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Lu Xun's famous quote has so many meanings that people generally prefer its meaning to it rather than interpret it literally, but Darius is now experiencing a literal dilemma.

Although this is a world of dragons and magic, and even heard that several northern countries have made great breakthroughs in industry and technology, although it seems strange to Darius that there is a strong steampunk-style industry.

But as far as Valoran as a whole is concerned, the level of productivity and industry is still relatively low, and few traces of civilization can be seen in other places except in the large cities and surrounding areas. The most direct manifestation of this is that Noxus does not have a well-developed road network throughout the country.

This gave Darius a new understanding of the development of Noxian civilization.

Once you enter the Tashkrim Wasteland, there is no road, countless weeds cover the yellow-brown earth, the air is full of gray soot, there are no trees, no buildings, not even the river can be seen, and the barren scene stretches to the end of the horizon, and you can only rely on the experienced guides of the caravan to find the way forward.

This is already far from civilization, although when he set out, Hermes told Darius that this time he was taking a more mature trade route, and the danger was not great, but it was only relative.

Because this world is full of rich magic, where the elements converge, it is easy to generate a nest of monsters, and around the city, the places where humans live will of course be cleaned regularly, but in this wasteland, no one comes to do this thankless work, and no one knows how many monsters live in the wasteland.

This is where the importance of scouts comes in.

Darius rode his horse and followed closely the mercenaries in front, and according to Valek's arrangement, he sent a total of five teams of scouts, in groups of four or five people, to set off in a fan shape towards the front of the caravan, keeping a distance of about two to three miles from the large army behind.

The Red Feather Eagle circled above them, and Darius happened to be in a group with the old soldier he had set out from, his name was Senur, and the name was supposed to be a tribesman from the border region of Noxus, and this unsmiling middle-aged man was leading them forward.

"Stop!"

Senur tugged on the reins, and the galloping horse lifted half of its body to stop its advance, and then he beckoned to the others, and the group stopped.

The old soldier pointed his rough hand forward, and said solemnly: "Over there, a little northerly, there is something, I don't know what it is, we have to be careful to lean over to find out, Lloyd, go back and tell Commander Valek, slow down, wait for our news." ”

"Okay." A young man in the scout team answered, then turned back.

"Let's move slowly, be cautious, watch out for movement in the grass, pay more attention to the ground." Senur glanced up at his pet, then walked toward the place it had pointed.

A gust of wind blew through the barren wasteland, and the withered hay was swept into the sky, Senur took a deep breath, "If there is no fishy smell and no smell of blood, then eighty percent are not goblins and kobolds." ”

"There were no strange footprints on the ground, and there were no signs of grass being trampled."

"There is no target in the air, not a harpy."

"The ground didn't feel shaking, and there were no large creatures ahead."

………………

The scouts kept sharing the information they had gathered, and Darius focused on extending his perception as much as possible, and his [Dark Perception] did not give him any warning at this time.

After more than ten minutes of advancement, something new finally appeared in front of their eyes.

"Shh Senur put his middle finger to his mouth, signaling everyone to be quiet, and then looked at the pile of rocks that suddenly appeared in front of him. It was a white stone block of various shapes and sizes that stood in the wilderness and spread across the land ahead.

After a long time, he came to the conclusion: "It should be a wild rock monster, dormant." ”

Rock monsters, a common elemental creature in the wasteland, have mastered one or two earth elemental spells, such as boulder throwing or mud spraying, etc., because they are bodies made of stone, so ordinary weapons are useless against them, and they must penetrate their magic core to destroy this creature.

Darius had actually seen this thing, when the Black Flame Priest summoned a huge rock giant with the help of the altar, and relied on it to break through the walls of the fortress, but the rock giant stood tall in the sky, not comparable to the small stone towers in front of him.

"What to do? Is it possible to get around? ”

Senur thought about it for a moment, "The rock monster is not aggressive, but it is very territorial, if you want to avoid it, you have to go around a long way, although there are a lot of stones in this pile, but there are not many really big ones." I haven't even seen an elder level, so if you want to clear it up, it's better to look at the instructions of Captain Valek. ”

So the men rode back on horseback, and Valek, who had already been prompted, also collected all the scouts.

Senur gave the monk a general overview of the previous situation, and Valek thought about it for a while and asked, "There are a lot of them, can you lead them away?" ”

"The rock monster has a strong sense of territory, and it won't go far and it will go back, so it's not realistic to lead it away."

Hearing this answer, Valek frowned and made up his mind: "It's too troublesome to bypass, the rock monster is not too troublesome, since these monsters have a strong sense of territory and can't lure them away, just just kill them, ordinary warriors don't go, the stone is more difficult to cut than armor, and the silver and above come with me." ”

In the end, Valek drew an elite team of twenty men and rushed towards the place where the rock monster was.

When he arrived at the spot where the rock monsters were entrenched, Senur picked up a longbow and said to Valek, "I have counted them, and there should be no more than a hundred, and they are scattered, and the easiest way is to clear them one by one." If I'm ready, I'll bring a few of them. ”

Valek pulled the horses down a little farther away and tied them, and then commanded, "Spread them all out, don't get stoned, do it." ”

Senur crunched his bowstring, then aimed at the nearest stone and shot the feathers of the arrow.

"Bang!"

Sharp arrows plunged into the rocks, and white rubble splattered and scattered all over the ground.

The sound of tooth ache sounded slowly, and the rocks close to them woke up from their dormancy and began to move slowly, the one hit by the arrow was the first to react, it stretched its body, the body of the stone was somewhat similar to that of a fat person, it opened its legs, made heavy footsteps, and walked in this direction.