Quema is a tireless creature, and can truly travel thousands of miles a day under the driving of the groom. Within a few days, the team arrived on a lonely plain.
The scorching sunlight shines on the earth, and not a single flower or grass can be seen on the dry and cracked ground. This is the desolate no-man's land, the Eastern Desert.
The eastern border is desolate, and the vast plains are not as endless and calm as they appear.
In this desert, the truly terrifying things often exist beneath the sand.
"Xiao Li, wake up the rear, there are some newcomers who don't know where this place is." A groom at the front of the motorcade said to a young man next to him with a wooden stick in his mouth.
"I know, Uncle Del." The young man held up his cloth hat and jumped out while the carriage slowed down.
"Attention everyone, we are about to enter the yellow danger zone ahead, the no-man's land in the Eastern Desert!"
With a venomous look in his eyes, he stopped a few unfamiliar-looking grooms, gave them a few bucks, and then explained to them.
Among the stopped carriages was the one belonging to Benedy and others. When he felt the carriage stop, Benedy opened the door, and suddenly a wave of heat that was so suffocating hit his face.
"What's going on?" Benedy leaned out of the carriage and sat on the edge of the carriage. He saw a group of people gathered around outside and seemed to be talking about something.
The groom turned slightly sideways and whispered to Benedy: "The captain said that we are about to enter the yellow priority danger zone in the east. What does it seem to be called...Eastern Desert? Strange, this place looks desolate, where is the danger?
.”
Benedy stood up and looked at the endless plains in the distance. It really didn't look like a dangerous place to hide.
At this time, a groom asked: "But shouldn't the general yellow priority dangerous areas be areas that have been cleared by the kingdom? Why is there still danger here?"
"Hey, do you know what people in the east of the kingdom are called?" Ali smiled wildly as he flicked the silver ingot in his hand.
"The place you are now stepping into is still called the Desert of Wanderers. This is a paradise for horse bandits and slave beasts. This is a place of unfettered chaos. You never know when your head will fall on the ground while walking." Ali
Said with a scary expression.
The grooms and the passengers in the car seemed to be shocked. They were silent for a moment, and everyone looked at Ali with wide eyes.
"This, isn't this right? Aren't we walking on the edge of a knife?" Someone said in retreat.
"Yes, yes, we asked about this when we paid. You clearly said you would ensure our safety." More and more people are feeling dissatisfied.
"Refund the money, we need to return, send us back!" Protests came one after another, immediately attracting a convoy from a distance.
The captain of the convoy, Del, drove Kuima over with a bamboo stick in his mouth: "Ali, what's going on? Didn't I tell them? We just need to tell them that we have arrived in the Eastern Desert. Are you talking too much again?"
"Uncle Del, I was wrong, but now they say they want to go back and want us to refund the money." Ali lowered his head and admitted his mistake.
"Hmph! I'm not honest, everyone. It's impossible to refund the money, and it's impossible for us to return." Del held the bamboo stick, with an intimidating effect on his face.
"Are you kidding? You are putting our safety in danger! You scoundrel!" Someone waved his fist and shouted angrily.
"Dell has been in this business for so many years, no one dares to call me a scoundrel. If you are willing to continue our journey, I will naturally send you to your destination safely." Del gave the man a faint look.
"Everyone, think carefully about why you fled the Central Country with your belongings. Isn't it just to avoid the coming storm?"
"Since you can see this, your status will not be low. If you stay in Antara, once the war is defeated or your city is occupied, what will your status, family members and property be like?
No need for me to say more, right?"
Del scanned the expressions of everyone present and said slowly: "Of course, we are doing business. I will not force you to continue your unfinished trip. You can leave on your own anytime and anywhere, but we cannot escort you."
It’s time to return.”
"You new grooms should stop messing around with these adults. They can turn around, can you? You came to the East just to make a living. If you retreat here, you will starve to death in the end, let alone
Those who still have families."
Del again faced a group of horsemen who had retreated. These were people from the north who could not survive and were forced to come here to seek a living.
"This..." The expressions of these horsemen were dull. Did they know that there was danger ahead and not move forward? From now on, there is no money and no business. Even if they survive this hot summer, it will be here.
In winter, the streets freeze to death.
"Don't listen to his nonsense. We are not going to the damn orc country, and we don't want the money. I will give him more reward if you send me back!" A man with a bloated figure and obviously having a very good life in his childhood was angry.
said.
The grooms in the crowd were excited. The money they charged for this trip was quite a lot. If they could avoid the upcoming danger without having to refund the money, that would not be unacceptable.
Del laughed happily and said something casually: "I'm afraid some people will have power when they return to the royal city, and some people won't be able to get a cent of the money..."
"You! Damn groom, what do you mean?" The graceful fat man pointed at Del, and there were two guards around him who were going to arrest him.
"You'd better not move. It won't do you any good to quarrel with us in a place like this." Ali stood in front of Del and blocked him.
"We have actually stepped into the territory of the Eastern Desert. From the moment we stepped here, we have fallen into the sight of some people."
The graceful fat man's face changed, and he was even more angry, but he couldn't control it, so he could only yell at the other grooms to send him back.
But this time, almost no groom showed any emotion. It seemed that Del's words caused a lot of harm. Yes, these people at the bottom naturally knew how rogue the nobles in power were.
They seem to be doing one thing but hiding something else. Maybe after sending them back, I won't be able to make any money, and I may even lose my life in a daze.
At this moment, no matter what the powerful people said, the grooms were no longer wavering. Del raised a smile on his lips and was about to leave.
But at this moment, a voice suddenly sounded.
"I'm sorry, you seem to have overlooked something." It was Benedy, who was rolling up a large map in his hand and said.
"Huh?" Del was stunned for a moment, then looked back at him, "What do you mean?"