Cthulhu Gonfalons

Chapter 45

In the dark grey Gobi desert, there were pebbles everywhere. From time to time, one can see some weeds and bushes among the pebbles. They looked like people lying prostrate, as if they had been burdened by their hard lives and could no longer stand up.

Looking into the distance, Sui Xiong saw that the majestic Wasteland had become a long black shadow along the northwestern horizon. Looking the other way, he saw nothing but the blue sky and black earth. When he looked further, the sky blue and earth black faded away from each other until both of them turned gray, and Sui Xiong found it hard to know which one was the sky and which one was the earth.

This is the Gobi Desert, one of the three great deserts on the Main Plane.

On a continent called the Main Plane, there were many deserts of different sizes, and among these deserts, there were three very large ones: one in the northwest, one in the north-west, one in the northeast and one in the southeast.

The desert in the northwest is the Gobi Desert. What makes this desert different is that there are a lot of rocks here. Apart from the central area in the desert, there is basically no sand in most deserts, and these other areas are arid wastes covered with black gray gravel. In addition, sandstorms are constantly happening here, and there is a special one called “Black Storm.” When the Black Storm occurred, even a legendary adventurer would be scared and run away. Because of this terrible storm, no one dared to cross the desert, so the Wasteland in the west and the Wild Empire in the east were completely separated. Only the bravest entrepreneurs dare to cross this desert with the help of weather observation spells, and if they make it through, they will,

In the northeast, there is a desert called the Dead Meteorite, and it is very narrow because it extends along the coast. To the north is the Dragon Mountain Range, and to the south is the Blue Moon Kingdom, which perfectly divides the two Holy Angel Kingdoms and the Sea Kingdom. A long time ago, this desert didn't even exist. At that moment, the Holy Angel Kingdom army and the Sea Race army were engaged in a fierce battle along the coastline, and the gods from both sides had joined the battle. By the time this terrible battle was over, the several hundred miles near the sea had become a grayish-yellow wasteland. Even today, one could constantly see human remains and broken weapons, and there were many monsters lurking around. This is how the desert is called the Dead Meteorite.

The desert in the southeast is called the Golden Desert and is probably the safest desert among the three. There were no fearsome sandstorms or monsters. The pure blue sky and golden sand and small, shone constantly in the bright sunlight. Standing on the edge of the desert and watching the sun rise and set along the horizon where the sky and sand meet is really fun.

To reach the Commonwealth of Mifata, Sui Xiong had to cross the Wastelands first, then the Gobi Desert, and then he had to walk south along the Graystone Mountains. He would then cross the Wild Marsh of the Ancient Forest, the Broken Cloud Mountains, and finally my Ten Forest.

No one dared to take this route unless he no longer wanted to live due to too many dangers along the way. Even the most experienced adventurers would be frightened when facing this route. Usually, if one wanted to go to the Commonwealth of Mifata from the four cities in the northwest, the best way was by boat. By sea, one could arrive north of the Commonwealth of Gold Coins, cross the pass south of the Wasteland, and then they would arrive at Rye Town.

But this safe route will take longer and there are still many risks inherent in sailing. Sui Xiong was not afraid of danger at sea or on land, because he was flying rather than walking, so crossing a bumpy road was not too difficult for him. After pondering his route, he chose to go straight.

After all, the shortest distance between two points is always a straight line. Taking the straight route is the privilege of a strong man.

Doppelganger Sui Xiong jellyfish floated in the sky hundreds of meters above sea level and continued to fly southeast. From time to time, he would stop and practice spells to find his position, and then he kept moving.

The place he was heading to was a small town called Golden Pagoda, in the middle west of the Commonwealth of Mifata. The reason it was called the Golden Pagoda was because a magical golden pagoda stood in the center of the city. In fact, the Commonwealth of Mifata is a federation consisting of many cities built around a magical pagoda. The residents there are servants or disciples of some kind of witch. Whoever's officially here, if he's not a witch, maybe a witch's relative. Thus, this place was known as the Kingdom of Witches.

But this is how it was when this place was just built. After hundreds of years, the Mage Kingdom was no longer so pure; more and more people had become government officials and nobles.

For example, a relative of an advanced mage might obtain some kind of power or title, or a disciple of a legendary mage might need a place to live. So it was only natural that the next generation would inherit the strength and rank of the previous generation.

Satan is a very talented young man with a bright future in the Golden Pagoda. But he had been at odds with a young man who was not talented enough to become a magician, but had an advanced mage for a grandfather, so his future quickly darkened. He lived a rather difficult life and finally gave up his dream of living peacefully in the Golden Pagoda. So he left his hometown and became an adventurer from then on.

It has been ten years since his departure.

Over the past ten years, Satan has grown from a young man to a young but very experienced adventurer, and he has managed to reach the level of a mid-level mage.

Being forced to leave his hometown, it only took him five years to reach this magic level.

Satan did not tell this to anyone, but since he had chosen to trust Sui Xiong, Sui Xiong could see directly into his soul. When Satan suddenly recalled this unforgettable incident, Sui Xiong could see the scene being played out without peering into his heart.

Then Sui Xiong secretly decided that he would help Satan finish this business when they were in his hometown. Even if Satan is not his follower, he will still help him.

If the path is uneven, people will step on it and make it more even; if one is treated unfairly, justice must prevail, and if no one else sees this, then justice will prevail, then the god of jellyfish will enter.

See it? This time, the jellyfish will do its part.

Thanks to the good weather, Sui Xiong managed to fly all day without feeling tired. Soon, he will arrive at the edge of the Gobi Desert. The route he intended to avoid was actually crossing the Gobi Desert, so he only needed to skirt around the edges. Once the sun goes down, the temperature drops significantly. Night in the Gobi Desert is as cold as Snowland in the north.

But that night also had some bright sides. On freezing cold nights, most dangerous and poisonous creatures have fallen asleep, and the most dangerous sandstorms are rare at night. If Sui Xiong could keep an eye on the monsters that usually moved at night, it would be much safer for him to sleep during the day and move at night.

Sui Xiong floated in the sky quietly. In fact, she does not need to sleep, but she becomes accustomed to sleep when night falls and wants to enjoy the kind of solid night sleep that is so important to human health.

The moon is bright and beautiful. The floating jellyfish scattered its body and absorbed as much moonlight as possible while resting. Around him, a huge vortex formed that absorbed all the magic energy within a few hundred meters. If there were beings around who witnessed this magical force field, they would definitely be shocked by the strange scene in the sky.

For Sui Xiong, this was his process to rest, eat or improve his abilities.

While he was resting quietly, he heard someone approaching. He looked towards the voice and saw a group of people running in panic, and a black man riding a horned Nargacuga was chasing them.

Sui Xiong was in a daze, but when he realized they needed to be saved, he suddenly stopped.

He noticed that among those people, more than one person was wearing a strange necklace made of bones. There was a man standing in the middle of them who was clearly the leader. He was also wearing a necklace made from human fingers!

The hunter! Followers of the God of Hunt and the Holocaust is a group of evil people who hunt humans. Most of them probably have part-time jobs as assassins. As the most common crime group, Sui Xiong immediately recognized them. After all, the necklaces of the hunters on their necks were clear, and anyone experienced as an adventurer would recognize them.

Sui Xiong had never been adventurous before, but he had read something about this evil organization in the materials of the God of Redemption. They were the most ruthless group among the followers of the Gods of Hunt and the Holocaust, and they believed in the principle that they could only please their gods by killing people. They were wild about killing people of the same race as them and held blood sacrifice rituals. Their necklaces were trophies from the remains of people they had killed. With the help of the necklace, they were able to trap and torture the souls of the dead, and they were proud of this, using this cruel practice to create some extremely powerful magic spells.

Undoubtedly, even among a group of criminals, the hunter was the most ruthless and terrifying. Now that Sui Xiong saw them, he decided to kill them all!

As for the man in black who was chasing them, he was also not the kindest man. Although the man was surrounded by ghosts with the help of a spell called the Eye of Identification Camp, Sui Xiong could see his body surrounded by a bright red color. Clearly, he was also a brutal man who liked to fight and had killed many men. With the help of the Camp Identification Eye, Sui could also see that the hunters were completely black, covered in dirt and absolutely disgusting!

Sui Xiong thought what he had seen might be a dog-eating scenario that often happens in the gangster world.