Lord of the Oasis

"But, we only found fifteen people. Aren't there twenty-five Calradian soldiers in the reconnaissance team?" Derrick said strangely.

The soldier who delivered the message turned ugly. He slapped himself on the head and said, "I'm sorry, Commander Derrick. I have one more piece of news I haven't told you."

"What?" Derrick became slightly uneasy.

"There are a total of twenty-five soldiers in the reconnaissance team. Fifteen of them were found on the outskirts of Durandal. Three of them were injured during the mission on the island. Yesterday evening... eight of them were salvaged ashore." The soldier said unbearably: " In other words, except for the soldiers you worked so hard to find, everyone else has been killed."

Derrick raised his head in disbelief after confirming what the soldier said. He immediately turned his back and frowned to prevent tears from falling in his eyes.

"That's it." After a while, the soldier heard Derrick's response.

"Please ask Derrick to express condolences." The soldier lowered his head and said.

"So, where are their remains now?" Derrick asked choked, "It's always good to recover the remains."

"It's on its way back to Dehreim." The soldier replied, "The funeral will be held in the military camp."

"Well, okay. After I take care of things here, I will go back to Dehreim to attend their funeral." Derrick said, "Then will you set off now?"

"Yes." The soldier replied: "His Majesty Kant and the others are still in Cumberland because of the missing soldiers. I have to go back and report the news."

"Well, I wish you a safe journey." Derrick said to him when he saw that the soldier delivering the message was about to jump on his horse.

"Thank you, Commander Derrick." The soldier said while riding on his horse, clasping his fists.

After that, he whipped his horse and rode farther and farther under Derrick's gaze.

After Derrick walked into the military camp, he immediately rushed to the area where DeWitt and his team were resting.

Although the clinics in the military camp were prepared for the incoming wounded, their manpower was still far from enough. Only one person can take on the work of several people. Moving in and out of the clinic.

Derrick grabbed a medical soldier who passed in front of him and asked him, "How is the soldier who fainted?"

"Report to Commander Derrick!" The medical soldier immediately stood up straight and replied, "The soldiers have suffered severe frostbite and are now undergoing a full body examination."

"What does serious mean?" Derrick asked doubtfully.

"Some patients may require amputation." The medical soldier looked at him seriously and replied.

"Are you kidding me?" Derrick pushed the medical soldier away and shouted, "They are soldiers! You told me they need amputation?"

"Water seeped into the knee joint, and all the cartilage tissue inside has become necrotic." The medical soldier followed him and carefully explained: "If the soldiers wake up, they will probably lose feeling in their legs."

Derrick listened to his words and stopped in front of DeWitt's bed.

DeWitt's lips, which were originally purple from the cold, have gradually softened in color. The muscles on his face also relaxed.

Derrick's tears fell on the white quilt. He felt sad that he was helpless at this time.

Kant has been living in Cumberland for three days, and the salvage work has long been completed. In the past few days, Bandak led his soldiers to search near Cumberland. About a thousand meters away from the city gate, a pile of firewood left over from a fire for heating was found.

The means of survival in the wild is a compulsory course for every Calradian soldier in the training before joining the army. Even the way to camp in the wild is fixed and unified.

After Bandak confirmed that this was a trace left by Calradian soldiers, he immediately reported this clue to Kant.

"Judging from where they are staying, they are following the official path of the Elf Kingdom." Bandak analyzed: "They are indeed going to Durandal."

"Tomorrow, continue to take the soldiers in the direction you speculate and search.

Now we are just waiting for the news from Durandal. Kant nodded and said.

"Yes." Bandak replied.

Without confirming the movements of every missing soldier, every night is difficult.

Kant sat in his room with his eyes open all night. I can never control the restless emotions in my heart.

Until dawn, the soldier who sent the message knocked on Kant's door. The list of the number of people rescued was handed to Kant.

Kant then took a long breath, asked the soldier to report the news to Bandak, and went back to bed to rest.

I slept straight into the evening.

When Bandak hesitated to wake him up, Kant opened the door and walked to the dining room to start enjoying dinner.

"Your Majesty, you are finally awake." Bandak found a chair next to Kant and sat down, and said to him.

Kant cut off a small piece of steak, put it in his mouth and chewed it. It wasn't until he swallowed it that he replied: "What do you want from me?"

"The Elf King got in touch with the shipping company that operates ships on the island." Bandak Hui reported: "The people there said that after the crew took the hush money, they spent their money freely in the dwarf town on the island. News It made a big fuss, and now it’s been locked up by people from the shipping club.”

"We will leave for the island tomorrow and let the people from the shipping company monitor this group of people for a while. Don't take any action before we arrive." Kant said calmly: "That group of people still dare to return to the island. I really don’t know what they were thinking. Even if we don’t go looking for them, the forces from the dark side of the island will probably come. I guess in the end, the money will not be spent and the lives will be lost.”

"Your Highness, do you think the forces on the island will clean them up?" Bandak asked doubtfully.

"What I'm talking about is just a possibility. Whether it will take advantage of others or not depends on how far the people behind the scenes want to go." Kant wiped his mouth with a napkin and replied.

"That's it. Since we are leaving tomorrow, I will go and inform the soldiers to get ready." Bandak nodded and replied.

"Yeah." Kant nodded and said, "By the way, where's Raphael? Remember to bring him with you."

"After I beat him that day, he fell on the bed and didn't get up." Bandak frowned and replied, "I'll find someone to check on him tonight."

"Don't be hard on him. We will need him to do a lot of things in the future." Kant warned.

"Alas," Bandak sighed and said, "Anyway, Raphael is already an enemy in my eyes. Your Majesty Kant, you have your own plans, but I can't cross the line in my heart."

Kant turned around and stared at Bandak for a long time.

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