Rumble—
Monsters surged past from below the hillside like a tidal wave, the thunderous sound of their trampling shaking the air!
"Rock Lizards..."
Anlia lay in the grass and lowered the telescope in her hands, a hint of gravity and confusion on her face.
Although there were many kinds of monsters on the Luya Plain, Rock Lizards were not among them.
Moreover, their habitat was south of the Nanxi Hill Rock Mountain Range, on the other side of the mountain range.
Hill City, the Luya Plain, the Nanxi Hill Rock Mountain Range...
Put simply, the three locations were arranged like three balls stacked together, with the Luya Plain being the one on top.
If they wanted to reach the Nanxi Hill Rock Mountain Range, the shortest route was to go around along the edge of the Luya Plain.
However, the direction from which this group of monsters had come was clearly the Luya Plain!
In other words, if this group of Rock Lizards had appeared here from the direction of the Luya Plain...
They would first have had to climb across the rugged mountain range, then enter the Luya Plain and take a huge detour!
Anlia gripped her pen and drew a circle on the map. Her brows furrowed as she said softly:
"Something really is wrong. And if that's the case, Lina's guess that a World Gate appeared on the Luya Plain is probably wrong too. The place where something happened should be farther away..."
She stood up and gazed into the distance with a solemn expression.
Far away, Anlia saw dozens of slowly moving black shadows.
Although the shadows were tiny and moved slowly, she knew they were groups of monsters charging at full speed!
Anlia stared at the distant shadows and said absently:
"This is really bad...