The old village chief Bright left the reservoir construction site limping with his broken leg, leaving only his rickety back in the night.
When Mayor Bright completely disappeared in the darkness, Andrew and Cai walked over from the police station. Perhaps it was because the power of the 'Rage Flame' magic pattern allowed him to break through the last level. Recently, Andrew's strength gained the second place.
rapid growth.
The first time was during the period when the Berserker Soul awakened. During that period, his strength soared until he broke through and then gradually stopped.
But now with the help of the power of the 'Raging Flame' magic pattern, Andrew feels that he can break through the shackles of the intermediate level in one breath and become a late level warrior in the first level.
The instructor in the military camp once said that if you want to be promoted to a second-level powerhouse, you must understand your own Qi in your body. Warriors need to understand 'anger', martial artists need to understand 'fighting energy', and swordsmen need to inspire 'sword energy'.
', and knights need to awaken their 'aura'. Level 2 warriors in the army are rare. Andrew has never understood what anger is. Could it be that he just inspires anger from the bottom of his heart?
Andrew, who has reached the mid-level of the first rank, seems to have had an epiphany recently. The so-called "anger" can also be said to be "fighting intention". After reaching a certain level, it can comprehensively improve his strength, agility, and physical fitness.
He possesses the "Berserker Soul". It is said that once he understands anger, he can form a "furious" posture. It is said that warriors of this level are tireless on the battlefield and cannot feel pain. Even the wolf cavalry in the orc tribe is not a berserker.
opponent.
"Has your strength been promoted again recently?"
Andrew scratched his head and smiled honestly.
He was wearing heavy armor, and it was a little inconvenient to sit down. He simply sat on the ground, with one leg stretched out and the other slightly bent. He supported it with one hand behind his back. He looked up at the night sky. After entering September, this deserted land
Bian will enter the drier rainy season again.
The stars in the night sky were bright and there was no cloud to be found.
Andrew said to Suldak:
"Yesterday, a veteran from the militia camp came to deliver a message, saying that traces of the rebels had been found in the Western Wasteland on the edge of the desert. They were hiding in the Death Mountain. If they hadn't come out to rob the refugees of the Western Wasteland this time,
Oat fields, maybe we haven’t noticed them hiding in that area yet.”
He didn't think this was such a serious matter and wanted to investigate it himself tomorrow.
Surdak was a little surprised. The Death Ridge in the Western Wasteland was once an ancient battlefield. After so many years, some ghosts would appear there from time to time. It is said that the priests and priests of the temple wanted to purify the place.
area, but later it came to nothing.
In recent years, because the ghosts have caused so much trouble, the last village living there has also moved away.
He is the Sheriff of the Desolate Land, and this information was also found in the files of the Hellanza City Hall two months ago.
Suldak asked Andrew: "In Death Ridge in the Western Wasteland, weird things always happen there. Countless ghosts always appear in Death Ridge every Halloween. How can there be people there?"
Andrew explained to Suldak: "It was not discovered by the villagers, but the information passed by a group of homeless people. There is a relatively fertile land outside Death Mountain. These refugees want to take advantage of the summer to stay there."
Plant some oats in the wasteland, and when the oats are harvested in the fall, we will move to the city of Helensa to spend the winter."
"A group of wanderers?" Surdak did not expect that there would be a group of wanderers running into the wilderness to open up wasteland.
"Yeah." Andre replied.
Suldak pondered for a moment and ordered Andrew: "Go and send a message to Karl tomorrow morning and ask him to mobilize some knights from the guard camp. I will go to the Western Wasteland to check first. After the knights from the guard camp come, I will let them temporarily
Wait for news from me here in Wall Village."
"Yes!" the indigenous warrior Andrew took the order.
Although Andrew was born in the Nanai tribe, their tribe has lived in Wozhimara City for several generations and has already subtly become an imperial people, so he has a strong execution ability. As long as it is Surdak's order
, it will be completed without compromise.
"Captain, let me go! My investigative ability is better than yours." Samira walked out of the darkness, and she didn't know how long she had been eavesdropping in the dark.
Surdak thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "I'd better go. With Aphrodite here, it will be easier for us to contact you."
In fact, there was one thing he didn't say, which was, 'It's safer this way.'
Seeing that Surdak had made up his mind, Samira stopped insisting and only asked:
"When to set off?"
Surdak sat up from the big stone, patted the dust on his body, and said:
"Without further ado, let's leave tonight."
…
Rita had just added fodder to the trough of the stable, and the ancient Bolai horse had not even had a few bites when she saw Suldak hurried back from outside.
First, he went to the living room to take a look at Old Sheila, and then went to the stable to put a saddle on Gubo's horse, and then led the horse to the door.
Natasha put on Suldak's riding boots and prepared his horse. Knowing that he was getting ready to go out, Natasha ran out of the kitchen and asked:
"Why are you leaving right after you come back?"
Surdak explained: "Traces of the rebels have been discovered in the Western Wasteland. I am going to investigate. I am worried that they will not be found if they hide themselves if it is too late. This group of rebels hiding in the deserted land is our largest group."
There are hidden dangers. Now that an arrow tower sentry has been built at Paglos Pass, it will be much more difficult for them to escape to Oak Ridge than before. They must be eliminated."
When Natasha heard what Suldak said, her pretty face blushed slightly, she lowered her head and whispered: "Then be careful."
Although she was a little reluctant to give up, Natasha and Rita still helped Suldak put on the heavy set of 'Earth Shield' armor. The armor added to his body, and he suddenly became much taller.
Riding horseback through the village of Wall, all the local dogs in the village were huddled in their kennels and did not dare to come out.
The market at the entrance of the village is empty, and some simple sheds have not been demolished, which makes the small market at the entrance of the village look a bit too messy.
Taking advantage of the darkness, walking through the cultivated vegetable fields on the river bend tidal flat, a dark vegetable field looked lush and green from a distance.
After Surdak left the village, he walked all night. Only at the moment before dawn, Surdak took out his sleeping bag, spread it behind a huge rock, and slept for a while.
At daybreak, I got on my horse and continued walking.
The further west you go, the more desolate you feel. Originally, there was some greenery in the valley at the Pagros Pass, but when you go deep into the desolate land, it is almost a wasteland covered with gravel. Some desolate mountains are simply one piece.
War horses have to be extremely careful when stepping on these gravel mountains, for fear that a certain piece of weathered stone will instantly shatter and easily break the horse's leg.
There are no mountains that are too high along the way. At most, there are only some huge and exposed rocks on the surface, one of which is as big as a small hill.
Basically you can't see the river, not even the dry river bed. Occasionally, you can see gray rock iguanas crawling out of the cracks in the rocks to bask in the sun. As long as there is the slightest sound, these timid gray iguanas will
Rock iguanas will quickly burrow into rock crevices.
There are almost no leaves growing on some rocky ground. This kind of grass is covered with thorns and has few leaves. It is very stinging when you get close. There seems to be a unique toxin on its sharp thorns. Once you are stung, you will feel...
The pain was extremely unbearable.
The midday sun was almost scorching the ground. When Surdak saw the tired Gubolama, he decided to find a place to take a good rest. Perhaps he had to wait until the sun turned to the west and the sun was not so fierce before he could continue.
Forward.
Surdak took off the saddle and began to shave the Gubolai horse's sweat. Then he took out some grains and fodder from the magic backpack and let it stand in the shade of the big stone.
After simply eating some toasted wheat cakes and dried meat, Suldak leaned against the boulder and squinted his eyes and fell asleep. After getting up, he climbed up a boulder and observed the surrounding terrain.
It never dies of thirst, and its thick lips don't seem to be afraid of sharp thorns.
There are no villages at all in this area and it is sparsely populated.
It is considered the most desolate area in the Wasteland. The veterans of the militia camp can know the situation in the Western Wasteland. Suldak believes that the villagers in that village have some connections with the refugees there, but he does not want to interfere with these things.
, maybe he married a refugee woman.
If these rebels were not so hungry that they would come out to snatch the oats from the refugees, no one would have thought that the rebels were actually hiding in Death Ridge.
This place is far away from the desert on the edge of the barren land. Summer has just passed, but there is no trace of greenery here.
There are already hunters hunting limestone iguanas in the wilderness. Surdak remembered that at this time last year, Wohl Village also began to organize manpower to hunt limestone iguanas. But this year, Wohl Village has been undergoing a major renovation, and there are places where people are employed everywhere.
The villagers don't have time to go out into the wilderness to hunt limestone iguanas.
After walking for two whole days, Surdak finally saw a large gray mountain range in front of him at dusk, and finally saw some greenery here.
There are some withered and yellow weeds everywhere.
In the dusk, a large oat field appeared at the foot of the mountain.
There are several dilapidated thatched houses over there. Materials are scarce here. Only two houses have roofs made of wheat straw. A plume of green smoke rises from outside one house. A group of refugees gather there. It looks like it's dinner time.
.
A corner of this wheat field was damaged, and Surdak rode towards the group of refugees.
The refugees looked at Surdak with numb faces. Apart from children, there were only some women and old people. They were wearing tattered linen clothes and grass skirts. It seemed that their situation was even worse than that of the indigenous residents on the plane. These refugees
There were only about fifteen or sixteen people, and they gathered around a clay pot. They remained silent when Surdak walked in. Although there was fear in their eyes, they showed no signs of running away.
Surdak jumped off his horse and strode over. He took a look at the oatmeal in the earthen pot. There was even some unremoved wheat bran floating on the rolled oatmeal.
"Are you all refugees?"
Surdak asked as he stood in front of the group of people.
The so-called refugees are people without imperial status, and these people are not protected by imperial laws.
They have nothing but a little more ridiculous freedom than those slaves.
In the Green Empire, there is no real freedom. Those nobles with financial freedom are still bound by family responsibilities. Even members of the royal family cannot do whatever they want.
"Yes, my lord."
Among this group of people, an old man who seemed to be relatively strong said timidly to Suldak.
"I heard that you found rebels here?" Surdak asked.
No one answered, everyone was silent.
The children and women looked a little shivering. The children were all skinny, as if they were made up of small bamboo poles spliced together, with a big head on top.
The women also had sallow complexions and thin bodies because they were always hungry. They didn't look very good either. Their hard life made them look much older than they actually were. And they didn't have a graceful body at all. Under the scorching sun, their skin was a little dull.
Dark.
"Where are the men?" Suldak asked the old man.
The old man lowered his head and replied in vague words: "They ran away a long time ago. We don't have the strength to run, and we can't escape. We can only guard this piece of oats..."
Surdak looked at the oat field, which had only destroyed a corner, and didn't ask any more questions.
He also did not continue to stay in the refugee gathering place.
Get on your horse and continue towards Death Ridge.
The mountain road is very difficult to walk on Death Ridge at night.
But for Suldak, it was not that difficult to get here, and he didn't go too far before he found a secret crevice between rocks, where the man and his horse were hidden.
In order to have a wider field of vision, Surdak gritted his teeth, took out the last three salamander heads from his magic pocket, arranged a sacrificial ceremony, and returned himself to 'insight'.
The night in front of me immediately seemed as if a black gauze had been lifted off by an invisible hand. Although it looked like there was a heavy haze in front of me, all the scenery for several kilometers fell into my eyes.
He waited quietly in the crevices of the rocks for a while, and then he saw a refugee woman in ragged clothes sneaking along the mountain road toward Death Ridge. Her steps were vague, but her running direction was very clear.
Sure enough, as he thought, some of these refugees had completely devoted themselves to the rebel army. This also explained that after the refugee men ran away, the rebel army did not destroy the oat fields. They were actually waiting for them.
The days when the oats are finally ripe.
Surdak calmed the war horse and followed closely behind the woman.
The road at night was difficult, and the woman walked for a long time before she finally crossed a valley. Surdak could see guards patrolling on the rock cliff from a distance.
If women hadn't led the way, it would have taken a lot of trouble to find this group of rebels who had hidden themselves so deeply.
Surdak climbed to the top of a high mountain and found a group of war horses kept in the valley here. The rebel army's temporary station looked like a cave.
These rebels are really having a hard time, there is almost nothing here.
Surdak did not approach the group of rebels. They were very vigilant. Surdak was worried that if he was discovered, he might be in danger.