O'Neill Island, an endless desert.

A silver flying carpet flew unhurriedly on this sea of yellow sand.

On top of the flying carpet, in the center, is a rectangular silver-stone table. On the stone table are a dazzling array of fruits and pastries, as well as fruit wine.

Behind the stone table is a row of comfortable silver recliners, long and wide. These recliners can be adjusted into tall high-back chairs.

Alice and the Marquis of Mary, as well as the old Earl of Hookelly, adjusted the chaise longue into a high-backed chair and sat upright in the chair. Archduke Quirrell, Archduke Reeves, and Archduke Erica were half-lying and half-sitting on a chaise longue. As for Archduke Littles, he sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, as if meditating.

The boundless desert is like a yellow sea, shining with ten thousand points of light under the illumination of the red, blue and white sun. From time to time, the flying carpet crosses the oases. These oases, like emeralds, are dotted with an endless sea of yellow sand.

However, the temperature here is pleasant, cool and breezy, not at all the scorching heat of the African desert on earth, but like a warm spring on the earth. Such a comfortable and refreshing climate could not alleviate the irritability in Alice's heart.

Since arriving in O'Neill for seven or eight days, Alice has become increasingly unhappy. The reason for the displeasure stemmed from Archduke Erica. In Alice's opinion, Grand Duke Reeves respects her everywhere, but the itinerary in O'Neill revolves around Archduke Erica.

On the first day of arriving in O'Neill, the lunch season was delayed on the grounds that Grand Duke Erica had not arrived at the Silver Palace. The grand welcome dinner, not in the magnificent hall of the Silver Palace, but in an oasis of blue and blue lakes, was the request of Archduke Alice. In fact, where to hold the welcome dinner, Alice does not care. The dinner held on the shore of Chengbi Lake was a bonfire dinner with singing and dancing, and it was also very grand and grand.

What made Alice unhappy was that Grand Duke Reeves did not arrange a trip to the church the next day. Different from Alice's itinerary in other continents, she did not go to the Sand Church in O'Neill Continent, but stayed in Chengbi Lake for a day--- in the Extreme South Continent and the Extreme North Continent, both on the second day of arrival, she immediately went to the Holy Church, which was the most important ceremony of the Seven Continents Continent Tour of the Holy Messenger of the Light Source, and it was also the first and foremost ritual of the first arrangement. The reason why everyone stayed at Chengbi Lake was that Archduke Erica loved the scenery of Chengbi Lake and wanted to stay for an extra day!

And today, visiting a member of the Lemuel clan, he returned to the Silver Palace without a dinner, just because the old earl's words made Archduke Erica displeased, and Archduke Erica immediately brushed his sleeves and left. And Grand Duke Reeves actually advocated that everyone return to the Silver Palace first.

And tomorrow, the itinerary becomes a lion hunt, also because Archduke Erica wants to hunt lions on a whim!

In the past, returning to the Silver Palace from the palaces of other counts, the flying carpet flew extremely fast, and it arrived at the Silver Palace in a short time. And now, the flying carpet is flying unhurriedly, and it is also the words of Archduke Erica: "Fly slowly, I like these unsheltered breezes in the Harassa Desert." ”

In the Far South, Archduke Quirrell honored Alice everywhere, and Marquis Mary was even more attentive. None of the foods Alice liked were on the table. In O'Neill Continent, although Alice's dietary preferences had been delivered to the Silver Palace through Feixin before, there was the same kind of food that Alice didn't like on the table, and later Alice learned that it was Archduke Erica's favorite food.

In the Far North, King Edward and Queen Caroline also have great respect for Alice, and Marquis Harvey is even more attentive, and everything related to Alice is personally involved. The Marquis of Harvey paid too much attention to Alice, so much so that on the occasion of the Marquis of Harvey's appearance, the Grand Duke of Litus seemed to deliberately distance himself from Alice. This is the only thing Alice is dissatisfied with Harvey, although she is dissatisfied, she also enjoys the love of Marquis Harvey. Naturally, this dissatisfaction is not really dissatisfaction.

After visiting the Far South and the Far North, and now arriving in Oni, Alice always felt that although Archduke Reeves had great respect for her on the surface, in fact everything was done with Archduke Erica, which made her unhappy.

Archduke Litus boarded the flying carpet, exchanged a few words with Alice, and then sat cross-legged and closed his eyes in meditation.

Marquis Mary next to Alice was originally weak-tempered, Alice and Marquis Mary only said a few words from time to time, and Marquis Mary didn't like to take the initiative to talk more, and after flying for a long time, there was silence between the two.

Grand Duke Reeves and Grand Duke Erica chatted constantly, and Grand Duke Erica smiled like a silver bell from time to time. Archduke Quirrell and the old Earl Hookelly, between him and Archduke Erica, discussed the issue of witchcraft with great interest. Although they also exchanged a few words with Alice from time to time, Alice thought it was just politeness.

It wasn't in the Far South, and Archduke Quirrell didn't speak, just let Archduke Reeves arrange everything, except for one thing that he personally arranged, and that was the security of Alice's guards.

Alice sat upright in her chair, even though she was unhappy in her heart, she endured it, her expression cold and a little calm. She looked out at the distant horizon, where the desert seemed to stretch to the horizon and merge with it.

Perhaps to break the silence that had lasted too long, Alice said, "The deserts of heaven are really different from the deserts of earth. Although there are oases on the earth, there are not as many deserts as the Harassa Desert. If I hadn't been here for a few days, I wouldn't have believed it was a desert. ”

"It's all because of the power of the light of spring." Marquis Mary said: "Once the light source is extinguished, the ash period arrives, and without the power of the spring light, day and night begin to alternate, and the four seasons begin to be distinct, and the continent of O'Neill, located at the golden equator, will become hotter and hotter. Not only the Great Harasa Desert, but also other deserts, the plants on the oases will gradually wither, the lakes will become smaller and even disappear, and the number of oases will also be greatly reduced. ”

Marquis Mary's words made Alice's slender eyebrows frown slightly: "The kingdom of heaven in the ash period seems to be very similar to our earth. There is day and night, there is spring, summer, autumn and winter. ”

"It's different." Marquis Marie said: "Our nights will get longer and longer, and the climate will get colder and colder. Once the ash period is over and no light source can be found, the kingdom of heaven will be plunged into eternal darkness and cold. ”

"This is the Dark Age." Archduke Litus, who was beside Alice, slowly opened his eyes, and his voice was gentle and calm: "In the dark age, disease and hunger are pervasive, and all battles have become only one purpose, which is to fight for food. ”

Alice knew the term Dark Age, but she didn't know much about it, and the temple clerk mentioned it about it. For some reason, there are not many records of the dark, cold and terrifying dark ages. And the words that appear the most are that the Protoss and the Holy Messenger of Light Source will definitely find a new light source in the Ash Stage, bringing the Heavenly Kingdom into a new age of light.

In fact, since ancient times, there have been more than a dozen times in the history of the ash period without finding the light source, and the longest dark age was nearly a thousand years, and in that dark age, the human race was almost extinct.

"Don't worry, the Light Source Holy Envoy is so smart, and Emperor Eric is so wise, the people of our generation of Protoss will naturally be able to find a new light source in the Ash Period." Grand Duke Elle chuckled.

It's just that her flirtatious tone feels a little mocking to Alice's ears.

"Disease? Could it be that the Protoss can also get sick in the dark ages? Alice suppressed the displeasure in her heart and deliberately changed the subject.

"The silver palace has arrived." Archduke Litus said mildly, as if he hadn't heard Alice's question. The Marquis of Mary did not answer.