Hearing Yang Fan's order, Mu Li designated two paladins to follow the Iron Blood Mercenary Regiment, while Yang Fan and the others stayed where they were and waited until they were far away before following.

The Yate Mountains stretch for tens of thousands of kilometers from north to south, and the altitude gradually increases, but except for the snow-capped mountains, the rest of the place is not covered with snow all year round, and the vegetation is very dense.

After walking about a few kilometers along the road of the West Gate, the men of the Iron Blooded Mercenary Group changed the direction of their travel, and walked into the woods and headed northwest.

The city of Hernis was not far from the Yat Mountains, and it took a group of two teams to reach the foot of the mountain in just over two hours. Raising his eyes and looking at the mountain peaks in front of him, Yang Fan couldn't help but have some doubts. Because this peak doesn't look too high, not too high compared to other peaks in the distance.

In his impression, the habitat of a top-level creature like a giant dragon should be a hundred-zhang high cliff, if not a thousand feet of cliffs. However, the mountain in front of me, in addition to the abundance of trees, is far worse than the other peaks in terms of height and majesty.

But if it comes, it will be safe. Yang Fan believed that since the iron-blooded mercenary group had come here, there must be their reason, and as long as they had been following them, they would definitely be able to find the black dragon.

If a brigade of 5,000 people is dispatched, and there are witnesses who can't find the black dragon on the way, then they don't need to be named one of the three major mercenary groups on the continent.

After repairing at the foot of the mountain for a while, Yang Fan and his party followed the mark left by the paladin and went up the mountain. Maybe it was because there were saint-level masters in the team, and everyone didn't even encounter a single demonic beast along the way, and only occasionally could they hear a roar in the distance.

After several hours of climbing, the group finally reached the top of the mountain. At this time, Yang Fan and others discovered that on the top of this mountain, there was a vast plain, and on the other side of the plain was connected to a more towering peak.

"It's so beautiful!" Catherine couldn't help but admire at the sight of this plain.

Yang Fan glanced at the entire plain, only to see that the plain was covered with grass half a man high, and all kinds of docile herbivorous beasts chased each other and frolicked in it. A breeze blew, and the whole plain danced with it, quite a sense of harmony between the wind and the grass and the cattle and sheep.

"If you like it, in the future, we will buy some grass seeds and sprinkle them on the great wilderness, and it will definitely be even more beautiful than here at that time. Yang Fan looked at Catherine and smiled.

Catherine's heart jumped violently, and a red glow quickly rose on her pretty face, and she glanced around, and saw that everyone didn't seem to hear, so she breathed a sigh of relief. Then he glared at Yang Fan again, and couldn't help but blame him secretly for speaking regardless of the occasion.

In fact, Yang Fan also blurted out that he didn't mean anything else at all, so when he saw Catherine glaring at him, he couldn't help but wonder where he provoked her.

Unlike in the woods, there are no trees for paladins to carve their markings. However, those two paladins were not stupid, and they used their swords to cut off the grass beside them when they passed through the plains, so Yang Fan and the others would not be lost.

After walking through this grassy plain, it was dark and noon, Yang Fan asked everyone to rest for a while and eat some dry food, and then continued to walk towards the second peak.

It wasn't until ten o'clock that the ranks of the Iron Warriors finally stopped, and the two paladins who had followed them returned to the group. At this time, they were halfway up the mountain, but not on the side facing the grassland before, but on the back side of the mountain.

On this side, there is also a mountain as high as the peak where Yang Fan and others are located, and the two mountains are tightly connected from the foot of the mountain to the mountainside, and there is a deep and long canyon in the middle.

"It seems that this should be the place, and the black dragon is probably in that canyon. Yang Fan looked at the mountain road here.

The two paladins who were following the Iron-Blooded Mercenary Regiment nodded, and one of them said, "When they arrived here, they gathered a large group of people, and because they were a little far apart, they couldn't hear what they were saying. However, judging from the embarrassment of those people, I am afraid that there has already been a battle, and their number is far from five thousand, and the preliminary estimate is that three thousand will be good. ”

Three thousand? Yang Fan was slightly shocked, but he didn't expect that in just two days, the iron-blooded mercenary group had lost a full two thousand members. At the same time, he couldn't help but be amazed, even though the black dragon was very powerful, it was not so ferocious!

Looking at the gloomy valley, Yang Fan frowned and said, "Let's rest here for one night first! ”

Hearing this, everyone sat down on the ground, took out the dry food they had brought with them, and ate it. Catherine had not been trained much, so she was too tired to move.

For convenience, Yang Fan opened the mutation system and bought another tent, handed it over to Elena for safekeeping, and then took out his own tent as well.

Halfway up the mountain, although not as cold as on the snowy mountain, the temperature was much cooler than below, so after dinner, everyone went back to their tents to rest, leaving only two paladins and a few holy inquisitors to stand guard.

There was nothing to say all night, and as soon as it was dawn the next day, everyone got up one after another, and after a simple meal, the group walked in the direction of the valley.

Half an hour later, everyone arrived at the headquarters of the Iron and Blood Mercenary Group yesterday, which was already empty, leaving only a mess all over the ground.

A paladin walked up to a fire that had been extinguished and probed, "They have just left, and with the speed of those people, we will soon be able to catch up." ”

Yang Fan nodded, still letting the two paladins step forward to explore the way, while his group was still walking at the unhurried pace of yesterday.

However, this time it was not as calm as yesterday, the team had just walked for less than ten minutes, and they found traces of battle, and there were several corpses on the side of the road, judging from their clothing, they were also mercenaries, but the badge on their chests was not from the Iron and Blood Mercenary Group.

Looking through their corpses, Yang Fan found that the fatal injuries of these people were all on their necks, and their throats were cut by a sword, and even at this time, a trace of blood was oozing out of their necks, and it was obvious that this person was killed by the people of the Iron Blood Mercenary Group.

After closing the eyes of several corpses one after another, Yang Fan sighed and said, "It seems that the temptation of this black dragon seems to be even greater than we imagined!"

"Does the master know who these are?, why did the Iron Blooded Mercenary Group kill these people?" asked Mu Li with a frown.

Yang Fan shook his head and said, "Although I don't know the identities of these people, I think it should be the people who provoked the Iron Blood Mercenary Group! ”

What happened in the valley, why would the Iron-Blooded Mercenary Group kill these people who had no combat strength at all, judging from the way they fell, these people just wanted to go back to Hernis City, according to the words, there was no need for the people of the Iron-Blooded Mercenary Group to kill them at all!