These days have been very busy.

Ronald was busy studying the information collected by the mage, while Victoria and the others began to pack their bags and prepare to leave Tataya and go to Moon Bay.

Moon Bay is located at the junction of the Falken and the Orc tribes, and the terrain is steep and precipitous, and the beasts and monsters are often infested. In addition, there are quite a few orcs mixed in.

It was dangerous, and because of the lack of food production and the remoteness of the terrain, few lords were interested. Before Falken surrendered, Grandon had sent a thousand-man force in an attempt to capture Moon Bay. But not long after the occupation of the viscount of the army, he withdrew with his army in bitter distress and suggested that the land be abandoned.

There are many mosquitoes, snakes and scorpions, and wild wolves and bears are frequently infested. What's worse is that there are many swamps in the mountain forests there, and a large group of lizardmen live there.

As a result, Grandon gave up his intention to expand his territory. He had planned to take care of the internal affairs first, and after solving the troubles of Fort Orleans, he would go to conquer those lizardmen, but the sudden conquest of the Falcon Empire made him completely abandon this idea.

And Ronald's initiative made Granddon, who had been staying in the little county drinking sullen wine, see hope for the future.

At least he has the strength of a brave man, and he seems to have some interest in his sister, these two points alone are enough for him to gamble.

For this reason, after hearing Victoria's request, he did not hesitate to go to Tataya in person to prove his sincerity in cooperation.

After signing a contract with the god of the netherworld, Laxis, Grandon changed his laziness since his surrender and began to actively prepare in secret. But in order not to be suspicious of Rhodes and Steve of the Holy See, he only appointed a few of his cronies to secretly go to the auction house in the imperial capital to sell the treasures accumulated by the royal family.

And he, in the old slippery businessman, heard a lot of information about Rhodes.

Just as Grandon was about to send someone to Tataya to make contact, he received a report from his knights that Victoria and the others had come to his territory. Hearing the news of his sister's return, Grandon hurriedly sent someone to pick them up.

"So fast?"

He looked at the crowd in amazement. In it, he also found that there were actually two people, Lardo and Remus, who had been dismissed from the military.

Victoria replied briefly, "Without further ado." ”

"Okay. Glendon didn't say anything more, he shrugged his shoulders indifferently: "It's just that I don't have much money to provide right now." He pouted in the direction of the Twin Cities of the Falcon Empire: "That Kodoma guy just went out the day before yesterday, and when he comes back, it is estimated that he will have to wait a long time." ”

"I'll talk about those things later. Victoria explained the outcome of her agreement with the mage: "We need some soldiers. ”

Grandon raised his head and couldn't help but glance at the mage behind Victoria.

"How many people are needed?"

Although there were rumors as early as when he exterminated the Grand Duke of Herrington, he had never seen this mage of the blood spirit line. He knew that this scrawny mage named Christine Torrenne was no worse than his own guardian mage.

"I think a team of 100 swordsmen will be enough to deal with the troubles of the swamp. ”

"That's not a small request, my dear Victoria, I'm no longer the king of Falken......" Grandon, who was interrupted by Victoria, smiled bitterly and muttered for a while, then nodded in agreement: "Okay, when are you going to leave?"

"The sooner the better. ”

"Then you will rest for a while, and I will send someone to prepare. Grandon raised his hand and called the squire knight.

Ronald, meanwhile, dressed as a nomad, walks alone on his way to the Temple of Fire on a Bactrian camel in a linen coat.

And the little goblin finally caught a chance that no one had and flew beside him to breathe.

"It's so stuffy, hot and stuffy!"

Ronald tilted his head, squinted, and glanced at the intense midday light. "You're not afraid of that. ”

The leprechaun grinned and flew into the camel's hairy ear piercing, comfortably using it as a bed. The camel shook its ears a little itchyly, but it didn't shake off the goblin in its ears, so it began to shake its head in dissatisfaction.

Ronald was a little helpless, he lowered his head, reached out to soothe the camel's neck, and took out the water bladder and handed it to the camel's mouth.

When the camel had drunk and quieted down, he pulled the reins and continued his journey through a vast sea of yellow sand, like cascading waves.

The sun was scorching, and the air in the entire sea of sand seemed to be steaming there. Under Ronald's eyes, there were only a few clumps of withered yellow grass with green glow, and a few stout cacti taller than a person.

Even in the spring, under the scorching sun, the color of these desert plants in front of his eyes was still mainly dry brown.

Here, too, the wind seems to have stopped moving.

Occasionally, a few sand lizards scurried in the distance. But before the camel's footsteps arrived, the big palms were already alertly holding their little heads high and running as fast as they could, and in just a few moments they were gone.

Ronald's gaze was just firmly focused on the distance.

However, the quiet atmosphere did not last long before it was broken by the naughty leprechauns.

"That Vulcan, isn't it very powerful?"

Seeing that Ronald didn't agree for a long time, she flew out of the camel's ear hole very dissatisfied, came to Ronald's ear, and repeated loudly: "Isn't it?"

Ronald shook his hands a little angrily, like a fly, and chased away the chattering little guy.

However, after seeing her deliberately pretending, as if she had been wronged, her big watery eyes. Ronald couldn't help frowning, and said helplessly: "That's right. ”

Seeing that Ronald finally spoke, the little goblin proudly put away his bitter face and turned to a smile: "Then, have you been able to fight? That magic last time was my most powerful magic." ”

"Who knows. Ronald narrowed his eyes, not wanting to say more.

But the goblin kept asking: "What if I can't beat it?"

"Run. ”

"Can't run away?"

"Die. ”

“......”

The goblin finally noticed Ronald's cold words, and after tearing off a few strands of Ronald's hair in a sullen manner, she pouted and flew back to the camel's ear hole to take a nap.

It was finally quiet to return, but in front of Ronald's eyes, a large swirling sand pit appeared.

Sensing the regular undulations to stop, Irel hurried out of the piercings, and she saw Ronald peering over the bunkers. After discovering this, she hurried to the swirls of the bunkers, but found nothing unusual.

"Come back, let's get out of here. Ronald made a decision by looking at the bunkers, each of which were of various sizes and at least twenty meters in diameter.

"Why?"

The leprechaun asked loudly, but received no response. She was about to fly back, only to find that the very center of the whirlpool below her seemed to have a gray, metallic sheen.

"Huh?"

Seeing this shiny glow, Irel puffed out her eyes and flew down quickly, trying to touch it. "It seems to be a treasure!" she stretched out her little hand, with a curious and inquiring look, and carefully tried to touch it, feeling cold and cold.

Swish!

A pair of sharp jaws, large enough to cut off the camel's body, suddenly poked out of the bunker.

Caught off guard, the little goblin screamed and was staggered by the howling wind. Before she could react, the monster in the bunker with its head held high was knocked backwards by Ronald's ice sword.

But before Irel could see the monster's appearance clearly, she heard Ronald's cold scolding.

"Come back quickly!"

Call!

Another gust of wind rang out beside the panicked Irel. She was blown a little crooked, and she didn't bother to look back at what kind of monster it was. She hurriedly vibrated her transparent elytra and flew to Ronald's side with a scared expression.

"So, what kind of monster is that?"

"Let's go. Ronald just patted the retreating camel and patiently soothed it.

Just now, when the giant jaw on the monster's mouth struck, he had already seen its full picture clearly. It is about the size of a camel, and with the exception of the giant jaws that are used to intercept its prey, the monster's body structure is like a chrysalis, a segment of the bodyless body. However, unlike the white-fleshed pupa, the monster was covered with hard, coarse, light-colored bristles, like steel needles, that seemed to be used to travel through the desert.

What a hard jaw, such a fast ambush speed!

Looking at the pit that had returned to tranquility, with only a little sand and gravel falling, he couldn't help but praise in his heart.

The sword that Ronald threw just now, although it did not use all its strength, was enough to pierce the iron armor protection. However, when it hit the monster's mouth, it didn't have any effect at all.

"Tell me. The goblin used his coquettish skills again, and kept pulling Ronald's hair.

"Sand cows. ”

"Huh?"

The goblin flew far into the air this time, watching curiously at the monster that had disappeared in the sand pit again. In her sight, the massive body had completely disappeared, and only a glossy sheen the size of Seihito's fist reflected in the sunlight that attracted her.

"Let's go. Ronald impatiently gave the order.

He patted the camel on the neck and guided it around the desert craters of various sizes.

I don't know how it's going on over there......

After spotting that the leprechaun was still flying around the bunker, looking very excited and seemingly intent on releasing magic to provoke the monster, Ronald frowned and forced her to fly back to the back of his hand.

And he, after directing the camel to go far away, began to think.

According to the mage's intelligence, the Fire Temple was built in a desolate rocky mountain. Those rocky mountains that are hundreds of meters high and look like rocks standing on them, there is no grass growing and there are no people nearby.

Unlike the Church's temple, the Temple of Fire is remote, and its teachings are harsh. Whoever goes to Hajj has to cross a large desolate desert alone.

What's worse is that in that area called the Burning Desert, there are many monsters that those believers call temple guards. The Burning Desert covers an area of nearly 10,000 square miles, and the address of the temple is right in the very center of the Burning Desert.

The information given to him by the mage showed that there were salamanders in the Burning Desert, as well as fire stone people, and some monsters that he had not yet figured out. And these monsters, said to be the guards of the god of fire, are specially set up in the Burning Desert to test the devout people. Those who do not have a firm faith will be entangled by those monsters and hunted to death. The devout will be able to reach the Temple of Fire unharmed and worship their true god.

According to the mage, he didn't dare to go too deep out of fear and lack of time. He only spent a lot of money, cautiously found out this superficial information through the locals, and hurried back to Tataya to deliver the information to himself.

How can you tell if a faith is pious? Is it a large-scale circle of detection of lies? No, if this is to cover such a large area......

Ronald frowned, his aqua blue pupils flowing with incredible color. He didn't think that Ifrit had such a strong strength, even if he had become a so-called true god.

But he thought about it for a long time, but he still couldn't figure it out. And he's getting more and more weird.

Didn't I say that the faith of the people was needed? How did the ordinary people approach the temple because of the desolation and remoteness of the desert and the summoning of so many monsters? Or did I misunderstand the meaning of "faith"?

Ronald rubbed the scar on his sideburns, very distressed.

A scorching breeze blew, and the desert rattled, moving slowly like a wave, quietly burying the rows of camel footprints under the blazing voice.

Ronald looked in the direction and continued on his way unhurriedly.

If you don't have a clue, you can only take one step at a time for the time being, and hope that things will go smoothly on the mage's side...... (To be continued.) )