The Santo River is one of the most important rivers in Alabastan, and several important cities are located along the river, and the entire river is fifty kilometers wide and looks like a sea.

But even with such a wide river, Alabastan is still very short of water and arid, which is very unimaginable for Zhang Da.

You must know that most of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River are only a few kilometers wide, and I have never heard of a desert where there is no grass. Perhaps this is the unique environment and climate of Alabastan, and perhaps there is something big wrong with the soil.

Bang!

When the gunshots rang out, Bell shook at the sudden sound and realized that it wasn't coming at him.

A large bird in the sky had its wings broken and fell, along with a backpack.

Uncle Long said that he was not good at using a gun, and now he just shot the wings of a big bird in flight at a distance of nearly a thousand meters, well, he is indeed not very good at it.

When he saw the backpack that fell with the big bird, Zhang Da also thought it was the bald eagle of the Baroque work club, but it didn't look like it on a closer look.

"Uncle Long, do you see what that bird looks like?" Zhang Da was also worried that he had knocked down the newspaper gull, and the fun would be great.

"It's a big white bird, it feels about the size of an ostrich, and it's carrying a bag." Jackie Chan said to Zhang Da below on the lookout, "I robbed it because it looked suspicious, did I make a mistake?" ”

"In a way, it's not wrong." Bell picked up the conversation and explained, "It's a fraudulent bird that often falls to the ground and pretends to be injured to trick pedestrians in the desert and steal their luggage. ”

Jackie Chan was surprised: "So smart? ”

"There are liars among the birds!" Perona looked shocked.

"Don't look at me when you say the word liar." Zhang Da also pulled Perona's little head away in disgust, in exchange for her even more disgusted looks.

"That fraudulent bird with a backpack means that someone has been robbed of his luggage, and he may lose his life in the desert." Bell opened his arms and showed his wings, and his whole body turned into the appearance of a falcon: "I'm going to return the backpack to its owner, and you guys just keep going along the Santo River, and I'll catch up soon." ”

"Okay." Zhang Da was not surprised by Bell's decision, the royal painting style of Alabastan is completely different from other countries, and the main focus is to be close to the people.

Bell flapped his wings and took off, but hovered at the lookout before leaving, and said hesitantly: "Please Mr. Jackie Chan remember what I look like now." ”

Bell flew away, and Jackie Chan asked confusedly, "What does he mean by this?" ”

"Huh." Zhang Da also suddenly felt that this strongest fighter in Alabastan was quite funny, "He is afraid that you will beat him down as a strange bird." ”

"How is that possible?" Jackie Chan smiled awkwardly and retracted into the observation room, where the sunlight was too poisonous.

Zhang Da also felt a little hot, although he could bear it, but it was a little uncomfortable, and he reminded Perona: "Aren't you going to change a robe?" ”

"Why change robes on such a hot day? That's it! Perona snapped open her little devil parasol, "Do you want it?" I still have a spare. ”

"It's so weird to hold an umbrella in the desert, and I recommend you wear it like I do." Ye Yan came out, wearing a white robe, a headscarf and headband on his head, and a fake beard on his lips, he confidently showed himself and introduced, "This is my performance art - Dubai tyrants!" ”

"No, I'll go get the big umbrella and table out." Zhang Da also turned around and walked into the cabin, "Tom, let's get some cold drinks, don't we have an ice cream machine?" ”

Tom was lazily lying in the shade under the tree, his tongue drooping and looking unrefreshed on the outside—the one that had been brought on the boat almost three months ago and planted in a pot was still strong.

When Tom heard the words ice cream, he remembered that he had picked a lot of delicious fruit in the little garden, which could be used to make some cold drinks.

Artoria is always very active when it comes to eating, and she is eager to help Tom.

In a few moments, everyone was sitting under a large parasol with an ice cream or a glass of juice, except for the shark pepper at the helm.

"Shark Pepper, I'll ...... for you Ahh Zhang Da just slapped the shark pepper very ordinarily, but his palm was burned red, and he raised his red and swollen right hand and blew heavily.

Shark Pepper turned around: "Ah, sorry, my body surface seems to heat up more easily." ”

Zhang Da also looked at his right hand, his five fingers were swollen like five red light bulbs, and asked without tears: "Don't you have a temperature regulation system in your body?" ”

"Well...... Shark Pepper said apologetically, "Actually, my temperature regulation system is more for the low temperatures in the deep sea, and now this situation is a little less effective, but the temperature in the body is actually not very high." ”

"Okay, I'm unlucky." Zhang Da also turned his head, "Wendy......"

"Okay~" Wendy handed the ice cream she had just licked to Perona and came over to help Zhang Da heal the burns.

Thankfully, it's not that special injury that the magic rule is bad.

Crash! A catfish, larger than a boat, suddenly emerged from the water, its sharp teeth aimed at the Amber and bit down.

"Wow~ What a big catfish!" Jackie Chan was about to put down the cold drink to blast the dragon, but his right hand was pressed down.

Artoria disappeared from her seat in an instant, and the next moment the big catfish had been split in two, and Artoria stood on the water, excitedly picking out where the meat was better.

When Bell returned, he took the cold drink that Rui Mengmeng handed him, and watched in amazement as Tom roasted the slices of fish on the shark peppers.

He had seen meat roasted on hot stone and iron plates, but it was the first time he had seen roasting meat on the heads of his companions, and the key was that the shark pepper, which was used as kitchen utensils, was not angry at all.

"This, this is the Santa Catfish?" Bell recognized the fish by the skin on several pieces of meat that had not yet been sliced.

"There's nothing taboo about eating this fish, right?" Zhang Da also felt the need to respect other people's customs.

"That's not it, although the Santo Catfish are rare, they are not animals that need to be protected, on the contrary, they are ferocious and often attack people," Bell said. ”

"That's good." With this question, Zhang Da also suddenly remembered that there are many interesting animals in Alabastan, such as fraud birds, such as particularly large moving crabs.

In addition, Lao Sha seems to be a professional crocodile farmer, so it seems necessary to go to Lao Sha's base camp.

Bell tasted the slices of meat roasted on the head of the shark pepper with subtlety, and was surprised to find that it tasted good, and took another sip of the juice, feeling that it was a fruit that he had never eaten.

He looked at the amber tour group that was constantly eating and drinking, and reaffirmed that this group of people must be good people, and that they should be treated well.

It was already afternoon, and Bell identified the location and reminded: "It's coming soon, there is a secret dock in front, and the navy's warships are parked there, so let's dock there." ”

Zhang Da didn't have any problem with them, and turned into a small river bay according to Bell's guidance, where a medium-sized warship was parked on the shore, several naval soldiers stood guard on the ship, and a group of Alabastani soldiers were guarding the shore.

When the soldiers saw the strange ship approaching, they immediately raised their vigilance and prepared to come forward for interrogation, but they quickly relieved when they saw Bell appearing, and the naval soldiers obviously knew Bell and let down their guard.

"Lord Bell!" The captain of the soldier stepped forward to say hello.

"Good work." Bell was very kind, "This is His Majesty's guest to see, I will take them to Albana, and the ship will be taken care of by you." ”

"Yes!" The squad leader respectfully responded.

Zhang Da also didn't have much trust in these soldiers, so he still asked Ye Yan to leave a few flag demons to guard the ship, and everyone went to Albana with Bell.

Except for Perona, everyone else put on a robe to block the scorching sun, although Rui Mengmeng is not afraid of the sun, but she thinks it is more gregarious.

Tom and Xia Lulu hung on Zhang Daye and Wendy respectively, the sand on the ground was too hot, they couldn't get off their feet, and they didn't really want to wear shoes.

"It's so hot~" As soon as she got off the boat, Perona found that her little parasol could only block the sun, but it couldn't block the hot air on her face, she stood on tiptoe and looked around for a while, and asked, "Where is the Albana you said, why can't you see it at all." ”

"It's still a few dozen kilometers from Albana, and if you walk there, you probably won't get there until dark," Bell said. ”

"Tens of kilometers?" Isn't that going to be hot like this for a long time? Perona was about to turn gray, and she put her arms around Wendy, "Wendy, use your magic to blow the wind on me, right?" ”

"It's going to get hotter if it's so close!" Wendy gently pushes Perona away, trying to create a breeze to cool everyone down.

After a few seconds, Wendy stopped, even if there was wind, it was hot air, the effect was too poor.

Bell said, "Please bear with me a little longer, I have already contacted the palace, and His Majesty will send someone to fetch us." ”

It wasn't long before a puff of smoke and dust appeared in the distance, and nine big yellow ducks came running at great speed, each wearing a sunhat on its head and even carrying a windbreaker.

The big yellow ducks stopped in front of Bell and raised one of their wings in unison in salute: "Quack! ”

"It's hard work, I'm going to trouble you next." Bell responded to the Yellow Ducks, and then introduced, "This is the Super Duck Troop, the fastest animal in our Alabastan, please take them to the royal capital." ”

"Wow~ so cute!" Wendy and Perona had already made their way over, each picking out a petite and cute running duck and gently stroking their feathers.

Shark Pepper directly chose the largest one: "My body is very heavy, is it okay?" ”

"Quack!" The running duck nodded, the big running duck of his size exists for people who are overweight, and Alabastan is not without fat people.

"That's good...... Well, wait a minute. Remembering that she had scalded Zhang Daye, Shark Pepper jumped into the Santo River to cool himself down, and then put on his robe and rode on the running duck.

Others have chosen a fast running duck that suits their eyes and is ready to go at any time.

Only Zhang Da also ...... Still trying to reassure the two foodies: "Don't get excited, Artoria, this is not food!" Strictly speaking, they are soldiers of Alabastan and cannot eat them, and the BJ roast duck I told you is not this kind of duck! Tom, you put away your cutlery too, and so do your napkins! ”

Bell is almost accustomed to the painting style of the Amber Group, in this team, eating well is the number one priority, along the way Zhang Da also asked him a lot of Alabastan what things are not to eat, the running duck is one of them, but Miss Artoria and the cat don't seem to listen at all?

The running ducks were shivering, they were very intelligent animals, their IQ was almost no less than that of humans, and they heard Zhang Daye's words clearly. It's been so long since I've joined the Super Duck Troop, and it's the first time I've met someone who wants to eat them without saying a word, and it's terrifying.

If they could do it all over again, they wanted to refuse to carry it.

After some persuasion, the two felines finally gave up their impolite thoughts and sat quietly on top of the running duck.

When Bell gave the order, the ducks began to run, and the one carrying Zhang Daya and Tom and the one carrying Artoria worked especially hard, to prove that their value was to run fast, not to be delicious.

The Super Duck is faster than an ostrich, and has excellent endurance and load capacity, even if he is running with one or two people on his belt, Zhang Da almost thought he was riding a motorcycle.

The distance of dozens of kilometers was reached in less than half an hour, and Perona did not have time to complain about the heat along the way.

Albana was built on a high ground of more than ten meters, and the whole city was on the high ground, not the commoners in the Goa kingdom in the low and the nobles in the high. Gates and stairs are set up in eight directions around it, and from the topography, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack for ordinary people.

Artoria commented: "As a capital, the terrain here is very good. ”

Zhang Da also glanced at her and didn't speak.

"That's right, I heard that Albana was also facing a crisis a long time ago, but the king himself went to the front to defend the city with his soldiers, and finally relied on the terrain here to block several times the enemy, and found an opportunity to counterattack."

Bell wistfully recounted some of the history he knew, and then changed his tune and said, "But I think it's a shame to be a warrior to let the king defend the city himself, and I've been training hard to protect this country, and I don't want to go through that kind of thing!" ”

After a pause, Bell added, "Even if the opponent is really the Seven Martial Seas. ”

Zhang Da also looked up at the sky, and finally only held back one sentence: "Come on." ”