When Lu Xiao temporarily stayed in Meridian City to help Yavid clear his innocence, outside the secret base of the Eclipse Sect in the southeast of Meridian City, a group of hunters in very primitive clothes were staring closely at their prey.
The strong black woman in the lead had a flash of light in her eyes: "Finally I found you, the murderer!"
This team of about 50 people is an expedition team that came all the way from the Nola tribe's territory to pursue clues. The leader of the strong black woman is Sona, the war leader of the Nola tribe.
Aloy and Yongzhen were also in the team, and they had just joined Sona's expedition team a few days ago.
Growing up, the only person Aloy had contact with was her adoptive father, Rost, and she longed to have real friends.
When Aloy took the initiative to approach the Nora tribesmen who were out collecting food, she was greeted with cold eyes and disgusted words.
The experience in her childhood made little Aloy very hurt, but it also allowed her to develop an independent and strong character.
Under Rost's strict training, Aloy grew up rapidly and gradually surpassed his aging adoptive father in combat ability.
Rost was very pleased with Aloy's achievements. Having lost his daughter in middle age, he regarded Aloy as his own daughter, imparted everything he had to her without any reservation, and watched her enter the hearts of all mothers with his own eyes.
, become a member of the Nora tribe.
In a "coincidental" encounter, Yongzhen and Aloy officially met.
Knowing that Yongzhen is also pursuing the murderers, Aloy invites her to go with him.
From Yongzhen's mouth, Aloy learned the true identity of the murderer - the Eclipse Cult from Shadow Calgar.
After pursuing clues and meeting up with Sona, Yongzhen shared this information with the war leader of the Nora tribe.
With the assistance of Aletheia, Yongzhen used Focus to discover one of the bases of the Eclipse Cult, where the survivors of the previous attack on the Nora tribe's trial ceremony were hiding in this base.
"etc."
Yongzhen held down Sona who was about to draw the bow, and the strength of her hand surprised Sona, who was physically strong.
Ignoring Sona's surprise, Yongzhen turned on Focus and scanned the situation in the camp.
Aletheia also transmitted the terrain and personnel distribution scanned by the drone to Yongzhen Focus.
'Bombs, grenade launchers, Deathbringer heavy machine guns, clearer cannons, disc launchers, there are many types of weapons.'
After all, Yongzhen is an outsider to Sona. She passes the information she obtained to Aloy's Focus, and it is up to her to convince Sona, who has a tough personality and is very wary of outsiders.
"this……"
After receiving the relevant information, Aloy was inevitably surprised: "Where did the weapons of these Eclipse cultists come from?"
Yongzhen replied in a low voice: "Part of it was removed from the mechanical beast, and some of it should be products sold by the Oselan warlord."
"Otheran?"
Sona frowned: "I've heard of them. The Oselan people are very skilled in making weapons."
"But, why do the Oselan people collude with these Calgar cultists? There must be a deep hatred between them, right?"
Yongzhen nodded: "According to the information my husband received from Meridian City, the Oselan warlord who cooperates with the Eclipse Cult is named Delva."
"He is the banner figure of the main war faction in Oseland. He has vowed to destroy the entire Kingdom of Calgar. To this end, he will not hesitate to temporarily cooperate with Shadow Calgar and the Eclipse Cult."
"The two sides are only using each other in this cooperation. Once the Kingdom of Calgar is destroyed, they will definitely turn against each other immediately."
"snort!"
Sona sneered and said sarcastically: "They are all the same thing... How could you receive a message from your husband who is far away in Ziwu City?"
"Focus."
Aloy pointed to the device next to his ear and explained to Yongzhen: "Focus has a remote information transmission function. This is how the Eclipse cultists receive orders from their leader."
While nodding in agreement with Aloy's explanation, Yongzhen had a flash of doubt in his heart.
'Our communication channel is successfully connected through Aletheia's large number of base stations. What about the Eclipse Sect? How does their communication network operate?'
…
At night, Yongzhen and Aloy, who have Focus, sneak into the base as vanguards.
With the help of Focus's perspective, the two of them calculated the patrol route of the Night Watchers, and worked together to prioritize the sentries above and below the arrow tower.
Seeing Yongzhen's hidden sword popping out of his arm armor, Aloy was very curious about this light and silent assassination weapon, but now was obviously not the time to ask.
"Crunch~"
After extinguishing the torches on the arrow tower, Yongzhen half-crouched on the arrow tower and drew the long bow.
Aloy, who was under another arrow tower, received the signal sent by Yongzhen through Focus, rushed out from the bushes, covered one of the people's mouths, clamped his neck tightly, dragged the cultist into the bushes and strangled him.
At the same time, the arrow shot by Yongzhen hit the temple of the Eclipse cultist on the opposite arrow tower. The opponent fell to the ground and died without saying a word.
Relying on his powerful body speed, Yongzhen saved time and jumped down from the arrow tower, landing right behind the three Solar Eclipse cultists who were patrolling over.
Yongzhen landed silently, and his hidden swords popped out with both hands at the same time, avoiding the ribs and stabbing into the back of two of them.
While drawing out his hidden sword, Yongzhen jumped back and swept his left foot across the neck of the Solar Eclipse cultist who had just turned his head.
"Ho~ho~"
The Solar Eclipse cultist whose trachea was cut by the boot blade could not even scream. He covered his neck in pain and fell to the ground, his whole body twitching and entering a dying state.
The boots Yongzhen wears are Hermes boots that Lu Xiao gave her after modification.
Since acquiring the Gale and Thunder spell, Lu Xiao no longer needs the Boots of Hermes, which has overlapping functions, and gives it to Yong Zhen, who cannot cast spells anytime and anywhere.
Sona, who witnessed the whole process of the two sneaking into the assassination, had a look of admiration on her face: "Well done."
The checkpoint was removed, and Sona led the expedition team to mark the oil barrels and bombs in the camp one by one.
After Yongzhen and Aloy withdrew from the camp, the Nora warriors drew their bows in unison.
"shoot!"
Under Sora's command, the rockets on the bowstring flew out.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Fuel barrels and bombs were detonated by rockets, and the entire camp was detonated. The Eclipse believers who were sleeping in the tents fled in panic.
But at this time, the entire camp was surrounded by fire, and the "lucky ones" who rushed out of the encirclement despite the flames were shot one by one by Sona's Nora warriors.
The screams lasted for more than ten minutes, and the merciless fire devoured everything in the base. The strong burning smell could even be smelled by Yongzhen and others hundreds of meters away.
"Blood debt must be paid with blood."
Sona bit her thumb and drew a blood mark on her forehead: "The revenge of the Nora tribe has come to an end for now, warriors! Be prepared to return in triumph!"
"oh!"
Looking at Nora's expedition team who were in high spirits after their revenge was successful, Yongzhen turned his head and glanced at Aloy.
"Aloy, what are your plans next? Follow your people back to the Holy Land?"
"No."
Aloy was lost in thought while looking at Sona and others hugging each other, and came back to reality after hearing Yongzhen's question.
"My mission as a pursuer has not yet been completed, and the culprit of the attack has not been arrested, right?"
Aloy said firmly: "I will continue to go to Meridian City to look for Orin, and use him to find out the whereabouts of the mastermind behind the scenes."
'At the same time, I also want to ask the mastermind behind the scenes about my life experience.'
Yongzhen nodded and smiled: "Then let's continue walking together. I also want to go to Ziwu City to meet my husband."
"But Orin is not in the city, you have to be mentally prepared to continue to pursue his whereabouts."
Aloy smiled confidently: "No problem, I'm very good at tracking."
"By the way, what was the weapon you used in the assassination just now? It seems to be very suitable for covert operations. Can you teach me how to make and use it?"
Yongzhen's expression changed, and a soft smile appeared on his face: "Of course, I will also tell you the inheritance and belief of the Hidden Blade."