Chapter 21: The Valley of the Beast Soul (4)
In the light of the setting sun, Rhaeggar's body turned into a blurry shadow, flying towards the entrance of the valley at a speed that was difficult to see with the naked eye, and about a dozen meters behind him, a group of shining points of light were chasing after him at twice his speed.
These tiny creatures, known as the Golden Worms, are one of the most fearsome beings in the valley after Canorat, each one-third the size of an ant, but they have speeds that most creatures can't match, and their glittering bodies are stronger than diamonds, and they penetrate even the most powerful siege crossbows at high speeds.
But that's not the most frightening thing about them, the substance that makes the little bug's body glow is actually a much smaller creature parasitic on them, capable of corrupting almost all energy except divine power, and mage's shields and magic shields are useless in front of them. After entering the living organism's body, they will multiply hundreds of millions of times in a matter of seconds, and at the same time use everything in the host body as food, which makes the damage caused by the golden bug after shooting through its prey infinitely multiplied. Normally, two seconds after a golden bug shoots through a bison, the poor prey is turned into an empty shell by the parasites on the former's body. With such lethality, coupled with at least tens of millions, encountering a swarm of golden bugs is tantamount to a terrifying nightmare for anyone.
As time passed, the distance between the Golden Worm and Rhaegar grew closer, and more monsters had arrived behind them, but out of fear of the Golden Bug, they did not participate in the chase, nor did they rush to shoot their own magic at Rhaegar - these magic could hurt the Golden Bug that was chasing, and these little bugs were undoubtedly a group of small-minded and vindictive creatures.
When Rhaegar was still a few dozen meters away from the entrance of the valley, the golden bugs flying with all their strength finally caught up with their prey, and these small bugs automatically divided into several teams, surrounding Rhaegar from above and around, and the next moment, the bugs suddenly accelerated and charged towards the geist.
Without warning, a wind capable of toppling the boulder appeared around Rhaeggar, the whirling hurricane spreading out at an alarming speed, and the small bugs that were about to pierce through the opponent's body were like small fishing boats on the furious sea in the wind, and the only thing they could do in the face of the overwhelming force was to fly in all directions with the tossy current.
These golden bugs may be invincible to others, but in the eyes of Rhaegar, who was once the god of judgment, the creature was as flawed as its strength, and if it weren't for the fact that he had used these bugs as a shield to stop the attacks of other monsters, he would have gotten rid of them long ago.
Weight, this is the biggest flaw of the golden bug, even though they have ten times the density of the same size of creatures, their weight is still only equivalent to a small insect, this weight gives them dexterous mobility and superhuman speed, but at the same time, it also makes their resistance to the wind to a minimum, under the hurricane created by Rhaegar with all his strength, the golden bugs have no power to resist.
The howling wind lasted less than five seconds, and before the monsters who had watched the Golden Worm so easily come to their senses in shock, Rhaegar had already broken away from the whirlwind of his own making, and had left the treacherous valley through the exit.
In the distance, on the grassland, the man in black who had always connected his mind to the Messenger Eagle opened his eyes as Rhaegar fled, "He's out of that valley," he said to the mage, "and in a much shorter time than we expected." ”
As an ordinary bird of prey with the thin blood of demonic beasts flowing through its body, the Shinying could not stay long in a valley full of fearsome predators, and any of the demonic beasts there could easily turn it into food, and after introducing Rhaegar, it quickly flew away from there, monitoring the situation below from a high altitude away from the range of the captivity. However, the Divine Barrier prevented it from seeing clearly what was going on in the valley, and the Beacon was ignorant of what was happening before the target left the valley - if it could pass on the spirit's performance in the valley to its master, the watchmen would undoubtedly give Rhaegar a higher rating, and would likely change their arrangements.
The man in black hesitated, "Are we going to continue with the original plan?" he asked, "Obviously, his strength is beyond our imagination. ”
The mage was silent for a moment, then nodded firmly, "Except for the archmage, no one can come out of the Beast Soul Valley unscathed, that mage may be powerful, but his age determines that he can't become an archmage," he gave the order to the man in black, "According to the original plan, we must hurry, the customer is already urging." ”
Anyone who has not been to the western steppes can never imagine how vast it is, and although the eastern countries are at least twice as large in size, the land divided into countless pieces by mountains and rivers cannot be compared with the unifying steppes in terms of the impact on human sensations. Although he had already learned a lot about the Western Grasslands from books, it wasn't until he was there that Rhaegar really felt how vast its area was—after leaving the Beast Soul Valley, he followed the letter eagle and flew non-stop, and by now, they had crossed a distance of at least a thousand kilometers, but what appeared in front of him was an endless sea of grass.
However, in Rhaeggar's opinion, such a chase would not last much longer: after flying at full speed for so long without sleep, the speed of the messenger eagle slowed down significantly, and judging by its crooked posture, it might have fallen from the sky if it were not supported by some kind of belief.
Ten minutes later, the exhausted eagle finally exhausted the last of its strength, and with a long chirp, the loyal eagle fell headlong from the sky and fell heavily on the grass below.
The death of the eagle did not surprise Rhaegar as he believed that the eagle had two main functions: to lead him into a pre-set ambush and to use the flight to drain his mana. Now, after it has fulfilled its mission, if its owner is not ready to show up, there will be other companions to take over its work.
Rhaegar slowly descended from the sky and sat on the soft grass, waiting for the next Hawk to arrive.
The geist's guess was correct, and five minutes later, a second eagle landed beside him, accompanied by another text message strapped to his leg.
"I'm glad you were able to come out of the Beast Soul Valley alive, that proves that you have enough strength to play this game with me. Now go all the way north from where you are, and you will come across a nomadic tribe's camp, and by any means, I want you to destroy the totem in the center of that camp. Don't play tricks, Shin Eagle will pass on any of your actions back to me, and your companion's life depends on your actions. ”
Rhaegar sighed heavily, he knew that this was another trap set by the other party, and he had no doubt that his actions would provoke the most violent counterattack - no uncivilized tribe would allow others to insult their worshipped totems, and anyone who tried to do so would become an undying enemy of the entire tribe.
However, he had no other choice, as the letter stated that the lives of his companions depended entirely on his current actions, and if he refused to do what they were told, then his opponents would consider Heim and the others to be safe enough to restrain him, in other words, they were no longer of use, and that would undoubtedly prompt the ruthless Assassins to treat them like other worthless captives.
A chilling light flickered in Rhaeggar's eyes - even as a god of judgment, he was by no means a person who cherished the lives of innocents, and if he needed to, he could destroy the entire space without mercy, and as a wanderer, Rhaegar would not show mercy to the herdsmen of the tribe in front of him because they had nothing to do with him. In a split second, he had already made up his mind that he wouldn't mind killing everyone who stood in his way if he encountered any obstacles in his action. With this determination, the geist's body slowly rose into the air, and then flew in the direction indicated on the text message.
In the early morning, under the rising morning light, the dew on the blades of grass is like the most beautiful pearl, between the endless sea of grass, unknown wildflowers bloom to their heart's content, colorful colors are dotted on the green background, like the stars in the night sky, the warm morning breeze gently blows through the vast grassland, bringing bursts of earthy flavor, refreshing aroma... As with countless other days, it was another pleasant and hopeful morning for the people of the Pegasus Tribe.
"What's that?" said a herdsman, who was driving his flock out of the camp, curiously looking at the sky in the distance, to his companion.
"It's just a bird," said his companion, "maybe it's lost, maybe it's foraging." "It's too big to threaten our flock, and it looks like we're going to have a good dinner." ”
As a nomadic people, riding and archery is a skill that these people must master, in this world, if there is anyone who can compete with elves in archery, these people who have been exposed to bows and arrows since birth are undoubtedly one of them, for the big bird they think, the herdsman is not worried, he believes that under his own arrows, even the fiercest birds of prey on the grassland will not escape their lives.
However, the moment he pulled the bowstring and was about to shoot the long arrow, the confident archer suddenly froze, he slowly released the bowstring, opened his mouth wide, and looked in amazement at the figure that was flying closer and closer in front of him—it was a human in a robe, he was floating high in the sky, flying faster than the fastest bird.
Ask for a leave of absence with everyone in advance, and be on duty tomorrow, one day and one night, so there is no way to update, please forgive me.