After finally climbing to the top of the mountain, it really felt like being at the top of the mountain. Without using the magic of refraction, Diao Si could already see a tribal village at the bottom of the mountain on the other side.
Diao Si could see clearly where the dragon appeared before. There seemed to be a basin surrounded by mountains, with dragons of all sizes flying around. That should be the location of the so-called Dragon Mountain.
At this time, the fog had become much thinner, especially from such a high altitude, it was no longer much affected. Diao Si used his wind magic again, slowly looked at the surrounding situation over and over again, and then recorded what he found on the map.
After a long period of time, after seeing the entire large-scale situation, Diao Si left the bare top of the mountain. He has roughly grasped the situation and is now beginning to deploy the next plan.
There are several tribes between here and Longshan, but most of them tend to be on Diao Si's side, especially the direction closer to Longshan. They are probably because they are afraid of the powerful dragon clan.
What particularly caught Diao Si's attention was that between them to the north and Nalong Mountain, there was a long canyon that led directly to the large forest in the southwest. It is estimated that the team that affected Green Hidden City before passed through there. In the direction where the grand canyon leads to the desert, there is also a tribe with a very large formation.
It seems that they do not belong to this plateau area, and they should usually move between deserts and canyons, but the formation is really huge, and they should be Diao Si's main enemy in this operation.
So after stepping on the tribe on the other side of the mountain, they will move towards the canyon. If they can conquer the tribe with a huge formation, they can stay there first and then find a way to march towards Longshan.
"You were up there for so long just now. What attracted you so much?" After seeing Diao Si come back, Lei Ji came over to inquire again.
Diao Si listened for a moment before responding: "There was a dragon chatting with me just now, didn't you see it?"
Lei Ji knew that Diao Si's words were perfunctory to her, but since Diao Si said this, she couldn't ask any more questions, but she wanted to go up there to have a look. She thought that Diao Si had been up there for so long just now. Must have discovered something special.
"Okay, Ai Chun, Mida, now I need you to tell me in detail, when you fled here from the Gas Empire that day, how did you get to Green Hidden City through these mountains?" Diao Si walked to Mida. He asked them this in front of Ai Chun.
Mida frowned after hearing this, and Ai Chun replied to Diao Si: "We didn't come here like this. At that time, we took advantage of the night and passed by the guard post on the edge of the previous town in northern Xinjiang, and there were sisters. So he died there."
It turns out that the route Ai Chun and the others took before was the route taken by the hungry team of more than a thousand people from the Eternal Empire troops that Diao Si met last time. If I had known earlier, I should have brought Yuli with me. Maybe they had taken the same route before. This is the route of the canyon.
"Then when you were crossing the desert, did you encounter any powerful teams? For example, those who plundered the tribes. How was their contact with you?" Diao Si continued to ask.
Ai Chunluo thought for a while, and then replied: "When Boss Milai led us to leave at the border of the Gas Empire, we fought with troops from the Salar Empire or the Chidong Empire, and then we basically didn't encounter them after entering the desert. What an enemy, until we are about to reach the Blazing Empire."
"Just fighting with the guards in northern Xinjiang? You have never encountered enemies across the entire desert? Have ordinary people encountered them?" After hearing what Ai Chun said, Diao Si asked about the mysterious Sa Bei. The desert became interesting.
"No, this desert is very mysterious. Especially when passing through the central area, there are many illusions, just like the mysterious lake, which is right in front of you, but you can never reach it..."
Speaking of this, Ai Chun's eyes still showed a hint of panic. The experience of crossing the desert must have been very profound and terrifying for her.
"You crossed the desert like this, but you didn't meet a single person, not even a monster, and you just saw a lot of mysterious illusions?" Diao Si couldn't believe it, because according to the generals of Northern Xinjiang, there are many mysterious things in the desert. There are many marauding tribes living there.
"Really not, and in that sandstorm, our team also lost many, many people. At that time, Boss Milai said that they might have discovered and arrived at the oasis. Compared to the large army, we were the real lost people, but there Where can there be any oasis?" It was Mida who spoke this time, and she recalled with a frown.
Ai Chun then added: "When we actually encountered those looting tribes, we were almost reaching the northern border of the Blazing Empire. And we were avoiding them because our food and water had been cut off by then. , everyone is in a state of dying..."
The desert is mysterious, and Diao Si also knows that people in this world cannot understand the desert. This is one of the reasons why the Eternal Empire has not affected the Blazing Empire. It is not easy for more powerful troops to cross this terrifying desert.
"Okay, thank you. Let's not get close to that terrible desert for the time being. Let's continue walking on this damn mountain road." Diao Si originally planned to move directly from here to the desert, and then along the edge of the plateau to reach that The extremely large tribe at the mouth of the canyon.
Then they approached the tribe on the other side of the mountain from the mountain. By this time, the fog had gradually dissipated, and the soldiers could see the tribal village below, but strangely, there still seemed to be no movement at all.
Because his previous experience and the dense fog had dissipated, Diao Si did not plan any further attack on the tribe. After everyone reached the foot of the mountain safely, he floated over alone.
Sure enough, the place was empty, with no trace of anyone or monsters, and it seemed that this was not just a matter of time, these people had been gone for a long time.
Continuing to observe, Diao Si discovered that there was also a special dragon head pattern on the wall of a house. The recurrence of such patterns is probably related to the disappearance of people here. Is it a sign of a cult
Well, anyway, even dealing with such a small tribe in the deep mountains may not have any effect on quelling the unrest in the entire west. It is better to ignore these small tribes for now and march towards the huge tribe at the mouth of the canyon, and maybe make contact with the people there. Finally, the mystery of this small tribe will be solved.
Studying the map like this, Diao Si discovered that there was a special low-lying road in front of the small tribe, which led directly to the canyon, so he immediately planned the next action with everyone.
It was already noon, and it was probably extremely hot up on the mountain, but it was still quite cool and comfortable down here. After walking like this for a while, Diao Si discovered that some furbolgs were secretly following them.
Life is not easy for these stupid guys, especially in such a sparsely populated place. They not only have to find food to survive, but also have to worry about the strength of these prey. Like today's situation, not only will their efforts be in vain, but they may also cause trouble. It's about to cause death.
"Whoosh!" Reggie just likes to shoot, and she also uses these furbolgs to practice her positioning skills by listening to sounds. Diao Si originally thought that after such a furbolg was shot and killed, the surrounding furbolgs would immediately get out, but unexpectedly, not only did they not escape this time, they were also angered and rushed over in a large group.
So the soldiers and mages took out their weapons to fight, but unexpectedly, the furbolgs suddenly fled around like crazy, leaving only a few who were injured and couldn't escape.
This made Diao Si question again, why were they not scared when Lei Ji shot them before, but then they became so scared after seeing these warriors and mages doing it
In this way, he noticed one of the injured furbolgs, its eyes full of fear, staring at a mage approaching it. Seeing this and combining it with the furbolgs on the mountainside before, Diao Si understood. The reason why these furbolgs were not afraid of Lei Ji's arrows, but now they were running away like this, was because they were afraid of the mage.
Diao Si also specially asked a mage and a warrior to test this. His guess was indeed correct. Those furbolgs have a special fear of mages.
But this mage is not necessarily much stronger than a warrior. What is the reason for this? Why are they so afraid of mages? Diao Si is still puzzled. (To be continued)