The Herb Hills are located in the northwest of the empire, from the imperial capital to the western city of Lancaster by a large teleportation circle, and then by carriage for most of the day, finally arrived here.

The so-called Herb Hills are not as simple as a few hills.

Rather, it is a general term for a particularly large hilly terrain in the western part of the empire.

The entire Heber Hills look relatively long and narrow from the map, stretching for thousands of miles, and at its widest point, it is only more than 600 kilometers.

In this vast area, due to the terrain, it is not suitable for cavalry combat, which leads to the lack of interest of the imperial royal family, coupled with the barren land and hilly terrain is not suitable for habitation, so it has always been relatively poor and sparsely populated.

Because of this, it has become a vast lawless area.

There are many thieves, horse thieves and other shady organizations that have made their homes here.

According to the information of the temple, although the cultists' base camp has not been found so far, they believe that the cultists' base camp must be hidden in this vast hill.

The temple offered a price of 100,000 gold coins to reward the location of the cultist's base camp. This bounty is the same as the bounty of Gadin, the strongest cultist in the world, known to be. But this task doesn't have to face the terrifying grandmaster-level powerhouse Dark Dean, and you don't even need to fight, you just need to know the location.

It looks very simple, but the actual difficulty is only God knows.

"What should I do?"

Lu Xiaoyun stepped out of the carriage, looked at the vast hilly terrain in front of him, and asked.

It's not impossible for the carriage to go on, but the mountain trail can be very difficult.

Moreover, cultists are different from the ants or undead they have encountered before, but they are real intelligent beings, so naturally they will not wander around the periphery of the hills, and they don't know where they are hiding in the hills.

The Heber Hills are so big that they can only explore a small area in a month, and searching for the entire Heber Hills is a great feat that they can't accomplish in their lifetimes.

Shangguan looked at the vast hills ahead, and then said, "Green-haired Lotte and the chairman will go to the forest to reconnoiter and see if there are any traces of monsters, and we will camp here first." ”

Lu Xiaoyun was stunned for a moment, and then nodded, this is a good way.

"Be sure to come back before dark~!" Shangguan admonished, and the three of them, Green Hair and Xiao Lotian, had already run quickly into the forest.

The profession that leather armor is proficient in is to run fast, and Lu Xiaoyun is slightly envious.

Set up a few tents, for the current Lu Xiaoyun and others, the simple ones couldn't be simpler, and within a few minutes, the three tents were set up.

President Shangguan has a tent.

Lou Brother Green Hair Lotte is a tent.

Lu Xiaoyun and Lin Shu have a tent.

After all, now that it's wide, there's no need for four people to squeeze into a tent, and the reason why it's not one person in a tent is just that it's not necessary.

"The presidents are estimated to be back in a while, so let's take a rest~! I'll make something to eat~! Shangguan chuckled, and as Lin Shu lit the bonfire, Shangguan also took a pot out.

As a chef with a professional title, pots and pans and other cooking utensils are indispensable, and all kinds of spices are also very complete. Even Shangguan carried a lot of various high-end ingredients.

Of course, this amount is enough for them to eat two meals with 7 mouths at most, and the rest can only be used locally, or compressed dry food.

The three most mobile people were all sent out, Shangguan was busy cooking, and the remaining three people gathered around the campfire with nothing to do, waiting for the delicious food to come out of the pot.

In the distance, there was a neighing of horses, and it seemed that a large group of men and horses were hurrying towards them.

Lu Xiaoyun frowned slightly, stood up, and looked into the distance. Lin Shu's figure on the side quietly disappeared into the shadows.

Shangguan's face was leisurely, and he didn't seem to care at all.

In this world, it doesn't have to be a knight or even an NPC to ride a horse on a large scale, and a large group of players can do it. But one thing is certain, that is, the power of the other side is definitely not small.

As the distance between the two sides continued to close, Lu Xiaoyun finally confirmed the identity of the other party.

The Raiders of the Temple.

The so-called crusade group is not a formed formation, but a temporary squad composed of temple members in an emergency.

The crusade group in front of him, about thirty or forty people, was not too large.

Since it is the crusading group of the temple, it is natural that it will not embarrass its own people. Lu Xiaoyun relaxed his heart a little and waited for them to leave.

The leader of the crowd seemed to be a well-known knight of the temple, and Lu Xiaoyun was actually a little impressed.

Lu Xiaoyun's eyes narrowed slightly, thinking about his message.

There are actually very few famous knights in the temple, not to mention the imperial royals who are based on knights, and even the Freedom Alliance, which is unique in the Sky Knights, can't compare.

By the way, speaking of the Sky Knights of the Freedom Alliance, the head of the regiment is Cleveland, which Lu Xiaoyun is familiar with.

the current leader of the Knights Templar, the Empress [Christina]; The darling of the Earth Goddess, the Earth Knight [El Senacoo]; It's not the same as the person in front of you.

"There is~!"

Lu Xiaoyun's eyes narrowed slightly, he knew who this person was~! It should be Knatal who is known as the Knight of the Sun.

Knight of the Sun?

Although the men and horses of the crusade group passed by Lu Xiaoyun's vicinity, some of them looked in Lu Xiaoyun's direction. For these adventurers from another world, many of them are actually very curious, but unfortunately they don't usually have many opportunities to come into contact with them.

Lu Xiaoyun's eyes narrowed slightly, and he began to think about why the crusading group of the temple entered the Heber Hills in front of him from here.

As the troops of the crusade group entered the hilly and mountainous areas in front of them non-stop, Lu Xiaoyun not only breathed a sigh of relief.

The sun had set, and there was still a hint of red glow in the sky, and the chairman and the others returned from the hills one after another.

Without any gain, they advanced a short distance in all directions of the hills, but among the hills, not to mention the traces of cultists, there were almost no traces of people. At present, a relatively large number of monsters have been found, but it is an ape of more than 50 levels, shuttling among the lush trees of the hills.

The crowd was not disappointed much, and it was a matter of course. After a rich dinner together, everyone decided to go into the hills together tomorrow to look for clues.

It was getting late, Lu Xiaoyun and the others rested for the night, and as soon as it was dawn, the group was ready to set off to find the traces of the legendary cultist.

With Xiao Lotte here, Lu Xiaoyun and the others have a very good vision, moving all the way, stopping and stopping, ignoring the other monsters around them, in their eyes, there are only traces of cultists.

After walking in the hills for most of the day, following behind Xiao Lotian, Lu Xiaoyun and the others finally found traces of human beings.

"This task is a loss~! Monsters are also too hard to find, no wonder there is an outrageous bounty of 10 gold coins per person. Walking on the mountain road with difficulty, it was as if his legs were no longer his own, Shangguan couldn't help but complain.

"If we follow the trail and keep going, we should be close to the location of those cultists." The green hair smiled helplessly and comforted Shangguan. He casually threw a trap behind him.

The corners of Lu Xiaoyun's mouth couldn't help twitching. In this world, the trap of green hair can last for days, which is outrageous. And what the green hair arranged just now is obviously a [Viper Trap].

It can be said that among the traps, the most despicable and insidious one.

This kind of littering practice of green hair is really against public morality.

Lu Xiaoyun couldn't say anything, so he could only pray that in the next time, no unlucky person would step on this trap.

"There is a figure~!" Xiao Lotian exclaimed, his eagle eye was probing in the distance, and at this time he found traces of humans.

Lu Xiaoyun and the others were in a state of spirit, and hurriedly leaned over.

Eagle Eye Technique is really an outrageous skill, and with Xiao Lotte's control, the other party's appearance, appearance, and even equipment are reflected in his mind.

I only heard him say: "It's a native of the mountains, a professional in his 40s, wearing leather armor, it should be a...

Dressed in leather armor, armed with an axe, and without a bow or arrow, it is not certain what profession it is for the time being. ”

Lu Xiaoyun was stunned, this set of equipment is also strange enough.

Then I heard the green fur say: "It should be a variant class of the archer class, hunter~!" ”

Mutant classes?

Lu Xiaoyun looked at the green hair in confusion. The green hair said helplessly: "The variant profession of the archer includes not only hunters, but also rangers, etc. In other professions, there are many such cases. Although it is still a profession on the whole, it is not a profession that can be switched from one job to another, and there are special differences. ”

That's it~!

Lu Xiaoyun frowned slightly, hunter?

Shangguan was not very interested in these, but proposed: "In this kind of place, how can there be any serious people~!" Even if he's not a cultist, he's a horse bandit or something, so let's go catch him first and ask about the situation on this hill. ”

After a little hesitation, everyone agreed with Shangguan's opinion and touched it all the way forward.

With Xiao Lotte there, the other party had no possibility of escaping at all, and it didn't take long for Lu Xiaoyun and his party to rush over and surround him.

"You—" The guy was stunned for a moment, then his face changed, and he turned around and wanted to run. But then he was caught back by Lu Xiaoyun.

They didn't let anyone else make a move, and once they entered battle mode, they didn't have a serious attack. Lu Xiaoyun pinned him to the ground and asked, "Who are you?" ”

I don't know who I am, you guys caught me doing?

The guy who fell to the ground secretly complained, but looking at the ill-intentioned people, he could only say: "I am a member of the [Rattlesnake Thieves] in this group of mountains, you dare to touch me, but you have to think about it." ”

Rattlesnake thieves?

Of course, Lu Xiaoyun and the others have never heard of it, but judging by this guy's tone, it should be quite large.

Lu Xiaoyun frowned, he was actually not very interested in these thieves, the purpose of this trip was mainly for the cultists, and a large-scale thief group was not something they could do with just a few people.

This group of thieves who suddenly appeared made things seem to be complicated, and Lu Xiaoyun and the others couldn't help but look at each other.