The Boulder Mountains are a source of water for the human kingdom and the northern wilderness. The vegetation and climate are complex and diverse, from low to high, divided into broad-leaved forests, mixed forests, coniferous forests, meadows, shrublands and bare rocks.

In order to avoid the eyes and ears of the goblin lord, Victor and his party chose to follow the bush belt of the Boulder Mountains all the way east.

The shrub belt of the high mountains has poor soils and few resources, no large animal activity, and certainly not many orc monsters. The view is so wide that once the gnolls and goblins leave the dense forest, travelers can see them from behind the bush belt. Travelers can stoop and sneak and hide themselves under the cover of bushes.

Strange Testier's scout team also set up a hideout behind the bush.

Victor and the others brought enough dry food, and when they were thirsty, they would draw water from the mountain streams and waterfalls along the way to drink, and they could also collect some sea buckthorn fruits from the bushes as snacks, and occasionally shoot one or two rock sheep living on the steep cliffs for a change of taste. In this way, the team walked for 8 days and arrived at the assembly point where the scout team summoned instructions.

However, the neighborhood was empty.

In the most colourful autumn of the year, the Boulder Mountains are colourful, with waterfalls cascading down the craggy rock walls like a white stream, the sound of the water roaring like a dragon, and white splashes that reflect the blue of the sky and meandering through the colourful forests.

The surrounding scenery is like a fairy tale wonderland, but Victor has no intention of appreciating it, he and the two tempest paladins stand on the high cliff wall, looking far away, taking in the scenery within a radius of dozens of kilometers, but still no trace of Strange and the others can be found.

"Did you find anything?"

Waiting for Victor and the two Testil to get to the ground, Clement asked indifferently.

Howard and Clark glanced at each other, looking inquiringly at Victor. This is where the Golden-Eyed Earl has the best sense of perception, and he may be able to see unusual details.

Victor shook his head grimly, and said: "I have not seen or heard any traces of human activity, and nothing of value has been found within at least 50 kilometers. ”

He paused, looked around, and asked in a deep voice, "Now who can tell me if Strange Testier and his retinue are still alive?"

This is a question that only Pope Clement can answer among those present. The Holy Power of the Paladin is centered on the Light Mark, and when the Paladin falls, the Light Mark moves out of a position. Instead of using the Golden Horn, Testil canonizes new paladins, and the empty Light Seal remains in the Pool of Holy Power. The Pope and the three patriarchs have higher authority over the Sacred Power Pool, and they can perceive the vacancy of the Light Seal through the Holy Power Pool.

Victor doesn't know the mysteries of the Holy Power Pool, and can guess that the Paladin has a special connection with the Holy Power Pool.

Faced with the temptation of the Earl of Goldeneye, Clement breathed a sigh of relief. The Sacred Power Pool is a secret shared by the high-ranking clergy, but Father Miller lives in Randall, and even if Victor heard about the Holy Power Pool from him, Clement would not be surprised. Since Victor was tempting with words, it shows that Father Miller still has reservations about him. Because, if Victor was fully aware, he didn't need to open his mouth at all, and Clement had to meditatively find out if Strange Testier had fallen.

The top god is unpredictable, and Clement's belief that Miller is still on the side of the church through this detail has made his heart much more reassured.

Closing his eyes, a white-gold glow flowed from his eyes, and after a while, Clement opened his eyes, looked at Judge Trigovar, nodded and said, "The two paladin brothers, Strange and Conral, are still following the teachings of the Lord. ”

Trigovar showed a relieved look and said, "Brother Strange is alone, even the manticore can't catch up with him. I was worried that Conlar was dragging him down. ”

Conlar Trigovar is the nephew of the chief magistrate, a silver earth knight, a fourth-level paladin, he has the combat power of the Golden Knight, and it is impossible for him to hold Strange back.

Victor then asked, "Who else is in Lord Strange's team?"

"Two referees of the Inquisition, one animal trainer...... There is also a fourth-level combat priest. Trigoval thought for a moment, and then added, "Priest Karui is from the Benadikt family, is the shepherd of our Lord, and is also a veteran knight. ”

The priest of the veteran knight was not worthy of Victor's attention, and he was vaguely aware of the wizards raised by the Inquisition.

"The ...... Beast tamer?"

"The third-level paladin of the Inquisition, Bolton, a large owl he has domesticated all year round, is very intelligent and can grasp the intentions of his master and identify monsters. I believe that the Strange brothers relied on Bolton's owl to discover the goblin lord and the manticore. Trigovar didn't hesitate.

Paladin? It can't be a wizard. Strange may also have a few unseen helpers hiding in the shadows...... Trigovar would never explain it to everyone in front of Ron the Zealot...... Victor mused, and said with a flat expression, "We found this place based on the red-eyed crow summons of Lord Strange, but this location may not be accurate. We didn't find anything unusual on the way, so we didn't have to look back. I don't think they'll hide in the woods, where there are a lot of gnolls and goblins. ”

As he spoke, he looked up at the steep cliffs of the Boulder Mountain Range and continued, "There is a kobold clan on the cliff, and it is not yet certain whether the kobolds nearby are loyal to the goblin lord...... Just in case, Strange they may have shifted their position. Let's look a little further ahead. ”

Howard nodded and said, "That's all there is to it...... As we searched, Clark, Lester, me, and Cousin Victor took turns manifesting the Void Element. If Strange had been hiding in the woods nearby, he would have sensed us. ”

The team continued their search along the scrub belt of the Boulder Mountains, and after about 200 kilometers, Victor was the first to notice the anomaly.

The bush belt shows traces of a large stream of creatures trampling past and leading to a small, abandoned camp. The campfire embers were scattered everywhere, but there were no human camping objects around, only the footprints of various creatures.

Everyone stopped at the periphery very tacitly, and let the referee come forward alone to carefully inspect the scene.

After a while, Trigovar nodded at the group, and then everyone stepped forward and listened to him: "The traces are very badly damaged, and we can't find the footprints of our humans, here are the footprints and feces left by goblins, gnolls, ogres, long-tailed lizards, and mountain dragon lizards...... Judging by the degree of dryness of the excrement, about five days ago, a goblin riding a mountain dragon lizard appeared here with 10 lizard cavalry, 21 bear-headed goblins, 19 gnoll hunters, and 2 ogre bodyguards. But I'm not sure if the bonfire was lit by goblins, or if some other sapient species lit the bonfire that attracted the orcs...... There was no blood around them, indicating that even if the orcs were later, they did not fight anyone, let alone capture the prisoners. ”

At this moment, everyone's heart is heavy. Nine times out of ten, the camp is Strange's scout camp, and the goblins are mixed with other orcs and dominate, meaning they are the hands of the two-headed goblin lord. In addition, the Mountain Dragon Lizard is as famous as the Swamp Dragon Lizard, and it also belongs to the Silver Rank Dragonborn Beast. The goblins under the Goblin Lord can enslave a mountain dragon lizard, which is enough to show that they are strong.

The most important thing is that they actually have a lizard cavalry force composed of big goblins!

The goblin lord has a large number of cavalry, so the forces it rules are by no means a rabble, and has an organizational structure similar to that of the human kingdom, so as to obtain strong self-healing and mobilization capabilities, and have the basic conditions for a long-term war with the human army.

Such an opponent is called the king of the orcs, and he lives up to his name.

The King of Orcs must die!

The Goblin Lord must die!

But how difficult is it to find a goblin lord in the vast northern wilderness? Victor has all the alchemical crows he brought out from Randall's tie, and he may not be able to find a two-headed goblin after three months of searching in this land on his own.

To narrow down the search for a Goblin Lord, Strange and his scout team must first be found.

Strange: Where are they hiding at the moment?

Nelson turned to Tournans and asked a little anxiously, "Teacher, what direction do you think they will be?" ”

Tournans snorted, folded his hands behind his back, and looked up at the sky, ignoring Nelson at all.

Psychic Touch is not prophecy and has limitations in itself. Turnans and Caligula can only sense that the person they care about is in danger in order to determine the general direction and distance. There were hundreds of thousands of clergy in the church, and Tournans knew only a few, and even fewer he really cared about.

Strange and Conrad are clearly not among them.

Nelson, in front of Testier and Trigovar, ran over and asked questions, which was very inappropriate. Fortunately, Tournans was thick-skinned and knew the way of the city, so he didn't scold his cheap student for being an idiot.

Of course, he had scolded the stupid bear countless times in his heart.

Problems that can't be solved by the touch of the heart, Victor's psychic talent can track intuition. He crouched down, picked up a handful of ashes, and used X-3 to analyze the humidity in it, comparing the humidity changes in the air to calculate the difference and time.

Clapping his hands, Victor stood up and said, "Seven days ago, the bonfire was extinguished with water, and two days later, the orc trackers came to this place...... They left early, indicating that they knew two days in advance that a monster was coming this way. ”

"The trainer's owl?"

Trigovar looked surprised, nodded and said, "It should be the owl that spotted the enemy in the air." ”

"So...... The goblin trackers walked straight towards here, and they also determined the location of the camp first. Who told them?"

Victor continued: "Yes...... Manticore. I speculate that Lord Strange didn't completely get rid of the Manticore, and that he joined up with the Scout Squad and tracked the Manticore to the vicinity on the fourteenth day after the release of the Red-Eyed Crow. Strange's elemental perception was the first to detect the Manticore's presence, and he lured the Manticore away to protect his teammates...... Since the location of the first camp was exposed, Lord Conlar led the rest of the men to eliminate all traces of the camp and moved to this location to camp. However, the Manticore may have a remarkable means of tracking, and it informs its master, the Goblin Lord. The Goblin Lord sent his goblins to spy on Conlar...... The big owl of the beast trainer spotted the movement of the goblin cavalry, and Conlar and they urgently moved. They walked in such a hurry that they didn't even have time to bury the embers of the campfire, so they simply extinguished them with water and walked away. ”

"Why are they in such a hurry?"

Victor crossed his arms, rubbed his chin, and his dark golden eyes cast into the reckless forest below, and muttered, "That owl died suddenly, and Strange is not by their side, the enemy situation is unknown, and they must be transferred immediately." ”

Trigoval's heart fluctuates, and the shadow bishop's puppeting technique connects his soul to the big owl, and if the big owl dies, the shadow bishop hiding in the boulder fortress may be more than lucky. He remained silent on the surface, and said with a smile:

"His Highness Randall is of extraordinary wisdom, if you see it in person. ”

Victor's dark golden eyes swept over Trigoval without emotion, and continued: "Sylvia told me that the manticore's gaze can make the legendary-level toxins in the target directly act on the soul level and feed back to the body. No matter how high the owl flies, it can't escape the manticore's poison. The question is, why does the manticore have time, and why does it kill the big owl?"

The answer is that it got Strange running away again...... Strange made a big circle, and after shaking off the manticore, under the guidance of the big owl, he tried to raid the goblin lord again. ”

He glanced at the camp trampled by the orcs, his eyes returned to normal, and he sighed and said: "Obviously, Strange suffered another defeat, and the manticore was summoned by the goblin lord to return to the defense in time, blocking Strange's attack and killing, and poisoning the eyes of the sky. The Goblin Lord now does not dare to let the pet leave his side, and he has sent a cavalry of lizards to scout here. ”

The crowd was silent, almost looking up to Victor's wisdom.

Turnans coughed and said steadily, "Well, as I thought...... Well, Victor, where do you think Strange and them are now?"

While everyone was still laughing, Ron, who was dressed in cloth and barefoot, walked up to Tournans and said in a flat tone, "The Lord says that the clergy have the virtue of modesty. ”

Tournans' head drooped down and he looked like a good baby.

Everyone laughed, and Caligula giggled, immediately greeted the glaring of the First Paladin.

"I don't know where they are, but ......," he said, looking up at the huge boulder mountains, "I'm sure they'll climb up the cliffs from here." ”

Unconsciously, Victor had already taken the lead of the team, and he instructed the three alchemy soldiers: "You guys stay, take care of the horned wolf mount under the Pope's crown, camp 300 kilometers to the west, take three red-eyed letter crows, and release letter crows to notify us in case of special circumstances." ”

One of the paladins beside Clement stepped forward and handed the three red-eyed crows to the three alchemy soldiers.

The alchemy soldier at the head respectfully asked, "Master, what is a special situation?"

Victor said lightly: "I can't run away when I meet the enemy...... Before you die, give me a brief description of your location and the enemy. ”

"As you wish, honorable master. The alchemist saluted Victor, led the horned wolf's mount, and walked back the way he had come.

"It's unlikely that they'll run into an enemy. Victor, for the purpose of concealment, briefly explained, and then said to the crowd: "Let's go up first...... I reckon Conral will leave a signpost for Strange. ”

There were no ordinary people present, the weakest Pope was also a knight of body and mind, although the cliff was steep, he had no problem climbing it, not to mention that the two top paladins of Turnans and Ron were below him.

The mountain wind was howling, cold as a knife, and Victor took Clement's arm, evoking a breeze to wrap the two of them around and quickly climb the cliff. Others followed their heels and climbed to the top.

Victor glanced around, and after a few seconds, he found an arrow-shaped notch on a rock.

"It's easy. ”

Testil stepped forward, stroked the notch, and said, "Three bars under the arrow......"

"I know there's a signpost three miles away in that direction. Turnans hurriedly shouted, walked in front, and beckoned, "Come on, I'll take you to the Strange brothers." ”