"You received the intelligence, right?"
"Before we came, the command center had already given us intelligence. Our mission this time, under the command of Master Leo, is to find the holy land of the Diro People and discover their so-called method for dealing with the Cyborg," said a Level Three Great Wizard.
"That's right. This expedition is difficult and progressing slowly. There's been no news from the Beast Blood Boiling Stigmata Wizard who went to hunt down the two World Lord. We must find the method left behind by the Diro People as soon as possible to speed up our expedition."
In such a grand setting, the reason must be respectable and plausible; one cannot say that they are seeking personal gain from it.
Do you see Stigmata Wizard spouting that long string of useless platitudes before every expedition? No wizard would believe it, but they have to say it.
"For the sake of the Great Wizard civilization, we must find their holy land," the wizarding army roared in response to Leo.
The immense power unleashed by the wizard army in an instant seemed to cause the ground to sink several meters. The Diro People, seeing one terrifying creature after another emanating a terrifying aura in the sky, huddled together in fear, trembling.
For generations, the Diro People have been repeatedly exploited by Cyborg, and cowardice and timidity have been ingrained in their very being.
He has the strength of a first-class expert, but his courage is smaller than that of a mouse.
They were already terrified when they were surrounded by the army of Gulu Beast, but now, seeing so many wizards, fear completely overwhelmed them. If it weren't for the Gulu Beast around them constantly comforting them and preventing them from being afraid, they probably would have been scared to death.
"Have a few Gulu Beast carry them on their backs, but be careful not to drop them to their deaths."
Leo glanced down at the trembling Diro People on the ground. If they weren't still useful, he would have thrown them far away long ago; they were utterly useless trash.
Leo sat on the back of Benji, surrounded by the army of Gulu Beast responsible for protection and the newly formed small command center.
Having already commanded a large army once, Leo was familiar with such matters. He delegated authority to several experienced Level Three Great Wizard, who would then take orders from Leo and command the legions below.
The army of millions of slaves was divided into layers: a legion of 100,000, a legion of 100,000, a legion of 100,000, a legion of 100,000, a company of 100,000, a company of 100,000 slaves led by five wizards.
Once the arrangements were complete, Leo casually pointed, and a wizard led tens of thousands of slaves in a fierce attack in the direction Leo was pointing.
The Gulu Beast around Leo were excited; having a good master had subtly elevated their status.
Unlike the other slaves who were evenly distributed and placed on the very periphery of the legion, doing the most dangerous work, they were in the very center of the army, enjoying the best treatment.
Happiness is relative; among slaves under the same sorcerer, they have a higher status, and that is happiness.
Yaoyao was even more excited. He was the loudest person in the whole group, and he wanted all the wizards in the world to know his name, King Yaoyao. He drove the Gulu Beast to rampage through the sky, and he was just short of becoming a hooligan who harassed girls in the street.
Since the entire Rota World has been occupied by metal fortresses, if they want to reach the location that Leo suspects, they can only push through the metal fortresses one by one.
Even if they tried their best to avoid affecting the surrounding metal fortresses and only attacked the metal fortresses along their calculated route, two years would have passed by the time Leo arrived at the coastline.
A medium-sized world—that's still an incredibly vast world, ten thousand times the size of Earth. With so many metal fortresses to be removed, two years is already a very short time.
"Master, as per your orders, we will now search every possible area within a hundred kilometers of the coastline."
Over the past two years, Leo has not been studying the information provided by the Diro People alone; all the wizards have been working together to search, and the final conclusion is to push forward along the coastline at a distance of one hundred kilometers.
In some areas, the search width can be appropriately reduced, while in other areas, the search width needs to be increased.
Just like the possible existence of the Heavenly Lake mentioned in the intelligence, that means the Holy Land is very likely located on a volcanic belt. Therefore, the wizards who focus on the study of underground witchcraft should provide the location of the possible volcanic belt along the coastline of the Rota World so that they can increase the intensity of their search.
Even if tens of thousands of wizards analyzed the possible locations of the Holy Land together, the final determined area was still incredibly vast.
"Let's begin."
Faced with such a massive project, Leo could not simply sit back and wait on Benji's back; he had to step in and accelerate the process.
As for who would be responsible for a thorough search after the metal fortress was destroyed, the command center had also considered this.
Among the fifty thousand wizards, there are hundreds who specialize in searching for witchcraft. They are like human radars, able to quickly and repeatedly scan the places they have been, looking for anything suspicious, and providing the most accurate information for finding the holy land of the Diro People.
The massive, all-out offensive began.
Fearing the metal fortress might transform into a metal giant, the level Level Three Great Wizard Great Wizard, aside from a few in command of the battlefield, all transformed into a rescue team to eliminate the metal fortress before it could become a metal giant.
Benji wanted to follow Leo, since Leo didn't have any level three combatants by his side, and he was always worried about Leo's safety.
Even if it were a one-on-one fight between the two of them, Benji was no match for Leo, his deep-seated desire to protect Leo remained strong.
"It's good that you have this intention, but you might as well take down a few more metal fortresses and speed things up."
"If we fail to complete this mission in the end, the penalties and compensation will be enough to keep us from surviving for a hundred years."
Leo's move was a gamble, a gamble that he could find the holy Diro People.
Benji glanced at Yaoyao with his one eye, his lips moved as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't. Then, following Leo's instructions, he quickly ran towards another metal fortress.
With his level three combat strength, he could form a small squad on his own with just a few slaves.
What does he mean?
Yaoyao felt uneasy under Benji's final gaze; a chill ran down her spine. She didn't understand what Benji meant, but Benji eyes gave her a bad feeling.
"Hehe, I heard someone say that I'm not the richest among us, and Alice isn't the richest either. Guess who's the richest?"
Leo smiled and asked Yaoyao a question. At the same time, he moved and disappeared into mid-air, reappearing inside a metal fortress.
With a flick of his wrist, the black ball in his hand unleashed Gravity Domain.
Under Leo's command, the entire fortress was swept across in an instant.
With a force more than two hundred times the Gravity, all the flesh and blood on the Cyborg inside the fortress were crushed.
Without flesh and blood, these Cyborg instantly turned into metal statues.
With his Gravity Domain, Leo could deal with these Cyborg much faster than slaughtering them.
"You want me to guess? How am I supposed to know?" Yaoyao guiltily, avoiding Leo's gaze.
"Hehe,"
Leo saw Yaoyao pretending to be naive but didn't expose her, unaware that someone was secretly plotting to stuff things into their own little savings account.
On expeditions like this one, Yaoyao secretly hid countless treasures. Leo didn't know this until someone secretly tipped her off. This little rascal had made a fortune behind his back.
Leo himself had to consider the opinion of the command center and dared not plunder too much, but Yaoyao had no such idea at all. She would only leave if she had the chance and would never leave empty-handed.
This little guy is like a Pixiu, only taking in and never giving out. Over the centuries, heaven knows how much secret wealth he has.
At first, Leo was a little skeptical. After all, he and Yaoyao had been together almost the entire time during the expedition, and he was sure he would notice whatever Yaoyao did.
After being reminded, Leo indeed discovered that the little guy's hands and feet were not only unclean but also extremely fast and agile.
Otherwise, I wouldn't have kept it from him for so long.
Leo walked inside the metal fortress, searching for any suspicious clues.
There's a 99.99% chance that the holy site has disappeared. The Cyborg have been consuming resources to an outrageous degree, so they can't possibly let the holy site go.
Leo only hoped that the way the Diro People preserved their things was reliable and hadn't been damaged by the Cyborg.
They searched the entire metal fortress but found no clues, then quickly moved on to the next fortress.
At the same time, the location of the fortress was relayed to the command center of the subordinates, who would record the location of the breached metal fortress.
One purpose was to provide the starship with battle merits, and the other was to accurately grasp the propulsion speed. It also allowed the wizards specializing in searching to screen the ships again to avoid any oversights.
Before long, the wizards in the command center discovered something strange. The location where the other wizards led their slave squads to attack was filled with the deafening sounds of battle and boiling elemental energy, as if they wanted to tear a hole in the sky. After they broke through the metal fortress, they would surely leave behind a torn-up fortress and a utterly chaotic battlefield.
As for Leo, Leo had no slaves to assist him, no elemental fluctuations, and not even a sound. Before the Cyborg could react, the metal fortress had already fallen.
There were no signs of battle visible from the outside, but all the Cyborg inside were dead.
What shocked them even more was Leo's extremely fast advance; it would take an ordinary wizard squad one to two days to flatten a metal fortress.
Leo's team averages one metal fortress every ten minutes, which is equivalent to the time it takes other wizard teams to destroy one metal fortress. Leo could destroy 300 of them.
This speed was so astonishing that it shocked the wizards.
They were well aware of how formidable the defenses of those metal fortresses were; level one slaves couldn't inflict effective damage and could only provide support.
The main force to break through these metal fortresses is a small, combined magic array consisting of Level Two Wizard or ten First-Level Wizard.