Chapter 1 Small-scale Contacts

(Revenge Line - Bagio Line)

In the Caroli Desert of the Free Frontier, there is a team of five people patrolling here, this team is the Border Rangers, the leader of this team looks to be in his twenties, he has thick black hair, and he looks shrewd and capable. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Islo, how's it going?"

The captain asked softly, they were now in a slaughtered desert goblin tribe, the scene was very bloody, not a single desert goblin of this tribe was alive, all of them were slaughtered.

"It's terrible, the other party's killing methods are really ruthless, and they are really good at killing. Islo frowned, the smell of blood at the scene was smoky, although Islo had long been accustomed to this smell, but in the face of such a scene, he still couldn't help but frown.

Islo is a native of Kurong Town, the Free Frontier, his brother Frick is one of the first three rangers to discover the traces of illusions, and Islo also followed in his brother's footsteps and joined the Border Rangers, this year Islo is nineteen years old, he joined the Border Rangers when he was sixteen years old three years ago, and he is also a veteran of the Rangers.

"Yes...... Did the arachnid do it?" said a chubby, bouty-looking daring Ranger.

This chubby Ranger is a newcomer to the Frontier Ranger this year, about twenty-two years old, his name is Ron, he was born in the Midtown Federation's Clow Passage, he is from a merchant family, but because his family violated the trade laws of the Midtown Federation, he was executed, as the only son in the family, Ron, was sent to the Free Frontier by Freeman Schmidt, the lord of the Crow Passage.

"Aren't you stupid fat pigs, if the arachnid did it, you would have taken these desert goblins with you for food, don't you see that this place is full of corpses now?" said a tall, thin Ranger with a mocking expression.

This Ranger is also a newcomer, he is from the Free Frontier native, he is a villager of Wadi Town, which is famous for his Orions, his name is Mihawk, he is twenty-eight years old, Mihawk is an excellent hunter, but he is also a well-known gangster in Wadi Town, after another drunken brawl caused others to be injured, Mihawk was forced to send to the Border Rangers, because his hunting skills will be a good talent supplement for the Border Rangers.

"In my judgment, this group of murderers should be less than a day's journey from here. Islo again uttered his analysis, and the captain nodded, trusting Islo's judgment very much.

"If those guys are less than a day's journey from here, I think we have a chance to catch up with them. At this moment, a snake man ranger suddenly said.

This snake ranger's name is Najisha, he joined the Frontier Rangers two years ago, he comes from a nowhere in the southeast of the Free City-State, a depression swamp, three or two small villages on the depression swamp, and the living conditions are extremely harsh.

The captain looked at Ron and Mihawk, the two newcomers to the Rangers, with concern and Ron seeing his captain looking at him, he quickly lowered his head, as if he was afraid that the captain would tell him what to do, while Mihawk was talking with his chest open, fearless and waiting to be sent.

The captain looked at Islo and Najisha again, both of them nodded slightly, and the captain sighed helplessly, so he made up his mind.

"Alright, then let's go after this enemy who slaughters the Desert Goblin Tribe, our Frontier Rangers have been looking for them for a few days, and this time we must not miss it again. The captain whispered, which made the Rangers in the squad, except for Ron, extremely excited, and Ron cried as if he were going to the execution ground.

"What about these corpses, are you going to leave them alone?" said Islo, pointing abruptly to the bloody scene.

"Set a fire and burn it here, if these corpses are only eaten by scavengers, that's fine, but if you attract corpse collectors, it's not easy. The captain said worriedly, and the others agreed with the decision, so Islow took Mihawk and Ron to set the fire.

After these things were dealt with, the team, led by their captain, immediately began to track the enemy's movements, along the way, they were all cautious, they had to try to avoid contact with other enemies in the Caroli Desert before confronting the enemy, they all knew that their opponent was not easy to deal with, so they had to maintain their fitness and energy.

The team traveled a lot of distance, and they quickly caught up with the pace of their goal, this is a team of four phantom demons, led by a phantom demon is very tall, this phantom demon's horns are thicker than ordinary illusions, his tail also looks strong and powerful, pale green skin, silver-white long hair, it looks particularly scary.

The Ranger squad following the phantom team was very nervous at this time, and Islo made a gesture to their captain, which meant "Do you want to go now".

The captain thought for a moment, then shook his head slightly, he also gestured, that meant "don't be impulsive, follow first", Islo, Najisha, Mihawk and Ron immediately nodded, they all knew that the captain would prefer to follow this team of illusions to see if they could find the illusion's lair.

In this way, the Phantom Squad in front of them moved forward, followed by the Ranger Squad behind, and the two sides walked for about a day, resting on the Karoli Desert that night.

The Phantom Squad dared to set up camp and make a fire, but the Rangers did not dare to do so, the nights in the Caroli Desert were always exceptionally cold, but the Rangers of the Rangers had to endure such pain in order to achieve the goal they were pursuing.

Such nights are extraordinarily long and extremely difficult, because there is no fire, and resting at night in the Caroli Desert is likely to attract other terrible creatures, so the rangers of the Ranger Regiment are always paying attention to the surrounding situation, and they dare not be careless at any time.

The Rangers survived the first night without fire in the Caroli Desert, and early the next morning, the Phantoms began to act, and the Ranger also followed the Phantoms, the Phantoms' physical strength was amazing, and Ron was so tired that he was dead on the Ranger side, and the others were not much better.

"Oh my God, why is this Caroli Desert so big...... "Mihawk couldn't help but grumble, as a hunter, he often shuttles through the jungle, but now that he is too tired, you can imagine how painful Ron is.

"As far as I know, no one has ever managed to cross the Caroli Desert, it's like the limit, and no one knows how big the Caroli Desert is. Islo said softly, he was also out of breath, but it was clear that Islo's training for so many years had not been done in vain, and his steps were still very clear.

"I wouldn't be surprised if there was a Phantom City at the end of the Caroli Desert......" Najisha whispered, and the others nodded yes, only their captain shaking his head helplessly.

Soon, the day passed again under such circumstances, and the terrible night came again, and tonight, Ron was too tired to fall asleep on the floor early, and Mihawk was obviously a little unable to support it.

"You all take a rest first, I'll keep vigil here, after all, everyone's physical energy is too much during the day. The captain said softly, and Mihawk nodded painfully, he wanted to pretend that he was strong and didn't have the strength to do so, Mihawk leaned on the ground and fell asleep in a few seconds.

And Islo and Najisha, two experienced rangers, are not as weak as the two ranger newcomers Mihawk and Ron, although Islo and Najisha are also tired, but they still insist on helping the captain guard the surrounding environment.

The first half of the night was peaceful, but in the second half of the night, a terrifying roar suddenly came from the Caroli desert, and this roar woke up both Mihawk and Ron who were sleeping, and they looked around, but for a moment they couldn't find the source of the roar, but at this time, the tension spread all over the five rangers.

In a state of tension, it was not only the rangers of the Frontier Rangers, but also the four phantoms on the other side who were also nervous, and they were also looking left and right to prevent the enemy from attacking.

"Goo-do-goo

The rough-horned phantom demon at the head roared angrily, and the other three phantom demons were also waiting for the enemy attentively, and the ranger group, seeing the phantom's actions, they all felt very bad, they knew that the phantom demon would definitely not be so nervous for no reason.

"Roar!"

The terrifying roar came again, and with the roar came a huge earth dragon, this kind of earth dragon is called the gluttonous dragon, it is said that the huge mouth of the gluttonous dragon can devour everything, people usually only see the gluttonous dragon in the literature, but few people have actually seen this terrifying creature.

Although the size of the gluttonous dragon was huge, his speed was also surprisingly fast, and he pounced on the four phantoms, who hurriedly jumped left and right to dodge, but one phantom was still swallowed by the gluttonous dragon.

"Ahh

The Roughhorned Phantom Demon roared angrily, he raised his two-handed sword, and without fear rushed towards the Gluttonous Dragon, the Gluttonous Dragon swept its tail away, and the other Phantom Demon wanted to jump on top of the Gluttonous Dragon's head, but as soon as the Gluttonous Dragon raised his head, he bit his body into two pieces.

"Roar!"

The greedy dragon was alert to the rangers standing in the distance, and the rangers of the rangers suddenly turned pale, and their captain gritted his teeth, pulled out his long sword and bayonet, and then rushed towards the greedy dragon.

"Get out of the way!" Islo and Mihawk are remotely contained!" the captain charged forward to meet the enemy, and at the same time did not forget to give instructions, he knew how terrifying the beast in front of him was, so he forbade his Rangers to come into close contact with it.

After Islo and Mihawk received the captain's order, they immediately took out their respective ranged weapons, Islo took out a longbow, while Mihawk usually carries a long and a short bow, this time because Islo used a longbow to contain it, so Mihawk chose to use a short bow to fire rapidly to disrupt the gluttonous dragon.

The snake man Najisha knew that he couldn't help much in this battle, so he pulled the frightened Ron to the side, since he couldn't provide effective help, then try to avoid becoming a burden to the team, this is Najisha's code of conduct.

The gluttonous dragon rushed forward, and opened his mouth to bite the captain who was rushing towards him, and when he was about to approach the gluttonous dragon, he suddenly slid forward and knelt forward, he slashed under the ravouston's mouth in a thrilling way, and raised his long sword, trying to slide down the ravingfish's jaw all the way to its lower abdomen, but the ravenous dragon's skin was thick and thick, and such an attack only made it bleed a little.

At the same time, Isloh and Mihawk's arrows had already beckoned to the body of the Gluttonous Dragon, but although they could barely hurt the Glutton, they could not cause any more serious damage, and of course, their restraining effect had been achieved.

At this time, the rough-horned phantom and another surviving phantasm also rushed over, and they ignored the rangers of the rangers, because at this time, everyone on both sides knew that if they didn't solve the gluttonous dragon in front of them, then no one on either side would survive.

The greedy dragon was furious by the arrows, and it faced two more phantoms, the rough-horned phantom saw the opportunity, jumped high, and successfully climbed the back of the gluttonous dragon, while the other phantom demon was not so lucky, he was stomped on the soles of his feet by the gluttonous dragon, and his whole body was almost shattered.

The Rough-Horned Phantom Demon slashed with a two-handed sword on the back of the Gluttonous Dragon, and the painful Gluttonous Dragon roared non-stop, and at this time, the captain of the Ranger Regiment also saw the opportunity, he jumped high, raised the bayonet sword in his left hand, aimed at the only one-eye in the center of the Gluttonous Dragon's head, and stabbed it fiercely, and the sword pierced through the eyes of the Gluttonous Dragon, and the Gluttonous Dragon swayed from side to side in pain, and threw the Rough-Horned Phantom Demon out, and finally it hit a huge rock again, and fell to the ground, motionless.

The Roughhorned Phantom stood in place panting, and the Rangers captain was also panting, and Islo, Mihawk, Najisha, and Ron all gathered around, and the Roughhorned Phantasm looked at the corpse of the ravenous dragon on the ground, and then at the Rangers, gritted his teeth, and raised his two-handed sword.

At this time, the captain of the Ranger Regiment stepped forward, he stopped the men who were about to besiege the Roughhorned Phantom, he himself stepped forward, and raised his long sword and bayonet, the captain's action made the Roughhorned Phantom nod slightly, so both sides started at the same time, each rushing towards the other.

Both sides didn't have much strength at this time, so they pointed to this blow, only to see the sword light flash, and the heavy body of the rough-horned phantom demon fell, but from his face, it could be seen that he still showed a satisfied expression.

"Hey, it seems that the plan to track them down to the phantom lair is about to be terminated......" Islo said with regret, the captain just shook his head slightly, no one could have imagined an unexpected situation.

"So...... Are we starting our way back to Twilight, Lord Baggio?" said Najisha softly.

“...... Let's go, go back to Twilight!" the captain, Baggio, sighed, and gave the order to return.