Chapter 015: Major Discovery

Taryn personally went to the oasis, and the first thing to determine was the strength and combat effectiveness of the lizardmen in that oasis. If things go well, he still wants to go around the city with its fifty-meter-high wall.

However, his current immortal body has a natural disadvantage in terms of contact with intelligent creatures, and generally speaking, any living thing will not have a good impression of the undead.

But it obviously doesn't work to fight and kill when they meet, and if he has more than 100 troops at his disposal, it doesn't matter. But the point is that he does not have enough troops to solve all problems by violence.

Both the walled city and the oasis were a long way from Tyran's camp, and he and Shawei were able to move quickly by sneaking under the sand, and it would take at least four or five days for them to walk on a camel if they were to be replaced by a normal person.

Therefore, there is a very real problem that Taryn has to consider, and that is...... If the Oasis is attacked, does he need to move the Tree of Life?

This place is close to the north, far from the Monster Forest! In his heart, there was actually a general plan, waiting for the race to develop to a certain extent, and the Monster Forest might be more suitable for the entire race of Night Elves than the desert.

After all, this world is dominated by humans, and Tyrann's enemy, the mastermind behind the original design to kill him, is likely to have taken control of the entire Emerald Empire!

No matter who that person was, it was always right to consider the entire Emerald Empire in the scope of the enemy. Because Tyron is no longer human, he is now a Night Elf, an immortal!

The night in the desert is mostly starry and dazzling.

Taryn hides in the night, looking down at the oasis below.

At the center of the oasis is a lake, while the rest of the oasis is hidden by huge trees, making it impossible to see what is inside.

"Something seems to be wrong...... Tyron has been standing here since dark, always feeling something strange, but not knowing what is wrong.

From his line of sight, he could see the occasional lizardman soldier patrolling the edges. But the inside of the oasis seemed to be completely detached from the desert structure, leaving Tyran's senses useless.

Judging by the size of the oasis alone, there are no more than 200 lizardmen in it. Because there have to be some other organisms in it, otherwise the ecosystem won't be there.

Without a perfect ecosystem, it would be difficult to maintain order, and there would be no patrolling soldiers, uniform armor, and so on.

When it comes to armor, lizardfolk are a more primitive humanoid race. It should not have the forging process, and looking at the appearance of the armor, the craftsmanship level is definitely not low!

Being able to wear such a good armor without the ability to forge is likely to be obtained through some trades...... Because the armor looks relatively new, it doesn't look like it was picked up at some ruin or battlefield.

This is an important message, the lizardfolk have a clear organizational structure, they have foreign trade, and they should have lived in this desert for some time.

Considering the special environment of the desert and the lack of food resources, the oasis occupied by this group of lizardmen definitely has a lot of supplies inside!

Otherwise, what do they trade for, in exchange for armor?

Assuming the lizardmen were in contact with the nearby walled city, there would probably be something difficult to do in the oasis.

Otherwise, the Walled City could have attacked the Oasis directly, wiped out the Lizardmen, and occupied the resource points for itself, instead of selling them to the Lizardmen weapons.

You must know that there is never such a thing as friendship between different races!

So the question is, what is there in such a small oasis? It can not only maintain the survival of the lizardmen, but also take out a part of it to trade with other forces...... This production is probably not low.

To be reasonable, Taryn is very excited right now, and he really wants to go in and see what the hell is up.

And the oasis itself is very strange, the soil beneath the oasis is so incompatible with the sand that it can even isolate his perception, which is extremely unusual.

And the trees...... Suddenly, Taryn slapped his head, ignoring the sand falling from his head, and said to himself, "Damn, I finally know what's wrong, this TM is a corpse tree!" ”

The Corpse Tree, according to the records in the Jade Empire's "Strange Things", is a strange tree that grows in the Monster Forest. They feed on humanoids and are able to prey on a unique psychotoxin that they emit.

They are strange trees because they are not interested in any other creatures except attacking humanoids, and can grow and survive normally like ordinary trees without humanoids to prey on them.

In addition, they are not interested in lizardmen, and it is because of this that some scholars in the Emerald Empire debate whether or not lizardfolk are humanoids.

If it was a corpse tree, Tyron would have to make a bold guess.

This so-called oasis is not actually an oasis in the desert at all, but a part of the Monster Forest!

Because it is not part of the desert, the soil underneath is incompatible with the sand. Because it is not part of the desert, Tyran's perception cannot invade the interior.

In fact, after seeing a giant scorpion more than ten stories tall and a giant centipede hundreds of meters long. Taryn has a new understanding of the bizarre and grotesque nature of the Beser Desert.

But if this oasis is really part of the Monster Forest, his perception will probably have to be refreshed again.

As for the fact that the lizardmen's habitat would appear in the depths of the Bether Desert, Taryn decided not to think about it for the time being.

But about this oasis, his thoughts have changed directly from pathfinding to attacking!

Because of the existence of the corpse tree, it seems that it is not so strange that the city of giant walls is difficult to conquer this oasis, after all, although the people in that city look a little strange, they can be regarded as special people.

But in this regard, Taryn has no worries at all. Neither he nor his warriors are human! From the soul to the body, there is not a trace of human beings...... Even he himself had only a slightly withered body.

Even if the corpse Luo Shu is interested in him, it doesn't matter, anyway, he has already escaped the limitations of his physical body, and the spiritual toxin or something is completely meaningless to him!

The more Taryn thought about it, the more feasible he felt, and he had a feeling that if he could capture this "oasis", he would have unexpected gains.

Just as he was about to return to the base, an unexpected prompt came from the system.

[System Prompt: Warning!] The Multi-Source Tree of Life is under attack, so defend and fight back! 】