"Gargoyles." Oryx muttered to himself.

Arcane vision has greatly improved his eyesight, and thanks to the spell model directly connected to the recipient's brain, he can even change the focus of the two "arcane energy lenses" on the eyeballs of his eyes at will, magnifying every tooth and every fold of skin in the gargoyle's bloody mouth.

They're looking at gargoyles, and gargoyles are looking at them.

"It's a ...... Necro creatures? Illusia was incredulous.

Although the mortals of this period did not have a clear understanding of the six origin forces, they at least knew that the world they lived in was interwoven by multiple forces. It was not uncommon for undead creatures to exist in the world, but most of them existed in the form of revenants, and it was the first time she had seen a "living" undead.

"The divine spell also reacted." Alexandros Mograini said with a solemn expression. Just now, he and the other two paladins had been using divine spells to detect the undead, and the Holy Light was always slightly more sensitive to the undead than arcane magic.

Oryx didn't answer.

Encountering a gargoyle near Icecrown was to be expected—it seemed that the Scourge Legion's sphere of influence was already expanding towards this pass.

This creature is a scout of the Scourge Legion, responsible for patrolling the territory, checking for potential threats, and launching a swarm strike is a secondary task.

There are still so many scouts who can fly, and they have an infinite advantage in the face of the relatively backward human world before the Third War, not to mention the principle of action of the Scourge.

In a way, the Scourge has realized the very advanced concept of "hive thinking" that Orix had before he traveled through time. If the Lich King is compared to a "central processing unit", then each member of the Scourge is equivalent to a "sensor" in its control network.

The "central processing unit" can expand the control network (i.e., the middle and high-level generals of the Scourge Legion) by selecting "processor units" with a certain degree of autonomy and strong mental power, and perceive the environment where the tools are located through the senses of the "sensors". While this is inevitably limited by the configuration of the "sensors" (such as the ability of the lowest level of the Corrupt Dead Officers is so weak that it is likely that even the living creatures that are close at hand will not be able to detect it), it is still a terrifying ability that cannot withstand the sheer number of them.

Once the "central processing unit" discovers that the information transmitted by a certain "sensor" is abnormal, triggering a certain critical feedback mechanism, it can increase the amount of computation, that is, allocate a little more mental power, or even directly control it, and personally use the senses of the "sensor" to check it.

Sure enough, the gargoyle's eyes quickly became agile, as if he had suddenly possessed a high level of intelligence. seemed to know that he had been discovered, so he simply didn't hide anything, and directly observed the people on the ground. His gaze gradually revealed a chill to the bone, as if behind that gaze was the deepest hatred for the living in this world.

Especially Oryx, he felt that the gargoyle's gaze was none other than himself!

Then, the gargoyle began to lower his height, as if to see that the group could cast spells, and he happened to stop outside the spell range of Illusia, who had the farthest spell range, and approached to observe the crowd.

Oryx's expression became more and more solemn.

There are all kinds of indications that the anomalous information transmitted by this gargoyle "sensor" may have been noticed by the "CPU" Lich King. The Lich King may have used his "supreme authority" to directly control the gargoyle......

In other words, it's the Lich King who is hovering in the air to observe him now! From the gargoyle's eyes, he even read a hint of curiosity—curiosity about him.

It made him feel a chill for no reason, which was weird, and this kind of attention was a little abnormal.

He thought of something in an instant, and immediately said to Illusia: "Miss Barov, can you contact the other survey team?" It's not just ours, there are two other ...... No, three, including the one in Howling Fjord! ”

He was worried that something had happened to the paladins with the reconnaissance team—they had been captured by the Lich King's minions, and their thoughts and memories had been searched, and all about the prophecy had been revealed.

That's why the Lich King directly controlled the gargoyles to get closer and observe the first time he found out about his group. Otherwise, isn't this a bunch of paladins? Why so much attention? Although it may be overthinking, after all, the current Scourge Legion is not yet strong, the number of undead is limited, and the Lich King has enough "computational redundancy" to directly control each individual, such a concern may not be a special treatment.

But at the end of the day, he still thinks it's better to contact other teams, and it's always better to prevent problems before they happen.

"Oh? Okay, I'll get in touch. ”

Illusia Barov is holding a magic image stone and pointing it at the gargoyle in the sky, preparing to show it to her mother and teachers when she returns, after all, undead creatures are very rare.

As she spoke, she pulled out a communication stone with a solidified magic array that could make real-time calls at a distance—no different from Big Brother, who could only make and receive calls.

Seeing this, Oryx turned back and walked straight to the way he came, "I think it's best for us to get out of here, I have a sense of foreboding." ”

At this time, what kind of exploration mission do you care? The enemy is in the dark and I am in the light, he is really afraid that the Lich King will see something, and directly dispatched hundreds of gargoyles to besiege him. As for the abortion before the survey mission began, he couldn't help it.

It's not far from the home of the Scourge Legion, and it's certain that you'll suffer. Even if a powerful paladin like Alexandros Mograini is here, he will have to pay a price if he wants to get out.

Alexandros Mograini frowned, his expression solemn. The word premonition is associated with those chosen by the Light, and it always has a different kind of credibility. He stepped along, keeping an eye out for the gargoyle in the air, unarmed with the warhammer from his back, ready for battle, and said to Oryx for the first time since he left, "That's the undead creature you saw in the prophecy?" ”

Oryx was stunned for a moment, secretly saying that something was wrong. The "Lich King" is looking at himself from the sky, how can he talk about prophecy at this time! Isn't that the equivalent of telling someone, "Look, there's something wrong with this young paladin"?

But after thinking about it, he was relieved, and he predicted that the invasion of the Scourge Legion would eventually be made public. At that time, the Lich King will naturally know that he is a guy who has disrupted the overall plan of the Scourge Legion, and it is only a matter of time before he becomes interested in himself, and it is a matter of time sooner or later.

Even thinking about it further, if the Lich King really caught the members of the other exploration teams and learned about the "Holy Light Prophecy" through the search, then Mograine would have confirmed his identity and made up his mind to do it to himself as early as when Mograine spoke to him just now.

There is no point in concealing it.

So Oryx nodded and said in a very figurative way: "Well, on the day of the fall of the royal city of Lordaeron, such creatures hovered over the city, and their numbers obscured the sky and even the sun, and the corpse-strewn city seemed to usher in darkness. ”

After saying that, he glanced at the gargoyle in the air, and after listening to what he had just said, the latter tilted his head, observed him more closely, and showed a rather interested look, and continued to hang unhurriedly outside the range of the spell, as if to see what other information could be obtained.

He knew that he was being targeted. I'm afraid the Lich King is wondering at this time, how did this kid know that I was going to attack Lordaeron?

"Are you sure you don't want to look any further? We haven't been able to find convincing evidence, it's just a gargoyle. Mograini asked again.

Oryx sighed.

Now that you've been targeted, it's not a big deal. For beings with terrifying minds such as the Lich King Neozuna, it is enough to know that he "predicted the invasion of the Scourge Legion" is enough to generate a lot of interest.

As for himself, it makes no difference whether he is 12 percent concerned or 30 or 40 percent of the attention, and it is a dead end if he is not careful.

Oryx explained solemnly, "This creature is supposed to be a Scout of the Scourge Legion, and the Lich King is constantly looking through their eyes. It's already interested in us, and I think it's ...... controlling it at this point."

As he spoke, he pointed to the gargoyle in the air.

"I'm afraid it was the Lich King, the prophesied Lord of the Scourge, who destroyed Lordaeron's existence. Believe me, my lord, for him with his majestic mental powers, it would be easy for him to take care of all the things of the Scourge while controlling a gargoyle. This gargoyle is acting very strangely, and I think it's safe to put an end to this 'survey' to avoid unknown dangers. ”

"Quick, look over there!"

Illusia Barov, who was lagging behind, suddenly cried out in alarm, and the people looked in the direction she was pointing, only to see a dark cloud appear in the sky, and it was rapidly approaching......

The clouds don't move so fast...... It's a bunch of gargoyles, hundreds of gargoyles!