Chapter 2309 - Zhao Manyan, the Spotlight (1/2)
Chapter 2309: Zhao Manyan, the Spotlight
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
It was dark by the time the army was done setting up tents to rest for the night. Pushing forward at night was no different from killing themselves.
The army would advance in the morning. If they could find the enemy’s camp, they would have to fight the army of the Brown Rebels before night tomorrow.
The influence of the Frenzy Liquid on people’s minds grew stronger as the rain kept pouring down. Even the slightest conflict might provoke Mages into fighting one another to the death, regardless of which side they were on.
The most ideal outcome was to start the battle before it was dark tomorrow!
A kilometer ahead of the swamp was a jungle of Moss-Coated Trees. Their trunks stuck deep into the firm ground, yet their branches spread across the wetland either above the surface or under the water.
These Moss-Coated Trees did not break easily. They were strong enough to be used as stepping stones. The soldiers were resting on them.
The troop of Savage Bull Riders had four hundred men and four hundred and fifty Savage Bulls.
Savage Bulls were a common species in swamps. Their hides looked like pitch-black glass. The sticky mud and soil could not stick to their smooth skin, allowing them to move and swim freely in the swamps.
The Savage Bulls were lying in the mud resting, while their Riders were sitting on the trees in silence.
Meanwhile, Lt. Colonel Mason was greeting every Rider passionately, despite being their new superior. The Riders looked down on him even more.
“Do you have a plan? I wouldn’t want my Riders roaming in the swamp and the woods aimlessly. We will only fall into the enemy’s traps,” Benson said.
“Well…” Mason was lost for words.
What plan could he have? His only plan was to murmur Forneus’ name and charge forward recklessly!
“The enemy has Necromancers. I don’t think Bucker is the only Necromancer they have. I’ve checked the nearby swamps and picked up traces of Undead,” Mu Bai spoke up professionally, looking at his report.
“Which means we might be fighting Undead tomorrow? It doesn’t matter, those Undead are no different from a pile of reeds in front of our Savage Bulls,” Captain Benson scoffed.
“We have discussed this with Lt. Colonel Mason. The enemy clearly has better scouting ability than we do. I’m betting they are using the Undead hiding under the mud to keep an eye on us,” Mu Bai went on, as if Benson had not spoken.
The Undead were able to conceal themselves perfectly under the water. They could sense living creatures’ movements in the swamp without showing themselves.
Bucker had given Mu Bai the clue about how the enemy knew their whereabouts at all times.
“I see, it sounds like not all of you are idiots,” Captain Benson snorted.
“We have to move when the sun rises. Once we deal with the Undead that are watching us, the enemy won’t have any idea which way we entered the woods from,” Mu Bai went on calmly.
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Mu Bai’s speculation was on point. The Brown Rebels had hidden Undead in the swamp. These particular Undead were only good for scouting.
While everyone else was resting, a man wearing a raincoat and emitting a faint glow walked into the swamp.
He was grumbling while murmuring the Sacred Chant of Light Magic. “Damn it, why do I have to do this filthy work?” Zhao Manyan cursed.
He swept his finger across the air. A cluster of glowing orbs of Light circling his finger turned into tiny fairies before Zhao Manyan fired them into the swamp like bullets.
The little Light Fairies with transparent wings dove into the mud and tracked down the Undead hiding in the swamp. The Light Fairies turned the Undead into sludge in no time.
Zhao Manyan kept moving deeper into the swamp. He did not want to do the same thing again tomorrow, and decided to get rid of all the Undead in the swamp.