The savannah at the beginning of summer is colorful and full of life. The green oil grass is like an endless ocean, extending to the end where heaven and earth are connected; wild alfalfa, golden silk grass, and rye grass do not show weakness, growing wantonly in the oil meadows, showing their tenacious vitality; on the sea of grass, you can also see low bushes, purple dings, sea buckthorn, miscanthus branches, and unnamed bushes of dwarf trees, they are like waves on the green sea, swaying with the wind, one after another.

Under the curtain of the green sea and blue sky, colorful exotic flowers and plants, melons, fruits and wild berries are dotted, adding a touch of vivid and charming temperament to this magnificent grassland scene. Among them, there are many rare varieties that are rarely seen, such as the golden blood moss with wide and oily leaves, bright red color and a dazzling gold line. Not only are they beautiful to look at, but they are also a key ingredient in many pharmaceutical formulations.

As far as the eye can see, there are dozens of golden blood mosses growing in a small patch of grass.

The Randall Expeditionary Force formed a long line of convoys and sailed along a sea of grassy seas. Fifteen large, muscular and graceful dragon lizards each dragged a clumsy wagon laden with supplies, causing the solid wooden wheels to grind into the grass. They can also leisurely lower their heads, use their tongues covered with fleshy thorns to roll the golden blood moss in the grass nest into their mouths, and chew slowly.

Hundreds of burly and sturdy soldiers followed behind the dragon lizard beasts, most of them pulling two-wheeled carts. The car was also bundled with supplies. The soldiers who acted as rickshaw pullers braved the scorching sun, walked like flying, their faces were not sweaty, their breath was steady as usual, and they seemed effortless.

Not everyone had to walk, there was plenty of room for people to rest on the fifteen log carts, and His Highness Randall's followers and Reverend Dain had their own places, but not everyone liked to stay in the wagons.

Bertina, riding her big dog "White Bread", screamed with joy and rushed out of the ranks and rushed towards the beautiful meadows. She saw the grassland for the first time in her life, and she was full of novelty about everything here. In the distance, a steppe fox with a freshly caught fat gopher in its mouth was looking curiously at the convoy, and Bertina rushed out desperately to have fun.

The silly big Aka laughed and chased after the "White Bread", and the two alchemy warriors of Bertina, who were in charge of protection, also followed desperately after him. Sitting in the carriage, the wizard of Emerson called out to the "white bread" to bring Bertina back, but the fierce war dog ignored him and ran away with the little master. Imerson had no choice but to order several razormons the size of a spotted tiger to chase White Bread and provide protection for his precious daughter.

In fact, Bertina will not encounter any danger in the marginal areas of the steppe. Nearby weeds grow luxuriantly enough to cover the calves of adults, but the lack of a stable source of water means that there are few large herbivores to be seen, only hares, prairie otter rats, foxes, wild cats, badgers and other small animals scurrying in the grass, occasionally one or two old wolves, but never hordes.

Hunting hares and rats alone can't feed an entire pack of wolves, let alone large groups of beasts and monsters.

The main dangers on the outskirts of the steppe come from poisonous snakes lurking in the grass, as well as disorientation. However, with Caligula by her side, there is no need to worry about this.

Looking at Little Bell's happy appearance, the corners of Victor's mouth couldn't help but outline a smile, he recalled that the eldest princess with white gold hair entered the Wharton prairie for the first time, and she also secretly ran out to have fun alone, causing the Cambis expeditionary force to deviate from the intended route. The accompanying Battle Priest was so anxious that it was useless to jump to his feet, so he could only follow the army across the Wharton Prairie to a remote border town, and watched as the Knights of the Swift Dragon had a private meeting with the Knights of the Iron Wall of Dord.

Roland is a powerful Golden Knight, and Bale is just an innocent little girl, so it's no wonder that Emerson is anxious, and the other followers in the team are worried that something will happen to Bale.

Victor thought about it, and asked the dragon maid Mei Wen to follow. "White Bread" is a fierce war dog after all, and his running speed is amazing, and it is easy to carry Bertina into the depths of the grassland, and Caligula is also a big child who has no heart, and will only run around behind Bell's ass, and having Mei Wen by their side can ensure that nothing goes wrong.

In fact, Victor still spoils Bell and Aka, allowing them to explore and play on the grassland, and he is also capable of indulging the big and small pistachios.

Bell and Acre were gone, but instead of stopping to wait for them, the convoy continued to move forward. The most important thing in the field is to find a water source first, and the soldiers and war beasts of the expeditionary force cannot survive on the water in the blades of grass like rabbits and otters. Only by finding the shallow river on the grassland can the convoy camp and rest, and the traces of large animals and orcs on the grassland can also be found.

Surveying the environment of the savannah and the distribution of monster groups is the next major task of the expeditionary force. Victor hoped that the work would be completed within two months, and that the expeditionary force must enter the endless forest on the western side of the steppe before autumn arrived. Otherwise, in winter, factors such as cold forest climate, lack of food, and road closures with rain and snow will seriously affect the exploration process of the expeditionary force.

Finding a river in the vast savannah is not an easy task, but luckily the convoy has eyes from the sky. Wizard Emerson unleashes blue-eyed eagles and uses their high-altitude vision to find a source of water. However, the appearance of the blue-eyed eagle attracted the ferocious steppe harrier eagle. Calling out to their companions, they attacked the larger intruders, and with their numerical superiority, they defeated the wizard's blue-eyed eagles. The alchemy crow and the falcon don't fly high enough and can't help much. Victor had no choice but to take action himself, calling on the wind elemental, and killing the steppe eagles thousands of meters above the ground one by one. The eagles fled from the sky, and the attack also caused three blue-eyed eagles to break their wings and fall to their deaths.

The eagles lost the battle and announced the arrival of an uninvited guest to the savannah. The convoy could not hide its whereabouts in the grassland with a wide field of vision, and there was no need for Victor to scatter the scouts of the strikers and the two wings, everyone gathered in the convoy and hurried towards the river more than 300 kilometers away.

The alchemy dragon lizard has a long-lasting endurance, and it can travel thousands of miles a day by dragging a truck. A Level 3 Blood Warrior with the talent for life tenacity can keep up with the dragon lizard carriage, but it is actually the carriage itself that really limits the speed of marching.

When the expeditionary force stopped in the Gray Rabbit Mountains, the soldiers harvested trees, processed them into wood, and the craftsmen used the wood to convert 15 sleigh carts into four-wheeled wagons and dozens of two-wheeled carts. These vehicles are not elaborate, that is, they are clumsy and durable, but they cannot withstand the tossing of alchemy dragon lizards, and if they are too fast, they will fall apart.

The convoy can only maintain a speed of about 30 kilometers per hour, which is much faster than taking the antelope camel on the road. Around evening, the team arrived at the banks of a shallow river in the grassland, where the clear water reflected the dark purple sky, like a magnificent purple streamer falling among the green grass. Unfortunately, there were no large animals near the riverside, and they must have noticed an outsider and fled in advance. Today's dinner can only be bacon and salted fish, wheat porridge with dry cakes.

Nelson instructed the soldiers to set up the camp, and they formed a circle with a large wagon, and took out many long wooden thorns from the wagon, and stuck them in the open space between the wagons. This was the usual method of camping for the Wharton Prairie herders, with tents in the middle of the camp, but the Randall Expeditionary Force did not bring many canvas tents, because the Soul Warriors were not afraid of the cold and heat, and they only had to spread a blanket on the grass to spend the night.

A limited number of tents are reserved for followers. As for His Highness himself, the largest carriage in the convoy was his temporary residence. Charlotte commanded the craftsmen in the team to build a beautiful and chic tent hut around the wagon using wood components and oil canvas. In fact, this unique tent was created by Charlotte with craftsmen following her designs. Nicole hopes that Charlotte can take good care of her husband's daily life on her behalf, and Charlotte has put a lot of thought into this and done a very good job.

Once the camp was set up, Victor sent Lyra, Delrie, and Furgret around the camp, and all the annoying blood-sucking mosquitoes and flies were dead.

The dragon maids of the dragon are more powerful than any insect repellent potion.

When all this was taken care of, the soldiers began to make porridge on a fire, and the aroma of bacon mixed with wheat permeated the air, but Beltina and the others did not return. Emerson finally couldn't sit still, he quietly found Victor and pleaded in a low voice: "Master, should we send a team of men to get Bell back?"

Victor smiled and said, "They're fine now, aren't your razormons by Bell's side?" you can keep track of her location at any time, there's no need to worry too much, just let them go crazy outside for two days." ”

Imerson wanted to say something more, and through the curtain of the tent, he suddenly caught a glimpse of Charlotte, Marcy, and the dragon maid leading the sword-wielding maids to the river to wash. They were dressed in cool clothes, with their snow-white and smooth legs, and they walked through the reeds by the river with a smile. The wizard didn't dare to look at it more, so he quickly lowered his head and bowed to Victor to leave.

Watching Emerson leave in a hurry, Victor was also speechless. The ladies were just normal splashes, and Imoson's embarrassed appearance would have led people to think that he had bumped into his master peeking at the ladies in the shower, and then blasted out.

Do I need to peek at beautiful ladies? Ever since I was in the kiteburg, it's all the ladies peeping at me...... Victor rubbed his smooth chin and thought triumphantly. He actually has a bit of a tsundere nature that belongs to the sun elves.

After dinner, and back at the wagon camp, Victor and Charlotte talked about Imerson's personal problems. He found that in the past few months, Emerson had become closer and closer to Pastor Dane, which was certainly not a good thing.

Although Emerson is a wizard, he has been a believer in the Lord of Light since he was a child, and his attitude towards the chaplain of the army is very subtle. And Dane can also realize that Emerson is not a family wizard raised by the House of York, he is a wild wizard. However, Imosen's natural witchcraft is very useful, and he is especially good at cultivating alienated war beasts. Any great power welcomes wizards like Imerson, and the Church is no exception.

The people thought that the clergy of the Lord of Radiance were the sworn enemies of evil wizards, but in fact, the Church of Radiance was the force that nurtured the most wizards. They had two ways to place wizards, a shadow priest selected from within the El Realm, or a secular regime controlled by the Knights of Radiance.

The Church also has a self-consistent argument for absorbing the talents of wild wizards: the sorcerer whose mind is corrupted by the devil is the evil one who must be purified, and the servant of the Lord of Light can redeem the soul of the sorcerer.

In short, whether the wizard is evil or not, the priest says it.

Dane must declare that Emerson is not an evil one, or he will become a depraved priest who secretly colludes with the devil. With the priest's guidance, Emerson relaxed his guard against Dane and prayed to him every day, asking the Lord of Light to redeem his soul and perhaps Bertina.

Priest Dane didn't dare to slap the corner of His Highness Randall, he only wanted to get on good terms with his companions on the journey now. In the future, if Patriarch Dane wants to borrow Imerson's ability, then Dane's weight is enough, and he naturally has the guts.

The problem now is that Emerson learns about a different world through his association with Pastor Dane, and new ideas inevitably arise in his head. This is a human instinct to think, and there is no way to control it, which does not mean that Emerson will turn his back on the Randall family. However, wizards with supernatural powers must be bound and supervised by their families, and sword-wielding maidens can perform this task.

The sword-wielding maid is actually a secret method of death carefully cultivated by the big family, and the lord will only give the sword-wielding maid to members of the family. The sword-wielding maid is the eyes and ears of the family's core members, which is a bit excessive. But if the core members and the family are always consistent, then the sword-wielding maid is obviously from the support of the lord. Like the marriage of the Alina sisters and the appointment of Nicole as a baronial lord, they have sword-wielding maids from the Rose Manor by their side.

Nelson and the others chose two sword-wielding maids, but Imerson did not understand the reasoning and never took the initiative. Victor didn't care what he thought, and asked Charlotte to pick two sword-wielding maids to stuff him, so that he could take care of his daily life and keep him safe.

Early the next morning, Victor planned to head north along the steppe river, and let the Argonian raiders Dilly and Fugree go south along the river, and explore this strange prairie in two ways. Lyra, the strongest of the Red Dragon Maids, stayed behind to guard the camp. He had wanted to go it alone, so that he could explore much faster. Charlotte held Victor and begged him to bring some guards with him. Victor had to ask Klaus and Marcy to choose three Source Blood militiamen, plus three alchemy dragon lizards and four alchemy mastiffs to form a convoy to accompany him.

The Alchemy Dragon Lizard is worthy of being a silver-level load transport unit, and in the case of light loads, it can run at a speed of 60 kilometers per hour for three days and three nights in one go. This is to conserve the physical strength needed for battle, and if they run at full strength, few monsters can catch up with them.

It's a pity that the alchemy dragon lizard is not friendly enough to the rider as a war beast, let alone riding the alchemy dragon lizard for three days and three nights in a row, I am afraid that most of the day's work will be dried by the air currents blowing in the face, and the senior bronze knight can barely exert the ability of the alchemy dragon lizard.

Silver-level war beasts are best matched with silver-level riders, and the accompanying source blood militia limits the speed of the alchemy dragon lizard. It took Victor 23 days to explore the northern part of the savannah.

As they were about to return to camp, Nelson, Pastor Dane, Charlotte, and the four dragon maids all ran out to meet Victor. Greeting each other, Victor noticed that their expressions were different, frowned, and asked Nelson directly, "Is something going on here?"

Nelson had a strange expression and said in an uncertain tone, "The camp seems to be ...... Like a thief?"