On the second day, Gray said goodbye to everyone in the Fergus family, and left Fergus Castle on foot with a lot of food and water in the purple ring.
Although there has been no news of the King's Cemetery being opened so far, there is no telling when it will be opened. Naturally, the sooner you get there, the more likely you are to reap the benefits.
So Gray did not choose to take a carriage or ride a horse.
Now, for him, the fastest way to travel is not to ride a horse, but to run on his own two legs.
When he ran with all his strength, the speed of any horse was difficult to match. Although it was impossible to run with all his strength due to the long journey, the speed would definitely be much faster than that of a horse running with all his strength.
Of course, a barbarian-level strongman actually relies on his legs to travel. Such a thing is a bit "low price", but there is no way. Compared with the treasures in the king's cemetery, this loss of face is nothing.
Of course, in his heart, he once again thought of the goodness of bird blood and beast blood.
Flapping a pair of wings condensed by the power of blood and flying in the sky, that is the posture that a strong man should have.
With his current strength as a barbaric blood warrior, even if the transformation of blood power consumes a lot of energy, it is enough to withstand it for a long time.
In fact, he hunted one blood beast with the ability to fly, and that was the Ghost Sword Mantis.
The opponent has wings and can fly, but the speed is indeed very slow. After all, the Ghost Sword Mantis is obviously not the type of blood beast that is good at flying, and its speed is not as fast as running.
On the trade road, a caravan of dozens of people moved forward slowly, surrounded by mercenaries on high alert, with goods in the middle.
In the carriage, the boss, as the owner of the goods, looked nervous. Almost all his belongings were smashed on these goods. If he was robbed, he would immediately go bankrupt.
call-
Suddenly, a whistling sound roared past their caravan, the wind roared, and the entire caravan suddenly became a mess.
hold head high-
The horse screamed in horror and fell to the ground due to fright. The mercenaries were looking around in cold sweat. Just now they felt an inexplicable strong wind blowing by, but it suddenly disappeared again.
After a long time, the commotion was stopped and the team slowly returned to normal.
"Captain, what was that just now? It was so fast, it actually passed us at once."
A young mercenary wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and asked a middle-aged mercenary.
The middle-aged mercenary's face was solemn. After pondering for a moment, he said with a slightly shocked expression.
"one person!"
"What, it's actually a human...?"
The surrounding mercenaries and even the people in the caravan couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
How strong would someone who is so fast that they can't see clearly be strong
Ferocious blood warrior, or mad blood warrior
Fortunately, such people were just passing by and did not want to attack the team. Otherwise, they would have no other option except handing over their weapons and surrendering.
This man was Gray who was on his way.
Along the way, Gray ran as fast as he could, sometimes along the trade road, sometimes across the forest, or in the wilderness, all for the purpose of arriving in the shortest time.
In the process, it alarmed people as well as many birds and beasts.
Like this caravan, there were not a few that were alarmed.
Many animals were frightened, fled in panic, crashed into trees and rocks, and passed out.
A few days later, a vast desert appeared in front of Gray. As far as the eye could see, it was filled with yellow sand and there was no end in sight.
During this period, the wind was howling, and the earth-yellow wind was flying all over the sky.
This is the golden desert.
When he came here, he stopped and walked towards the golden desert side.
There, there is a slightly dilapidated town. Judging from the age of the houses, it should be a hundred or two hundred years old.
Along the way, he had barely entered the town. He still didn't know what was going on with the King's Cemetery and whether it had been opened. He wanted to enter it to find out the news.
Entering the town, Gray unexpectedly discovered that there were many people wearing battle uniforms in the town. The battle uniforms worn by some of them were of a high grade. It was obvious at a glance that their identity and strength were not simple.
"Is it because of the cemetery of king-level experts?"
Gray quickly figured out why.
There was no need to pry at all, just by walking on the streets of the town, news about the King's Cemetery continued to reach Gray's ears.
In the small town, there is almost always discussion about the King’s Cemetery.
"It truly deserves to be the cemetery of a king-level warrior. Even if hundreds of years have passed, the runes protecting the cemetery are still functioning."
"Who says it's not true? Some time ago, several mad blood warriors tried to break through with their strength, but they triggered the rune mechanism and were directly turned into ashes by the thunder and lightning generated by the rune mechanism."
"There were three other barbarian-blood warriors who also wanted to force their way in. One of them died on the spot, and although the other two were not dead, they were seriously injured. I heard that the families of these three barbarian-level warriors had withdrawn from the competition for the King's Cemetery. "
…
Fortunately for Gray, the King's Cemetery has not been opened, and the treasures in the King's Cemetery have still not been obtained.
But it also made Gray extremely worried. The power of the rune mechanism in the King's Cemetery was stronger than imagined.
The mad blood warriors were actually electrocuted to ashes, and even the barbaric blood warriors were killed and seriously injured, and had to withdraw from the competition for the king's cemetery.
Although his defense was much stronger than that of ordinary barbarian blood warriors, he still wasn't sure how to break in with his defense.
The three barbarian-blood warriors who had forced their way in before had only touched the outermost layer of the King's Cemetery. They had not even gotten close to the inside before they suffered casualties.
It is conceivable that the power of the rune mechanism will be stronger the deeper it goes, and even with his metal defense, it may be difficult to withstand it.
"The Oka family came and broke in. One of the barbaric blood warriors was injured."
"The Marquis Valencia family has also come, but there is still no way to use the rune mechanism in the King's Cemetery."
"The Duke of Addison's family came and sent strong men to force their way in. Finally, they retreated with only minor injuries."
"Duke Kenneth's family also came. They sent strong men to try it out, but they came back with minor injuries."
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Many upper-class noble families from the Purple Moon Kingdom have already sent people to arrive, but no family can forcefully enter the cemetery, not even the Duke family.
The rune mechanism outside the King's Cemetery is unimaginably powerful. Although it cannot compete with the attacks of king-level warriors, it is not something that a being at the level of a wild-blood warrior can break through. It may even be possible for an existence at the level of a wild-blooded warrior to break through. It's hard to get through.
There are rumors that the people from the Duke Addison family and the Duke Kenneth family who broke into the King's Cemetery should have reached the level of wild-blood warriors, but they were still forced to retreat before reaching the King's Cemetery.
"Fortunately, the Nahum family didn't send anyone here due to border friction."
To Gray's relief, the Nahum family did not send anyone over because war could break out at any time due to friction between the border and the Flame Kingdom.
Although he had already made speculations about this before coming, when it was actually confirmed, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Now, he is still unable to compete with a behemoth like Duke Nahum's family. If the other party is here, he may have no choice but to give up.
"I really don't know how to get into this king's cemetery. It's not possible to break in or crack it."
Someone sighed.
"Yes, a family invited a rune master to crack these rune mechanisms, but after more than 10 days of cracking, they couldn't crack it at all."
Someone answered.
"Your news is out of date. I think the King's Cemetery is not far away from being opened!"
Someone said with a mysterious smile.
"you sure?"
"Of course, according to reliable information, the Duke Addison family has invited Master Herman, and Master Herman is on his way!"
"Master Herman? The Addison family actually invited Master Herman?"
Some people looked surprised.
"We actually invited Master Herman!"
Even Gray was quite surprised.
Master Herman is an extremely famous rune master even in the entire Ziyue Kingdom.
He is extremely good at the art of rune mechanisms. When many big families build secret rooms or even castles, they will invite him to build rune mechanisms. Even the royal family once invited him to help build rune mechanisms.
His attainments in the rune mechanism can be regarded as the best in the Ziyue Kingdom. If anyone in the Ziyue Kingdom is most likely to crack the rune mechanism in the King's Cemetery, it is him.
However, because of his increasing age, this rune master has rarely made any moves in the past ten years or so. Unexpectedly, the Addison family was able to invite him here, and I am afraid it cost a lot of money.
After resting in the town for a night, Gray was ready to set off on the next day to the cemetery of the dead.
"Brother, you also want to go to the King's Cemetery, right? Let's work together so we can have someone to take care of us."
When Gray walked out of the town and walked towards the golden desert, an aristocratic young man wearing aristocratic clothes and thick eyebrows said enthusiastically.
Next to him, there were more than a dozen people, both men and women. Several of them were wearing noble clothes and were obviously children of noble families, and some were guards and mercenaries.
"Need not."
Gray shook his head and refused. He didn't like to act with strangers. After all, when acting with strangers, you not only have to be prepared for dangers that may arise at any time, but you also need to be alert to the people around you.
"No, brother, there are mercenaries in our team who are familiar with the desert terrain. It will be very dangerous if we get lost in the desert."
The nobleman with thick eyebrows said quickly.
"And there are sand bandits in the desert, so it's dangerous to walk alone."
In the end, Gray agreed to the invitation from the bushy-browed nobleman.
It's not because of the infestation of sand pirates, but I am really worried about getting lost in the desert. After all, the desert terrain is generally quite similar, and due to the wind and sand, the terrain often changes. Even if you have a map in your hand, you don't dare to do it. Make sure you don't get lost.
(End of chapter)