1540 Escorting Troop (1/2)
Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
The plan was a success. After the high-level Silver Snake Warriors were lured away by the demon mice, the rest of the low-level creatures had no chance of stopping the group of Advanced Mages from running away.
They made it out of the Sunset Valley soon afterwards. They were only forty kilometers away from reaching safety in Cairo City!
The outskirts of Cairo were crawling with scorpion demons. Their senses were extremely sharp, and since most of the areas were covered in sand, the high-level creatures were able to detect anyone walking on the sand. They had to travel on the Camel Beasts.
They had kept Camel Beasts on standby before they went to the Sunset Valley. Chad was very experienced. He had gathered the Camel Beasts in a pit under a sand dune and scattered some white salt across the area. The scorpion demons were not interested in the Camel Beasts, so when the group arrived, the Camel Beasts were still in the same spot.
It was tricky to settle a bunch of beasts down in the wild for a few days.
”Quick, we have to hurry; we'll be safe once we reach the line of defense at the ravine!” Benz blurted out nervously.
Everyone mounted the Camel Beasts. These creatures were not as quick as the people had imagined. However, they could not afford to use their magic to speed up, as it would only bring them more trouble!
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After traveling ten kilometers, the group noticed irregular sand pits ahead. The ground had little arcs that seemed like waves rolling forward, but the irregular sandpits were like strange holes across the surface.
The sandpits were huge, the size of a lake, some them looking like pitch-black holes. They were mostly the works of the scorpion demons. These demon creatures were fond of destroying the layers of sand and soil. When a heavy creature walked past them, they would fall into the pits and suffer serious damage from them. Inside the pits were countless holes, from which thousands of little scorpions would appear and feast on the creature while it was struggling in pain. A creature that was five times bigger than the scorpion demons would only have a pile of bones left in under half a minute!
The sandpits that had already collapsed were not much of a threat, but the hidden pits concealed by a layer of thin sand were nothing but deadly traps!
”It's fine for us to walk on the sand, but they are going to collapse if the Camel Beasts walk over the pits. You must all listen to me from here on. Falling into the pits won't necessarily cost you your life, but it will slow us down! The scorpion demons are going to pursue us relentlessly too!” Chad told everyone. It was his third time explaining the same thing to them.
”Chad, we should be close to the ravine after crossing these pits, right?” Vani asked.
”Yes!” Chad nodded.
”Snake! Snake!” Sofia pointed to the side with a frightened look.
The scream gave the others a great fright. They immediately looked into the direction that Sofia was pointing to, but they only saw a long curled branch on the ground. It did resemble a black snake, yet even if she did see it wrong, an Advanced Mage like her had no reason to be scared of it.
”Sofia, what are you doing? It's just a branch,” Ferrero said.
”I...I don't know, I was scared all of a sudden!” Sofia let out a relieved sigh.
Mo Fan glanced at Sofia and said, ”Maybe the effects of the Potion are running out?”
”The Curse of the Snake Eyes?” Zhao Manyan was startled.
”Wouldn't the Curse attract every snake in the wild to us!?” Zoey blurted out.
”That doesn't sound good!”
”Quick, get the young Medusa out, we need her Tear now!” Mo Fan said.
Zoey nodded, and Summoned the Man-Eating Flower.
The Man-Eating Flower burst out of the ground and slowly opened its enormous petals. The young Medusa was sleeping inside it, having only minor injuries.
They moved the young Medusa out from the plant. They all gasped when they saw the connection between her long tail and her feminine upper body. It was most of them's first time observing a Medusa at such a close distance.
”How are we going to get her tears?” Zoey asked with a confused smile.
”I don't know, either!” Chad looked at the others with a wry smile.
Everyone was lost all of a sudden. They wondered if they should wake the young Medusa up, but the creature was surely going to be lots of trouble as soon as she woke up. However, how were they supposed to get her tears if they did not wake her up?
No one knew how to get the young Medusa's tears, nor had they heard about a demon creature that shed tears.
”We are wasting our time here!” Mu Bai snorted.
The effects of the Curse had worsened, and they had not reached safety yet!
The group was trying to figure out how to get their hands on a Tear of Medusa while heading toward the ravine. They did not wake the young Medusa up, since they were unsure if the young Medusa was able to alert the snake demons without them knowing.
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