In the sky, although it was no longer the time when the midday sun was at its strongest, the strong sunlight did not weaken much, and the fierce light made Niata's eyes wander a little away at Link who was walking in front, secretly thinking about something in her heart. The fierce "Atta" still hangs high in the blue and the rising heat makes people a little drowsy.

The long walk made Niata's mind a little confused, and she thought of her teacher, who had told her that the Wild Cow Desert was not formed naturally, but that the land was lost its vitality due to powerful magic, and the desertification became a desert, and the reduction of surface water caused the water cycle of the entire area to decrease, and eventually led to a decrease in precipitation. The flat terrain and the sand dunes with obvious heat absorption and heat release have contributed to the climate of the Manniu Desert today. Njata didn't understand much about the teacher's words, but she felt that she didn't need to understand such complicated things, and the current situation was enough for her to worry about.

Niata glanced at Link walking in front of him, Link's back was still a little thin, and the robe on his back was soaked with sweat and stuck to his back, revealing the curves of his back.

"It's a little stronger than before. Njata muttered to herself, and Link in front of her glanced back at Nyata, and when she didn't continue to speak, he continued to lead the way.

The two of them were not far from the tribe, and when they were close to the tribe, Njata's heart was a little uneasy, what if Zaya rejected his plan to join the Santarin Society? It was even possible that the angry Zaya would kill himself regardless of his son's future? Probably not? Njata's pace couldn't help but slow down a little when she thought of this.

Nyata, who didn't have much identification with the tribe because of her childhood experiences, was in a state of high mental tension after learning magic, for fear that her secret would be discovered. Just now, Niata proposed a plan to betray the tribe, but she was not recognized by her only companion, and now Niata's heart is full of fear and expectation for the future, shame for her actions and complaints about her companions, and her emotions are a little out of control.

Do you want to just kill Link here, and I'll go to the Santarin Society myself?Nyata was taken aback by herself as soon as this idea came to mind, thinking of her childhood with Link, learning magic with Link during this time, and relying on each other, she couldn't help but feel a little ashamed of her thoughts, and quickened her pace to try to keep up with Link.

Link suddenly stopped in front of him, and the worried Niata hit Link's back carelessly, and hurriedly took two steps back in a panic, looking at Link with some shame, only to find that Link was tilting his head sideways, listening attentively, and didn't care about himself at all.

Njata looked at Link with some puzzlement, Link looked at Nyata, and said with some confusion, "Did you hear anything?"

Nyata was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and began to listen attentively, and there was a sound of Suosuo, the sound of the wind blowing through the sand dunes? No, it was the sound of sand grains rubbing, but why did the sand grains rub? The next moment, Niata, who understood something, suddenly opened her eyes wide, and her pupils contracted violently.

Before Nyata could make a sound, Link saw the sand in front of him on his left begin to rise and fall violently, and something was rapidly approaching the two of them under the sand.

Link drew his scimitar and was on guard, but Nyata stopped Link and pulled him to run away: "It's a sandworm!

Before Link could understand what a sandworm was, the creature under the sand suddenly jumped out of the sand, scattering golden grains of sand over Link and Niata, Link squinted his eyes and rushed forward, and a huge yellow long bug more than ten meters long rushed towards Link and the two of them! The yellow carapace on the back of the insect glowed with metal-like reflections in the sun, and the dense short feet moved quickly, making people's scalps tingle.

The sandworm's head had no obvious eyes, its entire head was covered in sharp, streamlined scales, and a round mouthpart the size of a millstone struck Niata, with sharp teeth in three rings of mouthparts glowing in the sunlight.

Niata's agile sideways dodging the sandworm's mouthparts, and the sharp spikes on the sandworm's tail failed to stab Niata due to the angle not being good enough, Link took the opportunity to slash at the sandworm's back, and as Link expected, the scimitar slashed into the thick carapace and failed to enter the flesh. Instead, he almost took Link's scimitar away, but Link hurriedly pulled the scimitar back, helplessly watching as the sandworm broke through the sand with its sharp head scales and disappeared.

Niata stopped and began to chant magic, Link drew his sword to protect him, the sand at the feet of the two of them was shaking violently, and sandworms could appear at any time!

The next moment, the ugly sandworm opened its hideous mouthparts and broke through the sand, heading straight for Link! Link dodged the sandworm's mouthparts sideways in embarrassment, but his arm was scratched by the sandworm's sharp short legs, and blood stains were sprinkled on the sandworm's thick carapace, and Niata's magic missile spun and flew towards the sandworm's back, but because of the thick carapace on its back, the sandworm did not suffer much damage, and continued to burrow into the sand dunes without incident.

Without waiting for Link to hold down the wound, the sandworm broke through the sand again and rushed directly between the two, Link and Niata reacted sensitively and dodged sideways to both sides, Link also saw the opportunity to use the scimitar to slash at the sandworm's carapace, but the body did not stand firm, and the scimitar did not even break the carapace, only slashed shallowly outside the thick carapace. The sandworm burrows into the ground again.

The situation is extremely critical, and the attacks of Niata and Link cannot break through the carapace of the sandworm, nor can they attack the fragile abdomen of the sandworm, so they can only be constantly attacked by the sandworm and constantly weakened by the sandworm.

Link didn't panic at the critical moment, looking at the sand worm's inconspicuous sharp head and the numerous, tiny feet that made the scalp tingle, and thinking of some knowledge of insects in his previous life, he whispered to Niata, "Hearing! It relies on hearing!" ”

Niata was stunned for a moment and understood, and cast a magic spell with Link, as soon as the sandworm appeared, a huge sound appeared around it, the sandworm struggled violently, rolling on the sand, revealing a soft white belly from time to time, Niata saw the opportunity, and cast two magic missiles on the sandworm's abdomen in succession, the sandworm's struggle was obviously weakened, and finally Link used the scroll to cast the mage armor, and stepped forward to cut a large hole in the sandworm's abdomen with a scimitar.

Link hurriedly retreated after succeeding, and the sandworm trembled violently, rolling violently on the sand, spilling green bodily fluids and foul-smelling internal organs everywhere.

Link looked at the struggling sandworm with some disgust, silently tending to his wounds, and was about to discuss with Niata whether to give the sandworm another magic missile, but found that Niata did not look at the sandworm, but at a sand dune that had collapsed due to the sandworm not far away.

The top of a dilapidated building was exposed to the top of the dune, and the severe weathering made this exposed thing look so dilapidated that it was unrecognizable in its original appearance, it was only more than half a man tall, and the rest of the building was still buried by the dunes, Njata said thoughtfully: "The remains of the Nethrel Empire." ”