Free Web NovelChapter 868: Chapter 520: The Wounded Favide Returns to Boss Bang
"We’ve taken down at least five or six hundred Fishmen."
"But their numbers are truly overwhelming."
"Especially those damned fish spears and water arrow attacks, they’ve caused us quite a bit of trouble."
Kangnijiya noticed Zong Shen was inspecting their battle damage.
His chatty nature was triggered, and he started yammering away.
This guy has thick nerves, but he also felt that the battle was indeed thrilling just now.
Zong Shen didn’t respond to him, he just started redistributing Moon God Spring to them.
They had been equipped with some before they set out.
However, it was all completely used up in the recent battle.
Now Zong Shen began to understand the real cost of battle.
Originally, the battles were low-intensity squad engagements.
The loss of equipment was relatively acceptable.
It wasn’t until truly experiencing high-intensity combat that Zong Shen realized.
The most easily damaged in battle is still the equipment.
Especially armor-type equipment, after a high-intensity battle, often ends up nearly scrapped.
No wonder all major Kingdoms and even larger forces are equipped with standard equipment.
Moreover, the tier of standard equipment is often a tier or half-tier lower than the matching warrior.
This situation already indicates that the equipment is an indirect consumable.
Especially standard equipment requires considerations of cost and mass production capability while meeting certain attribute requirements.
This accumulated quantity is a very large expenditure.
Especially for High Tier troops of fourth and fifth tier.
It’s not easy to sustain an army capable of enduring consecutive high-intensity battles.
Just for equipment assurance, one needs substantial reserves to achieve.
A simple inspection of everyone’s condition.
Zong Shen had Eagle continue to hurry.
He initially planned to head directly to the territory, but considering Favide’s injury.
He decided to make another trip to Boss Bang.
The two spines of that fish spear had pierced into Favide’s shoulder.
Another spine thrust through the shoulder, luckily skimming by.
Handling such an injury still requires some surgical experience.
Brutally extracting it could likely leave Favide disabled.
Though this is a world of sword and magic, the flesh body remains fragile.
Favide is a pure human, not like those magical beasts with tough scale hide.
If this injury isn’t properly handled, even healing with magical means would be troublesome.
As for the Lion Skeleton Knights concealed in the western woodlands, they could only wait for now.
Zong Shen initially had them hide deeply to avoid detection by Baron Bezos.
They need to penetrate at least seven or eight hundred meters into the western woods.
Those Fishmen might seem overwhelming like tides.
But their numbers are ultimately relatively limited.
Probably won’t be able to discover those concealed Lion Skeleton Knights.
And those remaining sixteen Skeleton Knights are no pushover.
They are all powerful Overlord Level knights.
If they were to attack, a simple charge could pierce through the entire Fishman group.
Of course, the Fishmen have the advantage in numbers; if they fight head-on, these Skeleton Knights would suffer serious damage as well.
In summary, those Skeleton Knights are not so easily discovered.
Furthermore, they are undead, they can remain dormant for days without issue when nothing is happening.
The challenge will officially start by noon tomorrow.
If the effects of high temperatures are still tolerable then, the airship can be sent over again.
Just in time for Tasuya to utilize soul fluctuations to communicate simply with the undead.
At worst, at that time, let her wear the "Ring of the Lion Skull" for a while.
Anyway, Zong Shen had made a decision.
Eagle’s speed is quick, about ten minutes later it caught up with Baron Bezos’s airship.
The medium airship had already been airborne for over half an hour.
Zong Shen routinely had Eagle fly alongside the airship, gesturing to the cockpit.
This counted as a greeting to Baron Bezos.
The underside of the airship’s gondola was pierced with over a dozen black fish spears.
There were also quite a few damaged gaps.
Fortunately, neither the airbags nor the main propulsion turbofan units were damaged.
After the formalities, Eagle flap its wings to increase speed, soon leaving the airship far behind.
...
Thirty or forty minutes later.
Zong Shen and the others returned to Boss Bang.
He took out the previous flag and flew quite boldly into Bang City.
He even landed directly beside the castle.
Baron Bezos had already given instructions before.
Thus Zong Shen had privileges regarding his movements.
Just as Eagle landed, the stewards in the castle had already come out.
"Lord Zong..."
"Where is Lord Bezos?"
Zong Shen hadn’t dismounted from Eagle yet when the stewards congregated.
He waved his hand, pointed northward skyward, and said hurriedly.
"Lord Bezos’s airship is slower."
"It’ll probably take a few more hours to return to Bang City."
"There’s no need to consider that issue now."
"My people are injured, please help me contact a few physicians in Bang City."
"Even apprentices would do."
Zong Shen jumped off Eagle.
Stamping down the grass.
This time he couldn’t care less about courtesy, directly voicing his requests to the stewards.
The stewards exchanged glances until the older steward made the decision.
"Alright, I’ll contact them right away..."
"Please wait a moment."
...
The stewards blew a whistle.
A squad of Light Roving Cavalry waiting near the castle gathered around.
"Go fetch Mr. Artuso..."
