"Dead, all dead!"

The panicked scout galloped back on horseback, shouting.

In order to resist the attack of the desert lizard, the caravan was heavily guarded, and within the wooden walls of the temporary camp, two rings of defense were formed with carts and camels, longbows and crossbows, and greatsword staffs, but from last night to early morning, there was no movement at all.

After three poles in the sun, there were still no jumping lizards attacking, so the caravan sent scouts to search, and found that there was no trace of jumping lizards for several miles.

However, it's been this time, why haven't you seen the port patrol team that has come to respond?

The scout had the audacity to march in the direction of the port, and in less than forty minutes he saw a terrible scene: large expanses of blood and broken bones!

Instead of attacking the heavily guarded caravan, the Desert Lizard ambushed the receiving team coming out of the harbor. The raided team has been wiped out.

After hearing the news, the caravan immediately fell into a panic, it was less than a day's journey from the port, but now the jumping lizard did not know where to ambush and prepare to attack, and the caravan on the way was very poorly defended. Since you can eliminate the port patrol team, it will be easy to take out a caravan.

It's less than a day's journey, but it seems out of reach.

In the panic, Duck was very calm, he took the initiative to ask Ying, asked to go to investigate again, so he took Marduk and the scout named Jihad just now, and rode towards the place where the patrol was attacked.

Marduk's heart was broken: "Master, camels are not as fast as lizards, if we meet them, we will die." ”

Duck said: "No, since they are smart enough to set up an ambush to attack reinforcements, then the next target must be the caravan itself, and we are not enough for them to stuff their teeth, and besides, they will think we are bait." Jihad, apart from the corpse, did you find anything unusual in the neighborhood?"

Jihad replied uneasily: "Lord Hassan, I'm sorry, I was so scared that my eyes were bloodied, so I ......"

Darke frowned, "Ran back with a single glance, how did you become a scout?"

"Well, because it's fast. ”

Duck was speechless.

Soon, arriving at the site of the attack, Duck jumped off his horse and headed for the killing field, with the other two having to follow.

Duck examined the shattered corpses all over the ground.

The patrol put up quite fierce resistance, but failed. Judging by the messy footprints, footprints, and the location of the corpses, they were disrupted from the start.

As the team reached the narrow spot between the two dunes, it turned into a long one-line line, and then, the jumping lizards on the back of the ambush sides of the dunes climbed to the top of the hill and launched a condescending attack.

The first wave to be killed were the French classes, then the archers, and finally the warriors who were divided and surrounded.

Duck sighed helplessly.

However, a question arises, why are there only human corpses?

The French profession is protected in the middle of the team, the first wave of raids is successful, the jumping lizards that rush into the formation are bound to be attacked by fierce concentrated fire, and there are embers left by the explosion of fire spells on the ground, why is there not a single corpse of a jumping lizard?

"Marduk, do jumping lizards eat their own kind?"

"No, they don't have such habits. ”

"Do they bury their own kind?"

"Master, are you still in the mood to joke at this time?"

"That'...... What is this!"

Duck jerked and pulled the remains of a jumping lizard out from under the sand!

Marduk and Jihad exclaimed at the same time.

The corpse of the lizard was only a small half of its long neck, its head had been blown to pieces, the blood had long since dried up, and several sandy slimes with mottled and rough skin were crawling on it and sucking, when they suddenly saw sunlight and hurriedly burrowed under the sand again.

In addition to being hit by deadly spell attacks, it was slashed in two with a two-handed greatsword, its neck sliced in two flat, and six pairs of symmetrical holes on the scales on either side of its neck—piercing wounds left by the crossbow.

Jihad breathed a sigh of relief: "It turns out that human beings are not without results. ”

"That's not the point. Jihad, Marduk, you rummage around and see if there are any other corpses. ”

The two responded and dispersed, and after a while, they found more than a dozen buried lizard remains.

Marduk said, "Master, you are really smart. Judging by the paw prints around them, the dead hoppers were simply buried by their companions. ”

Jihad said, "Could it be that these guys have wisdom? Holy Lord, this is terrible!"

Duck said: "I also found a few pieces of wreckage just now, you see, this is pulled from the wreckage. ”

Marduk cried out bitterly when he saw it: "My lord, why are you so interested in these stinky scales?"

Darker ignored him and took out the scale from last night from his pocket: "Let's call this piece No. 2 first, the one just now is No. 1, you can compare it." ”

Jihad took it, looked at it and said, "No. 2 has good toughness, No. 1 is hard." Are there two kinds of jumping lizards?"

"Wrong, young man. "You see, the side near the skin of Number One is as tough as the side of Number 2, but the other side is harder than Number 2, and the key is that there is an extra layer of stone crust on the surface. ”

"Stone Shell? Oh, Holy Lord, there really is a stone protective shell! Petrified Skin? Isn't this a mage's skill?"

"A jumping lizard in a turtle shell! Attack and defensively, otherwise, the patrol team will not be wiped out. Isn't that right, sir?"

Duck took the two scales from Jihad's hand and said, "All the jumping lizards that were killed were attacked in the belly. The backs are mostly intact, indicating that their petrified skin is mainly concentrated on the back. The frontal defense is still relatively fragile. But they can use skills, they can fight ambushes, and their combat ability is first-class, which is a fierce opponent. Jihad, you hurry to the port to report the news, Marduk, and follow me back to the caravan. ”

Halfway down the road, Marduk suddenly said, "Master, what a chance!"

"What chance?"

"No one is staring at us now, there is an entrance to the Mensaro Crypt nearby, it only takes two or three hours to pass from here, let's go!"

Darker didn't move, and Marduk turned the horse's head back: "Master, what are you waiting for? You don't really want to go back and report to the caravan, do you? Maybe they are surrounded now, and they will be sent to death if they go back!"

"Old fellow, how many years have you been mining?"

"Probably forty-five years, and I can't find a miner older than me. ”

"Do you still want to dig down?"

The old fellow fell silent suddenly, and after a while he replied in a deep voice, "No, sir." ”

"I used to be a mediocre guy who didn't do anything, until I met someone. ”

"He must be an angel sent by the Holy Lord. ”

"No, I didn't hear any inspiration, I just wanted to live. So, I had to go on. Now, you can choose to roll back into the mine with your tail between your legs to be a mole, or follow me. ”

The old guy swallowed hard: "Not only do I want to live, but I also want to be rich! I want to lie on the hospital bed and eat bunches of grapes!"

"No problem, but until then, tell me everything you know about desert lizards!"