In the library of Deep Blue Castle.
Following the previous reminder from wizard Roland, Richard successfully found information about "Deep Blue Castle's surrounding environment in the past few hundred years" in a corner of the first floor of the library.
Taking down some old books and opening some blackened parchment scrolls, Richard browsed them quickly.
One minute, two minutes, three minutes...
One hour, two hours, three hours...
In the blink of an eye, a full three hours passed. Richard's reading movements finally changed. He put down a heavy parchment scroll in his hand, rubbed his brows, and quickly recalled the content he had browsed.
Extract information from the content and put it together like a puzzle, forming a map around Deep Blue Castle in your mind.
At this time, he had learned about the location of the so-called "Artis Village", but it was not accurate. On the one hand, there was no detailed description in the information, and on the other hand, it was too old and many details could not be determined.
For example, there is a very old record in the data that the small village of Artis is located fifteen miles north of Merkel Town. Another relatively new record is that the small village of Artis is located more than 30 miles south of Merkel Town.
So, is the small village of Artis located to the north or south of Merkel Town
Or, are there two small villages of Atis
Or maybe there is only one small village of Artis, but there are two in Merkel Town, sandwiching the small village of Artis
This was just an ordinary example among many pieces of information. There were many similar and inconsistent ones, so he spent three hours and could only determine that the small village of Artis was in an area to the west of the Deep Blue Castle station. There are more than a dozen suspicious places in this area. To find out which one they are, you have to go and see them on the spot.
In this case…
He did what he said, and without much hesitation, Richard turned around and walked out of the library, mounted his horse and left the Deep Blue Castle station, running towards the west.
…
In the afternoon.
Richard rode horseback to the small village of Artis to choose the No. 1 location.
He pulled the horse's reins with his hand, stopped the horse, jumped off the horse, and looked around.
You can see that the surrounding area is a relatively dry ground with very few plants and trees. There are more large and small stones, which looks slightly desolate.
"Could it be here?" Richard said in a voice that only he could hear.
Although it doesn't look like there was a small village here at all, over a long period of time, anything could happen, and the small village that once existed might be buried underground due to some natural disasters or changes in terrain.
In this case, only by carefully digging up the ground and looking at what is buried underground can we determine whether it is the small village of Artis.
But this is no small job, it’s a lot of work.
Richard glanced at the entire ground and had this idea in his mind.
Calling Pandora out may be a good choice, but Pandora can use her strength, but asking the other party to dig carefully is a bit difficult. In addition, Pandora's interest in learning has been rarely aroused recently, so it is better not to interrupt the other party.
So what do you do, do it all yourself
or…
Richard's eyes flashed, and he suddenly turned his head, looked in a direction to the side, and said loudly: "Those who are hiding there, come out. You have been hiding for so long, don't you need to move around?!"
As soon as the words fell, the surroundings became quiet, and even the wind stopped.
The atmosphere was a little awkward, as if everything was Richard's unreal fantasy.
But Richard was not embarrassed, because he believed in his perception very much. When he saw that there was no movement, he raised his voice and asked again: "Are you coming out? If you don't come out, I will use some means, no matter what Are you kind or malicious? Don’t blame me if something happens!”
After the words fell, there was still silence and no response.
Richard raised his eyebrows and without further hesitation, he waved his hand and the magic salt flew out and then detonated.
With a "boom" explosion, a rock more than one meter high was directly blown to pieces, and stone debris flew in all directions.
At this time, there was finally a sound, and a voice came from a withered grass not far from the rock: "Don't attack, we are coming out right now!"
"Throw out your weapons first." Richard said without any politeness.
"Uh, okay-" The man in the grass hesitated for a moment, then threw out two long swords.
"Come out." Richard said.
"Okay." Two figures came out, one man and one woman, one frowning and the other embarrassed, like naughty children who made mistakes and were caught in the first place. Who else could they be if they weren't Nancy and Gro? !
"It's you." Richard looked at Nancy and Gro and said.
"Well, it's us." Gro said, scratching his head, "Sir Richard, let me tell you first, I didn't follow you on purpose. I just followed you to see if I found you and wasn't sure of your identity. I thought I'd be discovered by you. But having said that, I really didn't expect to see you here."
"Me too." Richard smiled.
"Hey, Sir Richard." Grotto thought of something and asked aloud, "When did you notice us? When you dismounted just now?"
"No." Richard shook his head, "I discovered it as soon as I left the Deep Blue Castle station, but I didn't pay much attention to it, so I didn't realize it was you."
Gro: "..."
Nancy suddenly spoke at this time and glared at Grodao: "You heard it, I discovered it as soon as I left the Deep Blue Fort station. This is all your fault, if you hadn't shouted loudly when you left the Deep Blue Fort station. If you scream, you won’t be discovered at all.”
"How can you blame me!" Gro was very unconvinced. If it was normal, he would have admitted it. After all, he couldn't beat Nancy at all, but now with Mr. Richard here, he felt inexplicably emboldened and watched Nancy speak out. He defended, "It's not my fault at all, okay? I was very quiet when I left the station, and it was you who yelled. You forgot, you yelled at me to hurry up and don't lose me, otherwise... boom!"
Before Gro could finish speaking, he was hit hard on the head. Nancy took out a short black staff from her arms and hit Gro on the head hard.
Gro's eyes widened: "You!"
"What am I, it's obviously your fault!" Nancy said, knocking hard again, angrily, "If you had been faster, I wouldn't have bothered to rush you, and I said it was my problem!"
"I..." Gro was very aggrieved and turned to look at Richard, trying to find justice, but found that Richard was watching with interest and had no intention of intervening. Instead, Nancy raised the short method in her hand. The stick seemed ready to hit his head again.
Gro was instantly frightened, looked at Nancy and said weakly: "Okay, okay, it's my fault, okay?"
"It's your fault." Nancy corrected seriously.
Gro: "..." After a moment of aggrieved silence, he protested with his eyes: Don't be such a bully, otherwise... maybe I can't beat you, but I will curse you, you know? !
Nancy hummed softly, as if she was too lazy to pay attention, as if to say: Try it!
Gro: "..." I feel even more aggrieved.