Early the next morning, Sheldon told the people in charge about this matter. Everyone thought that these lazy officials would not take this seriously and directly execute the bandits, but they did not do so.

Things seemed to be more complicated than they seemed. Their trip was delayed for a whole day, and all the mercenaries had to accompany the prisoners to sit in jail for a day. Sheldon also felt that this phenomenon was indeed strange, but he did not come.

After passing [Land of Desire], I don’t know what the terrain and climate characteristics are like here, and I can’t judge...

"Have you been here before?" Sheldon poked the extinguished bonfire with his chestnut wand, and the flames spread upward.

Prilius raised his eyebrows and said, "I have been here before, but there are two areas in Sisig itself, separated by a large river. I have only stayed in this place for a while."

"What were you doing here?" Sheldon yawned, and the milk floating on the campfire was quickly heated. "Son, come here, drink the milk."

Merlin took the warm cup and drank it in small sips. Peleleus rubbed Merlin's head, pulled off a piece of bread and chewed it with the water in his hand.

"I was looking for a random job here, working in a small town, equivalent to a handyman." Prileus touched his head and smiled, "The name [Land of Desire] is indeed

It can represent this area. There are a lot of mineral deposits in Sisig, and more importantly, this is where Yaris produces most of its gold."

"So there will be people competing for these minerals?" Sheldon casually drew a circle on the ground with a branch, and there was a faint light spot floating in the center of the circle, "Well...here...

The magic coefficient is not high either.”

Pelelius shook his head: "These minerals are directly controlled by the government, and their circulation is restricted. The mining itself also has extremely strict terms. Most people cannot enter the mining area. Crystal Spore is an exception. As usual, this area

From time to time, fountains mixed with extremely high concentrations of magic will appear in places, and then a huge lake will appear, in which crystal spores will grow."

Sheldon knew what Crystal Spore was, but didn't know where it came from. Now he finally understood.

"Because the appearance of the crystal spore lake itself is extremely unstable, the people who specialize in mining crystal spores are called crystal chasers. After all, they have to chase the crystal spores that appear. If you go slower, you won't have to grab them." Pelelius used his hand.

Holding his head, "Generally speaking, crystal chasers will only conflict with each other and will not attack passing convoys. This is an unwritten rule."

"So, because the Crystal Spore Lake here is gradually decreasing, do these Crystal Chasers have to turn into robbers?" Merlin asked, "Then why don't they just disband and do more stable jobs?"

Prilius raised his eyebrows: "Marin, you have to know that finding crystal spores is an industry that can make you rich. Sisgri's consumption level is very high, and these people like to squander their easily obtained money.

, to buy those expensive but useless things. Once they get used to this kind of life, they will definitely not be able to bear it if they go back to the kind of days where they go out early and come back late, and are exhausted every day, but there is no reward. "

Sheldon pinched his chin and sighed: "According to what you said, the magic coefficient here should be very high? I just checked the magic concentration here, and it is not at the level where magic spring water can be sprayed out.

.”

"Then I don't know. In the previous [Land of Desire], Crystal Spore Lake would appear every three days. I haven't been to this place for a long time, and I don't know what kind of situation is happening here." Puliliu

Si shrugged, "Logically speaking, there should be a lot of [Original Runes] underground here..."

"They said before that Crystal Spore Lake decreased two or three months ago... If something had sucked away so much magic power, it would have taken at least a year or two." Sheldon said, "

I have learned about the relevant content in a book before, which is probably the magic flow of [Original Rune]

I couldn't tell the relative speed between the speed and the absorption of magic power at the moment. Whether it is a flesh-and-blood creature or a rune creature, the speed of absorbing magic power has a threshold. Assuming that there are six [Original Runes] in this area,

It will take at least two years to absorb all the magic from this land."

"It sounds so scary..."

Sheldon knocked the ground with the branch in his hand: "Of course, the [Original Rune] itself will continue to release magic power. In addition, the concentration of magic power here is relatively stable, which also shows that the magic power has not been absorbed yet.

.”

Prilius smacked his lips: "It's none of my business anyway. Just take the money and leave. It's such a simple thing..."

"Maybe there will be a small group of thieves coming in the future," Sheldon said. "Be more careful. After all, they will cut off their previous financial path."

"Without the crystal spores, many people will probably feel uncomfortable for a while, haha." Prileus smiled, "This is a good thing to replenish magic power."

"You probably can't afford it, so you're so happy." Merlin pierced Peleleus's heart this time.

Sheldon burst out laughing. They had a lot of time today, and they still had to take care of these orc prisoners. Fortunately, the weather was good today, otherwise they would have had to spend more effort to build a few more simple tents.

That afternoon, Merlin saw a group of people walking on foot not far from the convoy. They seemed to be walking in the same direction as the convoy's intended route.

"Dad, what do you think they are doing?" Merlin pointed to the stream of people slowly squirming on the ground in front of him, "Are they also crystal chasers?"

Sheldon frowned and shook his head: "I don't know either. How about we ask Uncle Pelelius?"

Unexpectedly, Pelelius didn't know either. He said that ordinary crystal chasers don't walk on foot, and riding on horseback is their form of transportation all year round.

"They may just like to go like this. Look, there is a flag at the front of the team." Merlin made his hands look like a telescope and put them in front of his eyes. "Three small stars, one big star, and an eye."

, do you know what pattern this is?"

Merlin saw a huge star pattern in the center of the flag, with three slightly smaller stars scattered around it, and at the top were simple but solemn-looking eyes, as if looking at

Just like the stars below. There is no trace of magic on the flag, it is just a piece of cloth.

"It's probably some weird organization that cheats money..." Prileus pouted, "Everything in the [Land of Desire] is not trustworthy. If you don't pay attention, you may

The money in my trouser pockets is gone.”

"They don't have anything on their backs, and they are definitely not the Chamber of Commerce." Sheldon yawned and walked towards the rest area of ​​the orcs, "I'm going to check on the prisoners for a while, son, you stay here.

"

Merlin nodded, sat down on the round wooden post, and looked at the group of people from a distance.

The grassland of Sisig is very broad, connected with the blue sky above. Under the soft and light white clouds, a small group of people turned into a group of small ants between heaven and earth, walking forward slowly but firmly.

The little boy pursed his lips, and the expression on his face gradually became serious. He clasped his hands and let out a long breath. Broken scenes appeared in his eyes. Behind the scenes, there were intertwined chains surrounding them.

In the center of a small white flower, they suck

With the vitality of the white flowers, as the petals gradually withered and cracked, the dark chains gradually became white and translucent. The tightly wound chains soon spread out, and the broken scenes gradually bonded together, belonging to the past of this small team.

This quickly bloomed in Merlin's eyes.
Chapter completed!