It was a mooring for the trading of ships, and there were all kinds of ships of all sizes parked on the shore, and Stern walked along the shore to check the moored ships, and the purpose of his visit was to buy a small and medium-sized sailing ship to prepare for the desert island.

"Well, this one looks good, it's made of teak, and it should be sturdy, and when we reach the desert island, it will be used by the dwarves for fishing at sea," Stern said to himself, touching his chin with one hand in front of a small teak sailboat.

After taking a fancy to the teak boat, Stern quickly turned over and climbed onto the teak boat, and the owner of the teak boat was an old man in his fifties and sixties, and when he saw someone on board, he hurriedly greeted him, "Ha! Distinguished guest, have you taken a fancy to my teak sailboat?"

Stern nodded and said, "Yes, we came to the trading center this time to buy a small and medium-sized sailboat, I think your one is more in line with our requirements, I don't know how much you are willing to pay to transfer your teak sailboat to me, uncle?"

The blonde young man in front of him talked to him very directly about the price, and the old man did not beat around the bush, "This is a sailboat made of very strong teak, although it has been with me for some years, it is still so strong, how about a thousand gold coins?

"The price of a thousand gold coins is too high, how about eight hundred gold coins?", Stern said, shaking his head. At first, the old man was reluctant to do so, but at Stern's insistence he was able to trade for eight hundred Sauron coins, and then the old man left the teak galleon empty-handed.

The boat had been bought, and at this moment Yulia, Thea, Alinas and Stern stood together on the teak sailboat and watched the coastline grow farther and farther away from them. "It's been almost a year since you've been out with you, haven't you?" asked Stern, turning to Thea as he leaned against the edge of the boat. Thea nodded and said, "Yes, Uncle Andy."

"Are you happy to see your father and your people soon when you go back this time?" Stern continued. Xia nodded vigorously and said, "Well, I've been on the island for sixteen years, and I still miss my Abba and Grandma and other people in the year I left the island."

Just as Stern was heading to the desert island, Lucius's heart in the Cabernet Forest was not calm. It's been more than a month since he sent Sentence Mosi to chase down the red-haired woman, and he hasn't received any news yet, so it seems that he has to go to the Icefield Canyon to investigate the situation himself, only to see him spread his huge black wings and quickly take off into the air and fly towards the Snow Wolf Valley north of Tucker Town.

After a day and a night of non-stop flights, Lucius finally arrived in the Snow Wolf Valley, where the Soul Warlock Carmanwei and the Demon Warrior Marshall were out hunting, and only the Berserker Raymond was guarding the canyon.

Lucius came to the sky above the canyon and saw the berserker warrior at the mouth of the valley, stopped flying, and suspended his whole body above the canyon, and then he flapped his wings and slowly landed towards the snow, and the air flow caused by the huge black wings rolled a large amount of snow on the ground into the air, which looked spectacular.

The loud noise caught the attention of Raymond, who was guarding the valley, and when he saw the arrival of the Winged Demon Warlord Lucius, he hurriedly ran forward, bowed down on his knees, and said, "Lord Lucius is coming, I don't know what to order?"

Lucius stepped forward with his feet on the ground and his wings folded, "Raymond, get up." "Yes, Lord Lucius," Raymond replied, standing up. "Why is it that you are the only one guarding the canyon and what about the others?", Lucius asked, confused. "Marshall and Carmanwei went out hunting and will be back in the evening, and the others have followed Captain Sentence Mos on the mission you have assigned, and they have not heard anything so far."

Lucius listened to Raymond's account and had a general idea of the current situation, "In which direction are they going?". Raymond raised his hand and said, "They're heading south for human settlements."

Lucius nodded and said, "Okay, I see, you keep guarding here", and with that, he spread his black wings and flew into the air towards the south. In February, it had begun to snow heavily in the northern part of Tucker Town, and Lucius flew over the wasteland without finding the bodies of the five demons covered in snow, and he finally gave up after a long day of searching, and finally returned to the Cabernet Forest alone.

It was the coldest time of the cold season, and the sky was snowing heavily, and Stern's teak sailboat had already accumulated a thick layer of snow, but fortunately the sea was not frozen, otherwise it would not have been possible to reach the desert island.

During their time on the ship, Stern and Thea took turns controlling the ship, while Yulia and Alinas stayed in the Faerie all day because it was too cold and refused to come out. After about seven days, the teak sailboat finally docked on the northwest side of the desert island, and after disembarking, Stern returned to the space and reminded the two girls, "Let's go, we have reached our destination." Yulia suddenly became excited, "I've been in it for too long, I can finally go out to breathe, and I don't know what the dwarf hills in Xia's mouth look like."

After getting off the boat, the group continued to ride the monster, and under the leadership of Thea, they hurried in the direction of the dwarf hill, and reached the hill in less than an hour. The dwarves standing on the hill soon saw four uninvited guests, and immediately one of the dwarves recognized Thea, "It's Thea, Thea is back", one of the dwarves shouted loudly.

All the dwarves hurried out of their holes in the hill to meet Thea, Stern and the others. From a distance, Stern saw two golden-bearded dwarves leading a large group of dwarves in their direction. "Abba, Uncle Shiva, I'm back", Shiva shouted excitedly when he saw his relatives.

"Haha, our young warrior Thea is back", Hig happily walked up to Chia and gave him an affectionate hug, then turned to Stern and said, "Brother Andy, thank you for taking care of Thea during this time, see that he has gained a lot of weight after going out for a while." Stern smiled and said, "Uncle Higg, since Thea is with me, it is also appropriate to take care of him." "Alright, it's cold outside, it's snowing so heavily, come back to the hill with us," Higg then led Stern and the others back to the cave in the hill.

I learned from the dwarven patriarch Higg that the dwarves' lives have improved a lot this year, and that they have stockpiled enough food this winter. Since the last time the goblins were wiped out under Stern's leadership, no thieves have come to the dwarves' mountains and orchards to steal, and because of this, their harvest this year is several times that of previous years, and they can't eat enough food.

With enough food, the snow hare and goats they kept in captivity also multiplied quickly, and now the number of snow hare has reached more than 200, and there are more than 60 goats. In addition, more importantly, there are six more little lives in the dwarf race this year, and these newborn dwarfs will definitely be able to thrive in the favorable living conditions.