of the Lion with Baron Bezos some time ago was not perfect.
Because there is also a group of lion skeleton knights who ran away with the deputy commander.
The skeleton knight is also a force that cannot be underestimated. The key is that it does not occupy the command points. After conquering it, it can be regarded as adding an extra military force to the territory.
As undead, they don't even need supplies or food.
Even if they are damaged, there is a [Shadow Pool (Purple)] in the territory that can cure them of necromancy, which can be regarded as a very efficient unit.
The arms of each ethnic group have their own advantages.
In addition, Zong Shen still admires Richardson's chivalry and faith.
Even though he has passed away long ago, and the body he left behind has been transformed into an undead soul, his spirit has never been forgotten.
If Zong Shen can conquer it, he can return to the ruins of the Lion Knights' residence and look for the departing deputy commander and the remaining Lion Skeleton Knights.
After all, Zong has now inherited the mantle of the Silver Lion Knights.
That battle flag and the [Silver Lion's Ring (gold)] are the best proof.
As long as there is [Silver Lion Battle Flag (Gold)], Zong Shen can even restore the former Lion Knights in time!
For Richardson, the Knights of the Silver Lion should also be a bond that he cannot let go of in his soul.
Thinking of this, he immediately issued an order to Vereesa.
"Show Reese Ulysses."
"All warriors below level five must retreat and are not allowed to appear in front of Richardson."
"Defensive towers and associated defensive structures classified Richardson as a non-attack target."
"By the way, let Tasia take the other Lion Skeleton Knights and all the Lion Guard Knights and Lion Charge Knights to the northwest, and wait for me to go over and make the next contact with Richardson."
Zong Shen said angrily. He was not worried that Richardson would cause major damage to the territory. Instead, he was worried that the territory's dense defensive arrow towers would kill him.
You can obviously try to conquer it, but it would be a pity if you kill it.
A minute or two after the communication was hung up, a blue light suddenly flashed next to Zong Shen.
Intermediate space mage Reese Ulysses flashed over.
Zong Shen nodded to her and grabbed her wrist naturally.
The next moment, she flashed to the northwest five kilometers away with someone from Zong.
At the same time, Tasia is also gathering the knights, and her movements should not be as fast as Zong Shen.
When they came to the northwest, Richardson was already within a few hundred meters of the first city wall circle, and was still charging at a high speed.
Zong Shen asked Reese to flash in front of Richardson.
He didn't dare to reveal the [Silver Lion Ring (gold)], after all, he took it off by breaking Richardson's finger bones.
If this guy holds a grudge, it will be self-defeating.
So he took out the [Silver Lion Battle Flag (gold)] obtained from the ruins of the Silver Lion Knights' residence and waved it.
The skeletal horse's hooves were on fire, and its charging speed was extremely terrifying.
Zong Shen stood directly in front of him and felt a strong sense of oppression.
As for Reese Ulysses, he had already flashed to a dozen meters away at his command.
He just stood there waving the flag in his hand.
After Richardson, who launched the charge, saw the flag, the flames in his eyes became even more intense.
Finally, the tip of the gun came to an emergency stop one meter away from Zong Shen's chest.
Zong was almost about to use the [Time Stop Orb (gold)].
A deep plow mark appeared on the ground, but Richardson still stopped in front of the familiar battle flag.
As the commander of the Silver Lion Knights Legion, this battle flag was once his honor.
"roar!"
Its skull wearing a broken battle helmet was slightly tilted to one side, showing a human and doubtful attitude.
Through the fluctuations of his soul, Zong Shen could sense its doubts.
"Dear Lord Legion Richardson."
"The will of the Knights of the Silver Lion will never fade."
"Whether it's ten thousand years, twenty thousand years, or more years."
He spoke to Richardson through soul fluctuations.
But the other party did not respond.
Richardson's state is very strange. Although he retains the spirit of chivalry and obsession during his lifetime, he does not seem to have wisdom and memory of his lifetime.
However, it did not get angry or attack Zong Shen.
The soul fire in his skull changed from vibrant red to calm and deep blue.
The two sides remained silent until Tasia arrived at the scene with the Lion Guard Knights, the Lion Charge Knights, and the fifth- and sixth-level Lion Skeleton Knights.
When these lion skeleton knights arrived, they seemed to have some kind of resonance.
All the skeleton horses raised their front hooves and neighed silently.
I saw Richardson putting the broken heavy lance back on the rack, taking out the knight's sword on the right side and holding the sword in front of him with both hands, which was a knight's courtesy.
Immediately, all the lion skeleton knights and lion knights also performed a knight's salute.
After seeing Richardson's obvious reaction, Zong Shen once again emitted soul fluctuations.
"Join my territory with your former glory and immortal will."
"I, Zong Shen, the Chosen Son, the protagonist of the next era."
"I will surely grant you endless honor and new life!"
Zong Shen said with a serious expression and his soul wave.
All the lion and skeleton knights dismounted and knelt on one knee beside their horses.
The lion knights also cooperated and dismounted to express their submission to Zong Shen.
Coupled with the battle flag fluttering in the wind in his hand, it further confirmed his identity as the successor of the Silver Lion Knights.
Richardson seemed to be hesitant. There was still no clear response, but the fire of the soul in his skull began to sway, and emotions representing struggle, thinking, and hesitation were conveyed.
This wave of Zong Shen's conquest is a "soft" one, without resorting to any coercive means or tools.
Whether it is willing to surrender or not depends on its own decision!