Ataraxia Abyss
Chapter 42: The Ruler of the Desert

It all started from the purchase of slaves, the Regals had already bought slaves and planted false information on them. "Your country is working with us. That's why you'll all be free!" That's what the spies of all three countries believe.

Within a week they would be busy taking care of the slaves who came in large numbers, and within a week they would ask their alliance partners. "Why are you working with Dartania?" The first day of the slave's arrival was like a spark in a dry wood, and within a week the fire was big enough to burn the dry wood.

And in two weeks, the dry wood was big enough to burn down a house...

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Now Maryam and Dartania are at war with the remnants of the alliance of the three kingdoms. Of course Jace and Kars are easy to take care of, but Ze'ev is not. Regal helped a lot in the fight against Jace and Kars so that Dartania could focus on Ze'ev. But they hide many secrets behind their palace...

A thousand Dartanian infantrymen were making camp in the desert. They ate together, and ended up sleeping with one man on guard. But the army of a thousand men did not return to Dartania, it attracted the attention of Sayid and Regal, in the end Dartania fought against the remnants of the three kingdoms, while Regal and Bahman went to investigate.

As soon as they reached the camp of the soldiers. They found all the supplies and tents that had been all damaged, Bahman then speculated after seeing all those things. "The Basilisk must have attacked them. Seen from a broken tent and burnt goods..."

Regal had other thoughts. "Basilisk can't kill a thousand people even while they're sleeping. This damage is from the Basilisk, but it's not the Basilisk I know."

Hearing Regal's reply, Bahman asked. "Have you ever met a basilisk?" Regal answered while looking for clues.

"I know a lot about animals, especially monsters. With that knowledge I can know how to fight and how to think beyond the common sense of a human being...

Basilisk does like to attack humans, especially when humans make fire at night, these drops are hot during the day but cold at night, with cold blood of course Basilisk which is a lizard will be attracted to human encampment.

But basilisk is not a man-eating monster, they eat vegetables as well as other animal meat. And in this camp I saw only men disappear like they were swallowed by the earth, there were no corpses or bones...

And seeing that the Basilisk doesn't touch your soldiers' food supply, I don't think it's the Basilisk you used to fight when you were camping. Now, can you take 5 steps back?"

After Bahman retreated, Regal started calling out to Garm from behind his back. Which garm was a wolf affiliated with death, it could certainly smell the corpse and the smell of death from someone. He started running following the smell, and while being chased by Regal and Bahman, the three of them reached a cave in the middle of the desert.

"What is this place...?" Regal answered Bahman by saying. "The place their killer is, 'ayo!" They both made torches and entered the cave. With the Garm in front, the three of them traced the cave to a depth that was more than they had expected.

Until Garm finally stopped walking, the two of them also stopped stepping after seeing what was in front of them.

In front of them was a huge deep hole, it was so big that they were sure it was no ordinary Basilisk. It's a new species they've never seen before.

After the two of them reported what had just happened, Dartania decided to drill down the hole,but the intensity of the poisonous gas in the cave was so strong that they could not go deeper and eventually the case was closed temporarily so they could focus on the war...

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In the middle of the desert, there was a massive battle between Dartania and Ze'ev, and thousands of troops were fighting each other,the infantry and cavalry from both sides were equally balanced because the Dartanian trained cavalry was only a small stain compared to the Ze'ev army. But the soldiers of Ze'ev began to die and their limbs flew through the air like paper.

The Ze'ev witches fired many fireballs, but the fireballs bounced off and blew up their own troops. After the smoke curtain disappeared, they saw him again, a young man dressed in all black with a striking silver sword.

It was Regal, who with a single swing could kill 2 to 3 people at a time, he fought fearlessly stabbed his opponent's sword, he said,the arrows and magic fired by the opponent no one could pass through his sword at all, their resistance was really violent, but none of them could touch Regal, either,however, this did not apply to the Dartanians who were attacked by arrows and magic.

But their situation was more favorable than Ze'ev's. Regal was indeed the only commander left, but he also managed to kill the commander of Ze'ev along with hundreds of their troops. But the situation changed when suddenly the ground shook very hard, everyone stopped fighting and looked around, as the Dartanians were confused, Ze'ev's forces fled. Regals who felt something was strange immediately gathered the remaining troops and formed a line.

And when Regal was preparing, suddenly the ground shook from under their feet. At once the people went away and broke ranks including Regal, but those in the middle of the line did not survive. A Basilisk devoured hundreds of people from underground, and when the Basilisk stepped on the ground and stood on its four legs, the shockwave from the footstroke left the entire battlefield covered with sand.

Regal who had just landed after crashing now saw his troops scattering, and when they tried to stand up, the Basilisk had black scales with red skin,the size is also 3 times that of a large giant Basilisk, the Basilisk collects magic in its mouth. The soldiers who were there eventually tried to shoot magic and arrows because they knew that approaching the Basilisk and fighting with the sword was suicide.

But not a single strike could penetrate the scales of the lizard. And while they were still shooting arrows and magic, Regal protected himself with the Aegis Shield. And in a single breath, the giant Basilisk breathed out its flames and burned the Dartanians there, the soldiers' armour and skin instantly melted and their bones turned to ashes,the fire devoured the soldiers and horses that were there.

Everyone is dead, Regal saw that no Dartanians survived. But they could see the flames still burning above the corpses of the soldiers until finally the fire was completely gone, Regal then looked around...

Thousands of Ze'ev soldiers who had run away were now back to slaughter Regal. The archers and the witches pointed at him, the soldiers threatening him with the tip of their swords covering all his escape routes.

But in situations like this, Regal does not feel threatened at all. "There's enough Mercenary! You are surrounded from all directions!!"

Hearing those words, Regal smiled and replied. "Rush up? Why should I give up? I've seen nothing but a bunch of dead bodies here..."

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