Lord of the Oasis

Chapter 797: Crew members who want to leave the city

Early the next morning, Kant summoned Abel and Bandak together. The three began to discuss the operational arrangements for the next two days.

"The time agreed between Shadow and Raphael is at one o'clock in the morning." Abel said.

"If we want to catch Ying at night," Abel said with a confused look on his face, "With our own strength alone, I'm afraid it's still a bit reluctant."

"I have sent soldiers to the dwarf guild in the town." Kant responded: "I hope to find some solutions from the information provided by the dwarves."

"Why not just seek help from the hunters in the dwarf guild?" Abel asked doubtfully.

"I wanted to do this before, but after I inquired about the process of issuing tasks to hunters, I gave up the idea." Kant replied: "And it takes too long for the guild committee members to review the tasks. We can't wait that long." Long."

"That's it." Abel nodded.

"The soldiers will not be able to withdraw from the city until evening. Let's discuss how to deploy the personnel then." Kant suggested.

"Yes." Bandak nodded in response: "In order not to make Ying suspicious, the soldiers on duty that night can patrol as usual. After Raphael gave us the signal, I took my Calradian soldiers to seal the The entrance and exit of the entire military camp.”

"We can leave the aerial inspection to us." Abel then said: "That evening, I will take some soldiers to leave the camp early and observe the shadow's whereabouts from a distance."

"Shadow's ability to sneak into the military camp is weird and unpredictable." Kant warned: "If you want to take precautions in advance, you must be careful."

"Yes!" Abel responded.

"When the time comes, I will bring the guards accompanying me to join Bandak." Kant said, "Use the tricks the dwarves taught us to subdue him."

"Your Majesty," Bandak and Abel looked at each other and said worriedly: "In order to ensure that we are not attacked, it is better to stay in the camp and wait for the result."

"No." Kant shook his head and replied: "I should still give the order for action. If there is any important information learned from the conversation between Raphael and Shadow, I will also need to make the decision. Decision to change plan of action.”

Abel and Bandak saw that Kant always insisted on his own views, so they also made compromises on this issue.

This concludes the early morning action meeting.

Kant heard the uniform running sound of the elf soldiers outside the camp. He looked at Abel strangely and asked, "I remember that the elf soldiers' physical training time is not so early, right?"

Bandak walked to the door of the camp, took a look, turned back to Kant and said, "It looks like the group that left the restaurant last night."

"They didn't behave like soldiers last night." Abel explained: "As punishment, I ordered all of them to run twenty laps around the military camp this morning."

"Twenty laps?" Bandak said in surprise: "For elf soldiers who usually neglect physical training, running like this is really exhausting."

"Well, occasional punishment is also necessary." Kant nodded. It was obvious that he did not approve of the style of these elven soldiers.

Abel lowered his head to Kant and said nothing.

The Calradian soldiers who entered the city came back before dinner and brought information about the dwarf guild.

"The action this time was really fast." Abel said, holding a stack of guild-made manuscript papers: "The last time DeWitt and Clemont went to the guild to look for information, the people from the dwarf guild arrived the next day. I sent someone to deliver the information early in the morning."

"Perhaps it's because the route taken this time did not pass through the hunter himself." Kant explained: "Our soldiers searched for this information themselves in the database of the Dwarf Guild."

"It's still possible?" Abel asked in surprise.

"Yes. But these materials need to be returned to the database after being borrowed." Kant replied: "And the deposit is also astonishingly high."

"That's it." Abel nodded.

Kant and Bandak each took away part of the information in Abel's hands. The division of labor was looked at and discussed in low voices from time to time.

"It seems that we have to use the magic of the elves to deal with the shadows." After reading all the information, Kant took a sip of tea and said.

"But the light magic mentioned in the ancient books does not exist among the elves today." Abel said with a frown.

"It doesn't have to be light magic. Maybe fire elves can also achieve the same effect." Bandak suggested.

"Well." Kant took out a page of manuscript paper and said, "Since the ancients have left behind a diagram of the shadow-controlling formation, let's try the power of this formation."

"Okay then." Abel took the page of manuscript and studied it carefully. Then he said: "I will find a way to adapt this formation. Let it have the effect of restraining the shadow in our hands."

"Thank you for your hard work." Bandak said looking at Abel.

"It's okay." Abel said with a gentle smile: "The magic circle is still a relatively difficult area for me. I have to take the drawings back to discuss with other comrades. The remaining time is quite tight, then I will I’ll take my leave now.”

"Yes." Kant nodded, stood up and saw Abel off.

Then he sat back down and started discussing with Bandak the method of fighting tomorrow night.

It wasn't until dinner time that the two of them walked out of the tent in the center of the camp and headed for the restaurant.

An elf soldier stopped in front of Kant and saluted: "Your Majesty Kant, Commander Bandak."

"What's wrong? What's the matter?" Kant gestured for him to get up and asked.

"The crew in the city is preparing to leave the city tomorrow." Soldiers reported.

"Do you know where they are going?" Kant frowned and asked.

"Judging from their conversation, it seems that they are going near the volcano." The soldier said, "They said they want to follow the dwarf caravan out of the city."

"Why are they traveling so far?" Bandak asked confused.

"These crew members have long been notorious on the shore of the island." The soldier explained: "They probably want to find a job in a small town at the foot of the volcano where no one knows them."

"That's it." Bandak nodded.

"Find a way to keep them. You can also use money to send away the group of dwarf merchants who want to take them out of the city." Kant ordered.

"Yes," the soldier replied.

"We don't have any winding paths to get relevant information about the situation at the foot of the volcano." Kant said to Bandak: "We cannot allow this group of crew members to escape there."

Chapter 798: The laborious formation

"Yes!" the soldier responded after receiving Kant's order.

"Have you reported this matter to Abel?" Bandak asked.

"Already reported to Captain Abel." The soldier nodded: "It's just that the captain and a group of other soldiers seemed to be very busy, so he asked me to tell the news to His Majesty and the commander."

"Well, Abel and the others are busy preparing for tomorrow's action." Kant said, "It's better not to disturb him for the time being."

"I understand," the soldier responded with a bow.

"Thank you for your hard work, go back and rest quickly." Kant comforted the soldiers who had been busy outside all day.

After thanking him, the soldier turned and left.

"It seems that since the crew came ashore, the dark side forces have not sent anyone to find them." Bandak said to Kant while walking on the way to the restaurant.

"In the eyes of the dark side forces, the shipwreck is just an arranged episode." Kant shook his head and replied: "They don't know these crew members. However, if this group of crew members goes to the foot of the volcano, Sooner or later, you will come into contact with dark side forces."

"That's it." Bandak nodded.

The two walked into the restaurant in the military camp and sat down in a familiar corner. As soon as he sat down, he saw Raphael appearing alone at the door of the restaurant.

"Raphael." Bandak stood up and called.

"Huh? Commander Bandak, His Majesty Kant." Raphael was stunned and responded: "Where is Abel?"

"You came to see him?" Bandak said as he motioned for Raphael to sit down: "He is still busy now. I guess they have to find someone to deliver dinner to them today."

Raphael hesitated for a moment and sat down next to Kant. He asked Bandak in surprise: "Them?"

"Didn't you notice that there are a lot less people in the restaurant today?" Bandak said with a smile: "Abel is leading his men to plan the magic circle that will be set up to catch Ying tomorrow."

"Haha, after all, this is my second time in the restaurant today," Raphael said with an apologetic smile.

"Ah" Bandak thought of what happened in the restaurant yesterday, and his expression became embarrassed because of his gaffe.

"Magic circle? I have never heard of Abel doing such a thing before." Raphael shook his head and said indifferently.

"He didn't create it himself. We found the drawings of the shadow-restraining formation from the dwarf guild's database." Kant explained.

"After dinner, let's go over together and see how they plan." Bandak suggested.

"Yeah." Raphael nodded and said, "I'm still curious about what kind of magic circle Abel will lead."

Kant nodded in approval to Bandak. His portion of dinner had been brought to the table by the waiter in the kitchen, and he was eating quietly at this time.

After a while, Bandak and Raphael's meals were also served.

During the meal, Bandak raised his head and glanced at Raphael's eating posture, smiled and said: "By the way, Raphael, how is your recovery going? I saw you were still sick a few days ago. Now, my appetite seems much better."

"You're in good health." Raphael wiped his mouth with a napkin and responded: "I used to feel very dazed and often had insomnia. I think it's probably a psychological effect."

"It's good to recover." Bandak nodded.

Kant paused while eating and glanced at Raphael, but did not say anything.

Today's dinner took about an hour.

After sitting there and chatting with each other for a while, Kant took Bandak and Raphael to the camp where Abel was.

There were more than a dozen elf soldiers standing in the large tent. In addition to the soldiers standing guard, all the elf mages were present.

When everyone noticed Kant opening the door curtain and walking in, they all knelt down on one knee and saluted: "Your Majesty Kant! Commander Bandak."

Raphael walked behind, being completely obscured by Bandak's tall figure, so no one noticed that he was there.

"Abel, how is the progress of the magic circle?" Kant walked up to Abel and asked softly.

"We have found a new way to solve the problem of missing light elements." Abel said with joy: "The formation should be completed before tomorrow morning."

"Well, thank you for your hard work." Kant's eyes were full of trust and he nodded to Abel.

"Thanks to everyone working together to figure out a way to solve the mana source problem." Abel turned his attention to other soldiers in the camp and said with a smile.

Some of the elven soldiers lowered their heads in embarrassment.

"What are you going to do?" Raphael asked curiously.

After seeing Raphael's figure, disbelief and surprise came from the elven soldiers.

"We plan to condense various elements together to replace light magic and become the magic support of the entire magic circle." After seeing Raphael's face, Abel explained with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

"It's indeed a good idea." Raphael thought for a while and agreed with a smile.

"It may take about fifteen minutes for us to set up the magic circle." Abel looked into Raphael's eyes and said, "It's up to you how to delay the time."

"Fifteen minutes, Ying and I have met so many times, and the total conversation time is not that long. However," Raphael said in a relaxed tone: "I will try my best."

"Thank you," Abel responded.

After the conversation between the two ended, the atmosphere in the venue seemed a bit deserted.

"The soldiers haven't had dinner yet." Kande said in a warm voice: "I asked the kitchen to reheat the breakfast reserved for you. It will probably be delivered soon."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" the soldiers said in surprise. I originally thought I had missed my meal and could only nibble on the dry food in my luggage. I didn’t expect Kant to be so careful!

"You will probably have to stay up all night tonight to work on the magic circle." Kant said with a smile: "You must eat enough to have enough energy."

"Wow!" The dining car was pushed into the tent, and dinners for more than a dozen people were placed on it, steaming.

Next to the dinner plate, there was hot coffee for the soldiers.

"Your Majesty Kant, thank you." Abel faced Kant and thanked him.

"It's nothing. If you want to thank me, just thank the soldiers in the kitchen." Although Kant knew that Abel was referring to what he said, he still did not thank him directly. He responded easily.

"We will go back to the camp to rest first." Bandak walked to the door of the camp, turned around and waved to Abel, and said, "I'll get rid of you for the rest."

Chapter 799: Chat after dinner

"Yes." Abel bowed to Bandak and watched the three people leave.

"Captain Abel, please hurry up and have dinner." An elf soldier put down the steak in his hand and greeted Abel.

"Okay." Abel nodded in agreement and sat down next to the soldier. He took his share of the meal. He said to the soldiers who had already started eating: "After eating, everyone will rest for a while and then start working."

"Yes! Captain!" The soldier responded enthusiastically as his mood became high again after giving his stomach a rest.

After Abel finished eating the food on his plate, he walked to the stove in the camp and added some new firewood to the stove. Then he sat on the seat beside him and looked at the soldiers at the table from a distance.

"Captain, you haven't drunk your coffee yet." When Abel was about to fall asleep, a soldier walked up to him carrying two cups of coffee. He greeted and said: "Drink some of this, your body will become warm."

"Thank you." Abel opened his tired eyes and replied to the soldier with a smile.

"It's okay." The soldier smiled proudly.

The two sat quietly for a while by the fire, drinking coffee from their cups.

"Captain Abel," the soldier called softly.

"What's wrong?" Abel was holding the porcelain cup in his hand to warm his hands. After hearing the soldier's call, he was stunned for a moment and responded with a warm voice.

The soldier turned his head to look at him, smiled and said, "It's nothing, I thought you fell asleep again, captain."

Abel also laughed out loud after hearing this and responded: "I'm actually not that sleepy."

After the words fell, the two looked at each other again and started chatting.

"What do you think about Captain Raphael?" In the harmonious atmosphere, the soldier finally mentioned the topic of Raphael.

Abel raised his eyebrows and said: "Before Raphael came to the island, I thought I would never want to see him in my life. But a few days after hearing the news, I still saw him. At the beginning , I still felt angry. However, I felt his powerlessness at that time from his body. I began to imagine, if I encountered Raphael's predicament at that time, what choice would I make? "

"What do you think?" The soldier cast his wandering gaze on Abel and asked nervously.

"I can't give a definite answer." Abel closed his eyes and responded: "Maybe my idea is not broad enough, which caused the hesitation in my heart."

"Is this so?" the soldier put down the porcelain cup in his hand and muttered silently.

"If it were you, what would you do?" Abel met the soldier's gaze and asked with a smile: "The group of soldiers with Rafael are also your former comrades in the same team. In your eyes, , would they be the ones to do that kind of thing?”

The soldier was speechless for a moment when faced with Abel's question.

Abel had no intention of continuing to discuss this topic. After seeing the soldier's speechless appearance, he turned his face away and continued to drink the coffee in his hand.

The next afternoon.

Kant and others received the news that the crew was prohibited from leaving the city.

Bandak asked the soldiers who came back to report: "How did you do it?"

"We took out some silver and gave it to the dwarves guarding the city." The soldier explained: "Let them find an excuse to detain the crew and others. In the morning, the soldiers who were squatting near the crew's original residence saw the crew and the others. The person returned to the hotel."

"Good job." Kant nodded: "There are not many caravans going to the foot of the volcano. This group of people will have to wait for a while if they want to leave the city with the next group of caravans."

"Thank you for your hard work." Bandak said to the soldiers: "Let the soldiers in the city say hello to the dwarves guarding the city and let them release the crew. Don't embarrass them too much."

"Yes!" the soldier bowed and replied.

At this time, Abel was leading his soldiers to set up a formation on the ground where Raphael's camp was located.

And Raphael was sitting aside watching how they operated.

After the conversation between Abel and the soldiers last night, the attitude of the elf soldiers in the camp towards Raphael has softened a lot. Although he just ignored it, he still put down his original cold and stern look.

"Okay." Abel clapped his hands, announcing the success of the formation.

The soldiers who had been busy all night exhaled a sigh of relief and collapsed on the ground.

"Everyone, go and rest quickly. Wait until evening to gather at the camp." Abel ordered his soldiers.

The elven soldiers still have a few hours to replenish their strength.

"Yes, Captain," the soldiers responded. Then they returned to their respective camps, they needed a good sleep.

Abel looked around at the Calradian soldiers who were on duty instead of the elven soldiers, walked up to Raphael, and said, "This formation has been completed. The next step is up to you."

"Well, you should go and rest quickly." Raphael nodded.

"Yes." Abel forced a smile on his tired face and nodded.

Then Raphael passed by and walked back to his tent.

The military camp suddenly became quiet due to the absence of more than a dozen elf soldiers.

There was only the sound of patrolling footsteps of Calradian soldiers.

Bandak led his soldiers to practice in the open space outside the camp. While supervising everyone's training progress, he also paid attention to the movements around him.

However, there were few pedestrians in the camp chosen by the elves. The situation around the camp was as calm as ever.

"It seems that Ying plans to attend the appointment alone." Bandak said to Kant beside him.

"I heard from Raphael that at this time the shadow will bring the rewards given to Raphael by the dark side forces," Kant said.

"What's the reward?" Bandak asked doubtfully.

"I don't know," Kant shook his head and said, "Maybe it's a treasure, maybe it's the scimitar in Shadow's hand."

"Raphael is in danger." Bandak shouted.

"Of course he knows, and now you know too." Kant said casually.

"Abel doesn't know yet, does he?" Bandak frowned and said, "However, according to Raphael's character, it seems that he will not tell Abel personally."

"Raphael and I both hope that the mission will succeed, so we remain silent about it." Kant ordered: "You can't tell anyone else the news."

Bandak's eyes became complicated, he sighed and said, "If Raphael really sacrifices himself for this mission, how will Abel and others face it?"

Chapter 800: An ambush laid in advance

"Everything will pass." Kant looked at the sky in the distance and said, "Besides, if Raphael can successfully hold Ying back, of course we will rush in immediately and rescue him."

"Yes." Bandak stood aside and nodded.

In the evening, the elf soldiers woke up from their sleep, put on their respective mage robes, and stood in the open space of the camp to gather.

"How was everyone's rest?" Abel asked, standing in front of everyone.

"Very good!" the soldiers responded uniformly, the volume being much higher than in the morning.

Abel smiled and nodded: "That's good. Today's mission will last until 1:30 in the morning. I hope you can stay focused until then!"

"Yes!" the soldiers responded.

"Then disband. Go to your respective posts and replace your Calradian comrades who have been on duty for you all day." Abel ordered.

The elf soldiers spread out in small teams and trotted to every corner of the camp, waiting for the night to come.

At one o'clock in the morning, Ying sneaked into Raphael's camp on time.

"Long time no see." Ying stood beside the bed and whispered to Raphael lying on the bed.

"Coming?" Raphael heard the sound and rubbed his sleepy eyes, got up, walked to the square table, sat down, and lit the candlestick on the table.

This was the signal he sent to everyone in Calradia.

Ying saw his actions, frowned and said, "What are you doing?"

"Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot that you are afraid of light." Raphael smiled apologetically, then turned around and blew out the candlestick.

After Kant and others saw the moment of fire, they immediately sent out troops and laid an ambush around the camp.

Abel also led his elf mages to the camp tent carefully and began to operate the magic circle.

"Abel, you must hold on." Bandak stared at the shaking figure in the tent and prayed in his heart.

"Didn't you say there would be some reward?" Raphael asked pretending to be relaxed.

"Don't talk about that yet." Ying's eyes sank, he sat down next to Raphael, and asked him: "I heard that the crew members who helped you are preparing to escape to the town at the foot of the volcano. Are you ready? When are you going to persuade these people in Calradia to evacuate from the island?”

"How could they listen to me?" Raphael shook his head and said: "Now I can only prevent them from stealing any information from me, and just fight with them. As long as you don't show up, they will find you." If we don’t have any clues, we will naturally evacuate from here.”

Ying's eyebrows showed a bit of anxiety, and he said: "No, they must leave this island as soon as possible. The 'King Lord' and the others are already preparing to go to war with the dwarf army. The human army was still there until then. It will always be detrimental to us if we do this here.”

"Don't worry." After hearing the news of the war, Raphael was stunned for a while and said: "No one sent by Calradia this time has the actual power to mobilize the army. They don't have the guts to participate in the island's war. In the midst of a battle between superior forces.”

"No." Ying said, "You have to find a way to drive them away quickly. If that doesn't work, I can dispatch a few men to help. Anyway, with you as the internal response, we shouldn't have much trouble."

Raphael heard the murderous intent in the other person's words, and his stomach couldn't help but churn. His right hand subconsciously covered his stomach.

"What's wrong with you?" Shadow looked at Raphael and asked.

"I guess I've had a bad stomach, and it's been hurting for a few days. But there's nothing wrong with it." Raphael waved his hand and said, "I guess my body still can't cooperate with you to do those things. Besides, I'm all day long now." Being locked up in this tent, I can't receive any news at all. I'll try and find a way to get rid of this trouble. If I need any help, I'll ask you for help."

"Okay, if you have any needs, just ask the messenger on the island to send a message to me." Ying agreed with Raphael's suggestion and said, "I'll leave first."

Raphael looked at his back as he turned away, and remembered that Abel was still casting spells outside the camp, so he hurriedly asked to stay: "By the way, if a war breaks out, will the 'lords' be in danger?"

Ying turned around in confusion and asked: "When did you start caring so much? Of course, a powerful and noble figure like the 'Kingdom Lord' will not be threatened by anything. When the time comes, if a war begins: Only little people like you and me will suffer.”

"So that's it," Raphael responded guiltily.

Ying saw his expression and thought he was afraid that he would be affected by the war. He walked up to him and said with a half-smile, "It's just that you should no longer be on this island at that time."

"Why?" Raphael raised his head and looked at Ying.

"It's nothing." A hint of coldness flashed in Ying's eyes, and he said, "I just thought you should have escaped by boat by then."

"I see." Raphael lowered his head and responded: "But where can I escape? The Elf Kingdom will not recognize my identity."

"That's your own business." Ying said coldly: "I have other things to attend to, so I'll leave first."

"Okay." Raphael nodded and said, "Next time you come, remember to bring the 'reward' you mentioned."

"What's yours is yours anyway, don't worry about it too much." After Ying left a word of unclear meaning, he climbed over the window and crossed outside the tent. They met Kant and others head-on.

"Raphael!" Ying frowned, knocked angrily at the camp, and shouted angrily.

"What's wrong?" Raphael walked slowly from the front door to Ying, and said with a half-smile: "I've never seen you in a place with lights before, but you look pretty much the same as I remember you. Abhorrent.”

"Haha." Ying sneered: "We will meet again in the future, just wait for me."

Without waiting for Raphael to reply, Ying transformed into a body, preparing to break out of the crowd from the air.

However, it was bounced back by the magic circle set by Abel.

"Ah!" Ying screamed. It fell to the ground, stirring up dust.

"We will indeed meet in the future, but when I want to see you and when I don't want to see you. It all depends on my mood." Raphael walked up to the shadow that was burned by magic and said calmly.

"You traitor!" Ying shouted, "Live as a traitor for the rest of your life!"

"I will." Raphael's eyes narrowed and he replied: "But before I end my sinful life, I hope you can save your life until then!"