Chapter 40 [Island in the Lake]
The clouds were thick in the sky, and the sultry heat in the air signaled that a heavy rain was coming. Ben Hanes stopped abruptly and turned his head to look back at the sky behind him.
"Someone came, it seems to be the magician friend you call 'Harvey'. A low, hoarse voice came from Ben Hanes's mouth.
"Yes, sir. "The life detection device in Drew's body also sensed the life fluctuations that belonged to Harvey.
"Then we'll stop and wait for him a while, and hopefully he'll come before the rain falls." Ben Hanes turned to face in the direction Harvey had come from, not worrying at all if Harvey had come to save Drew from his hands. He is a magus, although Harvey is still some distance away from here, he has already sensed the strength of Harvey's eighth-level great mage through his spiritual power.
Boom! Thunder rang out, and some raindrops fell on the grass without a sound.
Harvey fell from the sky and stood beside Drew. Then looking at Ben Hanes in front of him, Harvey didn't expect him to be an old magician of such an age.
"Your Excellency, shouldn't you salute when you see a magician of a higher rank than you?" said Ben Hanes to Harvey with a smile.
"I think etiquette only applies to friends. "Harvey just said according to common sense, after all, he doesn't know what etiquette is in the Wizard Alliance in this world, but no matter what, Ben Hanis is now an enemy of the Wizard Alliance, and etiquette doesn't matter. If he really valued etiquette so much, he wouldn't have snatched the Dragon's Prophecy from Rupert Cook, the vice president of the Wizards Alliance.
As the rain fell, Ben Hanes reached out and lifted his wand on the ground, and a semicircular transparent barrier of magic enveloped him half a meter above his head.
Harvey had just flown for a while, and his mana was already wearing out. However, even if his mana was completely saturated now, he wouldn't waste his mana on these things.
Bang! An umbrella opened, this is the oil-paper umbrella exclusively provided by the Yanyulou Chamber of Commerce. However, it is said that it is exclusively for the in-house supply, but in fact, it is only for the use of Delis and Harvey, after all, it is made by Delis herself.
When Delis was making this oil-paper umbrella, Harvey watched from the sidelines. Delis first uses bamboo strips as the umbrella bone, uses lint paper to make the umbrella surface, then draws some patterns on the fixed umbrella surface, and finally brushes the umbrella surface with waterproof tung oil, and then puts the umbrella surface in the sunny place to dry.
The oil-paper umbrella is very beautiful, and the production process is not complicated, Harvey was originally a Delis, and after finishing it, he would definitely go to mass production, as another hot commodity in Yanyu Building. As a result, Delis did not do that, but after the first oil-paper umbrella was successfully tested, she made a few more, and then asked Harvey to pick one and put the rest away.
At this moment, Harvey is holding the oil-paper umbrella he chose, the umbrella surface is very large, and he and Drew can stand under the umbrella without getting drenched.
"Nice nice umbrella. For the first time, Ben Hanes saw an oil-paper umbrella made entirely of natural materials and couldn't help but compliment.
"Thanks, maybe we should get down to business, Master Hanes. ”
"What do you want to ask?"
"Why bring Drew?"
"Sorry, that can't tell you. ”
"Dragon's Prophecy in your hands?"
"That's right. ”
"Where do you want?"
"There is a place to the west that is known as the Altar of the Dragon. ”
"So, what are you going to do with Dragon's Prophecy?"
Ben Hanes shook his head and did not answer.
"Last question, can I take Drew with me?"
"I'm afraid not. ”
Ben Hanes wasn't loud, but the final answer gave Xavi a sense of his determination.
"In that case, you don't mind if I follow you, do you?" Harvey didn't want to fight Ben Hanis, after all, according to the letter's instructions, he and he might not be enemies. However, Ben Hanes in front of him didn't seem to know anything about the letter at all, and Harvey didn't plan to take it out rashly, so he decided to wait and see what happened.
"Yes, as long as you don't worry about not being able to explain to the Wizards Alliance when you go back. ”
"Do you think I'm from the League of Wizards?"
"Isn't it?"
"Look at my robes, Master Hanes. ”
"No, no, no, a robe doesn't prove anything. ”
"And when are we leaving?" Harvey had already bothered to pay attention to Ben Hanis's suspicions, as he needed to hurry as soon as possible, after all, he had only three months in this world, and now a few days had passed. And in the past few days, he has not found any clues related to returning to his own world.
"Now. Ben Hanes turned and walked on, his wand.
Harvey and Drew followed.
In the blink of an eye, Ben Hanis and the two of them walked west for ten days, and finally came to a small town called Lenerboa, but he did not intend to stop for a day's rest, but replenished the town with a lot of food, bought three horses at the inn, and left the town.
The three people who changed from walking to riding were significantly faster. So the three of them went west for another two months.
In the depths of the night, Harvey was roasting meat by the fire, he didn't expect this world to be so big, more than two months had passed, and they had not arrived at the Dragon Altar in Ben Hanis's mouth, and as the time came to the last month, Harvey's original patience was gradually exhausted.
"You seem to be a little impatient?" Ben Hanes could see Harvey's mood change.
"Yes, I'm in a hurry too. Harvey said helplessly to the fire.
"In that case, why do you still follow me, in order to save this alchemical life?" After getting along along the way, Ben Hanes changed his opinion of Drew, and indeed through his observation of Drew along the way, he had to admit that Drew was more of a life than a mechanical lifeform.
"And it's not just because of that. ”
"It seems that your kid's secret doesn't have to be less than my old man's. Ben Hanes gave Harvey a meaningful look.
"Old man, we've been all the way, and you're still not going to tell me anything?" asked Harvey unceremoniously.
"I can't say that this secret can turn the whole world upside down, if you know it, it will be nothing more than my burial at that time. Ben Hanes said sincerely, after this time together, he also liked this quiet and introverted, but intelligent little magician, if it wasn't for his mission that he couldn't give up, he might have to accept Harvey as his only disciple.
Of course, he didn't know that Harvey already had the strongest great magister on the continent as his teacher in the original world.
More than twenty days passed, and there were only three days left before the three-month deadline.
Ben Hanes finally stopped in front of a lake, turned to Harvey and said, "Boy, fly over, the Dragon Altar is located in front of you." ”
Harvey didn't see anything, and the five kilometers he probed with his mental power were all lakes.
"If you can explore it with your mental strength, you can't find it, so fly up and follow me. With that, Ben Hanis flew forward in the air.
"Flying. Harvey grabbed Drew and followed.
After flying for about an hour, Harvey had already traveled forty kilometers forward, and still hadn't reached the end of this lake, the magic power in Harvey's body had been consumed by more than half, and the long-distance flight plus the fact that he was still carrying Drew was still unbearable for the total amount of magic power of his eighth-level great magician.
"It's here. "Ben Hanis descended from the sky at great speed and landed on an island in the middle of a lake.
Harvey saw that he could finally stand on the land, and he also quickly fell down with Drew, and he needed to rest at this moment.
"You're here!" said another, older, but brighter voice than Ben Hanis.
"Rupert, I know you're coming to stop me. Ben Hanes guessed the owner of the voice.
Rupert, Harvey felt the name familiar, but he couldn't remember who he was for a moment.
"Then you still dare to fly here like this, and bring an eighth-level magician and an alchemical lifeform?hahahaha, don't tell me they are your helpers?" Rupert laughed mockingly.