Versatile Mage - Chapter 329

Chapter 329

Biyi City was located to the southeast of Dongting Lake . The entire city was managed by the military, and the residents here were mostly involved in jobs that could fulfill the needs of the army .

A large amount of Battlemages was stationed at Biyi City’s headquarters . They were primarily here to form a military defense with the Giant Lizard Horde at Dongting Lake . The city could be described as a defensive barrier between the Dongting Lake and the cities in the east .

In the clear sky outside of the safe zones, a group of white figures was flying toward Biyi City rapidly . They landed directly on a platform located on a military fortress .

The group consisted of twenty people . They made their way to the main meeting hall in the fortress after handing the Heavenly Eagles to the Beastmasters .

Nine commanders were already seated inside the hall . Their eyes were fixed on the map of Dongting Lake being projected on the wall .

“Permission to speak!”

“Granted . ” The commander standing in front of the projected map said to the captain of the investigation team who had just returned .

“We’ve verified the findings . We’ve found a large number of Giant Lizard’s corpses west of Dongting Lake . We’ve brought back some samples . The results should be out fairly soon . ” the leader spoke after saluting .

“I say, Great Commander Qiu Xin, who cares if the Giant Lizards are dead . Why are we wasting our time on them? Maybe a new Razortail Drake has just been born, and they were fighting one another in order to claim their territories . It’s not like there hasn’t been any infighting within the Giant Lizards Horde in the past . Why do we need to be here?” An indolent-looking man with a Commander badge said .

Great Commander Qiu Xin had a fierce face, but he had always been extremely cautious in everything he was in charge of . As long as the soldiers detected anything that was slightly out of place, he would demand it be investigated . Knowing that there were millions of lives behind Biyi City, if they failed to react and prepare themselves in time against a possible attack from the horde of Dongting Lake, the casualties would be absolutely terrifying!

The Commanders waited patiently in the meeting hall . Soon, a military surgeon came into the hall and presented the result .

“From the data we’ve acquired from the samples, it turned out that the majority of the Giant Lizards died in three different ways . Firstly, being burned to death . I believe most of them were burned into ashes . Secondly, being shocked by lightning . A clean, instant death . Last, being torn apart by brute force . It seems like the killer has quite a strong claw grip and great strength!” the fairly aged military surgeon said with a cough .

“Fire, lightning, and physical force?” Great Commander Qiu Xin fell into deep thought . He was trying to filter out the demon beast using the three important clues .

However, from what he knew, there was no demon beast like that around Dongting Lake .

“Is there anything else?” Great Commander Qiu Xin asked .

“Oh, the team did say that the area was absolutely clean . ”

“Clean?”

“It means that there was no sign of dead souls . Normally, when an area has a strong presence of death, ghosts would begin to appear, not to mention the insane amount of corpses there . However, not a single dead soul was seen . This means that after the demon beasts were killed, their souls were either shattered, or being collected straight away,” the old military surgeon explained .

“Isn’t…isn’t this a little bit too bizarre? The Giant Lizards were getting slaughtered for no reason, and even their souls are gone too…” a female Commander, Li Man, said .

“Who cares, we should be happy that something is helping us wipe out the Giant Lizards . I hope it would kill another hundred thousand of them . It will make our lives easier for the next few years,” the indolent Commander Zhao Mang said with a smile .

“We should keep an eye on it still . I’ll spread the news and see if anyone knows the truth behind it,” Great Commander Qiu Xin said .

The meeting was over soon . Great Commander Qiu Xin proceeded to contact the other headquarters and see if someone from the public domain knew anything about it .

The Hunter Union was the best place to ask for information about something weird like this, since their members were pretty much everywhere . They would even go to places that the military would avoid at all costs .

“What do you think it was? Corpses of the Giant Lizards started appearing a week ago . Is it something that would threaten the entire horde?”

“Who knows, it must be some extremely powerful beast . Just from the number of corpses alone, it’s only possible to kill that many beasts by sending an entire army . ”

Commander Li Man was wearing a frown . Her attractive face was filled with a hint of worry .

She never liked strange phenomena like this, as it was normally a sign of an approaching disaster .

She rose from her seat and ordered sternly,”Captain, give me the location . I’ll investigate it myself!”

“Well, maybe we should wait…”

“I don’t like to wait!” Li Man snapped .

As Commander Li Man finished her sentence, she was already dragging the captain out of the meeting hall . The rest of the people subconsciously shook their heads .

This empress in the army was as hot-tempered as usual . She insisted on investigating the matter herself even though it was most likely due to infighting within the beast horde . Or maybe she was just wilder and more violent than men, and preferred to go out on an exciting adventure instead of rotting here in Biyi City…

Tsk tsk, a woman who loved exciting adventures!

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Communication between army headquarters was fairly transparent among the military . The information that Great Commander Qiu Xin had made public soon made its way to the headquarters in the south .

The army in the south was mainly in charge of the Demon Wolves Horde . Normally, the Dongting Lake’s Giant Lizard Horde was not their concern, but their Commander Zhan Kong had been keeping an eye on them recently .

Zhan Kong had just received the news when someone knocked heavily on the door .

“Who’s that?” Zhan Kong asked .

“Boss, it’s me, Zhang Xiaohou!” his excited voice replied from behind the door .

“I knew you would come . Come in . ” Zhan Kong said laughingly .

Zhang Xiaohou rushed into the room and blurted out excitedly, “Is there any information about Brother Fan? I’ve heard that there’s something strange happening at Dongting Lake . I recall what you told me before, and I think it’s highly possible that it’s actually Brother Fan himself…”

“Not sure yet, I’ll send someone to investigate it . Don’t panic . ” Zhan Kong said .

“How can I not panic, he’s my only brother!”

“I know, now off you go and wait patiently . I’ll let you know when I learn something new . ”

“No, boss, please let me go to Dongting Lake . I’ve finally had a glimpse of hope . I will bring Brother Fan back at all costs,” Zhang Xiaohou said with a stern face .

“It’s not your business . Besides, with your current strength, you’ll just be feeding yourself to the Giant Lizards . ”

“It’s definitely my business…Boss, I can take care of myself,” Zhang Xiaohou said .

“Idiot, with your capabilities, even if you trained ten more years, you will still die right away . ” Zhan Kong booted the annoying kid out of his room .

What did he think Dongting Lake was?

Even he, Zhan Kong, had no confidence that he could return from there in one piece . An Intermediate Magician like that kid would definitely get himself killed if he went there!