Volume 1 Chapter 416

Chapter 416: A Terrifying Scene

Inside the Ruins of Sand, Lolth and her group of six, along with one Julie, followed the faintly visible path deeper into the ruins.

Except for Hood, probably no one expected…

That this makeshift team could last this long.

They had all entered the half-plane ruins, but everyone was still moving together.

This made everyone feel a little strange.

However, there was also a benefit to this.

That is, the scattered monsters born from this half-plane ruins that they encountered along the way were basically taken care of easily.

Lolth’s natural power had already shown itself, and combined with Julie, who, although injured, had still displayed her epic strength…

Even though there were many extraordinary and elite monsters in the half-plane, which adapted well to this environment, they were no match for the two of them.

Whether it was scorpions or sand golems, they were basically smashed into pieces with one blow.

In fact, it wasn’t just Lolth and Julie who took action.

The others, when faced with monsters, also struck with great brutality.

Clearly, everyone felt very uncomfortable about having to keep moving with others.

They kept walking, and after a while, they slowly crossed the desolate Gobi Desert.

The rubble and dried plants became less, the larger stones turned into smaller pieces, and the air grew hotter with finer dust swirling around.

Small piles of sand and stones began to appear underfoot, gradually spreading out together.

Over time, the Gobi turned into a desert!

The endless gray-white fine sand filled all the space in their view, with only rolling sand dunes around.

The sky remained gray and cloudy, and the distant city still seemed far away.

The monsters also became rare.

But among the sand dunes, the path became clearer.

The road made of stone slabs was not covered by the fine sand.

On both sides of the road, there were a few man-made marks in this empty desert.

They were the broken stones and wooden posts that Lolth had first seen, finally appearing before everyone.

As she got closer, strange symbols appeared on the mostly broken and crooked stone tablet, making her dizzy and sick just by looking at it.

The tall wooden posts mixed among the stone tablets, with bones hanging from them, became clear to see.

Each pale but whole bone had been hanging there for hundreds of thousands of years, yet still radiated a haunting magical energy.

From the bent joints, elbows, sharp bones sticking out from the back, and flat jawbones, it was clear that this creature was definitely not human.

"Could this be the Ailuo people?"

Florence looked at the fearsome bones, each one four to five meters tall, and couldn’t help but feel a mix of emotions.

He seems to understand a bit why the Autonomous Guard of the ruins needs to be so big.

Beside him, Krado shook his head in response to Florence’s remark.

"No, it’s not that. These are the ‘Insaesya Warriors’ from the ancient civilization… they are one of the enemies of the ‘Ailuo civilization.’"

After he finished speaking, Lolth nodded and added a sentence.

"Normal Insaesya people aren’t like this; they’re just a bit taller than the humans on the main plane… But Insaesya people are very good at ‘changing themselves,’ so… their army may look very strange."

Although Lolth has never been to the Mercury Ruins, the demon race that occupies the Mercury Ruins has unearthed many things about the Insaesya Civilization, giving Lolth some understanding of this civilization.

The Insaesya people are indeed a "crazy and warlike" group.

So, Lolth is not surprised at all that their bodies appear in the half-plane ruins of the Ailuo civilization and are even hung up.

Hood looked at Krado and Lolth, then at these frightening bodies, and also expressed his feelings.

"You are so knowledgeable!"

In response, Lolth and Krado remained silent.

Perhaps the display of these Insaesya bodies serves not only to showcase their achievements but also to intimidate, or maybe those dizzying stone tablets have some strange designs.

In any case, they did not encounter any monsters.

So, their travel efficiency improved quite a bit.

From their previous escape in Wild Boar Mountain, it was clear that, if nothing else, everyone was quite skilled at running away.

Therefore, they would surely be good at traveling quickly as well.

After more than ten minutes, Lolth and the others were already close to the heart of the Ruins of Sand.

The once distant and unreachable "city" was now just ahead of them.

Tall and magnificent.

The gray-white, crumbling walls are covered with marks made by the wind and sand, and the city walls and gates have even been mostly swallowed by the sand dunes.

The octagonal high walls and the unknown materials of the bricks make the entire city look different from any buildings currently seen on the continent.

Beyond the city walls, most of the buildings are dome-shaped, with small windows, tall walls, narrow doors, and wide rooms, looking very unusual.

Inside this city, the faint and steady breaths that Lolth felt before seem to be present as well.

"Let’s go, let’s hurry inside… The mercenaries will be here soon."

After everyone gazed at the walls for a while, Krado spoke again.

No one had any doubts; everyone wanted to enter the city quickly.

After all, once they entered the city…

Maybe there will be a chance to break away and find an opportunity!

Everyone, with this thought in mind, walked towards the city gate that had fallen due to the gravel.

The city gate, which should have had magical barriers, had lost its ability to keep people out because of years of disrepair and erosion from the wind and sand.

This allowed Lolth and her group to easily climb a small sand dune and enter through the city gate without trouble.

Because it went so smoothly, everyone felt a little unreal about it.

However, this feeling only lasted until they entered the gate.

Once inside, Hood and Florence, who were the first to enter, stopped in their tracks, showing expressions of surprise and fear, trying hard not to cry out.

Noticing their expressions, the others couldn’t help but feel confused.

But they did not stop walking because of this.

Once they entered the city and walked out of the city gate, they saw a sight that was not visible from the outside, and everyone understood why Florence and Hood had such expressions.

Because inside the whole city…

Standing against the city wall were nine giant figures made of bronze.

They held different weapons in their hands.

Three positions were empty… probably those were the three that went out.

These are the same "Autonomous Guards" as the three outside.

The ground of the whole city glowed with faint lights, spreading from the feet of the giants to the center of the city.

At the point where the lights met, in the very center of the city, there was a white, octagonal building like a palace.

Although it was not tall, it covered about one-fifth of the entire city area.

Up to this point, these scenes are still the source of "surprise."

And the part of "fear" comes from the giants themselves.

The heads of these Autonomous Guards…

Are slowly turning towards the direction of the city gate.