Unfortunately, the comfortable journey didn't last long.

Thirteen days after the group entered the desert, they finally saw the sign of entering Carrickse, after climbing over a sand dune.

It was an incomparably large skeleton.

In the mouths of many foreign adventurers, Carricksee is also known as ...... "Sea of Bones".

In this vast desert, there are huge skeletons scattered in many places, and thousands of years later, the huge ribs in these bones are still slanted to the sky, and the shadow cast by each rib is enough to cover the entire team.

On a sand dune under a rib, Jayer leaned on a pergola to look south, and in the middle of the group, Jax reached out and gently stroked the massive corpse.

In this world, for most people, these bones should be considered a kind of relic, and Jax is one of the few people who knows their origins.

The bones belonged to the Celestial warriors.

Even one of them was killed by himself and his warriors - of all of them, only Jax's bronze axe blade was able to break through the defenses of the Celestial warriors, and with the cooperation of the soldiers, Jax completed the decapitation blow.

That was the greatest glory of Jax's life so far.

A palpitation came, and Jax sat down on the hot sand dunes with his ribs on his ribs—the sight of these bones made him feel a little unavoidable, and this touch made the void lurking in him stir.

Jax didn't think much about it, but silently calmed down, he needed to calm himself down - after a long time, even Jayer had already planned his route for the next period of time, and Jax finally let out a long breath.

"Whew-"

"How?" At this time, Rod, who had been silently watching him, leaned over, "You're okay - it looks like the corpses of these big guys make you a little uncomfortable." ”

"There's no way around it." Jax's tone was full of helplessness, "There are some things I can't recall directly, and those will attract the attention of the Void - and I accidentally remembered something just now." ”

"Understandable." Rhodes nodded, "The Celestial Warriors are really a bunch of guys who can't talk about it. ”

"......" Jax was a little overwhelmed when he heard this, so he could only change the subject stiffly, "You mentioned Aatrox, in Freljord—does he have bones too?" ”

"Nope." Rhodes sighed with some emotion, "Aatrox is not a Celestial Warrior, but a Dark Spawn, he has no body, and his soul is completely annihilated when he fights against the Void, and that magic sword is directly shattered after completing a crucial blow. ”

"No, he's not a Darkspawn." Jax shook his head when he heard this, "He is a Celestial Warrior, a true Celestial Warrior - all the Celestial Warriors who chose to go deep underground after that battle are true Celestial Warriors. ”

"How?" Rod blinked, "You seem to be gradually letting go of hatred?" ”

“…… Yes. Jax didn't shy away from the question, "Although my family has been loyal to King Acacia for generations, Acacia is long dead, and I have no position to criticize those who sacrifice themselves to stop the Void in any way. ”

"Even if they once conquered Acacia?" Rod's words became a little sharper, "Even if this conquest brings ultimate destruction?" ”

"Yes." Surprisingly, Jax didn't have the slightest sense of anger, "It took me so many years to finally get out of the anger and guilt, I know very well the cause and effect of the whole incident, although I am a centurion and a weapon master, but in that war, I am just a chess piece, and after the chess game has been laid out, the chess piece has no room to speak." ”

Hearing Jax say this, Rod grinned noncommittally - maybe it was because of the erosion of the void, maybe it was really because he really saw it, Jax was unusually calm when he revisited his hometown, and he knew that in this case, he might not need to hire a guide, just ask Jax to lead the way......

I'm still worried about his mentality!

……………………

After Rod and Jax ended their conversation, the group finally officially entered Carrickse, led by Jaye.

"Sai" in the Rai language refers to a plain of sand and gravel, which makes people walk slowly and painfully - as a frequent guide in Carrickse, Jayer's feet have thick calluses, and the first time he walked this route, he used a knife to pick up all the blisters, and let the rough gravel grind the tender flesh in the blisters on the soles of his feet, which sounds cruel and seems even more cruel, but it is the basic condition for Jaye to be a guide and raise a group of orphans.

(This technique is known locally as "open foot", and only those who have opened their feet will be able to walk silently on Carricksey.) ）

Bidding farewell to the massive skeleton, the group followed Jaye and began to head south—and as they made their way south, it was obvious to everyone that the terrain had changed.

More barren, more desolate.

If you hadn't been to Carrickseh in person, who would have believed that there was a more inhospitable existence in this world than the desert?

The gravel on the ground appears to be only a thin layer, and underneath the gravel is the cemented structure of the material that is difficult to describe - although it looks like soil from the particles, the pale gray color makes it immediately noticeable that it is barren.

"Here, Carrickse." Walking at the front of the line, Jaya looked around as he briefly introduced the place, "Shurima, the most dangerous, area, there is Axey. ”

Axe?

Except for Rod and Jax, everyone was more or less interested—they hadn't heard of the name of the Axworm.

"A terrible bug, blind, with sensitive ears, burrowing, and no trace to be found."

A few simple words, and everyone quickly understood what he meant—sounded like a very powerful predator?

After the hunting ritual of the rainforest, the group had long since stopped seeing predators as a huge threat, and everyone looked confident when Jaye said this.

Feeling the confidence of everyone, Jaya blinked and suddenly turned towards the east.

After climbing over two sand dunes, Jaye quickly found what he was looking for - in the distance, he began to wave Rod and the others.

"That's it, we, careful, vigilant, stuff."

The people followed the sound to Jayer, and when they came around to look, they saw only a black hole open in the ground.

This is...... The wormhole of the Axi.