As the war in Efta reached its climax, the Tasman Empire on the other side of the Gondola Mountain Range was still calm in the drizzle.
The battle between the "awakened" and the rebel army did not seem to affect the stability of the undead. The assembled army began to change direction. Under Augustine's command, the first batch of undead, numbering more than 50,000, split into 20,000 troops and began to advance toward the territory of the "lambs" on the periphery. Their goal was obviously to quell the so-called "freedom liberation" movement.
The 20,000 troops here were completely different from the concept of humans or orcs. The logistics of the undead did not need to consider the problem of "baggage," so the ratio of logistics troops in the Tasman army was very small. It was difficult to achieve a ratio of 1: 1 or even higher than that of humans.
In other words, the 20,000 troops were solid combat power. Every undead soldier had standard equipment of leather armor or above, metal longswords, and at least three years of combat training experience. Using these professional soldiers to deal with the rebel army, which was a mix of good and bad, would undoubtedly crush them.
Because of this, after giving the order, Augustine was no longer worried about the so-called "rebel army." He was now using a few drops of "mutants" — Teflin's blood — to cast the "Great Tracking" spell.
Wave after wave of Mana emanated from Augustine's wand, the blood droplets floating in the air were enveloped by a bright light. Streaks of red light separated the blood droplets, and as Augustine finished casting the spell, the Mana fluctuations in the air gradually disappeared, leaving only a faint pattern of blood in front of Augustine.
Necromancy spells did not have a deep understanding of "tracking," so even with Augustine's strength of over Level-60, he could not immediately determine the specific location of the Teflin tribe.
This was the shortcoming of the spell system. If no one did more in-depth research and optimization on this spell, even a demigod would not have a better effect. Augustine could only infer Teflin's location through the blurry pattern. Fortunately, he was very skilled in spells, and his deduction was relatively clear.
"In this direction, 160 kilometers away. There are about 200 of them …"
After knowing the target's location, Augustine did not hesitate. He immediately wrote a secret letter and handed it to his close servant. "Tell Yogesa that I want him to reply to me within three days that the mutants have been captured."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Naturally, such an operation would not be discussed by the council. Augustine could just send a direct subordinate to complete it. Yogesa was one of the best among the younger generation of mages. Since he happened to be part of the twenty thousand "traitorous army", it was most appropriate for him to lead the undead troops to carry out this mission.
After giving the order, Augustine looked at the gradually fading "Great Tracking Spell" pattern and sighed inwardly, "If only there was a mage specializing in prophecy … We wouldn't have to go through so much trouble."
If a Mage who was proficient in prophecy was here, not only would they be able to determine the exact location of Teflin, but they would also be able to draw out Teflin's exact location on the map.
Unfortunately, Tasman's undead did not have such an inheritance, which made Augustine feel rather regretful.
*****
Speaking of prophecy mages, Houdini, who was in Elsen City, happened to encounter something strange.
After signing a strategic cooperation agreement with Roddy, most of the laboratories in Elsen City's Mage Tower were directly opened to him. To Houdini, this was equivalent to opening the door to a "new world". Although he could not read the High Elves language, many of the instruments and magic circles in the laboratory were of great help to his spell research.
After conducting a large amount of intelligence gathering for Roddy, Houdini, who had nothing to do, spent the past few days in the laboratory. After all, Elsen City was peaceful, and there was currently nothing that needed his help. Before Roddy returned, the most important thing was to satisfy his curiosity.
Therefore, Houdini studied the "Resonance Magic Circle" in the middle of the Mage Tower. He did not even bother to read the report of his apprentice's participation in the battle.
The function of the "Resonance Magic Circle" could be explained as "spell magnification." For example, it could allow the "energy detection" with a radius of five kilometers to be expanded to fifteen kilometers through the circle. Although the detection effect would be a little blurred, the significance of the expansion of the detection area was self-evident. These days, Houdini had been constantly casting spells to record the difference before and after the spell magnification. He had even written a signed paper for it.
But just now, after the magnification of the "energy detection", there was suddenly a record of a violent fluctuation.
There was a big difference between prophecy spells and other spells. Usually, when casting a spell, a variety of "props" would be used to show the result. After the simple prophecy spell "energy detection" was magnified through the magic circle, it would tell the spellcaster the result through the "magic powder" made on the central "spellcasting platform". The greater the individual's energy, the larger the "magic powder" displayed on the platform.
Before this, Houdini's record was always the same: there were several small circles in Elsen City, and the outer forest was blank. This was the energy response of the buildings and Mages like Camilla in the city. However, the energy response of an individual Mage was almost negligible when compared to the energy of the buildings.
But now, in front of Houdini's eyes, there was a huge circle that took up one-third of the platform. This meant that there was something in the detection range that had almost the energy of Elsen City.
"How is this possible …"
Houdini felt that he had made a mistake. He immediately spread out the "magic powder" and cast the spell again.
"What … is this?"
The pattern that appeared on the platform was still a huge circle, but compared to before, the circle had moved a little to the other side.
Cold sweat broke out on Houdini's forehead. He felt that there must be some deviation in the magic circle. In terms of energy level, Houdini had never heard of an individual that could reach the energy level of a city.
Even if the chairman of the Lassiman Parliament came, he would not be able to reach such an exaggerated level!
He quickly cleared his casting materials and carefully cleaned the "resonance magic circle". When he cast the spell again, there was indeed no strange "energy mass" from before.
"That's what I thought …"
Houdini breathed a sigh of relief and confirmed his thoughts. Then, he continued to silently record the data.
*****
"It has been confirmed that there are human troops in the village in the southeast. I saw them hanging the nobles' bodies in the middle of the village. There are also traces of fighting nearby …"
"That's right," said Roddy after listening to Natha's report. He finally felt relieved. "Come in and warm up. I've asked someone to make some hot soup …"
Natha's lips had indeed turned purple from the rain. But after listening to Roddy's words of concern, she felt warmth in her heart. She nodded and took a change of dry clothes from Akasha's hands. Then, she went into the house next door. Roddy turned back and walked into the hall of the manor that originally belonged to the Lord of Poch. He continued with the "review" that he had not finished before.
In the warm meeting hall, there were seven or eight Teflins sitting around. Elder Ludd was also there. They did not say a word. They looked at Roddy's expression as if they were interviewees looking at the HR director.
After a few days of observation, Elder Ludd clearly understood his current position. He knew that if he wanted to live, the Teflins had to show that they could be used. If he allowed Roddy to treat the Teflins as "burdens", there was no need to say more about their fate.
So, he deliberately found an opportunity to call the strongest young hunters in the clan to "show off" their strength in front of Roddy. Roddy did not waste any time and directly asked them to attack together. And the result … Elder Ludd still felt scared when he thought about it.
"Your strength, speed, and reflexes are all good, but you have not undergone systematic training, so it's normal to have such a result."
Roddy glanced at the young Teflins whose faces were bruised and swollen. Two of them even had a few broken ribs. But because of their strong self-healing ability, they did not cry out in pain. He commented a few times, then pointed to one of the guys and asked Luther, "How did he do it just now to deform his limbs? Can others do it too? "
The young Teflins' language had changed, so they could not understand Roddy's words. Ludd quickly replied, "Some young hunters will gain some strange abilities when they become adults. There have been similar cases in the past, but those children … never came back."
This information was very important. Roddy already knew that the Teflins did not have a mentor to teach them skills. And now, someone had the magical ability to shorten their body length. Obviously, it had something to do with their "demon subspecies" ability.
To Roddy, this was equivalent to picking up a treasure.
Having a tail meant that they had fast movement and the ability to escape. Their basic physical qualities were higher than humans, and they had strong self-healing ability and night vision. Occasionally, there would be a few guys with special talents, such as the one who could extend his arm by one meter. No matter how you looked at it, these people were the first choice for special agents or assassination missions.
Not to mention that they did not serve any demons or organizations. They were just a group of "wild" poor people with demonic blood.
Although Roddy knew what Ludd meant, he could not help but feel that he had made the right move. Because what Elson needed the most right now was all kinds of talents.
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