Hao Yun didn't have any objections to this, but his inherent fear of zombies made him say with some trepidation, "Now that I think about it, it's quite scary that the soldiers who escorted us here and those servants in the headquarters of Misty Town turned out to be zombies. Ah! I never thought I'd have such close contact with zombies one day! But I have to admit, the zombies created by Anselin can actually speak like normal people? It seems that her proficiency in necromancy is not to be underestimated!"

Speaking of this, Hao Yun tilted his head in confusion and pondered, "But I still don't understand. If those soldiers are really zombies, how could they enter the Misty Forest so easily as described by Paladin? Could it be that the zombies personally converted by Anselin are powerful enough to resist the natural concealment power of the Misty Forest?"

"Don't forget, Little Seven and the others have been living on the territory of the Lait Elves for many years. Perhaps those zombies disguised as Lait Elf soldiers have had the opportunity to enter the Misty Forest before? Perhaps their strength does exceed that of ordinary zombie soldiers," speculated Biscuit Tang.

Then, he said with some apprehension, "Anyway, regardless of whether those soldiers are zombies or not, since they were all personally assigned by Anselin, their strength must not be underestimated. So, once we encounter those guys, we still need to be extra careful." Biscuit Tang added.

"Hmph! Even if their strength exceeds ordinary zombies, they are still just a bunch of zombies. How much stronger can they be?" Dao Lao immediately scoffed and waved his white beard.

Hao Yun also agreed, saying that no matter where those soldiers came from, as long as they dared to come, he would make them regret it. It seemed that after the battle just now, Hao Yun had gained full confidence. So much so that now, when it came to fighting, he no longer showed any fear, but instead had the confidence to face it anytime.

Having witnessed the strength of the two powerhouses, Biscuit Tang and the others naturally didn't doubt the strength of Hao Yun and Dao Lao. In addition, seeing that when Hao Yun and Dao Lao mentioned the possible battles with Elinna and her group, they both showed a eager attitude, which made Biscuit Tang and the others more convinced that Hao Yun and Dao Lao were not Elinna's accomplices, but trustworthy companions. Therefore, the atmosphere on the scene became much lighter, and many elves who were initially silent began to talk to each other enthusiastically.

Taking advantage of the gradually relaxed atmosphere, Biscuit Tang gathered up his courage and asked Hao Yun and Dao Lao his doubts again, "May I ask, Dao Lao, Hao Lao, where exactly do you two come from? And where are you planning to go? Please don't mind my asking! I'm just curious. Maybe we can help?"

"We do come from the same place as Elinna, but we really can't reveal our identities to you, so please forgive us. As for why we came here, mainly because Anselin obtained powerful black magic power in Blackstone Castle, which made us curious about Blackstone Castle. So, we really want to investigate Blackstone Castle and see what secrets are hidden there. In addition, we also want to see if we can find any clues about the power of Anselin," Dao Lao replied straightforwardly.

Since Hao Yun and Dao Lao didn't want to reveal their identities, Biscuit Tang naturally didn't ask further. So, he shifted the focus of the conversation to Blackstone Castle and said with some concern, "Oh, so you two want to go to Blackstone Castle! But we are very far away from there. Moreover, Blackstone Castle is not only the sacred place of the Dark Elves but also the military core of the Dark Elves. Therefore, the Dark Elves deliberately built their central military base around Blackstone Castle and named it 'Cold Moon City.'"

"In this way, the Dark Elves' army can not only provide sufficient protection for Blackstone Castle but also more conveniently accept the orders of the Black Magic Association. So, if you want to enter Blackstone Castle, you must first pass through the outer military base. However, given the extremely tight defenses there, even if you are powerful, if you want to break in forcibly, I'm afraid you will have to suffer a lot!"

Regarding these issues, Hao Yun and Dao Lao had already considered them. First of all, as priests, it was not appropriate for them to take action against these elves of the mortal world. Especially the behavior of large-scale killing, which was even more prohibited. Furthermore, even if they were both powerful, two fists were no match for four hands, and a starving tiger fears even a pack of wolves. If they really wanted to confront the army of the Dark Elves with their own strength, they were afraid that they would have a hard time ensuring their safe retreat.

Moreover, both of them were well aware that although Hao Yun's combat power was impressive, his mental power reserve was still relatively weak. So, once both sides engaged in large-scale combat, it was still unknown how long Hao Yun's mental power could support him.

Thinking of this, Hao Yun checked the recovery of his mental power again. Although the battle just now was short, his mental power was almost depleted. Moreover, now that he had rested for several hours, his mental power had only recovered to less than eighty percent.

Seeing this, Hao Yun could only sigh silently. With his current strength, he could still handle some small-scale battles. But if he really participated in large-scale battles, the reserve of his mental power would still limit his strength.

Considering the above reasons, Dao Lao said, "Biscuit Brother is right. Actually, our idea is also to minimize conflicts with the Dark Elf army as much as possible until it is absolutely necessary. So, our plan is mainly to quietly sneak in. For example, disguise ourselves as zombie soldiers, find an opportunity to sneak into the military area of the Dark Elves, and then find a chance to infiltrate Blackstone Castle."

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After hearing Dao Lao's plan, the elves present formed a circle on their own and began to discuss in whispers. After a while, when this group of elves reached a unanimous decision, they stopped discussing. Then, Biscuit Tang sat back next to Hao Yun and Dao Lao and said, "Sorry for keeping you two waiting. We just discussed the action plan you proposed."

"Oh? And what was the outcome? I am all ears," Dao Lao asked politely.

Upon hearing this, Biscuit Tang quickly bowed as a gesture of courtesy and replied, "After our discussion, we believe that the plan proposed by you two is still feasible. Although it is equally dangerous, it is still a clever strategy."

"But?" Hao Yun asked. Because he knew that there would always be a twist behind such conversations.

Biscuit Tang slightly emphasized his tone and said, "But, with only your two strengths, it's actually very difficult to infiltrate. So, you need someone else on the inside."

Biscuit Tang pointed to himself and the elves behind him.

"Are you saying that you are willing to help us sneak into Blackstone Castle?" Hao Yun asked excitedly.

Biscuit Tang nodded in response, "Exactly. However, after I escaped from Blackstone Castle, that is, after Archbishop Anselin regained power, the Black Magic Association will have renovated Cold Moon City. Therefore, I am not familiar with the situation in the new Cold Moon City. So, even if I lead the way, I cannot guarantee that you two can easily bypass Cold Moon City and sneak into Blackstone Castle. But, we are still willing to give it a try—"

"A try at what?" Hao Yun hurriedly asked.

"A try at our request as well. I wonder if you two can help us strike at the Black Magic Association? Because if you two really manage to sneak into Blackstone Castle, it will be a great opportunity to approach the Black Magic Association. If we can kill the elders of the Black Magic Association, perhaps Anselin's control over the Dark Elves will be completely lost. Although this will bring chaos to the Dark Elves, it will at least secretly protect more Dark Elves who want to stay away from black magic persecution." Biscuit Tang said, looking at Hao Yun and Dao Lao with anticipation. Obviously, he was full of confidence in their abilities.

Dao Lao made a fist salute to Biscuit Tang and the elves behind him, then said boldly, "Haha! Give a peach, return a plum. We will certainly repay your kindness! We agree to your request. As long as there is an opportunity, we will definitely destroy the Black Magic Association and capture all those zombie elders!"

Hao Yun naturally had no objections to this. As Dao Lao said, those zombies were theoretically not living creatures. Therefore, killing them would not cause any harm to the timeline, nor would it burden Hao Yun with any guilt or other psychological burdens. Zombies were originally evil creatures, and killing them was equivalent to doing justice, so why not do it?

Seeing Dao Lao readily agreeing to their request, the elves once again expressed their gratitude to Dao Lao and Hao Yun. Then, they began to busy themselves with packing up their things. It seemed that they were already preparing for the upcoming action.

Biscuit Tang then introduced the plan they had just formulated to Hao Yun and Dao Lao, "You just mentioned the issue of zombie soldiers losing control, which reminded us. In order to increase the efficiency of producing zombie soldiers to meet the needs of frontline combat, the Dark Elves can only recruit more low-level necromancers to join in the production of zombie soldiers. This makes the quality control of zombie soldiers worse and the probability of problems occurring higher. Among the many quality problems, the most common one is that the curses applied to the zombie soldiers are not strong enough, resulting in the zombies not obeying commands and running amok."

"You see, even manufacturing a low-level zombie soldier requires a lot of effort and resources. Especially for the economically weak Dark Elves, once zombie soldiers go missing or encounter other issues due to loss of control, it will cause a huge loss. Therefore, in order to minimize losses, while the Black Magic Association is trying to improve the manufacturing process of zombie soldiers, it is also vigorously calling on everyone to actively retrieve those out-of-control zombie soldiers."

"In this way, the zombie manufacturing factory can repair these out-of-control zombie soldiers by re-attaching curses and put them back into battle. This is much more cost-effective than losing a zombie soldier and then making a new one as a replacement. Of course, in order to encourage everyone to actively search for out-of-control zombies, the Black Magic Association will also provide generous rewards for the finders and exempt them from all travel expenses back to the city. As a result, there are even professions in the Dark Elves dedicated to finding out-of-control zombies for a living."

"More importantly, you two obtained a necromancy control token in the previous battle. So, as long as I hold that token, I can boldly bring you two into Cold Moon City under the guise of returning out-of-control zombies!"

With that, Biscuit Tang pointed to the pocket of Hao Yun's pants.

"That plan sounds good! In this way, we can openly act together outside, right? And we won't encounter the embarrassment of being taken away by others," Hao Yun slapped his thigh and said. Then, he took out the necromancy control token from his pocket and handed it to Biscuit Tang.

Biscuit Tang took the token, tossed it up, and said confidently, "Well then, please wait a moment. Let us also prepare and gather some more provisions, then we can set off immediately!"

For Biscuit Tang and the others, each person naturally had a set of Dark Elf heavy helmets. Therefore, it was very easy for them to quickly disguise themselves as a Dark Elf patrol team. However, in order to imitate the somewhat awkward posture of the Dark Elves, the elves from the Lait tribe also had to bend their backs and knees, which made Hao Yun admire their incredible mimicry skills while feeling a bit amused by their appearance.

During the preparation period, Biscuit Tang emphasized the route they would take to reach Blackstone Castle. Since they were quite far from the castle, walking there was out of the question. However, due to earlier detailed reconnaissance by Paladinord in the Giant Stone Forest, they knew that not far from the forest was a small waystation called Cross Camp. There, they could rent zombie flying beasts from the Dark Elf clan. With these beasts, they could fly smoothly and unhindered all the way to Cold Moon City.

Hao Yun and Dao Lao heard this with joy and asked, "So Dark Elves' zombie flying beasts can be rented?"

"Of course. These zombie flying beasts are the lowest of the low-end products. Not only are their flying speeds very slow, but their combat and defense capabilities are almost zero. Therefore, they cannot be deployed on the battlefield and can only be used extensively for daily transportation within the Dark Elves' territory. However, the price for renting these beasts this time will be much higher than usual," Biscuit Tang said.