Surdak led the members of the security team, the indigenous warrior Andrew, the half-elf archer Samira, and the ogre Gulitem, to leave Wall Village. Under the leadership of the militia battalion militiaman Carol, they entered the deserted land at night.
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Aphrodite stayed in Wall Village as usual.
The deserted land outside the Pagros Pass is a narrow strip of land. The southernmost foothills of Pagros Mountain are like antlers that penetrate into the deserted land. The top of the antlers is Pussy Mountain, which is the only active volcano in the deserted land. The top of the mountain
It burns with billowing flames all year round, and the volcanic ash almost covers an area of dozens of kilometers in radius.
The closest road to the Pagros Mountains is the road to Pussy Mountain.
However, this road is very difficult. Few adventure groups choose to go here. This road is basically covered with a thick layer of volcanic ash. Walking on the volcanic ash is like walking in an inaccessible desert, and the sky
Volcanic ash is flying everywhere, making it difficult to breathe smoothly. People who are not familiar with this place dare not take this road at all. Once the horse's legs are broken by a rock crevice on the way, it will fall into death.
Therefore, many foreign adventure groups who enter the adventure village through the deserted land will choose to take a detour to avoid the ash shrouded area of Mount Pudu, which will virtually double the distance traveled.
For the villagers in the desolate land, it is not difficult to cross Pussy Mountain. The four-wheeled carriages in Wall Village almost opened a flat road between Pusty Mountain and Wall Village. Surdak and his party only brought their war horses
Putting a mask on his mouth and nose, he set off to Pudu Mountain overnight.
As long as you pass Pussy Mountain, the brown barren mountains will gradually return to green, which is the northern edge of the barren land.
Once you enter the Pagolos Mountains, you leave the Bena Province.
The villagers here in the deserted land rarely go to the mountains to make a living. Even if they have to store some mountain goods for the winter in the autumn, the villagers living here only dare to live in the outermost woodlands of the mountains. Only some experienced hunters dare to enter the mountains.
Deep in the Gros Mountains.
There are some rare high-level monsters living in that mountain range, and the materials on these monsters are extremely precious. Therefore, even though everyone knows that there are dangers there, there are always some hunters and adventure groups entering Pagros Mountain every year, and they die in Pagros every year.
There are definitely not a few hunters and adventure groups in the mountains.
It took Surdak and his party more than two days to reach the foot of Pussy Mountain, which already belonged to his territory.
When passing by the Lava River Sulfur Mine, Surdak also went to inspect the camp of the sulfur mine. Due to the harvest festival, Luke, who was guarding the sulfur mine, led four hundred kobold slaves back.
Wall Village, I am still on vacation in Wall Village, and there is no one at the sulfur mining camp.
Before leaving, Luke had already hidden the sulfur mines and grains that he could not take away. There was nothing in the camp except a few roofless houses built with stone flakes.
Carroll saw the boundary markers around Pudu Mountain and was puzzled by the fact that Suldak chose Pudu Mountain as his territory. However, when he saw that there were sulfur mines hidden near the lava river here, he regretfully said: "In the past,
When Pussy Mountain was still a no-man's land, why didn't anyone discover that there was a sulfur mine here..."
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Surdak and his party continued to travel north from the Pudong Mountain sulfur mine.
When they entered the foothills of the southernmost part of the Paglos Mountains, more than a thousand knights from the guard camps of Helensa City and Bena City, and the intelligence office of Bena City formed a coalition of the two cities and just arrived at Wall Village.
A large number of knights marched into the deserted land.
The knights were divided into several long thin lines in the vast deserted land, like winding centipedes crawling among the mountains.
There is nothing in the desolate land, so the Military Supplies Department of Helensa City is responsible for the logistics supply of the coalition forces, from the most basic war horse fodder, marching rations, weapons and armor tents and other basic supplies, to magic scrolls, fire scale bullets, bed crossbows
Magic consumables and expensive ordnance have to be prepared. When these knights leave the city, supplies are already being transported to the deserted land in a steady stream.
Apparently Archduke Newman's anger made the people at the Bena City Guard Camp and the Intelligence Office finally realize that if this matter is not handled well, they may be transferred to Handanar County in the Warsaw plane at any time to participate in the fight against evil.
A ghost plane war is the nightmare they least want to see. No one dares to take it lightly anymore.
However, in this operation, the top leaders of the two cities' coalition forces actually dragged out two bed crossbows, which seemed a bit exaggerated.
You must know that what they are chasing is just a group of more than 20 magicians. To deal with magicians, there is a high probability that the heavy bed crossbow will not be used.
The two cities' coalition forces dispatched nearly a thousand knights. The main reason was that they were worried that Dark Moon Gate would also prepare a large number of cavalry in the rear.
What the Dark Moon Gate organization is best at is creating temporary portals. As long as they are given enough time, they can evacuate a city in the shortest time regardless of the cost. This is the most terrifying thing about the Dark Moon Gate organization.
place.
In addition to these more than a thousand knights, the two cities' coalition forces also have a squadron of Bena swordsmen who are also on their way to Helensa City.
Grand Knight Glenn originally planned to join the knights of the guard camp in Helensa City and then enter the deserted land together. However, he did not expect that news of the Dark Moon Gate magician would come from the deserted land so quickly.
He had no choice but to make a decisive decision and decided to abandon the Constructed Swordsman Squadron, and all the coalition forces entered the deserted land.
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That night, Aphrodite summoned Surdak back to Wall Village.
Surdak's security team had entered the Pagros Mountains at this time. He drew the marching routes of the knight alliance and the mage group on two parchment maps of the deserted land, and then asked Aphrodite to move the two
A piece of parchment map was handed to Selina, who then handed it to the village chief of Bright, who handed it over to Lance of the Magician Group and Karl of the Knights of the Guard Battalion.
Although the magician group set out half a day later than the knights of the guard camp, the more than 20 magician elites from the Hellanza Magic Union Law Enforcement Group and the Bena City Magic Union arrived at Wall Village one step ahead of the knight alliance of the two cities, and
First, I got a clearly marked map from the village chief of Bright.
The magicians rode magic harpoons directly over Oak Ridge and into the desolate land. Although the higher-ups ordered the magicians and the knights of the two cities to cooperate in fighting, the commanders of both sides had no intention of joining forces.
The magician group is also led by a great magician sent by the Bena Magic Guild. His level is half a level higher than the commander of the Knight Alliance of the Two Cities, Grand Knight Glen.
After Lance got the map, the magician group took the lead into the deserted land according to the map route left by Suldak.
By the time the knights from the two cities arrived at Wall Village, the magicians had already flown away in a swarm.
Grand Knight Glenn did not stay any longer in Wall Village and just rested for half the night.
As soon as it got dark the next morning, he led more than a thousand knights and set out again.
Before leaving, Grand Knight Glenn temporarily designated Wall Village as a transit point for supplies.
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The southern slopes of the Paglos Mountains near Pussy Mountain are covered with bare rocks, and they look desolate at first glance.
But as long as you walk a little further, you will see endless green mountains, and even the foot of the mountains is a lush grassland.
However, the villagers in the deserted land would rather hide in the ravines of the deserted land than dare to build a village at the foot of the Pagros Mountains. This is mainly because there are often monsters here. If a monster walks out of the Pagros Mountains,
Has the power to destroy small villages.
When he arrived at the edge of the Pagros Mountains, Carroll became cautious. He was very familiar with the surrounding environment. He led the security team through the forest in a familiar manner, looking for marks left in the forest as he walked.
Into the depths of the Pagros Mountains,
We also met other adventure groups on the way, and both parties were on guard.
Although some adventure groups were willing to exchange information with each other, Surdak did not give those adventure maps any chance to get close. They did not need the information on those adventure maps, so they naturally would not waste time on them.
The deeper they went into the Paglos Mountains, the more cautious Carol became.
Surdak was a little confused. In such a lush mountain range, rich in Warcraft resources, since the lords would develop other planes, why didn't anyone lead the Construct Knights to occupy this mountain range?
Along the way, we did not encounter those difficult monsters described by Carroll. There were no traces of these ferocious monsters such as the geomaniac, the night saber, the jungle saber-toothed tiger, and the giant ape. This made Gulitem somewhat disappointed.
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However, the security team was very lucky to encounter a herd of blue ice deer. However, the group of blue ice deer were very alert. When they saw Surdak's team from a distance, they quickly went into the jungle.
It was not until dawn on the fourth day that Carol finally found the companion responsible for tracking in the Paglos Mountains. The companion was covered in camouflage made of green branches and was hiding under an umbrella that was almost thirty meters high.
At the top of the tree, if Carol hadn't found the mark under the tree, he wouldn't have been able to find this companion.
The hunter slipped down from the tree, and Carol quickly asked: "Where are they?"
The hunter pointed forward: "In the mountains in front, they have been staying here for two days. Every once in a while, magicians will come out to patrol on stilts. The trees here have a good view.
That’s why I’m hiding here.”
With that said, he led a group of people forward.
"Why did they stop here for so long?" Carol asked strangely.
"Isn't there a mountain giant entrenched in the ruins of the mountain ahead... They are organizing a hunt for that big guy."
The young hunter smiled "hehe", showing his white teeth.
The war horse and the ogre Gulitem were left in a dense forest. Gulitem's target was too big and he would be easily discovered by the patrolling magician if he moved forward, so he stayed behind.
Suldak, Andrew and Samira also followed Carol's example and wrapped some branches and leaves around themselves, carefully climbed up the mountain ridge in front, and hid behind a crevice in the cliff. From here, they could just see the mountains in front of them.
valley.
There are ruins at the bottom of the circular valley in front of you, hidden among the lush green forests.
Now, that woodland is littered with fallen trees.
On the battlefield, a mountain giant with a height of more than 20 meters was holding a log more than 20 meters long in each hand, constantly trampling on the boulders between the ruins, panting and chasing the magicians riding magic harpoons.
More than two dozen magicians rode magic harpoons around the ruins, throwing fire bombs and lightning at the mountain giant from time to time...