Chapter 388 - 12: Scouting the North (3)

Chapter 388: Chapter 12: Scouting the North (3)

"It seems the Griffin Knights aren’t enough to break through here. Let’s see what the other challengers can do... Looks like they’re failing, too..."

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"The Lord’s defenses look incredibly strong. I hear this is just his first defensive line. I wonder what the ones behind it are like."

"Looks like I’ll have to show everyone more on a future stream!"

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A day went by quickly. After a full day of streaming, everyone had gained a basic understanding of the Northern Continent’s defenses and felt much more at ease.

This was especially true for the lords whose territories bordered the World Tree Territory. They were all able to relax, slow down their defensive preparations, and focus all their efforts on building up offensive troops. They hoped to seize some land and advance during this phase.

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About ten days later, the intelligence gathered by the reconnaissance teams the World Tree Territory had dispatched in three directions was sent back. It was quickly compiled and delivered to Lin Yu.

"Beastmen, and the God of Wild Hunting!"

’We just keep running into each other, don’t we!’

Lin Yu recalled the first boss he had encountered in the first phase: a Temple Guard serving under the God of Wild Hunting. That guard had certainly taught him a lesson.

Moreover, the God of Wild Hunting was a hostile deity on the Human Empire’s blacklist. Not only did the Beastmen want to sacrifice them to their god, but if Lin Yu’s side defeated these Beastmen, they could claim rewards upon their return.

’It seems a major war with the Beastmen is inevitable.’

’I need to send more scouting parties toward the Beastmen. We have to gather more intelligence on them!’

Next, Lin Yu picked up the reconnaissance report from the Northern Continent.

"The Titan Clan People? That’s a race not listed among the alien species known to the Empire!"

Before entering the third phase, Lin Yu had memorized the "Catalog of Alien Species" published internally by the Cuiwei Corps, which contained all the alien races known to the Human Empire.

There was no information about the Titan Clan People in it, which meant that if they wanted to learn about the Titan Race, they would have to rely on their own reconnaissance.

"High physical strength, short stature, strong individual combat capabilities. They follow a technological path, but their tech level is unknown."

"The continent’s gravity is progressively increasing, maintaining a threefold gravity internally. Ordinary soldiers can’t withstand the intensified gravity, but heroes and soldiers with defensive talents can operate under it."

’This is going to be tricky. And the Titan Clan People only border my territory, so I’ll have to fend off their attacks myself!’

’But something’s strange. These Titan Clan People have only sent a few scouts over, and there are no large-scale troop concentrations on the border. I wonder what’s going on?’

"Yuan Dafeng and Seven Stars are both requesting reinforcements. Yuan Dafeng needs more members with defensive talents to help manage the conquered beast territories."

"Seven Stars needs more Insect Race heroes to expand the reconnaissance area."

Lin Yu thought for a moment and approved their requests, then sent a message to Meiying.

"Meiying! I’ve approved the reinforcements Yuan Dafeng and Seven Stars requested."

"Handle Yuan Dafeng’s situation as you see fit. It would be best to send in a few teams of Legendary Heroes from other races to pretend to fight him over territory. That should avoid attracting the attention of the Titan Clan People."

"As for Seven Stars... I see we don’t have many Insect Race heroes in the territory. Keep some for important posts and to act as teachers for the common insects, but send the rest to Seven Stars. Have him find more cities of the Titan Clan People to scout for information."

Lin Yu’s consciousness swept across the entire territory as he took a quick count. In total, there were just over 1,000 Insect Race heroes.

(The Insect Race has low overall intelligence, making it difficult for heroes to emerge among them.)

After setting aside the heroes who would stay behind, fewer than 1,000 Insect Race heroes could be sent out to scout.

’The Insect Race has excellent reconnaissance capabilities. I need to find a way to cultivate more of their heroes. Although they are small, their intelligence increases once they ’awaken’ as demons. They end up being more useful than the average member of the Demon Race, so it’s worth investing heavily in their development.’

The differing performances of Yuan Dafeng and Seven Stars made Lin Yu realize that sometimes, being small didn’t mean being less useful. On the contrary, when attributes and intelligence were similar, a smaller size could even be a greater advantage.

’Next time, I’ll enhance the Insect Race!’

Lin Yu made up his mind.

Finally, Lin Yu looked at the message from Pela Tek.

’Crystal Core Giants... another race I’ve never heard of. They seem friendly enough, proposing we launch attacks on each other for the sake of fighting, without occupying territory?’

’Tch! Only a fool would believe that. If they hadn’t seen how large and powerful my territory is, I doubt they’d be so "nice".’

’Still, maintaining continuous combat might help the main Cosmos pull us in smoothly. Besides, I’m ranked first right now, so my advancement is guaranteed. It would be best if this phase could end now.’

’Plus, maintaining combat on the border not only secures our "signal" here, but it’s also a great way to train troops. I can throw the newly recruited soldiers and low-level heroes over there to level up.’

’I heard from the research institute that their crystal technology is quite advanced and very useful. I wonder if I can trade for it.’

’Also... I think Yun Qihao can contact the Goddess of Wisdom and War. I wonder if the Goddess knows anything about the Titan Clan People or the Crystal Core Giants?’

At this thought, Lin Yu hesitated for a moment before contacting Yun Qihao.

Lin Yu (Private Message): "Lord Yun, sorry to bother you!!"

Yun Qihao (Private Message): "Well, if it isn’t Lord Lin himself! What’s up? Shouldn’t you be reinforcing your defenses instead of looking for a defeated foe like me?"

Lin Yu (Private Message): "Not at all! We’re evenly matched now. Besides, some friendly competition is how you get to know someone, right?"

Lin Yu (Private Message): "The main reason I’m messaging you is to ask... can you contact your Goddess?"

Yun Qihao (Private Message): "What, are you finally ready to report your situation to the Goddess?"

Lin Yu (Private Message): "Ah—we can talk about my business later. The main thing is, I’ve scouted some enemy information, but I can’t find any details on them in the alien catalog published by the Cuiwei Corps. So, I wanted to ask the Goddess for her insight."

Yun Qihao (Private Message): "I can contact the Goddess, but it consumes a lot of resources each time. You’ll eventually have to contact her yourself anyway to report on your territory’s situation. Otherwise, she and the others won’t pull us back to the main Cosmos."

Yun Qihao (Private Message): "To avoid wasting resources, I think it would be better for you to contact the Goddess yourself."

Lin Yu (Private Message): "How about you ask for me first? It’ll take me a long time to get to your territory. It would be a waste of time to travel all the way there just to ask."

Yun Qihao (Private Message): "No problem. Just give me the coordinates of your Teleportation Array. I’ll send a transmitter to you, and then you can teleport directly to my territory to contact the Goddess."

Lin Yu thought it over and agreed.