Undead Mage: I Have a Skeleton Clone

Chapter 988: Chapter 605: Power of Corpse Explosion, Cold Arrows Behind!_2

If it were an ordinary situation, obtaining this pile worth at least hundreds of thousands of Magic Stones would be very exciting.

But at this moment, no one is interested in messing with it.

Facing a formidable enemy, the priority is to return alive.

Just as they were about to look past it, the sharp-eyed Zhuo Yue suddenly discovered a burlap-like item in the molt pile.

As he walked over and flipped it, a Dawn Legion scout-specific intelligence backpack appeared before the crowd!

This backpack, reeking with a foul odor, caught everyone’s attention.

Judging by the slime on the bag, this object must have been regurgitated by the Crocodile King after swallowing the scout.

It’s just that the intelligence backpack is waterproof, fireproof, and extremely resistant to corrosion, making it hard to digest.

That’s why the Crocodile King spewed it out.

Its presence proves that the scout team Major General Fan Tianzong previously mentioned did indeed exist.

How did they meet their demise?

Zhuo Yue unfastened the buckles of the backpack. Inside was a marching diary, a note pen, and a simple map used yesterday by Fang Zhou and them.

The owner of this backpack was named Chen Peng, appointed by Major General Fan Tianzong as the captain of that scout squad in the swamp.

At the beginning of the journal, Chen Peng detailed the activities for each day after entering the swamp.

The truly noteworthy parts for Fang Zhou and their team were the entries of the last few days.

Captain Chen Peng had added many emphasized symbols with his note pen!

"March 1st, clear skies!

Hydra Crocodile!!!

I really can’t believe a Hydra Crocodile has appeared in this swamp!

Moreover, it’s such a gigantic creature, I’m afraid its strength has reached Golden Tier!

Though it glanced at us from afar, even with a dense thicket in between, it sent chills down our spines.

I don’t know if I should continue forward, but the soldiers are already scared out of their wits, so I’ve temporarily set up camp.

According to the messenger’s speed, we should receive Major General Fan Tianzong’s reply tomorrow, hoping it allows us to retreat!"

"March 2nd, heavy rain!

The messenger returned, carrying Major General Fan Tianzong’s verbal message.

The Major General said he has applied to the Legion’s general staff and will send Golden Tier experts to help clear obstacles.

However, we still need to remain here and are responsible for meeting the upcoming reinforcements.

With the Legion’s Golden Tier experts handling the Hydra Crocodile, it should not be a problem.

With this, I feel at ease!"

"March 3rd, heavy rain!

The damned giant crocodile came over!!!

It can swim underground!

We can’t leave because it’s guarding outside our camp.

When will the reinforcements arrive? Hopefully, they make it in time to rescue us!"

...

"March 8th, heavy rain!

I’ve already lost hope; the reinforcements Major General Fan Tianzong promised never arrived!

We’ve been disconnected from the Legion for so long; don’t they know we’ve run into trouble???"

The giant crocodile has trapped us inside the camp; we can’t escape, and we can’t beat it in a fight.

It’s treating us as its playthings!

All my team members have been swallowed by the crocodile; tomorrow when it tires of playing, it will come for me...

No matter what, I’ve decided to fight it to the death tomorrow!

Even if it means dying, I want to uphold the last dignity of being a Longxia soldier!"

The journal ends here.

Closing the journal, the vanguard team members could all see the barely restrained anger in each other’s eyes!

March 8th should be the day that scout captain Chen Peng was devoured by the Hydra Crocodile King.

And March 10th was when Fang Zhou and Leng Feng accepted the swamp exploration mission!

This means Major General Fan Tianzong already knew the dangers within this swamp.

He actually deliberately blocked the information, and pretended to kindly arrange for Fang Zhou and Leng Feng to undertake this ostensibly simple task.

With the Hydra Crocodile King’s strength, which only a Golden Level strongman should handle, Fang Zhou, Leng Feng, and others venturing there was undoubtedly courting death.

"Captain! I’ve said it before, this Major General Fan Tianzong is not a good person!

Facing a formidable enemy, for a tiny past grudge, he orchestrates traps against his comrades.

He doesn’t deserve to live; he’s guilty beyond measure, I want to kill him." The infuriated Zhuo Yue was the first to utter a profanity.

Captain Leng Feng wasn’t as impulsive as Zhuo Yue.

Realizing this dangerous mission might indeed be Major General Fan Tianzong’s conspiracy against him, he immediately apologized to Fang Zhou and Qu Shuang, the two magic professionals innocently implicated: "Brother Fang Zhou! And Major Qu Shuang, I’m truly sorry, it’s me who has dragged you down!"

Fang Zhou furrowed his brow, feeling an unusual murderous intent towards fellow humans within his race.

If it really was as Leng Feng and Zhuo Yue said, Major General Fan Tianzong, being a senior military officer of the Longxia Federation, an upright Golden Tier military powerhouse, would resort to hiding military intelligence and malignantly leveraging his subordinate over petty grudges, which is utterly vile.

Especially now, under the iron hooves of the Abyssal Demons, when Blue Star People are united with one heart and mind, struggling to survive, such scum among mankind is even more deserving of death.

If this news were to be disclosed, it would inevitably trigger intense public opinion within the Dawn Legion, disrupting the military ethos and proving detrimental for the upcoming battles.

But Fang Zhou didn’t jump to conclusions hastily.

No matter how he thinks, Fang Zhou feels it’s quite unreasonable for Major General Fan Tianzong to engage in such disgraceful conduct.

The Longxia Federation military, while providing substantial growth resources for military powerhouses, also implements stringent background checks and political reviews.

Like how Fang Zhou has achieved his current strength and position, it’s all because he has grown step by step under the nose of the Longxia Federation’s military headquarters, with a clean background, stable personality, worthy of trust.

As a Golden Level professional, Fan Tianzong, being a military major general, conducting such private vendetta-affairs solely for minor personal feuds, seems inexplicable to Fang Zhou.

But after thinking it over, Fang Zhou decided not to pursue an understanding of something beyond comprehension.

The priority is escaping from the peril, directly submitting the findings of the vanguard team and Captain Chen Peng’s journal to the Dawn Legion’s military law department and Major General Ning Danxin.

Believing that the military will naturally uphold justice for them.

This is what he thought, meanwhile the vanguard team sticks together like locusts tied to the same string.

But Fang Zhou had no choice but to comfort him verbally, "We never anticipated Major General Fan Tianzong was such a person!

No worries, now we have evidence, once we return, we can hold him accountable in the military law office.

Let’s not dwell on self-reproaches, Captain Leng Feng, for now, let’s overcome this hurdle together!"

At this point, the sky had gradually darkened.

For the imminent fierce duel, everyone suppressed their anger within and seized every minute to recover their respective battle Qi and mana.

Fang Zhou briefly observed everyone’s facial expressions and discovered, despite losing two combat forces, this backed-against-the-wall pressure had greatly boosted the morale of the vanguard team.

Especially after Fang Zhou’s final Corpse Explosion Skill seriously injured the Crocodile King, they realized the Crocodile King wasn’t completely impervious, leading to the current situation.

Once Wang Fei and Feng Yu, who were recovering their injuries at the slowest pace, regarded themselves as barely combat-ready, it was completely dark outside.

With only a sliver of moonlight leaking down the cave opening, Fang Zhou noticed he couldn’t spot the shadow of a Hydra Crocodile on the shallow, rocky beach.

"Could I have been wrong?"

Fang Zhou wished his judgment was wrong, as it would grant them ample time for recuperation.

Daytime battles are certainly safer than those at night.

However, his wish was quickly shattered.

Outside, the rustling sounds grew ever louder in their peculiarity.

Upon another glance, suddenly, countless Hydra Crocodiles, large and small, appeared on the previously barren shallow beach.

"Here they come!" Fang Zhou announced.

"I’ll first use the undead to hold them off for a while, everyone, try to use battle Qi and magic sparingly if at all possible.

Our real enemy is the Golden Crocodile Monarch.

Until we eliminate it, we can never truly escape!"

Captain Leng Feng’s expression was still somewhat unnatural. Seeing the situation, Fang Zhou had no choice but to step in and remind him.

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