Chapter 573: 562. Mountain giant
Chapter 573 562. Mountain Giant
Suldak led the members of the security team, the indigenous warrior Andrew, the half-elf archer Samira, and the ogre Gulitum, to leave Wall Village together, and under the leadership of the militiaman Carol, they entered the barren land at night.
Aphrodite stayed in Wall Village as usual.
The barren land outside the Pagros Pass is a long and narrow area. The southernmost foothills of Pagros Mountain are like antlers that go deep into the barren land. The top of the antlers is Pustule Mountain. Billowing flames are burning all year round, and volcanic ash almost covers a radius of tens of kilometers.
The closest road to the Pagros Mountains is the road to Pustule Mountain.
However, this road is very difficult, and few adventure groups choose to go here. This road is basically covered by a thick layer of volcanic ash. Horses walking on volcanic ash are like walking in a difficult desert, and the sky Volcanic ash is flying everywhere in the middle, making it difficult for people to breathe smoothly. People who are not familiar with this place dare not take this road at all. Once the horse's leg is broken by a crack in the rock halfway, it will fall into death.
Therefore, many foreign adventure groups will choose to detour when entering the adventure village through the barren land, bypassing the area covered by the volcanic ash of Pustule Mountain, which will also double the distance virtually.
For the villagers in the barren land, it is not difficult to cross the pustule mountain. The four-wheeled carriage of Wall Village almost opened up a flat road between the pustule mountain and Wall village. Suldak's group only covered the muzzle and nose of the war horse with a mask, and then marched towards the pustule mountain overnight.
As long as you pass the pustule mountain, the brown barren mountains will gradually return to green, which is the northern edge of the barren land.
Once you enter the Pagros Mountains, you will leave the province of Bena.
The villagers here in the barren land seldom go to the mountains to make a living. Even if they have to store some mountain goods for the winter in autumn, the villagers living here only dare to live in the outermost forests of the mountains. Only some experienced hunters dare to enter Papa. The depths of Gloss Mountain.
There are some rare high-level monsters living in that mountain. The materials on these monsters are extremely precious, so even if everyone knows that there are dangers everywhere, there are always some hunters and adventurers who enter Pagros Mountain every year and die in Pagros every year. There are definitely not a few hunters and adventure groups in the mountains.
It took more than two days for Surdak and his party to reach the foot of Pustule Mountain, which already belonged to his territory.
When passing by the Lava River Sulfur Mine, Suldak went to inspect the camp of the Sulfur Mine. Because of the Harvest Festival, Luke, who was guarding the Sulfur Mine, led 400 Kobold slaves back. Wall Village is currently on vacation in Wall Village, and the sulfur mine camp is empty.
Before he left, Luke had already hidden the sulfur mines and food that he couldn’t take away. There was nothing on the camp side except for a few roofless houses built with stone slabs.
Carol saw the boundary markers around Pustule Mountain, and was very puzzled by the choice of General Surdak's territory in Pustbag Mountain. However, when he saw that there were sulfur mines hidden near the lava river here, he said very regretfully: "Before When Pustule Mountain was still in the land of no man, why didn't anyone find out that there was a sulfur mine here..."
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Suldak and his party continued to march northward from the sulfur mine on Pubsac Mountain.
When they entered the southernmost foothills of the Paglos Mountains, more than a thousand knights from the two-city coalition formed by the guard camps of Hailansa City and Bena City, and the Intelligence Agency of Bena City just arrived at Wall Village.
A large number of knights marched into the barren land.
The knights were divided into several long thin lines in the vast barren land, like winding centipedes crawling among the mountains.
There is nothing on the barren land, so the High Lansa City Military Supplies Department is responsible for the logistics supply of the coalition forces, from the most basic materials such as horse fodder, marching rations, weapons, armor and tents, to magic scrolls, fire scale bombs, and bed crossbows. Waiting for magic consumables and expensive ordnance to be prepared, when the group of knights left the city, there was already a steady stream of material resources being transported to the barren land.
Apparently, the anger of Grand Duke Newman made the people of the Bena City Guard Battalion and the Intelligence Agency finally realize that if this matter is not handled properly, they may be transferred to Handanar County in the Warsaw plane at any time to participate in the fight against evil forces. The plane war of ghosts is the last nightmare they want to see, and no one dares to take it lightly.
However, in this operation, the top leaders of the coalition forces in the two cities actually dragged out two bed crossbows, which seems a bit exaggerated.
You must know that what they are hunting is only a team of more than 20 magicians. To deal with magicians, there is a high probability that the bulky bed crossbow will not be used.
The coalition forces of the two cities dispatched nearly a thousand knights. The main reason was that they were worried that the Dark Moon Gate would also prepare a large number of cavalry in the rear.
The dark moon gate organization is best at 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 coalition forces of the two cities also have a squadron of swordsmen constructed by Bena who are also on their way to Hailansa City.
The Great Knight of Glenn originally planned to join the Knights of the Guard Battalion in Hailansa City, and then enter the barren land together, but he did not expect the news of the Dark Moon Gate magician to come from the barren land so soon. It was only then that he had to make a decisive decision and decided to abandon the Constructed Swordsman Squadron, and all the coalition forces entered the barren land.
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That night, Aphrodite summoned Suldak back to Vol Village.
Suldak's security team had entered the Pagros Mountains at this time. He drew the marching routes of the Knights' coalition army and the mages' army on two parchment maps of the barren land, and then asked Aphrodite to separate the two The parchment map was handed over to Selena, who then handed it to the village chief Brett, and the village chief Brett handed it over to Lance of the Magician Corps and Karl of the Knights of the Guard Battalion.
Although the magician group set off half a day later than the knights of the guard battalion, more than 20 elite magicians from the Hailansa Magical Union Law Enforcement Group and the Bena City Magical Union arrived at Wall Village one step faster than the knights of the two cities. The first step is to get a clearly marked map from the village chief Brett.
The mages rode the magic handles and directly crossed the Oak Ridge into the barren land. Although the high-level commanded the mage group and the knights of the two cities to cooperate with each other, the commanders of the two sides did not plan to join forces.
The magician group is also led by a great magician sent by the Bena Magic Union. The level is half a level higher than that of the commander of the Knights of the Two Cities Alliance, Grand Knight Glenn.
After Lance got the map, the magician group entered the barren land first according to the map route left by Suldak.
By the time the coalition forces of knights from the two cities arrived at Wall Village, the magician group had already swarmed away.
The Grand Knight of Glenn did not delay in Wall Village, but only rested for half the night.
The next morning at dawn, he led more than a thousand knights and set off again.
Before leaving, Grand Knight Glenn tentatively designated Wall Village as a material transfer point.
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The southern **** of the Pagros Mountains near Pustule Mountain is covered with bare rocks, and it looks desolate at a glance.
But as long as you walk a little further, you will see an endless green mountain range, and even the foot of the mountain is a lush grassland.
However, the villagers in the barren land would rather hide in the ravines of the barren land than build a village at the foot of Pagros Mountain. The main reason is that there are often monsters here. Possesses the power to destroy small villages.
When he reached the edge of the Pagros Mountains, Carol became more cautious. He was very familiar with the surrounding environment, and he led the security team through the woodland with ease, looking for the marks left in the forest while walking, and walked gradually. Into the depths of the Pagros Mountains,
I also encountered other adventure groups on the way, and both sides maintained vigilance.
Although some adventure groups were willing to exchange information with each other, Suldak didn't give those adventure maps any chance to get close, and they didn't need the information of those adventure maps, so naturally they wouldn't waste time on them.
The further you go deep into Paglos Mountain, the more careful Carol becomes.
Suldak is a little confused. Such a lush mountain is rich in monster resources. Since the lords will develop other planes, why no one leads the Construct Knights to occupy this mountain?
Along the way, he didn’t encounter any of the tough monsters that Carol described. The ferocious monsters such as the Earth Violent Bear, Nightsaber, Jungle Saber-toothed Tiger, and Great Demon Ape couldn’t find any traces. This disappointed Gullitum somewhat. .
But the security team was very lucky to meet the blue ice deer herd, but the blue ice deer were very alert, seeing Suldak's team from a distance, they quickly went into the jungle.
Until the dawn of the fourth day, Carol finally found the companion in charge of the stalking in the Pagros Mountains. The companion was covered with camouflage made of green branches, hiding under an umbrella almost 30 meters high. If Carol hadn't found the mark under the tree, he wouldn't have been able to find this companion at all.
The hunter slid down from the tree, and Carol asked quickly, "Where are they?"
The hunter pointed to the front: "It's in the mountains ahead, they've been here for two days, and every once in a while there will be magicians riding out to patrol. The trees here have a good view. I'm hiding here."
As he spoke, he led a group of people forward.
"Why did they stop here for so long?" Carol asked strangely.
"Isn't there a mountain giant in the ruins of the mountain in front... They are organizing to hunt that big guy."
The young hunter smiled 'hehe', revealing a mouthful of white teeth.
The war horse and the ogre Gullitum were left in a dense forest. Gullitum's target was too big, and if he went forward, he would be easily spotted by the patrolling magician, so he stayed behind.
Suldak, Andrew, and Samira also followed Carol's example and wrapped some branches and leaves around their bodies, carefully climbed up the mountain in front, and hid behind a crevice in the cliff. valley.
There are ruins at the bottom of the circular valley in front of you, hidden among the green dense forests.
Now, that woodland is full of fallen trees.
On the battlefield, a mountain giant with a height of more than 20 meters held a log more than 20 meters long in each hand, and kept stepping on the boulders among the ruins, panting and chasing the magicians who were riding on the magic handle.
Twenty or so magicians rode magic scorpions around the ruins, throwing fire bombs and lightning at the mountain giant from time to time...
(end of this chapter)