Time is passing slowly, unconsciously a touch of fish belly white quietly appeared in the distant sky, although the temperature has gradually risen, but the cold meaning is still not completely receded, between the sand particles gradually floated a faint mist, spread and scattered on the sand, blending and entangled, so that the entire desert surface seems to be shrouded in a layer of hazy clouds.

The thin mist easily penetrated the tattered surface of the cotton clothes, making everyone's skin feel cold and damp, which was very uncomfortable. Ite frowned and couldn't help but twist her body slightly, hoping to get rid of the uncomfortable feeling by rubbing her skin against her clothes.

Inadvertently, he was surprised to find that the fog around him seemed to be attracted by something, and it was pouring towards the huge and bloated body of the evil lizard beside him, through the gap between the dense pale cyan scales, and into its body.

"See, this is what these evil lizards are absorbing the water elements around them, some of these water elements will be converted into water attribute magic elements to replenish their magic cores, and the other will be converted into water elements stored under their scales, ready to be used by the pilot. ”

Alex's faint voice sounded in his ears, and Itet turned his head sharply to see Alex with a tired face also staring quietly at the strange scene in front of him.

When the sun shines brightly from the horizon, the faint mist quickly disappears. The temperature in the desert began to rise slowly, and the humid smell of the air gradually became dry.

The procession that had been marching all night stopped shortly after sunrise, and the original long dragon-like procession quickly dispersed, and the huge evil lizards did not need the command of the pilot, gathered together in twos and threes, lazily climbed to the back of a sand dune next to them, leaned over in the shade, squinted and began to rest, and crowded the side of the sand dunes in a large area nearby.

A group of short figures in robes suddenly burst out from the back of the group, some holding wooden plates full of various foods in their arms, some carrying water bags sewn from bulging animal skins, running straight under the sand dunes where they were, running deep and shallow on the soft sand, the hood on the head of the figure in front of the running gradually slipped off in the bumping, and the heavy water bladders in both hands had no time to care, showing their true appearance in the eyes of everyone.

"Hey, look, those are dwarves, hell, how can there be dwarves here...... Oh, no, it's a little strange how these dwarves look......"

Poole exclaimed in surprise as he pointed to the figure with a revealing face.

"Hey...... I advise you to keep quiet, don't be heard by them, or you'll be in trouble......"

Alex reached out and patted Poole's head and whispered a warning.

"These aren't dwarves, they're gray gnomes. In ancient times, the Dark Elves enslaved many evil races, with the Grey Gnomes and Cave Spiders being two of the most well-known minion races. Don't look at these gray dwarfs who are short in stature and have a bad temper, they are known for bullying the weak and being afraid of the hard. When dealing with beings who are stronger than them, they can do their best to obey and please, but for the races that are weaker than them, they are extremely bullied. They are close relatives of the gnomes of the present continent, but their common distant relatives, the dwarves, are said to be feuding. It's best not to mention the word dwarf in front of them, or they'll give you a taste of the notoriously tyrannical and murderous side of the Grey Gnomes. ”

Hearing Alex's words, everyone looked at the gray gnomes who had come to the front with some disgust, only to see them first walk quickly in front of each evil lizard, crawl along the curved forelimbs of the evil lizard to its back, and then bend down in a humble posture to carefully hand the wooden plate full of fresh fruit to the slender figures who controlled the monster, and then quietly waited for the dark elf beast tamers to eat the fruit slowly and methodically, and then bent down and carefully took back the wooden plate, during which some gray gnomes also whispered a few words in a strange language, but most of them did not get an answer, just changed back to those dark elf heads and waved their hands impatiently, but the gray gnomes lowered their heads more and more respectfully, turned around and slowly climbed down the way they came.

However, the gray gnomes who turned their faces to face the human prisoners in the iron cage seemed to change their faces in an instant, and their original humble and submissive expressions had long since disappeared, and their slightly raised heads combined with their straight bodies exuded a haughty momentum, and their cold eyes were full of contempt and disdain, and they looked coldly at the human prisoners huddled together in the iron cage.

It's only then that Ite really saw the gray gnome's appearance.

These diminutive creatures stood up straight, about the chest of a human adult, and their faces were similar to those of the dwarf merchants who happened to pass by in the town of Clear Springs, with sparse hair and nut-like heads, which were essential features that distinguished the gnomes from their distant relatives, the dwarves.

Because dwarves are similar in stature compared to gnomes, they have stronger physiques, and both men and women have lush fluffy hair and thick beards, so it is difficult to distinguish the gender of a dwarf from their faces alone.

But what is obviously different from ordinary gnomes is their skin color, their exposed skin is a dull almost sickly gray-white, obviously different from the almost dark green skin color of ordinary gnomes, and their figure is obviously much taller than the dwarfs whose height can only reach the waist and abdomen of humans, and they are also stronger, revealing a rare sense of fierceness in their gestures, especially strange is that their eyes, almost all of them are gray, only the small pupils reveal a little yellow, which looks like people can't help but feel a cold chill, as if there is a trace of death in it, cold and terrible。

The two gray gnomes came to the side of the cage and put the wooden plate full of food and the bulging water bladder next to the cage door, and after opening the iron lock of the cage door with the key hanging from their waists, they retreated indifferently to the side.

"You have an hourglass time to eat and solve personal hygiene problems. ”

One of the gray gnomes said coldly in a strange and dry voice, while the other took out a small hourglass from his arms, shook it gently, and slid all the sand grains in the hourglass to the bottom, and then put it on the sand in front of him.

Everyone hesitated to look at the food on the sand in front of them, and then looked at the gray gnome standing indifferently and the hourglass on the ground, and their hearts were uncertain. But Alex didn't hesitate to get out of the cage door, and even the other four people had to climb out one after another, after all, the five people in the cage were chained together.

Reaching out to pick up the bulging water bag and pulling out the cork, Alex first drank it with his head held high, then handed it to Ite, wiped the corners of his mouth, brought the wooden plate full of food to him, sniffed it, and then muttered disdainfully, "Cut, it's the jerky...... of the Oro beast again", and then distributed the pieces of jerky to everyone, sat on the ground, stretched and curled up for a long time and a little stiff body, while gulping down the food in his hand.

Seeing Alex's actions, the people who were hesitant in the nearby iron cages also climbed out of the cage door, picked up water bladders and food, and sat around and devoured them.