One day after walking out of the oasis, Karen encountered another problem. The boundless prairie in front of him began to have edges.
We are about to leave the prairie. Without the cover of bushes, the road ahead is the same as when Karen first arrived.
There is nothing on the flat land, except for an occasional patch of grass. It can be said to be completely unobstructed. Walking here means you are completely exposed to everyone's eyes.
The key is that this seems to be the territory of Centaur. You can see far away from here at a glance. If the patrolling Centaur discovers it, it will be in trouble.
These Centaur are used to being arrogant here, so if they encounter them, something will definitely happen to them. They can't run, but they can't run. On this flat land, Centaur sprints really fast.
Communication is impossible. Although Centaur is more intelligent than Quilboar, they are irritable. Karen does not understand their language and cannot communicate at all. If it is too troublesome to communicate in other ways, Centaur is not willing to spend time to communicate with you. If you cannot communicate, you will be reckless.
Karen looked around again. This endless flat road has no end. If you want to move forward, you need to pass through this terrain everywhere. Karen had no choice but to bite the bullet and move forward.
Karen rushed north as fast as he could, but he couldn't go faster without a mount. The dust in the distance told Karen that Centaur was coming. This was a scout team patrolling the territory. They discovered Karen and began to turn towards Karen.
After Karen found that there was no place to hide, he stopped and made a friendly gesture. However, what greeted Karen were javelins one after another. Although these javelins did not shoot towards Karen, they were all scattered around Karen in every direction. It seemed that they wanted to surround Karen.
Karen did not take any unnecessary actions and waited for the arrival of Centaur.
Soon Centaur scouts came to the front. Looking at the humanoid creature they had never seen before, the scouts walked around Karen. Finally, the leader Centaur chirped and said something to Karen.
Unfortunately, language is a barrier to communication. Karen had no idea what he was talking about, so he had to make gestures that he couldn't understand.
The leader Centaur had a bad look on his face and was obviously impatient. He urged Karen to follow him, obviously wanting to take him back.
Karen didn't want to be taken, he still needed to continue on his way. Seeing that Karen seemed to be refusing, the team leader Centaur became even more unhappy. He waved his hand and a big net came over Karen, and it seemed that he was going to force him.
Karen didn't want to be a prisoner, so a Fire Blast knocked the big net away. This stirred up a hornet's nest, and all the Centaurs shouted and raised their front legs. They were used to being domineering, and immediately regarded Karen's behavior as a provocation, and all started to attack Karen angrily.
It's a pity that the Centaur patrol team, which did not even have mid-level professionals, was easily defeated by Karen. However, Karen, who was afraid of hitting too hard and was timid, had to work for a while before knocking this team of Centaur down to the ground and unable to get up.
In order to prevent being pursued, Karen released a binding spell on them, immobilizing them. Then Karen had no choice but to continue on their way, trying to escape before this team of Centaur was discovered.
Unfortunately, half a day later, there was dust behind him again. Centaur had an excellent hunter, and he followed the traces of Karen.
But they obviously misjudged the strength of Karen. Maybe they gave these Centaur wrong messages because of their restrained appearance before. This time, the team that came was only led by an intermediate professional, and the rest were junior professionals.
After another useless effort, Karen knocked the team to the ground.
Later, Centaur learned the lesson, and Centaur, who was chasing after half a day, turned into two scouts. They did not get close to Karen, but hung far behind Karen.
If you fight, they will run back as soon as you turn around. It is impossible to catch up. If you don't fight, they will keep hanging on you. Obviously they are the eyes of Centaur, monitoring every move of Karen.
Karen couldn't believe that they were going to escort him away. They must be mobilizing manpower behind them, either led by experts or with a large army. Anyway, it was a big trouble. Karen had nothing to do. Stopping or chasing these two eyes would definitely be a useless effort and delay the escape time. So we could only continue to move forward.
Soon it was getting dark. With the help of darkness, Karen drank a bottle of Shadow Potion and escaped from the sight of the Centaur scouts. Unfortunately, not long after dawn the next day, the two scouts caught up with him again.
Karen I regret a little. Traveling in the middle of the night has no effect at all. I might as well find a place to sleep and recharge my batteries.
At noon, Karen ate some dry food and drank some water. These were prepared before entering Fire Elemental Plane. Karen's space ring was large enough to store a lot of dry food. The water was collected at the oasis before.
After eating, Karen found that one of the two Centaur scouts was suddenly missing. Karen didn't think the other one had fallen into a trap. Something must have changed, and Karen felt that any change must be a change that was not good for him. Karen continued on the road without rest.
Thanks to my experience at Fire Elemental Plane during this period of time, Karen is now quite adaptable to such continuous work without rest. I don't feel drowsy, at most I feel a little listless.
Karen's judgment was correct, and after a while another scout appeared. But behind him was Centaur's army. Karen didn't know if there were any senior professionals. Karen only knew that even if they were all junior professionals, they could drown themselves. So Karen decisively accelerated and ran away.
Fortunately, Karen's luck was pretty good, and soon a rolling mountain appeared in front of him. Karen knew that Centaur was good at running long distances on flat land, but he was not good at walking in mountains.
As they approached the mountain, Centaur had already caught up and reached an effective attack range of 9. Then waves of air strikes came, including bows and arrows, and javelins.
Regarding the attacks from bows and arrows, Karen just turned on the magic shield and ignored them. The distance was still a bit far, the force of being shot was not strong, and his body was not big, so the probability of being hit was not high. So it didn't matter if he turned on the shield.
But for those javelins, the heavy javelins have strong momentum, good penetration, and high damage. They cannot carry the damage all the time. So Karen relied on Drew's analysis, without looking back, just like looking behind its back, and dodged wave after wave of attacks with just a hair's breadth.
Of course, in order not to slow down the sprinting speed, Karen did not avoid some attacks, and even took the initiative to meet them. With the momentum of the javelin, Karen further gained the speed of rushing forward.
Finally, before Centaur's large force arrived, Karen escaped to the mountain. Although the mountain was bare and there was no cover, he would still be attacked by Centaur.
But Karen had Drew by his side and escaped most of the attacks. When they reached the mountain, Karen was no longer afraid that Centaur could catch up with him. He let go of the control of his magic power and used flicker spells continuously to distance himself.
In the end, Karen escaped from the attack range of Centaur. As a large number of troops were mobilized to pursue Karen, the leader of Centaur quickly received the news that his 5 hometown was attacked by another Centaur News of Horde's attack. The team leader looked at Karen who was gradually going away, and reluctantly made the decision to retreat.