The team did not face the situation that Ronan imagined when they entered the depths of the desert, where monsters would be overwhelming. They encountered a lot of wild monsters along the way, and the number was staggering. However, they could not even be given food if they were not controlled and only acted on instinct.
Ronan's team suffered casualties.
The team has been deep into the desert for ten days, and the entire team has lost its appearance when they left the oasis. They are all dusty and dusty. Ronan's hair is already in locks, like dreadlocks.
Perhaps because he knew that he could no longer threaten Ronan's team, the controlled monsters seemed to be hiding. They had not attacked or ambush the team for several days. Of course, the ambush had been unsuccessful. Ronan
With the detection crystal plate provided, the team could easily discover the monsters hiding underground, and they were immediately ready to be stabbed to death by random spears as soon as the monsters appeared.
"They should have all been transferred back to defense. I'm afraid there will be a hard battle waiting for us at the destination!"
Aldridge said while riding Black Thunder that his horse was truly a top-notch war horse with a mysterious bloodline. It felt like walking on flat ground even when walking on the desert.
"It looks like this. According to Mathias's speculation, we are not far from our destination!"
Ronan nodded, then patted the camel's huge head and said.
After trekking in the desert for another five days, Ronan felt the pain of the desert. Not to mention the skin injuries caused by the heavy wind and ultraviolet rays, the temperature difference between day and night was enough to cause unprepared people to die directly in this desert.
Not to mention the frequent sandstorms. If you are not fully prepared, a huge team can disappear in an instant.
Especially once, many monsters came with a sandstorm, which caused a lot of trouble to Ronan's team. More than ten soldiers disappeared.
Two days later, Ronan's eyes suddenly lit up. In the distance, he seemed to see a group of buildings. He quickly asked the heroes:
"Isn't this a mirage?"
"Probably not, we are here, at that guy's base camp!"
Matthias' voice sounded, dispelling Ronan's worries. Ronan was quite afraid that it was an hallucination or a mirage due to his fatigue, so he was happy for nothing.
"Have a good rest after advancing for a certain distance. There is still a tough battle ahead. We cannot deal with them with this mental outlook!"
These twenty days of marching in the desert have indeed exhausted these soldiers, and their combat effectiveness has seriously declined. If they don't take a good rest to replenish their strength, they may have big problems in the next battle.
After the troops found a good place to station, Ronan found a relatively high position and looked with telescopes. In the distance, there were the remains of a large building complex. Judging from the shape, it should have been
A city, but I don't know why it was destroyed. Half of this city has sunk into the yellow sand, and only some relatively tall buildings are partially exposed from the ground.
Among them was a tall tower. The top of the tower had been broken and was hanging aside. However, despite this, the tall tower was still the tallest building in the city, standing in the center of the city. Ronan guessed that the enemy's leader was the most powerful.
That's where he might be hiding.
Ronan could still clearly see the huge legion of monsters in the city, which were wandering aimlessly. Ronan finally understood why no monsters were found in the next few days. The leader was also very smart. He knew that the monsters he could control could not threaten him.
Ronan's team arrived, so during this period, they summoned all nearby monsters in batches to the door of its hometown.
Since then, with the extremely aggressive and ferocious nature of those monsters, they would swarm up and attack Ronan's troops without even needing its control.
"Tsk!"
After taking a careful look at the densely packed monsters, Ronan couldn't help but let out a smacking sound. It might not be easy to break through the blockade of those monsters and enter the tower where they might be hiding!
"How to do it? That guy gathered all the monsters nearby. I took a look, and I couldn't count them at all. There were monsters everywhere. I also saw a lot of insect-like monsters and big monsters that I had never seen before.
It's a monster like a python, but it doesn't have those sand elements, so it seems it may not be able to control those elements."
Ronan put one hand on the table and held his cheek as he asked with a worried expression.
"Those monsters have very keen senses, especially those lizards and snakes. It is impossible for us to sneak in without alerting them. We can only attack them head-on!
And the speed must be fast, we must not be dragged into the quagmire of those monsters, otherwise, I am afraid it will take a whole day to fight. Matthias just used magic to explore the high tower, and it is indeed in that high tower.
There is a strong energy response, even if the enemy is not there, it must be an important place, and our first target is there!"
Aldridge said, while drawing on the universal map that Ronan took out, he continued:
"It can be seen from here that this tall tower looks very thin from the top, but the base covers a large area, and I estimate that, not counting the parts buried in the sand, there must be parts underground.
And the underground part is the important part!”
"Based on the shape of this tower, it should be a sacrificial tower!"
At this time, Asumanda spoke, Ronan looked up and asked:
"You know?"
"I haven't seen it personally, but from the few classics handed down by our ethnic group, I know that there is actually an ancient civilization in this desert, and it is very powerful. Our ethnic group was just
Their slaves, but later, that is, when the gods disappeared, this ancient country was also destroyed. According to the records in the classics, it was destroyed by natural disasters, and it completely disappeared in just one night!
From the records about that ancient country left in that classic, I saw an illustration, and it impressed me deeply. Now that I think about it, it should be this tower!
It is recorded in ancient books that this tower is called Aydulak, and it is the place where this ancient country offered sacrifices to the gods it believed in. On the top floor of the tower, there is an altar, but it has been destroyed. Underground of the tower are the sacrifices.
Ordinary people are not allowed to enter the place where they live and study, so there is no mention of it in ancient books!"
Yasumanda said while recalling. After listening to his words, Ronan and others all fell into deep thought. Apparently they all had some thoughts and were sorting them out. After a while, Mathias raised his head, as if he had something to say.