There is no superior-subordinate relationship between Sharlayan and Bwonsamdi. He is now asking for help from others and cannot force Bwonsamdi to follow his instructions in everything.
Under Sharlayan's instructions, Onyxia used the dragon clan's unique transformation spell to transform into a common fox-man in the Vol'ton area, and quietly left the Hades for the neighboring Vol'ton Desert.
Bwonsamdi's Underworld is not far from the intersection from Nazmir to Vol'ton. When Bwonsamdi learned that Onyxia had begun to act alone, the black dragon princess had unexpectedly encountered a real army in the eastern part of the desert.
Vulper caravan.
The Vulpes are nomadic people living in the Vodun Desert. They like to travel around in caravans selling the goods they collect and earn the price difference to support themselves.
Regardless of whether they are the unbelievers under Kothek or the believers led by Sulsis and Warwick, they will inevitably obtain the goods they need through the vulpine caravans.
It sounds like the relationship between the fox and the snake is pretty good?
In fact, this is not the case, at least not entirely.
The ambitious unbelievers Snakemen have always been at a disadvantage in terms of total number of troops. They want to enslave the short and thin foxmen as cannon fodder in the war with the believers.
Many fox-men who did not want to get involved in the snake-people civil war were captured and enslaved by the unfaithful, but there were also many more fox-men who still wandered among the snake-people villages as free traders.
Of course, this kind of tightrope walking involves a lot of risks. A greedy and untrustworthy person may eat both the person and the goods.
Although the physical ability of the fox people is very poor, their brains are very useful. Most of the fox people who can maintain their status as free businessmen have two brushes and will not be easily manipulated by the snake people with evil intentions.
Unlike the fragmented snake-men, as a weak race in the Voldun Desert, the fox-men have always been very united.
As a nomadic people, the fox people rarely settle in a fixed place. As long as they meet their lone compatriots in the wild, they will lend a helping hand as much as possible.
Onyxia, who was traveling alone, accidentally got mixed up with a vulper caravan, got on a caravan pulled by alpacas and headed towards the headquarters of the Serpent Devotees - the Temple of the Devotees.
The territory of the Snake People is located to the north of the Pyramid of Attu Aman, the Temple of the Devotees is located in the western area near the sea, and Kotech and the Unbelievers settled in the Snake Canyon in the northern part of the desert.
By the way, according to the information provided to Sarlayan by Danmaku, there are not only two intelligent races, vixen and snakemen, in the Voldun Desert, but there are also a small number of Zandalari trolls living in the southern part of the Voldun Desert.
These Zandalari trolls are followers of Akunda, the thunder lizard. It is said that for some reason, Akunda's followers have a little... abnormal brains and always call themselves Akunda.
Onyxia had no plans to contact Akunda during this trip. She took the fox-man's ride to her destination leisurely.
Compared with the cruel and xenophobic unbelievers, the devout snake people have a relatively friendly attitude towards the fox people.
Therefore, most fox people are more willing to make deals with devout believers. Only those who want to gain wealth and wealth will have the courage to drive caravans to Snake Canyon.
Onyxia is very good at blending into the environment, after all, this is what she does.
This social terrorist easily integrated into the Vulpera caravan through words and some subtle illusions, and got a lot of information about the Volton Desert from these "compatriots".
‘Sure enough, it’s not optimistic.’
Onyxia's brows frowned slightly.
Just as Sharyan worried, Kotek, whose power is growing day by day, has begun to lose patience.
According to the latest information provided by the fox people, Kotek recently took the initiative to invite Sursis to negotiate with the snake people's holy land, the Pyramid of Attu Aman, ostensibly to resolve their differences peacefully.
Onyxia, the master of conspiracy, instinctively sensed something strange from Kotek's uncharacteristic invitation.
'If Sulsis really rushes to the appointment with full of hope... I'm afraid it will be a disaster.'
Among the three senior snakemen, Sursis has the most devout belief in Setaris and is a complete idealist. He has always had a bad relationship with Kotek, who has a weak belief, and can even be said to be at odds with each other.
Compared with the above two people, Warwick's stance is relatively moderate and more pragmatic.
Before Sulsis set off from the Temple of the Devotees, Warwick repeatedly persuaded his overly idealistic colleague to bring more guards just in case.
Unfortunately, Sursis did not listen. He still chose to set off lightly. Being optimistic by nature, he really thought that Kotek intended to resolve the differences peacefully through negotiation.
Onyxia originally planned to blend in with the caravan and go straight to the Temple of the Devotees. After learning the news, she temporarily changed her mind.
"Atu Aman..."
As the most important landmark building in Wharton, Onyxia could see the towering pyramid at a glance from the top of the caravan without spending time identifying its direction.
While the vultures were camping and resting at night, Onyxia left a letter and quietly left the friendly vulture caravan, speeding towards the pyramid.
However, Onyxia's hurry was still a step too late. When she arrived at the gate of Atuaman, the conspiracy of the unbelievers had basically succeeded.
A snake man wearing a crown and gorgeous clothes had a large hole opened in his chest. A limited number of devotee guards were desperately protecting him and trying to evacuate to the west.
If there were no unexpected factors, facing hundreds of unbelievers, it would be impossible for these few people to escape.
Onyxia is that unexpected factor.
The cunning Kotek did not come personally to "negotiate" with Sulsis.
From the very beginning, he decided to kill this stupid idealist here, thereby cutting off an arm of the believers and greatly damaging their morale.
Just as the unbelievers were aggressively planning to surround and kill the seriously injured Sulsis and his guards, they suddenly felt that the sky had turned dark.
Huge shadows shrouded the surroundings of the Attu Aman Pyramid. When all the snake men subconsciously raised their heads to observe, a ferocious black dragon that seemed to be able to block out the sky and the sun had already sprayed out the shadow flame dragon breath that had been brewing for a long time at the army formation of the unbelievers.
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"hold head high!
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"found it?!"
While Onyxia was busy in the Great Desert of Vol'dun, Sharlayan also received good news.
"Yes."
Bwonsamdi's face looked a little ugly: "After sacrificing more than a dozen scouts, we finally found some clues near Nazwatha."
"There are a large number of blood trolls stationed around this long-abandoned pyramid, and the golems originally responsible for guarding the pyramid have also been corrupted by G'huun's dark power."
"According to the information overheard by my scouts, a blood ritual is being held within Nazwasa, and the top blood trolls intend to corrupt a certain important figure whose specific origins are unknown."
"Big shot..."
Sarlayan narrowed his eyes slightly and said seriously: "Although I don't know if this so-called big shot is coming to visit, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. It seems that it is necessary for me to go there in person."
"Be careful."
Bwonsamdi solemnly reminded: "Although G'huun has not completely broken the seal, due to the two seals being broken successively, its dark power and part of its will have been able to seep out of Odile."
"G'huun is 80% behind this so-called blood ritual. You are not in the best condition right now. You must be cautious when acting alone."
It's not that Bwonsamdi planned to escape before the battle, he also had other tasks to complete.
When the blood trolls' attention is focused on this ritual, the defense around Bat Loathric will inevitably be greatly reduced.
Bwonsamdi planned to take this opportunity to kill Sirik, who was alone, and swallow his soul to strengthen his own strength, which would also increase his chances of winning in the subsequent duel with Lazan.
It is not surprising that Sharlayan did not do anything to benefit Bwonsamdi.
With Saryan's current strength, it would be unrealistic to kill seven in and seven out in the presence of Sirik.
No matter what Bwonsamdi's purpose is, it is enough as long as he can effectively help Sarlayan stop Sirik's reinforcements.
Without a demigod in charge, only a few thousand blood trolls would not be taken seriously by Salai'an.
It's useless even if G'huun's will notices the development of the situation. Unable to leave Uldir, it can only try to use the power of the void to corrupt Sharlayan's mind. If it doesn't work...then it can only stare.
"Bwonsamdi, are you ready?"
"Haha of course."
Bwonsamdi's face showed an eager smile: "I can't wait to taste Sirik's soul."
"Then..." Sarlayan said seriously: "The operation has officially begun!"