The situation now is different from when he first arrived. For each time exploration, Shade has specially prepared a "toy reserve" that is different from the normal outing. Most of them are the daily necessities that such ladies need.
Miss Sandel continued to take care of the elderly elf who gradually regained consciousness. Miss Meister sat aside and watched as Shade and Miss Knight put clothes, toiletries, bedding, sheets, and even teacups and saucers into boxes in different categories.
Here, she herself had no intention of helping.
While tidying up these clutter, Shade also had a few words with the seemingly taciturn female knight. The latter regarded Shade as a "special witch" and therefore also used honorifics towards him.
"What specific demons did your country encounter? I actually have some experience in hunting demons."
"Sorry, we don't know. It was the conclusion given by the witch investigators sent by His Majesty the Witch Emperor to investigate the matter. The principality I am in is not very big. There is only one city."
"Well, it's amazing that you are willing to come to such a dangerous place. Why hasn't your country considered other methods? Rather than letting ordinary people break into such a place, it would be more convenient to relocate the whole country and sell off their belongings, right?
"
Shade asked again. Miss Knight pursed her lips and moved the box of fresh apples to the bench:
"This is an order from Her Majesty the Queen and I owe my loyalty to my Queen and I will fulfill her orders and not question them."
Everyone has their own attitude towards life, not to mention that this amazing female knight has come here, maybe she can really succeed, so Shade did not continue to ask, but said to himself:
"Actually, I also have a knighthood, but I am loyal to my princess, a very beautiful red-haired beauty."
This refers to Lesia. Although Shade is also loyal to Margaret, it is as "Grey Eagle II" and not as "Hamilton of Reged".
"Since you are loyal to the princess, shouldn't you implement all the orders and requirements you have for that princess?"
The gray-haired knight lady couldn't help but ask. Shade thought for a while:
"Well, I can't say about orders. She usually doesn't give me any excessive demands. And even if there are any requests that I don't like, we can all talk about it. After all, we are all a family."
Miss Meister, who was listening to them, covered her mouth and laughed, while Miss Knight blinked her eyes. After understanding the meaning of Shade's words, she was not very surprised:
"It turns out that you became a princess knight as the princess's husband. But you must be a good match. It's rare for a princess to choose her husband in this way."
After they finished sorting out the large amount of supplies provided by Shade, Grandma Siam Nord was able to sit up with the help of Miss Sandel.
Calculating the time, it took Shade more than twenty minutes to go back and forth just now. In addition, it took a lot of time to understand the situation at the beginning. His time exploration this time is also nearing the end.
"Although we encountered some accidents when we came back, fortunately we still gained something. I will let Grandma Siam Noord explain what happened on the way later. It involves her privacy. Let's take a look at these things now."
Everyone gathered around, and the female knight Miss Knight took the initiative to help the elderly elf.
Shade then showed half a stone tablet, a roll of parchment and a strange piece of metal that he had brought from the ruins.
No one knew what the metal object in one-third of the disk was. Miss Meister certainly knew it, but she did not say anything. However, the remaining half of the stone tablet and the parchment roll could be deciphered.
The content of the two materials is not much, and the text belongs to the early Fifth Age. Both Shade and Granny Siam Nord can translate it. As for the mermaid girl, she scratched her sleeves embarrassedly:
"Well, my grades in ancient Chinese have never been good."
This is very similar to Iluna.
Shade translated the parchment, and Siam Noord's mother-in-law translated the stone tablet with a small number of letters. It took her two or three minutes to read the content on it:
"The stone tablet tells the story of that ruins."
In order to prevent memory loss, while Siam Nod's mother-in-law was dictating, Miss Knight wrote down the contents with a pen.
"That temple ruins originally belonged to a believer of a certain god who did not leave a title. The temple was located in an ancient country in the Western Continent. But one day, the god punished his believers and after the divine punishment came from the sky, the entire kingdom overnight
It turned into a desert without any grass.
So most of the people in the kingdom left their hometown and went into exile. Only a few priests and priests remained in the temple, praying for forgiveness from the gods.
They waited and waited, and finally, after two generations, only the last priest remained in the temple. He carved this stone tablet alone, hoping that their stories would not be completely covered up by the wind and sand."
The elf's old hand touched the stone surface:
"The missing second half of the slate should be the last priest's detailed description of his own experience, but it can't be seen now."
"Mother-in-law, you said that the temple ruins were originally in the Western Continent? So how did it come to this desert now? Could it be that the strange desert we are in now is actually in the Western Continent?"
The blue-haired Miss Sandel asked curiously, and Granny Siam smiled and shook her head:
"I can't tell you directly where we are. The elves usually call this area the 'border'. This is not a normal space. There is no need to explore the specific location."
"border?"
Shade's ears twitched and he put down the roll of parchment in his hand:
"I have understood the content here, and it is not complicated. Although the group of priests and priests who stayed behind want to pray for the gods' forgiveness, some people are thinking of using other methods to turn the cursed barren land back into a
The original appearance.”
"Is it related to this?"
Miss Meister pointed at the piece of metal, giving herself a sense of participation. Shade knew that she knew everything from the beginning:
"Yes, through various channels, they finally learned about the strange creation of the 'Heart of Oasis'"
Everyone looked at Xia De expectantly, and Xia De shook his head hurriedly:
"No, no, this piece of metal is not the heart of the oasis, but one-third of the compass that can point to the heart of the oasis.
Until the death of the last priest, they were unable to find the remaining part of the compass. The priest was worried that their attempt to bypass the gods and change the desert on their own would lead to more serious divine punishment, so they finally wrote about this matter.
The parchment scroll and the third of the compass are hidden in a remote location of the temple."
Miss Knight quickly recorded, and Shade read out the method of using a complete compass written on the bottom of the parchment. In fact, it is very similar to a normal compass, except that it requires some water and sunlight.
"The harvest from this outing was great. It should be said that it is definitely not a coincidence that we were able to find this fragment in this boundless desert."
Grandma Siam was very rational. After regaining her energy, she was still the leader of the team. Her eyes swept across everyone's faces:
"Since a compass fragment can unexpectedly appear, maybe a second and third piece can be found nearby."
"Mother-in-law, are there any other ruins worth exploring nearby?"
Shade then asked, and the blue-haired Miss Sandel answered on her behalf:
"Although before you appeared, we did not find valuable areas every time we went out to explore, but apart from your destination this time, there are indeed at least four areas that can be explored nearby. But the distances to other areas are not close.
We used to set out after dark fell."
Looking at the sunshine outside, it was obvious that Shade could not experience the desert night this time.
"Let's go to that place first."
The lady with light brown skin said with a smile, the gods were obviously guiding them:
"Mother-in-law, do you remember? It was the time when Miss Sandel, I, and Miss Knight all went out."
The old elf smiled and nodded:
"Remember, that was the only time that all three of you went out. I remember that you found a tomb with a statue of a knight, but you couldn't get close to it? Yes, this is indeed necessary to investigate."
"The tomb? What was the specific situation at that time? Why can't you get close to it?"
Shade asked. Unexpectedly, Miss Knight gave the answer:
"You have to wear armor to get close to the statue. I was wearing the armor at the time and found that the other two ladies were blocked by invisible barriers. After I gave the armor to them, I was ejected directly from the statue. The one wearing armor
Miss Sandel was able to get closer."
"Because we were not sure what the situation was, we didn't dare to stay there for long. Now that I think about it, it was one of the few places we found in the desert that had extraordinary power."
The blue-haired mermaid girl also said, and Shade nodded:
"Well, next time I come, I will bring a few extra sets of armor."
In fact, it is enough to just bring the set of golden knight armor given by Miss Gothe at home. After all, even if he goes to visit the statue, Shade will not let everyone go together.
"next time?"
The mermaid girl asked hesitantly:
"If I understand correctly, what do you mean?"
"Yes, I will be away for a while, and the time when I will come back is uncertain, but I will definitely come back."
Miss Sandel still wanted to ask, but was stopped by Granny Siam. After the illusion just now, she roughly understood where the young man blessed by the tree father came from:
"You don't have to think about bringing more food and water when you come next time. I finally understand that this desert will neither let us live nor let us die, it will just let us suffer in the sun. With your supplies this time, we can
That's enough. Before you come next time, please help investigate the information about the 'Heart of Oasis'."
She pointed to everyone here:
"Although we are all here to find that thing, actually none of us know what the 'Heart of Oasis' is."