A cliff is just like a zigzag boundary line drawn on paper, clearly dividing the world into two colors - on one side is the gray-yellow sand sea, endless, only in the direction close to Tansnier Port, There are faint green stars dotting it, which are oases everywhere in the desert; on one side is the blue sky, changing colors from shallow to deep, and finally forming a dark blue sea surface, shining with sparkling waves under the floating clouds.
This boundary line can be said to be Tansniel's 'coastline', although locals prefer to call it 'the end of the land'.
Fang Plover and Parker were currently trekking along this winding coastline. Seen from the sky, this seven-man team looks more like a small gray dot on the edge of the desert.
The team includes Parker, Luo Yu, Xiangxiang, Luo Hao, Alyssa and Jita. These people can be said to be the main combat forces of the Seven Seas Brigade in the future. Because of the characteristics of the selectors, they may eventually grow beyond the big cat people. With Baggins, become an important pillar that this team can rely on.
Regarding this fact, Baggins, Big Cat Man and Miss Attila each showed different attitudes. The former's reaction was not big. After all, the old sailor stayed on the ship and held the position of boatswain. For a fleet, there will definitely be more than just selectors in the future, and it is his responsibility to manage the indigenous sailors. location.
Fang Plover could roughly guess that Mr. Baggins should have stayed at Sylvide's request. The old bosun had actually mentioned more than once what kind of leisurely life he would pursue after retirement, and expressed Such a yearning attitude.
But as a bosun who is loyal, reliable, experienced and has long-term sailing experience, he certainly hopes that the other party will stay.
The reaction of the big cat man and Miss Attila was a bit strange, and neither of them expressed much opinion. The big cat man only asked him to cultivate more of his "own people" in private. His statement was a bit confusing, and the general meaning was that the eaglets would have to leave the nest one day.
This made Fang Luo suspicious that the two would leave for a long time since he left Idos and went south.
But fortunately, after they arrived in Tansnir, the big cat man and Miss Attila seemed to have forgotten about it. In addition, new clues seemed to have appeared about the 'mastermind behind the scenes', which made him gradually feel at ease.
In fact, Miss Attila is deeply loved in the team. According to Tianlan, if there was no Miss Elf, there would always be some idiots in the team who would die of food poisoning during the journey. Although this statement is exaggerated, it is not unreasonable.
After all, we are all young people. Except for Jita, who is quite attentive, the others are always a little careless. The two most stable people in the team, whether they are the lion paladin or the elf lady, have the same effect as the sea-fixing needle.
If there are not two people to check, others may forget important things such as drinking water when purchasing materials.
However, Fang Yu didn't know if he was misunderstanding. The big cat man has gradually reduced the number of actions with them recently, especially these days, it is basically him, Luo Yu, Parker, Box and Luo Hao. Run around.
As for Siesta, the maid expressed her disdain.
In fact, the only person in the team who can compete with the maid lady at this moment is Fang Gugu.
In the second echelon of the team, there are Tianlan, Ai Xiaoxiao, Tang Xin, and everyone in the forest. Among them, Tianlan has been in the team the longest, but has only been a selector for a short time, and his level is lower than Luo Hao. It is much lower, and as a poet, it can only be considered half of the combat effectiveness.
As for Tang Xin and Ai Xiaoxiao, Fang Pulong didn't know what level his cousin was at. Ai Xiaoxiao fainted and was basically useless. However, seeing how excited she looked, Fang Pulong was too embarrassed to hit this little girl.
Although they experienced the battle in Idos, the two of them basically didn't gain much experience, and their levels were basically at the level before and after they left Traveler's Rest.
Among the people in Lin Lin, apart from Lin Lin, there were one or two good seedlings. After asking, Fang Yu found out that Lin Lin, Wu Mian and several others were actually members of the guild's youth training camp to which they belonged. In the future, they would be Qualified to join the brigade.
Even though it was just a small guild group, Fang Plover still felt like he had picked it up.
However, at present, these people are basically still at the level of newcomers and have not yet reached the stage of seniority. He will only consider bringing these people for training in battles and missions that are expected to be relatively safe. What's more, Lin Lin and others were originally going to form a second group, and they would be separated from their main group when the time comes.
At this moment, Alyssa was walking lightly on the gravel. Compared with the people behind her who were stumbling with one foot deep and one foot shallow, she could almost be said to be elegant.
She occasionally looked back and couldn't help but smile: "Do you need help?"
Everyone shook their heads speechlessly.
As the only shadow dancer in the team, Miss Nightingale's agility rating is as high as C-, which is almost higher than Fang Plover's intelligence rating. Walking on flat ground on the sand dunes is not worth mentioning to her, and maybe not on quicksand. Can walk a few steps.
The second most agile team members were Parker and Box. However, Papalar was dragged down by the huge crossbow behind him, almost like a big hand pushing him into the sand. He was miserable.
Box was dressed in robes, and without the help of magic, he couldn't use his agility.
Not to mention the others.
Luo Hao almost sank both knees into the sand——
As Alyssa walked, she landed beside Fang Plover without leaving a trace, and said, "Master, are there really such ten kings?"
Fang Yu nodded: "His name is Mainloop. He is a European player. He is not a full-time selector. It is said that he was originally a programmer. He only entered the Star Gate for the first time when he was twenty-four years old. However, in his time, such a person In fact, it is the pioneers who are the mainstream.”
"Ancient times?"
"Yes."
"No wonder I haven't heard of it." Alyssa glanced at him curiously: "The leader actually knows this? But the profession at that time was very different from now, right?"
"That's true," Fang Plover did not deny it. After all, the career design of the selectors also progressed with the development of super competition. But it is undeniable that there are always some special beings here, and the 'King of Thieves' named mainloop is one of them.
"The era he lived in was actually not particularly old. It was the end of the Forerunner Era, and the commercialization of ultra-competition had already taken shape. As a generation of ten kings, he caught up with the first train of ultra-competition."
"What is his occupation?"
"Have you ever heard of the Prop Faction Rogue?"
Alyssa's eyes lit up slightly: "Dossier thief?"
The file thieves she is talking about are a very special branch of arcane thieves. The arcane thieves are the nightingales who also practice magic. There are also nightingales who also practice alchemy. These are those who use various alchemical props and magic scrolls to fight. File thief.
The combat effectiveness of this type of nightingale is not bad, but it has only one shortcoming.
That is the shortcoming common to all alchemists.
Burn money.
But Fang Plover shook his head seriously. The Seven Seas Brigade was currently burning money, and if there was another file thief, they would go bankrupt in an instant.
He whispered, "Trap Master."
Alyssa couldn't help being stunned when she heard this.
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After walking with everyone for a while, Fang Plover stopped.
He looked at Miss Nightingale beside him and saw that the latter was still pondering, so he did not continue - after all, career planning is considered a 'life event' in Aitalia, and he could only make suggestions. .
However, 'Trap Master', an ancient profession that people have long forgotten, is actually very suitable for their team.
He looked up again and looked at the unchanged scenery around him. The scenery in the desert was only undulating sand dunes. It was novel at first sight, but after looking at it for a long time, it only made people feel the same and boring. Looking back, Tansnier Port almost disappeared under the horizon - but that was just an illusion. They had only walked from the city for half a day, and it was impossible to travel such a long distance.
Fang Plover knew in his heart that the gray-yellow port was just covering up under the sky full of gravel.
He then took out the communication crystal and asked: "Sylwede, can you see us?"
A rustling voice soon came from the crystal: "You are directly north of me, Captain."
Fang Plover looked to the south, and there was a bright reflection coming from the desert. It should be the reflection of the monocular lens. It should be that the ship officer lady specially removed the shield to let them see it.
Since Xie Sita, Tang Xin and Ai Xiaoxiao were all in that direction, he didn't have to worry about Miss Ship Officer's safety. He just asked, "Are we going in the right direction?"
"It shouldn't be wrong."
The reason why they appeared here has to start not long ago——
At that time, he had just received news from Sylvide, and Achilles asked them to go to the eldest princess's 'villa' for a talk.
However, he did not set off immediately. Instead, he gathered everyone together and then made some arrangements - after all, he had noticed that the mystics were searching for traces of the 'demon' - and what is a demon? Nothing more than depraved and twisted creatures.
At least in Tansnir, the only ones he can currently connect with are the alchemical lives of the blind followers' blood sacrifices.
Although he didn't know what the mystics' intentions were, he certainly wouldn't give up on this important clue he discovered unintentionally. Therefore, on the one hand, he took Sylvide to the eldest princess's 'villa', and on the other hand, he asked Parker and others to act on two fronts.
On the other hand, Luo Yu and Luo Hao were asked to go to the Artisans Association to see if the mystics had left that place.
On the other side, Parker and Box will block the door of the Eye of Reveal. After all, that is the headquarters of the mystics. As long as the other party makes a move, they will be able to discover it.
After all, after two searches, these mystics will definitely have more information than he does. And on the day they went to the Sand Lodge, it seemed that the other party had already started to intervene in this incident. Maybe they had met with those slave traders that day.
After all, the orientation on the scanned map is just a general range and basically cannot be used directly. Therefore, Fang Yu has a simple way, which is to follow these mystics. Maybe he will get twice the result with half the effort.
With this purpose, he actually sent everyone out with the idea of giving it a try.
But I didn't expect it to actually work.
After they said goodbye to Alfan and left, a piece of information came from Tianlan and Ai Xiaoxiao who were staying at the shipyard - the mystic had left the Tansnir Artisans Association.
And a moment later, Papalar and the box also sent messages:
The headquarters of the 'Eye of Revealing' took action. A group of mystics left the Cloud Lighthouse and headed north after leaving the port, deep into the desert.
And this direction is exactly the direction that Fang Plover learned from the scanned map not long ago.
Therefore, he immediately realized that those mystics might have made a discovery, and this was the reason why they were here at the moment.
However, as a profession proficient in precognition spells, the mystics of the Eye of Revealing are not so easy to track. Among the three types of detection methods in Aitaria, precognition spells have the widest detection range. Prediction spells of ten levels and above can even Can detect things thousands of kilometers away.
Of course, the mystics they were tracking might not be that exaggerated. But within a few miles, if the other party notices something, it will still be enough to make them unable to hide.
After all, the two major shortcomings of spell detection are that it is not flexible enough and cannot be detailed, but these two shortcomings have almost no impact in the desert environment. Put an exploratory eye high in the sky and they would stand out like ants on a smooth concrete floor.
Therefore, Fang Plover did not follow him recklessly.
His plan was to first determine the opponent's general position, and then use 'Wasp-I' to track the opponent's position from a long distance. After the Clockwork Fairy II was upgraded to the 'Wasp-I', due to the enlargement of the main control crystal, the magic effect was naturally further enhanced. The controllable range was expanded by more than 50%, and the ultimate distance was extended to seven or eight thousand meters. outside.
At this distance, even if the opponent discovers the clockwork goblin, it will be difficult to detect their position.
It’s just that the downside is like this—
In the desert environment, the use of general flexible structures is greatly restricted. Although the Clockwork Elf II has been upgraded to the 'Wasp-I', sand will still get in when it should go in.
The subsequent results can be imagined.
Fang Yu put down the communication crystal, took a few steps forward, and finally found his silver clockwork fairy under a sand dune with the help of reflection. He bent down to pick it up from the sand and patted it. The yellow gravel flowed out of the construct like a waterfall.
He shook the thing and couldn't help but sigh. Although this new toy is not useless, if it is not cleaned carefully, it will not fly in a short time.
It’s no wonder that a school like magic construction was born in Istania. Mechanical construction is simply useless here.
Fortunately, there was only a problem with the mechanical part, but the visual crystal could still be contacted, otherwise it would be really difficult for him to find it in this vast sea of sand.
He might cry out if he had to scrap one of the constructs he had just spent a lot of money to upgrade.
Fang Yu put the information of the 'Wasp-I' stuck in the mechanical structure into the crystal, and then raised his head and looked around. Since there was only one 'Wasp-I' sent out, after it fell, of course, they Target lost.
But what made him feel a little strange was that even if they lost their target at that time, they chased them all the way. How could the other party suddenly disappear in this vast sea of sand?
This place is close to the coastline and has a wide view. In theory, the little time they wasted would not cause them to lose track.
He couldn't help but pick up the crystal again and asked: "Sylvid, have you seen those mystics?"
"You can't see anything from this direction."
Fang Yu couldn't help but frowned.
At this time, Alyssa seemed to have come back to her senses. She heard the conversation in the communication crystal and couldn't help but take a few steps forward and walked to the edge of the cliff not far away.
She squatted down and lightly brushed the ground with her hands a few times. Under a shallow layer of gravel, a solid rock surface was exposed - she looked ahead again, suddenly realized something, and glanced down. Then she straightened up, turned around and asked:
"Did they go down there?"
"under?"
A thought suddenly flashed through Fang Yu's mind.
He immediately picked up the communication crystal, changed the communication number and asked: "Forest, have you found out if there is any secret place northwest of Tansnir?"
Before they came to this place, of course they had considered the possibility of being lost, so they made two preparations. The mystics who tried to keep up with the Eye of Revealing were just one of them, but if you missed it, he also left a group of people on the other side of the platform, trying to narrow down the range from the scanned map to confirm the destination of the mystics. what is the place.
Although the possibility of investigating useful clues in a short period of time is very low, it can at least be used as an auxiliary means to prevent them from being helpless in such a situation.
Unexpectedly, this insurance-like measure actually came in handy at this time.
And just for a moment, a sky-blue voice came from the crystal: "Brother Ed, there is no such place on the map. There is only an unnamed coastline to the north of Tansnir. Mr. Abed sent a map used internally by the royal family. , but there’s nothing—”
"Ah, wait, there is..."
Her voice suddenly turned into a cry of surprise: "I just found a volume of documents in the forest, which said that there is a smuggling port northwest of Tansnir, but Mr. Abed told us that it was cleared once by Her Royal Highness the Princess. , now only..."
"What's left?"
"...Wait a minute, the big cat man is asking...By the way, Her Royal Highness the Princess has dismantled the simple port facilities there, but there is still a natural anchorage somewhere."
"Where?" Fang Plover asked again immediately.
"That place is very secret. I can't describe it well, but it's roughly under the cliff, about three to four hundred meters above the ground."
Tian Lan suddenly stopped.
But after a while, she added: "Mr. Abed also said that there is a path leading down there. Brother Ed, please look carefully."
"Then thank Mr. Abed for me."
Fang Yu said something and then pressed down the communication crystal.
He raised his head and looked at the cliff in front of him, which was as sharp as an axe. He couldn't help but take a few steps forward and came to Miss Nightingale's side.
The others followed. The Papalars looked down and couldn't help but look as if they had seen a ghost: "Aren't we going to go down from here? Do you really think those mystics can climb down? It’s not just one or two people…”
"Of course they didn't climb down from here," Alyssa turned around and replied: "There may be a way down near here. They suddenly disappeared from our sight before, maybe it was for this reason."
Fang Yu nodded, agreeing with this point of view.
But this is no easy task.
The coastline of Kukai is not cut straight down like butter. The cliffs are as smooth as a mirror, and it is clear what is underneath. In fact, after thousands of years of wind erosion, this zigzag coastline itself presents an extremely complex landform.
The cliffs often form layers of erosion structures hundreds of meters down. Among these layers of erosion structures, a landform similar to the coastline on the earth is formed - fjords, headlands and even shoals, but the difference is that it is three-dimensional. .
It's more like a huge maze.
This kind of terrain is even more complicated in the calcareous rock area in the north of Kaolin-Ithurion, but in this desert area.
It is really not an easy task to find something from this maze in a short time.
What's even more troublesome for Fang Yu is that if he releases the 'Wasp-I' here, there may be a risk of loss. If it falls in the sand, it can be retrieved. If it falls in the empty sea, do they have to go to the abyss to salvage it?
While he was hesitating, he suddenly heard a rustling sound coming from below.
Then, in full view of everyone, a bald head emerged from under the cliff.
After the bald man climbed up from below, he obviously didn't expect that there were people on the cliff. He couldn't help but stare at everyone with wide eyes. But when his eyes fell on Fang Plover, his eyes couldn't help but widen even more:
"Holy shit?!"
"Big Dragon Slayer?"
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