"……what is that?"

Nia also stood up and asked softly. He didn't look anxious, and even had a little smile on his face, but his whole aura was completely different.

Arcee ran out and ran back a moment later, her expression solemn.

"They've disappeared," she said, "and they can't be contacted."

The smile on Nia's face got a little deeper.

"You know where my friend has gone, don't you?" he asked. "No matter what the reason is, it would not be good to take him away without a word."

The two sandlanders looked at each other.

"It's not us..." One of them started, then stopped.

"It's not you." Nia repeated, "Is that the little guy's own idea?"

The other party opened his mouth, as if he wanted to give him a positive answer, but in the end he still didn't say anything.

This is really ridiculous.

Arcee listened quietly on the side and gradually realized. What Nia saw along the way may be different from what she saw.

It was a trap—perhaps from the beginning.

And she was obviously careful, but she didn't notice it at all.

After a moment of dead silence, a voice came from the corner.

"Don't worry, sir...neither we nor Oxia mean to hurt your friend. He is just...selected."

"Selected?" Nia sneered, "Selected for what? A sacrifice?"

He knew that that guy no longer had anything to worry about. He had even contributed to this situation intentionally or unintentionally, but he still couldn't control his impatience at the moment.

That guy...can you at least communicate with him?! He actually left him to take risks alone?! What if it was really Reus?! Did he really think that he was already an invincible dragon? ?!Based on the age of a dragon, you are not yet an adult yet!!...

While he was roaring in his heart, the voice was silent for a moment before answering him.

"...No, sir. He is...our savior, or our destroyer."

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Standing...or rather lying in a huge, coffin-like iron box sliding down quickly is a very strange experience.

Strange, but doesn't mean interesting.

Is was shaken so much that the whole dragon was numb, but Osha, who was overly excited, was still chattering:

"Gore, said that this box could originally move up and down on its own, but it was broken and had no energy. We changed it..."

His voice was broken, but he refused to shut up and was not afraid to bite off his tongue.

Fortunately, this journey is not too long... but it is just the beginning.

The iron box only sent them to the deepest part of this underground building, and their final destination was even deeper.

The bottom of the building is connected to an ancient mine. This was once the place where the Suga people dug bloodstones. The long tunnels were connected by roads that Osha called "rail tracks". They jumped on a small mine cart and started walking After Osha manipulated it to climb up a slope, they once again began to slide down faster and faster, in a circle.

The strong wind blowing in his face lifted Is's robe and blew his light golden hair all over the sky. He narrowed his eyes and unconsciously smiled at the corner of his mouth.

Although it was still a bit bumpy, he had never experienced such speed in human form.

Osha finally calmed down - he couldn't speak anymore, the wind would rush into his mouth. He wanted to scream as loudly as before to vent his excitement and nervousness, but he doubted that Is would kick him

Kick him out.

His hair was blown into a mess, and even his ears were blown into various strange shapes by the wind, but his squinted eyes always had a slit. The ball of light in his hand was thrown to him by Yis, and the bright light illuminated it.

He discovered many things that he had not noticed when he came here before.

The strange traces on the rock wall are like simple sketches carved by a miner; something seems to flash past in the round hole. Perhaps not only lizards survive in this deep underground; the tracks that have been cleaned by them

There are faint mottled blood stains on it, which are not rust stains, but a red moss that will bloom extremely tiny white flowers...

Those little lives are all working hard to live like them.

At the end of the track, after rushing up a high slope with strong momentum, Osha flipped the switch in time and stopped the mine car at the highest point.

The rest of the way can only be done on foot.

The so-called "road" should actually be a hole dug by a lizard. Logically, the hole should be empty at this moment, and the monsters should have gathered deeper, but the little sand man who had been attacked could not help but express

With extreme vigilance, I poked my head at the entrance of the cave and looked again and again.

Yis picked him up by the scruff of his neck, threw him behind him, and strode in.

Osha suddenly felt weak all over and shivered uncontrollably. He could feel something emitting from Yisi... like a warning from ferocious beasts with their scent, warning them not to approach his territory.

And Yisi's "smell" is cold, like a deep underground pool, but more refreshing and... brighter than that?

He didn't know how to describe it.

After suppressing the fear in his heart, he jumped up and down and followed. The joy tumbling in his heart almost made him howl a few times.

He didn't find the wrong person.

Mo Ying, I did not find the wrong person.

He became more convinced every moment.

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Behind the winding cave is the waterway.

There is still water underground here. Gall tried his best and spent several years to successfully pump the water to the ground. Only then did their settlement have enviable clean water available. But in just a few years in Oxia

In my memory, the water here has become much shallower.

Where they initially had to dive to pass, they can now paddle across in a small boat.

"The roots of the blood tree will absorb water during the period of weakness." Osha told Yis in a low voice, "but after the sacrifice, it will spit out some water again. Otherwise, this place would have dried up long ago."

Although he was sure that Yis could "guarantee his safety" as he said, he couldn't help but look around. These two little "prey" were probably too small to be noticed by the blood tree. After they discovered

In the ten years here, it is said that no Sandlander has been attacked by tree roots, but sometimes, when they pass by, they can clearly feel the snake-like tree roots coming from very close to them.

Drag it over and make a creepy sound.

After driving a long distance through the suffocating passage, they came to a more open area.

Afterwards, Yis felt guilty - he had followed this little guy so far without leaving any news. After such a long time, even Nia had probably lost his patience and was so irritable that he wanted to beat him.

Dun... although he couldn't beat him anymore.

He probably should open the sound transmission stone, but he didn't know what to say. Nia would definitely ask where he was, or try to find him through the sound transmission stone, and the reason why he ran away without saying a word was because he didn't want Nia to let him go.

Approach the giant tree.

The thief acted extremely normal, as if this was just an ordinary adventure, but he could see the deep shadow in his eyes, even fear, and the violence caused by fear - he was once a slave of Leus, twelve

Years of time cannot erase those painful and humiliating memories.

Even if this giant tree had nothing to do with Leos, Nia would probably destroy it without hesitation.

Moreover, if he opens the sound transmission stone, he will definitely be bombarded with a bunch of roars and complaints until his brain will explode.

——Let’s wait until he completely solves the problem.

But right now, between him and the problem he needs to solve, there's a swarm of disgusting, smelly rats.

Osha had silently shrunk to his legs, let go and let the ball of light float to their heads, allowing its light to fully emit.

This vast space like an underground plain was crowded with lizards, but they did not bite each other. They just raised their pointed noses from time to time and sniffed expectantly.

Perhaps because of the bright light, or perhaps because of the powerful aura of Is, they chirped and separated like a tide when they walked past, and seemed unwilling to give up the delicious food brought to their mouths.

The sharp-toothed mouth made a strange scream from its throat.

That voice clawed at Osha's mind like sharp claws.

The hair all over his body had exploded, and he couldn't help but want to hug Yisi's waist several times. But he was already eleven years old... He couldn't be so useless!

The corner of Yis's mouth twitched as he was staggered and bumped again and again by the little cub. He grabbed his belt and held him in his hands like a puppy.

Then he flew up.

Brown robes fell to the ground, and they got higher and higher from the ground.

Osha stared at the ground in shock at first, and then raised his head in shock. The white wings stretched above his head, and the smooth scales shimmered, making it indescribably beautiful.

"Are you...a bird?" He said blankly, "A bird with scales?"

Yisi suddenly wanted to throw him down.

"Direction!" he said angrily.

"Ah...oh!" The little sand man finally came to his senses.

He could point out the direction with his eyes closed. Although he had only been there twice, the memory was deeply ingrained in his soul.

They flew over the plains crowded with lizards and rats, passed through the underground canyons, and finally landed in front of a rock wall.

Is stared at the narrow gap pointed out by the little cub, his brows slowly knotting into a knot.

——It’s so narrow, he can’t get in at all!

He looked down at Osha, who looked up at him eagerly, expectantly and admiringly, as if any difficulty was no problem to him.

After a brief moment of deathly silence, Ismu folded his wings expressionlessly, shrunk his figure, and shrank back to his appearance of about ten years old.

He gave Oxia a vicious look in his shocked eyes: "Dare to say a single word..."
Chapter completed!