This is a country of abundance, and it is said to be abundant, but in fact it is just a beautiful long-cherished wish of the rich royal family. This is because more than three-quarters of the land area of the country is desert, and the sun and temperature are extremely high. It is not easy to build an ideal country of abundance in the desert.

On this day, on the northeastern border of the country of Plenty.

The scorching sun scorched the oasis town, and no one dared to expose even the residents who had lived here for generations to the midday sun...... Except for those who are homeless.

The northeast of the country of plenty, next to the country of eternal night.

Now there has been a change in the country of eternal night, and several giant cities with a population of more than one million have fallen, resulting in countless displaced people. State power has collapsed almost in a short period of time, and displaced people have been displaced and left homeless.

The saddest are the displaced people in the heart of the border, who have no means of transportation and may not be able to escape the land of eternal night for the rest of their lives.

The displaced people on the border are slightly better, and can cross the border and go to other countries to seek survival.

Arthur and Merlin are outcasts who have fled from the Land of Eternal Night to the Land of Plenty. They have been friends since childhood, and their relationship has always been very good, not brothers, but better than brothers.

They had been in the oasis town for a month, but just two hours earlier, they had been fired by the owner of a bar. The reason is ...... Merlin, as a blind man, accidentally knocks over a wine barrel.

They used to work almost day jobs in bars, just to keep their stomachs fed, and to have a place to stay in the evening and at noon. Therefore, there is no wine money to pay for the lost wine money.

The boss was furious and kicked Merlin out. Seeing that his best friend was humiliated, Arthur's words became a little more intense, and he was swept away by the bar owner.

The two of them were hiding under a dead tree at this time, just to avoid the scorching sun.

However, the effect is not great.

The nights here are extremely cold, and the midday is very hot. Cold can cold people, and heat can evaporate life.

In such extreme temperatures, they were a little desperate.

"It's all my fault, it's all about you. Merlin muttered silently, his expression desperate and self-reproachful.

When he was kicked out of the bar, Arthur felt a moment of regret in his heart, but more than this regret, he cared more about the dignity of his best friend being trampled on.

"You're not wrong, it's just that we were born in such an era. Arthur stretched out his withered hand, patted Merlin on the shoulder, and said with a dry mouth.

"Maybe we shouldn't have left our hometown. Merlin regretted leaving his hometown, although his hometown had changed, and the huge dome had covered the city and spread. But no one knows what's going on under that dome. Perhaps, there is nothing evil under the dome, and madness is another relief.

Arthur: "I also have some regrets, I died in my homeland at least closer to my parents. If you die here, you're probably going to end up in its belly......"

On the dead tree against which they were leaning, there was a scavenging vulture, silently watching them. When they die, they start their own meal.

The sun was getting hotter and hotter, and Arthur and Merlin were already parched and dizzy.

In fact, there is a lake in the oasis town across the way.

But the lake, they can't go there, not to mention the spiky fence around the lake, just the lake guards on the road are enough to kill them instantly.

They are getting weaker and weaker, their eyes are gradually turning white, and they are hallucinating.

Arthur whispered, "At least I'm not alone until I die......"

Merlin wanted to respond, but was speechless, so he could only nod as best he could.

Just as they were gradually falling into their dying, a cool wind suddenly swept in from afar. At the same time, sparse droplets of water fell from the sky.

Water dripped down their mouths, moisturizing their parched lips. The cool wind also dispelled the heat that swirled around the side.

Merlin: "It's not hot all of a sudden, it's so cool...... And this water, good ice. Am I already dead? This is the world after death? But why can't I see it?"

Merlin's muttering made Arthur have some more strength, and he raised his head to look at the sky: "You are not dead, the dark clouds are coming, it seems to be ......"

Arthur just wanted to say the word "rain", but he was suddenly stunned.

There were no dark clouds in the sky, and there was no "rain", but a huge shadow that shone with crystal brilliance.

"What's that?" Arthur asked himself in a low voice.

Merlin: "Arthur...... What are you talking about?"

Arthur was a little stunned, and said in his mouth: "It's not clouds, it's not rain." A huge ...... floated in the sky Hey, is that an iceberg? No, why do you have wings? Is this an illusion?"

Wide, elongated 100 meters of frost-colored wings.

With each flap of the wings, glowing ice crystals fell. Previously, the rain they felt was the water droplets that had melted from these ice crystals.

"What kind of monster is this?" Arthur frowned and continued to look up, when suddenly his pupils shrank: "There are people up there! Moreover, there are many ...... people"

"Who?" Merlin asked curiously.

"I can't see the specifics clearly, but I found that they all seem to be wearing white cloaks, and the cloaks have patterns on them, as if they are crescents, and I can't see them clearly......"

When Arthur exclaimed, the scavenger vultures on the dead trees behind them were also curious about the icebergs in the sky, and couldn't help flapping their wings and flying towards the icebergs.

However, as soon as the scavenger got close to the iceberg, it was knocked upside down by the frost-colored winged fan, and before it could find its senses, it was frozen into an ice sculpture and fell from the sky.

The iceberg swept past and soon disappeared to the northeast. According to common sense, even if the iceberg melts in the oasis town, it will not bring much coolness, let alone it will only be fleeting.

But strangely, after the iceberg passed, the surrounding temperature suddenly dropped.

It doesn't go up for a long time.

Arthur witnessed this magical scene, turned his head to look at Merlin and said, "Why are these people sitting on the iceberg, and why are the icebergs flying?"

Merlin's expression was slightly strange, and after a while, he suddenly said, "That group of people should be the legendary wizards." ”

"Wizard?" said Arthur, looking at Merlin quizzically.

Merlin: "Wizards are a very evil people, and they have the power to defend against everything. You can even calculate the nature of heaven and earth, and pry the mountains and the sea......"

Merlin slowly explained the wizard, but he didn't know that as he spoke, Arthur's eyes on the other side brightened more and more.

"Wizards are too powerful! If I become a wizard, will no one dare to bully us anymore?" Arthur exclaimed several times, his eyes flashing, "Do you know how to become a wizard?"

Merlin's face was a little gloomy, and he shook his head: "I don't know, don't think about this, we don't even know how to live now......"

Arthur smiled slyly: "I may have really died before, but now, not necessarily." ”

Arthur found the scavenging vulture that had been frozen into a statue from the sand dunes not far away, and dragged it to Merlin excitedly: "We sold this scavenging vulture, and we will have money! This scavenging vulture's crown, I heard the camel bell caravan say last time, is worth a gold coin! When the time comes, our lives will be better......"

Merlin couldn't see it, but he could feel the chill emanating from the scavenging vulture ice sculpture.

He laughed, "That's great, it's better to be alive than anything." ”

Arthur was also a little silly, originally thought that today would be their death day, but he didn't expect such a twist and turn...... Moreover, he also heard rumors of wizards, and it would be nice if one day, he could become a wizard.

Arthur thought of the beauty, and his smiling eyes narrowed into crescent moons.

Suddenly, Arthur remembered a question: "By the way, I didn't ask you just now, how did you know about wizards?"

Merlin was stunned, his brow lowered.

After a long while, he whispered, "I've seen a wizard before. ”

"Have you ever seen a wizard?" Arthur approached Merlin in surprise, "Can you tell me what that wizard looks like? where is he?"

Merlin: "He's a rickety old man with a lot of eyes. ”

"An old man with a lot of eyes? After Arthur finished speaking, he realized that he said, "Huh, how do you know that he has a lot of eyes? Your eyes are not ......."

Merlin smiled bitterly, stretched out a trembling hand, and gently touched his eyes: "Didn't you ask me before, what happened five years ago, why my eyes were suddenly blind." ”

Arthur listened to Merlin's words and seemed to have guessed something, Merlin disappeared for more than half a month five years ago, and lost his eyes when he returned. No matter who asked him, Merlin didn't answer why, which was what Arthur had always asked.

"Excuse me?"

Merlin: "That's right, the old man gouged out my eyes...... I distinctly remember that he gouged out my left eye, then on his eyebrow, and then on my right eye, and I don't know where Ann was, but he told me that he was in front of his chest. ”

Seeing that Merlin was about to continue, Arthur interrupted him.

"Don't say it, it's all gone, it's all gone. Arthur wanted to slap himself, why did he ask this question?

Merlin: "It doesn't matter, as you said, it's all in the past. ”

Arthur clenched his fists and said resentfully: "If I hadn't followed my father to the suburbs on that day five years ago, but with you, I guess this kind of thing would not have happened." ”

Merlin: "It's fate, and it can't be changed." ”

Arthur still wanted to argue, but suddenly, a charming female voice interjected into the conversation between the two: "That's right, this kid is right, this is fate, and it can't be changed." ”

Arthur jerked his head back, only to see a woman in a thick leather trench coat appear behind them.

The woman's figure is extremely graceful, and her appearance is also beautiful. But the only strange thing is that he is wearing a thick-skinned trench coat on such a hot day.

At the woman's side, there was a boy of sixteen or seventeen years old, wearing a brown and black plaid hat, thick dark circles, and pale lips.

"Who are you?" Arthur asked warily.

The woman stroked her long brown hair and said amorously: "I'm just a passer-by who walks with the master, don't care about me." ”

With that, the woman winked at the young man beside her.

The young man's forehead was beating, "Change back to your true face." ”

"No, don't you like it the most?" the woman was a little reluctant.

"I don't, you talk nonsense, I don't like it!" the boy scolded angrily.

The woman chuckled, stretched out her hand and waved it lightly, and a long pipe appeared out of thin air. She made a gesture of smoking, and then lost another wink: "This pipe is the same style as hers." ”

The young man scolded angrily: "If you have this attitude again, I will burn you!"

Seeing that her master was really annoyed, the woman transformed into an elegant man wearing a thick-skinned trench coat.

When the boy was talking to his servants, Arthur's mood was indescribable, summoning a pipe out of thin air, and a woman turning into a man...... This kind of seems to reveal the identity of the two people in front of him.

"Are you, wizards?" asked Arthur, confused.

The elegant man shook his head: "My master is a wizard apprentice, and I am just a spirit. ”

Arthur's throat was a little dry, and he was a little speechless for a while.

"You ......" Arthur paused, "You said before that Merlin's eyes were plucked out was fate?

The elegant man smiled slightly: "It's very simple, because he is a natural talent, his eyes are the source of his vision, and it is destined to be targeted by other transcendent beings." After all, transplanting human binocular eyes has much less rejection than other species. ”