Jessie looked at the map of the Desert of Death in her hand and discussed the route with Dolores. Although Aranza wanted to get involved in such matters, she was not very proficient in what was written on paper.
After a while, Jiexi put away the map and said: "We will go northwest for about a week to the Blue Water Oasis, and then head north for another week to reach the Abel Mountains. I hope those escaped slaves will
Still hiding there. Commander, what do you think?"
The last sentence was in a teasing tone, so Aranza could only shrug and agree. It seems that conquering women is not an easy task.
"Haha, Madam Leader, I think we should travel at night and rest during the day." Karu suggested.
"Why?"
"The most annoying thing in the Death Desert is not the horse thieves and sand people, but the night wolves that come out at night. If you wake up and find yourself surrounded by a group of night wolves, it is definitely not a good thing." Kalu explained.
The big man obviously has more experience than others. In the Desert of Death, if you are surrounded by hundreds or even thousands of night wolves, no one can guarantee that you can break out unharmed. In contrast, horse thieves and sand people are easier to deal with, because people are always
Easier to fear.
"That's fine," Jie Xi nodded in agreement, and then said with some guidance, "Humph, lest someone do anything while the night is dark and windy."
Aranza touched her head in confusion: "Huh?"
The group of people headed towards the Blue Water Oasis as planned. Except for Cyril who was riding Silas and priest Ife who was being carried by Karu, the rest of the group were running.
The journey was not smooth. Early the next morning, they encountered a group of horse thieves. However, when the leader of the horse thieves approached, he saw the giant thunder wolf staring at him. He turned his horse's head and led the group to escape from the side.
This disappoints the belligerent Aranza and Carew.
It was not until noon two days later that they finally encountered the fighting sand people and the slave-catching team not far from the planned route. Under the order of Aranza and the command of Jiexi, the Thorn Mercenary Group harvested the slaves in an orderly manner.
The slave team then brought down the sand people in an orderly manner.
The kind-hearted Cyril did not agree with the act of getting rid of the sand people, and stopped Aranza's charge on the spot. However, the next moment, Cyril, who had his back turned to the sand people, was attacked by the sand people. Fortunately, Dolores
The arrows are faster than the sand people's daggers.
This incident finally made Cyril accept the law of the jungle in the Desert of Death. In fact, the law of the jungle has always been Cyril's creed, but she was not used to putting this creed on poor people.
The harvest of this battle - the running crowd could finally see the night view of the Death Desert on horseback.
They arrived at the Blue Water Oasis one day earlier than planned.
"Well, it seems we are going to meet an acquaintance." Outside the Blue Water Oasis, Aransal stopped his tired horse and looked at the camp not far away.
"Who is it?"
"Jonas of the Evil Mercenaries."
After accepting the inspection at the outpost and paying the toll, everyone in the Thorn Mercenary Group walked into the Blue Water Oasis. Aranza locked onto Jonas's soul point and led everyone towards a tavern.
"Their reputation here is not good." Jie Xi reminded.
Hearing this, Aranza was thoughtful and ordered everyone to be prepared for emergencies.
As soon as they walked into the pub, everyone felt something strange. There was no lively atmosphere like a normal pub, there were only a few guests, and the behavior of these guests was very strange. They ate exactly the same food, as if the food was distributed at once, and
These people were all eating desperately, and no one spoke.
Aranza closed her eyes and felt their souls carefully, and found that most of the emotions coming from these souls were angry.
It was strangely quiet, with only the sounds of the guests chewing and the cautious whispers of the tavern staff.
According to the intelligence, these people should be mercenaries operated by the evil mercenary group.
"Hahahaha! Isn't this the little pimple from Brett City? Why are you here too?"
Jonas, who was sitting in the middle of the tavern, was the first to say hello. Next to him sat only the female magician Aranza had met in Brett City.
Aranza pointed at the people who were eating silently and asked knowingly: "Well, Jonas, are these people manipulated by you?"
Jonas didn't deny it.
Jie Xi took a step forward and said deliberately: "What's the difference between you and the Necromancer?"
"Little girl, you are wrong to say that." Jonas said while biting his steak, "Those incompetent necromancers have to turn these people into corpses before they can control them, and I am just borrowing these people's bodies
That's it, I didn't take their lives, but they followed me, and their combat power level increased a lot, but it was not very pleasant."
Hearing this, Jiexi first turned to look at Aranza. After getting confirmation from Aranza that the souls of these people did exist, she silently nodded to Jonas.
"Hahahaha! What are you talking about? Come on, I didn't expect to meet again so soon. I'll treat you to a drink!"
Of course Aranza would not refuse. When the others saw Aranza sitting down, they also took their seats. They already had an understanding of Aranza's abilities. If Aranza felt there was no danger, then there was no need to worry about the danger.
Seeing that everyone was seated, the female magician next to Jonas stood up and went to order. Soon, a table of sumptuous food was served, and of course, wine was included.
Aranza took a bite of the steak, stopped again, turned to look at Cyril, and said, "Well, Cyril, if you don't understand anything, you can ask Jonas, I think he will give you the answer."
"Oh?" Jonas became curious and looked at the girl who was still wearing the wolf head mask.
Seeing this, Cyril paused for a while and then said: "Why can you simply kill the sand people and control them?"
"This little girl has such a strange way of talking!"
Jonas complained first, then said without hesitation: "Looking at you, you should be used to living in the forest. Take this thunder wolf for example. If there are other monsters approaching it, it will definitely kill those monsters, even if the opponent
It did not attack it because the other party might attack it, so it wanted to eradicate these possible threats."
Jonas took a sip of wine and continued: "The same goes for humans. It's just that monsters can distinguish companions from enemies based on their appearance, but humans can't. Therefore, humans can eliminate threats in a wider range."
Cyril was silent for a moment and then asked: "Why do you control these people?"
"Reduce threats and threaten others as much as possible."
After hearing this, Cyril stopped asking questions. She needed some time to digest these things. If it didn't work, the girl thought in her heart, then just do whatever Aranza asked.
Then there was some chatting by others on this topic, just to lighten the atmosphere. After a while, Jessie got to the point and asked: "Jonas, control so many people, how do you reduce the threat and increase the threat? What are you going to do?"
What do they do?”
Jonas put one foot up on the chair so that he could sit more comfortably. He was still wearing the rusty armor, and sporadic rust could be seen falling when he moved.
"Hahahahaha, I accidentally discovered a blasphemer ruins. I want to go in and have a look. I need manpower."
"blasphemer..."
Jie Xi is no stranger to this term. In the distant history of thorns, there is a group of people whose magical qualifications are not outstanding. However, through exquisite craftsmanship and using magic crystals as energy sources, they have created a large number of incredible machines. These machines have improved their abilities.
Their quality of life, and of course, they also built some war machines that made others more wary of them.
Moreover, in that era of advocating magic, these people's inventions offended the strong men at the top, so they were called blasphemers and were eradicated. There are rumors that the current airship is a product of that era, and there are also rumors that modern airships are
The airship was re-created by later generations because the civilization of the blasphemers had been completely burned. Of course, only the victors at that time knew the truth, and history was written by them.
Fortunately, people nowadays do not reject the civilization of magic machines. In fact, the war has left them too busy to take care of themselves.
"Hahahaha, little lump, I just asked you why you are here, and you haven't answered me yet!"
"Well, well, I accepted a mission to go to the Abel Mountains." Aranza replied.
Hearing this, Jonas's expression became wonderful.
When Jessie saw Jonas's expression, she suddenly understood something and became excited.
Jiexi smiled bitterly and said: "Mr. Jonas, if my guess is correct, our destination is the same..."