After three days of replenishment, Rhodes and Cassadine finally left Piltover and embarked on a journey to find the tomb of Emperor Shurima.

It's obviously not an easy journey.

Rhodes was tempted to summon his flying carpet, but Cassadine stopped him.

"We need the help of waste pickers – you can't see these cautious people on the flying carpet."

Rod obviously didn't understand Cassadine's statement, but professional things should be handed over to professional people, and since Cassadine said that he couldn't fly, then don't fly.

So, after leaving Piltover, the two men walked all the way south.

"Scavengers are a special group of Shurima." On the way, Cassadine tells Rhodes about Shurima, "They are like scavengers in nature...... It is the last link in the use of all resources. ”

"You can tell from the name." Rod nodded, "But...... I've seen scavengers in the bazaars of Nash Lam, and they don't seem to be as mysterious as you say. ”

"That's not the purest scavenger." Hearing Rod say this, Cassadine shook his head, "In Nash Lamei's words...... Even if someone is under the banner of a scavenger, his actual identity is that of a merchant - in fact, according to the tradition of Shurima and the scavengers, it is impossible for them to enter Nashra. ”

"Why?" Hearing Cassadine say this, Rod was a little strange, "You mean...... No? ”

"Yes, it can't." Cassadine nodded, "Actually, I've learned about this particular group, and according to the information I've gathered, the origin of the scavengers is the betrayers and rebels of the Shurima Empire - you know, in that era of war and turmoil, command and conquest, not all Shurima people were extremely supportive of the Emperor, and many people thought that the Emperor had made the wrong choice and tied the entire empire to the chariot for their own selfishness. ”

"So...... They left the empire? ”

"Two-way banishment." Cassadine sighed softly, "The empire has banished the scavengers, and the scavengers have also left the empire, and everyone dislikes each other, so it is natural that they will part ways. ”

"Then they're bold enough, too." Rod complained casually, "Leaving the protection of the state, in this kind of place...... I don't know if they have persistence, or if they don't have brains. ”

"You can see it clearly." Hearing Rod say this, Cassadine also sighed, "As you said, after leaving the protection of the Empire, the life of the scavengers became more and more difficult - because they were not protected by the laws of the Empire, the scavengers directly gave birth to the appearance of sand pirates, and at the beginning, the scavengers who had some wealth raised a lot of large sand pirate groups, and it was after that that the sand thieves began to run rampant in Shurima." ”

"Doesn't the Imperial Legion have any indications?" Rod was a little puzzled, "According to your words...... Scavengers must have preceded the Battle of Acacia, right? In that case, the Shurima Empire should have enough capacity to deal with these sand pirates, right? ”

"I don't know the specifics." Cassadine shook his head, "But what is certain is that the Emperor Shurima did not choose to wipe out the sand bandits—perhaps to scrape away the last savings of these traitors to the Empire?" ”

Rod shrugged his shoulders and didn't say much about Cassadine's malicious speculation—but in his heart, he actually agreed with it.

History has never been warm, and perhaps the emergence of the scavengers was based on a kind of benevolence that disagreed with the war, but after all, they left their empire, and what happened after that was also up to them.

Even...... Those scavengers who are willing to help Cassadine may also have this dissatisfaction, right?

In this way, Rhodes and Cassadine talked as they left Piltover and headed west, searching for news of the scavengers in the sand.

……………………

The journey in the desert is boring.

Although he had the knowledgeable Cassadine as his travel companion, the long journey made Rhodes feel quite uncomfortable.

After becoming a great magician, Rhodes rarely traveled like this - so many means of transportation made him rarely really measure the earth with his feet, and now even if he applied a lot of protective spells to himself, physical fatigue was still unavoidable.

Fortunately, the luck of the two men was not bad, and on the tenth day, Cassadine finally found his goal.

Looking at the shallow marks left on the sand dunes beneath his feet, Cassadine leaned down, his tone full of joy.

"Found it." After digging down a few dozen centimeters and feeling the temperature of the yellow sand, Cassadine finally nodded, "It's the traces left by the sand beast, judging from the temperature of the gravel...... They shouldn't have gone far. ”

"Sand Loomer?"

"An insectivore animal that lives in the gravel of the Shurima Desert, and the scavengers love nothing more than hitchhiking on these big guys." Cassadine stood up and let out a sigh, "Scavengers can remember the route of the Sand Loomer Parade - once we find the Sand Loon, we will soon find the Scavenger. ”

Rod nodded, signaling that he understood.

Then, the two of them picked up speed and began to speed along the sand dunes, and in the evening of the same day, they finally saw the sand lurk.

At first, the two men saw a small bony backplate exposed on the sand, as inconspicuous as a stone in the middle of a desert - but when he looked closely, Rhodes saw that the backplate was moving forward at a relatively steady pace.

"That's why we can't fly." Cassadine pointed to the backplate and spoke in a dull tone, "Because of the lack of references, flying or other fast movements will make it impossible for us to find the traces of these guys, and in the state of high-speed movement, the backplate of the sand beast cannot be discovered, which is also a means for the scavengers to avoid being discovered by the sand thieves." ”

As he spoke, Cassadine simply moved to the vicinity of the Sand Beast.

The next moment, Cassadine took a tambourine from his bag and began to beat it rapidly.

"Bang bang bang-"

The rapid drum beat made Rod frown slightly, and the drum sound seemed to have a special magic, which made people can't help but beat faster after hearing it.

After hearing Cassadine's drums, the sand beast hiding under the sand seemed to be unable to bear it any longer, only to see a burst of yellow sand surging, and this huge big creature finally broke out of the sand from the ground.