The Necromancer's Fourth Catastrophe-Chapter 421 - 376: Speculation (Part 2)

Although Epic Tier existences cannot compare in status to Legendary Tier existences, they are still among the elite at the top of the pyramid.

Forcing them to negotiate with ordinary people and gather intelligence is an insult that could be laughed at by others for a lifetime.

However, this order was passed down by Noel, and then this Legendary Tier existence specifically appointed him, so if he didn't do it, he could fully imagine his own fate.

Legendary Tier existences are extremely rare, and unless it's an inexcusable mistake like treason, most offenses can generally be forgiven.

At worst, it wouldn't threaten one's life.

But the situation is completely different for Epic Tier existences.

There are many of them, and for a superpower like the Bright Church Country, they are in no short supply.

If he dared to openly defy Noel and this Legendary Tier existence's orders, being killed on the spot would be perfectly normal.

After careful consideration, he realized that compared to dignity, his life was more important.

So he reluctantly nodded and then quickly flew down towards the island below.

Since Noel's Bright Church Country forces led a large group, and Noel himself had not deeply entered the island, only half of their troops were left inside the island's magic barrier, while the other half remained outside it.

This magic barrier wasn't for defense, but to prevent detection.

Thus, the other foreign forces hanging far behind didn't immediately detect the situation inside this auxiliary island.

At this point, the Epic Tier existence had arrived in the town on the island, and due to particularly bad mood, he was quite rude, directly grabbing an ordinary person and starting an interrogation.

The ordinary person was terrified, not daring to hide anything in response to this Epic Tier existence's questions, answering each one in great detail.

After all the questions were asked and answered, a cold expression appeared on the Epic Tier existence's face.

He slightly tightened his grip on the person's neck, causing the person's face to turn pale.

"You've answered very well, but I'm in a bad mood, so..."

The Epic Tier existence didn't finish his sentence; with a slight exertion of force, he crushed the ordinary person's neck.

Leaving the corpse behind, the Epic Tier existence then flew towards Noel.

Regardless, this action would definitely be laughed at by other Epic Tier existences in the future.

Therefore, he decided to seize the opportunity to make an appearance in front of Noel, hoping to gain Noel's attention and thus recover some losses.

Soon, he arrived in front of Noel and then informed Noel of all the answers he had received from his questions.

After hearing what was said, Noel slightly furrowed his brow.

Because, according to what this Epic Tier existence reported, the behavior orchestrated by the Undead Forces was somewhat surprising.

The other side had selected a temporary leader from these ordinary people to manage these auxiliary islands temporarily, while waiting for future instructions from the Undead Forces.

After a slight pause, Noel, furrowing his brow, spoke, "Had they not originally planned to completely control this Inner Circle force's territory?"

"If the intelligence is correct, the other side occupied this Inner Circle major force's territory before we set off for the Chaotic Sea Domain, which means they were aware of our encirclement before attacking this Inner Circle major force, and made the best choice by transporting away all the resources they could, without investing any effort in the seized Inner Circle force's territory."

"Looking at it this way, they probably foresaw the measures we would take. Although predicting this isn't difficult because interests are always the main theme for every force; no one would be foolish enough to leave Inner Circle major forces' territories untouched while acting on the chaotic sea domain's periphery."

"In other words, have they already planned to make the Inner Circle within the Chaotic Sea Domain the battlefield?" As he said this, Noel slightly narrowed his eyes.

Then he shifted his gaze to the Legendary Tier existences around him, "This Undead Vision is quite troublesome, completely different from our original expectations. Given this, we need not worry about other auxiliary islands of this Inner Circle force, and instead head straight to the main island to assess the situation."

With these words, Noel immediately led the charge out of this auxiliary island, heading directly towards the main island of Wind Chime Island.

Having roughly estimated the opponent's actions and plans, Noel had no intention of wasting more time here, especially since these deductions made it likely that Broca Kahn was the mastermind behind the Undead Force; Noel was even more eager to proceed.

Soon, Noel led his men straight into the main island, yet likewise, there were no Mages or Knights.

Noel took a deep breath, then turned his gaze to the Legendary Tier existences around him, slowly stating, "I didn't anticipate the same situation here. It appears my analysis was correct, the opponent must have set up many hidden means on the already occupied Inner Circle major forces' territories to act as a buffer zone to uncover our movements and intelligence."

"I believe we've already been exposed now, it won't be long before we face direct confrontation with the opponent, so we should first evenly divide the resources on this Inner Circle major force's territory."

Upon hearing Noel's words, the Legendary Tier existences led by the Bright Church Country not only showed joy, but also immediately led their subordinates to scatter and occupy key locations on the main island, clearly to allocate benefits.

Meanwhile, belonging to the Bright Church Country, the Legendary Tier existences and Epic Tier existences continued to follow Noel without any movements. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

Because Noel had originally promised that the Bright Church Country wouldn't take a single piece of benefit from this action, and naturally, it couldn't break this promise now.

As they watched those beginning to divide the main island resources, a Legendary Tier existence next to Noel from the Bright Church Country spoke, "Lord Noel, after these guys have divided the resources, where shall we head to next that the Undead Forces occupy?"

Upon hearing the inquiry, Noel slightly narrowed his eyes, then said, "Their actions are somewhat beyond my expectations. Initially, I was prepared to bear the brunt of their first wave and accept some losses to guide other forces' actions."

"However, it seems the original plan needs revision, their actions have given me a way to minimize our losses."

Speaking to this point, Noel turned his head to look around.

Of course, there was no sight of those other forces in the distance behind, so he quickly turned back and continued speaking, "Immediately send the message to the trailing foreign forces that there is no trace of the Undead Forces at this Inner Circle major force's territory, and it is likely, the other side just looted resources before withdrawing."

Upon hearing Noel's half-truths, the Legendary Tier existence understood, subconsciously gulping.

When it came to cunning, Noel was indeed skilled.

No wonder he was appointed by the Pope Order to fully oversee all affairs over at the Ten Mother Islands.