CHAPTER 249: CHAPTER 105: THE THREE BROTHERS OF THE GRASS

Besides Audrey, Lin Rui also brought along three vampire priestesses, Xiaoxiao at Heroic Spirit Level and the other two at Rare Level.

Just having Tier Four advanced units standing there is a testament to the territory.

Other Tier One and Tier Two Explorer units would be utterly speechless at such a lineup. This is far beyond the norm for the time, beyond the standard level of an ordinary Explorer.

Finally, the main force of the team consists of nine Rare Level, three Heroic Spirit Level, a full squad of Sun Flame Knights!

This assembled team is a standard Demon Extermination Squad, led by a Great Mage, supported by three priests, and guarded by twelve elite knights, enough to strike fear into any lone demon or monster, destined to be cleansed.

Even in the event of a large-scale evil invasion, there is the scatterbrained girl Audrey providing battlefield support.

Besides Lundestadte, the elderly knight at Heroic Spirit Level, the other two are Stella and Gatling. Stella was bought by Lin Rui for a thousand Spirit Crystal Coins as "canned goods", while Gatling was drawn from the Demon Balance by Lin Rui.

These three carried swords, hammers, and halberds, just standing at the front of the lineup was enough to shock the caravan director Lu Weite.

Their heavy armor and tall stature, with spiritual energy reactions crackling around them, exuded a murderous aura.

Clearly, even a demon appearing before them would be chopped to pieces.

When facing the Green Tide and the Undead Catastrophe, these three can charge into the Dark Tide, slicing monsters into pieces with each slash, creating a bloody rainstorm.

Thus, Lu Weite said to Lin Rui, "Lord Lin Rui, I was initially thinking about bringing a lot of guards, but now, seeing your mighty escort, the strength of our caravan guards is completely negligible."

Lin Rui smiled and said, "As agreed before, the caravan leads the way, and I’ll take care of the monsters along the route."

Lu Weite praised, "Lord Lin Rui is always so trustworthy, so let’s set off then."

However, although the caravan didn’t need to provide force, Lu Weite still brought a squad of guards, mainly to transport goods. They all rode horses and drove three carriages.

In contrast, Lin Rui’s group traveled lightly, catching the attention of the caravan.

Lu Weite was too lazy even to ask why they didn’t carry supplies. Though the caravan was wealthy, they couldn’t equip spatial treasures and had to pack goods in Stone Horned Beast Hide Pouches, stacks of brown pouches piled on the carriages drawn along.

But Lu Weite believed that Lin Rui surely possessed precious spatial treasures.

After all, accepting the reality of their territory, a small village having three heroic figures, adding a spatial treasure didn’t seem much... right?

The more he thought about it, the more it gave him a headache. Wisely, Lu Weite chose not to think, ask, or talk, keeping his mind at peace. Otherwise, at his age, his heart couldn’t take it.

Lin Rui also didn’t want to cause more trouble. This trip was to relax, so he didn’t even bring the Aerial Cavalry - Holy Watch Knight. The soldiers marched below, and unless a monster unwittingly crashed into them, they wouldn’t encounter any battles.

The direction of the lost altar was slightly southwest, and as they marched, they moved further away from the Blood Maple Forest and Bloodbath Mountain to the east, making it considerably safer.

The rules of this world dictate that plains belong to humans. On the vast, open plains, hiding places for monsters are greatly reduced, so threats from various alien races are somewhat lesser.

However, only somewhat lesser. Human settlements in the fertile plains also face various challenges. Within the territory, there’s dark corruption, chaos temptation, various cultist organizations, and countless Fallen warbands. Outside the territory, there are more cemeteries where the undead could awaken any time. More importantly, without the pressure of an overhanging force, the dungeons are denser. No one knows when a hole might suddenly appear in a corner, and a battalion of dungeon forces may emerge.

Overall, order here is slightly better than around the forests, at least humans can form effective governance. Lin Rui rode on a griffin and enjoyed the scenery without once being attacked by monsters.

It was unlike his own territory, where as soon as a griffin would take off, it might be swarmed by bat-winged demons, or dozens of massive two-legged flying dragons.

Audrey felt similarly. Sitting on Xiaoxiao’s left shoulder, she remarked to Lin Rui, "Lord, this place is indeed picturesque, without a single monster in the air. Who knows how long it will take the gryphons stationed at our territory to hunt down flying creatures and establish their territory?"

After thinking for a while, Lin Rui said, "Given the griffins’ combat capabilities and infinite counterattack trait, the monsters around the territory can’t compete with them. The more monsters there are, the faster they hunt. In about two cycles, they’ll have hunted down the visible monsters. Within a month or two, they’ll have established an initial hunting area. Any creature flying in this airspace will be torn apart."

The territory of flying creatures is actually similar to human territory, where within the human territorial range, all threatening monsters are cleared. Combining the two establishes complete control over the territory and airspace.

After chatting leisurely for a while, Lin Rui suddenly narrowed his eyes and gazed solemnly into the distance.