The afterglow of the sunset is still sprinkled on the plateau in the twilight, even if it is already six o'clock in the evening, but the weather on the plateau is still hot, even with the physique of the adventure group, under the exposure of the sun for a long time, the sweat still drops down the cheeks, mixed with the loess stained on the face through the scarf, leaving stains on the face. But no one cares about this little discomfort, everyone is an experienced adventurer, compared to the life and death crises in various dangerous areas, just ordinary heat and dust, it is not enough to make anyone shake a little.

In two days, even though the road conditions on the Bute Plateau were not good, the seven people still used the high mobility of the magic motor car to drive a distance of nearly eight hundred kilometers, almost longitudinally crossing the entire country of mages. Along the way, towers suspended in the air and cities spread out on the ground appear at the end of the view, and villages and towns and farmland dotted between cities will also loom with the rolling loess. However, with the performance of the magic car, it can reach forty or fifty kilometers per hour, and these cities and villages will be left behind by everyone in the blink of an eye, and only the floating islands suspended in the air are still persistently left in the field of vision of the girls.

However, there is no one, not that there is no one in these cities and villages, a few people drive all the way, and often see farmers taking care of the fields and herdsmen grazing on the meadows in the villages and towns passing by, and it can be seen that there are still many inhabitants on the plateau, but in two days, the seven people did not meet a single caravan, nor did they meet a single traveler, it seems that all the pedestrians have disappeared from the Bute Plateau, and there is only a long smoke and dust between heaven and earth, and a loess road with no end in sight.

"It's not early. Pannis, driving the magic car, walked in front, and suddenly turned around and shouted, "Now we have two choices, but I don't know which one you are going to choose." ”

"I'll pick the second one. Before Panis could explain, Freya in the car diagonally behind her had already replied loudly: "I don't want to roll in the loess for another day, why didn't I feel that the soil on the Butt Plateau was so big when I came?" Oh my God, although the sunset, the yellow sand, the wilderness without people. The lonely traveler can always make a lonely and poignant picture, and the blue smoke of the campfire in the night sky and the moonlight on the plateau are so poetic, but my skin is now protesting, so I insist on the second option. Let's go straight to Wangshan Fortress and rest again. ”

"That's what we do. Catherine shouted on behalf of the other girls: "Anyway, it won't take long, even if you count the time to dismantle the vehicle, you can get to Wangshan Fortress before eight o'clock in the evening at most, it is better to go directly to it, and you can have a good night's rest at night." I was able to wash my body, but now it is so uncomfortable that I feel like I have a mask on my face. ”

Obviously, although the mud on the body does not shake the girls, the nature of women will not change, and they will always seize any opportunity to try to take care of themselves. Pannis scratched his head and muttered, "Really, I haven't said anything yet, and you've blocked everything I want to say." Do I have such a good guess?"

In fact, the girls' guess about the Pannis problem is completely correct, and everyone is faced with a choice. If you want to save your physical strength, you can find a nearby village to spend the night or camp directly on the spot, and then disassemble the magic car by the way, put it in their respective backpacks, and wait for tomorrow morning to come out again, and rush all the way down the steep wisdom light ramp, about a kilometer or so, you can reach the Wangshan Fortress located in the territory of the Faral Empire, which was established at the beginning of the Quaternary Period. Then reassemble the magic engine at Wangshan Fortress and set off again. As for the other option. According to what the girls said, tonight I drove overnight and felt the edge of the ramp of the light of wisdom, and after dismantling the locomotive, I went straight to the fortress of Wangshan, and spent the night in the fortress. Compared with. The girls were more interested in the inn in the Wangshan Fortress, after all, they had spent the night in the loess-covered wilderness.

"Because you're an idiot. Eva, who was clinging to her back, hugged Pannis's waist tightly, pulled her head high, buried her face behind his back, and whispered, "So it's so easy to guess." ”

"Hey. Pannis rolled his eyes and said, "It's enough for them to despise me, don't mess with me." ”

"And I always felt that something was wrong. Catherine looked around and said, "It's too lonely this way, although the official and bulk freight of the Magecraft Nation will be carried out through several mobile floating islands. But given the size and prosperity of the Mage Country, there isn't even a single caravan on the ground, which is a bit strange to look at. Anyway, this road is also the best way to connect the Farrar Empire and Bout, I heard that most caravans will choose this road, but none of us have encountered it, it seems like ...... It seems like...... It's as if someone has isolated everyone from us. ”

"Sister, you're a little suspicious. Lina poked her head out from behind Freya and said, "Don't forget that we saw a lot of farmers and herders on the way, and if that's what you said, they'd be quarantined too." ”

"That's why I think it's weird. Lina's words did not relieve Catherine's doubts, and the knight girl was still very worried and said: "It is because of those farmers and herdsmen that they can fly all the way with confidence, if they really can't even see those people, there is really a problem, how dare you move forward so defenselessly." ”

"Maybe someone deliberately wants you to think that, and then hesitates to move forward. Lina explained: "Then we won't be able to rush to the scene of the tragedy in time, and we won't be able to find any clues, so you are fooled if you think so." ”

"Unless it's a collective decision of the Supreme Council of Mage Bute. Pannis turned around and shouted, "Or maybe a few top mage lords ask for it privately, otherwise the local lords will not be so cooperative, and without the cooperation of the local lords, no one can clear the caravan on the road." But I don't think the people of the Sands of Time would be stupid enough to do this kind of request, it's too easy to track them down, and it's just to expose their identities to us, and it doesn't make any sense. ”

"So what do you think," asked Catherine, "think it's just a coincidence?"

"If someone in the Mage Nation targets us, then they may be able to keep us from encountering any caravans or travelers along the way. Pannis said, "But they can't control the caravan from Falar, don't you think it's strange? Not only the caravan in the same direction, but even the caravan in the opposite direction, we didn't encounter any of them here, although this may seem more abnormal, but it shows that the problem may not be on the side of the Mage Country, but on the other side." ”

"Maybe. Catherine still had doubts and said, "In any case, it's better for us to be cautious, especially the section of the road down the ramp of the Light of Wisdom, and try not to rush too fast, so as not to lose our ability to respond in case of an enemy mid-volley." ”

The Light of Wisdom Ramp mentioned by several people is a steep slope that connects the Farrar Empire to the Land of Mages. The border between the Farrar Empire and the Mage Nation is divided by the east-west Pandora Mountains, the top of the Pandora Mountains is the Bute Plateau, and the bottom is the Farlar Plains. One of them is called the Light of Wisdom, the slope is still very steep, the height is about 1,200 meters, but the length is less than 1,800 meters, the slope is almost over 60 degrees, whether up or down, few people will choose this steep road, only some high-level professionals will run all the way down from it for convenience, but occasionally there will be a mistake on the way and end up with a poor person who falls seriously injured. The other two, known as the Light of Knowledge and the Light of Magic, are relatively gentle, but the route is winding, from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the mountain, and it often takes more than half a day even if you use the fastest degree, but for caravans and normal people, this route is the best choice. The three ramps start not too far apart, and the final end is actually very close, all converge in a canyon, and at the end of the canyon is the border city of the Faral Empire, Wangshan Fortress.

With the rumbling sound of the magic wheel, the group of seven finally reached the northernmost end of the Pandora Mountains before the complete sunset, in front of the cliffs with no edge to the left and right, and below the deep valley shrouded in mist. Viewed from above, the city seems to be the size of a training ground behind the Western-style pavilion, and all the buildings are unrecognizable, only the city walls around the city clearly mark the scope of the city.

In front of the girls, there is a steep slope with a width of about 30 meters, the steep slope has almost no bends, it is completely a straight line to the foot of the mountain, so that many ordinary people feel that their legs are weak when they look at it, the only fortunate thing is that the two sides of the steep slope are made of iron chains and iron pillars to make a guardrail, so as not to rush down, in case you accidentally go crooked, you will fall off the cliff thousands of meters high.

"Freya, how is the demolition?" A few people sat on the edge of the cliff for a while, watching the sky getting darker and darker, Catherine asked a little anxiously: "Let's try to go down before it gets dark, the sun is setting and rushing down, I think it is equivalent to suicide." ”

"Rest assured, it's all right. Freya wiped her black oily hand and shook it in the air, the black oil sliding off her hand under the influence of magic. The girl fastened the last huge backpack and assigned one to each person: "You can go out at any time." (To be continued.) )