The Ghost Hound's action of transforming into a goshawk just now was naturally through the ability of the Partner Contract, allowing it to use Lyle's skill, "Wild Shape."
He had sent the Ghost Hound out as a goshawk just now to scout the surroundings, but the results were not ideal.
Clearly!
A choice had already been made between the two options.
Lyle could also perceive some of what the Ghost Hound observed in the air through the Partner Contract ability. This Gobi desert was far larger and more uninhabited than he had imagined.
At least so far, Lyle had not seen a single living creature.
A moment later.
The man and the wolf finished their rest.
"At most one month of exploration time."
Lyle flipped himself onto the Ghost Hound's back, narrowed his eyes, and reached out to pat the Ghost Hound's neck.
Being able to reach this mysterious unknown zone via the magma sea of the Lava Zone was a tremendous discovery.
There was too much information and intelligence to collect; it would be a pity to give up such a unique passage. However, given his current situation, he couldn't spend too much time here.
Just those two Twin Witches—if he didn't appear before them within a month, problems would likely arise.
"Awoo." The Ghost Hound gave a low growl and immediately moved, heading in the direction completely opposite to the volcanic zone.
Night gradually fell.
On the empty Gobi, darkness quickly enveloped everything.
The Ghost Hound lay somewhat tiredly beside Lyle, chewing on a thick bone, using it as a dinner snack to grind its teeth.
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This little habit was formed back when Lyle used Goblin corpses as food for the Ghost Hound.
"Still haven't found any living creatures. This place couldn't be a very remote corner of the continent, could it?"
Lyle sat cross-legged on the ground, leaning against the soft body of the Ghost Hound, silently thinking.
Of course, not necessarily.
According to the limited information he knew from his past life, this continent was extremely vast. The northwest corner where humans lived was not even as large as a single region ruled by some countries in the center of the continent.
With such a large area, it was only normal for some sparsely populated zones to appear. The exploration continued for the next two days with no results.
Until the evening of the third day.
*Rustle!*
*Rustle! Rustle!*
"Growl." The Ghost Hound bared its sharp teeth and stared at the sandy ground ahead.
Mounds of sand quickly converged from the sand ahead toward them, as if something were attacking from beneath the desert.
Facing this sudden situation,
A smile actually appeared on Lyle's somewhat dry cheeks: "It's good that there are living creatures."
After several days of exploration without encountering a single creature, he was beginning to wonder if this area was truly a barren wasteland.
To gather information, one must inevitably communicate with intelligent beings, and he hadn't even encountered a single living creature, let alone an intelligent one.
*Poof! Poof!*
The sand ahead exploded, and a large amount of sand grains shot into the sky, forming a yellow sand curtain that blocked their vision.
One after another, gray, earthy-brown tails with hooks followed the exploding sand, piercing forward and lunging fiercely at Lyle and the Ghost Hound.
"Scorpion-type monsters."
Lyle glanced at them, an iron sword appearing in his palm. He took a step forward and flicked his wrist.
With casual slashes, all the lunging tail hooks were easily cut off.
The severed scorpion tails fell to the ground, writhing, as purplish-red, foul-smelling blood flowed from the wounds.
"Hiss—"
"Hiss—"
"..."
Painful hissing sounds rang out from underground, and then several Desert Scorpions, about a meter long, crawled out from beneath the sand.
Before these Desert Scorpions could make an attacking move.
Lyle moved his feet and charged into the midst of the scorpions, his iron sword waving casually, easily shattering those tough, earthy-brown shells.
Exp Gained: 421
Exp Gained: 387
Exp Gained: 405
"..."
[experience bar: 108632/120000]
A total of five Desert Scorpions were completely slaughtered by Lyle within two breaths.
"Their strength isn't high, probably around Level 11 or 12." Lyle quickly analyzed after seeing the experience points gained on the panel.
He chose to use physical attacks instead of magic, naturally to avoid the commotion caused by magic.