Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 346 The War Between Scouts
"So you mean the spy were barbarian scouts?"

Li Yue sat down again. As long as the barbarian camp was destroyed, the remaining cross-border barbarians wouldn't be able to cause much trouble.

"Yes, but the other side doesn't dare to show themselves. Our advantage is too great. Ah Dai reigns supreme in the sky, and the other side's flying pets don't dare to show themselves at all. Having lost their aerial advantage, they can only spy from a distance. Since the north bank of the river is flat, as long as they dare to show themselves, Zhao Xuanxuan and her team can crush them. Even a five-star cross-border expert can't withstand it."

Liang Yuzhi sneered.

"That's true. With the Swordsmith's Destiny title and the Blood Burning Talent, the 4+4+3+2 attribute is close to the second level of all attributes awakening. Add to that a four-star enchanted heavy armor and a three-star warhorse, and in the plains, if I didn't have a warhorse, I'd get goosebumps just looking at it!"

"However, if her warhorse could be upgraded to four stars, it would have no weaknesses. Of course, it's not bad now either, because I'm here."

Li Yue spoke confidently, and Liang Yuzhi, unusually, refrained from sarcasm, simply replying calmly:

"Let's keep waiting. Anyway, we're in an invincible position for now. But I suggest you go to the Riverside Fortress. There are some things that Xiaowei has to decide for himself. Right now, I'm worried that he won't be able to hold on, because the opportunity to farm the Farmer's Fate is too rare. Oh, he still has a 5-star Hunter card, which he's saving for you."

"In addition, I personally hope that you can stay there. I have already reconfigured a batch of magic potions here. Although it is not possible to upgrade the three-star warhorses to four-star, it is no problem to upgrade the batch of two-star warhorses you brought to three-star. At that time, with me in charge, 100 units of magic mines, and that little trash Zhao Xuanxuan, as long as we find a suitable location along the river to build another southern fortress to echo the northern mountain fortress, unless a large army comes to attack, whoever comes to destroy whom!"

Liang Yuzhi spoke with great confidence.

Li Yue did not question or refute, because she knew that this was the truth. With a magic mine containing 100 units of magic power reserves, Liang Yuzhi was practically an infinite mana mage turret!
However, if we're going to build a fortress, the location still needs further surveying, and we need to observe the hydrological changes of the river to the south, etc. There's no rush for that.

After a moment of silence, neither of them knew what to say.

"I'm leaving."

"No delivery!"

Li Yue silently stood up. They were used to it. They didn't want to go back to the days when they were verbally abusing each other and insulting and belittling one another. But if they were suddenly asked to call each other sisters, drink and have heart-to-heart talks, it would be awkward enough.

The best way is to not get tired of seeing each other.

However, Li Yue had only taken a few steps when Liang Yuzhi couldn't resist.

"Actually, it's not too late for you to leave tomorrow. Let Ah-Dai keep you company."

"You think I'm afraid of that barbarian scout?" Li Yue frowned, an invisible killing intent emanating from her.

Liang Yuzhi curled her lip. "Damn it, you'll still be the same way a hundred years from now. Oh well."

"I've cooked some dishes and have some wine, it's a three-star hotel, want to come along?"

"Hmph! Fine!"

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While Li Yue and Liang Yuzhi were having a drink, about twenty miles south of their territory, in a river about two or three hundred meters wide, a dark figure emerged from the water, cautiously observing everything to the north. However, he did not dare to go ashore, but stared intently in the direction of the magic mine, occasionally carefully hiding back into the river, because every now and then, a huge owl flew by in the air.

Yes, that's absolutely despicable!
The mutated owl became the big crow's henchman, flying back and forth around the territory every night.

With such flat terrain along this riverbank, there's nowhere to hide.

However, this doesn't mean there's no way out; we just don't want to alert them.

A moment later, the dark figure appeared on the south bank and quickly disappeared into the dense bushes.

Half an hour later, the dark figure reappeared in a secluded valley more than 30 miles away. There was a small temporary camp there, where about 50 superhumans had gathered. They were clearly the subordinates of Duke Frost, because they all looked very different and varied.

In comparison, the two Negroes in the group were quite handsome.

"Strategist, have you found out anything? What's that damned outsider Li Wei up to now? Hasn't the right opportunity for us to attack yet?" A rather imposing centaur asked in a deep voice. He looked to be about sixty years old, his face covered with wrinkles, yet he still possessed considerable courage.

Faced with the centaur's question, the shadowy Negro dared not be negligent and immediately replied in the same language: "Your Excellency, I understand your feelings, but please forgive my bluntness, now is still not the time to attack. In fact, even His Excellency the Duke himself thinks so."

"His Excellency the Duke gave us the task of investigating the despicable outsiders, the true nature of the false Baron Li Wei, and cutting off their access to other outsiders. Over the past month, we have successfully accomplished this strategic objective. The fact that the false Baron Li Wei did not attempt to continue eastward or contact the false Baron Zhao Kewu is itself a huge strategic victory for us."

"Furthermore, Your Excellency Earl, I believe that instead of forcibly attacking Li Wei's territory, it would be better to create a false strategic objective for him, plunging him into a vicious arms race. For example, I think you could lead more of your men to build a fortress south of the bridge in the eastern part of Li Wei's territory, forcing them to attack, or forcing them to build a similar fortress north of the bridge."

"This will better attract their attention and restrain their limited development potential. Once His Excellency the Duke has completed the process of cutting off and eliminating other outsiders, Li Wei will face annihilation!"

"what do you think?"

The nun patiently persuaded him, using gestures and drawings until the centaur was overjoyed and immediately ordered the deployment of the matter. Only then did the centaur look happily at the other nun who had remained silent all along.

The latter looked at him but didn't say anything, only asking with her eyes, "Is that all?"

If relying on the Ice Duke is enough to eliminate these little savage humans, then what's the point of having them? The Ice Duke's plan is merely a safety net; the real killer move is them.

In short, the credit belongs to Duke Frost, but the dirty, hard, and tiring work is theirs.

The outcome is not important; eliminating more potential human players is the most cost-effective strategy.

For example, Li Wei.

The Ni scout raised an eyebrow and subtly activated some kind of item card. He then tried changing his tone to make his voice sound more like a native. "After scouting for so long, I've actually found a loophole in the operation of Li Wei's territory. As it stands, his territory and the fortress he guards cannot be attacked by force or infiltrated, so their idea is to seize the time and develop quickly."

"But between these two, there is a weakness that is not fatal but very important: minerals, iron ore, stone ore, coal ore, lead ore, and limestone ore. For the past month, their transport vehicles have been shuttling back and forth every day, carrying away large quantities of minerals to supply the territory and the fortress."

“I’ve calculated that to complete this amount of mining, at least fifty excellent miners would be needed, but I’ve never seen any miners return.”

"So, I want to apply to sneak over at night, find those miners hiding deep in the mountains, and kill them! I don't need to make a big impact, but as long as we can delay the development of Li Wei's territory, our chances of winning will continue to increase."

Upon hearing this, the silent nun adjusted her tone, but was clearly less fluent in pronunciation than the first nun, finally managing to utter only a few syllables—"Are you confident?"

"We have a certain degree of confidence, but there is also a certain risk, because this could be a trap, a trap set for us. After all, you and I both know that Li Wei is an excellent scout. Without him, our plan would not have failed. Therefore, this is the best opportunity for a contest, a true battle of the titans between two top scouts."

“I don’t quite agree. Your +6 Perception might not guarantee victory, but I can’t persuade you otherwise. You decide for yourself. The Ice Duke doesn’t truly trust us; he’s a cunning old man.”

"Yes, I understand. They're listening to even our conversation right now, which is why we have to use this clumsy language to communicate, even though theoretically they won't be able to understand anything."

The Nidan scout grumbled, then rambled on and on about other things to cover it up, before disappearing back into the night a few minutes later.

The true battlefield for scouts is never the direct confrontation between the two sides. If a scout is forced to appear in such a head-on battlefield, it is a failure in itself.

Their primary duties are to infiltrate, spy, gather intelligence, and cause sabotage.

Therefore, as the most outstanding scout on this mission, he was extremely intolerant of the fact that his base had been destroyed by a mere Homo sapiens scout a few months ago.

At that time, he was ordered to scout out and find Duke Hanbing's territory. He didn't take Li Wei on the other side seriously at all. As a result, before he returned, the old nest he had worked so hard to build was destroyed. Who wouldn't be upset?

Now that we've got the chance, instead of using our expertise to deal with that Homo sapiens Li Wei, are we going to go to the front lines and fight that fast-moving, heavy-armored female knight head-on?

For this operation, he patiently scouted, recorded, and analyzed for 24 days, memorizing the flight path of the large crow, its daily habits, and the flight paths and habits of its minions. Not only that, he also took a detour of thousands of miles to the north, crossed mountains, and observed Li Wei's territory from a high vantage point, recording in detail all the people and even the engineering machinery in their territory.

And they found 129 flaws in it...

(End of this chapter)