Chapter 54 The Snake Kingdom and other mentors and apprentices

Author: Become enlightened overnight

Chapter 54 The Snake Kingdom and other mentors and apprentices

The team continued to move forward along the large river valley. As they entered the depths of the plane, they encountered more and more ferocious beasts that became stronger and stronger.

Occasionally, groups of ferocious beasts began to appear, but they were all defeated.

During this time, they passed near the large lake where many rivers converged. It was shrouded in darkness and they did not see the entire lake. They only saw many murloc figures on many sandbanks in the large lake covering tens of square kilometers.

They live in lakes, on tidal flats on the edge of large lakes, and in tributaries that flow into large rivers.

As in the legend, these fish-men are extremely widely distributed.

The team did not stay, just took a look before leaving and continuing north.

After crossing this large lake, it was like crossing a dividing line and entering the depths of the plane. The ferocious beasts encountered became obviously more powerful.

But unexpectedly, the jungle began to thin out, and the density and height of trees began to decrease.

About twenty kilometers north, the trees had become significantly thinner to the point where they could no longer block their sight.

They entered the plains.

The trees became sparser toward the back, with grass half as high as a man everywhere, and the large valley began to become gentler here.

The highest points on both sides of the large river valley on the edge of the plane are about fifty or sixty meters. When it comes to the fishman tribe, it is only twenty or thirty meters. Now it is less than ten meters. In the center of the valley, there is a large river about a hundred meters wide, winding towards

distance.

Looking downstream along the river valley, the terrain is getting flatter and flatter. Using the unknown light source, you can see that there is almost no shadow of the valley behind, it is just an ordinary river.

Yes, unknown light source.

As they entered the deep plains of the plane, they were surprised to find that the sky seemed to be slowly getting brighter.

There was no change in the sky, it was still dark, with only a few stars projected from nowhere.

But on the ground, it seems that there is light in the air, or there is some kind of light source that cannot be seen directly with the naked eye coming from a distance. It feels like it is the night of the fifteenth day of the earth. The moonlight is not strong, but you can see clearly around you.

and the scenery not far away.

As you go deeper into the plane, the brightness of the light becomes higher and higher, and the visual distance becomes longer and longer.

Several people looked at each other, Xie Zhu thought for a moment and said:

"I have seen a situation in a miscellany of my experiences in foreign lands. If a civilization that reaches a certain level develops in some fragments of the dark plane without the projection of the sun, the light of civilization will be born and shine in all directions."

"Light of civilization?"

"Yes, the light of civilization formed by combining the origin of the plane can illuminate the plane just like the sun. The more powerful the civilization, the wider the illumination range and the higher the brightness."

"so???"

Xie Zhu said with a solemn expression:

"So within this fragment of the plane, there must be a very powerful alien race, or a kingdom formed by ancient remnants."

Li Qing frowned after hearing this.

Standing by the river and looking into the distance, he thought for a while and said to his men behind him:

“Camp where you are!”

All the men immediately got busy, cutting grass and keeping vigil. It was just a temporary break, so there was no need to build any walls. They only put down an arrow tower to keep watch.

Several heroes gathered together. Li Qing pointed to the flat lower reaches of the river and said:

"Generally, the edge of such a gentle river is very suitable for farming, and there will definitely be a town or village on the edge."

Xie Zhu added:

"There must be one. The light of civilization has extended here, which means there are definitely alien towns nearby."

Li Qing nodded and said to Xie Jin:

"Please go along the river and reconnoiter downstream, but return at most ten kilometers away."

Xie Jin accepted the order, turned around and left.

Then Li Qing looked at Xie Zhu and said:

"Take five dwarf infantry and five archers to the east for a walk. Don't go too far."

Xie Zhu also took the order and quickly went to count ten of his subordinates to prepare for departure.

After everyone left, Li Qing went up to the arrow tower, climbed up and looked around.

The brightest one was in the north, and the east and west were slightly darker. The south where they came was pitch black, and the light of civilization did not shine through, indicating that the unknown and powerful alien civilization had not developed there.

However, although the sky lit up inexplicably, we were on the edge of civilization at this time, the brightness was not enough, and the visual distance was not far enough. Standing on the arrow tower and looking far away, we did not find the shadow of the alien town.

However, Li Qing was not in a hurry. After looking for a while, he looked back, sat on the top of the arrow tower, took out a magic book, and continued to study while waiting.

Nearly two hours later, the sentry on the arrow tower suddenly blew his whistle.

Li Qing immediately stood up and went to the edge of the sentry tower. He saw the grass swaying by the river more than fifty meters away from the camp. Not long after, he saw Xie Jin running towards the camp, with a large piece of grass swaying behind him.

The weeds by the river were extremely tall and dense, and it was hard to see who the pursuers were.

Li Qing did not hesitate and immediately shouted:

"Everyone is ready to fight. Long Shou, go and meet him."

Long Shou listened to the order, picked up the two-handed sword beside him and rushed towards Xie Jin.

When the distance reached about twenty meters, they cut down all the nearby grass and the pursuers rushed out. Li Qing was slightly surprised.

"Snake man?"

They were seven people about 1.89 meters tall. Their upper bodies were wearing chainmail, and their waists were covered with fine scales. Their lower bodies were thick snake bodies that were more than two meters long. They looked very similar to humans, but had vertical pupils and forked thin tongues.

, a snake man holding a sword, shield, or crossbow in both hands.

Their movements are very flexible and fast. They can also enter the water and are very fast in the water.

Fortunately, Xie Jin is a stalker and is very fast. If he had been in another profession, he would have been overtaken by him long ago.

The snake people rushed out of the weeds and immediately spotted the dragon guard who had rushed out and the garrison camp not far away. After a moment's hesitation, several snake people uttered incomprehensible language and quickly turned and fled.

Seeing this, Xie Jin shouted:

"Don't let them escape. There is a snake town about six kilometers downstream across the river. They enslave many races. If they are allowed to escape, more troops will definitely be sent over."

Li Qing shook his head and said:

"They are very fast and can't catch up."

"But don't worry, we still have time to deal with it."

After welcoming Xie Jin back, Li Qing asked:

"Tell me about the situation in that town in detail."

Xie Jin took a sip of water and said:

"On the other side of the river, about six kilometers downstream, there is a town dominated by snake people. It is ruled by a snake noble. They have enslaved many races. I observed in secret for less than half an hour, and I saw humans and half-orcs.

, jackals, kobolds and other alien races.”

"Wait, there are humans in this plane?"

"Yes, but the situation of humans in this plane is not good. They are enslaved by snake people as slaves."

"How many guards are there in the town? Have you discovered the existence of sixth-order extraordinary people?"

"There are not many snake guards in the town. I can't see clearly inside the town, but there are quite a lot of slave troops, estimated at five or six hundred."

"Besides these, are there any other discoveries?"

"There is a tower tens of meters high inside the town. Its surface is surrounded by a magical halo. There is a light ball at the top that illuminates the entire town and surrounding areas. It poses a great threat to me, but I don't know if it is a mage tower. I

He was discovered just as he was getting ready to get closer to the town."

Li Qing

He pinched his eyebrows and nodded:

"I understand, you should go and rest first."

What Xie Jin brought was definitely bad news. I didn't expect the aliens in this plane fragment to be so strong.

I don’t know about others, but they may not be able to do anything about it just based on the information they have investigated now.

But you can't leave by walking. A complete alien town contains huge benefits.

First of all, let’s not talk about resources. Just dismantle the town and move the materials to copy a town.

Then there are so many alien races in the town, including a large number of human natives, who can become subjects after being rescued.

And then.

According to Xie Jin, that high tower should be a magic tower that imitates the Mage Tower. It is a reduced version of the Mage Tower. It would be great if we could capture it or get the design drawings.
To be continued...