"Indeed." Claremont glanced at the sky that was quickly darkening, and agreed.
The expressions of the three people became a little complicated.
"Otherwise, I'll take someone to look there again." After a moment of silence, Abel suggested.
"Yeah." Devitt nodded and agreed.
After making a decision in this way, Abel called a few people to follow him to the place where the creek was.
DeWitt and Claremont remained at the barracks awaiting their news.
Half an hour later, Abel and his party returned to the barracks.
"How is it?" Claremont hurried forward and asked.
"We have carefully checked the movement around the creek, except for the footprints that DeWitt led people to step on just now. There is no sign that anyone has been there." Abel reported.
"So that's how it is." Hearing these words, DeWitt's originally suspenseful heart temporarily settled down.
"In this case, let's stay here for one night. Leave early tomorrow." Clement thought for a while, looked at DeWitt and Abel, and suggested.
DeWitt and Abel nodded in agreement.
"It's just that we still need to strengthen our defense tonight," DeWitt instructed.
When Abel took people to investigate, the tents for camping had already been set up.
Only today, DeWitt ordered the soldiers: no fireworks for dinner.
So when it was time for dinner, everyone sat around in the open space of the camp and ate dry food.
"Oh, I really miss the dinner at the barracks restaurant." Austin took a bite of the wheat bread and sighed.
"Me too," echoed a soldier.
Everyone talked about the food in the barracks restaurant, and when they talked about their favorite dishes, they couldn't help swallowing.
DeWitt, who was sitting a little farther away from the soldiers, said with a smile: "Everyone is still chatting very enthusiastically."
"Well, our soldiers have learned to find comfort in memories." Abel continued.
"The days to come will be long, I hope they are mentally prepared." Claremont responded.
The climate in the plains in autumn is relatively cool.
But this is only for healthy people. After dinner, DeWitt was driven back to his camp by Clement and others to rest.
"The weather is getting colder and colder now." After sending DeWitt back to the camp, Claremont and Abel took a walk outside the camp to digest food. A gust of mountain wind shook the grass, and Claremont also felt that he was aroused for a while, and turned to Abel and said.
"It's November now. The sky is getting darker and faster." Abel nodded, looked at the sky, and said.
"It's November. I haven't counted the date since I boarded the ship." Claremont said with emotion, "I didn't expect it to be almost the end of the year."
"It seems that we will spend the New Year on this island this year." Claremont said.
"I have brought enough winter coats." Claremont said with a smile, and walked towards the gate of the barracks: "We should go back."
"Well, but for the elves, there is still no obvious feeling about the temperature." Abel followed Claremont's footsteps and said.
"Huh? I'm really envious." Claremont said in a little surprise: "What about the fire elves? Don't they feel different from usual in winter?"
"This, I don't know very well. But I don't feel very sensitive to temperature and the like." Abel said after thinking about it for a while, shaking his head.
"I haven't asked you before, General Abel, what type of elf mage are you?" Claremont thought of something, and asked, "I haven't heard you say it since the fight against the black elves."
"Actually, my spells are not that powerful. There are many elf soldiers in our team who are stronger than me. I was just chosen as the captain because I was more focused on physical fitness." Abel said embarrassingly : "If you want to say which department my spell belongs to, it should be regarded as the water department."
"Water mage? It's amazing to be able to cultivate physical fitness at the same time." Claremont praised.
When I met Abel for the first time, it could be regarded as subverting Claremont's impression of elves.
Due to talent and other reasons, the elves give other races the image of a group of exquisite and lazy mages.
And a rough general like Abel is also a member of the elves, which really broke a prejudice.
The two continued to chat while walking back to the barracks.
When they reached the gate of the barracks, the two of them saw DeWitt come out of the barracks in a panic and met them head-on.
"What's the matter, Captain DeWitt?" Abel asked anxiously.
"Two soldiers fainted." DeWitt replied, his jacket was wrinkled, and it seemed that he had just received a message from the soldiers, so he ran out without paying attention to his clothes.
"Where is it?" Claremont asked nervously.
"By that creek, I heard that a group of them went there to drink fresh water, and found that the water in that creek was poisonous." A soldier stepped forward and reported carefully.
"What?!" Claremont and Abel Qiqi asked in surprise.
"Has the person been brought back?" Abel asked the soldier who rushed back to report.
"It should be on the way being carried back." DeWitt strode towards the direction of the creek.
"Let's go and have a look. DeWitt, you wear so little, don't go so far." Looking at the thin autumn clothes on DeWitt, Claremont suggested.
"It's okay, my body is not that fragile."
When the two were arguing, they stood at the gate of the barracks and looked: two fainted soldiers walked slowly towards the barracks with the support of four soldiers.
"They're back!" exclaimed the soldier.
DeWitt and the other three also noticed the movement, and quickly walked towards the group of soldiers returning to the camp.
"Captain DeWitt, Captain Claremont, and Captain Abel. I'm sorry, I'm sorry." A soldier of the Camel had obviously just cried, and apologized as he knelt on the ground with red eyes.
"Wait, don't panic." Devitt commanded: "Call the medical team over!"
Abel stepped forward and placed his palms near the hearts of the two fainted soldiers, and a spiritual force penetrated from his palms.
Immediately afterwards, Abel's face sank, stood up and said to DeWitt: "No need. They have no signs of life."
"Ah" DeWitt opened his mouth and couldn't say anything, tears fell directly from his eyes.
Judging from Abel's expression, what he said was indeed true.
(end of this chapter)