The Jackalans had dismembered the bison here.
A few Jackalans seemed to want to draw water. They first followed the sound of flowing water to the south, but the bushes on both sides of the river in the forest were often very lush, and large patches of thorns blocked their way. These Jackalans turned around and ran downstream.
There were about a dozen Gnolls in the group, each of them wearing tailor-made armor. There were even a few Gnoll hunters who were wearing leather armor inlaid on their bodies.
After seeing the restored scene, Feng Chou's first reaction was to ask Qiankun Pagoda, "Did you deduce the armor on these Jackalans, or did you arrange it randomly?"
The reason why he asked this was because he did not understand how Qiankun Pagoda could tell what kind of armor these Jackalans were wearing from the traces on the ground.
After Qiankun Pagoda explained, Feng Chou understood.
"In the previous battle with the Jackalans, I obtained detailed information about the Jackalans. So, I can analyze the approximate height and weight of each Jackalan from the size of the footprints. Then, using the depth of the footprints to calculate the actual weight, and subtracting the theoretical weight calculated from the size of the footprints, I can get the approximate weight of the Jackalans' armor."
"Once you know the approximate weight of the armor, you can roughly infer the model and material of the armor. For example, the specific gravity of black steel armor is much larger than that of fine steel armor. There is also a big difference in the weight of medium and heavy armor. You can also infer whether the armor on the Jackalans includes helmet accessories from the overall weight of the armor.
If it includes helmet accessories, it means that the armor is tailor-made for the Jackalans. If it doesn't, it means that the Jackalans' armor is stolen because the human helmets and the Jackalans' body structure do not match, so they can't wear it … "
"In this group of Jackalans, the two strongest fellows are wearing tailor-made medium black steel armor. In addition to these two warriors, there are three Jackalan hunters wearing light armor with black steel plates."
After listening to Qiankun Pagoda's analysis, Feng Chou immediately felt that he was in trouble. There must be a powerful Jackalan tribe behind such a well-armed Jackalan hunting team. Judging from the size of the hunting team, the Jackalan tribe behind them was very likely not inferior to the Jackalan tribe he encountered with Walter and the others.
Feng Chou did not understand. How could he have won such a big prize by randomly accepting a mission?
He only wanted to complete two missions and raise his mercenary credit rating by one, so that his identity as a mercenary would be more credible. Why was he so unlucky?
What puzzled Feng Chou even more was, how could there be such a powerful Jackalan tribe in such a remote area?
Shouldn't those powerful Jackalan tribes be hiding near the trade routes, waiting to rob passing merchants?
This group of Jackalans was hiding near this remote territory. What was there to rob?
Do you want to snatch a few citizens to eat meat?
One must know that the reason he chose this mission was that this remote territory would not have too strong enemies. In addition, it was relatively close to Antalya City, so the chances of an accident were even lower.
Was he going to just go back like this?
Feng Chou quickly rejected this idea. His time was precious. Since he was here, there was no way he was going to return empty-handed.
He asked Qiankun Pagoda to analyze other missions that might be related to this Jackalan tribe from the mercenary guild's mission database.
When Feng Chou browsed the mercenary guild's mission wall, he ordered Qiankun Pagoda to record all the missions that were posted at that time.
Soon, there was a result.
Recently, on the trade routes from Antalya to the outside world, there was a very powerful Jackalan bandit group. In the past month, several merchant groups had been killed.
Antalya City Hall, as well as several of the largest chambers of commerce in Antalya, had posted a reward in the mercenary guild to track down this Jackalan bandit group that had been attacking merchant groups recently.
The El Chamber of Commerce and the Bruce Chamber of Commerce had also posted a reward.
Looking at these missions and rewards, Feng Chou was excited again. Although the location of this group of Jackalans was a lake hundreds of square kilometers away from the location of the incident, during this period of time, there were wanderers everywhere in the forest near the incident. It was not impossible for this group of Jackalans to hide here!
If he could complete this mission, it would be a large commission. Of course, more importantly, it would also mean a large number of mercenary credit points. With these points, Feng Chou's credit rating could directly rise to level three, which was enough for his mercenary identity.
Thinking of this, Feng Chou put away his warhorse and followed the tracks left by the Jackalans.
He followed the tracks to the northwest for more than ten kilometers, climbed up a mountain, and a lake appeared in front of him.
It was this mountain ridge that blocked the lake to the west. The river next to Claire territory originated from the east of this mountain ridge. There were many springs there, and eventually, they converged into a river.
Standing on top of the mountain ridge, Feng Chou looked back and the plains to the east were completely presented in front of him.
About ten kilometers to the east of the mountain ridge, about four or five kilometers away from the north bank of the Claire River, there was a low hill. The hill was surrounded by a plain with several small lakes dotted in the dense forest around the hill. The scenery was so beautiful that it was intoxicating.
Looking at this scene, Feng Chou could not help but think that if he had enough money, he would build a castle on the hill and then develop all the plains near the hill into farmland. Under the nourishment of the underground water seeping into the lake, the plains were simply a gift from the heavens.
Feng Chou quickly expelled these distracting thoughts from his mind. He continued to follow Qiankun Pagoda's guidance, walking along the mountain ridge towards the north.
In Feng Chou's line of sight, Qiankun Pagoda directly projected the group of Gnolls returning from their hunt. They walked along the mountain ridge for about five or six kilometers to the north, and went down the hill at a gentle slope.
The downhill position was the north shore of the lake. Feng Chou continued to follow the traces of the Gnolls along the lake shore for about two or three kilometers to the northwest. Qiankun Pagoda reminded Feng Chou that the traces of Gnoll activity in the vicinity were beginning to increase.
Feng Chou activated an Invisibility Scroll and sneaked forward.
After walking for about seven or eight hundred meters, Feng Chou saw a Gnoll camp by the lake.
It was a simple camp made of branches and fur, and there were many Gnolls active in the camp.
Feng Chou sneaked closer to the camp and walked around the periphery. Under Qiankun Pagoda's scan, the entire camp appeared in front of him.