Time flies, and five days passed in a flash.
When the huge caravan walked out of the endless desert and saw the large areas of green vegetation and golden wheat fields that were about to mature on the plains, undisguised joy appeared on everyone's face.
Because it means that they have completed the first hurdle in this dangerous journey.
That is the Karin Desert, which is a harsh environment filled with all kinds of bandits and monsters.
Although in the last two days, the caravan was attacked by several groups of bandits.
But these poor guys were all killed by the shadow army controlled by Zuo Si in the end, and their souls were transformed into new shadows.
Obviously, as the number of shadows increases, ordinary bandit gangs like this one that lack spellcasters can basically no longer pose any effective threat to the caravan.
One gang of robbers wanted to launch a sneak attack under the cover of night.
As a result, before they could get close, they were slaughtered by Yelnia and her Shadow Legion.
The people who were resting in the camp at that time didn't even know the existence of such a group of bandits and were still sleeping soundly.
It was not until we set out again the next morning and saw a dead body lying on the sand dunes two or three kilometers away, and a camel wandering aimlessly without its owner, that we realized what had happened the night before.
As for the mercenaries who were originally hired to protect the safety of the caravan, they had already consciously taken on a series of miscellaneous tasks including vigilance, management and night watch.
Unless his employer Bernard actively asks him to do so, he will not easily join the battle.
They didn't want to be touched by those terrifying shadows, or be burned to a charred corpse on the spot by a fireball that suddenly flew from behind.
After all, fighting with an arcane spellcaster without skilled cooperation is a very dangerous thing.
You have no idea what kind of spell your "teammate" behind you will cast in the next second, and whether it will "accidentally" affect you.
In addition, Alena often recklessly used large-scale destructive shaping fire magic in battle, and even the soldiers did not dare to approach her violent posture.
Not to mention these mercenaries who only have "one life".
If there wasn't a holy knight in the team, Zuo Si would have wanted to summon the little devil who was immune to damage and cooperate with her to kill the enemy from a distance.
Fortunately, after leaving the desert and getting closer to the densely populated plains, the number of monsters and bandits began to gradually disappear.
Occasionally, you can see cavalry patrolling back and forth on the main road.
Obviously, as the second largest military port and fortress city in Calimshan, Mannon attaches much more importance to and protects the trade routes than Calim Port.
Although these cavalrymen would occasionally use their power to extort bribes from passing large caravans.
But it is much better than those bandits and monsters who want not only money but also lives.
Usually, a purse containing 200 gold coins is enough to satisfy their appetite.
After receiving the money, the cavalry captain will not only help escort the caravan for a short distance, but will also take the opportunity to introduce the security and market conditions in Mannon in recent times to the caravan.
"I'm telling you, don't go near the Is River recently, and don't try to enter the Myratma on the other side."
The human cavalry captain, who looked to be in his early thirties, issued a solemn warning.
"Oh? Why?"
Bernard asked nervously.
There's no way not to be nervous.
Mylatma is the only way for caravans to enter the Kingdom of Tethyr.
Unless you change your route to the sea, this is an unavoidable hurdle.
The cavalry captain touched the slightly stagnant money bag and explained meaningfully, "Because a few merchants who escaped from there by chance said so.
Near Mylatma, there is a red dragon with an evil army composed of orcs, half-orcs, ogres, jackals and goblins. They have blocked almost all roads and are frantically looting all the surrounding towns and villages.
The local lord once tried to send troops to defeat it, but failed.
A total of 600 professional soldiers, more than 1,200 temporarily recruited militiamen, as well as the accompanying adventurers and priests sent by the temple were all killed.
They did not receive the news until a flood of refugees appeared outside the city walls.
Now, the whole of Mailatma is in a state of extreme panic and despair.
I wouldn't be too surprised if I heard tomorrow that the entire city was conquered by the red dragon and its evil army.
In fact, as the news spread, Manon had already entered a state of war mobilization a few days ago.
If the terrible red dragon is not satisfied with plundering and destroying Myratma and intends to continue south, we will request reinforcements from the capital, Calimport."
"Damn it! Don't the other lords of the Kingdom of Tesser have any reaction to this?" Bernard asked gritting his teeth.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Hearing this, the cavalry captain couldn't help laughing.
Not only was he laughing, but the cavalrymen under Mannon behind him were also laughing wildly.
After laughing for several minutes, the former stopped laughing and said in a slightly sarcastic tone: "The Kingdom of Tethyr has long existed in name only! Long-term wars, disputes, conspiracies and betrayals have made the nobles of this country very keen on killing each other.
Several powerful dukes wanted to eliminate all their competitors and snatch the crown from the nominal queen.
These foolish Tethyrians deserved this after all they had done to break away from Calimshan."
It is not difficult to see from the merciless ridicule and sarcasm of these Memnon cavalry that the two countries have a lot of grievances in history.
Once upon a time, the people of Tethyr were descendants of Calishite immigrants.
Later, due to many complex reasons and conflicts, a civil war broke out, and it eventually became independent from the ancient Calishite Empire.
But later, the founder of the Shan dynasty, Akbar Shan the Elder, forcibly integrated the two countries together through a series of marriages, murders and violence over three generations.
However, as Shane IV offended Ivyco LS Gran "Sharp Teeth" because of the uneven distribution of the spoils, this powerful blue dragon would retaliate crazily for a long time in the future.
The once prosperous Shane Dynasty was finally destroyed by Ivyco LS Gran "Sharp Teeth" under the rule of Shane VII, and inevitably fell into collapse and decline.
Although strictly speaking, Sean VII was not the last monarch, there was a female monarch, Sean VIII, who succeeded him.
But historians generally believe that the Shaen dynasty ended here.
With the end of the Shain dynasty, the Tethyr region once again gained independence.
Also gaining independence at the same time was Amn, further north.
That’s right!
Both the Kingdom of Amn and the Kingdom of Tethyr were once part of the vast empire established by the Calimshan Shon Dynasty.
Therefore, they are very close to each other in terms of culture and blood relationship.
Even their attitude towards forest elves is exactly the same.
The nobles of Calimshan hunt the elves of the forest as a form of entertainment and pastime.
Almost all the elves in Amn were either killed or turned into slaves for the nobles and wealthy to play with.
Several generations of monarchs of Tethyr have been tirelessly attacking and destroying the homes of the elves, trying to kill all of these pointy-eared guys or drive them out of their rule.
Therefore, the Calishites, who considered themselves to be the legitimate successors of the Shan Dynasty, looked down upon the Kingdom of Tethyr and Amn.
Some more extreme guys even regard the latter as traitors.
All Calishite monarchs who want to make a difference will turn their eyes to the north without exception.
He tried to use the same tactics as old Akaba Shane to once again annex the Kingdom of Tethyr and even Amn further north.
(End of this chapter)