As Richard said, the excavation site is not far from Taklimakan Lake, and it didn't take much time to get there.
Richard was naturally the first one to arrive. He had a strong base and was extremely fast. Even with hidden strength, he could surpass Nancy.
After that, Nancy arrived second.
When Nancy arrived, she saw Richard standing by the lake in deep thought, as if he had finished his inspection. After taking a look, she found that Richard's clothes were dry, but there were water stains on the ground near his feet. Nancy deduced that Richard must have been in the water, but she didn't know what she found.
Stepping up to Richard, Nancy asked, "What, did you find anything?"
"It's a bit of a discovery. It's a little more than I guessed before, but it's almost the same." Richard replied.
"What exactly is it?" Nancy was a little curious.
"This... It's not easy to explain to you, but one thing I can tell you clearly is that there are indeed some dangers in Taklimakan Lake. In the future, if there are no special circumstances, it is better to stay away from it." Richard said.
Nancy was puzzled, but her pride prevented her from asking questions persistently. After listening to Richard's words, she responded calmly: "Is that so? Okay, I will remember your reminder."
After finishing speaking, Nancy saw Richard turning around and preparing to leave, and she was about to follow him.
At this time, Gro, as the third person, had just arrived.
"Puff, puff, puff..."
Breathing heavily, Gro struggled to the edge of the lake. There was a sound like a broken bellows in his chest. He stared at Richard and Nancy and asked with a bit of resentment: "Why did you two suddenly abandon me?" , come here?”
"Nothing, just checking some things. It's done." Richard said.
"Well, it's done?" After hearing this, Grot felt inexplicably panicked and asked, "What's next?"
"Of course I left. Everything has been checked. Why are you still here?"
Gro: "So, I finally ran here, and now I have to run back?"
"It doesn't count as running back. I have many guesses about the location of the small village of Artis. I just made the first guess about the location. That location does not match the location. I am planning to visit several other places, so it should be said that it is a transfer." , Richard walked aside.
Gro: "..." This is obviously worse than "running back". He really wants to die. But when he saw Richard and Nancy walking away, he followed them reluctantly.
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At night, in Deep Blue Castle.
With a "pop" sound, Gro threw himself on the bed in the room where he lived. He felt that his whole body was about to fall apart. There was no doubt that today he might have dug all the soil for the rest of his life. He was exhausted.
No, not only was he terribly tired, he was so tired that he was hallucinating. Otherwise, why would he have seen a white shadow floating in from the door
Gro blinked his eyes hard, and suddenly realized that it was not an illusion at all, but a white shadow actually floated in - a frosty Nancy.
"You... why are you coming to my place if you don't sleep?" Gro said tremblingly, feeling terrified in his heart: Could it be that the other party is dissatisfied and is ready to take revenge now? However, weren’t they still secretly retaliating before? Now are they all aboveboard? This is a bit bullying!
Nancy, who was standing by the bed, glared at Gro and said, "You are overthinking. I am here just to remind you: Get up early tomorrow and dig the soil."
"Ah!" Grotto was shocked, "Why? I don't remember promising Mr. Richard to accompany him to continue digging!"
"Of course I know that you didn't agree. But I agreed, and I agreed for you." Nancy said, raising her eyebrows, "What, is there a problem?"
"Of course there is a problem, why?" Gro was extremely sad and angry, and rarely had the courage to resist. "What good does this do to you? Even if you retaliate against me, you don't have to do this. You will suffer too, okay?"
"I am indeed tired, but you will be even more tired, and when I see you suffer, I am satisfied in my heart, that's it." After saying that, Nancy turned around and left. What she didn't tell Gro was that the reason why she agreed to continue helping Richard was not revenge at all, but an equal exchange for some spell-casting materials from Richard.
Of course, in a sense, it is actually considered revenge, but revenge is more valuable.
Gro didn't know the inside story. After Nancy left, he put a pillow over his head in despair. At this moment, he wanted to suffocate himself.
It would be fine if you died. If you die, you don't have to get up or dig in the soil.
Gro thought this, and three seconds later, he was disappointed... and fell asleep.
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The next day, early morning.
Gro and Nancy appeared downstairs in the stone building where Richard lived. They waited for Richard to come out and continued digging outside the Deep Blue Castle together.
As a result, after waiting for a while, Gro and Nancy saw two girls coming from a distance, one was weak and the other was strong. They were the cat slave girl Heidi and the righteous girl Nelide.
Heidi and Nailid stopped in front of the stone building, looked at the door, exchanged a few words in a low voice, as if they were unsure, turned their heads and looked at Gro and Nancy.
Heidi asked in a low voice: "Um... Excuse me, is Mr. Richard living in this building?"
"Richard?" After hearing Heidi's question, Nancy raised her eyebrows, looked at Heidi and Nellid beside Heidi, and asked, "Are you here to see him?"
"Ah, yes. My senior sister and I are both students from Jungle Lodge Green Wind Gathering Area. We rushed to Deep Blue Castle yesterday evening. Later we found out that Mr. Richard seemed to be arranged to live here, so we came here specially this morning. Take a look." Heidi replied obediently, glanced at Nancy and asked, "Then you... know Mr. Richard?"
"We know each other," Nancy said. "The idiot next to me and I are both his friends."
"That's it."
"What's your relationship with Richard?" Nancy asked.
"Senior sister and I can be considered friends of Mr. Richard. Mr. Richard saved my life." Heidi said.
"He saved me too." Nailide interrupted, glanced at Nancy, and asked, "By the way, you and the guy next to you are friends with Richard, so why are you standing here and not going in to find him? Could it be... and We are also not sure, does he live in this stone building and are he going to ask the others?"
"Of course not." Nancy said, "The two of us are just waiting here for him to come out, and then help him a little bit."
"Help?" Heidi and Nelide couldn't help but ask, "What's the deal?"
"Digging."
"Um?"
"Actually, it's not just digging the soil." Groda said, "It's because we are inspecting some underground things, so we need to dig out the surface soil. We are just doing this for Mr. Richard. We have been helping you all day yesterday."
"Have you been helping all day? Then...are you tired?" Heidi asked.
"Is this..." Grotto scratched his head and said vaguely, "If you want to help join, you must be no more tired than yesterday."
That…
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