The Northern Horn Army quickly crossed most of Sicily and followed the instructions to arrive near Mount Etna.
"This is Etna," said one of the Norman knights. "The land around Mount Etna is famous for its fertile land. It is said that the air and water here contain magic, and the crop yields are much higher than other places."
"It's because of the volcanic ash." Robert said, "Every time the volcano erupts, it brings out the melted wizard stone in the mantle layer, thus forming a spiritual environment slightly higher than the magic tide."
"Will spells cast in this environment be more powerful than in normal circumstances?" William asked thoughtfully.
"No." The Norman knight replied, "It's just that after you stop casting spells, your spiritual power will recover a little faster."
"By the way," Robert suddenly asked, "Is Mount Etna erupting recently?"
"This volcano was very active in the past," the Norman Knight replied, "but it hasn't erupted in the past half month. It may have entered a dormant period."
"Hmm." Robert murmured.
A thought flashed through his mind: Could it be that the Blue Sword led them here in order to cause a volcanic eruption and then destroy them all
However, this idea was so absurd that even Robert himself laughed.
Not to mention whether the Cangqing Sword has the ability to cause a volcano to erupt, even if it does, the amount of spiritual power required to mobilize such a large volcano to erupt is absolutely incredible. Even a demigod may not have such ability.
On the other hand, if any demigod had such great power, there would be no need to deliberately lead them to the volcano. Didn't William lead the fleet to the Tyrrhenian Sea a few days ago to fight against the ghost fleet of the southern continent
As long as they followed the fleet all the way and created a tsunami when the two fleets were fighting each other, it would be estimated that everyone except William would be wiped out - the spiritual power required to create a large tsunami is probably less than one-tenth of that required to create the same mass of magma.
After all, it goes without saying which is heavier, water or lava.
In the previous gaming world, players would call this the "limitations of the NPC template," meaning that the NPC might be very smart, so smart that it could even crush the player in political tactics, but it would never think of those cool operations that only players could think of.
For example, to enter an area blocked by a barrier, they have to dig a hole underground to get through; or they can accept a high-priced intelligence search mission from an NPC, then turn around and subcontract the mission to other players at a lower price, making a profit from it, etc. These unconventional operations sometimes make people wonder what these players' brains are made of.
In short, Robert, having eliminated this doubt, followed William's Northern Horn Army and began to march towards the top of Mount Etna.
According to William's tracking instructions, the other party should be on the other side of Mount Etna. However, when they were halfway along the mountain road, they saw two demigods standing in the middle of the mountain road with their hands behind their backs, and Ask stood behind them with a respectful expression, holding the hilt of the sword at his waist with one hand.
"Robert," William said without hesitation, "You take half of the people to take a detour and continue to the location of the artifact, and I will lead the other half to hold them back here."