The captain's room in the bow of the Sound of Dawn.

Arka and the others sat around the round wooden table in the center of the captain's room, seemingly discussing something.

They had been in the port city for several days, and after all the information, they had almost some idea of the general situation in the area.

Arka had a map in front of him, looking at the map in front of him. Brown earth plaques appeared in front of him, and on the circular tabletop, sand and stones converged to form an undulating sand table.

The reason why so much information can be restored according to the map is that Arka has really seen this kind of sand table in the city and completely reproduced it.

With the sand table, you can also have a more intuitive understanding of the whole area.

After making the sandbox, Arka pointed to the bottom left corner of the map. There is a small stone model of a city.

"This is where we are. The demon's area is generally in this area. ”

As he spoke, Alka drew a crooked boundary line in the central depression.

"Legend has it that the depression here is the wound of the world, and it is the wound here that completely weakens the body and barrier of the world, and demons and all kinds of cows, ghosts, snakes and gods can easily come here."

In other words, the island, or the mainland, was originally a single piece, but because of the wound, a gap appeared in its body from the center to the border. The currents fill in and create a passage to the sea.

"And this border is a long wall, and the walls and various fortresses completely enclose the area."

Juan Lu looked at the map: "You mean, this wall completely encloses the entire demon border line?" ”

Arka nodded, and although it sounded exaggerated, it was true.

The wall that wraps the entire area is like enclosing a wall around the border of a country, which is very outrageous.

"Then this must not have been built by man." Xia Daiti said after a simple calculation, this is too unrealistic.

"That's right, it is said to have been built with treasures, and it is the handiwork of the Seed of Life and the Church of Our Lady."

If it is the joint work of these two churches, then it is understandable.

Because the abilities of these two churches and the power of the gods are more or less related to the earth and the earth.

"But that doesn't mean it's safe inside the city walls, it's not very safe outside the city in this area.

Because there are still many demons in this weak area that can reach various parts of the continent through methods similar to rituals or portals.

It's just that the number of such demons is small, and it is impossible to pour out in large numbers. Compared to the demons that gush out of the wounds of the world, it is not worth mentioning, and it is difficult to occupy an area, and most of them will be exterminated after being exposed. ”

Arka said.

Then he waved his hand again, and city markers appeared on the map.

It can be seen that there are a total of 4 port cities that are similar to the city they are currently located on the border away from the Devil's Gap.

This is the gateway to the outside world, where most of the supplies will arrive and then be transported to other places through here.

After all, it's so chaotic that you can't really expect to grow anything edible here. Even if it is planted, it will not survive for two generations, and it will be polluted by the abyss and all kinds of strange breaths, turning into strange things and even highly poisonous.

Road after road, which spreads from the city to the city walls.

These are the "blood vessels".

"It's only around these transport intersections that it's safe. Other directions aren't just demons.

There are also all kinds of beasts that have become berserk because of the abyss aura of this area, and all kinds of outside life forms that have sneaked in.

These are unfriendly outside beings that are not through formal means, and are either hostile by nature or hostile by nature. ”

"What do you mean by intrinsically hostile?" Polo scratched his head and asked, a little confused.

Hostility by nature can be thought of as a simple evil camp, but what does this essentially mean?

Arka thought for a moment and explained, "For example, there is a race from the outside world, they live by eating the flesh and blood of intelligent beings, and they like the souls of new intelligent beings. ”

"Okay, you don't have to explain, I understand."

Hearing this, Poloro knew what it meant.

To put it simply, it is anatomically hostile.

Everyone listened to Arka's narration and looked at the sand table in front of them.

To put it simply, this is a very dangerous territory, and there are very few safe areas.

Don't look at the area occupied by the four god camps is large, but most of them are unsafe.

It's just that it's much safer than the area occupied by the demons.

"So what do we do now?" Lucilia asked.

They were only at the fifth stage overall, but their goal was a demon whose strength had reached the eighth stage.

He is still a devil as cunning as the devil, not as reckless as other demons, and it is too difficult to use stratagems to cheat his life.

When they came here, they were ready to fight here for a long time.

That's exactly what I intended.

Now, they really only have two options.

First, raise the strength to the consummation of the sixth stage, or go out sailing in the seventh stage.

Two, stay here until you can kill this demon.

Choosing the first option is to endure the possibility of danger at any time and anywhere, even if they have reached the level where they can not be afraid of devouring the mouth in the outside world.

After all, it was their opponents, and they had already done their homework. The Devouring Mouth is trapped here like most of the demons here, but he can separate a clone and wreak havoc in the outside world through his special abilities and some means.

The death of the clone in the outside world will only have some small impact on him, and the strongest clone in this sentence can only reach the sixth stage.

Apparently this cunning demon also knew that he would definitely use other methods against Arka and them.

Weaken the strength of the strong and use all kinds of insidious methods to sneak attack. No one can guarantee that they will always be vigilant and always in a perfect state.

There are too many deadly ways to defeat the strong, and Arka doesn't want to be on the lookout for this demon when they are out sailing, and they don't know when it will suddenly appear.

And in order to meet such conditions, they must first improve their strength to the sixth stage of perfection or the seventh stage.

This is another close 10 years.

During this time they are either in a safe island, preferably in an area where the Church is located, such as the Twin Islands.

Or come to the world and scar in this area to face the devouring jaw. In addition, the perfect defense system here, as well as the experience of coping, are here to fight while meditating and cultivating.

They can also strengthen their strength through the treasures in the ruins.

That's their choice, because they have to come here whether it's the first option or the second option.

But it's only a short time here.

"You'll have to get to the Demon-Resistant Wall through a safe transport passage to get to this fortress first."

Arka said as he drew a circle in one direction of the city wall.

There is a fortress there, which is equivalent to a node of the city wall.

Without waiting for everyone to ask, Arka directly explained: "According to the news, now Grefal, the Demon Hunter, is in this fortress, and I still have the treasure I borrowed from him to return." ”

Hearing this, everyone nodded, almost forgetting about it.

"But this time, we didn't have to go with everyone, we split into two teams."

Hearing Arka's words, the crowd stared at him. Some don't know why, because they don't have anything necessary to separate them right now.

It's not a safe place, and together you can deal with most of the troubles.

Arka waved his hand slightly, and an area protruded from the sandbox.

"You can take advantage of my absence to draw a map of this area. Then learn more about this area, or ruins. ”

The group looked at the area on the sand table, which was about 200 kilometers away from the boulder port where they were now.

It's a relatively close place.

Well, it's one of the wilderness areas too. There are no gathering places in sight, and it is far from safe transportation routes.

But since Alkadu said so, and a map of this area is needed, then what it means is self-evident.

"And it's also an opportunity, if you want my life, or if you want to do you badly, now is the best time.

We can see how far he can do in this place based on his response to our situation at this moment.

Then we can have a better way to target him. ”

Arka said what he thought.

Faced with this idea, everyone talked to each other, but I didn't object.

"The heart of Vastva is also in your custody for the time being." Arka said as a crystal orb floated out of his body and placed it on the table.

"Why?" Xia Daiti had some questions that he didn't understand.

Arka looked at Lucilia and asked, "You should feel it, although this area is very chaotic, but the space is very solid.

If you want to teleport over long distances, it is possible to do so by suspicious or special means. It is very difficult and risky to teleport over long distances as freely as the outside world. ”

Hearing Arka's words, Lucilia nodded, indeed.

"Since we have to deal with the devouring mouth, we must also do a certain amount of security.

Although the space has become very stable, it can be easily opened and entered into the teleporters of the space if there is a Vastva Star. It's not teleporting over long distances, I've tried it before.

This will give you enough security when danger comes. ”

Obviously, the epidemic prevention measures here are aimed at those demons, preventing them from wreaking havoc within the city walls.

Hearing this, Shadetti looked at Arka and said, "What about yourself?" ”

At this time, Arka smiled, and a mirror appeared in his hand, and then the scenery inside the mirror changed into a dream-like scene.

"Although the space here has become solid, the connection to the dream has not changed. I can connect to the dream world through the mirror, and I can teleport or dodge.

It's more convenient than using Vastva, but that's the only way I can use it. ”

And if the space in this area is so stable, the spatial capabilities attached to the Vastva Star will be similarly weakened. With or without this treasure doesn't make much of a difference for Arka.

After listening to Alka's explanation, Xia Daiti nodded, this is indeed a good method.

Take the Vaswa Star directly.

"Then it's decided, we'll leave now, and a convoy will be on to the Demon Wall soon."

Arka said as he stood up, said goodbye to the crowd, and left the Sound of Dawn.

Act decisively and quickly.

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Passing through the port and the city, Arka came to the walls of the megalithic port.

There is a huge warehouse here, and there is already a convoy stopping here, and the convoy is full of all kinds of supplies.

Looking at the vehicle used to transport supplies, Arka could see at a glance that this was definitely a product of the Holy Machine Church.

This is a truck-like vehicle structure, but unlike a truck. Such a means of transport does not have a front car.

To put it simply, it is a lonely carriage that acts alone.

Like a car, there are four tires, fixed to the four corners of the cabin, and it looks unusually simple.

But looking at the mechanics and spells on it, you know that it will definitely be able to be activated.

And it's sturdy.

There were 12 such transports, lined up in a long line, and the supplies were transported to the brim.

And that's just the supplies that go to a certain fort via a safe transport route. Alka had learned about such convoys, there were several teams every day, but they were going in different directions for each other.

It is enough to see how many soldiers are defending at the anti-demon fortress.

And Alka also clearly saw that on the sealed bags of these materials, the imprints from the Church of Our Lady and the Seed of Life could be clearly seen.

This already shows that these supplies were jointly provided by the two churches.

And this time it should be all food and medicinal herbs and the like.

For the Church of Our Lady, a good harvest of food is a very normal thing, and the Church of the Seed of Life is able to provide a variety of food and supplies.

Both churches belong to the kind of forces that have great logistical power, because even their gods have power in this area.

In addition to these 12 vehicles, at least 20 escorts can be seen on either side.

Arka looked at the group of guards and was very interesting, they were wearing lighter armor, presumably to facilitate movement, after all, they had to travel long distances.

They had a spear in their hands, but behind their back, Arka saw that they were pinning a weapon that looked like a rock-shaking spear.

Arka has a certain understanding of them, and is a transport guard specially organized to transport various supplies.

Their job is to protect the transport of supplies, and they do not go to the front line to fight, although they will go if needed.

In addition to the 20 guards and some of the necessary personnel, there were many others who followed the convoy together.

It's not just soldiers on the front lines.

Among them were mercenaries, witchers, and people who couldn't tell what they were doing.

Although it is a safe passage, there will still be some accidents, and everyone will be safer together.

Alka, like them, stood next to the car, waiting for the convoy to run.

For the transport fleet, they are essentially very welcome to follow along.

As for whether it will be mixed in with some miscellaneous people, etc., as long as it does not fall to the side of the demon.

And no one dares to really start these materials, it is the church of the four gods that is facing it, and no one with a normal brain in the boundless sea will offend the four gods at once.

Moreover, there are countless powerful people here, and doing things in such a place is tantamount to offending people all over the world.

"Ready, ready to go!"

A slightly hairy middle-aged man in light armor waved as the leader of the convoy in front of him.

Then 12 transports started at the same time, and began to leave in a straight formation towards the gate.

Although the gate is open, there are indeed very few people coming and going, after all, if there is no strength, no one will go out rashly.

As the transporter started, Arka followed the people who were going to move with him, around or behind the vehicle.

The speed of the convoy was not fast, and the approximate speed was like that of a normal adult running.

For people like Arka, it's easy to keep up with just a few quick steps.

If Arka had gone it alone and traveled quickly along a safe road, it would have taken less time.

But he felt it would be easier to follow the team to get a sense of what was going on here.

After walking for a while, the people who were still relatively strangers began to chat from time to time, which was considered a boring time to pass the way.

"Little brother, you should be here for the first time, right?" A bald man dressed as a mercenary looked at Arka next to him and asked.

Beside the mercenary's bald man, there was his companion.

Arka nodded, "That's right, I've only been here for a while. ”

"Shortly after arriving, are you going to the front? Can you join us if you're on the front lines to fight jihad, or are you ready to join the army? ”

The bald mercenary asked with some curiosity.

After all, it is a war to protect the world and defend against demons, so many people call this war of resistance a holy war.

Sounds like a perfect fit.

It sounds like a holy war, so I know that there are people from all over the world who come here to volunteer for the war, and there are also mercenaries like them who come here.

After all, so many big forces have bases here, and there are many job opportunities here.

Freely participating in war, killing demons to become a mercenary or joining the army are all ways to participate in jihad.

"No, I just want to get to know this place and find someone by the way."

Hearing Arka's simple explanation, the bald mercenary nodded and didn't ask any questions.

Instead, he said to himself: "My brothers and I are just ordinary mercenaries, taking some money to come to this place to kill demons.

You know, there are some demons whose materials are very valuable, and although these demons are also very strong, who will have trouble with money. ”

Speaking of this, the mercenary laughed twice and said, "Meet me, my name is Putuo." It's the leader of this mercenary team, and these are my teammates. ”

The team members behind him also smiled at Arka as a greeting.

"My name is Arka, and I'm a treasure hunter."

Hearing that Arka was a treasure hunter, Putuo nodded in realization.

There is no shortage of treasure hunters who want to come and seek treasures in this place. Although the number of mercenary soldiers is much smaller than these mercenary soldiers, they can still be seen from time to time.

And there are many well-known treasure hunt teams that have come out of here, so it is not uncommon to be able to meet treasure hunters here, to be honest.

"Then may you be able to harvest enough wealth in this place to live the rest of your life." Putuo said with a smile.

"You too, may Our Lady bless you with peace in war." Arka smiled, his hands crossed.

Seeing this action, Putuo hurriedly returned the same gesture.

I have to say that the action is quite standard, and when he made this action, Arka could still feel the emanation from his body, which is for the belief of the Virgin. It's light, but it's better than nothing.

Putuo smiled and said, "I didn't expect you to be a believer in the Church of Our Lady. ”

It doesn't match well with treasure hunters.

In this way, there is a small talk without a match, and from time to time there will be other people in the same company chatting, and Arka and these people are simply familiar with each other.

Except for the two witchers who had been walking in silence, the rest of them did not bother them.

Even the guards in front of them would chat with them from time to time.

The atmosphere between each other is not bad.

(End of chapter)