The Sand Beast, as the name suggests, is a body type that can swim in the desert. They are as large as whales, swim like sharks, and expose their dorsal fin-like bony plates to the sand.

With its powerful limbs, it dug through the sand beneath it and gained momentum to move forward. The triangular head can easily separate the sand in front of it without much resistance when moving forward. The rough skin protects against sand and gravel, the ridge-like bone plates on the back keep the body hydrated by sun exposure, and the body from overheating by hiding in the shade.

Generally speaking, the colder the region, the larger the organisms, but the structure of the Sand Loon allows it to grow large in the hot desert.

Scavengers usually memorize the route that the sand lurkers have traveled around and hop on their backs for a ride.

This is how Varus came to Calixe, hitching a ride on the Sand Beasts, which have been around since Azir's time.

The skeletons in sight showed that the land was covered with tunnels, and it meant that Axy was hunting, and it meant that death was lurking beneath the gravel.

Varus had come to the Temple, and based on his own experience, he felt that the Darkspawn were likely sealed away in the Lost Temples of Shurima. And in Calixe, the source of the magic he perceived...... Ancient magic.

It was the magic that the flaming-haired queen used to enslave their race.

But the desert in front of him was only full of yellow sand and bones, and devastated caverns.

These caves are large and small, dark and deep. Varus's eyesight was good, and he saw one of the holes in the ground, which was steaming with poison, meaning it had just been dug up.

The temple may be farther away or buried under the sand, and if you can't find it for a while, kill some Void creatures first.

The hole was only the size of a melon, and Axie of this size posed no threat to Varus. He wanted to try his luck and shoot an arrow into the hole that might kill Axy inside. However, the angle of his position was not good, and he had to get closer to find a shooting angle parallel to the hole.

Axes are a group of blind men who have no eyes and catch their prey by sensing vibrations on the sand, as is well known to the Shurima people who live near Calixe.

If you want to walk safely in this desert, you must use a walking style called static walking.

Varus stepped lightly on one foot, like a cat tiptoeing.

Hit the big toe first, then roll outwards until the entire ball of the foot hits the ground, without making a sound, and the gravel under your feet will only change position slightly.

His stride is big because if he walks too slowly, he will reveal his position. If you want to walk on this desert, you have to be quiet, you have to be fast!

Silent Walking was learned by Varus from a desert guide, and caravans from all over the world would hire experienced locals as guides when they traveled in Shurima, in case they could not walk out of the endless desert. Hence the birth of such a profession as a desert guide.

On the first day of practicing quiet walking, Varus was bleeding a lot from his foot. But this level of pain didn't matter to the Darkspawn anymore, and he continued to practice for a long time on the cold sand, and then learned the technique.

The desert guide praised Varus' skills. said that he walked quieter than him.

Finally, he admonished Varus: "Every step must be as light as a mouse and as far as an antelope." Only then can you get out of Carricksee alive. ”

Varus left indifferently. As a Darkborn, he couldn't thank someone, and it was okay not to kill them.

With an eye on his feet, the human body was fragile, and Varus had to be vigilant at all times, carefully taking every step. He quietly came to the cave three meters in front of it, and the rising poisonous gas made the cave hazy, but Varus's sharp eyes allowed him to see the stumbling figure in it.

Based on the unclear outline, Varus could conclude that there was a rabbit-sized Axe, which, like a tarantula, turned its head towards the hole and waited motionless for its prey to pass by.

No matter how skilled the technique of quiet walking, it would vibrate slightly, and when it was so close, Exai must have sensed the approach of its prey. The reason why it remained motionless in the cavern was to wait for Varus to get closer, close enough that it could leap into the cavern.

The forelimbs that these guys use to dig through sand and flesh are unusually developed, and instead their hindlimbs are severely degenerated, so they don't run fast on the sand.

"Experience has taught me that you shouldn't mess with a monster that lives in a hole in the ground." Originally a hunter with a bow, Valmao never hunted burrowing animals because it exposed himself to a relatively dangerous position.

Archers are meant to attack in the shadows, and it would be unwise to abandon the darkness and throw too close to their prey.

"I don't need you to teach me." Varus said in a haughty tone. When he stopped the enemy commander on the battlefield, the ancestors of the two young people in his body had not yet been born.

Varus continued to quietly approach as he bent his bow and pulled the string.

The bow bent vigorously, the purple-red glow was about to move, and a purple lightning bolt-like arrow appeared out of thin air.

The magical energy emanating from the bow and arrows made Axy more certain of Varus's location, and it didn't wait any longer. In an instant, a vicious black shadow suddenly jumped out of the hole, and its thick claws crossed and swept towards the prey.

Looking at the prey that actively collided with the muzzle, Varus grinned and let go of the bowstring at the last moment. The swift arrow came out of his hand and pierced Axe's body with great force, knocking it back and nailing it to the rock wall of the cavern.

Varus's self-confidence emboldened it to do so, and he lowered his bow and looked at Axe's corpse.

The monster, covered in a chitin carapace, was pierced from mouth to tail by sharp arrows, burning a round hole. It was magic attached to his arrows that could burn through steel armor, so the hard carapace was nothing to him.

Just like the arrows that spawned out of thin air, the arrows gradually disappeared. Varus found that there was no blood in Axe's wounds, but a viscous black energy flowing, and the tentacles of mucus trickled to the ground, dripping like some kind of viscous liquid, covering the entire cavern.

And the poisonous smoke I saw before is the vapor of these liquids after being exposed to sunlight.

These black liquors are woven into some kind of regular pattern, and through this strange matrix, some kind of reality that is about to emerge is stretched and distorted, as if some alien from another dimension is preparing to enter our world.

Rustling......

Varus thought of something terrible, but he didn't have time to think about it. He's already in danger - nearby Axey is alarmed.