Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 460 The Stone Giant Clan

Soon, Li Yue, Javier, Sith, and Jocelyn each led ten heavily armored cavalrymen to explore in four different directions, agreeing to explore a distance of fifty li.

There's no need to worry about their strength.

Li Yue goes without saying; she's a Tier 3 Dawn Knight.

Javier, Sith, and Jocelyn, as the earliest Riverside Knights, have now completed the Level 3 Awakening of all attributes and become Tier 3 Dark Knights. Of course, if their Riverside Knight titles are removed, they will immediately revert to their original forms.

With a full set of five-star enchanted heavy armor, a four-star warhorse, and a Sequence 3 magic emblem, unless they encounter a monster like Li Wei, they will inflict terrifying damage on the enemy as long as the enemy cannot kill them instantly.

This plain terrain is truly unique.

What's more, Li Wei also summoned Ah Dai at this moment.

Nowadays, Ah-Dai is no different from an ordinary little crow; he's dull-witted and has a strong ability to disguise himself.

In fact, apart from Li Wei, no one else knew that Ah Dai could already control his size.

As for how strong Ah Dai is now, Li Wei wasn't quite sure, so he just let it be.

Anyway, Ah Dai wasn't there to protect Li Yue and the others; instead, he used his inconspicuous state as a nobody to scout around the area.

After arranging this, Li Weicai began to use the map function that came with the Chaotic World Development Card. As a fourth-tier treacherous minister, he was given a transparent map of fifty square kilometers at the start.

But as expected, fifty square kilometers sounds like a lot, but it's actually not that big.

Especially since this is a flat plain, stretching for hundreds of miles with the naked eye.

So this map is filled with lush green grass and dense trees, and the scale is pretty good, zooming down to at least 100 meters. It's a pity it's not a real-time map, which would be equivalent to having satellites in the sky.

Then Li Wei glanced at the location of the four tyrants, zoomed out on the map, and the four skulls quickly appeared in front of him. Goodness, they were all quite far away. Sure enough, Jiang Xinran, as a fourth-tier mage, had chosen a pretty good starting position.

Li Wei roughly calculated that the farthest skull was at least five thousand miles away from his current location, while the nearest skull was more than two thousand miles away.

Then there's Jiang Xinran's location. Well, it's not far from him, because it couldn't possibly be more than 500 miles in radius.

It seems to be in the southeast direction, about 300 li away as the crow flies. Wow, that's a mountainous area, with mountains and water, a place with excellent feng shui. I'm so envious.

Let's take a look at the other three treacherous comrades.

Lu Ziming, the little trash, is due east, about 300 li away from Li Wei and no more than 100 li away from Jiang Xinran.

The former Black Wolf, now Fred, is located in the northeast, about 350 li away from Li Wei and about 400 li away from Jiang Xinran. This is the farthest one.

Finally, there's Duke Weil's son, David. Good heavens, he's right behind Li Wei in the southwest corner, less than a hundred miles from Li Wei's starting location.

Very good, all the traitors and rebels are in place.

Hmm, wait a minute. About 600 miles north of Li Wei, there is a traitorous general, and then 700 miles to the west, there is a treacherous minister. Isn't that a bit too high?
If the other side also forms a team, the risk of war will be very high.

As I was pondering this, several messages appeared.

[Jiang Xinran, the leader of the rebel faction, has spent 200 faction contribution points to release this month's main faction quest.]

[Monthly Faction Mission 1: All faction members are requested to explore the surrounding terrain as much as possible to create a larger shared map. At the end of the month, the Nine Star Council will make a judgment and award rewards.]

[Monthly Faction Mission Two: All faction members are requested to hunt down and eliminate as many scattered routs as possible.] [Monthly Faction Mission Three: All faction members are requested to select their respective camps and prepare for enemy attacks.]

[Monthly Faction Mission 4: The "Chaotic Era Reputation" is extremely important. All faction members should try to earn as much "Chaotic Era Reputation" as possible. Note that two-thirds of the earned "Chaotic Era Reputation" will go to the faction, and one-third will be retained by the individual. For example, in the Eighteen-Route Alliance's campaign against Dong Zhuo, and the Three Heroes' Battle against Lü Bu at Hulao Pass, 90 "Chaotic Era Reputation" will be earned, with 60 points going to the Eighteen-Route Alliance and 30 points going to Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei.]

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All of this seems so familiar!
Li Wei glanced at it briefly and then ignored it. Their chaotic alliance was only useful in the first few years of the mission. After a few more years, the fittest would be weeded out. Of course, if the leader of the alliance was a genius and could grow stronger and create new glories, then it would be good to take shelter under a big tree.

After 100 years of chaos, it's hard to say what the future holds.

After that, Li Wei did not send out any more soldiers to explore the surrounding area, and even forbade the ten cooks in the supply camp from going out to collect wild vegetables.

The 24-hour magic shield given at the start of the game definitely has its reasons. The world under the spell is no joke. Nearly a thousand people rushed out, causing quite a commotion, which may attract unknown and powerful monsters. In short, let's explore first.

The wait lasted a full two hours. Li Yue, Javier, Sith, and Jocelyn's four teams returned safely. They had explored not just four directions, but a total of eight, and had basically explored the general area.

“Li Wei, I’ve discovered a six-star stone troll, about 45 miles to the southwest. This thing looks very inconspicuous, with less than a meter protruding from the ground. It looks like an ordinary big rock. Under normal circumstances, a dozen people passing by, or even a dozen cavalrymen galloping by, won’t disturb it. But if a larger group of people, such as hundreds of people, passes by, builds a fortress, digs a foundation, or even if the two sides fight, it will definitely be disturbed.”

"This thing is tough to deal with. It has high defense and high health, and it can summon friends and family. If you can't end the battle within three minutes, you'll definitely get ganged up on by a bunch of rocks."

"Furthermore, I strongly suspect that this seemingly fertile plain, which lacks large and dangerous monsters, is likely the lair of a stone troll tribe."

The intelligence information that Li Yue brought back was very important, which is why Li Weining was willing to wait a few more hours.

"Hello, Thomas! I love smashing rocks, don't you!"

Zhao Xuanxuan said with a grin.

"Xuanxuan might really be the nemesis of these stone trolls, but if things were that simple, it wouldn't be so easy. This isn't a game. As I said before, if the battle isn't over within three minutes, the stone trolls will summon their allies. But what I didn't mention is that if we kill the stone troll within three minutes, its friends and family will all rise from the ground in fury and hunt us down for days and nights. In short, this is a very troublesome magical race."

"Of course, the best way to deal with them is to avoid them. As long as you keep a certain distance, even if you break their brains next to them, you won't wake them up. Also, there is often a seven-star stone leader in the stone troll clan, which is something that the Neanderthals are very reluctant to provoke."

"We actually ran into them this time, which shows how unlucky we were. But it's also possible that the magic bullet detonated by the Necromancer's high priest caused some special change, leading to a significant increase in the stone troll population."

After Li Yue finished speaking, even Zhao Xuanxuan, who was eager to try, fell silent. She might not be afraid of a single stone golem, but if a dozen or so stone golems charged at them, the scene would be truly terrifying. In particular, these stone golems were very effective against conventional troops, whether infantry, cavalry, archers, or even heavy cavalry. If there were a large number of casualties, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Li Wei pondered for a moment, not in a hurry, and asked, "If I want to eliminate them but also avoid significant casualties, what should I do?"

His question wasn't just directed at Li Yue, but at everyone; it was more like a test for his mid-to-high-level subordinates.

Many people immediately figured out the implications of this.

As the commander of the Blazing Flame Legion, and with extensive experience in the field, Li Yue naturally took the lead and immediately said, "There is indeed a chance to wipe out all these stone trolls. The first point is to find out their locations, because these stone trolls are hidden underground and are quite well concealed. If we cannot determine their locations at the beginning and are then caught off guard by their surprise attack, we will be in a very passive position."

"Secondly, even if we pinpoint their location, we must find a way to divide and conquer them, which means luring them away in groups and then intercepting and killing them in groups. This requires skill and courage. Of course, even so, we should have at least fifty people here who are capable of luring them away. The speed of the heavy cavalry is enough to kite them."

"But the problem is that stone trolls are a rather intelligent magical race. If you can't generate enough aggro, they'll only chase you for a short distance before giving up. Therefore, the third point is needed: the ability to kill a stone troll solo and to lure other monsters. I believe I can handle this. But this involves the first point: how do I pinpoint the location of the other stone trolls?"

"If I don't know the location of the other stone trolls, even I would be in deep trouble if I fell into their ambush while luring them. So the first point is unavoidable."

"Even if we can bypass the first point, and the second and third points are not a problem, then we need a fourth point. We need a second person who can draw aggro and lure monsters to kill a stone troll in the shortest time possible, splitting the stone troll group in two. After reducing the total number, we can send Zhao Xuanxuan to deal with one, Thomas to hold off another, and the others to focus fire on the third. Only in this way can we wipe out the stone troll group. If any link in these steps goes wrong, it will be a huge disaster."

"Can we ensure everything goes perfectly and that we cooperate seamlessly?"

(End of this chapter)