Chapter 745: Contact of the Third Kind
Riding on the horse, the sheriff looked proudly at the convoy of nearly 100 people in front of him, who drove the carriage and rode the war horse towards the depths of the wilderness.
"Hey, sheriff."
Just as the man was about to go back and count the numbers, an old man came to him on horseback not far away. Seeing the old man, the sheriff couldn't help laughing.
"Old fellow, I really didn't expect you to come too?"
"Of course, this is what the lord has told me a thousand times, how can I not come?"
Hearing the sheriff's words, the old man smiled and patted the "pioneer badge" on his chest.
"To be honest, when I heard that the poisonous fog on the canyon in the north had dissipated, I didn't even think I was hallucinating......... I said, are we really going to open up a new territory? β
"Of course, that's why we're here."
The sheriff nodded vigorously at the old man's inquiry, and then he reached out and took his pipe from his bosom and put it to his mouth.
"We haven't expanded our territory for many years, and if it weren't for this accident, I'm afraid in a few years, the place would not be enough to live in."
"yes........."
Faced with the sheriff's complaints, the old man also sighed. The Western Continent is vast, but many places are dry wilderness, with no rivers or lakes. There is no way to live in such a place, let alone grow crops. Even if it is used for grazing, it will starve the livestock to death and die of thirst.
And after so many years, most of the resource-fertile areas have been basically firmly controlled by the nobles and merchants of the Flame Nation. Ordinary people like them want to change their destiny in one step, and they can only look forward to the discovery of "unexplored land".
I don't know if it's luck or misfortune, just a few days ago, the patrols who went out found that the chaotic poisonous fog shrouded near the northern canyon began to dissipate, and it was precisely because of this news that their lord gritted his teeth and integrated a team and went to the northland canyon to see the situation. If it's really been converted into "unexplored land", then they will take it immediately!
Most of the team this time are soldiers from the territory, and some professionals. They are tasked with occupying vantage points in unexplored lands, clearing them of remaining magical beasts, and figuring out what resources the unexplored lands holdβββ and while the lands of chaos are suffocating, when chaos recedes, the wealth and treasures they leave to humanity are mouth-watering.
Plants with magical powers, springs that can live forever, and spiritual crystals that contain great power......... All of this can happen in the "unexplored land". And as long as they can obtain these, then they will be able to ascend to heaven in one step, and have endless glory and wealth and high status, money, wealth, women, land, and estates. Everything they can think of, they can get!
Then the next thing you have to do is climb over this hill and you're almost there.........
"Dada......... Dada........."
At this moment, the sheriff saw a cavalry galloping towards him not far in front of him, and seeing this scene, the sheriff's face couldn't help but change slightly. The cavalryman, if as expected, should have been a scout sent to the front to observe the situation......... Could it be that something happened?
"Great, sir!!"
At this moment, I saw that the scout was also riding a horse, and came to the sheriff quickly. He hurriedly bowed, and then spoke.
"It's not good!"
"What's wrong?"
"I've found unexplored ground...... But there is something strange that looks there, and there are ......... I saw the banner of the Iron Shield family! β
"Those damn thieves!"
Hearing the scout's report, the sheriff's face also sank, although this unexplored land was the closest to his lord's territory, but no one stipulated that only neighboring families were qualified to develop it. On the contrary, every development of unexplored land is accompanied by bloody battles and scrambles, after all, it is definitely not a good thing to let your enemies occupy the territory near you.
Not to mention, the Iron Shield family and their own lords are mortal enemies!
"Quick, everyone keep up!!"
At this moment, the sheriff no longer hesitated, he hurriedly took the flag next to him and held it high, and then waved his horsewhip vigorously, and galloped forward. Watching the sheriff leave, the other soldiers also hurried behind the sheriff and rushed forward.
"Damn......... That filthy flag!! β
Just as the sheriff rode over the hillside, he immediately saw another group of cavalry not far away, led by the captain of the cavalry, holding a flag with a red background and an iron shield in his hand, galloping forward. The other party also seemed to be aware of the sheriff's presence, and saw the cavalry captain turn his head to look this way, and then speed up again.
"Bastard!!"
Seeing this, the sheriff also waved his horsewhip and hurriedly rushed down, and at the same time, he also raised the banner with a blue background and a sword in his handβββ which was the family coat of arms of the lord he was loyal to!
Be sure to get into the unexplored land before those damn mongrels!!
There are no hard and fast rules about the development of unexplored land in the Flame Nation, but for such contenders, whoever sets foot on unexplored land first obviously indicates who is superior, and can also severely damage the morale of the other party. This has nothing to do with interests, it is completely the face and glory of the family!
The cavalry of the Iron Shield Family and the Sword Family were almost in unison, and although they didn't discuss it at all, it was clear that they had already determined who would set foot on that land first, and who would win!
But......... Why is this "unexplored land" purple?
The closer he got to the "unexplored land", the more strange the sheriff became, he already saw that the land was completely different from the unexplored land he had imagined. If he remembered correctly, the land used to be shrouded in a chaotic poisonous fog, full of bottomless quagmire and swamps, but now......... Why does the ground look like it's covered in purple stuff? So what is it exactly?
Could it be that this is the "specialty" of this unexplored land?
The question flashed through the sheriff's mind, but he didn't have time to think about it. Because now he and the other party's cavalry captain are almost in unison, leaving everyone else behind. It can be said that now is the battle between himself and the other party, as long as he can set foot on this land earlier than him, then ......... Win ............ yourself!!
"Hissβββββ!!"
But what the sheriff didn't expect was that just as he was about to set foot on the purple land, suddenly, the war horse under the sheriff's feet neighed and stopped suddenly. And the sheriff on horseback didn't expect such a thing to happen at all, and was thrown out of the way and fell heavily to the ground.
"Whew!"
"Ahh
Accompanied by the screams, the sheriff only felt as if his body had been thrown onto an iron plate, but when he turned his head, he was surprised to find that not far from him, the cavalry captain also screamed with a bitter face......... What's going on here?
"Damn horses!"
The sheriff grumbled, gasped to his feet, and limped over to his horse, trying to hold it back. But this time his horse refused to move forward, instead shaking its head as if there was some terrible threat ahead. And then the next moment, I saw that the horse actually broke free from the sheriff like this, turned around and ran!
What the hell is this fucking about?
Looking at the war horse running away from the distance, the sheriff was stunned for a moment, and he didn't know what to say at all. And at this moment, he felt as if someone had lightly touched his shoulder.
"Why, I don't have anything to say to you!"
The sheriff didn't turn his head, he could think with his toes that it must be the bastard cavalry captain who was going to laugh at him, and he obviously wouldn't give the other party this chance!
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But the man behind him didn't seem to care at all about the sheriff's tone, and patted him on the shoulder again.
This time, the sheriff finally couldn't take it anymore, he suddenly drew the long sword at his waist, turned around and cursed.
"You fucking want to hit ..............."
However, before the sheriff's words could be finished, he froze there.
What I saw behind him was not the cavalry captain he imagined, but a monster that was two people tall and covered with sharp thorns, like a giant snake, waving its two front paws, and a pair of blood-red eyes stared coldly at the human in front of him.
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At this moment, the sheriff only felt that his brain was completely blank. (https:)
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