novelden Chapter 849 Nata of the Fireless Tribe
Chapter 849 Nata of the Fireless Tribe
Seeing that the kid with the X-shaped bandage was rubbing his hands together, ready to lead the way, the Echo Child warriors immediately stopped him.
“Well, we don’t need a guide, but I still need to share some information with you. We Nata have six major tribes. The people of the Flower Feather Society and their velvety winged dragons are all skilled fliers. With their specially made hot air balloons, they should be able to easily move around and evade the Abyss’s attacks. According to the messenger’s report, the Lord of Smoke and Mystery has sent a Winter’s Force to help them, so they are not in any immediate danger.”
"Therefore, the most intense battles right now are probably fought by the Suspended Wood People and the Flowing Springs in the south, and the most distant Wolu Kingdom in the west, which also happens to be along some of the most prosperous trade routes..."
Xu Ning smiled and patted Bennett on the shoulder beside him. "Although I appreciate your information, we have the strongest adventure team leader here. He will lead us to the most dangerous places on the battlefield. Without further ado, let's set off."
Bennett, who already had his longsword in hand, immediately rushed forward upon hearing Xu Ning's words.
He had never been so clearly aware of his own characteristics. The dangerous aura ahead was like honey with a strong, sweet smell, and he and his companions were like insects rushing towards it without regard for their own safety.
Diluc followed with Klee and Amber, while Xu Ning deliberately lagged behind.
The warrior of the Son of Echo was a little uneasy, so he called his dragon companion and pointed to the top of the cliff, indicating that it should lead him up.
Standing atop the cliff, he saw that the small team was heading in the direction of the suspended wooden figure, and wondered if the boy actually had some kind of talent for finding his way.
Just as they were wondering what was going on, a huge black hole suddenly appeared in front of the squad.
"The Abyss Gate?" he exclaimed in surprise.
These abyssal gates are not random abyssal rifts; their appearance usually signifies the emergence of a nearly organized abyssal legion, and they are typically deployed deliberately for a specific battlefield node.
Its location represents the Abyss's understanding of the battlefield and its art of command; it is a true representation of warfare.
"They actually deployed an Abyssal Gate at this location. It seems this is clearly a large-scale invasion targeting us, the Echoing Children. I wonder if the other tribes have also received this 'treatment'..."
He was about to jump off the cliff to organize the soldiers to defend that direction, but the scene before him left him frozen in place.
The small team seemed completely oblivious to the enormous black vortex in front of them, and to the dense swarms of beast wolves pouring out from it. In fact, the boy at the head of the team, who was running wildly, suddenly jumped up and slammed his sword down into the midst of the wolves.
"This is too chaotic," he thought, before he could even utter a word of lament, when he saw a giant red lotus bloom under the boy's sword, and countless abyssal wolves were burned to ashes by the sudden burst of flames.
Immediately following behind was a fire phoenix, which cried out from the tip of the tall man's sword. As it spread its wings, it enveloped all the demons in its path under its fiery wings.
In an instant, the entire space between the Abyss Gate and the team was filled with explosions and flames. The monster that had just appeared was annihilated before it could even fully reveal its fangs.
When the guy at the back of the group with the gourd flew up and shot a thick pillar of flame straight at the Abyss Gate, even the Abyss Gate began to collapse and disintegrate.
"Is this the end?"
Before the Echo Child warrior could even express his feelings, he suddenly felt his vision blur and saw a flash of white light in the squad, as if dozens of people had suddenly appeared and split off into a fork in the road.
These dozens of people were naturally released by Xu Ning.
When Xu Ning flew into the sky, he saw a caravan being attacked by several abyssal monsters, so he immediately ordered Ya to lead a team to wipe them out.
These roads in central Nata are indeed among the most prosperous trade routes. Almost every short distance, caravans encounter trouble. These are all people who know that Nata is going to hold the Holy Night of the Returning Fire Pilgrimage and are specifically transporting supplies to the Holy Fire Arena. No one expected that the Abyss would launch a large-scale attack this year.
Almost every time Xu Ning encountered an attacked caravan, he would immediately send out a small team of fifty men and then ignore them, without affecting his own and his companions' progress in the slightest.
As for the attacking squads, Xu Ning had given them instructions in advance: after killing the monsters, regardless of whether the caravans' destination was the Holy Fire Arena or other tribes, they should escort the caravans to continue their journey, then set up camp at their destination to guard against attacks from the Abyss and await further instructions.
Later, Xu Ning simply summoned Tun Tun to follow Diluc and the others, while he sat on its back, listening intently to the messages carried by the wind, and then continuously released Liyue's combat squad.
Meanwhile, in the area inhabited by the Suspended Wood People, a gate to the Abyss had already been erected, and packs of Abyssal wolves surged towards the Suspended Wood People's settlement like a black tide.
"Grandpa Pajadan, please don't cause trouble. Can you still draw that bow? Please don't shoot me in the butt."
A young man was trying his best to persuade the old man with the large bow to go back when he suddenly felt a terrifying heat burst out behind him.
"Ah, could it be that Lord Vulcan has come to help us?"
The young man had barely uttered a word when the old man slapped him on the head. “What nonsense are you spouting? Can’t you use your eyes to see? Besides, with the Abyss launching a massive attack, we’re not the only ones being attacked. If we need to trouble Lord Vulcan to save us, wouldn’t we be laughed at by the other tribes afterwards? Why don’t you hurry up and go help?”
Pajadan chased the young man away before turning his attention to the group of people who had just attacked from behind the pack of beasts.
It seems that these people all use fire element, and all of them are extremely powerful.
Ironically, Nata, known as the land under the rule of the fire god, has very few heroes who can control fire elements, apart from the fire god himself.
The six tribes are: Flower Feathers (representing wind), Wolu (representing thunder), Suspended Wood People (representing grass), Smoke Mist Lords (representing ice), Flowing Springs People (representing water), and Echo Children (representing rock). Each tribe has a hero who can control the Eye of God, corresponding to their tribe's attribute.
But there was no fire.
However, Pajadan knew that long ago, there was actually a fire tribe in Nata, but during the reign of the tyrant Ochikan, they were banished by the six tribes because they had supported Ochikan.
It is said that they traveled eastward and eventually ended up in a country called Mondstadt.
"Could it be that a descendant of that tribe knew Nata was in trouble and came back specifically to help?"