In the process of leaving the bottom of the trench, Ammar ibn Haran's eyes were sharp, and something unusual appeared. Without his appearance, it is really difficult to say whether the adventuring team would have made it to the Pure Fortress alive.

The thieves showed signs of a mechanism on one of the walls of the Sea Elf Cave, and the others were completely unaware of anything strange about the place.

Amal touched the vine and lifted the mechanism on the wall, revealing a secret passage. After entering the dark passage, there were countless mechanisms blocking the way, all of which he cracked one by one. This seems to be an altar of ancient sea elves or something like that, but it's very important. There are many mechanisms that are still obsessive and effective even after thousands of years.

In the end, the thieves' abilities allowed them to find a secret room. The face of the god enshrined in the chamber is unrecognizable, and her statue has long since collapsed and damaged. But they unexpectedly found some strange coins and an ancient map carved into the wall in the vault.

The coins were not struck in metal, which is understandable to Muhadi. Metals are susceptible to rust in seawater, and it is estimated that it is difficult to exhibit smelting technology underwater. But these coins are not ceramic or wood, in fact, they are very different from any other currency in Atasri.

The Psychic Warlock's coin was very light, and he guessed that it could float on water, but it was unusually strong. Muhadi tried to break it with both hands, but it was only slightly bent, but not broken. As soon as you let go, the coin was back to its original state.

The Psychic Warlock is very interesting right now, he is not small, and he can bend copper coins with his bare hands. This thing is so tough, it's such an amazing material.

What is this, Muhathir thought as he surveyed it. Materials were one of his specialties on Earth, and when he arrived in Artas, he was stumped by the craftsmanship of the indigenous people. In the end, he decided to take all the money with him and research it when he had time. If you can copy this material and make armor, weapons, etc., it will be very good.

Even more important is the map carved into the wall.

Although for this Salt Sea adventure, Satili has collected a lot of information. A map of the Salt Sea region has also been found in the Halfling Dead City, but it is still extremely valuable for two reasons.

First, the halfling map was drawn in the Teal Age, which is so old that the terrain has changed so much that it is not entirely accurate.

Second, the halfling map, drawn with a focus on 6 places and islands. And the map of the sea elves, which depicts the topography of the seabed in detail. Now that the oceans have dried up, the latter is even more useful.

From the map of the sea elves, Amar has an ancient island, not far from this trench. Moreover, the seabed terrain near this island is very gentle, and there are no impassable seamounts or seamounts. At least theoretically, they could have walked up to that ancient island. There, it is possible to find food and, crucially, water.

If the map is correct, then they were twenty palesans from the island in a straight line after they had exited the trench. Even if you travel around the clock, you have to walk for at least two days.

"We couldn't have gotten there. Khorezmi looked like she had given up. "Even if you go, who says there will be water?"

"At least we have to try. Mohathir said. "It doesn't matter how it turns out. ”

"Of course it's easy for you to say. The old man retorted.

"Everyone in the world is destined to die, but how many have stopped living because of this?" dismisses the Psychic Warlock. "The process is more important than the result. ”

Although not without controversy, the adventurers eventually hit the road.

Traveling in the Salt Sea Plain is a one-of-a-kind experience. If it weren't for the thirst to death, Muhadi felt that it would be strange to enjoy it.

The psychic warlock had long since blocked some of his nerves so that he could not feel hunger and thirst, which would not prevent the decline in bodily functions, but at least it would not interfere with judgment.

The ground is a thick layer of salt, at least two hundred feet behind. The crystals of the salt layer are so hard that stepping on them feels like stepping on a stone. It's just that this stone can also see some huge crystalline structures that resemble snowflakes.

Most of the Salt Sea Plain is white, but in some places, the wind-blown sand has paved the plains with a pale yellow. The windstone leaves long marks on this thin layer of sand, like ruts.

Occasionally, when walking on the Salt Sea Plains, you will encounter the bones left behind by ancient creatures. They tend to be surprisingly large, far larger than the blue whales or Neptune rex on Earth. The ribs that remained, like the beams of a huge hall, made people feel small.

Occasionally, seamounts or submarine seamounts pierce the white plains, revealing the rock's original color. They look scrawny, bruised, and bare, with no vegetation at all.

The adventurers followed a seamount marked on the map, heading in the direction of the ancient island. Although these undersea mountains are not particularly steep, they are not easy to climb. Little by little, they trekked away from the submarine plain.

The Athas have lived in a very short and harsh desert environment for a long time, and their ability to endure hunger is much stronger than that of earthlings. But even then, it's not okay not to drink water. Everyone felt like their mouths were dry and their mouths were scorching, and their throats felt like they were smoking.

To escape the heat, they stopped their advance at midday and hid in the shadows cast by the seamounts. Where the sun shines directly, the air is distorted and deformed, shaking and changing.

When the temperature dropped slightly, they continued on their way with extreme thirst. Khwarazmi couldn't even speak, and moved her legs mechanically. Muhadi, for his part, recalled the day he had come to Attas, when he was on the verge of death but had risen back to life, and Fatumah had saved him in the desert.

"Look over there!" said Amal ibn Haran, who had walked in front, as if he had seen something terrible, and shouted in a hoarse voice.

Muhadi looked in the direction of the thief's finger, and on the side of the helong, he was shocked by the unimaginable astonishment.

It was a basin, and the bottom of the sea was deeper than the surrounding while there was still an ocean in Attas. When the ocean was steaming after the Purification War, it became a lake where many of the remaining sea creatures hid.

The ocean turned into a shallow sea, and the shallow sea became a lake, and finally even the lake was evaporated, leaving only a huge deep pit. The sea creatures that took refuge here did not escape the fate of death in the end.

Now, in this place, a huge cemetery has been left behind. The bones of countless ancient sea beasts filled the basin next to the seamount, and the bones of the forest were stacked on top of each other, and they were too many to count. It's as if all the bones in the world are concentrated here.

This huge skeletal basin stretches from this side of the seamount to the horizon, and it's hard to imagine how large a population of marine life ended up here. Muhadi saw a huge skeleton nearby, the skull alone was thousands of feet long, half-buried in a pile of bones, and he couldn't imagine what a terrible beast it was when it was alive. The empty eyes stared at the dark sun wordlessly, which made people's hearts tremble.

"How far is it?" someone asked.

"Fifteen Palesan. The Coral Witch replied.

The seamount gradually rises away from the seabed. Standing at this height, the details of the bone basin can no longer be seen, but the shock that it brings to people cannot be dissipated for a long time.

Muhadi speculated that the seamount, or ridge, beneath his feet was the product of the movement of the Atas plate. The trench I had previously descended into was the site of the collision of two large 6 plates. The collision causes one plate to submerge downwards into the mantle, while the other plate is lifted up to form a mountain range on the ocean floor.

From Earth's experience, such geographical conditions can easily produce volcanoes. Perhaps, the island they are going to go to now is a product of a volcano, and it is difficult to say whether there will really be water there.

Muhati doesn't believe that there is no way for the Coral Witch to get out of herself, and he reckons that Grand Druid Camilla may have a way to take care of herself. The only one who really lives is at stake is himself, Amal, Muscle Daddy, and the scholar Khwarazmi.

The Psychic Warlock waved his hand once more to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and he realized that he was already suffering from dehydration, and if he didn't drink any more water, he might not be able to sustain himself for a day.

The salt layer beneath your feet gradually thins, eventually revealing sporadically the covered ground. The black basalt proves that there is indeed volcanic activity in this area, and one can only hope that the volcano is now dormant.

The dark sun gradually slipped from the zenith and finally sank below the horizon. The night sky was covered with stars and black velvet, and the temperature was gradually getting colder.

Two bright moons hung high in the air, one dark yellow and one green. Today is the day of the lunar eclipse, and the green moon is directly in front of the yellow moon, and it looks like a huge eyeball with green pupils and yellow whites, staring playfully at the adventurers who are struggling to trek.

The Psimancer's pace changed from brisk to difficult, forcing him to strengthen his physical strength with psionic energy. For a moment, he even wanted to turn himself into an undead body so that he could be free from the effects of hunger and thirst. However, the transformation cannot last too long, and it will consume a lot of spiritual energy, and on the whole, this will do more harm than good.

Sadiri extracted her own life force and conjured up a little water, which finally didn't make the university scholar Kharazi faint to death. The legendary mage's face turned paler, but she shook her head with a reluctant smile, stopping the psychic sorcerer's request to help her.

At the beginning of the journey, Muscle Daddy kept boasting that he had traveled north and south, and he had overcome many difficulties and obstacles, but it was only a twenty Palesan journey, so it was not a problem. Now, he still hasn't stopped bragging, although his voice is getting weaker and weaker, but the content is getting more and more outrageous.

Camila and Muscle Daddy are the opposite, saying no words along the way, not knowing what she was thinking. However, the female druid walked lightly and seemed unaffected by hunger and thirst.

That night, they didn't stop on their way. Only in the interval of the journey, a short break is not too long.

The next day they continued on their way, and the dark sun rose from the east, raging mercilessly.

The psychic warlock barely forced himself not to stop, and went forward one step at a time. Others also try to keep up, and falling behind at this point is equivalent to death.

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King Thesian personally led the attack and decisively quelled the chaos in Tyre.

"Based on the complex situation and serious challenges we are currently facing. The king declared to the parliamentarians in the consul. "Now we need to stick together and stop fighting each other over each other's interests. ”

"Unity makes us stronger, while infighting only weakens our weak strength. Let me ask you, aren't the witch kings of Atas eyeing up and ready to devour the only light of reason in the world, aren't the slave owners of the world sharpening their knives and plotting to destroy the only bastion of freedom in the desert?

"Is it possible that at this critical juncture of internal and external troubles and life and death, we still want to waste our precious time by quarrels and disagreements? We also want to let indecision and miss the fleeting opportunity? Let the attack and demolition delay the energy that could have been used for construction and development?"

"I don't want that, friends. I'm sure no citizen who loves Tyre would want that. ”

"At this critical juncture, I plead with the Council to grant me emergency powers so that I can more effectively quell the chaos that is currently spreading in the city and save more innocent people. Without strong measures, nothing is more than empty talk!"

"At the same time, in order to better purge the unstables, I must be authorized to be able to detain any suspicious person indefinitely, as well as to use a variety of interrogation methods, including magical brainwashing. To quote the wise Lord Satilly, use the horror of revolution to fight the horror of counter-revolution. ”

"Lord Rikas, and Lord Aegis, and I have reached a consensus at the previous meeting. Mistress Satili isn't here, but I'm sure she'll support our decision to defend Tyr. Now, ladies and gentlemen, let's proceed to the vote. ”

Through the ingenious functioning of the council, King Ctesian consolidated his power in his hands. Then, he went into a fight, declared martial law throughout the city, and began to eradicate the source of chaos.

As a former Templar, Ctesian's talent for governing the country is actually better than that of Ricas, a gladiator, and Satilly, a guardian mage. Under his command, the New Revolutionary Army stormed the city, maintained order, and killed any thug regardless of position, and then tortured by the mage.

After a powerful force of violence crushed the entire riot, Tessian began to carry out a great reckoning. Those civilians who had suffered losses in the previous chaos were compensated, regardless of whether they were believers or infidels. Then, on charges of dereliction of duty and incompetence, he executed a number of grassroots officials, and then filled them with his own cronies.

In order to shock the sun, King Tessian also decided to publicly execute some of the captured rebel leaders in the punishment square in front of the palace.

The king ordered the leaders of the rebellion to be pierced, and the soldiers dragged ten men down to the punishment square to read out the charges. Then, in front of countless onlookers, a thin and thick wooden stake was used to pierce through their lower bodies, through their torsos, and finally through their mouths. Those who are executed by this punishment do not die immediately, but often suffer in extreme pain before they die.

Onlookers cheered as the criminals were executed, chanting the name of King Tessian, while cursing the temptress of chaos in the most vicious language. "Kill all the first-cause believers!" someone shouted. "Let's see if they dare to challenge Tyr!"

"Kill them all!" someone responded.

"Let them know that there is only one way to die if they are enemies of Tyr!"

For a time, the sound shook all over the world, and the power was amazing.

The Legion and White Glitter also hid in the crowd and saw the scene in front of them. The white flash was still the same indifferent expression as usual, and the Legion showed an unfathomable smile that was meaningful.

"See. "The Legion uses psionic energy to communicate directly with those around them. "They inadvertently expose their weaknesses. ”

"I saw that it was our own people who were stuck in pillars, bleeding and waiting to die. If Muhadi knew the current situation, he would have turned against you. White Flash rolled his eyes. "You see something different from me. ”

"Listen to their threats, which betray their way of thinking. Legion said. "Anyone is going to die sooner or later, are my psychic sorcerers afraid? They don't know that for many people, the glory of death is a thing that cannot be refused. ”

The countenance of the legion was shrouded in the shadows cast by the hood. "Muhadi is not going to turn his face on me about this, quite the opposite. My actions have greatly advanced his career, and my great plan ......"

“...... One day, it will shake the world. ”

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Muhadi and the rest of the adventuring team finally arrived at the ancient island in the dark of the next day. Now, though, it looks more like a high peak in the Salt Sea Plain.

All adventurers were thirsty to death, but luckily they managed to find a source of water and a little bit of vegetation that was almost imperceptible. Several of them moistened their fiery throats one after another, and then the Coral Witch used the life force of the vegetation to cast a spell and summon food.

The group was finally saved, at least temporarily.

With this foothold, the next step is easy. After discussion, most people agreed to continue the adventure and find the Pure Fortress.

Although there are still hundreds of palesan away from the Pure Fortress, everyone knows that if the hidden power in the fortress cannot be found, then it is impossible for Tyr to survive in front of Ebbolis in the future.

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