Chapter 37: Ruins
"Lower Platform 3!"
Roman led the horse, stood on a huge lifting platform, and slowly descended, and at his feet was the yellow sand in the sky.
He gathered his robe, wrapped the scarf around his neck a few more times, and strengthened the knots in his hood, revealing only his two eyes.
At the moment, he resembles a Bedouin in the desert, with the only difference being that he is not led by a camel, but by a sturdy wildebeest.
Not far away, there were many wizards dressed similarly to him, all leading wildebeests, silently looking ahead, without saying a word.
Wildebeest are muscular, taller than an adult's shoulders when standing, they are docile and hard-working, and they are well suited for long desert journeys, except for being a little slower.
But it is actually a mutant beast, essentially no different from a licker, thanks to the virus, wildebeest can obtain energy through photosynthesis, that is, as long as there is light, they are perpetual motion machines.
Unlike the walking dead and lickers, wildebeest have been domesticated and genetically edited to keep their appetite to a minimum, and a little meat can make them well-behaved and obedient.
As his thoughts flickered, the platform landed on the ground, and the wizards scattered in all directions, like a drop of water on the ground, merging into the vast desert.
Roman tightened his luggage, turned over his horse, and walked slowly with the compass in his hand, some of them in the direction of the wizard, some of them at a safe distance from each other, and walked on their own.
During this time, the wizard constantly stopped or turned, and as Roman continued to move, he was finally left alone in the vast sandy sea.
On the back of the rocking horse, Roman took out the kettle and took a sip, when he found that the compass had failed and the hands were constantly spinning.
"You're almost at the border......" Roman muttered to himself.
In the vicinity of the Floating City, the Mana ecology is suppressed, and the magnetic field is still functioning normally. But once you leave too far and enter the Mana zone, the magnetic field will be disturbed and the compass will lose its effect.
There is a vast sea of sand around him, and without a compass, he will lose his direction all at once, which is almost impossible for mortals, but Roman is still calm because he is a wizard.
With the movement of the mind, in the meditation space, the spiritual power winds and entangles, building a loop, and countless magical light points pass through the space and converge towards the loop.
At this time, Roman's mind moved again, and in front of him, an arrow appeared out of thin air, breaking through the magnetic field interference and pointing to the south.
This is the sorcery trick "Pointing Spell", which allows the arrow phantom to persist for 24 hours each time it is activated.
But Roman was still not at ease, took out the map, and ordered: "Chip, scan the map, compare the surrounding scenery, summarize information, and establish a navigation task ......"
"Ding! The task is set up and the scan begins...... Comparison completed...... To start navigating, head five kilometers ahead to the right......"
Accompanied by a chime, like a map of low morality on Earth, a second arrow appeared in front of Roman's eyes.
Although the pointing technique can cope with most situations, it is a zero-level trick after all, and there are times when it fails, so in addition to the pointing technique, Roman adds chip map navigation, and the two corroborate each other to ensure that you don't get lost.
It didn't take long for Roman to see a boundary monument with the words:
"Flesh Opera, edge of the safety zone, location: 55 degrees north-east of the Floating City, 56 km ......"
The Eater of Poles has a sense of territory, and the wizard and the Eater of Extremes have been fighting for many years, and the two sides have already fought their respective territories.
Unless there are special circumstances, the Eater will not enter the wizard's territory, so the area around the academy is called the Safe Zone.
Stepping through this boundary monument means leaving the safe zone and entering the world of the Eater of Poles.
Roman opened the map, the corners of his mouth curled, he was quite satisfied with the current progress of the rush.
In less than half a day, he had already walked three-quarters of the way, and only needed to pass through the ruins of another city to reach the meeting point.
But from time to time, the roar of the Eater of Extremes reverberates, reminding of the danger ahead.
"Chip, collect environmental information, under the premise of ensuring navigation, invest all computing power to analyze ......"
"Ding! The quest is set up, and the ...... begins to be collected"
After being promoted to a second-level apprentice, in addition to the overflow of mental power, it can also make the chip collect information no longer limited to the senses, as long as the mental power is within reach, the chip can immediately carry out analysis.
Although the spillover of spiritual power is only a short 5 centimeters, it can capture more odor molecules, sound vibrations, photoelectric particles, and rely on super computing power, and the ability to gather intelligence is greatly enhanced.
Roman drove the wildebeest and cautiously on the lookout for the sudden arrival of the Eater, but the journey was peaceful, and in the afternoon he saw a ruined ruin of the city.
It is the remains of ruins from antiquity, at least thousands of years ago.
The wildebeest slowly passed one ruined wall after another, and Roman was watching the ruined buildings while being wary of his surroundings.
They all have one thing in common, that is, they are extraordinarily grandiose, such as a collapsed column not far away, which requires at least five people to wrap around.
It is not difficult to imagine how magnificent it would have been when it was in good condition, and this kind of architecture, which abounds in the ruins of this city, after thousands of years, although the buildings have collapsed, the ruins are still hard, without a trace of weathering.
"The ancient period was the most glorious stage of wizarding civilization, and wizards even crushed the Mana ecology for a time, but after a great war, civilization regressed and suddenly became what it is now......"
Roman recalled the book record, at this time, the chip alarm sounded:
"Didi! At two o'clock in front, the Eater of Poles appeared, 5 kilometers away, approaching, expected to come into contact with ...... in 4 minutes"
Hearing the alarm, Roman did not panic at all: "Now he is not the little knight he was at the beginning, not only does he have the cultivation of a great knight, but also more than a hundred rune stones, it is very easy to kill an Extreme Devouring Beast." ”
He slapped the wildebeest, walked into a ruin with complicated terrain, found a corner, and tied the wildebeest.
Then he picked up the giant sword and ran to the depths of the ruins, and at the same time, the chip kept coming from the prompt sound:
"Didi! The Eater of Poles is getting closer...... 500 m ...... 300 m ...... 200 metre ......"
At this time, Roman stopped at a corner, waiting quietly, and the sound of the chip became more and more urgent.
"60 meters...... 40 m ...... 20 m ...... 10m ......"
The next moment, the Eater of Poles rushed out of the corner, facing Roman on the side of his body, who held the rune stone in his hand and said silently: "Lava Ray, activate!" ”
As soon as he finished speaking, an orange ray of light shot out of the rune stone and entered from the side of the Eater's body.
The Eater Beast, which was originally running hard, was suddenly paralyzed, the horse lost its front hooves, and with strong kinetic energy, it flipped a few heels, and fell to the ground, motionless.
A closer look revealed that on both sides of its body, two holes had passed through each other.
The lava ray just now passed directly through the body, burning through the beast core, killing this puppy level in seconds.
"Formal witchcraft is really powerful!" Roman looked excited, there were still many rune stones, enough for him to get out of this ruin.
But the next moment, the chip came with another alarm: "Didi! The unknown large object is approaching rapidly, and the bearing is shown in the figure......"
The map appeared, and a large point of light was constantly approaching him, which made Roman's face change instantly: "A huge body, approaching from the underground... Isn't it... Beast level! ”