Akasha looked worse than during the day. Roddy asked with some uncertainty, "Can't sleep?"
Such a question was often ambiguous, but Roddy obviously did not have any ambiguous thoughts at this time. During the day in the ruins, Akasha's mood was not quite right. At night, the little priest who had almost lost her life in the ruins would probably feel more psychological pressure.
"Well … I, I …" Akasha lowered her head and replied, "Can I sleep next to your tent? This way … I feel more at ease. "
This request made Roddy a little surprised. He wanted to refuse, but he swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue. Rubbing his eyebrows, Roddy then asked, "Are you very scared?"
Akasha nodded in a panic, her hands holding the bed tighter.
"Why didn't you find someone else? Didn't you ask Natha? "
This question made Akasha bite her lips. She whispered something, but it was all lip language. Even if Roddy activated his "Environmental Acuity", he could not hear it. He frowned, "… What did you say?"
"I … I just want to be by your side …"
Akasha's voice was like a mosquito, her cheeks were red in the embers of the bonfire, "Because you are different from them …"
Rody thought for a moment. Ever since he met Akasha, he had saved her life twice. Every time she woke up from a crisis, the first person she saw was him. Perhaps this had made her develop a sense of dependence?
Roddy was very clear that the little priest in front of him was not a "Princess Syndrome" patient: she was afraid of heights, afraid of the dark, and even had difficulty sleeping at night in the forest. These psychological pressures that ordinary people did not have were caused by her previous experiences. From the perspective of modern people, Roddy would not find these psychological defects funny.
On the contrary … he could understand.
So Roddy sighed, "You can sleep directly in the tent. I will sleep outside."
"But —"
"No buts, go to sleep, this is an order."
Akasha was choked by Roddy's words. After struggling for a while, she finally compromised and carried her bed into Roddy's tent.
When the psychological pressure approached the critical point, people would often do something that they would not normally do. When Akasha lay on the uncomfortable bed and felt the pressure around her dissipate, her tense body and mind finally calmed down …
Then, Akasha finally realized what she had just done.
People who did things impulsively would regret it later. Akasha was no exception. She almost instantly felt that her whole body was burning with shame …
What a fool! Once he panicked, he couldn't control himself! How could she make such a request to Roddy?!
What would he think? Would he think that I was seducing him?
Akasha wanted to find a hole to hide in. As a 'follower', she had chased her 'master' out of the tent. This was too much!
What would people think if they saw it?
"Ro, Roddy … is he asleep?"
After hesitating for a while, she sat up and tentatively spoke towards the outside of the tent.
"Speak."
"I … my mind was a little, a little confused just now, so — I didn't mean to …"
I'm so stupid. Can't I find a better excuse?
Akasha helplessly ridiculed herself in her heart. But after a long time, she didn't hear Roddy's response.
Her heart was in her throat, fearing that Roddy would scold her. But then, Roddy's slightly calm reply came from outside the tent.
"If it was me in the past, perhaps when you said the first sentence, I would feel that what you did was too much, unreasonable, or even evil …"
"But now, it won't be like that."
Roddy sighed, "I believe that you are really afraid, and I believe that you don't have any other purpose. You just want to calm your heart, right?"
Akasha sat in the tent and didn't know how to answer for a while.
"I believe that you are not joking, so … have a good rest."
"… Okay."
Akasha's reply was a little choked. For a moment, she wanted to say a lot, but in the end, she only said "thank you" in a low voice with red eyes. Then, she felt at ease and fell into a deep sleep.
Mutual understanding, mutual tolerance.
Outside the tent, Roddy rubbed his cheeks hard. He could only sigh at this sentence in his heart …
What's the use of understanding this now?
*****
June 1st.
Early in the morning, east of the Silent Forest.
In the ruins that belonged to the High Elves, the ruins that had been quiet for more than 700 years suddenly rumbled. Outside the ruins, dozens of "Steelback Boars" that were as big as small mountains smashed through the small trees in front of them and rushed straight towards the intruders who had entered their territory.
Although wild boars sounded like "pigs," in the forest, they were far more dangerous than most other beasts … The defense of the Steelback Boars was comparable to plate armor. Even if they were hit head-on by an axe, it would be difficult to injure them. And a herd of wild boars was even more dangerous than a "Bone-armored Giant Elephant."
Such a momentum was far more frightening than a pack of wolves. But just as they were about to approach the intruders, a dazzling blue light suddenly flashed, followed by an explosion that startled countless birds …
Boom!
The wild boar at the front was sent flying in mid-air, its entire body turning into countless pieces of flesh and blood. The spreading shock wave completely scattered the entire herd of wild boars. Their sturdy bodies could not withstand such a shock, and most of the wild boars had their internal organs ruptured instantly. Blood flowed from their mouths and noses, and they died …
The wild boars that had fallen to the ground and wanted to get up had only taken a few steps before they were directly shot down by several rays of light. The violent commotion lasted for less than half a minute before the battle was completely "over" before it "began."
The 'Holy Assembly' team slowly stepped into the ruins. The four arcanists cleared the wild boar corpses to the side and then made way for Lucius, who was standing at the back. The silver-haired Elder of the Holy Assembly slowly walked through the ruins covered in blood. He stopped and raised his scepter.
"Dragon Tracking."
This skill, which was specifically used to lock onto the aura of a dragon, was far from what ordinary arcanists could master. Only Elder Lucius was qualified to learn such a tracking skill from the core level of the 'Holy Assembly.'
As he cast the spell, rhythmic elements faintly appeared in the air and finally condensed into an arrowhead with complex patterns on the ground under his feet …
"The location is confirmed."
Lucius breathed a sigh of relief. "The guy we are going to face is nearby … It —"
Before he could finish speaking, Lucius found that the pattern condensed by the tracking spell suddenly became chaotic, and the originally clear direction gradually disappeared. Before it dissipated, Lucius found that it seemed to vaguely twist in another direction …
Such a thing was unheard of. Lucius immediately cast the 'Dragon Tracking' again, but this time there was no abnormality. The pattern on the ground remained clear and stable until it disappeared.
Lucius could not determine why this problem occurred. Although he was a high-grade arcanist, the level of the 'Dragon Tracking' skill was beyond the current 'Holy Assembly's' highest level of arcane research. Therefore, Lucius was completely clueless about it. He knew how to cast it, but he could not figure out the principle behind it, so he had no idea what this situation meant.
But to ensure the accuracy of the skill, he still cast the 'Dragon Tracking' seven times in a row, and the results of these skills were the same as the second time. So he finally no longer doubted the correctness of the direction they were heading in. He ordered, "Continue forward and prepare for battle!"
*****
Time continued to pass, and on the 10th of June, Rody finally felt an unprecedented pressure as the team did not have any more harvests in the forest.
There was only a little more than a month left before the countdown given by Camilla, but Roddy had only found 93 crystals so far. Other than the first ruin in the plan, he did not find a single crystal in the second and third ruins.
In other words, he could only hope to collect the remaining 200 or so energy-filled crystals from the last two ruins.
At this time, the team was approaching the second last target of the plan, but Roddy's mind was still recalling the 'tragic' scene in the previous two ruins. Camilla had said that the High Elves would use the crystal explosion method to perish together with the enemy, and two days ago, Roddy did indeed understand the true power of the crystal explosion.
In the ruins that the team found, almost all the stone buildings had disappeared, and the fragments were arranged in a radial pattern from the inside out. Many of the stones had even turned into glass-like crystals due to the high temperature. This scene reminded Roddy of the scene of a "nuclear test explosion."
The pressure of the time limit made Roddy even more anxious, and his face became paler and paler. Akasha, who had been following behind him, was secretly blaming herself for disturbing Roddy's sleep.
"Battle team, advance faster. Engineering team, get ready to provide support."
It was not that Roddy did not sleep well, he just felt that his team's speed was still too slow, so at this time, he directly separated the main force of the battle team from the rear. At this time, he was a little nervous. This was like a gamble, and what Roddy hated the most was handing his fate over to the "unknown."
But after a few minutes, Roddy finally confirmed that his luck was good. Just as the team entered the vicinity of the ruins, the soldiers in front of them sent good news: a large number of crystals had been found in the center of the ruins!
"Confirm the quantity immediately!"
Roddy's heart beat faster. He looked back at the Nokia not far away, which had been following the team all along, and waved it into the ruins with him. Then he said to Sodelor, who was not far away with his shield, not far away, "When entering, pay attention to the structure of the building. Be careful of a collapse!"
"Understood!"
Sodelor knew that Rody was in a hurry. Without wasting any time, he turned around and shouted to the team behind him, "Team One and Two, follow me. We will fan out and search. Reconnaissance team, light the torches!"
He led the team into the underground area from the north side of the ruins, but Roddy did not immediately follow. Out of caution, he carefully searched around the ruins above the ruins, one by one.
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