The sky gradually darkened. In the distance, snow foxes looked at the camp curiously. These magical beasts were not aggressive. Many of their close relatives liked to live near cities, and some even lived in cities.
Small foxes preyed on mice and garbage, so they could coexist with humans. Some southern foxes also preyed on snakes and insects, similar to domesticated cats.
Salin sat on a tall rock and looked at the small animals in the distance. He felt a little better. No matter what happened, the city base had to be expanded.
Once the city was completed, with the defensive network formed by the magic towers, even the Blood Knights would be helpless against the city. When that time came, it seemed that he should catch some snow foxes and let them loose in the city. No matter how perfect the city was, there would always be some places that humans couldn't take care of. Snakes, insects, rats, and ants were all troublesome. With these animals, the city would be much cleaner.
In the temporary camp, the pirates lit a bonfire. The Swamp of Chaos didn't have much, but it had plenty of withered leaves. Sprinkled with cheap magic powder, they could burn for a long time. Salin didn't stop them. He didn't come to the Swamp of Chaos to sneak into the ruins. He came to attract the attention of the Holy See.
If Salin really wanted to sneak into the ruins, he wouldn't have brought so many people. These hundred or so pirates rode skeleton warhorses and were very ostentatious along the way. Anyone who paid attention would know that such a team had entered the Swamp of Chaos.
But after Salin executed a dozen pirates last time, the remaining people were much more restrained. There were no more drunkards. From afar, the camp was still orderly and quiet.
Salin remembered the time when he escaped from the Swamp of Chaos. Neris carried him on her back and ran. At that time, he was afraid that Picasso would change his mind. He didn't have any power to resist. How many years had it been? He could come back ostentatiously.
If he met a mage of Picasso's level again, Salin was confident of winning. The battle with Zola had built up his confidence. The advantage of a mage was that they had too many ways to defeat their enemies.
A mage who only knew how to throw fireballs wasn't a good mage. This was reasonable. Different spells could be combined to form a myriad of battle styles.
Salin didn't know many spells, but he would almost always use the same method in every battle. Depending on the enemy, he would have different fighting styles. This was the advantage of being a Magician, but very few people understood it. Most people thought that a Magician's power was only in manipulating the elements. In reality, a Magician's wisdom was more important.
Those who were not smart enough would never become good mages.
In the distance, a lone Snow Wolf slowly approached the camp. Seeing more than a hundred Skeleton Warhorses, the Snow Wolf hesitantly left. Magical beasts had always been sensitive to danger. This camp was not a target that the Snow Wolves could attack.
Bang! Bang! Peng …
Even further away, an unknown gigantic magical beast had awoken from its slumber and was moving rapidly. Perhaps other magical beasts had disturbed its sleep, or perhaps it was too hungry to continue sleeping and had to get up to look for food.
This was the Chaos Swamp. Every species had to fight for survival. No one could live a peaceful life.
"Hmm?" Salin suddenly raised his head and saw a black dot flying across the sky. He quickly took out his alchemy binoculars and looked up. It was a two-headed eagle that flew over.
Salin was a little nervous. A double-headed eagle? A Dark Magician was in the Chaos Swamp? He couldn't sit still anymore. He jumped down from the rock and quickly returned to the camp.
Ainphent was training in the tent, and Daniel was guarding him. Daniel was willing to help Ainphent because Ainphent was also a Necromancer and had a higher level than him. He could learn more. Seeing Salin's gloomy expression, Ainphent knew that something unexpected had happened. It was rare for Salin to show a bad expression, unless he was really confused about something.
"What's wrong?" Ainphent put away his Necromancer Flames. He and Salin were now in the same boat. They weren't just friends.
"I saw a double-headed eagle just now!"
"What!" Ainphent thought he'd heard wrong. The biggest crisis he'd faced in his life was when he was surrounded by Dark Magicians in the baron's castle. Dark Magicians were even more annoying than rats. They had the ability to expand their numbers like rats.
Daniel's reaction was much smaller. He hadn't experienced it himself, so of course he didn't know how scary Dark Magicians were.
Salin and Ainphent thought back to the Headless Horsemen and the Abomination Dragon. They felt that if those things grew in numbers, their team would be wiped out.
The powerful Abomination Dragon could even smash a hole in the city wall, but the Headless Horsemen were swordsmen who didn't feel pain or fear. In comparison, the Blood Knights were easier to deal with because they could still feel pain. If you slashed them with your sword, they wouldn't be a threat if they lost their limbs.
The Headless Horsemen was different. They didn't even have a head, so it was very difficult to kill them without magic. As long as the Headless Horsemen still had a limb, they could continue to attack the enemy. Moreover, they were in the Chaos Swamp now, and there was no castle to rely on. It would be difficult to win with fewer people.
Salin took out a simple map and drew a line on it. "The double-headed eagle is flying in this direction."
"It seems to be overlapping with the target?" Ainphent frowned and made a terrible judgment.
"If the Dark Magicians are hiding in the Chaos Swamp, we'll be in big trouble." Salin looked at the map, his finger continuously drawing lines on it. He had drawn this map based on his memory. When Cang Hong had shown it to him, he had memorized Cang Hong's map. This map only marked less than a tenth of the Chaos Swamp. Salin had added a few more, but it didn't mark the location of the temple.
The Chaos Swamp was very large, but the route Salin had chosen was almost the only one to pass through it safely. The so-called safety here was only relative. Salin had walked through it himself, and the terrain was simple. There weren't too many powerful magic beasts. The Mountain Cleaver didn't have a specific territory, so it wouldn't appear often.
Now that the double-headed eagle had appeared, the Dark Magicians wouldn't be too far away. No matter where they were, the Dark Magicians' range of activity would coincidentally block Salin's route.
Salin had bought Deepwood Town in order to open up a secret passage through the Chaos Swamp to quickly reach Skognya. If the Dark Magicians were entrenched in the Chaos Swamp, Deep Forest Town would instead become their front line, and they might have to face fierce attacks from the Dark Magicians in the future.
The Chaos Swamp's climate was harsh, and survival was difficult. However, the Dark Magicians themselves were almost like undead creatures, so they didn't care about the weather.
"Let's focus on what's in front of us first." Salin thought for a moment, then said to Daniel, "Go and collect the pirates' weapons. We'll reforge them before we set off. Right now, their weapons can't deal with the Headless Horseman. "
Daniel nodded and left. Ainphent said, "Should we ask the three Lords for help?"
"They might not help. Let's deal with it ourselves first. If this was the base camp of the Dark Mages, the Three Sovereigns would only be able to escape with us. Do you remember that time? The Dark Magicians seemed to have resurrected some demon god. Even if that thing isn't a god, its battle power isn't something we can resist. "
Neither of them mentioned the idea of turning around and leaving. It wasn't easy to get the three Lords to sign a trap contract. This time, they had to do it no matter what. Whether it was the Vatican or the Dark Magicians' base, the three Lords couldn't avoid a problem. They had to fulfill the promise in the contract.
The battle power of these pirates was similar to that of the baron's soldiers. There were a few Swordsmen, and most of the others were swordsmen. However, there were only a hundred or so pirates, and they didn't have a castle to rely on. If they really encountered a large number of black puppets, other than Mages like Salin and a few newly subdued Swordsmen like Zola, the pirates wouldn't have much chance of survival.
Salin could only reforge weapons for the Dark Magicians' main forces to increase the pirates' chances of survival. The black puppets weren't very agile. Using long weapons to fight against them could reduce unnecessary casualties. A few soldiers could easily deal with a black puppet with a long weapon from afar. The key was cooperation.
Heavy weapons were needed to deal with something like the Headless Horseman. Fortunately, the pirates had learned some basic swordsmanship. Although their sword aura wasn't strong, it was easy for them to use heavy weapons for a short period of time.
The pirates' weapons were collected and sent to Salin's tent.
The wooden spear was too short. Salin and Ainphent needed to double the length of the spear's shaft. Fortunately, the space in Salin's Demon Swap was much larger now. The equipment prepared for the pirates was enough for this trip. The pirates' wooden spear shaft was less than three meters long. This was a cavalry's configuration.
Since the decline of the knight class, the knight's fighting style had also declined. Especially long weapons were only used by infantrymen. There were no longer those seven or eight meters long, unless it was a knight riding a large magic beast. Salin's four new magic beast knights didn't use weapons that were too long. Their magic beasts weren't much bigger than warhorses, and they were omnivorous magic beasts.
Salin now regretted not bringing Nelis. If Nelis was here, the two Construct Puppets would be a powerful weapon against the black puppets. It would be even better if Rex was here. Rex had many Battle Puppets around him. They were much more agile than the black puppets, and their fighting strength was also stronger.
He could only rely on himself now. Salin rolled up his sleeves, picked up a wooden spear like a blacksmith, and examined it.
"Can I help?" Daniel's alchemy wasn't good, but he didn't want to be idle. Salin and Ainphent both began to help the pirates reforge weapons. It would take a lot of time to reforge more than a hundred pirates' weapons.
"Do you know how to make potions?"
"I have Chaos Potion. It can be used against the puppets." Daniel wasn't stupid. His answer satisfied Salin.
"Then apply the potion on the soldiers' weapons. Now."
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