"Earth dragon? That thing isn't that powerful." Martina put her hands on her hips and winked at Reiner.

"That's just not powerful enough for us. Hector is only a ten-year-old boy, and it's still difficult for him to face the earth dragon... Besides, he seems to have a new female companion." Reiner touched his chin and fell into deep thought.

There must be something to say about his genetic inheritance. Hector is so amazing at such a young age.

"What? Another one?" Martina widened her eyes.

Nora jokingly said, "Reiner taught me well."

"Nonsense, I've never taught anything like Hectortus." Reiner decisively shirked responsibility and began to change the subject, "Let's go deeper into the cave and see him."

"Although the cave will slightly weaken Hector's perception, we still can't get too close."

"Okay, let's go in quickly." Martina shook her ponytail gently. She couldn't wait any longer and pulled the two of them towards the depths of the cave.

The Gobi Desert was scorching hot outside, but surprisingly cool inside. Not long into their journey, Nora used her voice transmission ring to say, "There's a smell of blood in here. Hectors and the others have killed or been injured."

Reiner replied, "Perhaps they were bandits. There are many bandits in North Asia who choose to use desert caves as hiding places."

After walking in the cave for about ten minutes, Reiner found the source of the smell of blood.

Dozens of corpses in black robes lay in a camp. They died in a horrific manner, almost being cut in half. It was obvious that this was the work of Heracles.

Reiner bent down and picked up the broken amulets beside the group of people.

The amulet features a pattern of a dragon soaring into the sky with its wings spread.

"I recognize this pattern. They are not bandits, but a cult organization called 'Descendants of the Ancient Dragon'. Since the appearance of the ancient dragon ten years ago, their activities have become more frequent. They have many followers and are basically concentrated in the North Asia region.

No wonder there's a dragon underground. These mentally ill people like to sacrifice living people to dragons. They believe that this will gain the blessing of the ancient dragon god... Sigh."

"Isn't the earth dragon a sub-dragon? It's not an ancient dragon. What's the point of them doing this?" Nora scratched her cat ears and asked in confusion.

Reiner shook his head. "I don't understand them. Maybe they're just going crazy and looking for psychological comfort. Even if they want to offer sacrifices, they should offer sacrifices to Fran and the others. But they end up offering sacrifices to Asian dragons..."

Martina asked doubtfully, "Haven't they been completely wiped out yet? They don't look that formidable."

Reiner shrugged. "No, there are just too many of them. They grow like leeks, one crop after another.

"Let's not talk about it anymore. Let's go deeper and see what Hector and the others are planning to do. This kid seems ready to kill this earth dragon, but earth dragons are quite tenacious. He's not like us, so it might be dangerous to force him."

Martina nodded, then pulled the two of them further into the cave.

But after just two steps, Nora grabbed Martina and said, "Stop! The three of them are not far ahead. The sound is coming from here. Listen carefully!"

Martina pricked up her horse's ears, spinning them around her head like radar, and then asked in confusion, "Where...where's the sound? Why can't I hear anything?"

To be honest, Reiner didn't hear anything either.

Nora's senses are so outstanding that they are far beyond the reach of ordinary people.

With the previous experience as a lesson, Reiner prepared many different kinds of potions in his storage space this time.

There are those that enhance vision and hearing.

He rummaged through his storage space and took out two bottles of medicine.

He gave one bottle to Martina and kept one for himself.