Chapter 772: The Relic Arrives

By listening to the sigil, Roland received the result of the last holy duel and everything that happened in the Burning Land that afternoon.

He immediately called Maggie, Lightning and Nana to the office.

"There is a witch in Iron Sand City who is seriously injured and needs your treatment," Roland said, looking at the three little girls with heads held high in front of him—no, it was two little girls and a legitimate little girl, "Get ready tonight , set off tomorrow, you don’t need to fly too fast, just arrive at Zhuolongling before dark, and arrive at Iron Sand City the next day, Ashes will meet you there.”

"Are we both going?" Lightning pointed to himself and Maggie.

"That's right, I don't worry if the two of you are together," he nodded, "And Maggie alone can't tie Nana to her back, right? Remember to wear more clothes, flying in this kind of weather It's not an easy job."

Nana looked at the snow falling outside the window, and couldn't help shivering.

"Understood, it must be delivered to Gu on time!" Maggie raised her hand.

"Flying there is no problem..." Lightning pouted, "But if you want to explore the snow-capped mountains, you must wait until I come back to start! If I miss such a great expedition, I will cry."

Um, the cry of the greatest explorer...that was a moment worth recording. Looking at the little girl's serious eyes, Roland couldn't help laughing. After he knew that there might be ruins in Daxue Mountain, Lightning had been looking forward to it for a long time. "Of course, you are all indispensable members of the expedition team. I can guarantee that."

"Then it's a deal," she reassured, patting her chest and said, "Leave the injured sister to us!"

"You can heal the other Sand People along the way, but don't stay too long," Roland finally ordered, "After Nana has used up her magic power, she will set off to return on the same day. The route is the same as when she went there. Do you understand?"

The relocation of the remnants of Taquila is now coming to an end, and the snow mountain exploration trip is about to start, but if Nana is not in Neverwinter, he really dare not let many witches rush to that unknown land.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"All right."

"Goo!"

The three responded in unison.

When they left, he leaned back in his chair and let out a sigh.

"This is considered to be the successful command of the extreme south?" Nightingale poked her head out from behind.

"It can only be said that the first step has been taken," Roland smiled, "There are still many things to do in the future."

So far, after more than a month of fighting, Operation Desert has come to a successful conclusion.

But the next migration is the highlight.

He spread out the map at the corner of the long mahogany table, and set his sights on the southern border of Graycastle—the matter of giving the submissive sand people a new oasis had been fully explained to Iron Ax before departure, and the first choice was to lose the lord and the border lands with large populations. After the continuous civil war between Timothy and Garcia, the main cities such as Clearwater Port and Eagle City were reduced to ruins, and many surrounding small towns and farmland were also destroyed.

With the continuous migration of refugees into Neverwinter, more and more deserted land in the southern border. Instead of leaving it there to grow grass, it is better to let the sandmen enter the southern border to reclaim, spread along the junction of the desert and the green land, and rebuild the Clearwater Port.

In this way, workers who mine black water can start from Port of Clear Water and take the sea route to the southern tip of the desert—according to Iron Axe's report, most of the underground Styx rivers are located in the south of the Burning Lands, and the Endless Cape is the most common . There, there is a black water tributary that flows close to the surface and is very close to the coast. And compared to the dangerous land route, sailing along the coast is obviously much safer. For Neverwinter's current technical strength, it is undoubtedly the most suitable place to collect.

It may take a long time for the news to ferment in the extreme southern border, and the clans who hear the news may not immediately go to the southern border, but this is not a big problem. The oasis is almost irresistible to the temptation of the sand people, even if there are only one or two clans at the beginning, or hundreds of people are willing to go there. With the first mover, others will follow sooner or later and become the people under his rule.

There are many advantages to doing this. In addition to obtaining a large amount of labor, the land will not be completely abandoned, and the revived residential area can also prevent rogues from spreading to the interior. Roland no longer needed to send a large number of people from Neverwinter to work in the desert, and those who were unwilling to leave the southern border could find a place to stay.

Of course, hidden dangers also exist.

That is the problem of the integration of the kingdom's people and Mo Jinsha's people.

But Roland wasn't too worried about it.

Leaving aside the fact that nationalism has not yet awakened, the gods in this world alone are quite intriguing, without a strong religious atmosphere, more like pure nature worship. The same language is used on both sides, and some living customs of the sand people are not so much a special culture, but rather changes that have to be made to adapt to the desert. Iron Ax and Echo are the best examples. The two wandered all the way to Border Town, and they didn't seem so out of place.

Therefore, as long as the law is strictly enforced and rewards and punishments are clearly defined, he believes that Mo Jinsha people can also be transformed into qualified laborers.

Even if there is a rebellion, the First Army stationed in the southern border and Zhuolongling will not be ignored.

In fact, Roland cared more about the legends mentioned by Iron Axe and the hybrid evil beast that attacked the witch during the duel than the fusion issue. If the former is not wrong, it sounds like an irresistible accident led to the desertification of the extreme south - from a geographical point of view, this corner protruding from the mainland is not too far from Graycastle, so it should not be too far away. Such wild changes are possible. It's a pity that he really doesn't have the manpower to explore the extreme south, so he has to put this doubt aside.

And the behavior of the hybrid species is even more unbelievable—this kind of deformed lifeform has a certain amount of wisdom. Roland has already experienced it, but what drove it to risk the danger and attack the witch? If it is said that the evil beasts in the inland besieging human cities were influenced by the relics of the gods, then the four-winged eagle attacking the witch alone is obviously not for this reason.

Just as Roland was thinking, Wendy and Phyllis knocked on the door and walked in, "Your Majesty, the last batch of facilities in Taquila will soon arrive in the Third Frontier City, and Pasha invites you to gather underground."

He lifted his spirits, thinking that he had finally come. The so-called Third Frontier City is an underground cavity opened at the foot of the Impassable Mountain Range. Its function is similar to that of a city hidden underground, and it is essentially a huge hidden fortress. The final facility is the scourge instrument and the relics of the gods. In order to protect them from arriving smoothly, the First Army who stayed behind in Neverwinter City also participated in this delivery.

"Where's the evil beast? Is there any movement?"

"There is no sign of a large-scale assembly for the time being."

"Really," Roland stood up and said, "Then let's set off now."