Now turn back time slightly......

The cold wind was blowing, and in a camp dozens of miles south of the swamp rainforest, the expeditionary force led by William Zhang was stationed here to rest.

The camp was very secluded, leaning against a hill, and they were hiding in the belly of the mountain, almost perfectly concealing their position.

And it is precisely because of this that they are hiding in the mountains, and they are basically unaware of what is happening dozens of miles away.

Early the next morning, William Zhang led the siege army to the periphery of the swampy rainforest again.

The Eagle Knights flew ahead to find their way, while below, six thousand infantrymen with rifles in their hands, keeping their guard, began to go deeper into the swamp rainforest step by step.

After walking down a distance, ignoring the danger of the swamp rainforest itself, the soldiers of the expeditionary force were unexpectedly not attacked in any way, which made William Zhang frown slightly.

"Strange, why is it so quiet? The flying class on the opposite side shouldn't be dead yet, but we're all in this position now, why haven't there been any movement at all? ”

William Zhang's thoughts flew in his mind, and the whole person was completely in doubt.

"Could it be that they are lying in ambush somewhere, waiting for me?"

In the middle of his thoughts, William Zhang beckoned and called the Giant Eagle Knight, who was waiting aside and was in charge of the order.

"Pass the order, all stay vigilant, and beware of enemy lizardmen's ambush attacks."

"Yes!"

The Giant Eagle Knight, who answered, quickly flew downward.

And during this period, Calgan, who is the commander of the Giant Eagle Knight, also flew over.

"Kalgan, did you find anything out of the ordinary?"

"Returning to the Elven King, there is nothing abnormal, and even now, we haven't even seen a shadow of a lizardman."

Kalgan, who said this, also obviously had a little doubt in his expression, obviously, he also felt very strange about this situation, like William Zhang.

"Kalgan, do you think those lizardmen will know that they can't beat us, so the whole clan escapes?"

If the lizardmen want to escape, William Zhang actually doesn't care at all.

On the one hand, because the purpose of his wave is to ensure the safety of this swamp rainforest, if the lizardmen are gone, then this swamp rainforest will naturally be peaceful, and the future channel of their civilization in the world can also be safeguarded.

On the other hand, the reason is that the lizards can't escape at all, so where can they run with just two legs in such a day's work? There was no way they could escape their Eagle Knights.

In a way, it was even a stupid decision to run away.

You stubbornly defend the swamp and rainforest, but you still have the advantage of terrain, and when you run outside, you can't escape, you can't fight, you can't fight, it's just killing yourself.

"Dig deeper, I want a clear answer."

Until the swampy rainforest is turned upside down, no one can be 100% sure that the lizardmen have actually escaped.

And so the search continued.

The infantrymen in the swamp and rainforest have been trained for a long time, and at this moment, in the face of this harsh environment, they have shown their professional qualities, and after a short period of adaptation, the efficiency of the search has quickly improved.

Gradually, as they approached the depths of the swampy rainforest, a smell that would never be unfamiliar to them quickly entered their nostrils.

The expressions of the infantrymen who smelled this changed their expressions, and then hurriedly rushed a few steps.

The next moment, what caught their eyes was a large number of corpses!

"Stay vigilant, everyone!"

At the sound of the reminder, the infantry with their rifles in their hands, their fingers already on the trigger, slowly approached while alerting the possible enemies around them.

If they guessed correctly, it was probably the lizardmen's camp, as they had seen a lot of tents and huts.

After getting close to a certain distance, one of the lieutenants in the infantry unit (equivalent to a centurion) spoke again......

"The first and second teams are vigilant for all around, and the third team conducts an area search."

With the development of the military strength of the Ten Thousand Worlds Civilization in recent years, Luo Ji spent some time ago to reformulate the military rank system, and at the same time, he also distributed new military uniforms to ordinary soldiers.

After a quick assignment, the lieutenant slowly approached one of the corpses with a rifle and a pair of field boots.

Looking at that appearance, it's basically that the lizardman hasn't run away.

Moreover, the wounds on these corpses were not caused by firearms......

Just as the lieutenant was thinking this, Ysera, who was flying in the air, landed slowly.

Seeing this, the lieutenant hurriedly ran over, and then gave a military salute to William Zhang, who jumped off the dragon's head.

While nodding his head, William Zhang's eyes swept over the military badge on the officer's shoulder, one bar and two stars, and then he suddenly knew it in his heart.

"Lieutenant, how's the situation here?"

As he spoke, William Zhang's gaze swept over the corpses all over the ground, and his two eyebrows were unconsciously twisted together.

"Report to Lord Elf King, some of the fatal injuries on these lizardmen were caused by cold weapons, and some of them looked like claw marks, looking at this battle, it may have been done by other orc tribes."

As the lieutenant said this, a soldier came running up to them and told them that there was a new discovery.

Hearing this, William Zhang quickly followed.

In addition to the large number of lizardmen's corpses, they also found a large number of other strange corpses in this camp.

After approaching, William Zhang subconsciously rubbed his nose, the stench emitted from these corpses was more pungent than those lizardmen.

William Chang tried to find a suitable adjective in his mind to describe the feeling, and by the way, the smell was like a stinking dead fish thrown into the trash in a fish farm!

This is really a huge test for William Zhang, who is a high elf.

Resisting the urge to turn his head and leave, William Zhang frowned and approached.

Webbed hands and feet, smooth skin, vaguely visible fish scale-like lines, facial features, human beings, they all have, but they don't look like people, and at the same time, from the jaw to the sides of the neck, there are also organs that seem to be like fish gills.

Probably due to the long period of dehydration, combined with the sweltering heat of the swampy rainforest, these creatures decayed faster and more thoroughly than the lizardmen when they died.

When William Zhang approached, he could clearly see that there were so many flying insects flying around the corpse that they were almost swarming, how disgusting it was.

"This is, the Fish-Man?"

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