Capítulo 791: Chapter 390: Fasal Village – Broken_2

Looking at that time, Basel’s expression showed a hint of surprise.

Wasn’t this speed a bit too fast?

One could only say that Basel knew nothing of the infrastructure speed of c-country people.

And the moment Li Xingteng saw Basel, he took the initiative to ask, “What’s wrong? Is something the matter?”

“Where is the village chief?” Basel asked.

“Of course, he’s busy. It seems there has been some progress in the research of the magic array,” Li Xingteng briefly explained, “If you have something, you can tell me first, and I’ll report it.”

“Our people have searched the territory for a long time and haven’t found any Black Stone,” Basel sighed lightly, telling the truth.

“Not even one?” Li Xingteng’s expression showed a bit of surprise.

Basel shook his head.

Having heard this, Li Xingteng knew it wasn’t a simple matter and immediately said, “I will go and report to the village chief, wait here!”

After saying that, Li Xingteng left.

Watching Li Xingteng’s retreating figure, Basel recalled Li Xingteng’s words about the progress in magic array research, and now he could only hope that Hope Village could really save them from danger.

At that time, Heidi and Alike had already made preliminary analyses of the magic array and were discussing the situation with Zhou Bai.

Worley and Norris, the former Soldier Team Captains from Fasal Village, were also present.

They had just seen their families. Although safe, they were all trapped within Fasal Village.

If they wanted their own families to be safe and unharmed, they could only pin their hopes on Hope Village.

Therefore, after seeing their families, they followed Zhou Bai every step of the way.

Zhou Bai did not refuse their following.

“The array here contains not just one magic array, but is formed by multiple magic arrays creating a large magic array. If we are to break it, all magic arrays must be deciphered together. Otherwise, even a slight disturbance will only cause the magic array to initiate sooner,” Heidi said, her brows unconsciously furrowing. Their levels were too low, and they were somewhat at a loss facing the advanced magic array—especially since it was an interlocking type of magic array, certainly a top-notch creation among advanced mages.

“So what you’re saying is…” Zhou Bai directly asked.

“We can only let the magic array initiate. After it starts, by observing how each small magic array operates, we can find a way to decipher it. If we’re quick enough, we should be able to avoid more severe damages,” said Heidi, pausing, “This is the conclusion Alike and I have reached together.”

Their abilities were stronger than the average intermediate mage, but not enough to overcome the level difference.

Zhou Bai sighed internally at their straightforward words.

Indeed! Preemptively solving this was not going to be easy.

If that was the case, it was likely hard to find a solution within the territory.

As Zhou Bai was contemplating this, Li Xingteng appeared and repeated Basel’s words.

Hearing this, Zhou Bai’s lips twitched slightly, “As expected, I had speculated this when they were searching, but still, I didn’t want to give up hope.”

Could they think of finding the Black Stone before it exploded, and could Wolf, who placed the Black Stone, not have thought of that?

Zhou Bai reasonably suspected that Wolf asking Nicolas to place the Black Stone was just a casual move; his real contingency must lie in what he did after placement.

This might be related to the properties of Black Stone; it was a pity they were dealing with such a mineral for the first time…

But when it comes to understanding minerals, who could surpass the goblins!

Thinking of this, Zhou Bai immediately checked the roster for this battle.

Sure enough, he saw a few goblins among the logistics team.

For this battle, combatants were required to be at least intermediate level, while the logistics team had slightly lower requirements, still at least primary professionals, so basically, goblins wouldn’t qualify.

These few goblins’ presence here was suggested by Harrison, who said they had a certain talent for weapon repair. They were kept for repairing siege weapons and other equipment when issues arose; skillset in hand, the requirements for them were slightly relaxed.

Now, it remained to be seen if they could recognize a unique mineral like Black Stone.

Immediately, Zhou Bai turned to Bayer, “Have the goblins from the logistics team come here.”

Worley and Norris were also surprised to hear about goblins on the battlefield; weren’t there supposed to be no slaves in Hope Village? Weren’t goblins slaves?

Suddenly it dawned on them that perhaps what Hope Village meant by no slaves referred only to humans!