Chapter 535 Strange Things

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Volume Two [Dark Tide] Chapter 535 Strange Things

As the war in Efta gradually heated up, the Tasman Empire at the end of the Gondola Mountains remained calm in the drizzle.

The battle between the "awakened" and the rebels did not seem to affect the stable rule within the undead. The assembled army began to change directions, and the first batch of undead army with a total of more than 50,000 people divided an army of 20,000 people under the order of Emperor Augustine, and began to march towards the territory of the outer "lambs". Apparently to quell the so-called "freedom and liberation" movement.

The 20,000 army mentioned here is completely different from the concept of humans or orcs. The logistics of the undead hardly need to consider the issue of "supply", so the proportion of logistics troops in the Tasman army is very small, and it is difficult to achieve a ratio of 1:1 or even higher like humans.

In other words, the 20,000-strong army has real combat power, and any undead soldier has standard equipment above leather armor, a metal long sword, and at least three years of combat training experience. Using these professional soldiers to deal with the good and bad rebels, "crushing" is without a doubt.

Because of this, Augustine, who had given the order, no longer worried about the so-called "rebel" forces. He was currently using a few drops of "alien species"—that is, tiefling's blood—to cast the "Great Tracking" spell. .

Wave-like magic waves emanated from Augustine's wand. The blood droplets floating in the air were wrapped in light, and the blood was separated by streaks of red light. After Augustine's spell was cast, the oscillating magic waves in the air gradually disappeared. , leaving only a pattern composed of faint bloodstains in front of Augustine.

The "tracking" of undead spells has not been deeply researched, so even if Augustine casts the spell with a power over level 60, it is still impossible to immediately confirm the specific location of the tiefling group.

This is the shortcoming of the spell system. If no one conducts more in-depth research and optimization on this spell, then even if a demigod comes, the effect will not be better. At this time, Augustine could only infer the tiefling's position through vague patterns. Fortunately, he was extremely skilled in magic,

The inference results are fairly clear at the moment:

"In this direction, in the area 160 kilometers away, the number is about 200..."

Knowing the location of the target, Emperor Augustine was unambiguous, and immediately wrote a secret letter and handed it to the valet beside him, saying: "Tell Yu Gesa, I want him to reply to me the news that the alien species has been captured within three days."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Naturally, such an action will not pass the discussion of the parliament, and it can be completed by Augustine sending a direct subordinate. Yugesa is a leader among the younger generation of mages, because he is currently operating with 20,000 "Qing rebels", so it is most suitable for him to carry out this task directly with the undead army at hand.

After the order was issued, Augustine looked at the pattern of the "big tracking technique" that had gradually dissipated, and secretly said with emotion: "It would be great if there was a mage who specializes in prophecy... Why does it take so much trouble?"

If there is a mage who is proficient in prophecy here, not only the number and location, but even the exact location of the tiefling can be directly drawn on the map.

It's a pity that the undead of Tasman have no similar inheritance at all, which makes Emperor Augustine quite regretful.

*****

Speaking of prophecy mages, Houdini, who was in Elson City, happened to encounter a strange thing at this moment.

After entering into a strategic cooperation agreement with Rody, most of the laboratories in the Magic Tower in Elson City were directly open to him, which was almost equivalent to opening the door to a "new world" for Houdini: although he He couldn't read high elf characters, but many instruments and magic circles in the magic laboratory were of great help to his magic research.

After doing a lot of intelligence detection for Roddy, the idle Houdini has almost been in the laboratory these days. After all, Elson City is calm, and there is nothing that needs his help at the moment. Before Rody comes back, satisfying his curiosity is the most important thing.

So Houdini studied it in front of the "resonance circle" in the middle of the magic tower, and didn't even bother to read the report letter of his apprentice's participation in the battle.

The function of the "resonance circle" can be simply explained as "spell amplification", such as allowing the "energy detection" with a radius of five kilometers to expand the range of action to fifteen kilometers through the circle. Although the detection effect will become blurred, the significance of the expanded detection area is self-evident. Houdini has been using spells to record the difference before and after spell amplification these days, and even wrote a signed paper.

But just now, the enlarged "energy detection" suddenly recorded a violent fluctuation.

There is a big difference between prophecy spells and other spells. Usually, various "props" are used to display the casting results when casting spells. The simple prophecy of "energy detection" is amplified by the magic circle, and the result is told to the caster through the "magic powder" prepared on the central "casting platform"-the greater the individual energy, the "magic powder" in this area The larger the volume of the circle displayed on the table.

Before that, Houdini's every record was the same: the city of Elson had several small circles, and the surrounding forest was blank. This is a building with energy response in the city and mages like Camilla, but the energy response of an individual mage is almost negligible when compared with the energy of the building.

But at this moment, a huge circle occupying one-third of the platform appeared in front of Houdini's eyes... This shows that something with an energy close to the current sum of the city of Elson appeared within the detection range.

"How can it be…"

Houdini felt that he had made a mistake, and immediately flattened the "magic powder" and cast the spell again——

"What is this?"

The pattern reappearing on the platform still has a huge circle, but compared to just now, this circle has moved a little to the other side.

Cold sweat broke out on Houdini's forehead. He felt that there should be a deviation somewhere in the magic circle, because in terms of energy level, Houdini had never heard of any individual that could reach the same level of energy as a city.

Even if the speaker of the Laximan Council came, it would not be so exaggerated!

He hurriedly cleared his spell-casting materials, and carefully cleaned up the "resonance circle". When he cast the spell again, the strange "energy cluster" from before was no longer there.

"I'll just say..."

Houdini breathed a sigh of relief, affirmed his inner thoughts, and then continued to silently record the data.

*****

"It has been confirmed that there are human troops in the southeast village. I saw that they hung the noble's body in the center of the village, and there are traces of battles nearby..."

"That's right," Rody finally heaved a sigh of relief after hearing Nata's report, "Come inside and warm up, I've made some hot soup..."

Nata's lips were indeed purple from the cold, but hearing Rody's caring words, the warmth in her heart seemed to dispel the cold. She nodded, took the replacement dry clothes from Akasha, and entered the next house. Rody turned back and walked into the hall of the manor that originally belonged to Lord Pochi, and continued the "review" that had not been completed before.

There were seven or eight tieflings sitting around the warm conference hall, and Elder Luther was also present. They were silent and looked at Rody's expression, as if the employees who came for the interview were looking at the HR director.

Through the past few days of overt and secret observations, Elder Luther clearly understands his current position. He is very clear that if he wants to survive now, the tieflings must show their side that can be used... If Roddy is allowed to Treating the clansmen as a "burden", then there is no need to say more about the next fate.

So he purposely found an opportunity to call on some of the most powerful young hunters in the clan to try to "show their strength" in front of Rody. Roddy didn't talk nonsense, and he bluntly asked them to go together, but the result...Elder Luther now recalls I feel terrified when I get up.

"You have good strength, speed and reflexes, but you haven't been trained systematically, so it's normal to have such results."

Rody glanced at the young tieflings with bruised noses and swollen faces—two of them had broken ribs, but because of their strong self-healing ability, they didn't cry out for pain. He commented a few words, then pointed to one of the guys, and asked Luther, "How did he manage to deform his limbs just now? Will others do it too?"

The language of the younger generation of tieflings has changed, and they couldn't understand Rody's words. Luther quickly replied: "Some young hunters will acquire some strange abilities when they become adults. There have been similar examples before, but those children... None came back."

This information is very important. Rody already knows that tieflings don't have mentors to teach them skills, and now some people have the magical ability to shorten their body length, which is obviously related to their "demon subspecies" ability.

For Rody, this is equivalent to finding a treasure.

Having a tail means having swift action and the ability to get out of trouble. The basic physical quality is higher than that of human beings. He has strong self-healing ability and night vision. Occasionally, there will be a few guys with special talents, such as the one who can extend his arm by one meter just now. The first choice for missions such as secret agents or assassinations!

What's more, they didn't serve any demons or organizations, just a group of "wild" poor people with demon blood.

Although Rody knew what Luther meant, he couldn't help feeling that he had made the right move... because what Elson lacks most now is all kinds of talents!

If conditions permit, Roddy really plans to train this group of guys.