Chapter 175: An Oasis Infested by Wind and Sand
As a person who has studied spells for several years, He Ming understands the structure of the elements very well, in a stable world like the Marfa Continent, pure elemental creatures such as wind demons and cloud demons are very unstable, and it is impossible for them to appear in the form of elemental creatures.
Even the Wind Demon they had fought had broken the rules of this world by using the sand to shape its body, which clearly proved that even the laws of the desert had been broken.
It is really unimaginable what a person will encounter in such a place, and He Ming plans to go back and tell Li Xiang about his discoveries without concealing them, no matter what the outcome of this exploration is, because they will definitely convey these contents to Shabak.
Riding with all his feet and surviving a flurry of flying sand, he reached the second oasis marked on the map, where the flaming party was recorded as having found no enemies, but was met with one of the most terrible ambushes of the horses as they retreated.
So if there is an enemy here, it must be extremely cunning, and there is almost no trace of what is hidden. As soon as he rushed into the oasis, he felt the pleasant, warm and comfortable environment again, and he raised his vigilance, sword in hand, and carefully observed it in the terrain that was not particularly complicated.
At a cursory glance, it was indeed completely natural like the previous oasis, but he soon noticed something unusual:
There are a few cacti that are obviously not plants, but are carved out of green jade to make them look like they are lifelike, and I don't know how many years have been spent in this oasis, but they still look exactly the same as other cacti, lifelike!
When I got closer to the jade cactus, I found that there were some symbols carved on it, which were very similar to the ancient text he had stolen!
The Old World was destroyed for thousands of years, and the surviving people degraded to the point of completely losing civilization, but still left this part of the clear and discurbible text? He Ming's first reaction was that this was a trap that ambushed the trap left by the monsters of the Flame Flames!
He relied on his own memory to discern the meaning of the words, and at the same time he tried his best to guard against sneak attacks.
Treachery...... Prophet...... There is no escaping ...... An oasis in the north.
What are they? The words are very badly worn, but there is no reason, some random changes for thousands of years cannot wear out to the rest of these words, but judging from the traces, it is indeed the wear and tear caused by weathering, and it is basically impossible to fake it like this.
After reading it carefully, and still without the slightest incident, he hunched over, clenched his sword, and began to examine the ground and everywhere.
However, there was still nothing out of the ordinary, except for a rattlesnake and a tiny venomous desert scorpion attempting to attack him, there were no surprises at all, including marks on the ground, even grass and any shadows that might be hiding, nothing was found.
This place is almost no different from the first oasis, and it is the same feeling of a fairyland on earth, so it's no wonder that Blaze has relaxed their vigilance against the entire oasis after passing here, but why are these things?
Still hadn't found the slightest clue he was looking for, there was no sign of a humanoid creature here, and the sturdy jade cactus looked like it was naturally worn.
Nothing, what do those words mean? He Ming frowned and fell into deep thought, did he really want to go to the oasis in the north to find out? After all, since I entered the desert, I haven't even seen the hoof prints of a colt.
But on that map, there is no oasis in the north at all, did you honestly fall into the trap of monsters? But someone told me that the monster of thousands of years ago used thousands of years ago to set a trap for me, and no one believed me when I said it, what should I do?
Head to the other oases on the map, and you'll soon find the place where Blaze was first attacked. But those ancient words always lingered in his mind, and in the end, He Ming made up his mind, anyway, he had strong feet, so he would go to the north first!
So he didn't hesitate any longer, made up his mind to die, and rushed in this direction at full speed, the desire to solve the puzzle and seek knowledge in his heart made him completely put aside the risk of being lost in the desert forever without the route on the map, and ran wildly with both feet.
Fortunately, he didn't go in the wrong direction, and rushed for a long time against the increasingly crazy wind and sand, and sure enough, he found that the scenery in front of him had changed significantly, another oasis!
He was glad in his heart, not to mention that he might get useful information, at least if he could go back, he could add some content to the map.
However, he was too happy too early, and after entering this oasis, he found that this place was completely different from the previous two oases, next to the original oasis, and then the crazy wind and sand, and the surging ground next to the oasis, as if separated by a dividing line, the oasis was completely unaffected.
And now the oasis under his feet has no boundaries at all, and the endless flow of sand, real and illusory sand and dust is raging in this oasis, and there is no way to stop and rest.
He Ming's heart became nervous, and only then did he realize that looking at the past, not far away, this oasis was built with some extremely primitive, wooden buildings, slightly larger than their military tents, and the height was probably not much higher than a person, judging from the scale of the buildings, this should be a village of horses.
This must be the work of a humanoid creature, so he has already broken into the territory of the legendary colt.
He immediately sought out the nearby higher aquatic plants to try to hide them, he knew nothing about the horses, the pronunciation was not recorded in the book on the ancient script, and what was more, judging from the rudimentary nature of the buildings, the horses basically only had the technology of primitive times, and the language was ninety percent gone.
That is to say, it is impossible for him to grab a tongue or two and force out something, so what have you worked so hard to explore here? The last clue to find Li Yueqin was cut off in front of herself?
Anyway, he couldn't just go back empty-handed, so he decided to sneak over and find someone to take the pony away first.
While he was still thinking, two monsters with a horse's head suddenly walked upright, all red, and with a horse's head.
It's a real colt! The first time He Ming saw this creature, the hair on his body stood up in an instant, and the so-called enemies were extremely red when they saw each other, and he suppressed the urge to leave and pounce on them after several efforts.
Now we can only lure out more colts there, and even if we kill them, we won't be able to catch them alive.
So he held his nerve and hid carefully, observing them while he prepared to track them so he could do it at any moment.
These two horse-headed monsters were too shabby compared to any humanoid monster he had ever seen, such as the Bull Demon and Zuma, both of whom were well-armored and weaponized, and they looked imposing.
The two fellows had no fabric, and were casually draped in two sheets of extremely rough leather, and in their hands they were holding unpolished, pointy stones with a stick tied to them.
What is it? Can these guys maintain a very high level of organization, bypass a few guards and learn the Viper Mountain Village unknowingly, kidnap Li Yueqin, and leave a curse to turn the villagers into zombies? He Ming felt that his IQ had been hit hard.
Either the murderer is someone else, presumably fabricated the illusion of a horse attack, or these extremely simple-minded monsters are manipulated by a very cunning and treacherous enemy behind the scenes.
Either way, it means that most of the intelligence needs to be restarted, and how long can you wait?
No matter what, just start with these two guys! It just so happened that the two of them had begun to move, and gradually left the village, and saw that they were holding stone tools in one hand and a leather bag in the other, probably to draw water from the spring here.
He Ming's muscles tensed, his teeth clenched, and he held the hilt of his sword, ready to pounce, first cutting the throat of one colt and then capturing the other.
However, just as his right foot was about to rush out, suddenly the wind and sand rolled up, and three beast-shaped sand monsters with teeth and claws gathered from the middle of the oasis and pounced on the two horses.
It's also fortunate that He Ming has been here for so long, and he hasn't provoked these sand monsters, otherwise he will definitely be embarrassed by the sand monsters and the horses, but at this time, no matter which side he attacks, it is a very stupid act, and neither of them will treat him as their own.
So he continued to crouch in the water and grass, watching the outcome of the battle.
The sand monsters here have a certain amount of light shining in their eyes, unlike all the sand monsters encountered by the adventurer team before, which are manipulated by a certain powerful creature, these sand monsters should have their own thoughts, and their movements are very strong, and their individual combat power is definitely stronger than those puppet-like sand monsters.
But the horses are even more unexpectedly terrifying, they emit the majestic neighing sound of the war horse, wield stone tools with fighting spirit, each blow makes the sand monster fall a piece of sand on the body, and the movement is extremely fast, the agile and feline sand monster is completely inferior in terms of speed!
Within a few minutes, the sand monsters, who had killed themselves, had turned into piles of gravel, and the ponies searched through the gravel, removed some of the debris, and then continued to fetch water, and in terms of movement, they were slightly more intelligent than the pack beasts.
Although He Ming could still easily defeat them with a move, it was obviously meaningless at all, if he couldn't see it by now, at least the horses here didn't have the ability to attack Viper Mountain Village, then he must have something wrong with his brain.
And in this way, he made a rash move, alarmed the mastermind behind the horses in advance, and he was even more led by the nose, and after thinking, he continued to lurk, and then the two horses fetched water, quietly approached the village, and tried to observe the buildings.