Pasha stared at the purple starry sky, and beneath it was a vast expanse of the earth, as far as the eye could see, silver and white. The moonlight casts a cold silver glow on the sea of sand, hence the name of this ancient desert.

Under the western sky, there was the city, Idus, as the Stanians had long called it. After traversing the vast Silver-Sand Desert, the first thing the merchants saw was the red wall of Idus, like a lighthouse on a sea of sand.

Hence the name 'Red Sand Cliff', which in the Istanyan language means Idus.

But that was a hundred years ago, and today the city has long since been reduced to ruins by the wind and sand, and the walls are broken and ruined, and gradually turned into gravel. After about eight o'clock, the ruins lit up with fire after fire, which was still clearly visible in the direction of the cliff.

Pasha saw a few bits of starlight coming from the west—the Istanians generally had unusual eyesight—and the starlight grew larger and larger, until at last it turned into a few golden rays that fell into the hands of the gentle, young leader.

"How?" He heard the chubby warrior with a shield on his back ask.

"There are layers of defenses inside, and there are a few places where skilled magicians are guarding, and even my clockwork goblin can't easily enter. There are more Blood Shark Air Thieves than we thought, but I haven't seen anyone from the Dragon Fire Guild for the time being, and I don't know if the Dragon Worship Cultists are also inside," Fang Yu turned around and replied to Luo Hao and Red who accompanied him, "But those people didn't lie to us, the Blood Shark Air Thieves did dig something in the city, and those few bright lights were exactly what they forced the laborers to dig overnight." It's just that those places are heavily defended, and I can only look at them from afar......"

"What's going on in the middle of the square?"

Fang Yu shook his head: "The direction in the center of the square is too far, and I can't fly a clockwork goblin, and there is no fire over there, it is pitch black." ”

"So what do you think will be there, Eddard?" The big cat man suddenly asked, "Nicol Bolas?" ”

Fang Yu thought for a moment and nodded, he did think so. If there is anything that will change on the side of Idus after the Van Rik incident half a month ago, so that the Blood Shark Air Pirates need to block the news, then the only possible one seems to be the injured Nicol Bolas.

"Soon after Van Rik's accident, something changed there, and it may have been just right in terms of timing," the big cat man smacked, "but the truth often lurks beneath the surface, Ed." ”

"Mr. Red, what do you mean by that?"

"Ostensibly admirers of the Cult of the Dragons and Nicol Bolas, but is that really what you saw in Doriffin, doesn't it seem to be so, Ed?"

Fang Yu couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

"Sir Dickt told me about something," Red continued, "when you first met Nicol Bolas in the square in the illusion, the Ryonists ordered him with the Ring of Golden Flame. ”

"But the Ring of Golden Flame is a fake."

"Yes, it's fake, so Nicol Bolas was furious and killed him. It's not like the relationship between the worshipper and the worshipped, Ed. The big cat man narrowed his eyes.

"But it's also possible that Nicol Bolas has a part of Lady Misu's soul, the last ...... of Doriffin's Vision"

"But that's Nicol Bolas, too, and if she's suspicious of the Dragon-worshippers, how could she go to them when she's so badly wounded?"

Fang Yu was silent for a moment. The contradiction between the Byronists and Nicol Bolas, he did feel.

Dragon-worshippers plotted everywhere to revive the dark dragon's former power, but Nicol Bolas seemed to be somewhat dismissive of its followers.

It neither actively contacts nor cooperates with its own believers. The Dragon-worshippers must have known that the wounded Nicol Bolas had been dormant in the Traveler's Swamp, but had never been seen in front of his followers until then.

Even after the Dragon-worshippers' conspiracy in the Traveler's Rest, the first thing Nicol Bolas did to regain the power of the dragon's horns was to take revenge on the nearest human with rage:

A fire burned Charter City—

But while this is in danger, it also makes most of the Cowlin-Ishurian people understand that the Dragon Witch is back.

Fang Yu carefully inquired about the details of Momiji's siege of Charter City. The destruction of Charter City had only one immediate result - to make Kaurin-Ishurian react quickly and to bring together armies of humans and dwarves in the north.

And the Artisans of Elpahim will also find Mazak, the inheritor of another dragon slayer. After all, today is no longer the time when the giants are at war, and a dark dragon can overwhelm the entire human world.

Of the five dragon slaying swords, Moya no longer exists, but at least three of them are still alive with their heirs.

Among them was Galatea, who had wounded it once.

Not to mention that there are still Electors. Momiji: They were selected by the military to join that battle. The military's promise of giving each participating guild a slot to the Second World would be enough for most guilds to join.

And against the dark dragon, the military has every reason to end up in person.

In the face of these converging forces, the strength of the dragon worshippers on the bright side is not worth mentioning at all. What's more, this incident even caused the prime minister's party to temporarily relax the pressure on the south, which put the south in a temporary state of calm.

It can be said that Nicol Bolas is a cruel pit to his own believers.

In fact, if it understood the painstaking efforts of the Cult of the Dragons, it should first lie dormant and downplay the effects of the Traveler's Recreation event.

In addition, with the Dragon Cultists, he took back most of the power of his Dragon Golden Pupil in Dorifin. Instead of causing this part of the power to fall into Fang Yu's hands, now it has become Nini.

But it didn't.

Nicol Bolas's performance was a far cry from Fang Yuan's impression of the sinister and cunning 'Dragon Witch'.

The duchess, who was known as Elte, had controlled King Kaulin for ten years with the cooperation of the high-ranking of the Worship Dragon Cult.

In the end, it was only through the joint efforts of Shuyod and Karatu that he was found out of his true face, and finally died in the ashes of the mountains.

However, Fang Yu suddenly remembered something. Nicol Bolas seems to have a criminal record-

He looked up at the ruins of the city beneath the cliff in the distance.

Idus, that was Nicol Bolas's first masterpiece. The first time she turned into a dragon, she completely destroyed the city, even the dragon town where she was born.

She vanished after that, until the Duchess she had incarnated was recognized. It was a twelve-year dark period for Kaulin-Ishurian, but not many people know about it today.

Which is the rage, Nicol Bolas, or the cunning Dragon Witch, the real one?

Of the Nicol Bolas Fang Ou himself had seen, it seemed that the first form was a little more. He'd seen another form of it, and it could have been Ms. Misu.

But behind Ms. Misu's figure, is there another Nicol Bolas?

He subconsciously thought of the fragmented scenes he had seen in the illusion, the noisy, hallucinatory disputes.

He took a breath before he came to his senses. There are so many riddles about Nicol Bolas, but there are also many about the Cult of the Dragons.

About the Dragon Fire Guild, about the Star Gate itself, and the Blood Shark Sky Pirates in front of them.

And their wishful thinking, and what role Torragtos played in it, is it really dead?

And then there's Rollin, the mysterious Elector who disappeared completely after the Van Rik incident.

The other party was a good person in Lynn's mouth, and Lynn also begged him to save the other party from the hands of the Worship Dragon Sect if he had the opportunity.

But what did he save - a good person, why did he join the Dragon Worship Sect? The other side will not be unclear about how many innocent people were killed in the Van Rik incident.

Lynn didn't think about the relationship clearly, but he saw it clearly.

Finally, there is the matter of Du Lun, whether Enan's brother is true or not, they still haven't figured it out. So far, the other party doesn't seem to have behaved abnormally.

In this attack, the other party was neither involved nor played any role, acting as if he was an outsider. But being an outsider is even more confusing.

The scene in the wind and snow at that time could not be said to be Sophie's hallucination. What's more, the same hallucination, Attila and Sky Blue have also encountered.

And the owner of that armor, Sir Dickt, had already found out that he was the cousin of the great mage Karatu a hundred years ago, and a friend of the dragon-slaying hero Thuyod.

As for the identity of the other party in this conspiracy, it is still a mystery so far.

So many puzzles, all brought together here, they are uniquely related. It seems that there is only one dragon witch.

What happened a hundred years ago, or was it just as simple as the official record? The deeper he went, the more Fang Yu felt the fog in it.

And the truth hidden in the fog, the more he pursued, the more confused he became.

Thinking of that armor, Fang Ou remembered Sir Dickett. From the confessions of the air thieves, it seems that they have not heard of such a person. But counting the time, Dictor should have arrived at Idus much earlier than they did. As for where the other party is at the moment, it is still a mystery.

"That's true," Fang Yu nodded, "Actually, I also have some doubts in my heart, if Nicol Bolas really came to Idus, the people of the Elffindor Council would not be unaware. ”

But he added, "But if it weren't for Nicol Bolas, I can't think of anything there." ”

When Rhett heard this, he said, "If you go and see for yourself, you'll know." ”

Hearing this, Fang Yu looked at the lion man with some surprise.

Red noticed his gaze and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Did Mr. Red notice something?"

"Not really," Red smiled chally, "but sometimes when the intelligence isn't enough to support your judgment, you might as well come closer." ”

"Mr. Rhett mean, let's go into town and have a look?" This coincides with Fang Yuan's own thoughts.

The lionman nodded: "And I haven't seen that person in years, I want to confirm something by the way." ”

Fang Yu couldn't help but be stunned, looked at the former and asked, "If Mr. Red meets that person......

"Don't worry, Ed," the lionman narrowed his silver eyes, "I'll obey the team first." ”

"No, that's not what I meant," Fang Yu shook his head, "I'm just a little curious. ”

"Curious?" Red laughed, "There's nothing to be curious about, it's just the story of an old-fashioned betrayer." But I don't really care if he's a traitor or not, it's just that I need an answer because of some questions. ”

He looked at Fang Yuan: "Do you understand, little one?" ”

Fang Yu shook his head.

"It's okay if you don't understand, when you become a real man one day, you'll understand."

The big cat man looked up at the sky, and the purple night sky shone with the stars that the wilderness people of Rotao worshipped. But in their ancient legends, everyone has only one guardian star that belongs to him.

He never told anyone what his star was.

"I killed him four times, and he never said anything, I think he was going to take that answer to the grave."

The big cat man muttered to himself, regardless of whether the two on the side could understand it or not.

Fang Yu and Luo Hao really didn't understand, and only looked at each other.

But the big cat man had already turned back and said to the two, "If the reconnaissance is almost complete, go back, the night is still very long." ”

Fang Yu could only nod.

He asked Pasha to put away his things and prepare to leave. As the three of them talked, Pasha stayed far away by himself, and Fang asked him if he would be bored, and the little boy shook his head.

When the four returned to the camp, Bunigu heard that the men had a plan for the night, so he ran to find them.

The chubby merchant looked at Fang Yu with a little anticipation and asked, "Are you adventurers sent by the king?" ”

Fang Yu shook his head, what do they have to do with the king?

"Then you accepted the commission of the Adventurer's Guild to trouble those Blood Shark Sky Pirates?"

"Not really."

"Then you have to take care of this side of things, or what are you doing in Idus?" Bunigu was in a hurry.

Fang Yu looked at him with some surprise and asked, "Who told you that we were going to infiltrate Idus?" ”

"That Paparal in your team," Bunigu hurriedly added, "Mr. Commander, you can't try to trick me, I paid for the information I bought from him!" ”

Fang Yu immediately glanced in that direction and narrowed his eyes dangerously.

The desert night temperature dropped quickly, and Parker was sitting around the campfire, shivering.

Fang Yu made up his mind to tell this guy to remember the lesson for a while—he was going to tell Attila about it—but for now, he was too embarrassed to deny it unilaterally, so he had to say vaguely:

"There's that idea, but we're not necessarily going to dive in. The Blood Shark Air Pirate is very well defended, and we plan to step on the spot first. ”

Bunigu didn't listen to Tagou's words at all, and only asked eagerly: "Mr. Commander, can you take me one?" ”

Fang Yu looked at him in surprise - what are you doing to join in the fun?

Only then did Bunigu realize that he had said something wrong, and quickly changed his words: "No, I mean, I can let you go." ”

"But we don't need to let people go."

"But I can take you safely into the city, Mr. Commander, and rest assured that I will not get in your way. I'll wait for you back in the secret passages—"

Fang Yu reacted suddenly, staring at the chubby guy: "Secret Passage? ”

"Yes, the secret passage," replied Bunicus hastily, "there is a great underground passage under Idus, and my ancestors have been ...... The merchant is very aware of these secret passages...... Now, many years have passed, but I may be able to identify some of them from the records in my memory. ”

He said a little hesitantly, and Fang Yu suddenly reacted, the so-called ancestors have been merchants for generations, but they are afraid that they are smugglers, otherwise how can they know these things.

Although the smugglers themselves are only trying to escape the heavy local taxes of the Kaulin Kingdom, most of these people are not good goods themselves, and they are basically inseparable from the words robber and bandit.

The ancestor is such a 'glorious' profession, no wonder the other party is difficult to speak. However, Fang Yu didn't care much about this, and only asked:

"What you said is true?"

Bunigu nodded hurriedly.

"What are you doing this for?" Fang Yu asked again.

But he soon understood what the other party was trying to do—

After listening to the other party's description, Fang Yu looked at the other party a little incredulously: "You mean let us go and help you find your goods?" ”

He almost wanted to walk away on the spot. In fact, it is not that he does not have a way to enter Idus, and the reason why he agreed to the other party is only because he has other ideas about the 'secret passage' in the other party's mouth.

But the other party's request is also too outrageous, let them help find his goods? Not to mention how much cargo a caravan has, whether they can bring it out or not, it is a fantasy to find his goods in the great Idus.

Fortunately, Bunigu's next words dispelled his doubts: "Mr. Commander, I am definitely not a fan of money...... Of course, I am aware of the risks. I—I'm not going to ask you to bring those goods out, I'm just hoping that you can help me find something. ”

"One thing?" Fang Plover looked at this person suspiciously.

"That's my heirloom, it's a ring," Bunigu said as he took out a ring and handed it to him, "This ring can sense the presence of that ring, and everything else can be thrown away, but this ring is my family's inheritance to me, and it must not be lost in this place...... If it weren't for the fact that there was no way, I wouldn't have bothered you......"

"If you can find my goods, you can pick up everything but this ring...... Just think of it as my advance," replied Bunigu, a little embarrassed, "I'm sorry, but that's all I have at hand now." ”

If it was just looking for a ring and it could be located, Fang Yu thought about it for a while and felt that it was not unacceptable. But to be on the safe side, he still mentioned in advance: "We can only promise to do our best-"

But even so, Bunigu still seemed a little overjoyed, and hurriedly nodded his head again and again.

Although Fang Yu faintly felt that there was something strange in this, he was relieved to think that the other party had been patiently escorted to this place by the Blood Shark Air Thieves, and had not gone to the Temple of Lady Roman to be resurrected.

He didn't think too much about it, after all, there were more things to prepare, such as selecting people-

After all, the next infiltration plan was only to investigate what truth the Blood Shark Sky Pirate was hiding in Idus, so Fang Yu didn't plan to take everyone to the other party's trouble in a big way.

Among the people of the Nanami Brigade, the spellcasters who are not good at stealth operations naturally have to be eliminated first. Coupled with the front-row melee combat, the rest of the people actually infiltrated the duo - Alyssa and Parker.

Plus Miss Elf, a druid part-time hunter who is also good at infiltrating.

Coupled with the big cat man, Baggins and Sylvid, who complements Parker and is in charge of drawing, are all the candidates selected by Fang Yu to infiltrate the team.

Originally, the new ranger Ai Xiaoxiao was also very suitable for such a task, but because her level was too low, she could only be excluded.

This also made Ai Xiaoxiao quite disappointed.

Before the moon had fully risen, Bunigu had led the people to a valley north of Idus. The towering cliff was completely cut off from the moonlight in this direction, and he looked at the bare cliff that was pitch black, and then turned back and said to the people:

"The entrance to one of the passages should be around here, if it still exists...... After all, my family hasn't been here in years. ”

"I understand, you should find that entrance first." Fang Yu looked around and replied.

Bunigu paused at this point and asked a little hesitantly:

"Mr. Commander, then about my request."

……