An hour later, the Golden Sand Society group set off again, following a specific route deeper into the desert.
Along the way, they mostly ran into small wild beasts or insects.
These were easily dealt with and posed no real danger.
Purple Vortex followed them from a distance.
To avoid being spotted, it stayed far enough away that even with the Alchemical Telescope, they looked like tiny black dots.
Meanwhile, Carlos flew high in the sky as a backup plan.
...
After traveling like this for two days, the previously sparse white poplar trees suddenly became dense and towering.
"Stay sharp!"
Seeing this unusual change, Delya instinctively felt something might go wrong.
With a wave of his hand, one of the Concealers in the group nodded and carefully moved forward along the shadows of the white poplar trees to scout ahead.
The moment he stepped into the dense tree area, a sand lizard hiding behind a white poplar suddenly attacked.
It bit down on the Concealer's head in one gulp.
