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Ryan strode down the mountain road and flew away. The tall trees around him gradually turned into low bushes during the journey. When Ryan stepped on the soft and flat grass, time, it means that he has officially set foot in the Forgotten Valley. Although the area where Ryan is located at this moment is only the outskirts of the Forgotten Valley, it is already a taboo place that cannot be approached by those mercenary groups, unless they come specifically to hunt. , otherwise you must stay as far away as possible to avoid being eaten as food by the wandering legendary monsters.
After several days of running wildly, they finally came to an end. However, before Ryan and the others could take a break, a group of three-eyed springboks quickly ran over on the grass in the distance. This is a herbivorous monster with thick and powerful hind legs. , after exerting force while running, it will often fly into the air and jump more than ten meters away. It looks like jumping. At the same time, in order to avoid the predatory monsters that hunt it, this kind of antelope has a total of three things on its head. In addition to the two eyes on the front, there is also one on the back of the head that can observe natural enemies trying to attack at any time. This is also the origin of its name.
Now this group of about fifty three-eyed springboks are running towards Ryan along a completely irregular trajectory. They seem to be escaping from something. The speed of these three-eyed springboks is quite fast, about a few meters. Before taking a breath, he was still out of sight of Ryan and others. In a short period of more than ten seconds, he actually ran a few kilometers and came to a place more than 100 meters near Ryan. When these three-eyed springboks saw Ryan There were also many ferocious legendary monsters here, and they immediately drew a large arc, greatly changing the direction of their escape.
Chasing closely behind these antelopes is a lightning cheetah with a slender body and tiny arcs of electricity jumping all over its body. This magical beast is born with wind attributes, so its running speed can be compared to the fleeting lightning in the sky. Under the gaze of Ryan and the others, the lightning cheetah actually dragged a long afterimage behind it. Taking advantage of the slight slowdown of the springbok in front, Sudan jumped into the air, and then ran at the last age. The young three-eyed springbok jumped to the ground,
The three-eyed springbok that became the prey was of course unwilling to accept its fate. It struggled desperately in the hope of getting rid of the lightning cheetah, but the lightning cheetah just opened its big mouth and bit the back of the three-eyed springbok's neck, letting it go. No matter how hard it struggled, it refused to let go. Seeing that the natural enemies behind it had already captured its own kind, the three-eyed springbok did not think of solving the problem. Instead, it accelerated its speed and continued to fly, and soon disappeared in the valley. far away,
Scenes like this can be seen in many places. It can be said that this kind of situation of the weak and the strong is not surprising, but what is happening in front of Ryan and the others now are all legendary level monsters, a group of more than fifty three-eyed springboks. It is a legendary level, and the Lightning Cheetah chasing and preying behind him is also a legendary level. The corpses of the resurrected legendary monsters carried behind Ryan are definitely frightening existences in other areas, but when they reach the outskirts of the Forgotten Valley, there is not a group of them that pose no threat. There are so many legendary-level three-eyed springboks, so it’s no wonder that the Forgotten Valley is a restricted area for Lost Peaks to talk about.
The Lightning Cheetah that successfully captured its prey bit the three-eyed springbok hard. The crackling sound of sparks flew out from the prey's body, making the three-eyed springbok lose consciousness quickly. After subduing the prey, Lightning The cheetah suddenly discovered that there was a large group of ferocious monsters less than a hundred meters away. It was so frightened that the whole body curled up. At this moment, the lightning cheetah was more like a frightened cat. It lowered its upper body and clung to it. On the ground, he carefully observed what was happening on Ryan's side.
After about ten seconds, the Lightning Cheetah realized that something was wrong. Normally, it would be aware of the powerful monsters around it very early and would never cross the border to hunt. However, once other legendary monsters discovered that the Lightning Cheetah was invading its territory, His behavior will also attack immediately to maintain his majesty. As a result, the dozens of monsters that are no worse than the Lightning Cheetah actually stand there stupidly, turning a blind eye to everything that is happening here. The Lightning Cheetah Of course, it didn't know that the monsters it saw had long since turned into corpses. It stretched out its claws and tentatively patted the unconscious three-eyed springbok on the ground. After discovering that the monsters on Ryan's side were still ignoring it, , the Lightning Cheetah immediately picked up its prey without hesitation and ran away as fast as possible.
After witnessing the Lightning Cheetah disappearing with a series of afterimages, Ryan and others set out on the journey again. When the temperature in the air dropped to the lowest point of the day, they had already set up camp next to a lake in the Forgotten Valley. , when a few dark elf maids quickly lit a bonfire to keep warm, a large group of three-eyed springboks appeared quietly on the other side of the lake that was at least several kilometers wide. This group of at least thousands of legendary three-eyed springboks was quite large. They walked to the lake in an orderly manner to drink water, and placed "sentinels" far away in the other three directions. If there are monsters such as lightning cheetahs coming to hunt, they should be able to give early warning to the entire community. Most of the companions escaped,
Because he did not have dim vision, Ryan could not see things several kilometers away. However, he released his mental power and used the "Magic Eye" spell to detect the surroundings on his behalf. This was better than those who relied on The racially gifted dark elf maids "see" more clearly. When looking at thousands of legendary three-eyed springboks drinking water, Ryan also had a doubt in his heart, why are there so many legendary creatures in this place? , so much so that even this kind of springbok, which poses almost no threat, has actually reached the legendary level.
Ryan asked Matron Herister who was sitting next to her on this question. The latter smiled and said the answer: "Actually, the reason is very simple. It's just that the law of the other world is that the weak eat the strong. A long time ago, the monsters here were stronger in strength." Naturally, it is not much different from other areas, but for some reasons, the strength of some of the monsters here suddenly increased a lot, and the entire biological environment was changed accordingly. The first thing these three-eyed springboks wake up every day, Naturally, they have to run faster than the lightning cheetah, otherwise they will become food and lose their lives. The same is true for the lightning cheetah. If it cannot catch up with the three-eyed springbok that ran faster than yesterday, it will starve until it dies. The strength of these monsters is increasing day by day, and finally there is a situation where legendary creatures are everywhere now.”
After listening to Mistress Herace's words, Ryan's heart moved slightly as if he thought of something, but for a moment he couldn't think clearly about this fleeting inspiration. While he was thinking hard, Herace The words of the special mother came to his ears again: "If a race wants to be strong, it is not enough to rely solely on racial talent or the birth of a few geniuses in the race. You must have natural enemies and a crisis. The feeling always hangs over the head of the entire race, which will drive the entire race to run forward without stopping, and never dare to slack off, because if you stop, you will become the prey of others like the three-eyed springbok today. .”
Herest's words struck through Ryan's mind like lightning. What Ryan had been thinking about suddenly suddenly became clear. If humans also have such a natural enemy, of course the natural enemy's power must be just right. It cannot be too strong and it will perish directly. Human beings cannot be too weak and lose their usefulness quickly. So how can human beings still dare to act on their own as before
The Holy Alliance Empire had only been established a short time ago, and the second Majesty of the empire actually began to suppress the magicians who helped humans defeat the undead army. This not only greatly reduced the power of the entire magician guild to divide the north and the south, but also even caused the division of the imperial capital and Mochizuki City. The magic academies are fighting each other and are hostile to each other, so that after the vicissitudes of time, the magic talents were born in large numbers two hundred years ago, and the magic strength has actually declined to the point where the birth of a legendary mage is celebrated by the whole country. This is really sad.
Why did Fernando II dare to do this? It was not because of the lack of threatening natural enemies: the orcs escaped, the undead escaped, and the elves and dwarves lived in seclusion. After the war in the entire Eslar continent, people's minds were settled, and the result was that magic could develop by leaps and bounds. The power has declined again due to the consolidation of rule by those in power and the squeeze and exclusion of the Priests of Light and Holy Knights. Without the hard support of the staff of the Guardian of the Earth, without the sudden rise of Archmage Victor, I am afraid that the former Great Mellen The feat of the mage single-handedly banishing the projection of the demigod Lich Cons' plane will no longer exist, let alone the situation of multiple domain experts.
"No wonder the kings of the alien world want to provoke a thousand-year war. In fact, this is also a very important law. It seems that humans must continue to participate. However, the number of humans is too small now. It seems that fertility must be encouraged internally. We need to increase the number of external allies to strengthen the momentum of human forces, and we need to create enough adventure space. I think we can completely turn places like the Hengduan Mountains in my hometown, the frozen plateau in the north, and the cursed swamp of Cassano into It will become a battlefield for adventurers to increase their strength, just like the path we took back then." Ryan said to himself silently in his heart,
Thinking of this, Ryan looked up at the extremely dark sky above his head and continued to say in his heart: "The human world is still too narrow. They must be allowed to go out to broaden their horizons. I think it is better to increase the number of portals to other worlds as soon as possible. , so that the strong among human beings can take more risks and fight in the underwater world, the netherworld and even other places... In short, I can't be too protective of the people in the future. The original Archmage Meren did this. Although I thought about this clearly before, I can't help but follow his old path. Otherwise, even if I kill several demigod kings in another world, the human compatriots in my hometown will still only care about what to eat for dinner today. The world is simply too far away for these ordinary people."