Unknown Knight

Chapter 229 In Danger

As everyone was talking, Bestur pointed to the thick smoke rolling up from the horizon. It was obviously the group of desert bandits chasing Niza.

Aix took the monocular telescope and took a look. Wow, he saw shadows of people and thick smoke in the sky. It looked like there were at least four or five hundred desert bandits. It was obvious that Niza had brought another large group of desert bandits here.

Fortunately, after Nana's treatment, Niza and his beloved horse's injuries have almost recovered, and will not affect everyone's subsequent escape. Needless to say, everyone got on their horses and fled in the opposite direction.

Perhaps it was because Aix and his companions had been lucky recently and had avoided misfortunes that were difficult for ordinary people to overcome several times. They had consumed too much of their reserved luck, and even God couldn't stand it anymore. Before they could get rid of the pursuit of the desert bandits, the pursuers from the city of Barieh also came after them from the other side.

The two groups of people quickly joined together to form a V-shaped swallow formation. Axe and others were sandwiched in the middle of the opening and could be surrounded by the two groups of people at any time.

Originally, Aix and others thought that the officials and bandits were not one and the same, and that the pursuers from Barie City and the desert bandits would fight each other when they met, and they could take the opportunity to break out of the siege.

But they didn't expect that they would connect seamlessly as soon as they met, so smoothly without even a low-intensity quarrel, and they joined forces tacitly to cooperate in chasing down Aix and his group.

It is obvious that these desert bandits active in the Blood Desert must be in collusion with the forces of Barie City. The Blood Desert is the most important external trade route for Barie City. Just by looking at the fact that they allowed Sharif's Blood Sand bandits to rob on such an important trade route, we can get a glimpse of clues.

Now that the two forces have seamlessly joined forces, this conjecture has been further confirmed. It seems that Niza, his half-brother, has great ambitions. It is estimated that at some point in the future, they will definitely join forces to stir up a bloody storm in Sarande.

Aix also thought about using the advantage of horsepower to lead everyone to try to break out from one side, but no matter which side they moved to, they would be tacitly chased and blocked by the enemies on both sides, always trapping them in a V-shaped semi-encirclement. If it weren't for the advantage of horses, they would have been surrounded long ago if they had been rushing towards the opening of the V-shaped formation.

Niza, who judged the situation to be serious, no longer cared about the bloody storm in his country's future, and hurriedly gave Aix the best advice he could do at the moment:

"Sir, we are already half-surrounded by them. If we want to survive, we can only rush forward regardless of horsepower and escape into the Death Desert. There may be a glimmer of hope."

Aix also knew a little about the Great Desert of Death. It is a large desert that spans the entire eastern part of the Sarand Emirate. It is said that few people can cross this desert. If you go too deep into it, you will risk dying in the desert. Hence the name Great Desert of Death.

Aix once heard from Afanti that even the local desert nomads of Sarande did not dare to go deep into this desert, which shows how dangerous it is. Unless it is absolutely necessary, Aix would not dare to choose this direction to break through.

But now everyone is at a critical moment of life and death, being locked on both sides by the enemy and at risk of being surrounded at any time. They have no choice but to drink poison to quench their thirst and rush into this vast desert of death regardless of everything. This way, at least there is still a glimmer of hope, which is better than falling into the hands of Chief Muhai or Sharif. They must have many ways to make everyone die miserably.

In this way, relying on horsepower, Aix and his party finally got rid of the encirclement of the two enemy forces, but it was obvious that their "hatred" towards Aix and his party was too deep, and they always fell behind Aix and his party, especially the Blood Sand Guards led by Sharif, who seemed to be fighting to the death.

They drove away most of the pursuers and only left more than 200 elite soldiers to continue the pursuit. Moreover, each of these people rode two horses. With the advantage of switching horses, even if the horses of Aix and others were strengthened, they would not be able to get rid of them for a while.

As time went on, the horses suffered great damage and some of them began to tremble in their limbs. In order to prevent the horses from collapsing from exhaustion, Aix had to pass Nana among the crowd so that everyone could treat the horses' damage while they were moving.

With the help of the nano core machine, the group continued to move forward for three days and nights, and finally exhausted the horsepower of the pursuers and got rid of their pursuit.

But they were not having a good time at the moment. Everyone was in a trance and could not stay on their horses.

The horses they were riding had also become skinny and bony. It was obvious that Nana's blessing had exhausted the potential of all the horses. If they didn't stop to rest, they would probably all die.

There was no other way, Aix had to let the exhausted men and horses stop to rest. At this point there was nothing they could do even if the pursuers caught up with them, as they really could not run any further.

The group set up their tents in a shady sand pit, to rest and eat, and to avoid the scorching heat of the day.

When it was sunset, when everyone was discussing how to proceed, a difficult decision arose. All the drinking water and food were only enough for everyone to consume for one day, and everyone hesitated about which direction to go.

First of all, the nearest supply point must be to return along the same route. Although this will still take three or four days, if everyone reduces rations and kills horses to satisfy hunger, they should be able to reach the destination.

But since we are returning along the same route, there is a high probability that we will run into Sharif's desert bandits or pursuers from the city of Barieh. By then, they will be well-rested and we will surely die.

Besides, they had been chasing them desperately, most likely with malicious intentions, deliberately forcing everyone into the Death Desert, hoping that Aix and his crew would run out of supplies and then die in the desert.

If this is the case, then we will definitely encounter their ambush when we return along the original route. Even if we are not captured by them, we will have to fight with them in the desert for several days, and ultimately we will not be able to escape the fate of being exhausted to death by them.

Another direction to advance is to cross the Death Desert. According to the information Niza knew, although the Death Desert is large, it also has an end, but the end of this desert is a barren coastline.

It is said that this coastline is very long, stretching for thousands of miles. Apart from scattered small villages that rely on fishing for a living, there is no other prosperous place. Moreover, due to the lack of rivers and the shortage of fresh water resources, it is impossible to grow crops, so it is considered a barren land.

The Sarande people, who are good at business, know this coastline, but no noble has the desire to rule this vast coastline, let alone send caravans there to do business.

They are not stupid. They can't prepare a lot of supplies and fresh water, spend nearly 20 days going back and forth, risk getting lost and losing their lives, endure the high temperature and thirst, to such a far place to exchange for smoked fish in the fishing village.

So although there are a few people living in this area, there is no actual ruler. Aix and his party are well-equipped, so there should be no danger if they go there.

Now according to the estimates of Niza and Afanti, it should take them three or four days to reach the beach. The only thing they need to worry about is that they are not familiar with the road and there is a risk of getting lost. This risk can be big or small. At the very least, they will need to spend an extra day or two to explore. At the worst, they will not be able to replenish their supplies and everyone will die of thirst and hunger in the Death Desert.