Wizard: I crush legends with martial arts.

"The layout inside this cave resembled an altar, only it has been destroyed."

Mia released a burst of battle aura, and the resulting whirlwind swept away the scorched earth on the ground.

She had visited the Kingdom of Bozak more than once and was more familiar with its customs than Alphonse.

Sure enough, some patterns were deeply engraved on the rock.

Although it has been damaged and is incomplete, some clues can still be seen.

"The aura of death here is very strong; the Magram tribe may have performed a sacrifice here."

At this point, Alphonse stopped talking.

The primitive and barbaric sacrifices offered naturally involved enemies, which, needless to say, were most likely the people of Mahayana.

The offerings are usually souls, which have nothing to do with the spirit of the dead.

The aura of death is merely the residue left behind when a living being dies.

Upon seeing the condition of the cave, Mahaya's tears flowed again, and she sobbed uncontrollably.

She no longer held any hope that her father and relatives were still alive.

Alphonse and Mia searched again.

Not many clues were found; it is unknown whether the centaurs of the Magram tribe were wiped out or migrated to other places.

Once Mahaya had calmed down a bit, Alphonse asked her about the lizardman tribe that had participated in the attack on the Kyrgyz centaurs.

Despite the critical situation that day, Mahaya still recognized that the lizardmen were the Black Mountain tribe, who lived in the Dustwallow Marsh and were not far from here.

In the Kingdom of Bozak, there are many lizardmen, but they are scattered in various places and prefer to live in damp, dark places near water.

Mahaya didn't understand how the Black Mountain tribe's lizardmen could be allied with the Magram centaurs.

Riding on the earth dragon, Alphonse and his party headed to the Dustwallow Marsh.

Similar to the situation of the Magram tribe, the Black Mountain tribe's habitat has also become a ruin, with traces of fire everywhere.

It looked like it had been plowed by flames.

Their altars, however, were not set up inside caves, but outside, and they too had become scorched earth.

Mahaya couldn't understand what had happened between the Magram tribe and the Black Mountain tribe.

Without seeing any survivors, she couldn't be sure if the Magram centaurs and Black Mountain lizardmen had been wiped out.

The various orc races living in Bozak do not share a unified belief. In addition to worshipping the Beast God, each race also worships their former heroes as totems, but they rarely perform large-scale sacrifices.

The offerings were mostly prey obtained through hunting, or enemies.

Only priests had the opportunity to receive divine revelation, but even Mahayana couldn't be sure if it was true.

In her memory, the priestess of the Kyrgyz centaurs was a kind old woman who possessed some strange witchcraft and served as the tribe's witch doctor.

Alphonse had a preliminary idea that the beast tide broke out after Mahaya's small group of centaurs fled to the Frostwind Territory.

It is highly likely that both the Magram tribe and the Black Mountain tribe have been wiped out by the monster tide.

But this still needs to be confirmed.

Relying on Mahaya as a guide is really unreliable.

Alphonse only found out when he asked Mahaya.

She had never actually traveled far before. In her panic, she protected the children of her tribe and fled to Cold Wind Territory, which was the farthest place she had ever been.

Mia is more familiar with it, but only relatively speaking.

When Mia was young, she accompanied her father through the Kingdom of Berzak. Later, she went to seek revenge alone and did not set foot in every place within the territory of Berzak.

The structure of the Kingdom of Bozak was far more loose than Alphonse had imagined. Each tribe fought its own battles, and conflicts often occurred. However, the leaders of each tribe would elect a great chief through a duel, who would respond to their commands so that when faced with invasions from human kingdoms, they could put aside their grudges and unite against them.

Tribes with small populations, like the Kyrgyz centaurs, are not qualified to compete for the position of chieftain; their power is too weak.

During the annual Nayar festival, the Kyrgyz centaurs only send representatives to offer tribute to the chieftain of Beast King City, while the rest of the tribes celebrate in their own villages, praying for peace and prosperity in the coming year.

After trekking through mountains and rivers and traversing primeval jungles, Alphonse and his group finally came to see signs of human habitation.

It was a werewolf tribe, and their defenses were even more rudimentary than the temporary camp built by the dark elves.

It was enclosed by a sharpened wooden pillar, and the only means of survival were rows of wooden huts with thatched roofs.

The appearance of the earth dragon caused panic among the werewolves.

The dragon's overwhelming power terrified the werewolves, who didn't even dare to approach and flex their muscles.

Women, children, and especially those who could not withstand the power of the earth dragon cried out.

Alphonse and his two companions leaped off the earth dragon.

"Someone who can speak up, I have some questions for you!" Alphonse shouted.

Alphonse could see that these werewolves harbored obvious hostility towards him, a human race. The young werewolf warriors gripped their battle axes and maces tightly.

However, with the Shadow Earth Dragon nearby, they dared not act rashly.

However, there seemed to be too few able-bodied men in this werewolf tribe; there were more women and children than male werewolves.

An elderly werewolf, walking unsteadily with a cane and wearing a headdress adorned with many long feathers, stepped forward from the crowd.

"Respected human powerhouse, I am Baldam, the priest of the Cold Tooth tribe. What do you wish to inquire about? Please do not harm my people. Whatever your request, I will do my best to fulfill it!"

With its discerning eye, it couldn't perceive any powerful aura emanating from Alphonse, the human. However, the aura emanating from the half-elf female beside him sent chills down its spine. She was a powerful figure capable of annihilating the entire Coldtooth tribe.

But this human seemed to be the leader among the three people and one dragon.

It wasn't that it hadn't seen centaurs before, but it had never seen a centaur warrior like Mahaya, dressed in gleaming silver armor and fully armed.

That armor certainly made it quite envious.

At this moment, he could only curse silently in his heart, "Traitors of the orcs! How dare they betray us and side with humans!"

If it were just a human who didn't look very strong, they would definitely be devoured alive if they passed by here.

Human slave-hunting teams were the most hated objects by the orcs.

However, this human was accompanied by a giant dragon shrouded in black smoke and an exceptionally powerful half-elf.

It has no other choice but to give in.

The chieftain has already led the tribe's elite troops out hunting, and now only a small number of warriors remain in the tribe. If they are slaughtered by the dragon in front of them, they will be no match for it.

Fortunately, it seems that this human only wanted to ask some questions and did not intend to wipe out the Cold Tooth tribe.

"Do you know what happened to the centaurs of the Magram tribe and the lizardmen of the Black Mountain tribe? Why were their habitats destroyed?" Alphonse asked. (End of Chapter)