As she passed the third skinning shelf, Solanda drank the last drop of water from her skin. It was the only bit of fresh water they had found in the salty sand nest two days ago.

Approaching the Ice Rift Zone, Solanda could feel a palpable chill in the air.

But Akira was noncommittal, all her senses were given to the flying sword every evening, walking was only the most basic obedience of a slave to her master, and other than that, her eyes were sloppy, her steps were fluttering, her mind was blank, almost a walking corpse, and Solanda's gaze would jump sharply every time she inadvertently swept her, reminding herself in her mind to end her pain sooner.

"Water." Solanda lifted her skin in a trance, a word that seemed to be squeezed out of her throat with as much effort as if it were squeezing out of her throat, and it didn't sound like a speech as more like a gust of wind blowing through a ruined hole.

The princess of Midsummer swallowed her spit, if she still had spit. The tongue became a wet rag in the mouth, and the small saliva just now was not enough to make it wet and soft; The gaps between her teeth were filled with grains of sand, but she didn't dare to vomit or move because that would take away more of her water.

You must find water before the sun comes out, or you won't survive the next night.

It took a while for Solanda to remember where she was. It is the Scorpion Nest, the last bastion between the Sand Riding Country and the Ice Rift Zone. Those half-buried sand castles should have cellars, caves, and labyrinth-like tunnels underneath them. Not far away, the human skin on the last peeling tower was swept into countless pink-gray ribbons by the wind, waving at them like a kiln sister, well, just try your luck there, hoping to find more fresh water than your last tears.

Not far away, there were three small barns on the edge of a crumbling building, which looked similar to their neighbors, all of them were about to be toppled by yellow sand, the dilapidated panes blocked the clothes and socks of the former owner, and displayed in the wind, the thatch on the mud wall absorbed the fertilizer from the corpse of the previous owner, and the door was full of memorabilia left by the war dead: rusty swords, spiny maces, shattered helmets, throat dilations, and of course, the most were corpses, so many that they almost blocked the doorway, and even Akira shook her head, It doesn't look like it's inhabited. But Solanda has survived here, and knows what kind of house will have something to eat and what kind of house will have traps. She led Archilla past the dead man's face and walked firmly into the first barn.

The clay pots scattered all over the floor creak with a tooth-aching sound, and this was once a utility room. Solanda swung her sword and swept away the broken pieces of porcelain on the ground, reaching out for the door to the cellar in the dust.

At the moment when Solanda's hand touched the iron ring, an arrow shot out of the oblique thorn, the princess quickly withdrew her hand, the short-headed iron arrow shot into the ground, the exposed arrow feather was still shaking, Solanda fell to the ground sideways, one hand had already thrown out the dagger in the direction where the arrow was flying, only to hear a muffled snort, there was the sound of leather armor rubbing, and then the second arrow hit Solanda's calf, she cursed and rolled over, reaching out to pull up the cellar door on the ground as cover, "We have gold!" Just change your saliva and drink it! The princess of Midsummer shouted in a broken throat.

"Gold is no different from sand in the desert." A muddy and desperate voice sounded not far away, "We have no water, get out of here with your gold!" ”

"We? It seems that there are a lot of people here, there must not be more of us," Solanda grinned, but pulled her cracked lips, blood beads burst out, she stuck out her tongue and licked it, the salty and sweet taste made her throat even more hot and thirsty, "I have already solved a water distribution for you just now, and I will make another one just to keep it in its original state, how about it, come out and try it." ”

"We really don't have water," the man almost pleaded, "we have children here......"

"Hmph, kid." Solanda peeked out from under the bunker and quietly surveyed the surroundings as she rounded up with the man, "Now you use the child as an excuse to drive us away, and when the water and food run out, you will use the child as rations." ”

In the dark corner, the man shuddered, and it was clear that Solandar had hit the point.

Just as the princess was about to leap to her feet to deal with the man, there was a sudden scream from the cellar, which could not tell whether it was a woman or a child, mixed with the indistinct roar of a man.

(I'm really sorry everyone, I have limited time, I can only write so much every day, please save up and read, I will write when I have time!) I promise! ）

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