Mahazar withdrew his gloomy gaze from the blood-red stars in mid-air, and looked silently ahead, where the Kassan's palace seemed to be close at hand. And this action was like a silent command, causing all the surrounding sand thieves to stop from the uneasiness and commotion, and looked at them in unison.

"Mahazar, are we going to move on, or are we going to ......?"

"Keep going."

The sand thieves looked at each other, and they all looked up at the strange thing between the clouds, the coercion of that thing was unsettling, but now that the king of the sand thieves had spoken, they had no choice but to comply. Moreover, the wealth they had pursued all their lives was already within reach, and no one was willing to give up and leave at this time.

Mahazar glanced at the crowd. "The Kashan Palace can't stop us, let us take it in one fell swoop, and the whole desert will remember this day once and for all, and tremble under our name—"

He looked at the burning city, the black clouds that overhung the city, and the disturbing strange thing in the clouds, and for some reason, a thought suddenly came to his heart:

After today, the royal city may cease to exist.

And the history of the Istanians, after this day, will go in the other direction.

This thought suddenly gave birth to an unrealistic ambition in his heart—

The king of the sand pirates thought of another city, Idus, the trading capital on the edge of the desert long before he was born, in ruins, buried beneath the sand. But legends about it have been passed down for decades on the sandy sea, and one of them is the one that depicts the Penelope royal family today.

The ancestor of the Penelopes, the great-grandfather of the current King of Sand, was once a minor minor of the royal family, but an adventure in Idus gave him an astonishing fortune. This fortune allowed the Penelope family to re-emerge and return to the center stage.

Then there is the story that follows, after two generations of hard work, through the opportunity to cooperate with the Chosen One, the Kaurin-Ihurians, to seize the crown of the previous royal family.

Although this legend is only circulated privately above the sand sea, Mahazar is convinced of it. He was born in a small village in the north of Istania, near Kaurin-Ishurian and near the ruins of the name Idus, so he could be said to have grown up listening to strange stories.

Legend has it that the city amassed an astonishing fortune, but it was burned in the flames and buried under the ruins, only to the benefit of the poachers who came after it. He had heard the tales of countless poachers, especially those who had made a fortune and made a name for themselves on the sandy sea.

Although he had never seen it with his own eyes, for since he had grown up, Idus had long since become a piece of rubble that no one cared about, and the wealth buried in it had been scattered in a hundred years, leaving only the longed-for myths and monsters. But he has longed for those stories since he was a child, and has been strangled by them countless times, only hating that he could not be born a hundred or ten years earlier.

Although that was the story before he became a sand thief, it was just a memory of his youth.

However, the reason why the Penelope royal family has everything today is only thanks to the development of Idus.

His eyes reflected the hellish scene of the city at this moment, and everything in the past was reappearing before his eyes, wasn't this another Idus? Everything he wants is in this place at the moment, and the city is like an unguarded girl who lets him take what he wants.

The ancestors of the Penelope royal family can ascend to the throne of the King of Sand because of the same opportunity.

How could he not?

Thinking of this, the king of sand thieves seemed to have made up his mind in his heart.

He faced the crowd, his face looked like a layer of frost, and his voice gradually became cold. "These tricks made by the blind followers to pretend to be ghosts, when everything is over, we will settle accounts with them......" At this point, he could not understand what was happening, but he only drew his scimitar and swung it forward.

He raised his voice: "As for now, come with me to open the gates of the Kasan Palace and leave this place with our loot." ”

This sentence completely ignited the greed in the hearts of the sand thieves, and they agreed in unison, and did not hesitate again.

……

The clouds that were gradually converging in the sky caught Fang Yuan's attention.

In some parts of the north, such clouds are common, and most likely indicate a heavy rain or even a storm. But on this sea of sand in Istania, he rarely saw such a low and heavy cloud layer overhead, even at night, he could often see the clear and transparent sky, and the countless stars above the sky, reflecting the long silver sand sea.

Holding on to the side of the dinghy with one hand, he looked up at the scene in mid-air, the black clouds of low pressure had obscured the moonlight, dimming the light around him. There was even a wind in mid-air, raising the silver sails and whirring, blowing his long hair and covering his eyes.

Fang Yu brushed away his bangs with his hand, turned back and asked, "How far is it from Idus?" ”

Luo Yu silently glanced at the map and calculated the itinerary when he came. "In less than half an hour, it was a headwind when it came, and it will be a little faster when it comes back."

"There are still three hours of dawn."

Fang Yu muttered to himself.

After a moment, he asked, "Is there any news from the community?" ”

It was Parker who answered this question. "You're asking a good question, alchemist, I just found a post from our Miss Nightingale," replied the Paparal smugly. Since the lesson of the last dust storm, they have learned something new and discussed how to communicate with each other without their usual means of communication.

Specifically, it is divided into the situation where the communication system is lost, the community is lost, and all normal means are lost - and at the moment, it is only the communication system that is lost, and there is an unknown situation on Questak's side, cutting off contact with the outside world. But unlike the big dust storm, the community can still log in normally.

In such a situation, they have already agreed to post on a fixed section of the community in a fixed format to contact each other. Of course, for the sake of secrecy, the post itself is anonymous, and the title also confuses the average person:

'Sell Chinese cabbage, 100,000 miles a pound, or exchange for a rocket flying fist.' ’

"It's about the same as the regiment commander guessed," Luo Yu apparently opened the post as well, and said at this point, "The sand thieves attacked Questak. ”

"Have you invaded the outer city?"

Luo Yu nodded.

"There are also alchemists who suddenly appeared?"

Luo Yu nodded again.

"What's going on now?"

"In order to retreat into the northern city for the citizens, Her Royal Highness the Celestial Princess let the palace guards and the knights of Marlan and Andama take the initiative to attack, and fought with the sand thieves outside the inner city, and the two sides won and lost each other......"

However, it wasn't until the King of the Sand Pirates, Mahazar, stormed the Patrick Bridge, and the King of the Sand Pirates and his men appeared, that the battle did not turn out to be optimistic...... Fortunately, the paladins of Marlan protected Princess Rupert and the others to retreat into the inner city, relying on the walls of the inner city, which should be able to hold out for a while......"

But Alfonde, who was on the side, shook his head when he heard this.

The halfling was with them when he came, and he was the same when he returned, and he wasn't really happy to take the risk, but the Sand King had made a promise to the only halfling guide who could sail a boat, and how could he refuse to be lured by a huge reward, as a 'bounty hunter'?

As for the question of whether or not there is such a life, there is naturally no need to consider it.

The halfling suddenly interjected at this moment: "Since Cuestak was built, no one has breached its outer walls, the vast sea of sand constitutes the best defense of this royal city, and few armies can cross the sea of sand to this place and conquer the city. What's more, no one can look down on this barren land......"

"Therefore, after hundreds of years, the Questac people have actually become accustomed to it, and the defense of the outer city can be said to be able to deal with the sand pirates on weekdays, but as for the inner city, the defense has long been lax...... Even if the army is full, it is difficult to say that it is worthy of a blow, let alone now? ”

When Fang Yu heard this, he didn't refute, but only asked again: "Luo Yu, is this the latest battle situation?" ”

And this time before the former could answer, Parker on the side had already said sharply: "Don't look at it, this was half an hour ago." ”

"Half an hour ago?"

Luo Yu also glanced at the time of the last reply, except for those inconsequential replies from other people in the community, Miss Nightingale's last reply was thirty minutes ago. "Yes, there hasn't been any reply before?"

"Actually, it's not just this post," Parker added, "I checked other related posts on the community, and there were about thirty posts about the sand pirates attacking Questrak, and all of them had a response of 30 minutes ago, and the latest one was 31 minutes old. ”

Fang Yu frowned silently.

If Alyssa didn't reply to the post for half an hour, it may be that there is nothing new happening during this time. All the relevant topics above the community were silenced within thirty minutes, which only showed that there was a new situation on Questak's side.

Even the community has lost contact.

He immediately turned back and shouted to Pasha on the top of the boat, "Pasha, send a magic messenger back." ”

Immediately, the little boy's crisp voice came from the mast: "Understand, Captain! ”

Alfond sighed. "Half an hour, it's almost two Taria, right? The Sand Thieves had already crossed Patrick's Bridge before that, and if we didn't hurry, they'd probably leave us in ruins. ”

The halfling shrugged his shoulders again: "To be honest, I don't quite understand what your reason for agreeing to the King of Sand is, even if we arrive, what can we do?" Can we stop Mahazar, or can we help Princess Celestia defend the city? ”

Fang Yu was preoccupied, and he didn't pay attention to the other party for the first time, but said to Luo Yu: "Can you be faster, Luo Yu?" ”

Luo Yu nodded: "I can try it." ”

Then Fang Yu turned around and asked the former, "Then why do you have to agree again, Mr. Alfonde?" ”

"Me?" Alfond thought for a moment. "Naturally, it's for money, and although the opportunity is not big, you have to fight. What's more, Her Royal Highness the princess promised me a reward, and I only got a deposit, and I have to collect the account when I do something, Mr. Ed should be understandable, right? ”

This sentence made Fang Yu almost forget the current predicamentous situation, and he looked at this guy with a little crying and laughing: "So, in fact, if the King of Sand doesn't mention it, you will also go back?" ”

The halfling replied as a matter of course: "That's different. ”

That's different.

If you can choose to make money on both sides, why should you only take one side?

These people who come out of the Brotherhood of Thieves are really talented.

However, although he was relaxed on the surface, Alfonde's previous words still made Fang Yu worry in his heart.

It's just that he looked ahead, and he couldn't see the flames of Cuestak soaring into the sky for a while, so he didn't put this worry in his expression.

At this moment, on the other end of the boat, Luo Hao was walking over from there - this fat man from the military had been thinking about something alone since before, and it was not until this moment that he walked up to Fang Yu and said:

"Ed, something suddenly occurred to me."

Fang Yu was looking at each other.

And it was at this time that the hatch below deck creaked open. Jita, who had a worried face, appeared in that place and said to the two of them: "Brother Ed, Miss Afifa's condition is not quite right, President Ye Hua asked you to go down and take a look." ”

Fang Yu then remembered that there was another commission on the ship about the Sand King Babartan, but he couldn't help but wonder, even if he arrived at Questak now, would the situation over there really allow this mystrician lady to be treated?

With that in mind, he stepped out of the cabin. The cabin of the dinghy was nothing more than a cramped space, which had been stacked with supplies, but had been cleared to get to Questac faster, and now there was only a makeshift bed left. Ye Hua and the royal physicians of the Sand King stayed in this place, Afifa was lying on the bed, a dim wind lamp hung on one side of the bulkhead, and under the flickering light, the condition of this mystic lady looked worse than before.

The Imperial Physicians were discussing Afifa's situation in a low voice, and it was clear from their tones that the situation was not optimistic. And Fang Yu crossed these people, came to the side of the mystical lady and probed the other party's forehead with his hand, which was a little scary.

He raised his head and met Ye Hua's gaze.

The former president of the Southern Alliance was naturally not a healer, but at this moment, a different light flashed in the other party's eyes, and he lowered his voice and said to the other party: "This is not the effect of some poison, Ed." ”

"How?"

"There are aether fluctuations on her body, and they are very violent, even I felt it just now," Ye Hua looked at the healers not far away, and his voice was lowered, "That aura is somewhat familiar to me, it seems to be exactly the same as in the hall before." ”

Fang Yu was slightly stunned, it was exactly the same as in the hall before, didn't that mean......

Descartes the Blind God.

He looked at Afifa, and suddenly reacted, the reason why the blind follower took this mystic lady away may be for this purpose. Or rather, they instigated the King of Sand to carry out this plan and resurrect the princess, in order to create such a carrier.

And the crystal in the phantom sea has been shattered by him, and at least one-third of the power contained in it has been absorbed by Nini, and the remaining half has gone to Afifa's body? In other words, the plans of the blind followers, although they seem to have failed, may be at least half of the success?

But what is the situation of the remaining half, Afifa does not seem to have really become the carrier of the resurrection of the blind god Deska, but such a half-dead situation.

What should they do now?

Bringing Afifa to Cuestak for healing doesn't seem like a solid option anyway.

He couldn't help but look at Ye Hua, the other party asked Ji Ta to call him down, it was definitely not just for him to tell him about it. Sure enough, the Ranger King spoke, "There are two options right now. ”

"She has absorbed the power in the crystal, the current situation is unknown, you and I all know, the purpose of the blind followers is to resurrect the blind god Deska, so the power in this young lady's body is very likely to be related to it. So taking her to Cuestak now may be a destabilizing factor, or a ticking time bomb. ”

"The easy way is to give up now, her condition is already very bad, if she gives up treatment, maybe she will die if she can't hold on. In this way, the king of sand, Babaltan, cannot blame you, after all, you have done your best. ”

Fang Yu listened, and couldn't help but glance at Afifa on the bed. But he was silent for a moment, instinctively resisting this choice, although it may be safer and safer this way, and as Ye Hua said, the Sand King Babartan has nothing to say, but the girl in front of him has helped them so much in Bein, as a friend, he is not willing to make this choice.

What's more, the other party is still his first aboriginal fan in the world.

"What about the second one?" He asked silently.

Ye Hua looked at him and smiled: "I knew you would ask that, but I don't actually have the bottom of the second way, you came to the Phantom Sea, I guess you should have seen Rand and that alchemist, right?" They are well aware of the tricks of the blind followers, Miss Afifa, and ask them if there may be any solution. ”

Fang Yu was silent, this method can be said to be a method that is not a way, after all, what Ye Hua said is just a possibility, what if the other party doesn't know?

But he pondered for a moment, and decided to believe in the possibility.

"Then we'll choose the second option."

Ye Hua smiled slightly: "Right now, you are the captain, and the captain has the final say." ”

……