After leaving Jumu Town, the first two days of the journey were relatively easy to walk. Because this section of the journey is based on grassland, the climate is much better than that of the real desert. At the same time, because of the existence of those pastures distributed in this area
, there are a lot of roads trampled by animals in this area for everyone to move forward.
Every night, Lawrence and the others would try their best to find pastures for night living. In the last pasture on the edge of the grassland, they learned the whereabouts of Old Lame from the owner of the pasture. According to the owner of the pasture,
, Old Lame came here a few days ago and stayed for one night, and then early the next morning he took five camels loaded with things and walked northwest, looking like he was going deep into the Gobi. And before leaving, he still
Bought a batch of beef jerky from him.
"Five camels?" After dinner with the rancher, Lawrence returned to the tent where the team was stationed and told everyone about his newly acquired information. After hearing this information, a man disguised as his butler, the Earth Mother,
The church priest murmured in a low voice. "That means the other party also replenished some supplies on the way."
All the members of the team had a thoughtful look on their faces, because this sudden increase in supplies seemed too suspicious, and there was probably some important information hidden in these newly added supplies. According to their analysis,
If there are no accidents, those supplies should be some food and water.
"In other words, what this old lame wants to hide is his own number of people." A druid who believes in the Father of Nature said, "The water purification powder the other party carries means that they have found a drinkable water source, so
The main thing that can be supplemented here is some dried meat or cheese as food. If calculated in terms of calories, one camel can carry food for 500 people for a day. The two additional camels can basically carry 1,000 people.
A day’s worth of food.”
After Druid finished speaking, several other people also talked about their findings. However, compared to the information that Lawrence just asked, what they found only supplemented some of the existing information. For example, the few earth figures who accompanied the team
Members of the Mother Goddess Church discovered that as everyone continued to move northwest, divine pollution gradually began to appear in the soil.
After listening to everyone's intelligence sharing, Lawrence motioned everyone to keep quiet with his hands, and then cleared his throat and said. "Now let us summarize the conclusions we have drawn from various information. Based on the information we obtained before.
After analyzing the series of information, we can draw the following conclusions.”
"First of all, there is a team related to divine pollution that entered the Gobi Desert before us. This team is likely to be one of the enemies we will face later. According to the current data, this team has about 30 to 30 people.
Among 50 people, about ten of them are proficient in using gunpowder weapons and explosives."
"Secondly, there are one or two distinguished people in this team as the core. Based on the expensive elf mead, it can be judged that this person has a high probability of being a noble or a person of noble origin. In this case,
The opponent is likely to have a spellcaster or sufficient spellcasting tools in the team. We need to remain vigilant."
"Finally, based on what we have asked in the past few days, no one in the three small towns on this grassland or in the city of Heraklion has seen an expedition team that meets the goals we want to track, but considering
In the mountains more than 30 kilometers southwest of Heraklion is Caracalla, one of the most famous hot springs in the empire. The identity of the other party is probably disguised as a rich man or aristocrat who came for vacation."
"If this is the case, it is basically impossible for us to lock each other's identity." The paladin of the Church of Fortune said, "Because there are so many nobles and rich people who come here for vacation, and they are used to it when they go out.
Bring a lot of followers and various things for your own use. It will be too easy to hide an expedition like this."
"Indeed." Lawrence nodded and said, "Actually, I originally planned to pretend to be someone going to a hot spring vacation. But then I thought it didn't fit my personality, and it might be seen by others.
Something went wrong, so we simply turned into the scientific expedition team we are now."
"And the other party is probably not a habitual criminal." The Paladin analyzed it very seriously. "If it was a habitual criminal, he would have found a way to disguise himself and pass through a densely populated area, instead of only sending a few people after leaving the starting point like now.
People went around to collect supplies, while the main team avoided densely populated areas. In fact, this approach is more likely to arouse suspicion than our open and honest advance."
After continuing to discuss for a short period of time, Lawrence and the others quickly went to rest. After all, tomorrow everyone will leave the grassland and set foot on the Gobi Desert, and the section after entering the Gobi Desert will be the most difficult part of their operation.
They will move forward far away from human settlements in places unsuitable for human survival.
Early the next morning, they left the manor and continued to move northwest. Different from the vast grassland on both sides of the road, as they continued to move forward, the scenery on both sides of the road began to change. First, the scenery that appeared before
The creeks on both sides of the road slowly disappeared into the grass, and then the plants became sparse little by little. By the time they started setting up camp at night, the surrounding environment had completely turned into a desolate Gobi desert with only scattered bushes.
The journey on the second day was completely progressing in an khaki world. The earth was khaki, and the hills in the distance were khaki. Even because of the constant wind, the whole sky had a faint tinge.
Fortunately, the totem pole that the great shaman lent them before was powerful enough, allowing them to reduce the physical exertion due to the hot climate around them.
In the next few days, the entire team moved towards the target step by step under such harsh conditions. When they just passed a low hill and arrived near the predetermined area according to the original plan, they found a very conspicuous crater.
It appeared in the distance. It seemed to be twenty or thirty kilometers in diameter.
"Go back, all go back." At this moment, the priest of the Church of the Mother Goddess of the Earth, who was standing in the team and had been vigilant, shouted nervously. Hearing this shout, Lawrence and the others immediately stopped and stood at the first
Time went backwards. When everyone retreated to the hilly area, the priest explained the reason.
"Just now I felt that there are existences on this land that do not belong to the earth." The priest of the Mother Goddess of the Earth said with a serious face. "Because there is a hostile team that may appear around, so I am worried that these things may
They are some props or even traps set by the other party for supervision."
Priests of different gods have some differences in their specialties, and these differences are caused by the different priesthoods held by the gods they worship. For example, the priests of the Church of the Mother Goddess of the Earth are extremely sensitive to changes in the earth.
Perception ability, the ability to sense small changes in a certain piece of land without alarming anyone.
A few minutes later, Lawrence and several core members of the team lay down on the sand dunes. Then they used binoculars to examine the small plain between the hilly area and the crater. Sure enough, under careful inspection, Lawrence and the others discovered
There is indeed something unusual about the ground in the places pointed out by the priests of the Mother Earth Church.
"Let me go investigate." Nora volunteered at this time. After all, she is the smallest here and is not a flesh-and-blood creature, so she can avoid most of the normal magic traps. At the same time, because of her extraordinary level and
The physical strength is the highest among these people, and it is easier to come back alive if you encounter a magic trap.