The moment he climbed to the top of the hill, Pannis understood what Catherine had been talking about before.

Below him is the endless plain of Rhea, and the cold season makes the plants in the field enter a withering period, and the plain can only see an endless end of withered yellow. At the end of the sky in the distance, the Baygars River, the world's largest river in Yala, runs diagonally through it, dividing the Plains of Rhea into two halves. Although it is winter, the fast-flowing Bayergas River does not enter the freezing period, and the flowing water carries a large amount of ice, constantly colliding and making a cracking sound, which can still be clearly heard even in the thunderous current. On the rushing water, there is a mist in the sky, and the white mist is like smoke, covering both sides of the riverbank, looking like a world in a fairy tale.

"Why is this mist so big?" asked Pannis, curiously, "Supposedly this is not the case in other sections of the Bayergas River." ”

"No one has figured it out yet. Vivien said, "Many scholars have studied the cause and put forward many hypotheses, but in the end, no one can prove themselves right, perhaps, this is the miracle of Yara's creation." ”

"Shall we cross the river?" asked Pannis, "I think it's torture to get into the confines of the river in this weather." ”

"Haha, no. Erlan chased after him: "Look at that road, it is the main road to the direction of Liberty City, and if there is still a long way to go, it will turn southeast and become parallel to the Bayergas River." ”

"Southeast?" Pannis turned his head to look away, "It should be Kaos Mountain over there, eighty kilometers away." I had rarely been active in the Knowledge Capital before, and the terrain of this generation was very unfamiliar. ”

"It's Kaosi Mountain, and the main road passes directly through one of the canyons and crosses the entire Kaos Mountain. Catherine explained, "Well, you should have seen enough, let's go, as planned, we still need to cross the Kaos Canyon tonight, and we need to hurry up and make up for the missing roads yesterday." ”

Pannis subconsciously looked up at the sky. The weather was clear, and there were no animals flying in the air: "It seems that today should be relatively smooth, at least there are no signs of the appearance of the enemy yet." ”

"I'm skeptical, it's hard to believe they're so kind. Give us more opportunities to rest. Catherine waved her hand: "Let's go, continue to go." ”

The drivers shouted loudly, and the convoy restarted, led by the luxury cars, and slowly moved along the long main road.

Traveling on an empty plain is actually quite unpleasant. There is only a wilderness around, all the scenery is the same, even if you walk for a few hours and advance dozens of kilometers, it still feels like you are standing still, the reference object is still in the distant sky, and the surroundings are still as empty as ever.

Because of this, there are often distractions to do on the plains, otherwise novice rookies can easily become frustrated by this frustration of standing still, and then lose their fighting spirit. As for the veterans, there is no need to worry. Any experienced traveler on the plains will have his own usual methods of relieving mental stress, and he will not be affected in any way.

"Looks like it's close to Kaos Mountain. One of the city guards cheered, "I can already see it clearly." ”

"Well, it's close. Erlan raised his eyelids and glanced at it, and said calmly: "There are about thirty kilometers left, at this speed, another three hours of walking, and you will be able to reach the Kaos Gorge before dusk." ”

"Three, three hours, how is it possible?" a group of team members shouted in surprise: "It looks like it's already close, but it still takes that long?"

"It's a pity. Catherine looked at the young people as if she were walking this path for the first time: "Eyes can sometimes deceive. Especially in the open areas of the plains. So, let's continue your game. ”

That's right, it's a game, a traditional game when you take a newbie on the plains - the story meeting. Except for the scouts who have already set out to explore the path. The rest of the team members get together and take turns shooting arrows at a fixed target, and the first one who misses needs to tell an interesting story about their own personal experience, and then continue to cycle backwards. It's a game that kills time, distracts people, and builds understanding and affection among the newbies. Therefore, it has been regarded as a traditional long-term application of the city guard, and the effect has been very good.

Of course, it worked out well this time. A whole day, nearly ten hours, more than 80 kilometers of journey, in the feeling of the team members seems to have passed in a short time, especially in the later stage, everyone's story is almost told, everyone is concentrating on the content of the next story, and they don't care about the time at all.

The sound of horses' hooves was heard again, and a scout group returned. But this time, instead of making all the normal gestures, they ran directly to Erlan's side and said a few words in a low voice. Erlan immediately frowned, nodded to the two scouts, and stopped the next round of scouts from leaving, hurrying in front of the four members of the party.

"Trouble?" Catherine sighed and asked the question in an affirmative tone.

"Well, there's trouble. Erlan smiled bitterly and said, "And I don't even know if it's those people from the first two times." ”

"What do you mean?" asked Catherine, "What's different this time?"

"This time it seems to be a bandit. Erlan said: "Just now they saw a lot of people from a distance, just at the end of the Kaos Canyon in front, there should be quite a few people, at least more than a hundred people. ”

"What about strength?" Catherine subconsciously asked, and immediately shook her head with a wry smile: "Forget it, I'm afraid it's hard for them to see, Pannis, I'm sorry for you." ”

"Pannis, he ......" Erlan just wanted to say that it was safer to go by himself, but when he turned around, he found that Pannis's was no longer there.

"Captain, don't worry, Pannis. Catherine looked around in surprise as Erlan looked around for Pennis's traces, and said with a smile: "And you don't have to look for it, if Pannis wants to hide, it is estimated that all the people here together will not be able to find him, so just wait patiently." ”

"Huh, weird. After waiting less than two minutes, Catherine suddenly had a strange feeling, stared at the mountain peak in front of her and said, "There is a very strange feeling. ”

"What's wrong, big sister. Vivien asked, "Did you find anything?"

"It's not. Catherine shook her head hesitantly and said, "It's just that from that direction, there seems to be a very strange feeling coming from it, a very strange and very special feeling. But it's gone soon, so it's probably an illusion. ”

"Over there, I don't feel anything, Lina, what about you?" Vivien didn't despise Catherine's delusion, and asked all the Gold-level professionals, but none of them felt the same way, so in the end, it could only be attributed to delusion.

"Wow, I'm back. In less than ten minutes, Pannis had already walked back with a dead grass in his mouth: "We are very valued." ”

"What did you find?" Catherine immediately asked, "Is it a bandit?"

"It's the bandits, and it's the five bands of thieves in the vicinity, there are more than 200 people, tsk, should you praise their huge lineup?" said Pannis, "Someone secretly hired these five bands of thieves to attack this wedding party, and strictly ordered them not to hurt anyone. And I eavesdropped on their conversation, as if the robbers were afraid of the mercenary and were ready to obey orders absolutely. How's that, what's the association?"

"Looks certain that it's the same group of old friends again. Catherine sighed, "What about their strength?"

"It's similar to the City Guard, except that there is no Golden Rank to lead the team. Pannis said: "The highest strength is the eight silver level high-level, and the rest are all professionals, and the overall strength is very ordinary. I have to say that the bandits in the neutral place are very unqualified, on average, there are only more than 40 people in a team, and they dare to call themselves a group of thieves? ”

"Don't mess around. Catherine rolled her eyes: "What other specific information have been found, tell me in detail." ”

"The terrain in front of us is a valley sandwiched between two peaks, the valley is about 1,500 meters long, the roots are more than 50 meters wide, and the slopes on both sides are very steep and sharp. There were one hundred and seventy-four men in ambush, or rather thought they were in ambush, at the end of the valley, and more than fifty others in ambush in the caves on the slopes on either side of the valley, and I doubted that they would have fallen to their death if they had rushed down and attacked. ”

"Anything else?" asked Catherine.

"That's pretty much it, and I don't think you want to know about it, if they think they're going to starve to death for the robbery, or if they want to drink bone broth at night but the person in charge of the hunt doesn't get the goods today. Pannis scratched his head lazily and said, "So that's all there is to it, okay, my mission is done, continue to be lazy, no, continue to accumulate energy for more serious situations that may arise." ”

"Have you been over there?" said Vivien, pointing in the direction that Catherine had just thought was strange, "I think it's in the mountains." ”

"What's wrong?" Pennis was stunned, "Did you see me sticking my tongue out of there?"

"Be serious, get down to business. Vivien flattened her mouth and said, "The eldest sister said a few minutes ago that there was a strange feeling from there, did you find anything?"

"Feel?" Pannis repeated Vivien's question, with an unknown surprise in his heart, but still shook his head, "I don't know, I didn't find anything." ”

"It's okay, it's probably just an illusion. Catherine waved her hand indifferently: "However, since the other party's new challenge is really coming, let's proceed according to the plan set before." ”

"Well, everything went according to plan. Several of them smiled sinisterly at the same time, startling the city guards who came over with their laughter. (To be continued.) )

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