Lord of the Oasis

Chapter 801: Potion that seals spiritual power

Ying's eyes suddenly became sharp, and he said sarcastically: "Short-sighted trash, besides this magic circle, what else can you use to trap me?"

"You don't have to worry about it." At some point, Abel appeared behind Ying, put his hand on Ying's shoulder, and said in a calm tone.

A chill climbed up onto Ying's back, and before he could scream, he was knocked unconscious by Abel's move.

Looking at the figure collapsed on the ground, Kant walked up to Abel and said: "He is right, we don't have any way to restrain him. When he wakes up, he may slip away from us at any time. Walk."

"There is a kind of magic that can seal other people's spiritual power circulated among the elves, but no one in our group has learned this advanced magic." Abel responded: "Give this shadow to the people in the team. As for the medics, they should be able to use spiritual spells to make Kage feel that his spiritual power has been sealed."

"So that's it. That's great!" Bandak cheered from the side. During the battle in the City of the Dead, he had a deep understanding of the magical power of spiritual elves.

"Yes." Kant nodded and said: "I have heard about the power of spiritual mages before. I didn't expect that there are such talents in the army."

"They usually specialize in medical skills." Abel explained: "They don't appear in front of everyone very much."

"Then, we can only leave this matter to those mages." Kant responded: "Hurry up and send Ying to the medical tent."

"Yes!" Abel replied, beckoning to several of his men and telling them: "Please help carry Ying to the medical tent. I will then rush over and explain to Krovka in person."

"Copy that, Captain Abel." Several soldiers agreed.

Then several soldiers carried the sleeping figure onto the stretcher in a hurry, and carried the stretcher towards the camp at the rear.

Other soldiers around him were also sent back to their posts, or returned to their tents to rest.

Kant, Abel and Bandak walked up to Raphael and asked with concern: "Raphael, are you okay?"

"It's okay." Raphael shook his head and replied with a relaxed smile on his face.

"That's good." Bandak breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It seems that the dark side forces are not planning to let us go.

"

The conversation between Raphael and Shadow just now was clearly heard by Kant and Bandak who were ambushed outside the camp.

"Since they decided to do this." Kant raised his eyes and said, "We have to be more proactive."

Abel turned to Kant in surprise and asked: "Your Majesty, are you prepared to participate in the war on this island?"

"We're not sure yet." Kant said calmly: "However, the meaning behind Ying's words should be the instructions given to him by the people behind him. Since the other party's attitude is so decisive, we don't need to pay too much attention to them in the future. Location."

Bandak frowned when he heard this and said: "But we have not yet made contact with the surface forces on the island."

"This is also one of the things we will gradually start to do next." Kant responded: "There is no need to go to the volcano in the center of the island to find the dwarfs. The dwarf towns can be considered a good starting point."

"But how can we get to know the representatives of the bright side forces?" Bandak asked doubtfully.

"There is no special method." Kant shrugged needlessly and stated: "Now the two parties in the city are monitoring each other. The fact that we are attacking the shadow will naturally spread within the two parties. Wait for them to come Just look for us.”

"His Majesty Kant is indeed a man with a long-term vision." Abel admired: "When I participated in this plan, I never thought that catching the shadow would bring such an effect."

"I'm just taking it one step at a time." Kant shook his head and responded humbly: "The most important thing is to successfully capture the shadow. Let's go. By this time, the shadow should have woken up. Let's go and ask he."

"Yes." Bandak and Bandak replied.

"Raphael, thank you for your hard work." Kant patted Raphael on the shoulder and said to him: "This matter has come to an end. You can go back to camp and rest."

After hearing this, Raphael glanced at Abel, smiled and said to Kant: "It's nothing, I'm just talking. Since the leaders have something to do, I will take my leave."

"Yeah." Kant nodded as a response.

After Raphael bowed to Kant and others, he walked back to his tent.

Kant took the two captains beside him and walked towards the tent where the medical soldier worked.

"In the future, Raphael won't need to be involved in action matters, right?" Abel confirmed to Kant.

"I don't know yet." Kant replied: "But there is a high probability that it is."

"So, does he need to be sent back to the Elf Kingdom?" Bandak asked.

"Take him with you for the time being." Kant said: "Raphael's mood fluctuates greatly. If he is sent back to the Elf Kingdom now, he might do something disturbing."

"Yes." Bandak agreed.

The three of them walked into the camp where the medical soldiers were.

As the medical captain, Krovka immediately came forward and said to the three men politely: "Your Majesty Kant! Captain Abel, Commander Bandak. I am Krovka, the medical captain of the elf army."

"Hello." Kant and Bandak greeted Krovka one after another.

"Krovka, is that shadow awake?" Abel asked anxiously.

"Not yet," Krovka shook his head and said, "I have never come into contact with a shadow before, so I can only inject him with a sedative and seal the spiritual power source in his body."

"Sealing the source of spiritual power? How did you do it?" Abel asked in surprise.

"Oh. Of course not using spells. That kind of spell is too complicated. We mortals can't understand it." Krovka explained: "I use a new type of potion that can simulate advanced spells." The effect will prevent the person being injected from using spiritual power temporarily."

"How long is it for now?" Kant asked.

"Three hours." Krovka wiped his sweat and said, "It's just that this is the first time we have used this kind of medicine. So far, it seems that it has had some side effects on Ying's body. So Ying is now Couldn’t wake up.”

"This is troublesome." Bandak frowned and said.

"Continue to observe. It is always good to find labor-saving ways to limit the magic power of the shadow." Kant nodded.

Chapter 802: The list forced to hand over

The three of them sat down next to Ying's bed.

Kant stretched out his hand and touched Ying's arm. After feeling the biting coldness, he immediately retracted his hand.

"Why are his hands so cold?" Kant whispered.

"It seems that this physique is related to the shadow's origin." Abel thought about it for a while and replied: "The body of every shadow is extremely cold until the time of death."

"If you think about it with their weird spells, it's actually not surprising." Bandak took over the conversation and responded.

"How are the soldiers who sent them here?" Kant asked worriedly.

"The soldiers are all mages. They should be able to use magic to resolve such characteristics." Bandak turned his attention to Abel and predicted.

"Well, the soldiers were not injured." Abel nodded: "However, Ying's physical condition is indeed a bit troublesome."

"It's okay." Kant breathed a sigh of relief and said.

After a while, the shadow lying on the bed woke up, and the three of them stopped talking.

"Who are you?" Ying's turbid eyes showed a defensive look.

The room was brightly lit, and this environment made him feel even more uneasy.

"I am the lord of Calradia, Kant. This is the commander of Calradia's army, Bandak. You should have seen this, the captain of the reconnaissance team sent by the elves, Abel." Kant introduced in a calm tone: "That's it, how about your self-introduction?"

"Where am I now?" Ying did not respond to Kant's question, but tore off the quilt on his body and struggled to sit up.

"His Majesty is asking for your name!" Bandak glared at Ying fiercely and warned sternly.

Ying squinted her eyes and looked at him, with a dangerous light in her eyes.

Just when he wanted to activate the spiritual power in his body, he felt shocked that his body was empty. Not a trace of spiritual power exists.

"What did you do to me?!" Ying's expression became distorted, he stared ferociously at the three people in front of him, and roared: "You bastards!"

"It's just to prevent you from having any luck for the time being." Kant said calmly: "As long as you answer our next questions seriously, I will tell you how to remove the seal."

A hint of timidity appeared on "You" Ying's face. He didn't know that there was a senior mage proficient in such spells in this military camp. Now his eyes were locked on Abel. The three of them only used the spiritual power floating on his body. It seemed that he had cast such a spell on himself.

"Are you ready?" Abel met Ying's eyes and asked.

"I don't know anything! I'm just a messenger." Ying shouted.

"Just tell us everything you know." Bandak responded expressionlessly.

"First of all, what is your name?" Kant asked the first question.

"Frey." Ying knelt down on the hospital bed in compromise and replied softly.

"Frey, who is the person instigating you behind the scenes?" Abel said.

"Kara. A snake girl." Frey replied simply.

Bandak and Abel looked at each other, and their expressions became awkward.

"How do you usually keep in touch with him?" Kant asked: "Who else among the dark side forces keeps in touch with you?"

"Send a message. We will only meet once in the middle of each month." Frey raised his head and looked at Kant and said: "What do you want this news for? The war situation on the island is not something you can participate in, you just kill him Me, I won’t tell you either.”

"You murdered our entire ship's soldiers, leaving them dead and disabled. You also planned to attack this camp at night." Kant said bitterly: "What reason do you have for us not to participate? Shipwreck If the people behind the scenes don't give an explanation for the incident, we won't let it go."

Frey was overwhelmed by Kant's momentum and was speechless for a moment.

"It's okay if you don't tell the whereabouts of the remaining people." Bandak stared at Frey and threatened: "Then we will escort you to the volcano to meet the snake woman you mentioned, first floor Find them level by level and see who can outlast whom in the end."

"What seals the spiritual power in you is not a spell, but a newly developed potion that we have developed. The reason why you have been comatose for so long is probably the reason why it was injected into your body." Abel stood there and said nothing. He said nonchalantly: "If this tube of medicine needs to be injected into your body every day, we don't know what the side effects will be."

Frey's eyes were shaken. If he completely loses his magic power due to this mission, it is unimaginable how miserable he will be in the rest of his life.

"Okay." Frey nodded sadly and said, "I can give you the list of personnel I have. However, I have two requirements. First: Find a ship immediately to take me out of the island. Second Two: Promise to give me the antidote."

"Okay." Kant agreed happily. A smile of victory appeared on his face.

That night, after receiving the list of personnel written by Frey, the three of them gave Frey a tube of fictitious antidote and asked him to board the first boat in the morning and leave the island.

"The information Frey spit out is really detailed." Bandak looked at the list and commented.

"Even the address was written down. It was far beyond our expectations." Abel said with a shrug.

Kant picked up the list given by Frey and the list sent by the Dragon Clan a few days ago, and compared it back and forth. He responded: "Don't expect him to give any clues about important people. He just revealed his colleagues in order to send us away."

"Well, that's indeed the case." Abel curled his lips and said.

"Strange, the list of dragons seems to be real," Kant said doubtfully after browsing the two lists.

"Really?" Bandak took the list and started reading it. After a while, he raised his head and said, "It seems that some of the names are repeated."

"The Dragon Clan's news is indeed much better than ours." Abel commented as he glanced at the side.

"How are these people doing now?" Kant asked, facing Bandak.

Bandak was a little overwhelmed by the sudden question. He touched the back of his head and responded awkwardly: "I haven't heard anything from them."

"Probably it has been controlled by the bright forces within the clan." Abel speculated.

"The list written by Frey only mentioned the network of dark side forces in the town. The core of the dark side forces are still concentrated near Huoshang," Bandak said.

Chapter 803: The missing elf in the middle of the night

"You're right." Kant thought for a while and nodded: "The Dragon Clan is really cunning."

"When the public forces in the town find us, do we need to hand over this list?" Abel asked Kant for instructions.

"Well, this list doesn't mean much to us. It can be used as a stepping stone to remind the public forces in the town to cooperate with us." Kant ordered.

"Yes." Abel nodded.

"This mission is successfully completed, everyone has worked hard. Go back and rest." Kant looked around the entire camp and ordered many soldiers.

"Yes, Your Majesty." After receiving the order, the soldiers immediately exited the camp and hurried back to rest.

"Your Majesty, you have worked hard." Abel bowed and said, "Let Commander Bandak and I be responsible for escorting you back to the camp."

"Okay." Kant agreed, and then walked out of the camp.

On the way back to camp, Kant asked Bandak about the training status of Calradian soldiers in recent days.

"The daily training volume of the soldiers is basically the same as that in the military camp. Your Majesty does not need to worry." Bandak sent Kant to the camp door and replied politely.

"Well, you must not relax in your daily training." Kant instructed.

After leaving these words, Kant directed Bandak and Abel to go back to rest, and walked into the camp himself.

"Let's go." After watching Kant return to the camp, Bandak stood up and greeted Abel, who was still half-kneeling on the ground.

The two of them walked back together.

"You've worked really hard today." Bandak put his arm around Abel's shoulders and said to him, "We were barely able to do anything to help."

"The magic circle is just the first line of defense. I didn't expect that this shadow would give up before it even rushed in front of you." Abel declined with a smile.

"I didn't expect this actor to be so timid. When I heard that he was going to attack Raphael, I was extremely nervous." Bandak said.

"Is he going to take action against Raphael?" Abel turned sideways and asked Bandak.

At that time, Abel was concentrating on preparing the magic circle and had no extra energy to pay attention to the conversations in the camp.

"Ah, no." Bandak knew that he had spilled the beans and denied with an embarrassed smile: "It was just the atmosphere of the conversation between the two at that time.

Too nervous, as if the war was about to break out. "

Judging from the words Ying left before leaving, he was indeed planning to attack Raphael next time. The style of the dark side forces is really disgusting.

"So that's it." Abel lowered his head and pondered: "If there really was a fight, Raphael would have no chance of winning. Fortunately, he didn't act impulsively and say anything dangerous."

"This time, Raphael did a pretty good job. Don't worry about these details." Bandak responded: "It is always too dangerous for him to shadow those people. Now the dark side forces can no longer get past us. Do something to him and he will be safe.”

"Yes." Abel nodded: "I hope he can have a good dream tonight."

At this time, the two of them happened to pass by Raphael's tent. Seeing that the candlestick inside was still lit, Bandak wondered: "Two hours have passed since the incident. Could it be that Raphael is still asleep?"

Abel shook his head and said calmly: "He seemed to have a habit of sleeping with a light on before."

"This habit is not good for your health. Although the tent is ventilated, the smoke from the candlestick is not suitable for sleeping people to inhale." Bandak said worriedly.

"I think so too. I've told him countless times, but he still can't change. I can only ask the patrolling soldiers to go in and blow out the candlesticks when they pass by his tent." Abel said helplessly.

"The soldiers must be too busy tonight." Bandak looked around and said, "Let us go in this time."

"Yeah." Abel nodded. Then he gently opened the door curtain with Bandak and walked in.

The moment he entered the camp, Abel felt something strange: several candlesticks in the room were lit.

With this in mind, Abel stopped talking about the candlestick. He walked straight to Raphael's bed.

A letter was found next to Raphael's pillow.

"Hey, where are you going?" Bandak followed Abel's footsteps, chased after him, and asked in a low voice: "What is this? What does 'I'm sorry' mean?"

"Not good." A trace of fear crawled through Abel's heart, and he said tremblingly: "Look where Raphael went."

Bandak also sensed that something was wrong, and hurriedly ran out of the camp, notifying the patrolling soldiers to help find traces of Raphael.

The entire military camp became brightly lit again because of this alarm.

The sound of footsteps coming and going woke up the sleeping soldiers. Everyone put on their coats while yelling and scolded, and walked out of the camp to see what was going on. After hearing the news of Raphael's disappearance from other soldiers, their faces became grim.

"Commander Bandak!" A soldier ran up to Bandak and Abel and reported urgently.

"Any news?" Bandak asked nervously.

"The soldier who got up at night said he saw Captain Raphael walking towards the coast wearing a single coat." The soldier took a deep breath and said.

"When? Why didn't he stop Raphael!" Abel asked.

"About an hour ago, he was not sure that it was Captain Rafael. But after hearing the news of the disappearance, he rushed to report the news to us." the soldier explained in detail.

"Send someone to the beach quickly." Bandak ordered.

Abel rushed out of the camp and ran towards the coast. Bandak looked at his back and chased after him. However, in front of Bandak who cast the spell, he was thrown away a lot.

"Abel! Wait!" Bandak shouted.

Abel made no response.

Walking to the seaside, Abel looked for Raphael on the shore the soldier said. But unexpectedly they found a group of dwarves in uniforms. They were carrying a white stretcher.

"Wait, who are you?" Abel stopped them and asked.

"Staff at the seaport." The dwarf in charge replied calmly: "What can you do?"

"I'm looking for an elf. His name is Raphael. Have you seen him?" After seeing clearly the human figure covered with white cloth on the stretcher, Abel's eyes began to turn red, but he still insisted on finishing the sentence. .

"Elves?" The dwarves carrying the stretcher looked at each other and whispered.

The dwarf commanded several men to put down the stretcher, looked up at Abel and said, "Maybe the elf you are looking for is him."

Chapter 804: Sudden death

When Bandak arrived, he saw Abel breaking down and crying while kneeling next to Raphael's body.

Bandak stood aside silently, looking at the dark sea. There seemed to be a cool breeze blowing through my heart.

"This elf rushed onto a ship and said he was looking for a shadow. Because that shadow was also sent by your elves, we thought we had something to discuss. So we took him to the shadow. In front of me. Unexpectedly, the two of them started fighting without saying a few words. In the end of the struggle, both of them fell off the side of the boat. Our people didn't go there in time, and we were waiting to find a way to pick up the elf from the bottom of the sea. By then, he had stopped breathing." Abel's emotions were too out of control, and the dwarf crew could only explain to the relatively calm Bandak.

"So, where is that famous shadow?" After hearing the whole incident, Bandak couldn't help but shed tears from the corners of his eyes. Choking, he asked the crew.

"Currently, we have only found this body. The salvage work is still in progress." The dwarf said apologetically: "This matter is partly our fault. We will discuss the specific compensation issues within tomorrow." I took the initiative to contact you.”

After leaving these words, the dwarf commander returned to the harbor with the rest of the dwarf crew.

"It's impossible for him not to know that he can't defeat Ying at all." Abel said tremblingly.

Thinking of the suicide note that Raphael left on his pillow, it is obvious that he intended to die.

"We pushed him too hard." Bandak sat down next to the stretcher and said softly, looking at Abel's face that was blue from suffocation.

"It's all my fault. I should, like Lord Kant said, find more time to spend with him." Abel cried heartbrokenly, "I know that he is a person who easily thinks randomly."

Bandak recalled every smile Raphael had shown him during his lifetime, and tears poured down his face.

So many years of fighting on the battlefield did not make him ignore the existence of life. On the contrary, he respected every life.

Thinking again of the warmth and affirmation that this pale face once brought to others, Bandak seemed to have a lump in his throat and was speechless.

"Let's go, let's take him back." Bandak looked at Raphael lying on the ground and said with difficulty.

Abel looked back at him and agreed: "Okay."

The two men took up the stretcher and walked slowly towards the camp.

When the soldiers who were still searching the coast saw this scene, they all moved closer. After seeing Raphael's cold body, the atmosphere suddenly became quiet. They could only silently follow Bandak and Raphael. There were sobbing sounds from the crowd.

Kant was standing at the gate of the camp, waiting for news from the coast. He held tightly the suicide note left by Raphael in his hand. At this time, he did not have the broad aura that he usually sees. The figure walking back and forth looked thinner in the cold winter wind.

When the silhouette of Bandak and his group walking silently appeared in sight, Kant's figure paused, and then his shoulders slumped.

"Your Majesty Kant." Bandak and Abel put down the stretchers, squatted down in front of Kant and saluted.

"What's going on?" Kant's tone was cold. What no one saw was that his hands were trembling.

"Raphael went to find Shadow. During the struggle, the two lost their feet and fell into the deep sea." Bandak's lips tightened and he explained.

"Slip?" Kant knelt down and covered his face with his hands. A muffled voice came out: "I think Raphael did it on purpose."

Abel also covered his eyes with his hands to prevent tears from flowing out.

"This winter has been so long." Bandak looked at the mournful faces of the soldiers behind him, and recalled the scene when he heard about the deaths of Calradian soldiers in the military camp, and a chill covered his whole body.

That night, Kant and others held a funeral for Raphael. Raphael's urn was taken with him by Abel. Because he said he wanted to take him home with him.

Because of this unexpected incident, the atmosphere among the elf soldiers became gloomy.

The soldiers who besieged Raphael in the restaurant a few days ago also appeared to be in low spirits.

During this period of time, Calradian soldiers assumed most of the tasks in the military camp. Wanting to relieve some pressure on the depressed elf soldiers.

"The messenger sent me a message saying that people from the Dragon Clan want to meet with us." Kant sat at the desk and said to Bandak and Abel who were sitting opposite.

"Then do we need to go to the volcano?" Abel asked.

"Well, it's just that this time, the Dragon Clan will send someone to pick us up. This will save us the troubles along the way." Kant explained calmly: "I have already written a reply to them and agreed to this meeting."

"Sure enough, the Dragon Clan was the first to take action." Bandak commented: "How far has their network of relationships expanded, allowing them to always take the initiative."

"The Dragon Clan invited us over this time, probably to find out a series of recent accidents. I don't expect to get any news from them." Kant said with an indifferent expression.

Obviously, he didn't expect much from this meeting.

"Is there still no movement among the forces in the dwarf town?" Abel asked.

"For the time being, no one has taken the initiative to find us." Bandak responded: "It is said that Ying's body was resting in the morgue at the harbor.

For several days, no one came to claim it. It seems that he only plays the lowest role among the dark side forces. "

"We don't have many clues at the moment," Abel lamented.

"Let's take a step at a time," Kant said. "This time our army settled under the volcano, and we can just go and see who the snake girl is responsible for contacting Ying. By then, there may be new clues."

"Indeed. I have been staying on the edge of this island, and I am not very well-informed in all aspects." Bandak nodded and said: "This time when I go to the volcano, I can stay in a different environment and inquire about the people on this island. situation."

"The people sent by the Dragon Clan will come to pick us up in about three days. By then, this camp will have to be abandoned." Kant thought for a while and explained to the two of them: "The atmosphere in the team has not been very good recently. You two captains need to pay more attention. Help the soldiers move on from the negative effects of this incident."

"Most of them feel guilty about being with Raphael. For the time being, it is probably impossible to resolve this knot." Bandak said with dark eyes.

"What's there to feel guilty about?" Abel sighed softly: "Raphael just went to the world with 'gods' as he thought."