If given the chance, Gaven wanted to personally visit there, to appreciate the charm of that ancient Empire, not as a way to nostalgically long for the past.
Because as long as the strength is sufficient, returning to Earth is not an impossible task.
Just as Gaven’s thoughts were about to wander far, the violent shaking of the Tower War Chariot beneath him yanked him back to reality, and only by using both hands and feet did he prevent himself from overturning with the Tower War Chariot.
Once he confird that the Tower War Chariot was stable again, Gaven pulled open the shooting hole of the Tower War Chariot and asked in a low voice: "What’s going on?"
After the War Chariot Legion set out, he had been huddling in the leading Tower War Chariot.
In fact, in the first ten and last ten chariots of the War Chariot Legion, what were loaded were not military supplies but high-order troops, including both Druids from the Great Valley and Witches from the Laiserman Kingdom.
Though the Eagle Riders of the Tukan People had already been beaten in advance and dared not delve deep into the Great Valley to harass, it didn’t an they had no other tactics; behind them was a group of evil Red Robe Mages with nurous tricks.
The War Chariot Legion organized by Gaven in the City of Usr made quite a stir, and the amount of military supplies transported per trip was also astonishing. They must guard against the rival sending top-notch powerhouses to wreak havoc.
"Reporting to the Lord, there’s a large-scale collapse in the road ahead, and the path has been cut off." The War Chariot Team Lead, Aiden, had been waiting outside.
"Order the assembly of the chariot formation, rest in place, imdiately contact the path-clearing Cavalry Squad to confirm their safety, send soone to investigate the cause of the road collapse."
After delivering a series of commands, a Fairy Step jumped out of the Tower War Chariot he was riding, spread its Dragon Wings, flew high and observed from the sky.
He hadn’t expected trouble so soon, after all, they were now rely thirty kiloters from the City of Usr, even if an incident were to occur, it should be deep inside the Great Valley, where neither village nor shop was nearby.
The road segnt with a large-scale collapse was nearly a hundred ters, with half of the Tarthan Road directly sinking into the ground, and five Tower War Chariots had side collapsed, all belonging to the troop transport chariots in the front.
Everywhere he looked, there were no enemies visibly present, only the Cavalry Squad rushing back upon hearing the news.
This Cavalry Squad consisted of a hundred people, all Transcendent Rangers riding their own Animal Companions, who as patrol vanguards ensure the road ahead is safe.
"Stop moving forward, be cautious of a repeat road collapse." Gaven flew towards them, halting their reckless actions.
The resonance generated by a group of Knights running together might very well collapse more caves.
These Rangers all possessed rich combat experience; so had their Animal Companions leave the road, while others flipped off their Animal Companions and carefully explored forward.
"There’s a cave entrance here, the soil is fresh, definitely less than ten days old, the diater of the soil pile at the entrance exceeds one ter, it’s at least a large creature."
"Here’s another, there are blood stains and remains of corpses next to the entrance, this monster is carnivorous."
"There are digestive enzys from acid here, it belongs to the Burrowing Worm, these caves were left by Burrowing Worms, there must be corresponding tunnels below."
"So many cave openings, in a parallel state, surely not left by just one Burrowing Worm."
"Burrowing Worms have a strong sense of domain, and given their large body size, they rarely live in groups, let alone migrate long distances easily. How could there be so many traces of Burrowing Worms left behind?"
"Normally, they indeed don’t group up, but take a look at the arrangent direction of these cave openings."
"That’s in the direction of the Withering Forest, you an to say the Burrowing Worms are also victims of the Withering Army, driven out from the Laisel Forest."
"This is the best explanation I can think of."
These Rangers are proficient survivalists in the wilderness, even more adept at tracking than Druids.
They extended their search from the collapsed road segnt outward and quickly found the cause.
Beneath this segnt of road, was densely packed with unstable muddy tunnels excavated by nurous Burrowing Worms. If carrying lighter loads, including their Cavalry Squad riding their Animal Companions, moving relatively slowly across would have minimal impact.
But once a colossal heavy object, like the Tower War Chariot, laden full of goods, moved onto the road, it directly collapsed.
After listening to the Cavalry Squad Captain’s report, Gaven self-reflected: "Originally, I wanted to save effort by directly using the existing infrastructures of the Grand Road; I didn’t anticipate leaving such a large safety hazard. In the future while paving other roads, the base structure underneath should be reinforced."
Even using the Road Divine Power-supported Road Paving Spell isn’t omnipotent; it can only make slight adjustnts to the road condition and pave one-punch thick asphalt concrete; for the chanized heavy trucks to hit the road, this would already suffice.
Provided the soil beneath these roads has been compacted and hasn’t buried a large number of underground caves.
"Commander, our Cavalry Squad is also partially responsible. We focused only on observing if enemies were nearby and neglected the environnt beside the road; it was my oversight." The Cavalry Squad Captain nad Mihayou also reproached himself in reflection.
"We’re all in the learning and exploring phase; errors are unavoidable. Here’s an opportunity for you to make ands, find those Burrowing Worms for ; they’re pests in the wild, but in my hands, they beco tools for reclamation. I happen to lack trench-digging tools in the Great Valley." Since they encountered them, Gaven wasn’t ready to let them off.
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