The desert is dry and desert in the evening, and even in summer, it looks extremely monotonous and boring. As far as the eye could see, apart from the ugly camel thorns and the sageweed, there were only a few dead trees that grew with branches.

It was swelteringly hot, there was not a single wind, and the thick air seemed to freeze. Pulling up the corner of his clothes and wiping the sweat from his forehead, Du Yuhan raised his head and breathed a long sigh of relief.

Nima, this hellish place, is really hot to death!

Two servants approached him and hurriedly saluted him.

Du Yuhan smiled and bowed his head, and couldn't wait to walk to the camp.

Seeing each other walking away, the two began to chew their tongues quietly.

"Isn't there still war ahead? How did he come back so early? ”

"If you're a champion, you must have some privileges."

"I heard he brought his sons here."

"Oh."

"Really, what does he think of this encirclement and suppression operation?"

"Hmm."

“…… Are you listening? ”

Lifting the tent curtain, a cool wind blew in the face, the cold air filled the pores all over the body, and the hot skin seemed to be pasted with a large ice cube. Du Yuhan sighed comfortably, and then sat down on the rattan mat, holding a basketball-sized golden energy ball, and rubbing his face against it.

It's so comfortable......

Sure enough, shadow energy is best used to cool down.

"You're back." Kevin, who was reading a book, greeted him.

"Ah...... I'm dying......" rubbed the rattan mat childishly, and Du Yuhan muttered weakly.

With a glass of chilled juice, Kevin picked up his lover and carefully examined it up and down, "How was today?" Not in danger, right? ”

After pouring a large cup of drink, Du Yuhan felt that the whole person was alive again. "It's still like that, it's calm, and I haven't even encountered a little monster."

"But I heard from the captain of the priest that the battle ahead is extremely fierce." Remembering the tragic situation when he was on call at the camp during the day and saw the wounded front-line members being carried back, Kevin wanted to rush out more than once to confirm the condition of his lover.

"You said it yourself, it's just the front line, and the place I'm staying in is very safe." Sitting tired against the wall, Du Yuhan waved his hand lazily.

"Why? Where are you? ”

"Command barracks."

"But it's not just the head of the regiment......

Du Yuhan shrugged comically, took the cold towel and wiped the sweat stains off his body.

It is also strange to say that nearly half a month has passed since this operation, and except for a few special circumstances, Du Yuhan is only arranged to follow the president every day. Most of the time, he just stood aside and watched them hold strategic meetings, analyze the situation between friend and foe, and occasionally fight with them, but they never directly participated in a single mission to suppress the enemy.

It's just that for Du Yuhan, this is the best.

Originally, he was only forced to participate, so he would not be stupid enough to really work for others for any great righteousness. Besides, this rabble is a yarny Justice League.

"Okay, let's not talk about the birdmen, how are you doing today? Did anything happen? ”

Unexpectedly, Kevin immediately pulled down his face.

"It's business as usual."

The simple four words were gritted his teeth, looking at the other party's face full of complaints but helplessness, Du Yuhan held back the smile at the corner of his mouth, and patted him on the shoulder to talk about comfort.

As a pillow man, of course he knew what Kevin was dissatisfied with-

The lover fought bravely on the front line, and he could only hide in the rear to deal with chores. Even if there were some unexpected situations, he couldn't know about them at the first time. For Kevin, such an accompaniment doesn't make much sense at all.

As a scarce healing profession, although he has repeatedly expressed strong will, in the eyes of the organizers, he is just a high-level mercenary. What's more, Du Yuhan's identity is sensitive, and the relationship between the two is there, even if there is a heart to reuse, the connection in the heart is difficult to eliminate.

"Isn't it funny?"

Uncomfortable stared at by his lover's complaining eyes, Du Yuhan pinched his fair face, and printed a light kiss on the corner of his lips, "Okay, don't be angry, I think this operation will last soon, you will be wronged for a few more days." ”

"It's already that bad?" Kevin's eyebrows tightened.

"I don't know the specifics, but looking at the situation of those elders, I'm afraid I'm not optimistic." Du Yuhan looked indifferent.

"You're over there......"

"Don't worry, those old guys are fine." Du Yuhan sneered, "It's true that they really want to get the sandbox, but if you want them to put their lives on the line, it's absolutely impossible." According to their greedy urine nature and fear of death, a little wind and grass immediately ran away. ”

Although reasonable, Kevin is still skeptical.

Du Yuhan wanted to say something, but the corner of his eyes suddenly swept to the bed in the corner, as if there was a trace of abnormality. He hurriedly let go of Kevin's hand on his waist and whispered, "How's Vic?" ”

Stunned for a moment, smart as Kevin immediately reflected. He snorted coldly, dropped the sentence "You ask him yourself", and went to the river with the water bladder to fetch water.

At this time, Du Yuhan turned his head to look at the bed, "Wake up quickly, don't lie on the bed and pretend to be garlic." ”

The bulging sheet squirmed a few times, and a muffled childlike voice came, "I'm not awake yet." ”

Du Yuhan: ......

Knowing that the two were going to participate in the extermination operation, Vic said that he would insist on following him.

In this regard, the people in the group still have a lot of complaints. However, under Du Yuhan's repeated assurances that there would be no trouble, coupled with the president's relief, everyone reluctantly stopped objecting to this little follower.

In order to be able to get rid of one of them before Kared was ready, the team traveled thousands of miles in a hurry a while ago. Although there were many means of transportation to assist on the way, the fatigue of the journey made Vic, who was originally weak, completely ill.

Glancing at the black black lacquered decoction placed next to the bed, he raised his eyebrows amusedly.

"How old are you, and you're still afraid of taking medicine."

"Who said I was scared!" Whooshing to his feet, Vic yelled angrily.

Looking at the pale little face, Du Yuhan sighed silently, "Since it's so hard, why do you need to follow?" ”

"It's my business." Vic's eyes darkened, and his lips pursed, "It's you, why do you want to cooperate with them?" ”

"Cooperation?" Du Yuhan sneered,

"Then why are you still coming along?"

"I have a reason to follow," he grinded his teeth in hatred at the thought of the faces of those people in the meeting, "those old things, I am not as magnanimous as you, and I can swallow this breath." ”

Vic winked with interest, "Oh? So what are you going to do? ”

Du Yuhan hugged his chest and sneered, "Want to get a sandbox? Ask me first, the master! ”

*****

Stepping on the scorching yellow sand, Kevin walked to the edge of the river with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and he was already sweating profusely after only a few steps. Hiding behind the giant cactus, he looked around to make sure there was nothing out of the ordinary, and then slowly □□ his hand into the sand.

Closing his eyes and chanting the incantation, black light as thin as a hair extended outward from his arm, spreading rapidly along his fingertips to the ground. A moment later, more than a dozen thumb-sized small sand dunes slowly rose on the sand, and translucent black souls emerged one by one.

These souls were ordinary people in their lifetimes, but later died in the desert for various reasons, and became ownerless dark spirits wandering around. Not long after entering the desert, Kevin, who is extremely sensitive to shadow energy, discovered their existence and took them all under his command in line with the principle of being able to use them and not wasting them.

As if trying to please the new master, the dark soul scrambled to report on the situation within a radius of 100 miles today.

Kevin listened attentively one by one, appreciating from time to time. After the situation was roughly understood, he flipped his palm, and a small pitch-black ball instantly condensed on his white palm.

The rich shadow energy made the dark soul excited, and it was not until the master approved that he rushed forward to eat it all.

Waving his hand to disperse the followers, Kevin's expression was a little solemn, "It seems that the situation is really not good......

Although Du Yuhan's analysis was very reasonable, he always believed that they all underestimated the fanaticism of these elders for artifacts. In the previous life, Hill was powerful and respected, and those people were not the same desperate snatching, and finally pulled the creator off the altar.

In comparison, the influence of Kareid in this life is far less than that of Hill, and with the fact that they are not right, they are more justified in dealing with it.

Even if there is no clue now, if it succeeds in the end, it is easy to say, but if it fails, the cannon fodder needed by the queen of the palace when retreating, I believe that he and Du Yuhan will not be able to run away.

How do you get out?

Just as Kevin was thinking hard about what to do, there was a sudden strange sound on the other side of the cactus.

Someone?

*****

"Tell me, what's going on?" The fat man's expression is grim, and his usually happy smiling face has disappeared.

The subordinate hurriedly replied respectfully: "My lord, we only sent a patrol team yesterday, but we encountered an ambush on the way, and more than half of them were damaged. In light of this situation, we have sent three patrols today to outflank—"

"I know what you're talking about!" Brutally cut off the words, and the horizontal flesh on the chairman's face shook with anger, "What I want to ask is, why did only one team come back in the end!?" ”

"I, I'm so sorry!" How could his subordinates have ever seen such an expression of the president, and the coercion brought by the high-level professionals scared him almost weakly.

The violent rise and fall of his chest forcibly suppressed the monstrous anger, and after a long time, the president's tone eased, "Also yesterday's puppet?" ”

He nodded tremblingly, and his subordinates added in a whisper, "They use local sand and gravel as materials, and even if they are occasionally broken, reinforcements will be replenished soon." And ......"

"And what?"

"And the number will be dynamically adjusted according to the number of patrols, and as far as I can guess, there should be a large defensive circle here." His voice became quieter and quieter, and finally he was completely silenced under the cold face of the fat man.

The construction of the defensive array is by no means something that can be accomplished overnight. In addition to requiring the builder to have a certain degree of magic circle attainment, it also needs to have extremely high requirements for the terrain.

Suddenly, the atmosphere between the two was very solemn.

After a while, the fat man looked up to the sky and sighed, his expression full of regret.

"It seems that it is still careless."

The subordinate was silent, and as the president's most trusted subordinate, he knew the situation of the entire operation.

The operation did not go well.

From the moment it first entered the territory of the Al Empire, the entire regiment was subjected to all kinds of difficulties. First of all, the examination of the pass, and then the verification of the identity of the personnel, many times on the grounds of unclear identity, the group members were refused to stay in the hotel.

In this regard, everyone knows that this is just a means of targeting the Al Empire, in order to make them return in difficulty.

Fortunately, the logistics were well prepared, and after several days of sleeping in the open, the group finally trekked into the Matt Desert. However, in the process of searching, many unexpected difficulties were encountered.

First of all, the weather was unpredictable, many members were unaccustomed to the water and soil, and then there were continuous puppet sneak attacks, and what was worse, several sandstorms every night made everyone almost lost in the desert.

The harsh conditions, the lost target, and the inevitable start to panic. The whispers that circulated in private caused this already unstable unity to fall apart fundamentally.

It's ridiculous to think about it, but the target person hasn't been seen this time, but he was defeated by himself first.

"Calm down, adults." Seeing the boss's sad face, his subordinates rolled their eyes, and they had a plan in their hearts, "My subordinates have an idea, maybe it will help." ”

"You say."

"To be able to build such a large array in such a short period of time, it is difficult for Hill to do it even when he is alive. I guess this must have something to do with the sandbox. ”

"Sandbox?"

"Yes. Since the thief can use the rules of the sandbox to attack, then as long as we know these 'rules', we can also avoid danger. As the master, of course, Cared will make good use of it, so ...... "The subordinate lowered his voice and attached his ear canal," as the former master, do you know a little about these rules? ”

Once the owner? The first thing that came to the mind of President Fat Man was a master who had been an ancient man for a long time, and he couldn't help but sneer disdainfully, "What? What kind of reincarnation do you also believe that guy is? ”

"Your Excellency, don't rush to conclusions." The subordinate hooked the corners of his mouth proudly, "Whether the rumors are true or not, he found an artifact that has been missing for many years, which is a sure thing." Why don't we use the resources at our disposal to open the way for us? ”

The elder pursed his lips and his brow tightly twisted into a pimple.

At the beginning, his original intention was just that after regaining the magic, Du Yuhan could teach him how to use the sandbox, otherwise with the other party's level, he would still be too young. What's more, the other party is Wagner's proud student, there is no impermeable wall in this world, if the other party knows the truth, it is estimated that the entire guild will not be enough for him to toss.

And in all fairness, this kid does have a good future, and now he has to be sent to be cannon fodder, which ......

As if seeing the other party's dilemma, his subordinates stepped forward to lobby, "My lord, my subordinates understand your love for talent, but think about it, this is an artifact!" With it, how many people are included in the team? Are you still worried about not having good seedlings? ”

Just as the fat man was hesitating, a loud noise suddenly sounded in the distance.

Rumble! ——

"What's going on?!" The president roared in dismay.

One of the guards stumbled from a distance, and one stumbled to his knees in front of them, "Great, sir! Big things are wrong! ”

"Say!" Suddenly, the president's heart sank as if it were filled with cold lead.

"The main camp, the camp has been attacked!"

"What?!"