"Discover the source of energy." Standing in front of the tall pyramid-shaped energy detection station, Locke's ears rang with the steady voice of the assistant elves, "The direction is northwest, the signal is unusually weak and deeply disturbed, presumably caused by the large amount of water flowing above the energy source. ”

That is, that thing was buried underwater?

Magic crocodile? No, in the case of crocodiles, the energy source will not be just 'weak', because there will not be only one, but a swarm.

Since there is an energy signal source, you have to look at it.

"Inform Charlie and prepare to start the hunt."

"Inform the lab that the orc research is asking them to speed up!"

"Inform the forge that the large portable teleportation array it made is ready, and I'll send a skeleton knight to get it later."

"Inform the Graveyard of Horrors that I want another order for ghoul production."

"Inform Caesar that the ghoul force and the remaining skeleton legions are now under its command, don't let me down. Finally ......"

After Locke methodically assigned various tasks, he turned his head to look at the three-year-old girl floating in the air in front of him, flapping elven wings and wearing a little maid suit.

"Annie, because of the castle upgrade, I can't put it away and take it away, you will be in charge of the housekeeping during this time, I have already notified the Graveyard of Horrors to send out a new batch of ghouls to join the team, the tactics I taught Caesar should have almost learned, and it will protect your safety at that time."

Once the castle is put down and Locke leaves directly, Anne will not be able to get in touch with him, and can only ask the auxiliary elves to send a few simple characters to report whether the Demon King City is safe or not.

The little guy, who had been following Locke since he was conscious, had not left half a step at all, and now he was suspended in mid-air, pouting, clutching the corner of his skirt, looking like he was about to cry.

"......" Locke looked at her, a little unbearable for a while, went over and hugged her and thought about it, and immediately looked up and said, "Nina, after I leave, the castle will be fully in charge of you, and Annie's consciousness will fall into a dormant state until I come back, the time will only be about 2 days, is it clear?" ”

"Understood." The auxiliary elf replied.

When the little guy heard this, he raised his little tearful face from Locke's arms and looked at him, just about to speak.

"Shh~~" Locke stretched out his index finger to her lips and said quietly, "Sleep child, you can see me when you wake up." ”

"Uh-huh......." Anne agreed obediently, burying her head in his chest, and in a few moments her body gradually thinned out and finally disappeared.

She herself is the embodiment of the will of the castle, and after she hibernates, she naturally returns to the core origin of the castle.

After arranging the arrangement, and finally checking again to see if there was anything missing, after making sure that it was correct, Locke looked up and said, "Nina." ”

"Yes"

"I'll leave it to you."

"Understood."

The support elf's tone never changed from beginning to end, and although it sounded a little impersonal, on the other hand, this calm posture was at least reassuring, wasn't it?

After explaining everything, Locke nodded, entered the teleportation array leading to the outside, and disappeared, and when he reappeared, it was in the prairie a kilometer away from the castle.

In front of him, 20 domesticated skeleton dragoons, plus 100 skeleton knights and 10 large supply carriages, were already standing there in a neat line.

These were the equipment brought by the Earl of Seth City, who had invaded the castle before, and although the people were killed, the horses, banners, and tools were all kept.

As soon as the bipeds saw Locke, they all put their heads close to the ground to show respect, and Locke nodded back, then turned over on Charlie's back, and finally glanced at the majestic and magnificent outline of Castlevania in the distance, turned his head and said: "Two tasks: rounding up the herd and finding the source of energy." 2 days, go back quickly, go! ”

With a wave of their hand, the team began to move rapidly towards the northwest, and it was estimated that it would take about a day to reach the distance.

Walked quickly for a while......

"Shhhh——!!h

"Shhhh——!!h

Seeing this green grassland full of life, this group of bipedal dragons who have never been seen since birth are running around excitedly in the middle of the beasts while chirping, the situation is like a child rushing into the pigeon flock in the square, and the action of the bipedal dragon also caused the beasts around the distance to scream and dodge again and again, and suddenly all the beasts are galloping, the scene is quite spectacular.

After keeping them alive all morning, Locke began to implement the herd round-up plan.

"The overall number only needs to catch 100,000, let's start with the herd of springboks in front."

Locke pointed to the large herd of streamlined antelopes gathered in front of him.

This animal does not belong to the class of Warcraft, the skill is to run fast, at a speed of 100 kilometers per hour, they run like a drunk driver running a red light, but the meat quality of this animal does not belong to the sheep category, but is closer to the deer, in other words, their meat taste is quite good.

"Dismount, set up a teleportation array here, move fast!" Locke shouted at the skeleton knight behind him who was in charge of escorting the 10 supply wagons, and then the wagons opened, and the thick black metal rods covered in rune marks were removed.

The castle did not have a Locke with him, and like the field chicken, he could not carry large equipment, so he could only rely on horse-drawn means to transport the items needed for the teleportation array with the army.

After a while, the teleportation array was built, and the two black iron rods inserted on the ground were 20 meters apart as a group, a total of 10 groups in a row, and after charging, a faint light appeared in it, like a fluctuating gate, as long as you enter, the other side is the prairie in the city.

With everything done, Locke, who was riding on the back of a dragon, said loudly to a row of 20 dragoons in front of him: "This is the first time you have hunted in the grassland, and my request is to drive the beasts in front of you to the portal behind, can you do it?" ”

"Hiss——!!"

Charlie, who Locke sat down, immediately roared loudly in front of him, and the beasts lived up to expectations, responding to it, looking like they were mobilizing before the battle.

"Let's go."

With a slight wave of Locke's palm, the beasts immediately turned and scattered in all directions, and Locke himself followed to watch elsewhere.

The bipedal dragons who carried out the hunting operation slowly circled behind the springbok herd, the movement was quite secretive, and then screamed, and immediately pounced on them, and the antelope herd was startled, and hurriedly ran to the side under the leadership of the leader of the front row, and immediately led the herd towards the portal after finding that there were all predators around......

The first hunt was a success, and then Locke set the beasts free, divided into groups, and drove them here if he saw something delicious.

Suddenly, the whole grassland chickens and dogs jumped, and all the beasts rushed back and forth, and in and around them, from time to time, several excited bipedal dragons were interspersed with intimidation and driving away while biting at their void.

"It looks like Jurassic Park." Locke on the side evaluated.

Roar——!!!

At this moment, a huge beast scream came, and Locke hurriedly turned around, suddenly a little speechless. (To be continued)