Chapter 503: Reaching the destination, the shallow water fishmen of the Riptide Tribe [Anti-theft] [

Outside the castle, all the workers and fourth-level warriors also boarded the airship.

Baron Bezos stood there, and at this moment he seemed to have regained the feeling of his youth.

The desire for knowledge and exploration in my heart is boiling.

The adventure that he had not continued for a long time gave him the confidence and vitality of a young man.

In fact, he was not a very good explorer.

When I was young, I encountered life-threatening danger more than once, and even sacrificed the lives of many accompanying soldiers.

But the adventure also gave him strong inner strength and experience.

If everyone is compared to a sharp sword, then adventure is the whetstone in his life.

And Baron Bezos is not as mediocre as he seems.

In previous expeditions, he also had successful experiences, and he also obtained some powerful ancient weapons or magic props in those ruins.

It's just that he doesn't want to show it. The trump card can only be called a trump card if it is hidden in his hand.

Moreover, he has long foreseen the coming of great chaos, and these ancient items may be able to change his destiny.

Not only the lords have their own calculations, but the aborigines also have their own plans.

It’s just that there aren’t many people like Baron Bezos who are sober and can prepare for a rainy day.

As the prelude to great chaos and integration gradually unfolds, more and more indigenous people will react.

However, conflicts may not necessarily break out first between the indigenous people and the lords.

The backlog of problems within the Aboriginal people, including low productivity, class divisions, wealth divisions, and extremely difficult paths for upward advancement, are all serious internal conflicts.

There are also alien races dormant everywhere and hidden dangers on the mainland such as the White Walkers, which are also triggers.

If one were to explode randomly, huge chaos would inevitably erupt within the aborigines.

Baron Bezos stood there and watched Eagle Sauce disappear into the sky before he walked into the pod.

The metal pod door slowly closed, accompanied by the "rumbling" sound of six sets of turbofans starting.

The airship floated into the air and slowly began to take off.

The speed is much slower than Yingjiang. It is estimated that it will wait until the airship rises to a suitable height.

Eagle Sauce has already flown dozens of kilometers away.

Even with a dozen people on his back, Ying Jiang was still as fast as the wind.

Its maximum speed can reach more than 600 kilometers per hour.

When the speed increases, it is equivalent to traveling more than ten kilometers per minute.

Such air navigation speed is no less than that of old-fashioned propeller airliners.

Flying at such extreme speeds, everyone on its back has to withstand huge winds.

There was even a "whooshing" sound in my ears.

The scales on Yingjiang's body play a big role in stabilizing everyone's figure.

Everyone held on to those scales tightly and lowered their heads to prevent their faces from facing the airflow.

Only Zong Shen is the most calm, because his position is also the best.

He was riding behind Yingjiang's neck, with Yingjiang's neck and big head in front of him.

This is a natural barrier that can block part of the airflow for him.

As he was rushing forward with all his strength, Zong Shen no longer cared about looking at the scenery.

There is nothing to see along the way.

Eighty or ninety kilometers to the north, we entered the mountains.

This mountainous area has the same origin as the northern mountainous area near Zongshen's territory.

It can be regarded as an extension of the northern mountainous area. The mountainous area is thousands of kilometers long and is a natural barrier connecting the northern part of the Kingdom of Avalon to the Kingdom of Nord.

It is a typical "liang no matter" zone, and currently the two kingdoms have no intention of constructing or developing it.

There are many mountains of this size throughout the continent.

Because there are no large-scale wars, the kingdom has sufficient resources.

Therefore, there is no need to develop mountains, forests and valleys.

This is why Azshara's abandoned mines have never been reopened.

Since there is no shortage of resources, who will go through the thankless task of clearing out the mines?

After all, the mine involves a lot, and the development process will inevitably encounter obstacles from resurrected undead monsters and cave creatures.

It was precisely because of this situation that the lords were given room to develop.

The mountain forests in the north block part of the Kingdom of Nord and the Kingdom of Avalon.

It is divided from east to west and is a buffer area.

The Kingdom Straight Road was built near the East China Sea and at the end of the mountains in the west as the official passage between the two kingdoms. In addition, giant cities near the border and even a few fortress-type cities had corresponding teleportation arrays.

These teleportation circles need to be opened in both directions. One party sends a transmission request and the other party agrees before the teleportation circle can be successfully opened.

In short, humans rarely set foot in this mountain forest.

It is not easy to cross this mountain forest.

Only villagers from the border areas and some hunting groups and mercenary groups entered the mountains and forests.

There are a large number of raptors, beasts, and various alien races living in it.

There are even rumors that some churches have built secret strongholds in similar places.

In addition to these anecdotes, there are also some precious forging materials and magic materials.

It can also be regarded as a bloody land for adventurers and a fertile ground for wealth.

Zong Shen blocked the airflow with his arms and looked down at the scenery below.

The mountain forest is very lush, and it is green as far as the eye can see.

The mountains rise and fall, creating valleys, basins, cliffs, and a variety of scenery.

A rough name can be summarized as "mountain forest".

In fact, the details of the internal terrain are simply ever-changing.

A place like this, desolate and uninhabited, should be an area rich in resources.

However, during the flight, Zong Shen discovered that there were also territories within the mountains and forests.

The trees around the locations where lords landed were basically cut down, so they were easily identifiable. These territories were usually located halfway up the mountain in a slightly open area.

There are also some places like mountains and streams.

This is not a strange thing, because Zongze's territory is also in the mountains.

In addition, Zong Shen also discovered that the regions in the mountain forest were not densely divided.

Unlike them in the plains, the areas are right next to each other.

In this mountainous area, there is often a blank area of ​​tens of kilometers after flying over an area.

After flying over the empty area, we entered another area.

The reason may be related to the terrain or specific environmental conditions.

Just observing all the way, Yingjiang has reached the sky above the destination.

The whole journey takes less than fifty minutes.

Following the tips from the guide's navigation, he quickly saw the lake where his destination was.

The area of ​​this lake is not small. Even when viewed from an altitude of several thousand meters, it looks like a round mirror.

To the north of the lake is an open space, and to the south are several mountains with a height of more than a thousand meters.

The lake is adjacent to the foot of the mountain and looks quite conspicuous.

In addition, this area is also a blank area in the mountain forest where no lord has come.

The residence ruins of the Knights of the Lion are located at the foot of the mountain beside the lake according to the instructions.

After more than 10,000 years of changes, the terrain has changed after the vicissitudes of life.

The ruins were buried, and the foot of the mountain rose up.

It is almost impossible for the lords nearby to discover the remains of the settlement here.

They have no strategy tips unless they can get out of the mountains and catch up with the aboriginal master who knows the secret.

Otherwise, we have to wait until someone explores the area and discovers the ruins by chance.

Zong Shen patted Yingjiang's neck and let it fall.

In order not to alarm those shallow-water fishmen, Zong Shen changed his landing place.

He chose the top of the mountain as his landing point.

From a high position here, you may be able to observe the ruins at the foot of the mountain and see the lake.

If he landed directly at the foot of a mountain or next to a lake, it would be like putting his face up to be beaten by those shallow-water fishmen.

The overlord-level dragon-veined gryphon plus thirteen human uninvited guests.

I'm afraid it will arouse the hostility of the shallow-water fishmen as soon as it lands.

So Zong Shen chose a conservative landing location before Baron Bezos arrived.

He was not prepared to break out into a full-scale conflict with those fishmen if necessary.

Yingjiang naturally had no objection. It landed on the cliff at the top of the mountain according to Zong Shen's order.

The top of the mountain here is all bare and hard rock.

Fortunately, the top of the cliff is not too small, enough for Ying Jiang to land freely, and it can also ensure that everyone can move around.

When they fell, Yingjiang approached from the other side of the mountain. This was also Zong Shen's request to try not to expose them in advance.

After landing, Zong Shen immediately jumped down to the cliff.

The view here is excellent, with no lush trees interfering with the view.

Most of the plants grow on the mountainside.

Looking from the cliff, you can see far away places, including the bend of the lake.

After all, this mountain is more than a thousand meters high and is a natural lookout and commanding height.

Zong Shen took out the [Single Telescope (Purple)] and began to observe the lake.

With the telescope's enhanced vision, he could finally see the details of the environment near the lake.

It was like a paradise. The area of ​​the lake was very large, at least ten times the size of the small lake where Zong Shen had been to the abandoned dragon nest before.

There is nothing happening on the lake shore on this side near the foot of the mountain, that is, on the south shore of the lake.

On the contrary, there are traces of shallow-water fish-man activities in the two corresponding locations on the east bank and west bank.

Because Zong Shen saw many dome-shaped huts made of wood on the shore of the lake.

Many of them are built directly into the lake, and they use logs to build their foundations.

Zong Shen had never seen a fish-man before.

Until now, he saw the so-called shallow water fishman through the telescope.

Because the distance is too far, even with the field of view bonus given by the telescope, only some figures can be seen vaguely.

These shallow-water fishmen are very small, comparable to ordinary goblins.

The whole body is light blue, and it seems to have fish-like scales with mucus.

The head is also very strange, shaped like a fish head. Unfortunately, the specific facial features cannot be seen clearly. There is also a row of blue fins from the back of the head to the spine. It has four limbs, as well as webbed palms and soles.

No more details can be seen, and even part of the appearance was made up by Zong Shen.

Anyway, this so-called shallow water fishman and mermaid are not related to each other. As the name suggests, they are real "fishmen". Just looking at their appearance, they look like fish with four limbs and can walk upright.

Therefore, the name Fishman has no artistic elements at all.

Simplicity and authenticity.

There are a large number of dome huts on the east and west banks of the lake. There are at least thousands of them at a rough count.

As for the north shore, it is really far away from here. Coupled with the mist rising vaguely from the lake, the layers are like a white gauze covering the north shore.

There is nothing on the south bank, and there seems to be no shallow water fishman activity.

This is actually very abnormal. There should be something near the south bank that the fish people are very afraid of.

Thinking of this, Zong Shen leaned out halfway again, wanting to see what was going on at the foot of the mountain.

However, the trees on the mountainside were too dense, blocking the view from the top of the mountain.

"It's difficult to do. We still have to find a way to go down and have a look."

"Let's ask the guide beforehand."

Zong Shen retracted his leaning body and sat directly on the edge of the cliff.

Start asking about the strategy module.

"Please tell me how many murlocs there are in the lake?"

"How good are these fishmen in combat?"

“Why don’t they build palapas on the south bank?”

Zong Shen raised questions in his mind one after another.

Perhaps because he had one problem after another this time, there was no immediate feedback from the strategy module.

After about two or three seconds, the golden prompt subtitles slowly appeared.

(The lake is home to the shallow-water murlocs of the Riptide Tribe. They have reproduced here for hundreds of years. Currently, there are 617 murloc cubs, 4,714 ordinary murlocs, 2,192 elite steel-forged murloc warriors, and 2,192 elite-level murlocs. 827 human wavebreakers, 311 captain-level murloc prophets, 125 captain-level murloc nightcrawlers, 52 leader-level shallow water trekkers, and 6 overlord-level wave controllers.

(Shallow-water murlocs are weaker than human warriors and spellcasters at the same level, but this is their home field. There is a murloc altar on the north shore. There will be tight defenses there and it is extremely difficult to break through.

As for why they don’t breed on the south bank, it’s because there are often groups of fifth-level lion and skeleton knights coming out of the ruins to wreak havoc on the lake shore. Over time, they will abandon the south bank.)

"hiss!"

After reading the content of the strategy tips, Zong Shen took a breath of cold air.

The scale of this fishman tribe exceeded his imagination.

The total number of fishmen of all types and levels reached more than 8,000.

There are 6 overlord-level murlocs alone.

Judging from this numerical ratio, Zong Shen estimated that the strength of the best among them should not be underestimated.

Fortunately, the murlocs are not immortal species, and their individual strength is similar to that of a kobold.

Compared with humans, their combat effectiveness is slightly inferior.

However, the numerical gap between the two sides is really too big, and it is unreasonable to be tough.

Zong Shen had no other intentions for this.

It's four to five hundred kilometers from here to Bosibon.

Counting the straight-line distance, it is thousands of kilometers to the territory.

He had no interest in taming a group of murloc warriors so far apart.

At least in the short term, such an idea is unrealistic.

In the future, when the territory develops into a huge city, maybe Zong Shen will have the leisure and elegance to tame them.

After all, alien units like this do not occupy the command value.

He can completely replicate the pattern of conquering the gryphon's nest.

Directly tame the leader of the murloc tribe called the Riptide Tribe.

Achieve a state of indirect rule.

These fishmen can be used as additional combat power, and they do not occupy the command points anyway.

In the future, Zong Shen said that some branch cities might be built, and he might even consider building a giant coastal city.

Then these fishmen will come in handy.

Although they live in fresh water, in fact the most suitable home for fishmen is still the ocean.

This is also due to the nature in the blood, but compared with the ocean, the lake here can be considered a safe habitat.

The reason why these shallow-water fishmen do not move around on the south bank is actually because there are undead in the ruins that have been disturbed.

To be able to make the murlocs retreat, the strength of those undead knights must not be weak, and their numbers must be large. Otherwise, these more than 8,000 murlocs would never act like they can't afford to fight and hide.

This information also indirectly proves the two elements emphasized by the previous guide and Baron Bezos.

"Undead" and "murlocs".

If you can solve these two problems, this exploration will be extremely easy.

Although the fishmen abandoned the south bank, they did not completely ignore it.

Zong Shen discovered during the observation just now that many simple sentries were built on the east and west banks adjacent to the south bank, and ditches were dug out, turning a hundred meters of land on the lake shore into a pulpy quagmire. , in such mud, even the movement of the undead bone horse will be affected.

There are also groups of fishman warriors patrolling nearby.

Obviously these little blue guys still attach great importance to the situation on the south bank.

It also proved that those lion skeleton knights had caused heavy losses to them.

Otherwise, these murlocs would never be so exposed to the enemy.

Such a situation would be very detrimental to Zong Shen's future actions.

Even if they don't take the initiative to provoke the murlocs, once they excavate ruins at the foot of the mountain or fight the resurrected lion skeleton knights, they will inevitably be discovered by the patrolling murlocs.

If these weird little things insist on disrupting the situation, Zong Shen and Bezos will be in a very dangerous situation.

What Zong Shen brought this time were elite soldiers and generals with rich combat experience.

Including himself, he also has many means and strong fighting power.

But here there is no advantage at all.

On one side is a large number of murloc tribes, and on the other side is a powerful lion and skeleton knight.

They can only concentrate all their efforts on one side and cannot withstand the pressure and consequences of fighting on two fronts.

The resurrected Lion Skeleton Knights in the ruins are all warriors of the original Lion Knights.

Zong Shen estimated that their strength would definitely not be comparable to Richardson who was wandering near the Boneyard.

But these guys were still fifth-level warriors when they were alive, and they came from the previous era with higher gold content. Even if they become undead knights and their strength is reduced to a certain extent, they should not become too bad.

Moreover, these knights are not Richardson, and they will not have a strong chivalry to suppress the will to kill.

The skeleton knight controlled by the killing instinct is the real nightmare.

Therefore, the combat power displayed by these guys is at least above that of a fourth-level knight!