A week had passed, and most of the preparations for the ruins exploration team had been completed. Just yesterday, Hikari had returned to the base. It was said that she had found all the items needed to break the seal of the ruins, and she could start to deal with the problem of the seal at any time.
Just this afternoon, Kanzaki finally led a group of explorers and set off. The team of nearly three hundred people, together with all kinds of large and small mechanical equipment, drove into the depths of the desert in a majestic manner.
At this time, Kaede Sato was sitting in the off-road vehicle driven by Hughes, and then he followed the team forward comfortably. However, he had to leave the off-road vehicle from time to time, and then he would take turns with some of the trainers who were patrolling the surroundings of the team.
After leaving the oasis where the temperature was adapted to, the team entered the desert not long after, and they soon felt the harsh test of the desert environment again. Even if they kept drinking water, they could not retain the water in their bodies, and they kept feeling thirsty.
Although it was very difficult to walk in the desert under the scorching sun, the danger of the desert at night was far more dangerous than during the day.
Therefore, in consideration of the safety of most of the explorers who did not have much ability to protect themselves, Kanzaki still insisted on walking in the daytime.
"Pikapi ~ ~"
Although Pikachu was wearing a hat, his fine hair caused the temperature of his body to rise rapidly under the scorching sun. Not long after leaving Hughes' air-conditioned vehicle, he almost couldn't stand the heat anymore. At this time, he was lying on Kaede Sato's shoulder like a hot dog.
"Who told you not to enter the pokeball? You must be dying of heat. Hold on a little longer, the sun is going to set soon, and I think by then, we will have reached our destination."
When Kaede Sato saw Pikachu like this, he immediately teased Pikachu a little, and then took out a water bag for him to drink a few mouthfuls of saltwater diluted with sour and spicy gemstone energy cubes to replenish his water and salt.
After Pikachu drank the diluted gemstone energy cubes of saltwater, his mental state quickly improved, and then he began to stand on Kaede Sato's shoulder and look around.
Very soon, he found something that interested him, and then he focused on admiring the beautiful scenery not far away with an extremely fascinated look. If it wasn't for the Hidden Dragon pulling him back with its tongue, he probably would have flown over unknowingly.
It was inevitable that the mighty procession would startle the nearby wild fairies along the way. Some of these fairies were not to be trifled with. They were extremely ferocious, such as the hippopotamus and the rock werewolves, two species of desert fairies.
(Due to the influence of globalization, species that were originally unique to various parts of the world have begun to appear in other places. For example, in an episode of an anime, it was abandoned by a human trainer in a town that originally did not have any thunderbolts. Not long after, a large number of thunderbolts and naughty thunderbolts appeared in the town.)
The hippopotamus were fine. They didn't like to move around. As long as you walked out of their territory, they wouldn't continue to chase you.
However, the rock werewolves were different. These tenacious desert wolves not only had the advantage in numbers, but they also never stayed in the same place for too long. They would usually follow closely behind their prey the moment they encountered it, and the moment they discovered that their prey had relaxed, they would immediately rush forward.
In this procession of nearly three hundred people, most of them were ordinary people who didn't have much ability to protect themselves, and there were also fairies who hadn't been trained and had low combat strength. To the desert wolves like the rock werewolves, this was undoubtedly an incredibly juicy piece of meat.
Not long ago, the ruins exploration team encountered a large pack of more than five hundred rock werewolves.
Although Kanzaki and Shirona immediately realized that something was wrong and immediately tried to drive them away, these Desert Wolves had sent scouts to follow closely behind the procession. Now, they couldn't even chase them away.
Many people who had experience traveling in the desert knew that this pack of Desert Wolves had already set their eyes on the ruins exploration team that had sufficient supplies.
As a member of the escort team, Kaede Sato naturally couldn't just sit back and watch. He immediately took the initiative to get rid of these little tails following behind the procession.
This time, all the rock werewolves following behind the procession were in their daytime form. In this form, the rock werewolves moved extremely quickly. In addition, most of their special abilities were Sand Extraction. Once they actively used the Sandstorm technique, their movement speed in the desert was almost incomparable to that of the fairies on land.
"Awooo ~ ~"
A rock werewolf following far behind the ruins exploration team saw Kaede Sato walking towards him, and a hint of vigilance appeared in his eyes. When Kaede Sato was less than twenty meters away from him, the rock werewolf seemed to sense danger and immediately howled. Then, he unhesitatingly used the Sandstorm technique to retreat.
In an instant, a miniature sandstorm appeared around the rock werewolf. Immediately after, the rock werewolf's movement speed increased exponentially. In the blink of an eye, he quickly disappeared from Kaede Sato's sight under the cover of the miniature sandstorm.
"They're really vigilant. They're not sloppy at all. They're really good at executing."
Kaede Sato saw that the rock werewolf quickly retreated without any hesitation, and he suddenly felt a little dispirited.
In his original plan, he wanted to catch a rock werewolf as a means of transportation. Unfortunately, this kind of wild fairies were too vigilant, and their ability to escape in the desert was top-notch. It was almost impossible to catch up to them.
"This group of desert hyenas is very cunning. They never fight a battle that they have no chance of winning, and they have great endurance. Look, as long as we leave, that guy will definitely come back."
"According to these guys' habits, I guess they'll only attack when we're the most tired. Tonight, we have to be 120% vigilant."
A tanned, strong man came to Kaede Sato's side. He handed Kaede Sato a washed big snow pear in his hand, and then ate the big snow pear in his other hand while looking at the rock werewolf that was following closely behind the team.
The tanned, strong man's name was Ruger, and he was a trainer from the Alliance who had recently come to carry out an escort mission. He and Kaede Sato's current identity were the same. They were both civilian trainers.
Therefore, after knowing that Kaede Sato was also from a civilian background and hearing about Kaede Sato's deeds in the oasis, this straightforward man quickly became good friends with Kaede Sato. In recent days, he dragged Kaede Sato to drink and eat almost every night.
Ruger had been to many places and was very knowledgeable. He was also very strong. He was a trainer at the peak of the Quasi-Heavenly King level. When Kaede Sato fought with him in private, he always lost more than he won by relying on his identity as Zheping.
Even Heimu Liang, who was usually the most rebellious, did not dare to speak rudely in front of Ruger after suffering so many defeats at the hands of Ruger, for fear of being beaten up.
Kaede Sato did not stand on ceremony. He directly used his mental power to divide the snow pear into three portions. After eating one portion for himself, he gave the remaining two portions to Pikachu and the Invisible Dragon on his shoulder.
The big snow pear was just taken out of the fridge. On such a hot day, eating a bite of this iced snow pear would immediately reduce the heat on one's body, and it would instantly make one feel refreshed.
"To catch the bandits, first catch the king. As long as Kanzaki-san and Ms. Shirona defeat the wolf king, this group of desert wolves will be in a state of disunity. When that time comes, it will be easy to take care of them."
Kaede Sato said nonchalantly after finishing the snow pear in his hand.
However, although he said that, his eyes were fixed in the direction where the rock werewolf left, and there was a deep sense of solemnity in his eyes.
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