The name of the leader of the yellow lizardmen is [Lulusa], and the oasis where his tribe lives is closest to the crescent oasis of the most powerful lizardman tribe in the center of the wasteland, [White Lizard Division], so he was the first to be unlucky, hundreds of tribesmen were killed and scattered, and in the end, only dozens of slightly stronger lizardman warriors followed him, hiding in this small oasis, in the arid wasteland, the puddle of water is the greatest guarantee for their survival, no wonder they cherish it so much.

As they talked to the outsiders and accepted a bag of salt from the outsiders, the greedy lizardmen were already sitting with them and talking and laughing like friends for many years. Soon, the Baroque knew everything they wanted to know.

Wald's face was worried, and he whispered to Baroque: "Duke Linde has collected all the raw kyanite gold ores, and I'm afraid I'm going to return empty-handed." And if he knew about the existence of our caravan, he would definitely not let us go, Baroque patriarch, what should we do?" he already had the intention of retreating, after all, he was just a merchant, and he didn't want to take such a risk to complete the task of the royal family. And if he informs the royal family of Linde's news, he must be able to completely offset his guilt for not completing the task.

Baroque didn't come to the depths of the wasteland just to help Wald collect aquamarine, he couldn't forget the ruins of the orc's ancestors. Just a faint glance at Wald startled the shrewd human businessman, who obediently retracted and stopped talking............ He seemed to have forgotten that he was just a prisoner, his life was still in the hands of others, and he had no right to speak.

"Lulusa, my dear brother lizardman, have you ever heard of some interesting legends here in the center of the wasteland, such as about Warcraft, about treasures, or about us orcs?" The center of the wasteland is very large, even we lizardmen have many forbidden places that we cannot step into, it is said that there are some ruins or treasures in those forbidden places, but they are all entrenched by powerful magical beasts, and we dare not approach them at all, otherwise we will become the prey of magical beasts. ”

Baroque took out the rudimentary map he had drawn and showed it to Lurusa, asking, "Can you tell me the locations of the forbidden places you know?" Since he didn't know which forbidden place was the remains of the orc ancestors, he simply marked all the possible places and slowly searched for them.

Lulusa dotted a few locations on the map that was so clear to him: "Here, here...... And here...... , None of us have ever entered, not only are there terrifying monsters inside, even if some lizardman warriors venture in, they have never come out, maybe there is really treasure inside. Baroque brothers, are you here to hunt for treasure?" asked the lizardman in surprise, looking up. Then the greedy nature sprouted, and he said eagerly: "We are familiar with the environment here, we can go in with you, you just need to give us half of the treasure we find!"

He had a good calculation, and from the terrifying giant wolf demonic beast, he knew that the strength of these orcs in front of him was strong, and even with Linde's group. Lurosa wanted to rely on the Baroque not only to get some treasures, but even better if the orcs helped him reclaim the oasis where the tribe lived.

"Lulusa, my good brother, your proposal is fantastic. "With the indigenous lizardmen leading the way, everything will be much easier, and the Baroque will not ask for it. With a 'sincere' smile on his face, he hugged the lizardman's shoulder and patted it vigorously, and the sturdy scale armor on his body made a crackling sound: "If you explore the forbidden land with us, then once you find a treasure, you can choose the best item among them." Baroque said to himself: "Of course, if you can live that long!"

Perhaps it was the Baroque's 'sincerity' that impressed Lulusa, but the cunning and suspicious lizardman had no doubts. Seven or eight of them got together, excitedly exchanging something, and making noise in the local language peculiar to the lizardmen. Soon, they came to an agreement, and Lulusa returned to Baroque, spitting out her forked tongue and grinning with blood-red lips that revealed the characteristic smile of the lizardmen: "You orcs are too eye-catching, so in order not to alarm the white lizards in the crescent oasis, let's start exploring from some places on the periphery." ”

.................. Dividing line ..................

The gravel wasteland is nearly a thousand miles in circumference, surrounded by gravelly land, and although it is still barren and arid, there are some shrubs and thorns or desert alder trees growing. In the center, a radius of hundreds of miles is a desert made of yellow sand. The yellow sand swept up by the wind will make the terrain here strange and changeable, changing shape anytime and anywhere, and there was a yellow sand hill in front of you yesterday, and the next morning, it may have disappeared, replaced by a valley-like depression.

Except for the oases, the desert looks the same, and the map is of little use here. The locations marked on the Baroque map are actually oases, large and small.

They wandered around the periphery for two days and found three so-called forbidden places in the eyes of the lizardmen, which was really disappointing. There are only a few magical beasts entrenched in it, and the most powerful ones are only similar to the level of the frost giant wolf Rak. It may already be a terrifying existence for the lizardmen, but for the Baroque, with a little brain, it can still be killed.

A litter of three saro pythons, two poisonous fire scorpions, and the most powerful is a desert wind wolf of the same clan as Rak. But although the desert wind wolf is a sixth-level demonic beast of the wind system, it is not comparable to the speed ** wind wolf at all, and the magic [wind scroll] wrapped in yellow sand only made Lac eat a lot of sand, under the ice blade attack inspired by the baroque and the frost giant wolf, the magic of the wind wolf was exhausted, and just had the idea of retreating, the six orcs of the tribe rushed forward in a swarm, and the axe chopped to death the extremely aggrieved wind wolf.

Three earth-based Sharo Python Demon Cores, two Fire-based Poisonous Fire Scorpion Demon Cores, and one Wind Demon Core, this is the harvest of the past few days. The only thing that Baroque was happy about was that Barrotan had finally succeeded in mastering the ability to cast the beast's battle energy, instead of being as ineffective as before. The other five clansmen have also made a lot of progress, and it may not be long before they can make a breakthrough. ............ In a small orc tribe of dozens of people, six beast battle qi warriors appeared, and they would wake up laughing when they dreamed.

Unable to wander around the periphery any longer, the Baroque urged Lulusa to lead the way deep into the center. Lizardfolk have had a good harvest in recent days, and they don't like magic cores that look like crude walnuts, but the corpses of monsters are a rare and good food. With the corpses of these demonic beasts, they actually recruited nearly a hundred lone lizardmen one after another. For the lizardmen, they don't mind following others as long as they can provide food, so the tribe of Lulusa almost returns to its original size.

Although a little reluctant, in recent days I have really seen the strength of the orcs. Under the gaze of the baroque's deep, almost penetrating gaze, the lizardmen did not dare to make trouble, and obediently led the orcs to the center!

The further you go to the center, the harsher the climate becomes. Every day, there will be an endless howl of wind, rolling up yellow sand to obscure the sky, and in this kind of ghost weather, even Luck's wolf nose can't tell the difference between east and west, north and south. The yellow sand is long, and the lizardmen are not useless, and their value is fully reflected on the road.

Baroque storage rings are able to store enough water and food, but this is a secret for the orcs. Unless he planned to kill all the lizardmen and Wald humans afterwards, he would never be exposed until the critical moment. Therefore, the search for water and food is the most urgent thing in the desert. Like a fish in the water, the lizardfolk can burrow into the sand and swim underneath without breathing for more than half an hour. Deep in the sandy bottom, with their sensitive tongues, they search for the slightest moisture and discern the direction of an oasis or water source. Along the way, I never bothered about drinking water.

After walking for many days, just when Baroque wondered if Lulusa was taking them to some of the habitats of magical beasts again, and let the free orc thugs hunt for them. Rak suddenly raised his head, looked at the black figure that appeared in the dusky in the distance, and pricked up his ears vigilantly.

The orcs immediately drew their battle axes and gathered around Baroque to stand in full array. They had seen what those figures were...... They are all Terrans, humans riding desert camels.

The lizardmen panicked, and Baroque's good brother Lulusa hissed at the tribe for the first time, and then the nearly 100 lizardmen rushed into the yellow sand, twisting their tails a few times, and disappeared without a trace. Only the orc brothers were left there with dull expressions............ Baroque shook his head and looked at his people with a smile, knowing that these cunning fellows were unreliable.

Dozens of human cavalry soon approached, their bodies covered in fine armor, even their faces covered in steel helmets, armed with heavy swords or maces, driving the desert camel beasts to surround the orcs and Wald.

A few human mercenaries who were silent along the way saw their fellow clan, and suddenly ran out from behind the orcs, rushed towards those human cavalrymen, and shouted: "Save us, we were captured by these orcs, they killed a lot of people, save us!"

Wald was suddenly startled and cursed damned, but he didn't move a bit. The shrewdness of the merchant means that he will not make any easy moves until he has a clear understanding of the situation in front of him.

"Didn't the orcs of the Gravel Wasteland be wiped out by a group of mercenaries a few years ago, where did you come from?" The cavalry led by the cavalry looked at the orcs through the steel helmet, and shouted loudly, completely ignoring the human hired workers who rushed over, when those hired men came to the feet of the camel beasts, several knights waved their heavy swords without hesitation, and after a few screams, the four hired men died tragically under the sword with unwilling and doubtful faces.

"You're loyal to Duke Linde, aren't you?" said Baroque suddenly.

There was a small commotion among the cavalrymen, and the knights at the head shouted, "Who are you?" and they pressed towards the orcs, as if they were ready to launch a frantic attack at any moment. Not to be outdone, the orcs lined up, holding huge battle axes with hideous faces. Rak's massive body crumbled, and ice blade magic was already brewing around him, and battle was about to break out.

"I have no ill intentions, take us to Linde, maybe he will be interested in some of my little suggestions!" Baroque said indifferently, ignoring the threat of cavalry.