The north is more equatorial and has high temperatures throughout the season, often dividing it into a dry season and a rainy season.

However, only a small part of it is occupied by the Empire, and most of it is a desert area ruled by orcs, and of course it is not without rainforests, and the territory close to the humans on the left and the rainforest on the right is a rare fertile land among the orcs.

Of course, the imperial city where the orcs are located is built around a fairly vast oasis, but because most of the orcs do not understand the principle of moderation, the area of the oasis has been shrinking over the years.

The Dum Gobi is the largest Gobi in the empire, with an area of thousands of miles, larger than the province of Aldan, and belongs to the rule of St. Paul, next to the province of Vik.

St. Paul is not referring to a specific person, or even related to a certain bloodline, but a spiritual lineage, the only land in the land of the elves that is still ruled by the Celestial Sect.

Their lord was called the Apostle Paul, and the believers in the city called him St. Paul. Legend has it that a certain St. Paul, probably the original St. Paul, killed a stranger many years ago, but strangely enough, the person who was killed had no grievances against him, was not an infidel, and was rumored to be a man with a strong gifted vision.

"You shouldn't be here, it's not the day of coming. These were the last words that St. Paul said to him.

After that man's death, St. Paul not only did not stigmatize him, but also hid his glory and courtesy comparable to that of the Pope.

This has made countless people strange and has become one of the unsolved mysteries in the history of the empire.

Dum Gobi was a difficult mess, and none of the surrounding provinces wanted to manage him, but Paul took the initiative to take this hard bone into his arms. They have always been committed to exterminating the desert slaughter, and perhaps it is this ambition that has not embarrassed them much by successive Pontiff Sects.

In fact, these border provinces are generally slightly larger, and most of the provincial capitals are established in temperate regions where the weather is not so hot and dry, so the cause of this desert is actually a bit strange, but since it has become like this, it can only overcome difficulties. Compared with the time when the country was first founded, the size of the desert and the ecological environment have improved a lot. But the living environment of Paul's province is like that, not high or low, and this evaluation applies to everyone from Paul to the beggar, in this province, every family seems to live in the same size house, eat their own food, basically have no other interests except for worship every day, and the overall social desire is very low, so more and more young people will choose to flee the province, but often after struggling for hundreds of years, they will abandon all the family business of Bolai and choose to return to the land where they were born。

"If you want to find them, you must find St. Paul, who has lived next to the desert for generations, and will know where to hide the sorcerer. Muen replied.

But the old man shook his head and said, "Our actions are secret, because we cannot guarantee that there will be no traitors among them. And they don't match our beliefs. ”

"I remember that the canon does not say that all things in the world are equal in soul, from the princes to the exiles. ”

"The Cult of the Celestials are a group of people who are slaves and do good deeds in the name of the gods. ”

"Even if it's true, it's not close to our actions. ”

"No one will agree. One of the adjudicators said with his arms crossed, and Muen looked around and saw that everyone around him had the same expression.

This really made him wonder why these people in front of him valued ethereal faith as more important than solving the serious problems at hand.

Can faith be a substitute for bread?

Sure enough, the main contradiction in society is always the conflict of ideologies, and people under a certain ideology cannot realize how stupid that ideology is.

"If you can't find them in the quickest time, the more likely they are to be converted. Muen warned.

Unexpectedly, when he heard this, the people sitting around him suddenly began to laugh.

"Do you think those sorcerers will let them go? besides, sorcerers don't need to make them want to transform normal magic. The child is indeed a child, and the pickpocket has never seen the methods of the sorcerer. ”

"I ......" Mu En didn't know what to say, if he said that he met a sorcerer and killed him directly, they must have a lot of words waiting for him.

Disgusting words are always easy to succeed, and Muen fell silent intending to stop listening to their conversation.

The old man saw that Mu En was silent, so he first beckoned the captains of each squad to go back and prepare first, and some details should also be thought about more.

"It's been so long, aren't you afraid that they have already run farther away?" The old man sat down beside Mu En, and after he had just heard about Mu En's analysis, he felt that this young man did have some ability, so this old crow, who had always been indifferent, was willing to say a few more words to him.

"They have nowhere to run unless there is a province that shelters them. Although Paul was not wealthy, the Celestials undoubtedly hated such things. So they will definitely not be bought. To the north, the territory of the Immortal Bird family and the Great Wall, to the west are the Mianhu family and the Katri family, both of which pay more attention to the safety of the provinces, to the east are the northern provinces that have been prepared, and to the south is the Monroe family, where they have no place to run. ”

The old man nodded in agreement, but also said that things in the world are not as good as planned.

"You can go to Paul's province first, we will definitely not and will not be allowed to catch the power of other provinces, so no matter what, we will not inform the apostle Paul if we enter Paul's province this time. But I'm guessing they're supposed to have a map of the desert, and when we get there, you can tell us where you think it's. ”

"Are you sure they'll have a map?"

"They use the unique Gobi terrain to attract tourists, and although the meaning of the Gobi name is terrifying, it can't stop adventurous young people. ”

"How am I going to find you then?"

The old man's eyes lit up, and he pointed a few times on Mu En's body, and said calmly: "You don't have to worry, I will find you." With that, he threw out a small bag of silver coins.

"This is the cost of your life these days, you don't have to pay back more, and you won't make up for less. ”

Mu En weighed his weight, and suddenly felt that the old man in front of him still had a bit of a sense of humor, which was one of the better things he had encountered today.

Let's go, after all, Muen still needs to go to the desert for a little field trip.

Three days later, Muen's carriage had arrived in the province of São Paulo, and the walls were low and yellow, looking very depressed.

Walking into the city, the feeling of desolation is even more obvious, although the armor of the defenders is bright, and it looks a little solemn in the heyday of the church, but the people in the city are all in ragged clothes.

It's just very strange that their expressions are very quiet, as if they have accepted their fate. The most prosperous part of the city is the cathedral, where there are many scenes of angels extending their arms to the world. Above the angels, there was a god whose face could not be seen clearly.

The unknowable law is unpredictable, and this is true in all respects. People are never in awe of the great, but in the power or the unknown beyond their understanding.

The Celestial sect says that everyone is a child of God, and God is the shepherd of the world, so we lost lambs should learn to give and sacrifice for God's pleasure.

This is undoubtedly unpopular, after the rise of the Poseidon Order and its contribution to the battle for the founding of the country, they have naturally withdrawn from the spotlight of history and can only exist as a supporting role.

The Poseidon Order attributes disasters to changes in nature, just as ocean currents do not bring schools of fish all year round but follow certain laws, because every soul is born equal and treats everyone equally, so the gods do not intervene in the world, just as a strong big fish eats small fish, and each person is responsible for his own choices rather than demanding help from unknowable forces.

There is no doubt that this kind of religion based on self-improvement will be more sought after than the cult of personality.

It's just that there is some implication of the law of the jungle.

But Tanah Lot's claim that he is the spokesman of the god and that believers who will protect him on his behalf can be treated fairly, is actually a subtle explanation that belief in the god of the sea can be helped to some extent.

Anyone who forms a group has a natural tendency to be corrupt, which is why dynasties are constantly changing, and wars are like Jihong.

But now is not the time to think about this, after all, Munn's primary purpose is to find out the whereabouts of his relatively unremarkable employee, and he thinks that Simon should not die or take refuge in the sorcerer, because although Simon seems to have a lively brain and is more self-interested, Muen thinks he has a bottom line. Maybe it's because of the serious and resolute look that the other party will inadvertently reveal.

Why did the other party arrest Simon, which made Mu En very puzzled, a group of evil groups that are usually interested in killing people suddenly want to listen to the sound of heaven is a more incomprehensible thing, according to common sense, they should be more inclined to use corrupt power to make Simon's voice hoarse, and then make him an adult and let him sing.

Thinking of this, Mu En suddenly shuddered, and it seemed that he was not ready to face Simon like that.

He walked through the streets and alleys—though it felt like the width wasn't much different. Looking for a map of the desert, I finally found a traveler's shop that was still open on the day I came, after all, the previous feint attack of the sorcerer was even wet with rain and dew, so now even if almost a month has passed, the city ban is still strict, most of the shops have closed their shops and gone back to farming, and few are still doing business now.

The front shop and the back factory, the front store and the day after tomorrow, this is the way of life of the vast majority of people in the province. Mu En wrapped all the remaining fifty maps in the store, but Mu En was not particularly relieved, because this kind of hand-drawn map is not to mention that there will be a difference between one store and another, that is, each map is not exactly the same, which will undoubtedly increase the difficulty of judgment.

Fortunately, practice makes perfect, and although there are still some discrepancies if you want to be strict about the details, it is still the same in general, especially in several famous scenic spots, and the drawing is excellent.

It's just that there's no way to buy maps from other stores, so there's no way to compare them, and if you want to get an official map, although the quality is guaranteed, it will definitely alarm the provincial side.

Mu En wanted to seek the help of the tower but finally gave up, after all, the commanders of the towers everywhere should actually be the lord's subordinates, and they should not act without permission.

At night, Mu En found a homestay to live, the living environment is not good, because the room is full of the smell of earth, the city is very strange, all the houses are built with loess, if it rains heavily, it is estimated that a layer can be washed off directly, but the environment is very good, the per capita share of greenery may be one of the best in the empire, the rows of trees spread out layer by layer, the road is very narrow, and the flower beds that have been planned are next to it.

Presumably, it used to be part of the next door, but now it has been revitalized with unremitting efforts.

Looking at the map, the nearest next door is three cities away from where Muen lives, but it is not too far, and it can be reached in half a day at most.

Mu En wrapped his description in a black veil and wore a very traditional headscarf for the aborigines of this area, as long as he didn't talk to anyone, he could hide the truth that he was not a local and was not very old.

Be careful when you do, after all, if a sorcerer dares to flee here, there may not be an evil lackey in the city who has not been corrupted in the body, but whose soul has already been corrupted.

In the abandoned church, the crows have already packed their things and began to prepare to leave one after another, all in the direction of the Dom Gobi, they take off the robe of the crow, which symbolizes their status, and plan to enter the territory of St. Paul in batches from all directions.

"Do you believe what he says?" asked one of the squad leaders.

"His analysis is very plausible and highly probable. And someone vouched for him, the ingredients are trustworthy. What we have to do is to produce results as quickly as possible, and if it is really according to what he said, then our people are completely sufficient, so that each of us will have a great credit. I'm old, I hope to have a peaceful life, it's not easy to live for so long, if I continue to wander the front line like this every day, the future is unknown. ”

"Do you want to exchange this exploit for an administrative position in the rear?"

"No...... I'm tired of being feared – when I was younger, I loved it and thought that everyone was afraid of me because I was strong. But then I realized that no one cared who I was, they only cared about the crowfeathers on our robes. I don't want to go on like this, I'm leaving this organization. ”

The squad leader was silent, because crows are notoriously easy to get in and out of, and although there are still many credits on the old man that have not been fulfilled, it may not be easy to get out of the way with this.

As if to alleviate the embarrassment, the old man invited the henchman squad leader to walk slowly for a while.

"Do you know why I let him take the lead first?"

"Why?" the team leader didn't know, but in his opinion, this kid shouldn't get involved.

"He reasoned a lot, and the success rate was extremely high. But he didn't figure out one thing. ”

"What is it?"

"That's why all the people who were taken away were the ministers, with the exception of his servants. ”

"You mean, those sorcerers are interested in him, and they want to take him away?"

"That's right, it's just a fishing hook. The sorcerers use the person he cares about as bait, so we use him as bait. When the time comes, we need to form a siege, and then let him find it on his own, he will definitely be discovered, and when the place takes him away, we will go over and destroy the other party in one fell swoop. ”

"But wouldn't that kid probably die too?"

"Who can't die in the chaos of the war? The only way to blame that side can only be blamed for his carelessness...... Besides, when did we, the adjudicators, be in charge of being the babysitter for the children?"

"There's one more thing, sir. If this is the case, in order not to startle the snake, will it be carried out without the knowledge of the various families?What will happen to those who are captured at that time?"

"As long as they are alive, they will all be taken away for interrogation, and if one is taken away, someone will be sent to collect money. If you don't give it, you can just find a reason to kill it, anyway, there are a lot of pickled things in the hands of these nobles. After that, the money was divided with the brothers except for the part to be handed over. The old man said as a matter of course.

"Your Excellency. ”

When he said this, it was actually quite explicit, but the old man suddenly changed his words and said: "Actually, it's not that I don't want to get the help of the major families, it's just that they are all nobles, and they may not understand the tactics and may not be able to obey the discipline, and entering the city will inevitably attract attention." That way, things get a lot more complicated. ”

"Your Excellency is thorough. ”

Mu En had already arrived at the edge of the desert the next day, and the horse he was riding had already gone on strike because it was not tolerant of the heat, so he had no choice but to temporarily exchange it for a camel that loved to spit on him.

Standing outside the city, the sunset dusk is already very vivid. As the crimson sun faded into an oval, Muen knew it was time to build a tent.

There is a kind of death insect in the desert, although the number is scarce, but there are countless people who believe in its existence, it is said that the body is like a divine pillar, can swallow several people, usually hidden under the sound of the sand to make a judgment on the sound of vibration and then suddenly attack.

However, he is also a lord who bullies the weak and fears the hard, and no pilgrim has ever heard of him witnessing it with his own eyes.

After resting for about two hours, Mu En woke up from his sleep, and then picked up a wooden stick and lit it in the embers to set out on the journey again, the desert is too hot during the day, so it is a good way to move forward at night, but if you don't bring torches, you will consume mana to maintain the body's functions, and if you encounter an emergency, there will be danger.

At this time, he hadn't figured out the joints of this attack, and naturally he didn't know that he had been used by the lord of that area.

In fact, the wisdom of teenagers should not be underestimated, and even on many issues, because their eclectic associative ability and exuberant energy can become a breakthrough for adults to think about problems. The so-called stones of other mountains can attack jade, and so it is.

But unfortunately, children of this size still have a lot of one-sidedness in their thinking, and they are easily confused by feelings, and they often have no way to integrate the whole picture of things, so they are especially easy to wait for the dark.

Mu En stopped, as if he suddenly felt something, and looked at the moon in the sky, which was not bright.

Behind him, there was a long shadow.