The opposite side of the canyon is called a plateau because its height is obviously higher than the other side of the canyon, and also higher than the land farther away.
Seen from the sky, this plateau is red, with thousands of ravines and fragments.
The plateau is not a desolate area. Every distance, there is always a rift valley or mountain top covered by orange vegetation.
These plants are the producers of nature. With their existence, coupled with the complex terrain of the plateau, there must be a lot of other organisms.
Rogge was flying in the sky, not looking for various magical beasts, but looking for a battlefield.
But as soon as he hugged Ophina and rode on Canxing and flew up, he was attracted by the scene in the distance.
On the edge of the other side of the plateau, there is a deep pit with no bottom, and there is a giant tree in the pit.
The giant tree occupies two-thirds of the area of the pit, and its height actually exceeds the depth of the pit. The part of the plateau that is exposed looks like a dark green hill.
If the roots of this tree were at the same level as the plateau, it would definitely be a towering tree.
The giant branches were lush and full of vitality. From such a distance, Rogge could see the part of it protruding from the plateau, surrounded by a large group of flying creatures.
Looking at it, Rogge couldn't help but think of the largest tree he had ever seen - the Holy Tree.
Since we don’t know how deep the pit is, we can’t say which one is taller, this tree or the sacred tree, but in terms of width, the sacred tree is several times larger.
"Brother, there must be a lot of delicious food in that tree. If it bears fruit, it will be particularly delicious!" Ophina, who is greedy, doesn't want to let go of any food in the otherworldly space.
Faced with Ofina's explicit statement, Rogge expressed his position: "When the problem is solved, we will go over and have a look. To be honest, I have a hunch that that tree is extraordinary."
"Me too." Filia said suddenly.
Rogge was slightly startled. He said that he usually found a small excuse to accompany Ofina to find food, but Filia was different.
Filia's intuition was very accurate, and since she spoke, she must have felt something.
"What do you say?" Rogge asked.
"Don't you think that tree looks a bit like a sacred tree?"
"Yes."
"It's probably not an ordinary tree that can grow so big. It might be the core of the entire space barrier, so the possibility of Xi Kong being there is higher than elsewhere."
"That makes sense, then we have to go." Ofina said happily.
"What did Canxing see?" Filia asked.
Rogge's eyes were sharp and he replied: "A group of adventurers and a group of orcs."
"Orcs? Sure enough, they also entered the barrier to explore. Where are they?"
"There." Rogge pointed to a rift in front of him.
"Canxing, hurry up."
"Yu!"
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Under the largest rift valley on the plateau, in front of a huge tunnel that slopes downward.
Several corpses lay scattered here, including those of orcs and humans.
Rogge carefully examined the corpses and reconstructed the full picture of the encounter in his mind based on the scenes Canxing saw.
Humans and orcs met here. The two sides did not need to communicate too much and started fighting immediately.
The number of orcs is much greater than that of humans, and this team of orcs is very strong. Among them are giant beasts like stone horned beasts, which humans cannot defeat.
The adventurers retreated into the tunnel, and the orcs followed in pursuit.
"Roger, do you want to go in?" Madeline asked, pointing to the traces in front of the tunnel. "The footprints here are those of orcs covering those of humans. This means that humans failed in this battle and escaped in. Shall we go to support?"
"Wait a minute." Rogge used the flying technique to fly to the upper structure of the tunnel to investigate carefully.
The earth and stone structure here is extremely strong and will not collapse easily. Even the earth mage cannot seal the cave entrance in a short time.
Rogge felt relieved, flew back, and said to everyone: "It's about the orcs, let's go in and take a look."
Matilda and Filia both agree. After all, orcs are more hateful to them than monsters.
Everyone prepared torches and lanterns for lighting. As soon as they entered the tunnel entrance, they saw broken limbs and bodies everywhere.
Rogge put them together in his mind, and it was probably for five people.
"It should be the one who stays to break up the rear." Rogge judged, "Let's move on."
After just two steps, a broken leg on the side of the road caught Rogge's attention.
The leg was neatly cut off halfway from the thigh. It was long, straight, and the skin was very white. It's not pale from blood loss, but it's already very white.
All in all, a beautiful leg.
Rogge looked at the broken limbs again and searched them one by one, but found no other parts that matched this leg.
This means that the owner of the beautiful legs may still be alive.
Rogge couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
"Brother, what are you looking at? Let's go quickly." Ofina, who was walking behind him, asked curiously.
"Oh, I have to pick up that leg."
Rogge walked over and put his legs into the space ring. He turned around and found Ophina looking at him with disgust.
"Nana, it's not what you think. I know this leg."
"Huh? That's a woman's leg. How did you know it?"
"This leg... should belong to our junior girl." Rogge took out the leg and pointed to the two moles on the ankle and said, "During the graduation ceremony, the junior girl who put a wreath on me had a mole on her ankle. The mole is exactly the same as the one on this leg.”
Rogge still remembered the tall schoolgirl who put a wreath on him. Her pair of white and straight beautiful legs were very eye-catching.
At that time, she waved her hand in front of Rogge's eyes, but Rogge ignored her and she lightly stepped on Rogge's instep.
It was this leg that was used.
When Ofina heard this, she stared at the mole and recalled it carefully, "It is indeed hers, it can't be wrong."
Ofina has a very good memory. She remembers the beautiful girls who approached Rogge very clearly. She also remembers the parts that others have but she does not have even more clearly.
She has beautiful legs, but not long legs, so she is very impressed by the long-legged schoolgirl.
"Why is she here? So is she dead?" Ofina retracted Rogge's legs. After all, if she could catch the school girl, she would have to do it.
"I checked just now. There is no body of hers at the entrance, nor outside."
"Then we have to move faster. She's bleeding so much, she's still running away, and she's disabled. She won't last long."
"Well, let's go."
There were some forks in the crypt, but tracking was easy as the bloodstains and footprints on the ground were obvious.
The crypt is very large, and the few narrow places have been opened. It must be the work of the Stonehorn Beast.
The stone horned beast originally lives in caves in mountains or hills, and has extremely strong digging abilities. This obstacle cannot stop it at all.
Based on the traces on the ground, Rogge speculated that there were about ten adventurers left, and there was a single row of footprints among them, indicating that the school girl was still alive.
As for the orcs, there are conservatively estimated to be more than twenty, and there is a stone-horned beast.
The crowd chased for ten minutes before the sound of fighting came from the front.
Lunt, the team's human shield, was the first to rush forward.
After turning a corner, the diagonally downward passage suddenly straightened, and everyone came to an open underground space.
The battle is going on in the very center of this space.
Four adventurers formed a formation and retreated while fighting. One adventurer fought against the stone horned beast alone, and a girl supported another girl who had lost a leg at the back of the team.
Rogge took a quick look and saw that the girl who had lost a leg was the schoolgirl who put the wreath on him. Her face was pale and there were beads of sweat all over her face.
And the girl who supported her turned out to be an acquaintance, the girl who accidentally bumped into him outside the dean's room.
Rogge remembered that her name was Winnie, she was very innocent, and her voice was as beautiful as wind chimes.
At this moment, the long-legged school girl did not panic, but relied on Winnie to hold the gun with one hand, her expression firm and decisive.
Winnie's face was... expressionless.
Eighteen orcs trampled on the corpses of three adventurers and the corpses of five of their own men and continued to attack. The balance of victory had tilted and was about to fall.
The observation lasted only a moment, and Rogge uttered two words, "Attack!"
Rogge used all his strength to pick up Lunt, who was fully armed, then clamped Ophina under his arm and flew directly over using the flying technique.
He first threw Lunt into the pile of orcs, and then took Ophina to fly behind the four adventurers and in front of Winnie and the school girl.
"Senior Rogge! It's you, why are you here?" the junior student with a broken leg said happily.
Winnie also looked at Ophina in surprise.
Rogge didn't answer her. At this time, four orcs were outflanking them from the right, and he had to fight them.
Before taking action, Rogge did not forget to tell Ofina, "Nana, be careful."
"I know." Ofina winked at him, indicating that she understood his deeper meaning.
There is a large-scale emotion-amplifying curse in the barrier. The orcs must be enemies, and these adventurers, even the two school girls, are not necessarily friends.
However, except for the warrior who dueled with the stone-horned beast, who was a martial king, the remaining four were all high-level warriors, and the orcs were all below high-level, so they posed little threat to everyone.
Ofina did not rush to treat the broken-legged school girl, nor did she summon a small light to let it pass. Instead, she first supported Lunt with several aurora walls to reduce his defensive pressure.
As soon as the big man was thrown down, he used defense enhancement and raised his shield to hold on. He howled and screamed to attract the attention of several orcs, and received special care.
This group of orcs are strong, tall, and have gray-green skin. They are obviously the elite of the orc warriors.
The tomahawks, warhammers and machetes in their hands are large and heavy. Although the quality of the weapons is not top-notch, when combined with the orcs' own fighting style, they can exert extremely strong combat power.
Lunt, who was heavily armed after being hacked by a bunch of enemies, was a little overwhelmed. Fortunately, Ofina's support arrived in time, allowing him to regroup and take on all the attacks.
There is no magician among this group of orcs. As long as Lunt can withstand it, victory will be a matter of time.
On Rogge's side, there were four orcs, one senior and three intermediate.
Rogge released several freezing spells in succession, firmly restraining the senior orc at the front. He took a few steps forward and directly passed him and broke into the space between the three intermediate orcs.
The three orcs did not expect that someone would come to die, so they roared excitedly and chopped down the weapons in their hands. Great wind
However, the combat skills of orcs are more than powerful, but their skills are far inferior to those of humans. In layman's terms, they are too rough.
Under Rogge's extremely fast speed, if the enemy's skills are insufficient, then there will be flaws.
Rogge used the Yanyang Footwork, simply taking a step to the side to shift his weight, and at the same time twisting his body to the side, he easily dodged the chops of three axes.
He twisted his wrist, and the jade fire sword trembled across the throat of the orc closest to him.
After only a moment of fighting, the young man killed an enemy during the siege.
