Chapter 360： : Athletics tournament, semi-desert area

"Athletics Conference?"

When Zong Shen heard England say this, he subconsciously repeated one sentence.

England nodded, seeing Zong Shen's confused expression, feeling a little proud.

As a bard, they always know a lot of news.

Especially for the news between the nobles of the kingdom, he is extremely proficient.

This is true for this kind of external news or that kind of gossip.

For example, the daughter of Count XX eloped with a poor boy.

Another example is that a nobleman has been suppressed, and various noble gossips are involved.

In addition, they also knew which noble’s daughter was to be married, and which noble’s heir was to be married.

At the same time, they will also sing praises to the outstanding figures among the young nobles, as well as their travel experiences.

I saw England pause for a while, sorting out the information about the athletic meeting, and then said softly.

"Yes, it's the athletic meeting!"

"Each giant city has its own arena."

"Anyone can participate except prisoners and heretics regardless of your occupation, background, or status."

"This is a non-lethal fighting competition. The weapons used will be provided by Giant City."

"All are wooden weapons. There are no specific rules for the competition. Just knock down your opponent."

"Each game will consist of 6 to 12 people competing in the same field. The winner is the one who stands at the end."

"In the end, the top three people will receive generous bonuses and qualifications to participate in the banquet."

This time, Zong Shen was very strong. This is a banquet for the aboriginal nobles. If you can participate, it will definitely be of great benefit to the contacts that will be accumulated among the aborigines in the future.

Zong Shen stretched out his right hand and shook the bard Yingmu.

"Thank you England, this is really good news."

"I will go to the giant city of Lentax within a month."

"At that time we will meet again in the giant city of Lentax."

Hearing this, England took off his hat and put it on his chest, doing the courtesy of a bard.

"Good luck, dear Zong Shen."

"I'm going to continue on the road."

While speaking, he straightened up, then took out a pair of sheepskin rolls from his arms and spread it out.

"Um…"

"Sitano Village..."

"It's really on the route."

"According to my travel speed, I will probably arrive tomorrow afternoon."

"I will wait for you one day in your territory."

"Then I need to speed up the rush, otherwise I may not be able to arrive before the banquet starts."

This pair of sheepskin scrolls is a map. Zong Shen glanced slightly and found that the place where his fingers were pointing was the village of Oka and the Ruerlu River.

He has now left the territory for more than two hundred kilometers, and has traversed several forests along the way.

However, the terrain is generally flat, heading east all the way, basically belonging to the open grassland area.

If you keep walking in this direction, you can come to the east coast of the mainland.

Bossbang is just one of the many states in the kingdom's territory in this direction.

It belongs to a fringe state city under the jurisdiction of the giant city of Lentax.

If you pass through Bosbon and continue eastward, you will have the giant city of Galesny, the giant city of The Hague on the eastern coast of the kingdom, and the port of Elaraia.

The plain terrain will also end after Bosbon and enter the Tarlu Basin.

Because of the vastness of the world, this creates diverse terrain conditions.

Coupled with the various destructive wars in history that have changed the terrain, the whole continent is filled with all kinds of strange and dangerous places.

This is a colorful world, and the bard Yingmu will become Zong Shen's key to open this world.

With a wealth of experience, he can tell Zong Shen many things about the world.

"So dear England."

"I will handle Bosbon's affairs as soon as possible and rush back to the territory."

The two shook hands again, and England rode on his white prairie horse.

Put the beloved Viel on a back frame on the side of the horse.

They waved goodbye to Zong Shen.

"Goodbye, my friend."

"Goodbye!"

After Yingmu and Zongshen said goodbye to each other, they rode his white horse toward the direction when Zongshen came, maintaining a speed of 20-30 kilometers per hour, and advancing at a constant speed.

"Let's go too."

They rested in their village for a while, so that the Ba Jie, the Sentinel Panthers and the Andalusian war horses all had a good meal.

Ba Jie killed a basket of apples with one pig, and the horses ate eggs and mixed hay.

The Sentinel Panther's food is the simplest, eat beef jerky directly.

When purchasing supplies, they also solved some personal problems in the village by the way.

Now everything is in order, and it's time to continue.

Zong Shen and Luna, as well as the immortal Lancers, are all around 80.

This kind of long journey, the hard thing is the mount, as passengers, they are not too tired.

At most, the bumpy **** hurts.

The consumption of physical fitness and hunger and satiety alone is not worth a battle to clean up the strange group.

Zong Shen collected the unfinished apples and hay into the storage compartment and rode directly on Bajie.

He stretched out a hand for Vereesa and pulled it behind him.

Luna was also vigorously riding on the special saddle that the Sentry Panther reached out.

As a Tier 4 war horse, the Sentry Black Panther is not weaker than the Tier 4 Andalusian horse in all aspects except endurance.

It is even more flexible than a war horse, has a stronger instantaneous explosive power, and has a certain attack ability.

It can be said that beast war horses and professional war horses have their own advantages.

The endurance of the horse is beyond doubt, just like now, Ba Jie needs to rest after running for more than two hours.

The Andalusian horses of the Immortal Lancers actually have a lot of physical surplus.

Because the maximum speed of Bajie is 80~90 kilometers per hour.

The Andalusian war horse can reach a top speed of 100 to 110 kilometers per hour.

Of course, this data is based on relatively good road conditions.

Under different terrain conditions, the war knights still have different performances.

For example, entering the rugged mountainous terrain, the Ba Jie and the Black Panther will be more agile than the war horse.

At least for now, the Andalusian war horse can easily keep up with the full speed of the Ba Jie, and the physical strength can be maintained very well.

Zong Shen moved quickly. After all the staff were ready, he left the entrance of the village and returned to the dirt road.

Continue to move at full speed in the direction of Bosbon.

This left the surrounding lords who wanted to wait for the bard to leave before they came up to strike up a conversation.

...

At 5:27 in the evening.

Zong Shen took the team and randomly found an open space on the side of the road to stop.

Since leaving Oka Village, this is their second rest.

Every time you take a break, you have at least half an hour.

Even with intermittent rest, the physical endurance of Ba Jie still shows a downward trend.

For this reason, Zong Shen directly fed Bajie a large mouthful of Moon God Spring water during the previous recuperation.

This allowed the physical endurance of the Ba Jie to recover.

Let Ba Jie be responsible for the long-distance trek, it is indeed a bit reluctant to do it.

The surrounding light was obviously dimmed, making the weather that was already dark clouds more depressing.

The challenges of the lords and the indigenous people are independent of each other and do not conflict with each other, and they don’t know what the weather is like.

Whenever he thinks about it, Zong Shen always feels weird.

However, he can also understand the arrangements and intentions of the lord system.

At this stage, it is necessary to let the lord and the aborigines gradually come into contact with each other and isolate each other.

Especially when it comes to challenges, if there is no deliberate isolation, after the aborigines intervene, the challenge will be completely changed.

After all, the original intention of the challenge is to accelerate the growth of the lords, to sharpen the lords, and at the same time, the rewards after the challenge are an additional way for the lords to gain strength growth.

With the mighty power of the lord system, it is natural to be able to isolate each other from challenges.

It is now the eleventh day of landing.

The three-day novice period, seven-day crypt challenge, and the upcoming new challenge.

The new challenge will consist of a two-day preparation period, a one-day notice period in advance, and a four-day formal period.

Basically, it is a seven-day kill mode with one challenge per week. After the third challenge cycle is over, it is almost the end of the first month of landing.

27 days after the end of the novice period, the first defensive challenge will be ushered in.

These are the information mentioned in the new rules after the end of the novice period.

Counting that so-called defensive challenge, it happened to be the 30th day when the lords landed!

Intuition tells Zong Shen that it will be a new turning point for the lords.

Its significance is absolutely no less than the end of the novice period.

But what exactly will happen, nothing is known yet.

Even the strategy system can't figure it out, because the lord system will make dynamic decisions based on the current situation.

The same is true for the content of each challenge.

The strategy module will not know the correct answer until the signs begin to appear.

If the lord system itself has not yet been determined, there is no answer to the strategy module.

After all, the essence of the strategy module is still a "plug-in" of the lord system.

It has no information, all information comes from the lord system itself.

In short, the role of the strategy module is a porter.

Others are closed-book exams, but someone is an open-book exam, and it is the kind with retrieval.

Zong Shen stood there thinking about it for a while, Ba Jie on the side was rolling on the ground.

The truck-like body rolled, and the ground trembled three times.

Now they are more than 170 kilometers away from Bosbang.

This dirt road passes through seven or eight villages, and it is very peaceful along the way.

There were no attacks by beasts, monsters, or traces of bandits and horse bandits.

This dirt road is a typical village-to-village communication route formed by villagers and tourists.

But peace now does not mean that the night will remain so peaceful.

Along the way, Zong Shen encountered many small-scale tourists, and some villagers who walked or rode in ox carts.

According to the current progress, you should be able to reach Bosbon from 8 to 9 in the evening.

Zong Shen stretched his waist and stretched his muscles and bones.

Traveling far away on Bajie is similar to taking a long-distance bus while on the earth.

Even Bajie is not as comfortable as a bus.

It has been an hour since the departure at 9 o'clock in the morning, and Zong Shen only felt inexplicably exhausted.

In the future, I still have to find a way to get an aerial mount, otherwise it would be too uncomfortable in this world.

After resting for half an hour, Zong Shen gave Ba Jie another mouthful of the Moon God Spring to moisturize his throat.

It was getting dark soon, and there were fewer and fewer tourists and travelers on the road.

For the aborigines, night is not a good way to go.

Even travellers know this truth, and they will calculate the distance and rest points before departure.

When night falls, they will go to the predetermined village to settle down and rest.

Unless it is accompanied by a strong escort, no one will choose to drive at night.

This is not a big commercial road or official road. There are often gangsters at night, and the nocturnal prairie beasts and monsters often appear nearby.

"Go, it's not far from Bangcheng."

"If it's fast, it will be there in two or three hours."

They rested until about six o'clock in the evening, and Zong Shen waved and set off.

After moving forward for a while, a small sign appeared on the side of the road.

However, because the black is too dark and Ba Jie is advancing at full speed, he did not see the content on the sign clearly.

I just vaguely saw what was painted on it.

The group of people just stepped on the twilight and continued on.

After crossing hundreds of kilometers, the terrain around here is still flat.

However, there are obvious traces of desertification in the surrounding land.

The native climate here is still very good, and the causes of grassland desertification are basically man-made.

For example, over-grazing and opening up wasteland for farming are important causes of grassland desertification.

In the pasture near Zongshen's territory, if you look down from the sky, it is a carpet.

And near here, the desert has occupied two-thirds of the land.

The remaining green space is sparsely distributed around the village.

Moreover, since entering the 200-kilometer average of Bangcheng, the villages along the way have been densely packed.

In the beginning, you had to walk fifty or sixty kilometers to meet a village, and now it is basically a village of twenty to thirty kilometers.

This shows that the outer circle around Bangcheng, the closer to Bangcheng, the population density is obviously increasing.

As Zong Shen and the others ran wildly , a cloud of sand swept up behind them.

The body of Bajie and Warhorse was covered with dust, Vereesa and Luna also put on face towels again.

Fortunately, Zong Shen's silver battle helmet is also full-cover, otherwise the road must eat a lot of soil.

After more than half an hour, they advanced forty to fifty kilometers again.

The desertification here is getting worse, and the night is coming completely because of soil erosion.

The originally compacted land on the dirt road has also become a soft desert sand.

This slowed everyone down.

The surrounding area is pitch black, and from time to time, large groups of unknown beasts can be seen running quickly on both sides.

The eyes of these beasts reflect orange light, like dots of light.

Since entering this semi-desert area, the style of painting seems to have changed!