With smoke lingering from the Maple Leaf Castle stronghold, Zhang Tie and Krell carried the body of the beast master back to a platform at the airship landing site in the center of the stronghold, and tied the body to a wooden stake on the platform with a rope. superior.
"Is this useful?" Zhang Tie asked in a dispensable mood, looking at the line of handwriting left by Claire in blood next to the corpse.
"Eskil City is not too far away from here. If something happens to this stronghold, whether it is Eskil City's trading firm or the city manager, they will soon send people here to understand the situation and give them some early warning. Okay!" Krel said as he left the logo of the Guardian God Sect under the line of writing. For the Guardian God Sect, this kind of artificially driven beast tide that destroys the laws of nature is the most disturbing thing. I hate it deeply, especially because the Guardian God Sect also suspects that it has something to do with the demons.
Since the air routes on the Hawaiian subcontinent were attacked by many aerial raptors last year, the Guardian God Sect has sent people to investigate such incidents, and the results of the investigation point to a mysterious group of beast masters. During this year, with the efforts of many parties, some of the beast masters of that mysterious group were killed like today, some successfully escaped and disappeared, and some moved to another place and made trouble again, but they never Caught one alive. So no one knows what the real situation is, but based on these people's actions that harm others and do not benefit themselves, if they are said to be lackeys and bastards of the demon clan, no one will doubt it.
When Zhang Tie heard the word "Three Eyes Club" again from Krel's mouth, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. The hands of these demon lackeys of the Three Eyes Club were stretched too far, and they could penetrate everywhere. From Huaiyuan County to Tianhan City, and then to the ice and snow wasteland. It seems that their shadows are everywhere, and as the holy war is approaching, the activities of these people have become more and more frequent.
Zhang Tie actually doesn't care about the origins and backgrounds of these people. To Zhang Tie, these people are just bastards anyway, not good people. Just kill them. There is nothing special about them. But today's battle once again made Zhang Tie feel the importance of personal strength. As the world becomes more and more chaotic, a person's strength will more and more often become the dividing line between life and death.
Just like today, if the guy I met today was not level ten. Instead, he was a powerful warrior at the eleventh level who was proficient in sound attacks, so he might be killed by this guy's first sound attack. same. If he were stronger, he wouldn't have to take the risk of close combat later on. As long as he threw the flying spear, the battle would be over. Life and death are sometimes as simple as that.
Thinking about it carefully, Zhang Tie felt that today's battle between him and Krel was a bit of a fluke.
"By the way, where are you going next?" Zhang Tie asked Krell.
"There is still a wave of demonic rats in some northern parts of the Ice and Snow Wasteland. I am planning to continue going north. What about you?"
He has already eaten nine Demon Rat Seven Power Fruits, and it will be useless no matter how many more Demon Rats he kills later. When he heard that Krell was going to the north, Zhang Tie thought about it carefully. "I'm going to try my luck in the southern part of the ice and snow wasteland!"
"Relics and God's Star?" Krell laughed.
Zhang Tie also smiled and did not explain. Since Krell already believed that he was an elite child from a large family in the Norman Empire, there was no need to explain too much. The cracks in the Hydra Glacier were indeed hidden in the ice and snow. The southern part of the wasteland is probably very busy now, but as far as I know, in addition to the ruins and the Star of God, there is another thing in the vast wasteland where the Hydra Glacier fissure is located that I am most interested in - the giant wasteland wolf. .
"I heard that there are also outbreaks of giant wasteland wolves in some places in the southern part of the Ice and Snow Wasteland. Why don't you go and take a look?"
"I have already been there. The tide of giant wolves in the wilderness there is formed naturally, and there are no traces of human control. The guardian of the wilderness will not interfere with such a tide. Nature has its own solution!"
Zhang Tie shrugged, and it seemed that the two of them were about to part ways, "Then you should be more careful. Don't be embarrassed if you encounter a master who wants to escape!"
"Haha, it's not as dangerous as you said. The Ice and Snow Wasteland is the territory of the Bear Clan. The Bear Clan is the ethnic group with the strongest sense of territory. The strong men and priests from the powerful tribes in the Ice and Snow Wasteland will not just watch. Others do whatever they want on their territory. If there is someone behind the demon rat's beast tide, maybe before I get to the north, if that guy is not smarter, he will have been found and killed by the masters here! "Krell said.
"Then why doesn't anyone seem to be taking care of the beast tide here in the gray hills?" Zhang Tie said with some confusion. To be honest, his understanding of the ice and snow wasteland was indeed not deep. In the past, his knowledge here was only limited to some books, and After arriving here, he focused entirely on the Seven Power Fruit and had no time or energy to pay attention to things that had nothing to do with him.
Krell smiled and said, "This place is close to Eskil City and is the territory of the Iron Bear Clan. I heard that many strong men and priests from the Iron Bear Clan went to Mount Erqida for pilgrimage a few days ago. Returning, and perhaps in the eyes of the rulers of the Iron Bear clan, the tide of iron-toothed hyenas in this gray hill has only caused a few trading houses and a few small villages in the wild to suffer a little loss, which is not enough. In order to attract their attention, at this time, they may pay more attention to the ruins of the Hydra Glacier Fissure and the Star of God. Even if there is a problem here, in the eyes of those people, the most serious thing is a few beast masters. It's just a little damage to the ice and snow wasteland, it won't cause much trouble! Those trading companies will solve this matter by themselves."
Zhang Tie knows that what Krell said is true. This is the difference between big people and little people. What is a big deal in the eyes of little people may be nothing in the eyes of big people, just like a few gold coins in the eyes of the poor are like a few gold coins in the eyes of the nouveau riche. The values are never equal.
Both of them were very straightforward people. After deciding where they wanted to go, the two of them separated at the Maple Leaf Castle stronghold without even saying a word of separation, just like travelers in the same train carriage. It's the same as getting off at the station.
Zhang Tie watched Krel leave, after taking ten steps. Claire turned his head and said, "I forgot to tell you. If one day you really find a dog that can chew the bones of the holy beast and want to take that bone back, you can come to me. You can find a place with If the priest presides over the church of the Patron Saint, tell him to find me. The priest will ask you what my personal emblem in the Patron Saint sect is, and you tell him that my emblem is the black locust tree."
Zhang Tie nodded and suddenly remembered something, "By the way. You haven't said anything about what the bones of the holy beast are!"
"Ha... Ha... We'll find out when you officially become a beast master!" Krel actually sold it off.
"Perhaps by the time I see you next time, my ability to control beasts will have surpassed yours. I feel that I am very talented in learning this. I only practiced the secret prayers you taught me for one night. I feel like I am very talented in this. It seems that you can already control a low-level pet!" Zhang Tie said half-seriously, also making a foreshadowing in advance.
"Impossible. When I first met you, I knew that you had never used the art of controlling animals before. You had never had any pets. People of your age are only now learning the art of controlling animals. Even if you have the power of nature, Heart, it’s already a little late, it’s difficult to reach the highest level of the art of controlling beasts!”
"Maybe I'm an exception!"
"Unless you are the precious nephew of Gaya, the Mother of the Earth, or the reincarnation of the legendary beast god!" Krell laughed and waved to Zhang Tie. Without waiting for Zhang Tie to say anything, he left gracefully.
Zhang Tie stood on the hillside and watched as Creel and the black giant eagle flying in the sky completely disappeared. Only after talking about the mountains, a smile appeared on his face. He shook his head slightly and said in a low voice, "You also missed one possibility!"
Zhang Tie turned around, and after identifying the direction, he ran towards the southwest.
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Zhang Tie knew that after he and Krel left, someone from Eskil City would definitely come here to investigate the situation, but Zhang Tie never expected that people from Eskil City would come so quickly, just after he left here Two hours later, people from Eskil City arrived.
The people coming from Eskil City are not ordinary violent bear warriors, nor are they the masters sent by the merchant groups and trading companies, but two wasteland bounty hunters who exude a powerful aura and are frightening at first sight. .
After the two people circled the Maple Leaf Fort, they returned to the platform where Zhang Tie and Krell killed the beast master and tied him up. They looked at the line that Krell left below. The two bounty hunters frowned.
"Did the people from the Guardian God Sect get involved with that guy?" Among the two people, a burly man spoke first, "I didn't expect that there were really people in the beast tide here in the gray hills. Pushing behind the scenes, this matter must be reported to Eskil City immediately!"
"Don't worry, the airship from the Eskil City Chamber of Commerce will be here soon. They will bring back the news here. Do just a few clowns want to stir up trouble in the ice and snow wasteland? Hmph..." This voice It came from another bounty hunter wearing a ferocious metal mask. The voice was full of coldness, but it was obvious that the owner of the voice was a woman. The woman raised her face, Let the ferocious metal mask stand quietly in place for a while facing the sun's rays, as if trying to discern something.
"I feel like the two of them have separated here. The guy from the Guardian God Sect went to the north, and the bastard named Peter went to the southwest. Our mission is to take the head of that bastard named Peter. Just take it back and get the 5,000 gold coin bounty. These 5,000 gold coins can buy a lot of things for the tribe. This winter may not be so difficult. We haven't encountered such a transaction for a long time. !”
"Aura, don't you think it's strange? Since the two of us were ordered to hunt down that guy, whether it's the news we got in Kurgan Village or what we just met those who escaped from the Maple Leaf Castle stronghold, Come on, that guy named Peter doesn’t seem so bad, maybe there’s something wrong with the wanted warrant reissued by the Eskil City Police Department?”
"There are only two kinds of men. One is to die now, and the other is to die soon. How do you know that man is not disguising himself in front of Kurgan Village and the people we just met? Over the years Don’t we encounter such treacherous people too often..." A disdainful sneer came from under the metal mask, "There may be problems with the arrest warrant issued by the Eskil City Police Department, but the two people in front were arrested. But there would be no problem with the corpse of the wasteland bounty hunter who was torn apart and brutally killed. Those two people got the news to arrest the bastard named Peter, and now they are dead. Shouldn't the debt be attributed to that bastard? If it weren't for this matter, why would the police department let the two of us take action? The majesty of Eskil City and the Bear Clan has never been achieved by talking. Even if that person is not the murderer, but that person is not the murderer. The deaths of two wasteland bounty hunters were also caused by him, and for this reason alone, he deserves to die!"
"But the majesty of the bear clan is not gained by killing innocent people indiscriminately!" The burly man seemed to want to try harder.
"Seton, if you want to go back to Eskil City and go to the police station to apply for a change of wanted order and investigate the death of the two wasteland bounty hunters in front of you, you can go back, I can handle it here alone! Unless you put A new wanted order is placed in front of me, otherwise I will take that person's head back!" The masked female voice said coldly, without even looking at the man named Seton, she turned towards him. He ran in the direction Zhang Tie left, and his speed was actually no slower than Zhang Tie's.
The man named Seton glanced at the flying figure with worried eyes, and finally sighed helplessly and rushed over.
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Zhang Tie ran very fast. When it got dark, even though the route was somewhat tortuous and there were no roads at all in most places, Zhang Tie had already left the Maple Leaf Castle stronghold for more than 400 kilometers by himself. He was looking for a place where he could After spending the night in the cave in the wild, Zhang Tie returned to the black iron castle he had not seen for a long time.
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Looking at the seven iron-toothed hyena seven-strength fruits hanging on the small tree in the Black Iron Castle, Zhang Tie suddenly felt that leaving Huaiyuantang this time might be the wisest decision in his life.
In addition to these seven iron-toothed hyena seven-strength fruits, there are two fruits on the small tree that make Zhang Tie smile so hard that he can't close his mouth. One fruit is the fruit of glory, and the other is the long-lost fruit of judgment...
-The fruit of judgment has matured. This fruit of judgment contains a rune of God. The effect of the rune is "hidden". How to use it. Pick it and stick it between your eyebrows, and use your spiritual power to activate the fusion. Note that the fruit cannot be taken away from the Black Iron Castle. This fruit can only be activated and blended by the castle owner himself. Twelve hours after picking, the energy and vitality within the fruit will gradually drain away.
-The warrior who wields his sword against the darkness, the eternal sun will not hang in the sky all the time, because it knows that when night comes, it is necessary to give up the stage of the sky to the stars and hide itself On the other side of the world that you cannot see, I can always promise you a dawn after the darkness.