Planeswalker My Plane War

Chapter 68 Bandit 2
A bleak cold wind blew across the entire mountain.

Xia An was lying on the top of a small hillside, feeling the chill gushing out from the wind, from the soil, from the rocks everywhere and into the skin.Although there is nothing like cutting the face with a knife, it also causes pain in the skin and numbness in the hands and feet.

But for Xia An, the remorse in his heart was even worse than the chill in his body.If I knew it earlier, I would just accompany Zhang Cheng down the mountain to take a detour, why bother to run up the mountain!But there is no regret medicine to buy in any world.Right now, he can only take one step at a time.In fact, for a traveling businessman like him, the West Rong Dongyi, the robbers and the robbers are not dangerous, but the customers are opportunities!After all, people who are engaged in this business are well aware that although this business is extremely profitable, it is dangerous.In other words, these dangers are all you have to face and cannot escape.Besides, where in the world is absolutely safe to buy and sell?In fact, even the nobles of human beings may tear their faces.

But thieves are different.Bandits don't trade with you at all.What they hate most is that the robbers leave no prisoners.You don't even have the chance to redeem yourself!
After observing for a long time, he could see the situation clearly, and slowly retreated from the hillside.

In a hollow under the hillside, two of his companions were waiting for him.

It wasn't that Xia An took the initiative to inquire about it for no reason, but he understood that at this time, the three of them were all grasshoppers on a rope, and they had to work together.The young scholar was thin, and although he was wearing a sword, the sword was probably mostly decorated—from the spell book in his hand, he could tell at a glance that he was an alchemist.And the coachman named Jia was well-proportioned, dressed in armor, and was skilled at riding horses.Among the three people, the most suitable person to inquire was himself.

"How is it?" Zhang Cheng asked.

"It's right ahead." Xia An was still a little scared. "Twenty thieves, don't know what they're doing, they seem to be offering sacrifices?"

"Who are some?" Jia asked.

"I can't see it in detail, but I saw at least one tiger party!" Xia An said.

"Tiger Fang!" Even Jia, who had always been confident, gasped and turned to face Zhang Cheng. "Sir, this..."

What is Tiger Fang?Zhang Cheng couldn't remember what it was for a while, but looking at the expressions of these two people, he knew that they must be very powerful guys.In other words, it is an enemy so powerful that one can immediately lose confidence in confrontation.

The three of them, Zhang Cheng himself mastered his occupation and level through the panel, so he knew that he was a 7th-level mage and a 7th-level warrior (dead warrior), but it was difficult for him to judge the level of the two companions. Jia guessed that they were ordinary The fighter should be within level 10, and this traveling merchant called Xia An should be a thief, and his level should also be within level 10.

"If it falls into Hu Fang's hands, it will be the end..." Xia An whispered, but immediately understood that this was not the time to shake the military's heart.After all, the bandits haven't found them yet.As long as they move carefully, they have a good chance of sneaking away.

"But it looks like they didn't set up camp here." Xia An said the good news.In truth, though, the news is mixed.They can wait for the other party to finish and leave, but there is no guarantee that they will not encounter these thieves again.

"Should we go back the same way, or wait here for them to end?" Zhang Cheng asked.If the chances of winning the fight are not high, then either retreat back the same way, or wait for the opponent to leave before going over.It's really impossible to judge which option is better, it just depends on luck.

"Let's wait." Xia An said, "I heard that Hu Fang's hearing is extremely sensitive. Now the wind is strong, he can't hear anything. But if the wind is small, the sound of the carriage moving is likely to be detected by him."

"Aren't you afraid that they will come this way after the end? We really won't be able to run away by then," Jia said.

"No," Xia An replied confidently. "I came all the way just now, and I have looked carefully. There are no traces of footprints or the like. It can also be seen from their position that they did not come from our road. So whether they continue to move forward or backward, they should be with us. It doesn't matter. We just happened to stagger halfway through."

"Wait, then, we have to reassure the horse."

After a while, Xia An, who went to investigate again, brought good news.The wild robbers are gone.

The three of them put the carriage at the back first, and proceeded cautiously for a while to determine whether the thieves really left.

The thieves gathered on a flat ground on the mountainside just now, and now Zhang Cheng and the three have also come here.This place is naturally flat, and although there are many weeds, the height does not exceed the knee.The wood split into medium size was neatly piled into a sacrificial fire, and the embers were not extinguished.In front of the fire, there is a very rough sculpture, like a snake, but it has a human head.On the ground between the two, someone wrote intricate words and symbols in blood.

The signs are so clear that even someone like Zhang Cheng who doesn't understand it at a glance recognizes that this is a sacrifice.

Not only that, he could clearly feel some kind of power stirring in the air.It is not clear what exactly is going on with this power, whether it is affecting the human body or the human mind.But at least the effect was clear: Zhang Cheng could clearly hear his body making a "da-da" sound because his teeth were fighting uncontrollably.

Of course, this effect does not only affect him alone.Xia An was originally agile, but at this moment, his movements seemed slow and stiff.Jia's situation was even worse, he looked numb in his limbs.In fact, Zhang Cheng is the best of the three.At least he moves freely.

This is undoubtedly a sacrifice full of evil.

"This is..." Zhang Cheng didn't understand why these robbers were offering sacrifices in this kind of wilderness.He looked at his two companions, both of whom were equally at a loss.Obviously they don't understand either.But this is quite normal. This knowledge is originally controlled by the aristocratic class. At a minimum, a scholar like Zhang Cheng is qualified to learn.

It doesn't matter if you don't understand them, Zhang Cheng also has a reliable counselor, Xiao Xiong.

"Is this a sacrifice? What gods are they worshiping? Why are they holding sacrifices in this kind of wilderness?"

"If I'm not mistaken, this should be Erfu, they are offering sacrifices to Erfu!" Little Bear also seemed a little puzzled. "As for why they sacrificed here, I can't judge. Are they planning to kill a big one? It's not easy to please Erwei, and it's even harder to get something from him. Unless they plan to kill Lost a lot of people."

"What kind of god is Er Neg?" Zhang Cheng didn't know much about the god system in this world, so the name was very unfamiliar.

"Kill," Bear replied. "Very ancient god. By the way, this is one of the evil gods identified by the Zhou family."

"Ancient? Evil God? Is he... very powerful?"

"Strong? No, not at all." Little Bear replied. "According to what you said, a typical waste wood god, this priesthood has no development potential at all. Because the next step of the killing priesthood is the death priesthood, and the death priesthood has its own name, let alone the death priesthood, it is the next step of death. , that is, the Netherland after death, has also been occupied. The opposite of killing is healing. This priesthood has not been occupied, but in fact almost all gods have made a difference in this regard. It is too difficult to seize this priesthood. Great. These are nothing but the associated priesthood of slaughter, bloodshed, injury, fear, corpses, plunder... and so on, he didn't even get a bunch of priesthood... So it's not old but powerful, and the more you live, the more wasteful the old antique. There are too."

The little bear's body is a great spirit who is interested in conferring gods, and he obviously has a deep research on these things.

Zhang Cheng has already begun to study the symbols written in blood on the ground in detail.The reason why it is said to be a symbol is because the translator attached to him is completely ineffective at this time.So Zhang Cheng thought that this thing would not be some kind of text.

The other two were affected by the sacrificial effect and were in a state of fear.Although this level of fear cannot make them out of control, it also greatly affects their thinking and actions.They chose to leave this area and stand a little farther away, so only Zhang Cheng was observing the original sacrificial place.This is good, Zhang Cheng can focus on communicating with the bear.

"They're here..." Zhang Cheng looked at the whole ceremony carefully.Erwei is the god of killing, but there is obviously no killing in this ceremony.There are only three traces that can be found in the entire ceremony site: rough statues, strange symbols written in blood on the ground, and a bonfire.It should be noted that there is no such thing as sacrificial materials in this bonfire.Really just a pure campfire, nothing but wood.

A gust of cold wind blew, and the ashes of the bonfire flew into the sky.Zhang Cheng had to hide to the side.

"It can only be regarded as a very simple sacrifice." Little Bear said. "It's not like a request, it's not like a dedication, at most it's just a breath of air. Unless there are two negative gods here... But this is impossible, the Zhou family is not completely finished, even if the two negative gods are born. It really appeared, how dare you come here to do activities?...Wait, Zhang Cheng, the front is the front here!"

Zhang Chengyiyan looked, but saw an unremarkable open space under the bonfire.

This is because the gust of wind just now blew away the ash from the bonfire on the ground, revealing a piece of ground.

On the ground, there are also unknown symbols, no, it should say words.Because Zhang Cheng actually understood the few words in it.

"...we humbly pray...great...to dedicate your noble blood...with...a city...to..."

Zhang Cheng tried to push the ashes away with his hands, trying to read more words.Unfortunately, this is useless, most of the text has been destroyed due to the burning of the flame, and only a few survive.

The writing should have been written on the ground with blood or something, and then burned with firewood on top of the writing.It may be due to some chemical reaction caused by plant ash or the like, so there are some residues left.Let people know that this should be a sacrificial text or something.But it's normal to think about it. People sacrifice to the gods here, always with a purpose.

Zhang Cheng slowly backed away and returned to his two companions.The sacrifice is over, and it can be felt that the power that pervades here is gradually dissipating over time.Soon, no trace will be left here.

"These bandits," Xia An said suddenly. "I'm afraid it's going over there."

There are footprints left on the ground, so it's not hard to tell.But this direction...

Using the position of the sun as a reference, Zhang Cheng could see that the direction the bandits were leaving was roughly the same as his own.

"Where are they going, a bunch of bandits?" The answer seemed self-evident.

"They are also going to Xia Ruins?"

This is quite possible.Although thieves are "unacceptable to the king", as long as they are intelligent creatures, there is a need to trade items.After all, many necessities of life, such as salt, metals, tools and the like, can only be obtained through trading.

So it seems normal for thieves to go to places like Xia Ruins.So these robbers are also caravans?
But if so, why did they stop in the middle to perform a sacrifice?

Completely do not understand.

That's the downside of getting out of the game guidelines.If the game is played normally, then the player will arrive at the Xia Ruins smoothly all the way.But this time it wasn't just the time line that changed, because Xia An, the guide, even changed the route, so I encountered something that was not planned at all in the middle of it.

"In that case, just in case, let's slow down?" Jia suggested.

"No, it shouldn't be necessary." Seeing that the crisis passed, Xia An's businessman character was revealed again. "I know a shortcut. As long as I leave this mountain and take a shortcut, I can guarantee that I will not meet this group of thieves."

As for the Xia Ruins, it doesn't matter if we meet or not.After all, Xia Xu has its own rules, and the bandits must also restrain themselves there.At that time, the two sides can even make a deal to let him earn a little more.

"A shortcut? Why is there a shortcut?" Zhang Cheng was puzzled.

"Oh, there is a rocky beach in front of you. There is no grass. The stones are very sharp and difficult to walk, so you usually have to go around. But, I know that there is a road that can pass through the rocky beach." Xia An was very proud. said. "It can save two days of travel. As long as you go through it, you will almost reach the Xia Ruins. I didn't want to take this road, but now I can't control that much."

Of course, there were some things he didn't say.This rocky beach is not a natural formation. It is said that it hides the curse of a certain god, so under normal circumstances, people are always afraid of three points.However, this kind of untrue curse is nothing worth mentioning compared to the thieves.

After he finished speaking, he was surprised to find that Zhang Cheng paused, as if shocked by the news.

"I have something I want to ask you," Zhang Cheng said sternly. "The tiger side you said just now... with a tiger's head?"

"Yes," Xia An replied. "Hu Fang has a tiger head and a violent personality, and it is said that he likes to eat people. He is the great enemy of all Xia. If he was caught by Hu Fang just now, he would probably be eaten directly. Thanks to the defeat of Yin Shang in the past, Hu Fang's forces Great decline...what's the matter?"

Zhang Cheng pointed behind Xia An with his finger.

"That...isn't that Tiger Fang?!"

(End of this chapter)