Chapter Eighty-Six: A Village Without Water
In the afternoon, when the temperature rises sharply and the leaves curl up, Groot stays in the shade of the trees, sheltered from the heat, but the sun alone does not help
Groot stayed up like this until the evening, and after not getting water for a day, he felt dizzy and hot, so he asked a female dragon man passing by
"Can you give me some water to drink, I'm really thirsty."
Yet she replied
"It's been a long time since there was water here, and everyone walks outside in the early morning, using the scales on their skin to condense droplets, and then absorbing water through the cracks in them."
Groot was stunned
"Is it so hardcore, where the hell have I been?"
The female dragonman continued
"Ordinary people here don't have the opportunity to drink water at all, drinking water is the prerogative of the royal family, only they can get water from the reservoir"
Gruter nodded, a little helpless, he had to think of a way
So he pulled a few leaves from the tree behind him, and although it was bitter, it could make the saliva secrete temporarily
Late at night, when the weather was getting cooler and there was a lot of dew on the leaves, Groot looked at the dew in the moonlight and suddenly had an idea
Groot hurriedly borrowed a large clay pot and collected the dew from the leaves, and worked for most of the night until the sun rose and the dew had completely dissipated
"Wow, it's a big pot."
He took a big gulp
"Cool!"
However, the people who gathered around him at some point looked at him hungrily and wanted a piece of it
Groot was also a little speechless, and said to them
"Bring a cup to each of you, and I'll pour you some."
Everyone hadn't tasted water for a long time, and they all savored it, and the female dragon man asked
"I haven't asked the name of Lord Wolf yet."
Groot said
"Call me Groot"
The crowd asked for advice on how to collect the dew, and Groot carefully explained to them when and where the dew appeared
Groot summoned the vine again, this time making it grow with larger and wider leaves to store water
In the evening, the crowd began to wait for the temperature to drop, and then they took their utensils to collect the dew
Groot was a little surprised that as such a powerful creature, he could not even meet his basic needs, and his fate was too tragic
Everyone picked up the clay pot and clay cup and drank it happily
Groot asked suddenly, turning to them
"Haven't you ever thought about getting out of here?"
A tall dragon man said
"I've thought about it, but where can I go?"
He put down the water glass and looked at the giant wolf in front of him and said
"The archipelago is surrounded on all sides by an unidentified fog, and all the guide equipment inside will be out of order, and it will be impossible to get out"
Groot asked again
"Haven't you ever thought about joining the Hydra side?"
They shook their heads and continued
"There are layers of checkpoints on the road, not only in the sky, but also on the sea, and as long as they are discovered, they will be directly executed."
Groot suddenly remembered the female drake who stayed in his territory and asked
"Do you know Mera, she's also a dragonwoman, but she was saved by my people before she was sold"
Suddenly, the female dragonwoman said
"Do you know my daughter?"
She was visibly agitated and said
"She's been missing for a few years, supposedly sold to other countries, woo"
"Thank you, we thought we wouldn't hear from Mela in our lives"
Gruter nodded,
"I'll bring her back if I have a chance"
However, Mera's mother shook her head
"Just let her live in your wolf clan for the rest of her life, life here is better than death, in fact, there is nothing bad outside"
It was just dawn, revealing the white of the fish's belly, but at this time, everyone got up one after another
"What's wrong?"
Groot asked
"Today is the day when the royal family came to arrest people, and everyone hid at home and didn't dare to go out"
"Lord Groot, hurry up and find a place to hide, otherwise you will be arrested, that officer is not an ordinary person, very powerful"
Groot nodded, but he also wanted to see how strong the other side was
He left the crowd and turned back into his original form, only to hear the crackling of bones
"Wow, it's still comfortable to be a werewolf, being a big dog almost didn't tire me out"
He hid his figure and slowly reached for the village
Sure enough, a handful of people had already appeared in the village, and the crowd included both dragonmen and Imperial soldiers
He probed with his soul perception, only to find that there was a powerful dragonman officer inside, and his strength was close to the peak of the fourth order
The man got off the dragon horse and said in the empty street
"Now that the number of troops is urgent, we need female dragons for production, our royal family will not force everyone, if you are willing to dedicate yourself, the whole village will get a year's food and water supply, please consider it"
However, no one in the room made a sound, and the scene was very awkward
At this time, several imperial officers behind him said
"Nonsense, since you dragons can't trespass into other people's houses without permission, then it's up to us to serve, after all, the military orders here don't apply to us"
As they spoke, the two kicked open the door, and Groot happened to be in ambush inside
The two fell to the ground, their throats slit, and they were bleeding profusely
The dragon man officer said
"You're embarrassing me, if you honestly hand over someone, maybe it won't be so much"
He pulled out the long sword at his waist, and golden light instantly filled the blade
"Come out for me!"
Groot was not far away and the people in the house were implicated, so he had to walk out silently
The dragonman said
"Isn't this the guy who is wanted in the whole city these days, I said how did they have the audacity to kill the Imperial officer, it turned out to be you"
Groot also covered his whole body with spiritual power, ready to fight
"Less nonsense, let's get started"
The dragonman said
"I don't need to deal with you, give it to me!"
The guards behind him drew their swords and began to attack
"What kind of power is this, time seems to slow down"
Groot felt that time around him had slowed down, and his movements had slowed down a lot
He immediately sensed that something was wrong, those weapons seemed to be tricky, and with each swing, time around him slowed down
The dragon man officer said contemptuously
"It doesn't hurt to tell you, this is our royal family's secret enchantment - Time Warp, you've already lost"
Groot snorted coldly
"Lose? How did you come up with this answer?"
In the eyes of everyone, I saw that his speed suddenly skyrocketed
"Beast Spirit Accelerated"
Several soldiers fell in response, and the surrounding guys did not dare to come any closer
The dragonman said
"It seems that you still have some skills, so let me try it myself"
Groot hurriedly went all out, he didn't want to be beaten by an opponent at the peak of the fourth order again
"Where did the others go?"
Groot suddenly discovers that the other party has disappeared
However, there was a frightened cry from inside the house