"What?"

Looking at the bishops in front of him, the fortress commander widened his eyes in surprise.

"You guys are going to meet those monsters?"

"That's right."

Bishop Karl nodded.

"The intelligence we have collected so far is not enough, so we need more intelligence. I think the best way is to meet with the other party for talks."

"Talks...but they are monsters!"

"Whether they are monsters or not is not up to you to decide."

The Elf Bishop spoke calmly.

"At least based on the intelligence we have collected so far, those creatures clearly possess extraordinary intelligence. We may be able to communicate with each other."

“But…but…”

Hearing this, the commander was at a loss. He groaned for a long time, but couldn't say anything. This was also normal. The Fire Nation had always regarded those monsters as low-level magical beasts, and had never thought that they would have any extraordinary wisdom. And now, listening to what these people said...the other party could actually communicate?

Are you kidding? If we could communicate, would our 50,000 soldiers have died in vain?

But Bishop Karl and his men obviously didn't care about the fortress commander's thoughts. They just told him their decision and then turned around and left, leaving the fortress commander there struggling.

"What should we do, my Lord?"

Looking at the figures of Bishop Karl and his entourage walking away, the commander's entourage asked in a low voice.

"Do you want us to seal off the fortress and prevent them from leaving the city?"

"No, let them go. I want to see what tricks they can come up with... Send someone to watch them all the way and don't get too close."

"yes."

Hearing the commander's answer, the follower nodded, and then he asked in confusion.

"Um... Sir, do you really believe that those monsters can communicate?"

"How is that possible?"

In response to his entourage's question, the commander snorted disdainfully.

"Although they are a little cunning, they are still just monsters! Magic beasts! How could they possibly understand communication? I guarantee that those guys would be swallowed by the magic beasts! Humph, but it's none of our business! Those people in the Holy Kingdom have lost their minds from worshipping gods all day long. How can such low-level magic beasts have any wisdom at all! Remember, no matter how cunning they are, they are just wild beasts!"

"yes!"

Bishop Karl certainly understood what those people from the Fire Nation were thinking, but in his opinion, the situation was obviously not that simple.

"According to our investigation, this undeveloped land has always been shrouded in chaos fog. This is consistent with the information the temple has."

The orc bishop looked ahead with a serious expression.

"However, just a month ago, the fog suddenly dissipated, and then the people of the Fire Nation began to open up the undeveloped land, although they encountered those... creatures."

"I have asked the local residents, and they have never seen a monster like this before."

The dwarf bishop stroked his carefully maintained beard again and spoke.

"These creatures appeared after the Chaos Mist dissipated. What do you think?"

"At present, everything is just speculation. As the Eyes of Order, we need to speak with evidence."

The Elf Bishop took a deep breath and then raised his head.

"In the name of order, I hope we can all be alright."

At this moment, they had reached the top of the hill.

"Goddess above..."

Looking at the undeveloped land not far below, even the human bishop couldn't help but widen his eyes and mutter to himself. Although they had seen these creatures through the crystal ball before, when they really appeared in front of them, they still gave everyone a strange shock.

The endless swarm of insects seemed like a sea, surging constantly. From a distance, one could even mistake it for a deep purple ocean. Just looking at the densely packed insects gave one goosebumps. Not to mention... the appearance of the Zerg was really...

indescribable.

"This is really too... too... too..."

Even the Elf Bishop's eyes widened. He kept saying "too" for a long time, and finally he could only utter "too incredible!"

"There are so many of them, what do they feed on?"

The orc bishop began to care about another issue.

"It seems that there is no food here except for them. How do they sustain themselves?"

"Perhaps the 50,000 troops of the Fire Nation will be enough for them to eat for a while?"

The dwarf bishop stroked his beard and guessed with a smile, while Bishop Karl shook his head.

"We probably see tens of thousands of them here alone. Even if we give each of them one, it won't be enough for them to eat... um..."

At this point, everyone looked at each other, and they couldn't help but feel a little worried in their hearts. As the Eyes of Order, their first task is to determine whether the other party is an Order creature, and the second is to determine whether the harm is great enough. In the previous visit to the Fire Country, the bishops found that these creatures did not behave like magic beasts in the general sense. On the contrary, they clearly showed the characteristics of some intelligent Order creatures.

The reason they came here was to verify their guesses and to assess the danger of the other party. After all, demons and mind suckers were also considered creatures of order, but the temple obviously could not classify them as friendly.

“I have to admit, if I hadn’t sensed the breath of the devil from these creatures, I would have really thought that this was an army of devils invading the surface.”

The human bishop also looked at the swarm of insects in front of him with a complicated expression, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

"I've been through bloody battles, and believe me, the demons aren't as ugly as these."

The orc bishop patted the human bishop on the shoulder, then strode down the hillside, and the other four followed behind, slowly approaching the Zerg territory.

"hiss--!!"

Sensing the approach of the crowd, dozens of springtails immediately rushed over from behind. They hovered in front of the fungal blanket and roared at the crowd in protest. Seeing this scene, the bishops were relieved. They were most worried about these creatures at the beginning... They would fight at the slightest disagreement, but now it seems that the other party still has the ability to distinguish.

"We have no hostility!"

The Elf Bishop stepped forward, stretched out his hands to the sides, and shouted loudly.

"We want to talk to you!! We come here with friendly intentions!"

“…”

The springtails looked at them, then didn't say anything, just looked at each other, and seemed quite calm.

Of course, if Bishop Karl and others knew about the ongoing conversation within the Zerg network, they probably wouldn’t think so.

"Tall?"

"Short?"

"Two-legged?"

"Not worth transforming, a low-level creature."

...Well, we should be thankful that we don’t speak the same language.

After a while, everyone saw a king insect slowly flying over from behind. Just when they thought that the other party was going to communicate with them, they saw the king insect flying over their heads, then stretched out its tentacles and wrapped around everyone.

What's this?!

Seeing the tentacles wrapped around them, everyone was shocked. The orc bishop instinctively clenched his mace and stared nervously at the Overlord in front of him. However, the Overlord was completely unmoved and just used its tentacles to wrap around Bishop Karl and the others. Then, they saw the abdomen below the Overlord slowly open...

"Hey, hey, hey, you're not really going to eat us, are you?"

At this moment, the dwarf bishop was also a little uneasy.

"Calm down! If they were planning to eat us, they wouldn't do this! Let's wait and see!!"

Bishop Karl hurriedly stopped his colleagues' behavior. He widened his eyes and stared at the open abdomen of the king insect in front of him. Then he saw the tentacles that were wrapping everyone up retracting inward... and then threw everyone directly into the abdomen.

"What, what is this?"

The entire abdominal cavity was extremely large, and was covered with layers of mucus. The people who were thrown up unexpectedly were covered with mucus all over their heads and faces, which made the dwarf bishop scream, and even the elf bishop frowned. However, he quickly cast a divine spell, identified it, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

"Fortunately, this thing is not poisonous."

"What do you think...what are they going to do with us?"

Looking at the bloody walls around them, the orcs' tone began to become nervous. At this moment, they felt the king insect move slightly, and then immediately began to move.

"Are they planning on communicating with us... or taking us as prisoners?"

"No matter what..."

Looking around, Bishop Karl sighed.

"Now we can only pray for the goddess' blessing."