Chapter 503 Temple
After the high priest made the decision, the lizard people, who had already begun to lose their fighting spirit, immediately retreated, with no intention of hiding their intentions.
The dragon cavalry left behind, and the large force headed by the high priest withdrew simply.
“Don’t pursue too deeply.”
After confirming that the other party had really retreated, Zhou Xu, who was hiding in the rain forest, told the soldiers next to him the follow-up arrangements in a hoarse voice. , then his eyes went dark and he lost consciousness on the spot.
At the same time, the big bones and the two bones were scattered on the ground because they lost the support of Zhou Xu's mantra.
When he opened his eyes again, he was greeted by a completely unfamiliar ceiling. The ceiling was very high and the material seemed to be made of thick stone bricks. From this, it was not difficult to see that he Now lying in a rather huge building.
But he had just woken up at the moment and his mind was in a mess. Before he could collect his thoughts, a huge figure came directly in front of him and rubbed at his face.
This familiar feeling made Zhou Xu react quickly.
“Chitose?”
At this moment, Chitose was looking at him with joy on his face.
During this period, Zhou Xu quickly looked around and found that his entire body was wrapped in Chitose's fur.
"Okay, okay, I'm fine."
Feeling Chitose's worry, Zhou Xu touched Chitose's head and comforted her.
At this moment, a voice came over.
"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, with a look on his face. A look of surprise appeared.
"Two days and two nights..."
Zhou Xu muttered and touched his belly.
“No wonder you’re so hungry, go get me something to eat.”
After receiving the order, Wang Pengfei hurriedly got food without saying a word. He did not forget to shout "The King is awake" along the way, which caused quite a commotion outside.
In the previous battle, Zhou Xu fainted due to severe exhaustion. This news could not be hidden even if he wanted to. It was not a secret on the front line.
However, since their frontline troops had just repelled the lizardmen and won the battle, no one was too panicked about this matter.
The generals also spoke lightly to the outside world.
Now that their king has woken up successfully, everyone is relieved after hearing the news, and the morale of the frontline soldiers has been completely stabilized.
While Wang Pengfei went to get food, leaning on Chitose, Zhou Xu looked at the ceiling and roughly sorted out what happened before he fell into coma.
As the power of his mantra becomes stronger and stronger, it has really been a long time since he has been able to fight like this.
This time it was accompanied by a serious overdraft of the power of the mantra, and he also paid the price for it.
According to his current situation, even if he thinks about things for a while, he will feel a splitting headache.
Lane there, emptying his mind and not thinking about anything, this is the most comfortable state for him now.
When it was time to rest, he had to rest well. Zhou Xu had no intention of forcing himself. After a simple breakfast, he cleared his mind and entered a meditative state. In this state, he could relatively clearly feel the power of the mantra in his body, which was slowly recovering. The overall recovery speed was very slow.
This is one of the costs of overdraft.
Under normal circumstances, the recovery speed of mantra power can be several times faster than this. However, once an overdraft occurs, the recovery speed of mantra power will also be greatly reduced while one's own condition seriously declines.
This also determines that Zhou Xu’s main task in the next few days is to eat, sleep and be in a daze.
After nearly five days of full rest, Zhou Xu felt that his headache was no longer so painful, and then he slowly returned to his normal life.
"Subordinate Li Ce, please see your Majesty!"
When Zhou Xu needs a rest and cannot deal with daily affairs, it is natural that someone here needs to take charge of the overall situation, so Li Ce temporarily They rushed over from the plain camp.
Li Ce has been handling the affairs here in the past few days, while the other side of the plain has been temporarily handed over to Silk and Drogo.
After seeing this, what Zhou Xu was most concerned about was of course his own casualties.
"Report to your Majesty, in this battle, we have twenty-three people killed and seventy-one injured, including twenty-nine seriously injured..."
This time they fought relatively smoothly in the early stage. There were not many casualties. The main casualties occurred during the period after the high priest from the opposite side intervened in the battle.
This is still under the protection of scale armor. If there were no scale armor, the number of casualties would not be doubled again?
No, without the protection of scales, many soldiers would have been killed by the opponent in a few hits. They might not be able to defeat the lizardmen on the opposite side.
Currently, among the 150 infantrymen, there are a total of 52 people seriously injured and killed in battle.
After successfully capturing the lizard people's residence, Zhou Xu could still accept this casualty loss.
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. After repairs, it is estimated that there will be It's going to be busy.
Stretching his muscles, Zhou Xu walked outside and looked at the group of buildings in the lizard tribe that seemed to blend in with the surrounding rainforest environment.
To be honest, it was a bit beyond his expectation. At first glance, 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 the most was the temple behind him.
He has been sleeping in this temple during this period. This temple is magnificent. Judging from the level of development that the lizard people have shown before, it is definitely not something they can build. I am afraid it is not from the old times. Relics of ancient civilizations that have been passed down to this day!
It is not difficult to see from the exterior masonry 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 those 'altars of the old gods', that is this one There is some divine power blessing on the building.
During the brief report just now, Li Ce had told him that the place where he rested during this period was only the outside of the temple. The inside of the temple was shrouded by an invisible force and they could not enter at all.
Under this premise and considering some potential risks, Li Ce did not dare to easily issue an order to force a break.
The weather is good today. Zhou Xu finally sees the sun again after many days, and he feels indescribably comfortable.
“Let’s go and see the barrier that covers the temple.”
(End of this chapter)