Since there was an epic quest, the research could be put aside for now.
Research could be carried out at any time, but most quests had time limits. If he missed them, he would miss them.
Roland packed his things. Because there were no teleportation magic arrays in Urganda, the Goddess of Magic had only established magic arrays in Fareins and Hollevin.
Also, Roland didn't have the spatial coordinates of Urganda, so he could only fly there under normal circumstances.
Roland could carry a lot of people with his Cloud Flight. It wasn't a problem at all to take four camels and four men.
But there was still a problem.
Niya was going with him.
"Mother asked me to follow you," Niya said angrily with her hands on her hips. Nia put her hands on her hips and said with dissatisfaction, "If I can't stay near you, how am I going to explain it to my mother when I return to the Divine Kingdom?"
"No," said Andonara creepily. "Even I can't go with you. How can you?"
"But …" Nia looked at Andonara, and for some reason, she was a little scared.
She was an angel, and she was so much older than Anna, but she didn't have the courage to confront Anna.
Roland smiled and said, "The Life Goddess asked you to come down just to show her attitude to the other gods. You don't have to be so serious. Why don't you and Anna visit Wetland City? "
"Aren't you scared that the liches will come after you?" asked Anna.
"They can't even protect themselves right now."
Roland smiled quite happily.
He was more and more aware of the benefits of being rich.
If it were before, it would've been very difficult for him to protect Delpon, his manor, and the Magic Tower when he encountered an organization like the liches.
But things were different now.
In Hollevin, the Phoenix Guild was searching for enemies everywhere.
In the north, the Frostwolf Clan was clearing the liches' camps like crazy.
With such internal and external troubles, if the liches could spare some manpower to attack Delpon, then those liches would probably be able to take down Hollevin.
"Then let's go for a walk." Andonara's eyes glittered.
She hadn't been to Wetland City many times, but the prosperity left a deep impression on her.
More importantly, there were a lot of female Golden Sons, who had a better understanding of clothes and makeup than anyone else in the world.
Even the elves couldn't compare to them.
Niya, on the other hand, was drooling. She remembered the delicious food in Wetland City again.
"Then let's go together." Niya nodded with difficulty.
In the end, the gluttonous instinct still overshadowed the persistence of responsibility.
Now that they had a common purpose, Andonara was no longer hostile to Nia, and the two of them went into the inner room to change clothes.
Women lived in one set of clothes, slept in another set of clothes, and went out with a few hundred sets of clothes.
Dressing up and changing clothes took quite a long time.
Roland, on the other hand, walked to the manor and said to the four Red Desert natives, "I'll go to Urganda with you and visit your village. But the problem is, I don't like to waste too much time on the road, so this time, we'll fly. "
The four Red Sand Natives looked at each other.
"Bring your camels here."
Although the four of them did not know why, they still did as they were told.
Then, Roland snapped his fingers, and a huge cloud that was about ten meters long and wide appeared on the ground.
Roland walked up first and said, "Come on, with your camels."
The four Red Desert Islanders did not dare to move. They signaled their companions to go first.
That was normal.
Mages were the representatives of "mysteries" among ordinary people.
They were temperamental and could turn people into frogs, apples, or magic mirrors when they were unhappy.
They were very scary.
Who knew if the cloud was a spell that could turn people into cacti?
"Please hurry up. My time is precious," urged Roland.
When a person was in a high position, their words would carry a lot of weight.
The people of a lower class might even figure out the deeper meaning of their words in their heads.
Roland wasn't angry, but the four of them could tell that Roland was about to burst into fury.
It was the calm before a storm … For the Red Desert Islanders, it was a sign of a desert storm.
Shivering in fear, the four of them immediately pulled their camels onto the cloud.
After they reached the center and steadied themselves, Roland snapped his fingers again, and the cloud floated up and flew toward Urganda.
Because of the protection of the barrier, they wouldn't feel the intense air currents even though they were flying in the sky.
However, it was not a good experience for most creatures on the ground to have their feet off the ground.
The four of them and their camels were so scared that they collapsed and didn't dare to move.
However, human beings were intelligent creatures after all, and they were much more receptive.
About half an hour later, they finally calmed down a lot.
They finally had the courage to appreciate the scenery beyond the cloud and the distance.
After another half an hour, they dared to stand on the edge of the cloud and watch the land, rivers, and forests below their feet under the transparent barrier.
Flying turned out to be such a comfortable thing?
They could even see the place where they had landed two days ago. At the bend of the river, they could even see the black traces left by the bonfire.
It hadn't been long, but they had already reached this place … It had taken them more than two days to reach Delpon from here, but this Mage only needed slightly more than an hour.
That was the power of a Mage!
It was mysterious and amazing.
They looked at Roland in awe, but also looked at him with envy.
The cloud continued flying. Three hours later, they officially reached the border. Then, they flew over the high East Dragonspine Ridge and saw the boundless Urganda Red Desert.
The sand in Urganda was also yellow when it landed on the ground, but because of the strange red dust in the sand, it wasn't obvious when it was mixed with the yellow sand.
However, when the wind started to blow … it was blown up. Looking from afar, the entire sky of the desert was dyed red.
Therefore, Urganda was also known as the Red Sand Sea.
The residents here were known as the Red Sand Natives.
Roland stopped the cloud and asked the four of them, "Which way is your village?"
The four of them pointed northeast at the same time.
It was a necessary skill for all the Sand Natives to distinguish directions in the desert.
It was a talent for survival, just like how the fishermen on the coast could hold their breath much longer than the inland residents.
After flying for another four hours, at four o 'clock in the afternoon, when it was almost evening, a black spot appeared at the end of the desert.
The four of them were all excited. They pointed at the spot and shouted, "We're almost there! We're almost there!"
Roland accelerated the cloud and soon reached the sky above the black spot. It was a rather large village.
There were more than three hundred sand huts in the village, and there was an oasis next to it.
Not far to the left of the oasis, there was a colorful flash of light, like a sea of colorful light formed by countless mirrors reflecting sunlight.
The area was rather large, at least larger than the village.
Roland controlled the cloud to descend and land outside of the village.
In fact, the enormous cloud had been discovered by the villagers down below. It even caused a certain panic.
However, after the cloud descended and they found their compatriots, they were finally reassured. Then, a bunch of people ran out of the village.
Roland dismissed the cloud, and the five of them and the four camels landed on the ground.
The four Red Sand Natives were quite happy. They wanted to pull the camels back to the village, but the camels were too scared to stand up after flying for hours.
The four of them pulled the camels for a while, but they couldn't move them, so they gave up.
After the villagers ran out, they surrounded Roland and the others in silence.
They didn't dare to talk.
The magic robe that Roland was wearing, which had flowing magic stripes, was the best identification.
Nobody wanted to piss off a Mage. The ordinary people, in particular, barely dared to talk to a Mage.
In the end, an old man pushed the crowd aside and walked to Roland. He bowed humbly and said slowly, "Mr. Mage, are you here to solve the problem of our village?"
"Yes. Are you the leader of this village? "
"Yes. Honorable Mage, what do you need from us? "
"What can you offer?"
Roland didn't think that he should help them for free. It didn't matter how much money they offered, but they had to at least show their gratitude.
It was not good to offer unconditional help, which would make the villagers think that other people would help them for free when they ran into trouble later.
It was like poverty alleviation. If you offered them money, they wouldn't be able to get out of poverty. Instead, they would be more content with their lives of poverty.
In the end, if something similar happened again, they would most likely want someone to help them selflessly.
If they ran into someone who was easy to talk to, they would simply curse them and leave.
If they ran into someone who was hot-tempered, they would probably kill their employer on the spot.
"We don't have much money left. The only people who can afford it are the young girls in the village. If you like them, Mr. Mage, you can take a couple of them with you. "
In Urganda, women were property, and beautiful women were important and valuable property.
In feudal countries like Hollevin and Fareins, women were considered property, but in Urganda, it was blatant propaganda.
Roland waved his hand. "I have plenty of women at home. Let's find something else."
"But …" The village leader hesitated. "We really can't find anything else."
"Then let's find your specialties," Roland said with a smile. "The more, the better."
The village leader thought for a moment and bowed. "As you wish."
"Now, can you tell me what the glittering sea of glass behind the village is about?"
Everybody in the village looked awful when they talked about the sea of glass.
The village leader heaved a sigh and slowly narrated.
Originally, their village lived a prosperous and peaceful life with the small oasis next to it.
They have been living here for more than three hundred years.
But two months ago, something unexpected happened.
A woman who went out to collect insect food discovered the anomaly.
The so-called insect food was actually to catch small animals such as scorpions, desert centipedes, and beetles.
They were meant to replenish the body's protein.
The woman discovered that many beautiful, colorful, prismatic gems had suddenly appeared in the sea of sand behind the village. They were large and long.
Although all women loved glittering things, she was a native of the Red Sand Desert, and there was a tradition here: Don't touch anything you haven't seen in the desert. Nobody knew if it was a gift from the gods or a trap from hell.
After the woman returned, she told everyone about it. Everybody in the village went to take a look.
It was indeed a land of gems that was only about a hundred square meters in size.
Some people wanted to collect them, but the village leader stopped them.
To test if the gems were dangerous, they threw some small animals into them.
As it turned out, the animals were crystallized and turned into glass-like things the moment they entered.
At this point, even the stupidest person could tell that something was wrong with the gems.
After that, the number of gems continued to grow. In less than two months, they had grown a few hundred or even a few thousand times bigger. They were pressing down on the village.
If it were villagers from other countries, they would've fled overnight.
But in Urganda, the villagers living in the desert knew that a steady supply of water was a must in order to survive in such a harsh environment.
Without the oasis and the small lake beside the village, they would be completely wiped out in less than three days in the desert.
They wanted it to be difficult, but how difficult could it be?
The other oases wouldn't accept outsiders, and neither would the big cities.
It was because every water source or oasis had a limit on the amount of water.
There was only so much water in a year, but it was enough for so many people.
If they went there, they would occupy other people's living space, which most people wouldn't allow.
So, they could only wait and hope that the Sea of Gems wouldn't expand so fast.
If the lake in the oasis was invaded by the Sea of Gems, the village would certainly be destroyed.
Roland nodded to show that he understood. "You go prepare the local specialties first. I'll go over there and take a look."
After saying that, he summoned a small white cloud. Carrying him, it flew up and landed behind the village.
Before his eyes was an enormous mine of gems that was blinding … Under the sunlight, countless colorful spots of light were glittering, and the air seemed to be flowing.
Roland opened the system vision and looked at the gems that looked like prismatic pillars.
Item: Magic Power Crystal
Effect: This is a condensation of magic power under the influence of rules. It can be used in magic experiments, but it's not cost-effective because it's very unstable.
Roland had read the descriptions of such magic power crystals in books.
All the descriptions said that they were crystals with special energy, but because the elemental magic power inside was too mixed, no Mage was willing to purify them.
It wasn't worth their time and magic power.
Roland followed the Sea of Gems and sensed the chaotic magic power in the air. He slightly frowned.
The magic power was hard to control. It was hard for him to mobilize it even though he had special talents.
Also, the gems were expanding, which meant that there must be an energy source in them.
Roland threw down three magic spiders.
Because they were made of magic power, and the Sea of Gems was also a product of magic power, the three magic spiders weren't affected at all. Instead, they were even faster.
The three spiders conducted a thorough search and found a black cave at the center of the Sea of Gems.
It seemed to be very, very deep.
"Why do you all like to dig holes?"
Roland complained.
But he forgot that he often dug holes to avoid enemies with Stone to Mud.
Why couldn't other people dig holes if he could?
It was a typical double standard.
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