Chapter 503: Temple

After the high priest made the decision, the lizardmen, whose fighting spirit had already begun to wane, immediately began to retreat, without any intention of hiding their intentions.

The velociraptors stayed behind to cover the retreat, while the large force led by the high priest retreated cleanly.

“Don’t pursue it too deeply.”

After confirming that the other party had truly retreated, Zhou Xu, who was hiding in the rainforest, spoke hoarsely to the soldiers beside him about the follow-up arrangements. Then his eyes went black and he lost consciousness on the spot.

At the same time, the big bones and the two bones also scattered to the ground because they lost the support of Zhou Xu's mantra power.

When he opened his eyes again, what he saw was a completely unfamiliar ceiling. The ceiling was very high and seemed to be made of thick stone bricks. From this, it was not difficult to tell that he was now lying in a rather large building.

However, he had just woken up and his mind was in a mess. Before he could sort out his thoughts, a huge figure appeared right in front of him and rubbed his face wildly.

This familiar feeling made Zhou Xu react quickly.

"Chitose?"

At this moment, Qiansui was looking at him with joy on his face.

During this time, Zhou Xu quickly looked around and found that he was completely wrapped in the thousand-year-old fur.

"Okay, okay, I'm fine."

Feeling Qiansui's worry, Zhou Xu touched Qiansui's head and comforted him.

Just then, a voice came.

"Your Majesty, you are finally awake. You have been sleeping for two days and two nights!"

At this moment, Wang Pengfei, who had just returned from breakfast, looked at Zhou Xu who had woken up, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"Two days and two nights..."

Zhou Xu muttered to himself while touching his belly.

"No wonder you're so hungry. Go get me something to eat."

After receiving the order, Wang Pengfei went to get food without saying a word. Along the way, he did not forget to shout "The king is awake", causing quite a commotion outside.

In the previous battle, Zhou Xu fainted due to severe exhaustion. This news could not be hidden and was no secret on the front line.

However, since their front-line troops had just repelled the Lizardmen and won a victory, no one was overly panicked about this matter.

The generals and officers also downplayed the incident when speaking to outsiders.

Now that their king has woken up safely, everyone felt relieved after hearing the news, and the morale of the soldiers on the front line has been completely stabilized.

While Wang Pengfei was getting food, Zhou Xu leaned on Qiansui's body, looked at the ceiling, and roughly sorted out what happened before he fell into a coma.

As the power of his own mantra grew stronger, he really hadn't fought to this point in a long time.

This time, his power of truth was severely overdrawn, and he paid a price for it.

Given his current condition, even if he thought about something for a while longer, he would feel a splitting headache.

Lying there, emptying his mind and thinking about nothing, is his most comfortable state now.

You have to rest well when it is time to rest. Zhou Xu didn't intend to force himself. After a simple breakfast, he emptied his mind and entered a meditative state.

In this state, he could feel relatively clearly that the power of mantra in his body was slowly recovering, and the overall recovery speed was very slow.

This is one of the prices paid for overdrawing one's strength.

Under normal circumstances, the recovery speed of the power of mantra can be several times faster than this, but once overdraft occurs, while one's own condition seriously declines, the recovery speed of the power of mantra will also be greatly reduced.

This also meant that Zhou Xu's main tasks for the next few days were to eat, sleep and daydream.

After nearly five days of full rest, Zhou Xu felt that his headache was less painful and he slowly returned to his normal life.

"Your subordinate Li Ce comes to see the king!"

Since Zhou Xu needed to rest and was unable to handle daily affairs, someone was naturally needed to take charge of the situation, so Li Ce temporarily rushed over from the plain camp.

Li Ce has been handling the affairs here these days, while the affairs on the plain have been temporarily handed over to Silk and Drogo.

After seeing this, what Zhou Xu was most concerned about was of course the casualties on his own side.

"Reporting to the king, in this battle, twenty-three of our men were killed and seventy-one were injured, including twenty-nine who were seriously injured..."

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They fought relatively smoothly in the early stages of this wave and did not suffer many casualties. The main casualties occurred after the opponent's high priest intervened in the battle.

This is the case with the protection of scales. If there were no scales, wouldn't the casualties be doubled? No, if there were no scales, many soldiers would be killed by the enemy in a few hits, and they might not be able to defeat the lizardmen on the opposite side.

At present, among the 150 infantrymen, the number of seriously injured and killed in battle totals 52.

Since they had successfully captured the Lizardmen's settlement, Zhou Xu could still accept the casualties.

In addition, the loss of equipment cannot be ignored.

The enchanting effects on the enchanted weapons have undoubtedly been exhausted. Under this premise, nearly one-third of the weapons and even a large number of scales have been damaged. It will probably be a lot of work to repair them.

After stretching his muscles, Zhou Xu walked outside and looked at the buildings in the lizardman’s territory that seemed to blend in with the surrounding rainforest environment.

To be honest, it was a bit beyond his expectations. At first glance, he saw that they were all rock buildings, and they were the kind of rock buildings with continuous and considerable craftsmanship. This surprised Zhou Xu very much.

Of course, what surprised him most was the temple behind him.

During this period of time, he has been sleeping in this temple. This temple is magnificent. Judging from the level of development that the lizardmen have shown before, it is definitely not something they can build. This is probably a relic of ancient civilization that has been passed down from the old civilization to the present day! From the bricks and stones on the outside, it is not difficult to see that this temple is full of traces of time.

As for why it has not been completely eroded by time after so many years since the destruction of the old civilization...

The reason is probably similar to that of those 'altars of old gods', that is, there is power blessed by some gods on this building.

In the brief report just now, Li Ce had already told him that the place where he had been resting during this period was only the outside of the temple. The interior of the temple was shrouded by an invisible force and they could not enter at all.

Under this premise, considering some potential risks, Li Ce did not dare to easily give the order to break in by force.

The weather is nice today. Zhou Xu, who finally saw the light of day again after many days, feels indescribably happy.

"Let's go and see the barrier that covers the temple."

(End of this chapter)