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More than a dozen cavalrymen, without any weapons and waving their whips, came all the way to a place not far from the border line, shouting at the Lake soldiers on the other side of the line.
"Come out, you coward!"
"Look!" A famous rider saluted in French style, indicating that he had no weapons. "I only have a whip, and you dare not come out?"
"Hahaha... He feels that the sword in his hand is no match for the whip."
Thanks to the Little Cat Girl's mantra, Lake was not worried about the coalition forces launching a surprise attack on the territory at this time, so he did not send heavy troops to garrison the territory. Only four or five people could see the movements of the coalition forces.
These soldiers were very angry. The captain drew his sword, squeezed his legs and asked the groom to charge, but the reins were grabbed by his subordinates beside him.
"After Lake is defeated, we will not accept the surrender of a coward like you!"
Seeing that Lake's soldiers were not provoked and lost their minds, more than a dozen cavalrymen cursed and laughed loudly before riding their horses back to the camp.
"Damn bastard!" The captain threw his sword angrily, and most of the sword was inserted into the ground at an angle.
Zhang Mu looked at him with interest for a few times, memorized his appearance, and turned back to the capital.
After a day and a night of rushing back to the capital, as soon as he entered the palace gate, the king came hurriedly and told him a bad news.
Something strange happened in the Quiet Forest.
The news came from Palina.
Soran was transferred to the capital by Zhang Mu to set up an intelligence department, and Palina was left alone in Gul City.
With nothing to do, and having learned from Sauron that Zhang Mu lacked excellent investigators, he simply used the connections left by the city lord to try to train a reconnaissance team.
Regardless of the effect, Palina's attitude is indeed very serious and not playful.
Early this morning, she led the team to the field for training as usual. When passing by the Silent Forest, she suddenly discovered that something was wrong with this thousand-year-old forest.
It seems a little... unreal.
Zhang Mu scratched his head. What the hell? Illusion?
The king took a few breaths and said, “There have been similar situations on the continent of Sol.”
"Talk about it."
"In the territory of the Red Sky Empire, there is a holy lake bestowed by the gods."
"Just like the Silent Forest, it appeared overnight?"
"Yes."
"and then?"
"One day, the lake suddenly became... how can I describe it... it slowly became transparent, becoming more and more transparent until it completely disappeared."
Zhang Mu didn't care whether the previous description was accurate or not, and asked in surprise: "You mean, the Quiet Forest will disappear too?"
"It should be."
This is troublesome.
The peace between Lagu and Lake lasted for thousands of years, but it was not because the two sides let go of their hatred, but because they were blocked by the forest between the two countries, and the army could not safely reach the other side's territory.
Even so, Lagu was still unwilling to give up. He prepared for a thousand years and launched a surprise attack at the end of last year.
If Zhang Mu had not happened to go to Gul City and defeat Lagu, Lake would have been in danger that time.
Now the king says that the Silent Forest will disappear. Doesn’t that mean Lagu can attack at any time?
Zhang Mu frowned.
Lagu's legion and high-level professionals are not as numerous as the coalition forces, but it knows that it has magical weapons.
In dealing with it, Zhang Mu felt that Lagu was more difficult to deal with than the coalition forces.
After learning from the disastrous defeat in the Silent Forest, Lagu would never gather his troops again if they fought again.
Zhang Mu still has the confidence of winning, but it will take more time.
"Damn it, you're quite troublesome." Zhang Mu looked up at the sky, as if he was looking into the eyes of the god who was sitting on the throne and overlooking the continent of Thor through endless space and time.
"There are still eleven months until the end of the year. If Lagu wants to launch a surprise attack on us, he must wait for the migration of the monsters in the Quiet Forest in eleven months. That's why I didn't send troops to Gul."
Zhang Mu waved his hand: "Why panic? If there is a problem, just solve it."
"I will immediately dispatch troops to Ghor."
"Don't worry." Zhang Mu pinched his chin and thought, "Such a large forest will not be taken back too quickly. I'll go and take a look. Maybe the time it takes for the Quiet Forest to disappear is enough for us to repel the coalition forces."
Chapter 337: Preparation for the establishment of an armored group army, the spacecraft is about to be completed
In order to reach the Silent Forest as quickly as possible, Zhang Mu did not fly in his physical body, but drove his old car for three days and arrived at Gul City.
After resting for a while above the city, Zhang Mu squinted his eyes and looked around. The quiet forest in the distance seemed no different from half a year ago.
The green hills rise and fall, stretching for thousands of miles, like an ancient giant beast, quietly crawling on the ground, enjoying the sunshine on its back.
"Indeed... it is a little more transparent."
Palina was worried that she would not be able to intimidate professionals, so most of the people she recruited were ordinary people.
Although they could sense something unusual in the Silent Forest, their senses were not very clear.
It is different for Zhang Mu, who is at the mage level. The changes in the forest are as clear as a stone hitting the calm lake.
In his eyes, the quiet forest at this moment was becoming increasingly illusory, just like the corpses of monsters that were about to be refreshed in an online game.
"Tsk tsk, worthy of being a god, there's something there."
When the enemy comes, we will fight back with our generals; when the water comes, we will block it with earth. Since the small incident in the Quiet Forest has already happened, Zhang Mu feels that it is completely unnecessary to regret it. It would be better to think about how to deal with Lagu's attack in the near future.
Lagu is no ordinary person, and he holds information about magical weapons. Zhang Mu plans to send the First Army to garrison Gul, which is safer.
After thinking it over, he started his old car and flew towards the forest, ready to observe closely and guess the exact time of disappearance so as to estimate when Lagu would arrive.
The old car flew across the prairie river and came to the edge of the forest.
Zhang Mu folded up the car, put it on the ground, walked into the dim and quiet forest, and wandered around.
Soon, he discovered some problems.
The magic power around was getting thinner, and objects were losing their reality, but the magical beast passing by did not change at all.
"What do you mean?" Zhang Mu's eyes followed a trainee-level magic beast that ran into the bushes, "The forest has been taken back, but the magic beast is still here?
What else can I do? "
The Silent Forest is not a "level map" in the game. The monsters in the level 80 map are all around this level.
It is a complete ecological chain, and the monsters in it range from the lowest apprentice level to the saint level and even the divinely blessed level.
If the forest is gone, will they still stay there quietly?
It's normal to run around the world, right?
Which way will it go? Lagu or Lake?
If a divine protection ran into Lake's territory...
Zhang Mu frowned and threw out an ice cone, piercing the gray rabbit monster that was sniffing around on the ground in front of him.
Contact Shadow Technique walked closer, pinched the back of the neck and lifted him up to look at him.
"That's right. Nothing has changed."
Throwing the corpse aside, Zhang Mu continued to walk deeper, killing a monster from time to time and observing the corpse. The results were all the same.
Pausing, he scratched his nose and muttered, “Why?
Was it intentional, or was it that the creature couldn't take it back?"
If it is the latter, it would be both good and bad for Zhang Mu.
The disadvantages have been mentioned before. Once the Quiet Forest disappears, the magical beasts living there will suddenly lose their homes. They will definitely not stay there, but migrate elsewhere to find a new place to live.
There are very few magical beasts that possess intelligence, and it does not depend on their level.
Even high-level monsters are mostly similar to wild beasts that act according to instinct. The only difference is probably that they are much stronger.
Therefore, there is no need to consider the method of Lake negotiating with high-level monsters to allocate a piece of land for them to live in to avoid conflicts.
If the two sides meet, the only option is to fight.
The good news is that the gods don't seem to be omnipotent.
Zhang Mu couldn't tell which possibility it was for now, so he kept it in his heart and would think about it later when he got some clues.
"Almost done, let's go back..."
"Hello, Mr. City Lord.
Or should I call you Mr. Zhang Mu?"
Zhang Mu turned his head to look in the direction where the sound came from, and saw... Brando slowly walking out from behind the tree.
Is it him? The supreme commander of the Lagu Corps that fought against the First Army in the Silent Forest?
Why is he here?
Lead the army to attack Lake? Now is not the monster migration period, the army can't pass through the Silent Forest at all.
and……
Zhang Mu released his magic power to sense the situation. There was no ambush and he was the only one there.
Seeing Zhang Mu closing his eyes slightly, Brando smiled and said, “It’s just me.
Speaking of which, you are really a person full of mysteries. Judging from the level of magic you release, it should only be a magician, but as a magician, I can't feel your magic power.
Did you learn any special magic?"
"Guess." He didn't seem to have any intention of taking action, so Zhang Mu was no longer in a hurry to summon the fallen spirit and started chatting with him.
"Hehe." Brando was not sure what he was thinking. He talked about his identity without any purpose and his mind was very erratic. "I've heard the rumors about you.
Very interesting, um... I also admire your courage to go against the church."
"It's okay, I'm leaving."
Zhang Mu was too lazy to waste time talking to him. There was no point in fighting any further. The strength of both sides was similar. Whoever wanted to leave, the other side would not be able to stop him, so he prepared to return to the capital.