The cult of the Illuminati religion is becoming more and more frequent, and their research skills are very poor, and they must collude with the Alchemist Guild. But the Doland Alchemist Guild has long since degenerated, and it can't come up with much real material. They set their sights on the Three Sages.

Rodriguez had long since disappeared, and West, with the title of professor emeritus at the academy, was not easy to move, so they set their sights on Nicholas.

For the sake of George's safety, Nicholas had to compromise with the Cult of the Illuminati. But the church is still not at ease, afraid that he will come up with more technology, which will be detrimental to the church. So, after stealing all his information and research results, he was poisoned.

Duck became stammering: "I, I, I'm sorry......"

"What kind of apologies do you hold? The strength is too far behind, even if we are all in Snell Harbor, we are just moths to the fire. ”

George stood up, his back to the group, and kept Duck from seeing their expressions.

"I used to think only of myself, I hated my father, I wanted to forget him, I used to think I was entitled to 'forgive' him and reconcile with him, but I didn't know his heart, and now I finally understand him, but he is gone. This is my personal tragedy. But," George turned, "if the Cult of the Illuminati is allowed to do this way, my personal tragedy will soon become a tragedy for millions of people." We must move faster. ”

Dakhodi stood up: "What is the plan, you say!"

"Get Master West out of here. I have already arranged for Petrarch, the king of the sewers of Snell, and Hannibal of the 1643 mercenary team to do this, and with their abilities, it must be fine. ”

"What about us?"

"Alcatraz. Now the church doesn't know that Alcatraz is being rebuilt, but it won't be hidden for long, it's too close to Snell and dangerous, and it has to be removed. We need the Steel Rock Slime and the Polar Ice Slime to provide it with stronger defenses and the ability to maneuver quickly underwater. ”

"However, we don't have any clues about these two slimes. ”

"It's all there. Polar Ice Slime is in the North Sea city of Jagenke, a friend of mine has a clue and is working on catching a living body, and the Steel Rock Slime has an eyebrow, let's look for the Steel Rock Slime first. It's in a very special place in the Dead Desert. ”

"A special place?"

"A fabled ghost city of Nehel. ”

"I've heard of the city, and it's said that every time it appears, it's accompanied by huge, obscuring sandstorms. Strange citizens trade piles of gold, silver, and jewels with nearby villages, and then take refuge in the sandstorm. ”

George motioned for Riley to speak, and Riley cleared her throat and said, "In the past ten days, we have made a detailed investigation of the topography and distribution of residents in the Dead Fire Desert. A large amount of information was obtained. Look, everybody. ”

A map of the Dead Fire Desert is projected on a blue light curtain.

"The Dead Fire Desert is the largest desert on the Arabor Peninsula, covering about a quarter of the peninsula's area. This is the place where sandstorms are most frequent, the vegetation is scarce, and there is groundwater deep in the ground, which is difficult to mine and inaccessible. Bandits are rarely frequented. ”

Riley paused for a moment and said, "This is known as a desert of death where even a bird can't fly. Except for a few scattered desert insects, there is basically no life on the surface. Deep in the stratum, the number of large cavemen is also low. ”

Duck couldn't help but ask: "In such a difficult environment, it is impossible to grow and livestock, so what do the inhabitants of Nehr eat?

Riley said: "With the help of the Assasins, we visited the villages near the place where Nehel used to haunt, and counted Nehel's trade goods, mainly gold and silver in exchange for various foods. She pulled out a small coffee pot and placed it on the table, "Look." ”

This is a simple and delicate coffee pot, made of sterling silver coffee pot in the shape of a magic lamp, with smooth curves. Duck took it, played with it a few times, and said, "It looks brand new, and the craftsmanship is exquisite." ”

George said: "This is a new pot, a magic lamp pot in the style of the Faruger period. It shows that Nehr's handicraft skills are by no means inferior to that of any city on the peninsula today. If you look at its seams again, they are tightly fitted, and there are no traces of beating. ”

"Alchemy?"

"Yes. It is a work of alchemy that is made and formed at one time. ”

"See, a hidden, rich, crafted and skilled city?" Duck laughed, "If it hadn't been hidden in a sandstorm, it would have been taxed to death." ”

Riley changed the map: "However, we have set up more than fifty observation posts in the Dead Fire Desert, and we have not found any signs of the presence of the city. ”

"Is it really a city of ghosts?"

"If that's the case, what's the point of trading food? It must exist, it's just hidden in some way we don't know. ”

George said, "Guys, look at this picture. Mineral distribution in the deep underground of the Dead Fire Desert. ”

Darker looked at it twice and said, "What does this have to do with Nehr?"

"It has a lot to do with it. These deep minerals are difficult to mine with existing technologies. But you don't see that there are huge faults in these mineral belts. ”

Duck carefully compared the fault and the scale, and exclaimed, "The fault is more than 80 kilometers long, is it formed by an earthquake?"

"Earthquakes in the desert are extremely rare, rule it out. These faults are channels that have been excavated. ”

"A big swarm of sandworms? no, if it's a big swarm of sandworms, it's supposed to be a bunch of holes, not this kind of continuous huge fault. ”

"It's Kunshabi, the mother of sandworms. ”

Everyone immediately looked at each other.

"Kunshabi, the epic creature of the Arabic Peninsula, the breeder of sandworms, the summoner of sandstorms, the embodiment of the angels of hell. It lives beneath the Dead Fire Desert and lives by absorbing underground magic and geothermal energy. From November to January each year, they lay their eggs near the shallow surface – so that the hatched sandworms have more opportunities to feed. ”

Duck hurriedly said, "So, what does it have to do with Nehr? Do you want to say that Nehr is actually Kunshabi?"

"No, there is no need for Kunshabi to trade with humans. Think of the clues collected in the underground library of Luger - 'the last retreat of the Arabis people', what does the retreat mean?"

Everyone exclaimed in unison: "Kunshabi's belly!"

George nodded heavily: "That's right, Nehr, it's the last experiment arranged by Faruger, the last paradise for the Arabis and a powerful fortress that the outside world can never break. It's in the womb of Kunshabi, the epic creature and the mother of sandworms!"