Undead Mage: I Have a Skeleton Clone

Chapter 982: Chapter 602: The First Windfall, Swamp Exploration Mission_2

Fang Zhou smiled and shook his head, leaving this environment that resembled a slaughterhouse.

Fang Zhou returned to the luxurious room within the truck and brought over the voluminous Blood War Furnace encyclopedia, starting to flip through it.

Entering such a dangerous Blood War Furnace, one certainly needs to understand it well.

Just in time, the Trist Merchant Group was still dealing with the corpses of these low-level demons, giving Fang Zhou a chance to cram some basic knowledge.

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Longxia Federation, Calamity Sun Demon Country battlefield.

Outside the Hell Pit Fortress, Dawn Legion First Combat Master camp.

While Fang Zhou was engrossed in the Blood Spirit Lord clone, eagerly absorbing the common knowledge about the Blood War Furnace within the Trist Merchant Group, the Undead Mage’s main body suddenly received a new task.

This morning, Colonel Chu Yunlong, the head of the Mage Battle Group, sent someone to summon Fang Zhou.

Fang Zhou arrived at Chu Yunfei’s barracks, and Major General Chu Yunlong first asked some questions about acclimatization, then said, "Actually, the reason for calling you here, Lieutenant Colonel Fang Zhou, is to entrust a task to you."

Fang Zhou’s eyes lit up at the mention of a task, as it meant an opportunity to earn merits.

"Do you know Major General Fan Tianzong of the Third Combat Master?" Major General Chu Yunlong asked.

Fang Zhou shook his head.

"It’s like this: Major General Fan Tianzong of the Third Combat Master is in charge of our army’s advance route reconnaissance task.

It’s said that recently he discovered a possible passage leading to the rear of the fortress in a swamp thirty miles to the right of the Hell Pit Fortress.

I believe you are aware of our current combat situation.

This is a very important discovery for such a stalemate."

"However..." Major General Chu Yunlong continued.

"Major General Fan Tianzong’s investigation has encountered a bit of trouble.

His Mage Corps was merged into the frontline for unified command due to siege reasons.

Thus, he wants to deploy a few mages from our First Master to assist.

From his words, it seems Major General Fan Tianzong appreciates your previous deeds against the Blood Skull Suicide Squad.

That’s why he called you here to ask if you’re willing to take on this task."

"I have no problem!" Fang Zhou thought for a moment and directly agreed.

Going anywhere is better than staying here playing the role of a "human-shaped energy crystal."

Moreover, the task is important; if successful, it will be a major achievement.

"Alright, since that’s the case, I’ll write a letter of introduction. Lieutenant Colonel Fang Zhou, you take it to find Major General Fan Tianzong."

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Carrying the letter of introduction from Major General Chu Yunlong, Fang Zhou found Major General Fan Tianzong of the Third Combat Master.

Major General Fan Tianzong was a middle-aged man with a serious demeanor, speaking concisely and effectively.

Knowing Fang Zhou was invited, a rare smile appeared on his serious face.

"Lieutenant Colonel Fang Zhou, I really appreciate you coming to assist my work!"

He didn’t make much small talk and proceeded directly to the point, "This piece of space where Calamity Sun Demon Country resides is exceedingly unique, essentially a space overlap between our Blue Star and the Bottomless Abyss.

Recently, we discovered that the Legendary Powerhouses of Calamity Sun Demon Country, in desperation, were prepared to pay a huge price to tear open the Abyssal Teleportation Gate, summoning demon reinforcements.

This is something we absolutely cannot allow.

Therefore, our Legendary Powerhouses took the initiative to attack, leading to a secret skirmish with the Legendary Powerhouses in the Calamity Sun Demon Country.

The battle’s aftermath destroyed their temporary teleportation gate.

The intense spatial fluctuations have led to drastic changes in the geographical environment surrounding the battlefield.

Even before the battle started, we had dispatched elite soldiers to stealthily reconnoiter the terrain around the Hell Pit Fortress.

But now the terrain has changed anew, like the newly discovered swamp that may bypass the Hell Pit Fortress.

This swamp is massive, with traces of camps around its edges.

Scouts discovered some demon and demon descendant skeletons about ten kilometers in.

Preliminary judgment suggests a small number of fierce beasts inhabit there, but their species and tier are currently unknown."

"For safety, the scouts halted their reconnaissance upon reaching where the skeletons were found.

I need an efficient scout team to explore whether what’s beyond the swamp is truly the rear of the Hell Pit.

This is the purpose of inviting you here!"

"Major General Fan, I’m glad to serve you!

Just curious when will the reconnaissance task start?"

Fang Zhou, intrigued by the task, asked.

"The daily military consumption is enormous, the sooner we know the results, the sooner we can reduce consumption.

So, I hope you can set off this afternoon, is that alright?"

Major General Fan Tianzong said seriously.

"Please make arrangements, I’m ready to set off anytime!" Fang Zhou responded directly.

By the afternoon, Major General Fan Tianzong summoned Fang Zhou to the barracks again.

By this time, eight fully armed soldiers and one person dressed in a mage robe like Fang Zhou had gathered there.

Fang Zhou understood that these were the other members of the scout team!

The strongest among them was named Leng Feng, a Silver Limit Gale Sword Hero.

His military rank was Lieutenant Colonel, and he was also the leader of this scout team.

Of the nine, Fang Zhou temporarily only remembered him.

The other seven consisted of two Assassins, two Forest Wanderers, three Warriors, and a female Priest invited from another regiment.

Alongside Fang Zhou, this 10-man team was exclusively composed of Silver-tier powerhouses, and were all relatively young, evidently full of potential and rich in combat experience.

It seemed Major General Fan Tianzong had invested considerably for this task.

After some preparation, Fang Zhou and the other nine took the simple map drawn by the previous scouts and quickly disappeared into the depths of the swamp along the treaded path!

On the way to the scout camp, the group quickly got acquainted.

Seeing Fang Zhou’s Black Gem Young Dragon Tiamat flying in low air beneath him, the other nine showed expressions of envy in their eyes.

With Fang Zhou’s current Silver Upper Rank strength and Lieutenant Colonel rank in the Longxia Federation, he was qualified to own a powerful Spirit Pet.

Being scrutinized repeatedly, Tiamat snorted unhappily, flapped its wings, and kicked up a gust of wind.

The others naturally did not dare to continue staring, their attitudes becoming more enthusiastic.

For ease of addressing, they dropped formal military ranks and used their names as shorthand.

After introductions, they discovered that all ten, including Leng Feng, who held the highest military rank, were grassroots, with no one possessing a family background.

This discovery quickly enhanced their mutual bond.

By late afternoon, the ten-member scout team arrived at the scout’s temporary camp deep within the swamp.

If it weren’t for accommodating the Priest Qu Shuang, whose physique was weaker as a Magic Professional, they would have arrived an hour earlier.

"Wait a moment!"

Nearing the camp, Leng Feng raised a hand to halt Fang Zhou and the others from entering.

"Zhuo Yue! Wang Fei!"

Leng Feng called out the names of two Assassins, "You two go and take a look inside first..."

"I’m not sensing any activity in the camp; be cautious!" He instructed further.

It was an intuition honed from frequently being on the edge of danger.

Although Fang Zhou had similar training, he wasn’t quite as perceptive yet.

The two Assassins withdrew the smiles from their faces, drew their short swords from their boots, and slipped quietly toward the camp ahead.

After a little more than a quarter of an hour, as Fang Zhou and the others anxiously awaited, Zhuo Yue emerged openly from the camp, waving at them.

The group entered the camp and unexpectedly found it empty, devoid of any trace of people.

"Didn’t Major General Fan Tianzong say there was a scout team stationed here? Where are they?"

Distributing the Warriors to find clues, Leng Feng walked to Fang Zhou and the other two at the center of the camp, frowning, clutching his beard thoughtfully.

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