Three days passed in a flash.
Just as Otto said, this temporary empire base was not invaded by other fifth-level monsters.
This made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.
In the temporary residence, except for a few people who were very far away, all the people from the Empire in the western forest of the Eternal Day Secret Realm gathered together.
Otto began to arrange for everyone to move their base.
The destination is a place surrounded by mountains near the central volcano of the Eternal Day Secret Realm.
Otto and his companions were very cautious on the way, so they did not provoke any extremely powerful monsters.
On the way, Otto, Ryan, Anna and Ophelia stood together on the back of the earth dragon Balder.
Otto pointed to two small hills not far away and said.
"Ryan, that's where we're going. I'm looking for you while I look for the others."
"We are surrounded by mountains on three sides, and there is running water inside. As long as we guard this gap on the west side, we can protect the surrounding mountains from trouble."
"Although the defenses are still imperfect in some places, this is the best place I can find."
"Within a month, relying on the terrain, it shouldn't be a problem to hold this area of the mountain."
Ryan and the others looked in the direction Otto's finger was pointing.
Sure enough, I saw a gap surrounded by mountains. Two majestic peaks stood on both sides of the gap, like two gatekeepers.
"What a great place!" Ryan raised his eyebrows.
The next moment, Ryan narrowed his eyes, and the joy on his face gradually disappeared.
“Stop!”
Hearing this, Otto quickly ordered Balder to stop.
As Balder's huge body came to a halt, everyone on the road stopped and began to be alert to their surroundings.
"What's wrong, Ryan?" Otto asked seriously.
Ryan chuckled, "Otto, it looks like someone is here...Lucifer."
Hearing this, Otto frowned and stared at the gap between the two peaks.
After Ryan finished speaking to Otto, he summoned Lucifer.
Lucifer's figure slowly rose from Ryan's shadow.
He placed his left hand on his chest and asked modestly.
"What do you want me to do, my master?"
Ryan put his arm around Anna and pointed out a direction to Lucifer.
Lucifer looked over, black magic flowing in his eyes and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Then Lucifer disappeared from Balder's back in a flash, and the next moment he emerged from the shadow of the tree that Ryan had just pointed at.
Then Lucifer took out a small disc-shaped device from the roots of the giant tree.
Then another person flashed behind Ryan and presented the round disc in his hand to Ryan.
"Here, Master, I've taken care of it. It won't send any signals."
Ryan took the instrument handed to him by Lucifer, looked at it in his hand, and handed it to Otto beside him.
Taking the disc, Otto's pupils shrank slightly and his brows furrowed.
"Is this... a disposable detection magic device?"
"Well, you hid it quite carefully. If I wasn't sensitive to magic, I might not have been able to see it." Ryan nodded.
Otto pondered for a moment, then looked at Ryan and said.
"I wonder how many people are in the valley right now... Should we attack? Or change our base?"
"Don't worry." Ryan said with a smile.
Then he looked at Lucifer and said, "Lucifer, go check how many people are in the valley."
"Yes, Master."
The next moment, Lucifer transformed into a pitch-black crow and flew across the valley at a speed that was neither fast nor slow, just like a normal crow.
Otto looked at the crow transformed by Lucifer, and then a look of surprise appeared in his eyes.
He didn't expect that Lucifer had the ability to change his form.
Then Otto sighed and said.
"This is my fault. I should have left some people to guard the valley, otherwise this wouldn't have happened."
Ryan shook his head. "You were right not to station anyone there."
"Even if we send more people, how many can we send? If we send too many, the temporary base here won't be well guarded. If we send too few... we might not be able to defend this place, and those people will be eliminated."
"Let's wait for Lucifer to come and see how many people there are."
"Now the enemy is in the open and I am in the dark. We have the final say on whether to fight or flee."
Otto nodded and stood on Balder's back, looking out over the valley.
Soon, a crow flew to Ryan's side, a black smoke rose, and Lucifer's figure appeared again.
"Master, there are ten people in the valley. Judging from their attire, they are from the Southern Sea Islands."
Hearing this, Otto laughed and nodded in understanding.
"I see. I understand."
"What's wrong?" Ryan asked.
"The Southern Sea Islands have adopted a different strategy from our Empire."
"Our empire first gathers others and then looks for a place to stay, but the people of the southern sea islands are different."
"They should be a group of people looking for a base, a group of people gathering together, and a group of people dispersing and searching for the Mist Cards on their own."
Ryan turned to look at Otto, seeing the fighting spirit in Otto's eyes, and said.
"Let's go, then. Let Lucifer go ahead and find the detectors on the road. I'll leave the battle to you. I'm still a wounded soldier."
"There's no need for you to take action. Rest well. There are only ten of us... But, to be safe, I'll go too. We'll go in stealthily this time. Balder should be put away for now."
Ryan and the others nodded, then several of them jumped off Balder, and Otto put Balder into the knight's mount space.
Ryan took Anna and Ophelia to find a big rock and sat on it.
Otto led the rest of the empire and secretly advanced into the valley. Lucifer was in front of them, looking for other detectors.
The members of the Gray family were guarding the big rock in Ryan, watching out for dangers around them.
An hour later, Otto's voice rang out from the ring in Ryan's hand.
"Ryan, the valley is cleaned up, come over here."
Hearing this, Ryan, who was sitting on the rock with Anna in his arms, jumped off the rock with Anna and Ophelia, and then advanced into the valley with the members of the Grey family.
Without stopping on the way, Ryan and his group soon entered the valley.
At this time, Otto was already arranging for others to set up tents and place detectors.
Ten people from the Southern Sea Islands were locked up in special shackles and hung on a small tree, whimpering and struggling.
Otto saw Ryan and his group coming into the valley, walked up to Ryan and said.
"These are the ten people Lucifer mentioned. Although they have some strength, they are still not good enough."
"Why not eliminate them?" Ryan asked.
Otto chuckled.
"Since they've already made this the Southern Sea Islands their base, then...why don't we just sit back and wait for them to come?"
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