After about three days, Evan saw the return of the expeditionary force and also saw his father.
However, unlike what was expected, Rock Kyle had several bandage marks on his body and had to be carried back on a stretcher.
Well, at least they're still alive, that's already pretty good.
Evan noticed that a quarter of the expeditionary force had returned, and most of the remaining members were lightly wounded, with only three seriously wounded like his own father.
"Did you encounter a very bad opponent, making the retreat difficult, and many of the seriously wounded did not even have a chance to be saved?"
This is truly a terrible situation.
The return of the expedition was carried out in secret, with only the high-ranking members of the settlement notified. Evan was only able to come here to welcome them because of his position as the chief craftsman.
After all, they set off full of high spirits, but now they've returned in this state. Without sufficient psychological buffer, something bad might happen.
Mike Smith, as the highest-ranking officer, stepped forward to greet the leader of the expeditionary force.
"What happened to you? Why did things turn out like this?"
To be honest, when he learned that the expeditionary force had suffered heavy losses and saw the current size of the force, his heart sank.
The large-scale loss of homeland guards means that the settlement's defenses will be weakened for some time, and the remaining warriors will need to increase their patrol intensity, as overwork could lead to other unfortunate events.
If Evan hadn't provided the mental armor, ensuring the safety of the settlement would have been much more difficult for him.
"It's an intelligence issue. The largest lair in the settlement management center, which we didn't explore back then, was indeed hiding a formidable opponent..."
As mentioned earlier, the abandoned settlement has two different Dark Erosion Beast races, whose racial prototypes are giant snakes and giant lizards.
According to the leader of the expedition team, these monsters were not very strong; they were elite troops they had selected, and dealing with them would be easy.
The perimeter of the abandoned settlement has been completely cleared, and the central area is also being addressed. Nests along the way have been burned, and the eggs of the Dark Erosion Beasts have been smashed. Everything is moving in a positive direction.
Until some team members made rapid progress and were the first to penetrate deep into the core area of the settlement.
"We have discovered the truth: why two different Dark Erosion Beast clans can coexist in one land."
Those two types of monsters include a special Dark Erosion Beast at the leader level; both are colossal beasts that have built their nests in the core area…”
The leader of the Dark Erosion Beasts, the Giant Lizard, has half-rotten wings growing from its back, its body is completely covered in scales, and it can breathe out flames with corrosive effects. Its flesh is incredibly strong, similar to the dragons described in some books.
The leader of the Dark Serpent Beasts is a giant serpent with three heads. It is not as aggressive as the leader of the giant lizards, but its regenerative ability is quite bizarre.
"The spear pierced the monster's heart, but by the time the weapon was pulled out, the wound had almost completely healed."
My second-in-command used all his strength to cut off one of its heads. The snake head that fell to the ground was eaten by the giant snake, and a new head was regenerated in no time.
We estimate that the monster would have needed to sever all its heads in a short time and suppress the healing of its wounds to complete the kill.
Thus, with most of the other grunts cleared out, two excessively powerful monsters completely disrupted the expedition team's plans.
If only one of these two monsters were there, the extermination team could handle it, but there are two of them, and they are willing to join forces against humans.
The expeditionary force could only send a few skilled fighters to cover the rear, fighting and retreating simultaneously, but the rampaging behemoths still resulted in heavy casualties.
In that situation, even teammates who were trapped in the rubble and still had a breath left could not be saved in time.
Therefore, there are only three seriously injured people here.
While Smith was talking to the leader of the expedition team, other high-ranking officers were also asking their teammates about the situation.
Evan came to his father, Rock Kyle's, side.
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