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Chapter 148 The Tortoise and the Hare Race
Those orcs who came to the oasis confronted Norn and his party.

They have elongated rabbit ears, long and slender bodies, brown or gray hair, whitish underbelly, and an orange-brown stripe on their throats. They hold bone spears in their hands and look at Norn warily.

"This is our water source!"

The leading rabbit man roared loudly.

"Stop, we mean no harm."

Norn spoke.

After the rabbits exchanged glances with each other, they slowly put down the bone spears in their hands.

"Why do you three-eyed apes come here? Don't you call this the road of death?"

asked the leading rabbitman.

While speaking, he couldn't help but look at Baird who was the strongest.

Maybe...can be our helper?
The leading rabbitman fell into a moment of thought.

"You should answer us first: what are you here for?"

Casas stood up and asked.

His question interrupted the train of thought of the rabbit leader.

The leader of the rabbitmen hesitated immediately, and his eyes kept on glancing at Baird in dragon skin.

He needs a helping hand, or rather, their tribe needs a helping hand.

"Our patriarch told us to hunt a desert dragon."

The rabbit leader said loudly.

Norn and Casas exchanged glances, and then Casas said:

"We intend to cross the road of death and find the ancient kingdom of elves."

"Across the road of death?"

Hearing this, the leader of the rabbitmen immediately said,
"I tell you, our chief knows how to cross the road of death."

After speaking, his eyes fell on Baird again.

Hunting the desert dragon is too dangerous. I don't know how many rabbitmen died under the claws of that beast. They urgently need a helping hand.

"So... what is your request?"

Nuo En and his group's eyes lit up, and then asked.

They are deeply trapped in the road of death. In this strange and dangerous environment, the scythe of death may be ushered in at any time.

Since the bunny man said that their patriarch knew how to cross the road of death, it might as well give it a try.

"Then come with us first."

The leader of the rabbit people heard the meaning of cooperation from their tone.

Then, the bunny people turned around and walked slowly towards their mounts - Desert Bugs.

It was a long insect with twelve limbs, similar to a crawling centipede. They were docile and well-organized, and were domesticated into mounts by many orc tribes living in the desert.

Norn and his party exchanged glances, then followed the steps of the rabbit people to the tribe of the orcs.

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In the early hours of the morning, Norn and his party followed the rabbits to the orc tribe.

Compared with the well-developed three-eyed ape-man, the tribe of orcs looked wild and primitive, with exposed animal bones everywhere as trophies decorations, piles of animal skins and gravel, and crude huts built under strange-shaped wind-eroded stones.

Norn and his party, led by the leader of the rabbitmen, walked slowly towards the largest wind-eroded rock.

"What exactly do you want us to do?"

On the way, Casas asked puzzledly.

The leader of the rabbitman slowed down a bit and said softly:

"Help us fulfill our patriarch's wish."

"The wish of your patriarch? What is that wish?"

"Our patriarch lived too long..."

The leader of the rabbit man slowed down again, and said in a low voice:
"His relatives and friends left this world early, but the patriarch is still alive and well.

Witnessing the departure of countless clansmen made him feel deeply painful, but he was powerless.

Therefore, the patriarch hoped that he would no longer be tortured like that, and he hoped to be separated from the pain forever. "

The leader of the rabbitmen explained the wishes of the patriarch,
"One day, a visitor named Slae entered here by mistake.

After being entertained by us, Slaer overheard the patriarch's wish.

That was a kind druid. After he learned about it, he left a potion formula for our patriarch.

Over the years, we have been working on this, and we have collected most of the materials, only the last one is missing. "

"What is it?"

"The tongue of an earth dragon."

When the leader of the rabbitmen spoke, he looked at Baird again.

Even though he watched it several times, he still marveled at the latter's robustness in his heart.

When approaching the huge wind-eroded stone, Norn looked up and finally saw the leader of the rabbit tribe.

The leader was covered with a large animal skin covering his whole body, his back was bent, his back was facing everyone, and he looked much wider than ordinary rabbitmen.

"Patriarch, I brought us a helping hand."

The leader of the rabbitman took a step forward and said respectfully,
"It all depends on the blessing of the dragon god Ndola."

Norn and his party all turned their gazes to the patriarch whose back was facing them.

"Really, child, thank you Dragon God."

While speaking, the patriarch slowly turned around.

He turned extremely slowly.

Slowly, as the patriarch's face appeared in front of everyone, the group couldn't help but widen their eyes.

Oval light green head, belly covered with gray-white oracle bones, and the arched back is clearly a tortoise shell!

It was a desert tortoise, similar in appearance to a desert gopher tortoise!

"turtle…?"

Baird looked at the leader of the rabbit man, and then at the leader of the tortoise.

"Yes, it's surprising, my guest."

The tortoise patriarch smiled kindly.

"How is this going?"

Norn also opened his mouth wide, saying in disbelief.

The tortoise patriarch coughed and said gently:
"Many guests will be surprised.

But I am indeed a turtle man, and I am also the patriarch of this rabbit man tribe.

60 years ago, I strayed into the desert and was accepted by the rabbit people here.

You know, the lifespan of a rabbitman is short, just 20 years.As for a turtle man, it is not a problem to live for hundreds of years.

Relying on the survival experience accumulated during my lifetime, I became the patriarch of this tribe. "

The words of the leader of the tortoise landed in the ears of Nuo En and his party. They were surprised at first, but after hearing the explanation, they felt much more reasonable.

Among the tribes in wild lands, the person with the most survival experience can often become the patriarch, because he can teach skills day after day, lead the tribe to find oases and water sources, and guide the tribe to hunt.

3000 years ago, the three-eyed ape-man who lived in the desert came here in the same way.

The leader of the tortoise glanced at everyone, and said slightly sadly:

"Long life is not always a good thing.

I had to watch generation after generation of rabbit people grow up from juveniles to adults, and after a few years, their bones loosened and became old, and finally turned into bones under the desert. "

Norn and his party stared at the tortoise patriarch.

He whispered his pain softly,
"My life is like a race between a tortoise and a hare, and the track is our lifespan.

My clansman is so vigorous, they can walk like flying, but no matter how fast a rabbit is, they can't run against time.

I live long and they live short, which often makes me miserable. "

The gentle talk of the tortoise patriarch infected Nuo En and his party.

"Well, Patriarch, if you can show us how to cross the road of death. We will do what we can."

Norn stood up and said.

The leader of the tortoise nodded and thanked everyone with a smile.

"It's getting late, let's rest for one night, and let my people take you out tomorrow."

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Celestial Kingdom.

"Where is the god of lies and deceit?"

The dragon god Ndola came to the temple of the prophecy god.

His trembling inquiry made the mysterious and decorated temple of prophecy tremble.

"Ndola, what are you looking for him for?"

Kagaus, the god of prophecy, slowly walked out from behind the temple, looked directly at the dragon god Ndola and asked.

Although Kagaus and Ndola were also the first gods to be awakened by Shann, Kagaus and Ndola were not close or even strangers in many cases.

And after the god of lies and deceit was valued by Kagaus and chosen as his subordinate god, the relationship between the two gods cooled down even more rapidly.

There is no other reason, the dragon god Endola hates the scheming, lying god of lies and tricks.

That god is a god who has recently awakened his self-awareness. As soon as he was born, he disrupted a third of the kingdom of the gods.

His lies are half-truths and half-false, making the gods unpredictable. He likes to tease other gods wantonly, laughing at their distressed appearance. His behavior has a beautiful cover, but it is easy to lead the gods astray .

The only good thing is that it walks the talk.

And the powerful dragon god Ndola especially hates this god of lies and tricks.

"Endola, how you still hate him."

Kagaus saw the dragon god's emotions from Ndola's eyes.

"He deceived me again, Cargauth, and he stole one of my dragon scales."

The dragon god Ndola slowly walked towards the god of prophecy,
"I don't understand, Cargaus, why you value him so much.

I know he is wise,

But you have to know that in this kingdom of gods, there are not a few gods as intelligent as him.

He also asked me to fully cooperate with him to complete his conspiracy and deceit, what a despicable god.

Why should you choose Him as your God?

Have you taken a fancy to His tricks again and again? "

The prophecy god Kargaus stared at Ndola and said:
"Endola, he is one of the prophecies."

The voice fell in the large temple, echoing for a long time.

Ndola shrank her pupils sharply, and murmured:
"What do you mean... what does this mean?"

"Have you forgotten, Ndola, who asked you to make a bet with Baird?"

Kagaus said in a deep voice:
"I once made a prophecy for my three prophecies, and in that prophecy, there was the figure of that lie."

The dragon god Ndola sighed and exhaled, and after a while, he said slowly:

"It was the God of Lies who asked me to make three bets with Baird, but He didn't tell me what reward he would give Baird after the bets were completed."

Kagaus turned around, walked slowly towards the temple, and continued:

"Believe in Him, the God of Lies naturally has His schemes."

"Can't you tell me more? A mysterious prophecy!"

There was a little anger in Ndola's voice.

Kargaus stopped and glanced at Ndola.

"That Baird's sweetheart.

For this bet, God of Lies poured a lot of thought into that beauty. "

After speaking, Kagaus ignored Ndola, and his figure slowly disappeared into the Prophecy Temple.

　Two more chapters this afternoon!
　　
　
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