Chapter III Intelligence and Planning

After understanding the current situation, Richard and the others split up and got busy.

Quicksand began an in-depth inspection of the base to ensure that no temporal cracks would pop up. In addition, this god can also absorb the power of time scattered in the base into her body, so that her mana can increase. Quicksand silently calculated that if she absorbed all the power of time in the entire base, she would become a ninth-level god.

Gore, Splash, and Gonder are sent out to explore their surroundings, and Erin and Tiramisu begin to transcribe the "Language" magic scroll, which allows everyone to learn the native language in three days, the first step in establishing themselves in a new plane.

Trinator and Minotaur took on as much effort as they could, while Minnie was sent to interrogate the captives in order to get more information.

The Foot Knights put away the quicksand-treated equipment, which is quite useful and should be kept well. On the other hand, equipment and property left behind by the enemy also need to be collected and inventoried. At Reilly's request, the bodies of these men were neatly laid out on the ground.

"What are you going to do?" Richard looked at curiously.

"Make cannon fodder. As he spoke, a cloud of black gas poured out of Reilly's hands and flowed into the corpses.

Richard sensed it with his spiritual power, but found that these were pure dark energy!

Seeing those corpses turn into skeletons under the influence of dark energy, Richard cried out in surprise, "You're actually a necromancer?"

Reilly rolled his eyes and said, "It's a necromancer, not a necromancer." ”

"Does it make a difference?"

"The necromancers of the Norland plane will only imprison the souls of the dead in corpses, creating a bunch of resentful spirits that hate the living. And my approach is to return the souls of the dead to the earth, and then use the dark power to drive away those blank corpses, turning them into undead warriors. This is one of the top inheritances of the Saint Hugh Ari plane, and when you cultivate to the later stage, you can even resurrect the dead!" Reilly said solemnly.

Richard's heart moved, and he asked, "After the resurrection, how much will the level drop?"

Noland also has resurrection, but only a handful of powerful gods are able to bestow it on some of the most gifted priests.

Not only does the resurrection technique have many limitations, but it will also reduce the strength of the resurrected person by three to five levels, and even the final potential will drop by a large level.

However, Reilly's answer was beyond Richard's expectations: "The level will not be reduced, and the potential will not be affected." ”

“...... Terrible. ”

By dusk, quicksand had carefully inspected the forward base. Luckily, there are no rifts left here, and as long as all the scattered temporal power is removed, the base can be put back into use. In addition, the warehouse stocked up with enough supplies to arm hundreds of soldiers, which can be said to solve Richard's urgent need.

Seeing that everything in the base was on track, Richard left alone, ready to go outside to study the "seed". The resources he brought with him on this plane trip were very limited, and only the blue-gray egg had not been used yet.

After a while, Reilly noticed that Richard's followers had fainted on the ground. To be exact, those who had made a pact with him had lost consciousness.

(...... Could it be that Richard's soul was hurt?)

Thinking of this, Reilly directly used the ability of Void Jump to teleport outside the base, just in time to see Richard get up from the ground.

"What's wrong?"

"I'm incubating a contract creature and something happened to me. As he spoke, Richard placed his bruised palm on a blue-gray egg and let it absorb its own blood.

Soon, cracks appeared in the eggshell, and when a jet-black blade reached out of it, both Richard and Reilly knew that the creature inside was coming out.

The eggshell near the blade cracked open and fell to the ground, and a dark black bug crawled out of it. It had six arthropods, an unproportionately large abdomen, and two blade-like forelimbs protruding near its head.

After breaking through the shell, the insect immediately pounced on the broken eggshell and chewed it, and in the blink of an eye, the ground was cleaned as if it had been swept by a vacuum cleaner. After eating, it raised its head, exchanged words with Richard for a while, and then spread its wings and slowly flew into the depths of the forest.

At this moment, Quicksand ran over, followed by two foot knights. Seeing Richard from a distance, the girl breathed a sigh of relief and asked tentatively, "What's the matter, it doesn't matter, right?"

Richard said with some trepidation: "I just managed to stimulate the seed, and then I got a brood, and now it has gone to forage for food on its own." Do you know anything about the brood?"

Richard described the shape of the brood in detail, but Quicksand said that she had never seen anything like it, or even heard of it.

"Now that the brood has established a soul contract with you, there's no need to worry. In the end, this is only the conclusion that was reached.

When Richard returned to base, the others had gathered. Seeing him come back safely, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, Minnie Mouse walked up to Richard and said with a worried face, "I have asked for some information, do you want to listen?"

Richard nodded and said, "Of course." ”

A few minutes later, Richard got the information he wanted, and he and Quicksand glanced at each other, and they could see the hidden worry in each other's eyes. Reilly was silently pondering something, not participating in their interaction. Minnie Mouse silently withdrew.

This is a high-level plane that has given birth to a legendary powerhouse, and its name is Faro. The forward base is located in the territory of the Principality of White Rock, and the surrounding terrain is very complex, with mountains and forests. Walking out of the mountains along a river a dozen kilometers away, you can see a rich alluvial plain, and the town of Baron Fosa is at the bend of the river. It is worth mentioning that Sir Goyo, who was killed by Gore earlier, was one of the five knights under Baron Fosa.

Faro is a vast and fertile plane with a large population. The number of people under the rule of Baron Fosa was about 200,000, but the area of his territory that was truly inhabitable for humans was only about 800 square kilometers. In other words, a small barony has a population density of 250 (people per square kilometer)!

With this large population, Baron Fossa retained a standing army of more than 1,000 men and dozens of knighted knights. According to the tradition of the Faro plane, those who achieved the title of knighthood by merit and personal prowess were called knights, and they were given a small manor as a fief. Among them, a warrior from a civilian background must reach level 10 before he can become a knight.

As a devotee of the god of courage, Baron Fosa built a shrine in the city. This time, it was thanks to the oracle that the priest of the god of courage received the oracle that Baron Fosa would use Sir Goyo, who was closest to the area, as a striker to hunt down the invaders from the other plane. And the main force of the baron also followed, and if Sir Goyo could not destroy the invaders, they would be the follow-up striking force.

With a wave of his hands, Reilly conjured up a three-dimensional map in the air, showing the area around the base, and said, "After listening to the information, we should also formulate a strategy, let's take a look at the map first." ”

Richard was shocked and asked, "Where did you get this map?"

"Bringing together what the dragonflies saw and scaling it down, it became the map it is now. As he spoke, Reilly added, "If you want to look closer, you can also enlarge the part you need." ”

At the mention of dragon flies, Richard remembered another thing and hurriedly asked, "Where is Baron Fosa's troops?"

Pointing to a small town outside the mountains, Reilly said, "I guess they'll be here tonight." Tomorrow morning, these people will go into the mountains. We had to conduct a close reconnaissance to determine the strength of the other side, and the dragon flies only saw the numbers. ”

"This time, there's a good chance they've brought the priest of the God of Courage, and we'll have to kill him as soon as possible. Quicksand added.

Richard nodded and said, "The baron sent a third of his troops, so they should be led by two knights, plus a dozen knights." ”

Reilly pointed to the forward base and said, "This position is not bad, and it is not bad. The rough terrain and dense jungle will keep the cavalry out, and we will face three hundred infantry. If you do it well, you can completely annihilate all these guys. ”

Richard's eyes lit up and he asked, "What are you going to do?"

Reilly pointed to the winding mountain road and said, "We can first fight an ambush to weaken the opponent's forces and then attract them to the forward base." ”

"Do you want to fight in the streets?"

"There's no need for that. Reilly smiled and said, "I'm going to fight a counter-encirclement battle under the city walls!"

"Anti-encirclement?

"If you don't have enough troops, you can call for reinforcements!"

"Where's the reinforcements?"

"Teleported from my territory. ”

Richard stood up all of a sudden, and said excitedly, "You can teleport across the plane now?"

"That plane is going on a super battle involving hundreds of legendary powerhouses, do you want to meet the world?" Reilly said with a faint look at him. If Richard answered in the affirmative, then he wouldn't mind taking this kid to the dark world.

“...... Next time. Richard swallowed and said, "Didn't you just discuss the issue of reinforcements?" ”

"Until then, I want to know what you're really capable of. Reilly touched his chin and said, "Now, we can say that we are passengers on a boat, and only by working together can we overcome the wind and waves ahead." ”

Richard and Quicksand nodded in agreement.