Chapter 866: Chapter 866

Traveling along the edge, the group fought their way forward, and if they encountered any large tribes, Du You would lead his people to take a look. Unfortunately, they found none of the things Du You was looking for.

The edge of the kingdom was extremely dangerous, but the number of fourth-tier Magical Beasts here was not many. At least, they weren’t like the Iron-armored Lizards that existed as a group. Thus, the Crystal Coins they obtained on their way were not substantial.

During this period, they didn’t acquire any useful weapons, mostly just materials.

"This place is truly barren, nothing good drops out," Du You muttered as he walked. By now, Elsa had come to understand what Du You meant by "things dropping out," having witnessed that orb herself.

"Though we lack equipment, having materials isn’t bad. The market price for some of these materials can equate to a normal weapon after five or six pieces, and we do have a lot of them," Lin Yucha whispered.

"Price is price, that’s just the official rate, but in reality, it doesn’t work that way. Weapons can be exchanged for a lot of things, but not those materials. Besides, the materials are not valued by quantity, but only the useful ones count. The rest, if not up to standard, are only good for pressing at the bottom of the box when given away," Du You said, waving his hand dismissively.

"But I remember some material shops would trade with the materials dropped," Lin Yucha mentioned.

Indeed, Du You nodded, many stores operated like that. After all, upgrading materials was mostly about luck, and discovering such materials was a stroke of good fortune for both parties involved in the trade.

"Wait, look ahead, there’s someone there," suddenly, Elsa pointed forward.

"How did you find him, hidden so secretly?" This was beyond his own range of perception, and he hadn’t noticed it himself. On the ground in the distance, a half-dead person was lying in a pit.

He looked like a Wolfman, who was seriously injured. "His internal injuries are too severe, even a bubble can’t save him." Du You summoned the bubble, but it could only use the Holy Healing Skill to hang on to life.

Such a severe injury, aggravated by the delay in time, couldn’t be saved by ordinary Healing Skills anymore.

"I found the markings he left behind, there should be more than one person here," Elsa pointed to something on the trunk that looked like beast scratches, which seemed chaotic at a glance, hard to imagine as a form of cryptic messaging.

"You can even recognize this; having you around was the right choice."

Du You gave Elsa’s head a pat, and she rolled her eyes in response. She had gotten somewhat accustomed to this gesture over the past few days; although she didn’t quite like it mentally, it somehow felt comforting.

Elsa’s ears flickered, and at that moment, the half-dead Wolfman finally opened his eyes.

"Quick, go back and tell the captain, those damned Sandpeople, they attacked us."

"Sandpeople? Why would Sandpeople attack you?" At this point, the Wolfman had fallen into his last moments again, only pointing a finger to his chest. Du You reached in and pulled out a map. Orıginal content can be found at 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭⚫𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦⚫𝘯𝘦𝘵

"What is this written here?" Du You looked at something on the map resembling Ghost Talismans. It certainly wasn’t text; otherwise, his panel’s translation function would have translated it.

Elsa took a glance and said, "This is a special cipher used by the Wolfpeople for their rituals, a variant of the ciphers used by shamans; I can barely make sense of it. It says that the Sandpeople seem to have an ancient relic here and now want to come to this place to find something, that’s why they attacked secretly."

"Strange, this is nominally the Barbarian Kingdom’s territory, why would there be a relic left by Sandpeople."

Elsa tilted her head and her face reddened slightly. Du You understood; it was probably the way of the Beastmen, where no one’s land was considered no man’s land. And no man’s land meant it was up for grabs.

Beastmen didn’t really have a concept of borders or territorial sovereignty; for most Beastmen, wherever they could survive, they would go. This was a key reason why Beastmen often clashed with neighboring nations.

It’s very likely that this place originally belonged to the Quicksand Empire but was later occupied by the Beastmen.

Speaking of which, the Sandpeople were the only ones who would give up these lush Dense Forests, always preferring to stay in the desert. For Sandpeople, the desert was the best environment for survival; as for food, their demand was actually not large.

"A relic of the Sandpeople must be very ancient; maybe there is something inside we need. After many years of the Sandpeople’s habitation, it’s very likely that they left behind something once valued by the powerful."

Du You nodded lightly, "There is that possibility, let’s go check it out."

Elsa too nodded, without any objections. After all, the Sandpeople actively came for this relic which indicated that it was not any ordinary relic, otherwise, it would have been abandoned long ago.

Looking at the map, Du You’s face was filled with lines of confusion; it was too simplistic. He could only see some strange lines without any way to discern what they were.

However, for Elsa, although it was difficult, she could still make out the map with some struggle. Beastmen maps were mostly , and Elsa had already gotten used to it. As for notifying the Wolfpeople or anything of that nature, they wouldn’t bother with such things. After all, Elsa was of the Fox People, why would she mingle with the Wolfpeople?

"It should be this direction, let’s follow it and have a look," Elsa suggested.

Du You nodded, placing Elsa behind the bubble. "Let’s speed up."

The bubble inherently possessed the ability for riding and did not reject Elsa. Elsa’s power had a very positive Attribute, which to the bubble was even more endearing than Du You and the others.

Grabbing the bubble’s mane, Elsa ran, cheerfully laughing. In the sky, Xiaozi monitored everything around them, and the other Summoned Beasts stood ready at all times, prepared to rush out and battle at a moment’s notice.

Thus, the group bypassed stretches of terrain, hunted down a few fourth-tier Magical Beasts, and finally arrived near the location marked on the map. "There are Sandpeople present here, and not just a few," Du You commented, stopping.

Through Xiaozi’s eyes, Du You saw that in this Dense Forest, there were at least a hundred Sandpeople. Because the ground here wasn’t sand, the Sandpeople couldn’t burrow underneath, so they had to walk on the surface, which made it easy for Xiaozi to spot them one by one.