1298 The End of an Idealist?
Salian and Bonsandi are not superior-subordinate relations, and he is now in demand, and it is impossible to force Bonsandi to act according to his instructions in everything.
At the behest of Sarean, Onexia used the dragons' unique illusion spell to transform into a foxman common in the Wharton region, and quietly left the Hades for the Wharton Desert next door.
Bonsandy's Hades is not far from the junction between Nazmir and Wharton, and when Bonsandy learns that Onexia is starting to go it alone, the Black Dragon Princess has unexpectedly encountered a real fox caravan in the eastern desert.
The Fox People are nomadic people who live in the Wharton Desert and like to feed themselves by selling their collected goods in caravans.
Whether it is the unbelievers under Cortek or the devout led by Sulsis and Warwick, it is inevitable that they will obtain the goods they need through the fox caravans.
That sounds like this, it seems that the relationship between the fox and the snake man is not bad?
Not really, at least not entirely.
The ambitious Snake People of the Unbelievers have always had the upper hand in terms of the total number of troops, and they want to enslave the small and thin Kitsune as cannon fodder in the event of a war against the Pious.
Many foxes who did not want to get involved in the snakemen's civil war were captured and enslaved by the untrustworthy, but there were many more who still roamed the snake-people villages as free traders.
This kind of tightrope walking practice will naturally have a lot of risks, and if you don't do it well, you will be eaten by the greedy and untrustworthy people with their goods.
Although the physical ability of the fox people is very poor, their brains are very useful, and most of the fox people who can maintain their status as free traders and have been active so far have two brushes, and they will not be easily manipulated by the snake people with evil intentions.
Unlike the fragmented snake people, as a weak race in the Wharton Desert, the fox people have always been very united.
As nomadic foxes, they rarely settle in a fixed place, and whenever they encounter their lone compatriots in the wild, they will lend a helping hand as much as possible.
Traveling alone, Onexia accidentally blended into a fox caravan and rode in a caravan pulled by alpacas to the temple of the devout, the stronghold of the snake people's devouts.
The territory of the Serpents is located north of the Pyramid of Atu Aman, the Temple of the Devout is located in the western part of the sea, and the Cortek and the Unbelievers settle in the Serpentine Gorge in the northern part of the desert.
By the way, according to the information provided to Sarean by the barrage, the Wharton Desert is not only the two intelligent races of fox and snake people, but also a small number of Zandalar trolls who live in the southern part of the Wharton Desert.
These Zandalar trolls are followers of the Thunder Lizard Akunda, and it is said that for some reason, the followers of Akunda have a bit of a ...... in their brains It's not normal, and will always call yourself OOXX Akunda.
Onexia had no plans to make contact with Akunda on this trip, and she rode the fox man's hitchhiker to her destination.
Compared to the cruel and xenophobic unbelievers, the devout snake people have a relatively friendly attitude towards the fox people.
As a result, most of the fox people prefer to trade with the devout, and only those who want to find wealth and danger will have the audacity to drive the caravan to the Serpentine Canyon.
Onexia is very good at blending in, after all, this is her old job.
This social phobia easily integrated into the foxman caravan through words and some subtle illusions, and extracted a lot of information about the Wharton Desert from the mouths of these "compatriots".
Sure enough, it's not optimistic. β
Onexia's brow furrowed slightly.
Just as Sarren feared, the growing Kotek had begun to lose patience.
According to the latest information provided by the Fox People, Cortec recently took the initiative to invite Sulsis to negotiate at the Pyramid of Atu, the sacred land of the Serpent People, ostensibly in an attempt to resolve their differences peacefully.
Onexia, the master of conspiracy, instinctively sensed something unusual in Cortek's unusual invitation.
If Sulsis really rushed to the appointment with hope...... I'm afraid it's going to be more auspicious. β
Of the three snake men, Sursis is the most devout of his faith in SΓ©taris, and is an out-and-out idealist, who has always had a bad relationship with the faith-poor Cortek, and can even be said to be on fire.
Compared with the above two, Warwick's position is relatively neutral and more pragmatic.
Before Sulsis set out of the Temple of the Pious, Warwick repeatedly persuaded his overly idealistic colleague to bring more guards just in case.
Unfortunately, Sulsis didn't listen, and he chose to travel lightly, optimistic in nature and genuinely assumed that Cortec intended to negotiate a peaceful resolution of the differences.
Originally, Onexia planned to mix in the caravan and go straight to the Temple of the Pious, but after learning the news, she changed her mind temporarily.
"Atul Aman......"
As Wharton's most important landmark, Onexia sat on the top of the caravan and had a glimpse of the towering pyramid at a glance, but it didn't take time to find its way.
While the foxes camped and rested at night, Onexia left a letter and quietly left the friendly foxman caravan and hurried towards the pyramid.
However, Onexia was still a step too late, and by the time she reached the gates of Atu-Aman, the untrustworthy had largely succeeded in their plot.
A crowned, richly dressed snake man had a gaping hole in his chest, and a limited number of pious guards were desperately trying to evacuate him to the west.
If there were no accidents, in the face of as many as hundreds of untrustworthy people, it would be obviously impossible for a few people to escape.
Onexia was that accident.
The cunning Cortec did not personally come to "negotiate" with Sursis.
He had decided from the very beginning that he was going to exterminate this foolish idealist here, thereby cutting off one of the arms of the devout believers and demoralizing them greatly.
Just as the Unbelievers were about to besiege the mortally wounded Sulsis and his guards, they suddenly felt the sky darken.
A huge shadow loomed around the pyramid of Attu Aman, and when all the snake people subconsciously looked up to observe, a hideous black dragon that seemed to be able to cover the sky and the sun had already spewed out the shadow flame dragon breath that had been brewing for a long time at the army formation of the untrustworthy.
"Aang!
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"Found it?!"
While Onexia was busy working in the Wharton Desert, Sarren also received good news.
"Yes."
Bonsandy's face was a little unpleasant: "After sacrificing more than a dozen scouts, we finally found some clues near Nazwasa. β
"This long-abandoned pyramid is surrounded by a large number of blood trolls, and the golem that was originally responsible for guarding the pyramid has also been corrupted by the dark forces of Gohorn."
"According to information overheard by my scouts, a blood ritual is taking place inside Nazwasa, and the upper echelons of the blood trolls intend to corrupt a certain big man whose origin is unknown."
"Big Shot ......"
Sarjan's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said solemnly: "Although I don't know if this so-called big man is here or not, but the enemy of the enemy is a friend, and it seems that it is necessary for me to go there myself." β
"Be careful."
Bonsandi solemnly reminded: "Although Gohorn has not completely broken the seal, because the two seals have been broken one after another, its dark power and part of its will have been able to seep out of Odil. β
"The Eight Achievements behind this so-called blood ritual are personally involved in Gohorn, you are not in the best state right now, you must be cautious when acting alone."
It's not that Bonsandy is planning to escape, he has another task to complete.
While the attention of the blood trolls is focused on this ritual, the garrison around the bat Loashilik is bound to be drastically reduced.
Bonsandy plans to take this opportunity to take out the lone Ciric and swallow his soul to strengthen his strength, which will also add some chances of victory in the future duel with Laizan.
Sarean is not surprised that Bonsandi is not profitable.
With the current strength of Sarenan, it is unrealistic to want to kill seven in and seven out in the presence of Ciric.
Regardless of Bonsandy's intentions, as long as he can actually help Sarren stop Cirik's help.
Without a demigod in charge, the few thousand blood trolls are not in the eyes of Sarjan.
Even if Gohorn's will saw the development of the situation, it was useless, and it could not leave Odil, but it could only try to corrupt Sarren's mind with the power of the void, if it didn't work...... Then there was only a dry stare.
"Bonsandy, are you ready?"
"Hehe~ Of course."
Bonsandy had a eager smile on his face, "I can't wait to taste the soul of Cirik." β
"Then ......," said Sarjan solemnly, "the operation has officially begun!" β