The gray and black Gobi Desert was littered with gravel. Occasionally, there would be weeds or shrubs growing among the gravel, but they were all short and short, as if they were people bending over and crawling on the ground, unable to lift their heads due to the heavy burden of life.
Looking into the distance, near the northwest horizon, the towering barren mountains were just a long black shadow between heaven and earth. In any other direction, there was only blue sky and black land. As the distance increased, the sky gradually became less blue, and the land gradually became less dark. In the end, the sky was gray, and so was the ground. The misty greys joined together, and no one could tell which was the sky and which was the earth.
This was the Gobi Desert, one of the three great deserts on the Main Plane.
On this continent called the Main Plane, there were many deserts of various sizes. Three of them were particularly large, located in the northwest, northeast, and southeast of the continent.
The one in the northwest was called the Gobi Desert, characterized by a large number of stones. Except for the central area of the desert, most areas actually had little sand, and were mainly barren with gray and black gravel. There were many violent sandstorms here, called the Black Storm. Once the sandstorm started, even the legendary strongmen had to flee. Because of it, the Barren Mountains in the west and the Wilderness Empire in the east were completely cut off. Only the most fearless merchants dared to try to cross it with the help of the Weather Observation Spell in order to seek huge profits — although most of them were never heard from after they set off, never to be seen again.
The one in the northeast was called the Dead Meteorite Desert. This desert was a bit long and narrow, distributed along the coastline. To the north was the Dragon Mountains, and to the south was the territory of the Kingdom of Blue Moon, just separating the Kingdom of Holy Angels from the sea. It was said that a long, long time ago, there was no such desert in the world. The army of the Kingdom of Holy Angels and the army of the sea race fought fiercely on this long and narrow coastline, and the gods of both sides also joined in. After an earth-shattering war, hundreds of miles of coastline turned into a gray and yellow desert. Until today, people often saw huge skeletons and broken weapons in the desert, and many horrible monsters appeared in it. That was how the names "death" and "fall" came about.
The desert in the southeast was called the Golden Desert, which was the most harmless of the three great deserts. There were neither horrible sandstorms nor horrible monsters here, only blue sky and golden sand. The sand was very fine, shining like gold under the sun. Standing at the edge of the desert and watching the sun rise or set over the horizon where the sky and the sand met was a world-famous scenery. However, this desert was extremely barren, and there was almost no water source in the desert. Even if there was a spell to determine the coordinates and not get lost, just the heat and thirst were enough to be fatal.
If Sui Xiong wanted to go to the Commonwealth of Mifata, he would have to cross the Barren Mountains, cross a section of the Gobi Desert, follow the Graystone Mountains all the way to the south, pass through the Wild Swamp of Ancient Wood, climb over the Broken Cloud Mountains, and pass through the Ancient Forest.
Danger lurked everywhere on this road. Any normal person who dared to take this road would definitely be tired of living. Even veteran adventurers would pale at the mention of it. Under normal circumstances, the most reliable way to get from the Commonwealth of Mifata to the four northwestern towns was to take a boat out to sea, sail all the way along the coastline, and finally change to land at the northern part of the Commonwealth of Gold Coins, pass through the gap in the south of the Barren Mountains, and arrive at Rye Town.
But it was a great circle, and the sea was as dangerous as the voyage. Although Sui Xiong was not afraid of the risks on the sea, he was also not afraid of the risks on land. Anyway, his way of traveling was to fly instead of walking, and the rugged road had little impact on him. So after some consideration, he still chose to go in a straight line.
After all … between two points, a straight line was the shortest.
Walking in a straight line was the right of the strong.
Sui Xiong's incarnation floated about 100 meters in the air, and he flew in the direction of the south and slightly east at a moderate speed. Every once in a while, he would stop, cast a spell to determine the current coordinates, and then continue to move forward.
He was going to a small city in the central part of the Commonwealth of Mifata, called Golden Tower. The reason for this name was because there was a golden magic tower standing in the center of the city — the Commonwealth of Mifata was essentially a federation of cities and towns built around the magic tower. The residents here were all servants and apprentices of the wizards, and those who could serve as officials were either spellcasters or relatives of spellcasters. That was how the name "Country of Wizards" came about.
But that was when the Commonwealth was first established. After hundreds of years of ups and downs, the current Country of Wizards was no longer as pure as it used to be, and there were many more bureaucrats and nobles.
For example, the relatives of a senior wizard would always want to obtain power and status. The apprentices of a legendary wizard would always have a place to settle down, right? If the previous generation worked hard, the next generation should naturally inherit the power and status …
Satan was originally a talented young man in the Golden Tower City, and his future was bright. But since he had a conflict with a young man who didn't have any magic talent, but had a senior wizard grandfather, his future became bleak. After a period of life where he ran into obstacles everywhere, he finally gave up the dream of developing in peace in his hometown, left his hometown, and became an adventurer.
That was … almost ten years ago.
After ten years of wandering and adventuring, he said goodbye to his youth and grew into a young but very experienced adventurer, and also stepped into the realm of a middle-level wizard.
But if he hadn't been forced to leave his hometown, maybe it would only have taken him five years to grow to his current level.
When he talked about this, it seemed that he had already let go of all the grudges in the past, but Sui Xiong could clearly feel the resentment and unwillingness in his heart through the connection of his soul.
After all … in that matter, his only mistake was to help someone he shouldn't have helped, and to disturb that young master's fun.
Satan didn't say these things, but since he had already believed in Sui Xiong, his heart was not guarded against Sui Xiong. When those unforgettable past came to his mind like a tide, Sui Xiong didn't even need to deliberately pry to clearly see the scene.
So, he secretly made a decision to take advantage of this trip to help his believer settle the grudges.
No, even if Satan wasn't his believer, since he knew about this, he wouldn't ignore it.
If the road was uneven, someone would step on it; if the matter was uneven, someone would take care of it. If no one took care of it, then there was still the Jellyfish God to take care of it.
Well, the Jellyfish God was on the move.
Probably because of his particularly good luck, Sui Xiong flew in the sky for almost a whole day, and was already close to the edge of the Great Gobi — after all, his route didn't need to cross the Great Gobi, he just needed to pass through the area close to the edge.
The sun had already set, and without the warmth of the sun, the temperature of the ground was dropping rapidly. The night of the Great Gobi was no less cold than that of the northern ice field.
However, there were advantages and disadvantages to the dark night. In this cold night, most of the dangerous poisonous insects would fall into a deep sleep, and the most dangerous sandstorms would rarely occur at night. As long as one was careful of the monsters that appeared at night, it would be safer to travel at night.
Sui Xiong floated quietly in the air. In fact, he didn't need to rest, but a long-term habit made him like to rest when the night fell, enjoying this indispensable sleep as a human being.
The moon was good tonight, and the floating jellyfish stretched its body as far as possible, taking advantage of the rest time to fully absorb the moonlight. Around it, the magic formed a huge whirlpool, which gathered the magic within hundreds of meters around it. If a creature with magic vision looked up at the sky, it would be shocked by this strange scene.
For Sui Xiong, this was both a rest, a meal, and a practice.
Just as he was quietly enjoying the rest, he suddenly heard the sound of running on the ground. Looking in the direction of the sound, it was a group of panicked people being chased by a man in black riding a one-horned dragon.
Sui Xiong was stunned, and when he was about to rush to save them, he stopped.
He noticed that more than one of the people being chased had strange necklaces around their necks. The necklaces were strung together with pieces of bones, and the one who was surrounded by the crowd, who was obviously the leader, had a necklace around his neck that was clearly strung together with pieces of human fingers!
The tentacles of the soul spread out, and in the sight of the god, Sui Xiong saw many crying souls wrapped around those necklaces, wailing and unable to leave.
"Hunters … believers of the God of Hunt and Massacre. They are evil people who prey on human beings, and many of them are part-time killers … "As a common evil force, Sui Xiong recognized the origin of those guys at a glance. After all, the" Hunter's Necklace "on their necks was too obvious evidence, and anyone with adventure experience would recognize it.
Although Sui Xiong had no adventure experience, the information of the God of Redemption also mentioned this evil organization: they were the most ferocious among the believers of the God of Hunt and Massacre, and believed in the absurd idea that "hunting the same kind can please the gods". They were keen on killing their own kind and holding cruel blood sacrifices. And the necklaces on their necks were the remains of the victims they killed and sacrificed. With the power of the necklaces, they bound and tortured the souls of the dead, which was a symbol of honor and power, and derived several powerful spells.
There was no doubt that even among the villains, the "Hunters" were the most ferocious and terrible ones. Since they met today, Sui Xiong did not intend to let them see tomorrow's sun!
The man in black who was chasing after them was not a kind gentleman either. Although he was not surrounded by vengeful spirits, under the special spell "Camp Identification Eye", he appeared bright and exuberant red. Obviously, he was a fierce and aggressive person who had killed countless people.
By the way, when looking at the "Hunters" with the "Camp Identification Eye", what he saw was a surging black color, which was so turbid that it was disgusting!
Sui Xiong guessed that what was happening in front of him was probably a play that often took place in the underworld — a black man eating another black man.
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