Free Web NovelChapter 832: Chapter 508: Zong Shen’s Step-Ahead Exploration, Baron Bezos Arrives
However, he no longer had any time.
Exploring the small cabins took him two hours.
Now it was already past twelve in the afternoon, and there was just over an hour left until Baron Bezos was scheduled to arrive. He had to deal with the ruins and handle the Lion Skeleton Knights.
He backfilled and buried all the small cabins and used his feet to smooth out the tracks and footprints on the ground.
He even erased most of the traces and hoof marks left by the Lion Skeleton Knights.
Only the ones in the passageway were left untouched.
It was necessary to leave some traces behind at times.
Because having no traces at all and having too many are equally suspicious.
According to the golden line’s hints, there were still many parts of the ruins that had not been explored.
Including some positions on both sides of the passageway that required excavation.
The current hall was far from the end.
The shadowed corners concealed other mysteries and passageways.
This part, Zong Shen didn’t have the time to explore alone and had to wait for Baron Bezos to arrive and then explore together.
As a Legion Headquarters, the scale surely went beyond the twenty or thirty small cabins.
The Knight Legion and the Mage Legion are quite different from the Infantry Legion.
A typical Infantry Legion is composed of ten battalions, amounting to 12,000 people.
Whereas the Knight Legion and Mage Legion have only half that number.
This meant it was approximately five battalions, around 6,000 people.
Being a headquarters, it implied that it could accommodate a Legion-level group of 6,000 people at most.
This included weapon equipment and supplies, breeding and replacement of warhorses.
Both cavalry and mages are quite costly units.
Even just the knight armor was more expensive than the heavy armor of infantry of the same tier.
On Earth, the heavy knights often couldn’t even put on their own armor.
Thus, there were knight’s attendants, whose essence was to help the knights don their armor, mount their horses, and serve in daily life.
In critical times, attendants could also don armor and join battles.
But in this world, high-tier warriors had sufficient strength to don armor on their own.
It’s worth noting that the Lion Knight Order still existed on the continent.
They were a newly established knight order that had reached the level of the Kingdom Knight Order.
Though the names are similar, they are completely different in reality.
The Lion Knight Order should have been completely annihilated in the great war of the past.
The situation of the other two legions is also unknown.
Zong Shen was particularly concerned about the location of the Golden Lion Ring.
He already knew that the Lion Knight Order had split into three legions.
So, it was likely that one was the main legion and the others were auxiliary.
Richardson was clearly from one of the auxiliary legions, or else he wouldn’t have been wearing only the Silver Lion Ring.
Zong Shen hastily dealt with the evidence within the ruins, then issued orders to the Lion Skeleton Knights.
The urgent task was to immediately leave the ruins and enter the forest on the west side.
During this, they had to avoid being discovered by the Shallow Water Fishmen.
So, it would be best for them to leave the ruins pit one by one.
Although the Shallow Water Fishmen appeared highly wary of this place.
From the state of the Skeleton Knights and Fishmen, it was evident that they hadn’t had any conflicts for a long time.
This was understandable, as the Lion Skeleton Knights typically remained dormant when undisturbed and without specific orders.
They only erupted in ferocity when provoked, unleashing a slaughter.
Thus, the Shallow Water Fishmen had become quite lax, and no threat endured against the passage of time.
Therefore, as long as they were careful, they shouldn’t be discovered.
To ensure the plan’s infallibility, Zong Shen led the Lion Skeleton Knights westward into the woods. It took over ten minutes to relocate all 29 Skeleton Knights into the forest.
There was now less than an hour until two in the afternoon.
Time was pressing, unlike the style of a Goblin Airship.
Not only was it a central airship, but it also had a top mainsail wing, allowing it to utilize the wind to enhance speed and reduce magic energy consumption when downwind.
If the wind was favorable, Baron Bezos could arrive early, so Zong Shen had to hurry as well.
As he led the Skeleton Knights into the woods, Zong Shen used a Communication Crystal to contact Wenresa.
He instructed her to find a spot to descend from the western cliff with Tasuya and meet in the forest.
The western forest was equally dense, with most trees being quite sturdy.
The area was largely undisturbed, allowing the trees to grow freely without being cut down.
Zong Shen ventured several hundred meters into the forest, with the Lion Skeleton Knights following.
Once he deemed the distance sufficient, he halted.
He found a relatively sparse area.
Ordering the Lion Skeleton Knights to start woodcutting, clearing a space for the Goblin Airship to land.
Meanwhile, Zong Shen guided Wenresa using the Communication Crystal.
By the time Wenresa arrived with Tasuya, a clear area was prepared.
The stumps on the ground were rather uneven.
Once the airship was deployed, the gondola was tilted upon landing.
So Zong Shen instructed the Skeleton Knights to trim the stumps to a height of thirty to forty centimeters.
This allowed the gondola to settle more stably.
Seeing Zong Shen commanding 20 or 30 Lion Skeleton Knights at work.
Wenresa and Tasuya were astounded.
