After traveling in a hurry for a period of time, Link and his party probably traveled more than 60 kilometers.
Arriving here, the terrain of the mountain forest has changed drastically, there are stones everywhere, trees and weeds are much less, the field of vision has become very open, and there are very few places to hide.
There are downsides and upsides to this.
When we got here, Fankenos said softly: "The red monkey is gone, it seems that we have walked out of the blockade of the red monkey."
Link breathed a sigh of relief. He had been concentrating on the road in the mountains just now. Every time he was spotted by the red monkey, he would silence him immediately, and he had to ensure that there were no mistakes every time. This was a bit exhausting.
He looked at Malinda on Nana's back and asked, "How's the injury on the leg?"
"It's okay, it doesn't hurt too much." Malinda looked at Link with big eyes, full of admiration.
Link felt relieved. He looked at the black cat. This guy is really well-behaved. He must have tasted the sweetness by the blue lake last time. Now it is hiding in Nana's collar, with only one head exposed.
Seeing Link looking at him, he squinted his emerald green eyes, and gave Link a 'meow', as if to say: "Envy me, it's useless to envy me, this is my special seat." '
That appearance, not to mention how much he deserves a beating, others don't know, anyway, Fankenos has seen him several times, looking at him, it seems that he can't wait to pull the black cat out of Nana's collar, and then run in by himself dodge.
Link wasn't in the mood to argue with him, so he turned his head and asked Fan Kenos: "How far is it from Orida?"
Fankenos was very familiar with the terrain of the northern border, and his expression changed when he heard the words. He looked down at his pocket watch, then looked up at the sun, took out a triangular ruler, calculated the angle, and did a mental calculation. He came to a conclusion: "It is estimated that there are still more than 1,100 kilometers. If we continue to move forward, we will walk another 600 kilometers and we will pass through the southern corner of the Black Forest."
"The Black Forest can't go. In this way, we will take a detour to the south, and when we get to a safer place, I will summon the Storm Eagle. This magic can take us to fly more than 100 kilometers."
The Storm Eagle consumes a lot of energy. With Link's current mana power of 18,500, it only takes about 5 minutes to run out of mana. And the giant eagle's limit speed is more than 500 meters per second, more than 150 kilometers in five minutes, and he still needs to reserve some magic energy for backup, so this flying magic looks cool, but its effect is mediocre.
Of course, Fankenos had no objection. It was too dangerous to cross the Hengduan Mountains like this. If he was not careful, he would be surrounded by high-level demons, just like risking his life.
The crowd began to turn around and head south.
After walking for more than half an hour, a canyon appeared in front of us. The canyon was very narrow, and the narrowest part was less than 5 meters wide. From a distance, it almost seemed to be closed together. The cliffs on both sides are very steep, with an average height of more than 800. Standing at the entrance of the canyon and looking up, you can only see a ray of skylight.
The wind in the canyon was very strong, it may have passed through some special rock structure, and there were constant crying sounds like "his~hu~ah~", which made people feel creepy.
Malinda huddled on Nana's back in fear, and introduced softly: "This is the Howling Canyon, which is more than 50 kilometers long. There are many forks and caves in it. After entering, it is as easy as entering a maze. get lost."
Fankenos had also heard about the reputation of the Howling Canyon. He said: "There are many legends about this valley. It is said that there are terrible secrets hidden here. It is said that someone buried countless treasures here, but set a stone on the treasures. There is an evil curse, and everyone who tries to get the treasure will die a bad death. Legend has it that more than a thousand years ago, the last emperor of the Jinweihua Dynasty retreated to the Howling Canyon with his last army, and never came out again... Anyway, this canyon is dangerous."
Link also knows a lot of news about this canyon, but that is from the previous game. In the game, there are no less than 10 copies hidden in the various forks in this canyon, including large, medium and small. Player scouting.
This is a mysterious canyon full of unknown dangers.
After thinking about it, he asked Malinda, "Is there a way to get around it?"
Unless he had to, he didn't want to go through this ghostly place.
"I don't know." Ma Linda shook her head: "We have always flown from the sky in an airship."
"Why don't we cross the cliffs on both sides?" asked Fankenos on the side.
"Alright... wait, I'm afraid not, look there!" Link pointed to the sky behind him.
Fankenos and Malinda turned their heads and saw a large number of fuzzy black spots appearing on the sky. If they were roughly counted, there were at least hundreds of them.
Needless to say, this must be the demon that is catching up.
"I can feel that these demons are very powerful and there are too many of them. We are definitely not their opponents. There is no way to go to the top of the cliff. Let's go into the valley!" Link said.
The valley is narrow, and the cliffs on both sides can very well limit the opponent's vision and minimize the threat from the sky.
Facing more than a hundred high-level demons, this is their only choice.
"They speeded up, and they should have seen us too." Fankenos' voice was a little hasty.
Link decisively used the space leap, and under the white light, several people disappeared at the mouth of the valley out of thin air, and when they reappeared, they had already entered the canyon.
Teleportation can temporarily lose the opponent's target, buying them more time.
"No trace!" Link refreshed the invisibility magic for everyone. This magic not only hides the figure, but also blocks the sound, breath and many other breaths that may leave tracking clues.
Link said: "We can't run with the wings no matter what. Speeding up the road is useless. We can only find a way to avoid their pursuit."
While speaking, Link released a spell: Tracking.
Tracking
Level 5 Arcane Magic
Description: Borrow the mysterious power from time to point the user to a safe way forward.
(Note: it will always tell you the correct answer.)
With a soft 'huh', a faint trail of white mist appeared in Link's eyes, and this line of fog extended all the way, guiding the way forward.
"Follow me." Link strode forward following the guidance of the white mist trail.
Faced with more than 100 high-level demons chasing troops, Fankenos was also a little panicked. He had dealt with many high-level demons in the Black Forest and knew very well what a terrifying force it was.
As for Malinda, she had no idea. At this moment, she hugged Nana tightly, her body and the musket on her back were trembling.
At this time, only Link remained calm as always. He was the reassurance of this temporary team. He said what to do, and no one would object.
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'哗啦~哗啦~' With the sound of airflow from flapping wings, a group of demons flapped their wings and landed at the mouth of the canyon.
There are more than 120 of these demons, mainly Screaming Winged Demons, whose strength is generally above level 7, and level 8 accounts for more than one-third. This is a very powerful force.
In the past, this was unimaginable.
But for some reason recently, the demons summoned from the abyss are much less suppressed by the law, and the degree of power reduction is much smaller than in the past. The demons that have been summoned to the world of Ferroman are also rapidly increasing in power.
By now, the power of demons has reached a terrifying level.
The reason for this is estimated to be best known only by Link in the entire continent. Faced with this situation, he could only smile wryly.
Who will be the first to benefit from the increase in the concentration of mana in the world? Not the human race, not the high elves, not all the aborigines, the first to benefit is precisely the powerful demon in the different world itself!
This kind of delay also existed in the previous game, which caused the demons to roam the world of Ferroman unscrupulously for more than 5 years. In the whole world, it is hard to find a strong person who can fight against them.
After 5 years, the powerful people of all races also grew up one after another, and only then did they curb the demon's terrorist attack.
"I saw them disappear here." A Screaming Winged Demon lay on the ground, carefully inspecting the footprints on the ground, his pair of eagle-grooved proboscises were still twitching, and a few seconds later, he got another one. Conclusion: "Commander, the wind in the canyon smells of them, they are in the valley."
The leader he spoke of was shrouded in black mist, and he couldn't see the specific appearance. The only facial features that could be seen clearly were the eyes emitting bloody mist. His wings were different from those of the Whispering Winged Demon.
The wings of these winged demons are a layer of fleshy membrane, but he has black wings, more than one pair, under a pair of big wings, there is also a pair of smaller tail wings.
He slowly landed on the ground and shook his body, the pair of wings turned into a cloud of black mist and merged into his body, and a hollow voice came out: "This human magician has a very special identity, try to capture it alive he."
"Commander, catching a magician alive is playing with fire." A screaming demon said dissatisfiedly, catching alive means keeping one's hand, and keeping one's hand in a life-and-death battle is simply risking one's life, and no one is willing to do so.
With a crisp 'pop', the demon's body suddenly flew out in a circle. After he flew out, a faint black mist slowly dissipated from where he was originally standing.
No one could see how the demon commander made the move, his movements were really too fast.
"Remember, I'm not discussing with you, but ordering! I like to give people a chance to change their ways, but this chance is only once, you... remember?"
The black figure leaned over slightly, his blood-colored eyes looked at the Screaming Winged Demon lying on the ground.
This Screaming Winged Demon has level 8 power, but he has no resistance in front of this black shadow. He is unwilling to show it, but he whispers: "I remember."
"Well, just remember."
The black shadow stood up straight and pointed towards the canyon: "The wind has guided us, but this wind will not guide me forever. We have to speed up."