The Doomsday Lord: Starting as a Insect Queen-Chapter 1296 - 441: Reconnaissance and Acting (6k)
Galicia Forest, Outer Region
"Stop, release the beast taming alert, we will rest here for ten minutes."
The captain, with eyes enhanced by Hawkeye Spell, scanned through the trees, receiving feedback from reconnaissance spells, and raised his hand to forehead height, making a pause gesture.
Upon hearing his command, a teammate behind immediately took out several talismans inscribed with numerous runes.
He manipulated them a bit in his hand and then threw them onto the ground from a distance.
A spatial fluctuation brought by a spell flashed by, and at the location of the talismans, several fierce-looking tiger-type spiritual beasts appeared.
Each of them exuded the aura of Tier Six, their droopy eyes seemingly filled with endless pain.
Just as they landed, they wanted to riot, but as the contractor who tossed the talismans placed his hand on his temple, they immediately lowered their heads again and followed the orders conveyed through the spiritual connection, starting to patrol the surroundings.
Once the alert beasts were confirmed to be in position, the captain released his gesture, signaling that formal rest could begin.
His gesture seemed to press some button in his teammates, as the tense bodies and emotions of the team members who had been vigilantly scanning their surroundings instantly relaxed, with their entire bodies collapsing to the ground.
They held themselves with arms behind them, facing the sky and gasping for air.
Some couldn’t even hold themselves up and lay directly on the ground.
It was as if all the tension and strength from earlier vanished with that single gesture.
The team had been in the forest for a full three hours by now.
Though they hadn’t encountered a true enemy, they had faced several "spiritual beast" attacks along the way.
All the team members harbored worries and vigilance against these attacks, both mentally and physically stretched to their limit, ready to snap at any moment.
They could keep up their tension a moment ago with sheer will, but once they relaxed, the fatigue that was suppressed by tension surged like a tide.
"Finally, we can rest..."
"How long have we been out here, when will this end..."
"..."
The teammates lying on the ground paid no mind to their appearance, causing the captain to shake his head.
This batch of contractors is just too unwary.
Even though there are beasts on the lookout, this is still not a safe place, yet they relax so easily...
Nonetheless, he didn’t say much, since his team had been tense all along, and he was no better off.
In fact, as the captain leading this mission, he was under the greatest pressure.
He not only had to endure fear and tension with his teammates but also had to care for those behind him, with his mind also nearing its limit.
He didn’t relax like his teammates because he needed to be the last line of defense, never letting go of all vigilance.
Therefore, he didn’t reprimand his team, just reminded them:
"Make the most of this time to rest, quickly recover your state, this is not a place where you can relax completely."
Seeing the team members lying on the ground taking a more serious expression, the captain then returned to a soothing tone he used before entering the forest and said as if relaxed:
"But don’t be too tense either.
You see, we haven’t encountered any danger along the way, have we?
Moreover, we’ve delved in this deep, aside from those spiritual beasts, we haven’t even seen traces of human activity.
If the contractors from the Chaotic Paradise truly descended here, there’s no way they could have hidden their traces completely.
Basically, we can rule out the presence of those lunatics here.
As for those spiritual beasts, as long as we don’t venture near the core area, the likelihood of encountering high-tier spiritual beasts is not great.
We just need to be cautious, patrol the surroundings more, and we won’t face too much danger.
After all, we’re only Tier Six, which is a good reason not to approach the high-tier areas..."
After the captain’s words, the formerly tense mindset of the collapsed team members eased significantly.
Being well-versed in mind-related spells himself, he was very clear about his teammates’ states.
Contractors capable of growing to Tier Six have more or less encountered people from the Chaotic Paradise before and have been left with "lasting impressions" by them.
That included himself as well.
This mission not only posed the potential threat of encountering those lunatics at any time but also coming across high-tiers hostile to them.
Faced with an inescapable threat of death, the pressure on the minds of these mages, who usually only research and have Paradise’s protection in critical moments, was already maxed out.
If this continued, there’d be no need for enemies to kill them as their emotions would explode within everyone’s hearts first.
He had to let their mindsets relax first, but they couldn’t let down their guard completely.
Fortunately, by stacking parts of his spell, the soothing effect was highly successful, and the team’s condition began to improve.
As for his comforting words earlier, they weren’t entirely just for ease; in reality, as he said, all evidence pointed to the conclusion that the Chaotic Paradise wasn’t here.
If his words before entering the forest were just to ease his teammates, this time it was his true inference.
Just as he was preparing to further build on his efforts, his once-relaxed expression suddenly changed, and he hurriedly looked in one direction.
Within the scope of his detection spells, a few targets with Tier Six magic power reactions unexpectedly appeared.
