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“Golden Desert, we’ve arrived!” Leylin felt the surrounding temperature increasing constantly. It must have gone up by at least twenty degrees since the rain earlier.
The sweltering humidity continuously flooded into the tarpaulin, Leylin observed others and clearly saw their discomfort. He didn’t feel anything due to his high physical stats.
This sudden change in temperature within the Grand Canyon Margaret was not unusual. If ordinary people came here, it would have been a torment for them. However for this group, it was only a wee bit troublesome.
“Awooooooo!”
The leading Seated Lupin Wolf howled, and the rest of the wolves that were being ridden by the others also howled. It wasn’t clear if these howls were due to excitement or was meant as a warning.
With the howling of the wolves, Leylin noted that the body hairs on the Seated Lupin Wolf began to change.
The Seated Lupin Wolves had black fur, and only the head had a touch of bright red fur. But now in the hot sunlight, the wolf’s hair color gradually faded. Finally, it completely transformed into a pale white color, then a streak of light blue lighted up from the wolf’s body. The whole piece fur turned ice blue.
An icy breath emitted from the back of the wolf. The icy-cool feeling was very comfortable, especially in this desert. They even applied the slight use of Ice element energy particles.
The Seated Lupin Wolf was undoubtedly the best creature to traverse the terrains of the Great Canyon Margaret!
The six huge wolves with icy blue fur gave off a chilly sensation. They very soon proceeded on their journey along with the Magi riding on them, and stepped into the Golden Desert which was 10 times more dangerous than the Limestone Wasteland.
Under the scorching rays, Leylin gulped down some more water.
With his vision and the A.I. Chip’s detection, he had already discovered many dangerous creatures in the nearby desert.
To put it bluntly, the level of danger in the Limestone Wasteland was the lowest in all of the terrains within the Great Canyon Margaret.
With the slightest observation, Leylin already discovered many dangerous lifeforms concealed within the sand dunes.
Six-Eyed Poison Snake, Golden Scorpion, Toxic Compound Eye Lizard were a few creatures that Leylin saw before in illustrations as they continued to appear before his eyes. There were even some grotesquely shaped creatures.
“The energy density in the air here has even been replicated. It’s even higher than in the outside world, no wonder there are so many troublesome things!”
“Everyone, keep your spirits raised. The dangers in the Golden Desert cannot be compared with the Limestone Wasteland!”
The female Magus, called Lancey, shouted.
Even without her reminder, the other Magi present had already recollected their absent-minded pace from before.
One can loosen their guard occasionally in the Limestone Wasteland, but if they chose to do the same in the Golden Desert, they were foolish and seeking for death! Those magicians who were able to advance into a rank 1 Magus were seldom such people.
“Awoooooo!”
Just then, Lancey’s steed let off a howl. Its huge claws were raised and its sharp claws at tip slashed down with a cold glint of light!
*Pat*
Suddenly, a black scorpion with the image of an eye appeared in front of where the wolf was. It was patted down by the sharp claws of wolf as it continuously writhed its body and hissed.
*Ka-Cha* The Seated Lupin Wolf dropped its jaws and opened its gory mouth as it placed the scorpion into its jaws. The razor sharp mandible continued to chew, bringing along the snapping sounds of the scorpion’s bones being crunched.
Leylin looked where the Seated Lupin Wolf had attacked earlier, it sent a huge amount of sand flying in the air and Leylin spotted several grains of gold within it.
He reached his hand forward and grasp a handful of gold sand in his hands.
In the middle of the normal grains of sand, several golden grains were mixed in with it. Its weight was also heavier than the others by a large margin.
“Golden Desert, it gets it name as there is real gold in the desert!”
With a look of contempt, Leylin flung the gold sand back onto the ground.
To magicians, only magic crystals, the ingredients which could stimulate the spiritual force and the various advanced information was considered to be the real currency!
As for the gold belonging the secular world, apart from its uses as an ingredient, it was no different from regular metals.
Moreover, the Golden Desert was situated inside the Great Canyon Margaret, an area forbidden to regular humans. To traverse it also required the employment of the highly expensive Seated Lupin Wolves.
Thinking of the cost of excavation would already frighten the kings in many dukedoms!
The six giant, icy-blue wolves seemed to be six small boats in the Golden Desert as they continuously plodded on.
After the sky gradually darkened, the temperature in the desert also dropped.
At this moment, the Seated Lupin Wolf gave off warmth their furs also turned back to black, as if storing the heat from day time.
“Today, I shall stand guard during the night!”
After Leylin had built his tent, an official Magus present among them all, said so.
There was a total of 6 in the group. Leylin, Lancey, the old leader, and the huge bloke and two others who remained silent most of the time. The one who spoke was one of these two.
These two Magi had grey robes on at all times, and seldom spoke. Their personality was also extremely antisocial.
“We will count on you!” Lancey did not look too good, her face appeared tired as she went into her tent.
During the day, she had used her spiritual force to scan the surroundings for any activity going on. Now, she urgently needed to rest and meditate to recover her spiritual force.
As Leylin had the A.I. Chip to help with his tasks, his mental state was still doing fine. Yet he still put on a false impression of being weary. His knights gave a facade of being in a much dire state.
“Are you not going to rest awhile?” Leylin appeared in front of one of those Official Magi and casually spoke to him. His back faced all his servants, suddenly he clutched his fist behind his back.
Anna’s pupil dilated for a second but she regain neutrality immediately. She nudged her head towards Grenn and Dexter, both understanding the gesture.
“I need not rest. I have these. Come out, my little babies!”
The Magus on night duty gave a deep laughter as his pair of arms performed a strange gesture.
*Bang* *Bang* *Bang* A layer of Earth element particles continued to emanate from his body.
The surrounding sand rose up by a layer. After which, it was quickly broken, revealing a dozen yellow slates.
These muddy yellow slates each had a human face on it. Some were young, some were old. They even a pair of slim arms and legs. Just like a gingerbread man.
“Father! We await your commands!” A dozen stone slate people knelt on one knee in front of the Magus on night duty.
“Very well, you all shall guard the night for me. You are in charge of…” The night guard Magus nodded his head and unrestrainedly began giving out orders.
“These are pretty little babies you got. Sentinel Slates right?” Leylin spoke with a small smile.
“Yes, It’s a rank 1 Sentinel Slate but they have undergone modifications from me!” The night duty Magus declared proudly.
After becoming an Official Magus, magicians will often attempt to modify and improve some rank 1 spells and even the rank 0 spells of acolytes.
Once they were successful, it could absolutely turn into a unique trump card. Or it could be sold in exchange for a large amount of resources.
“It’s really quite a remarkable spell!” Several traces of admiration, which was just right, appeared on Leylin’s face, turning the gaze of the spell caster gentler towards him.
“Let’s go! The Sentinel Slates originally have to use of acting as a warning. After my modification, their detection abilities can span a dozen miles…” The Magus on night duty said.
Leylin looked at the Sentinel Slates, which, having received orders, hurriedly ran to the outer area of the camp encirclement, using the sand to conceal their own bodies.
Along with the sand that continuously trickled down, the energy waves of the slate got smaller, finally turning into an untraceable spell.
Any Magus would have their own trump card. Once they were disregarded, it would definitely be a painful experience.
Deep in the night, Leylin who was in a light sleep heard an ear-piercing scream. Leylin opened his eyes, but instead of normal pupils there was a vertical slit resembling that of a snake.
“Hurry, get up. We have trouble!”
The earlier Magus, who was on guard duty, went into the individual tents and his face showing utter exasperation.
“What happened?” Lancey’s expression was the worst. There were several spots on her body where the robes were not yet arranged, as it revealed her alluring flesh. A pity nobody at the scene bothered to have another look.
