The desert halfling stared at them with an unfriendly look.
He didn't yell at them, but they could already see the hostility in his eyes. Also, the quicksand under the halfling's feet was expanding at a visible speed. It wouldn't take long for the entire area to be submerged.
At this moment, Luo Jia announced his name.
The desert halfling had never heard of Roca before. However, Roca was also an earth-type creature. Roca also looked like a stone. The halfling quickly realized that Roca came from Wildstone Wasteland, their brotherly ally.
Therefore, the desert halfling was not in a hurry to threaten them. Instead, he hesitated for a moment and said to Rocca, "Wait for a moment, I'll go and verify with the patrollers."
With that, the halfling dived into the quicksand and disappeared.
After about three minutes, the Halfling's figure finally reappeared in front of them, surrounded by a faint stream of wind.
Compared to before, the halfling looked much friendlier. "Ah, it's you, Brother Roca."
Brother? Roca's eyes lit up. "You're teacher's student too?"
The halfling grinned. "Yes. But that was three hundred years ago. I don't think you've heard of me, Brother Roca."
"By the way, the patrollers have informed teacher about your return. I'm sure teacher will be happy to see you." The halfling stepped aside and pointed Roca in the right direction.
Roca glanced at Angor and hesitated for a moment. "I have a favor to ask …"
"You want to fly to teacher's place?" The halfling looked at Roca in surprise. This guy didn't look like someone who could fly.
Loga explained briefly that he didn't fly on his own. Instead, he used Angor's item to do so.
"I see." The halfling pretended to be enlightened. He just didn't want to expose his ignorance.
"Brother Roca, you must know about the taboo of flying. I can't make the decision. How about this? I'll ask the patrollers to tell the sage and see what teacher says. "
With that, the halfling dived into the quicksand again.
A few minutes later, the halfling reappeared. "The sage agreed. But according to the rules, you need to find a native of Tusk Desert to fly with you. "
At this point, the Halfling showed a trace of sympathy, "I can tell you clearly that there are no flying earth elemental creatures within a hundred miles of this place."
In other words, if Roca couldn't find a companion, he would have to slowly move to the core area on foot.
Logar looked distressed and looked at the Halfling … Not only does this Halfling look like the Magic Lamp Monster in fairy tales, but it also has the characteristics of the Magic Lamp Monster. It can float in the air, so it should be able to fly, right?
The halfling seemed to understand Roca's question. "I can't. I'm your … guardian. I can only move around the area.. "
The Halfling's rejection made Logar sigh helplessly.
The Halfling couldn't bear to see the little flowers on Rogal's body wilting. He suggested, "Why don't you search while walking? ......... "
Loga turned around and left the decision to Angor.
Angor considered for a moment. "Does the companion have to be able to fly? Is it okay if he can't fly? "
"The rules don't say that …" The halfling mumbled.
He released his Gondola and let it float in the air. "My ship can carry an earth-type creature. Let's find one that can't fly. It'll be fine as long as it stays on the ship, right?"
The Halfling hesitated for a moment, feeling as if his brain was spinning. Finally, he nodded and said, "It should be possible."
With the halfling's confirmation, Angor quickly turned around and picked up a newborn gerbil that had just been born for a week from several hundred meters away.
"This one was born during the World Echo, right? Can I take it with me? "
The Halfling was silent for a moment before he finally nodded. "The rules do not prohibit Elves from flying as companions."
Angor smiled and put the struggling gerbil into Roca's hand. "Then we'll be on our way."
With that, Angor returned to Gondola with Roca and Dangros. Under the halfling's complicated gaze, Angor controlled the ship to fly away.
On Gondola, Roca, who was comforting the frightened gerbil, showed a pensive look. "I didn't know I could do it like that. Ugh … I can't always open my mind. Otherwise, I could've thought of something as simple as this. "
"As expected, Teacher Ku Platinum was right. I still need to learn more. Otherwise, my vision will always be limited by the fixed framework."
When Loga said that she wanted to learn, her eyes lit up with a bright light.
This was the first time Angor saw such a thirsty elemental creature since he came to the Tidal Realm.
The more he understood elemental creatures, the more he realized that they were actually the same as all other intelligent creatures. They all had different personalities. There were Dankros, who treated their idols as their beliefs, the Sandstorm Team, who loved freedom, and Loga, who treated learning as their pursuit.
Whenever Angor heard about elemental creatures, he would always think of them as emotionless tools, even when wizards called them "companions".
Now, after witnessing such vivid elemental creatures, Angor began to abandon his old mindset.
…
"Hold up." A desert giant emerged from a sand dune and waved a hand at Gondola.
Angor exchanged a glance with Roca and sighed helplessly. He slowly lowered the Gondola.
On the way to the core area of the Fang-Pulling Desert, in just an hour, this was the tenth time they had been stopped.
Just like before, this burly Desert Giant handed a palm-sized kitten to Loga with a gentle movement that did not fit his size.
"Thank you." The Desert Giant let out a sigh of relief when it saw the little kitten in Rogar's arms and thanked them.
"Don't worry about it. We're going the same way anyway."
After bidding farewell to the desert giant, the Gondola continued its journey. Just like before, Angor saw many more passengers this time.
Apart from the little gerbils and the sand kitten, there were also little desert elves such as little snails, little foxes, little mushrooms, little earthworms, little lizards, and so on. They were playing in the Gondola and spitting out sand along the way.
These elves were all stopped by sand creatures on their way to Gondola and were then sent to the Gondola.
According to one of the patrollers, these elemental elves were born not long ago, and the best place for them to go was to be taught by the wise ones in the core area. However, the guards and patrollers in the outer desert were not allowed to leave their posts unless something unexpected happened, so they could not send the elemental elves away. When they heard that Angor was "flying" with the little gerbils, their eyes lit up. They quickly waved at the flying ship in the sky, hoping that they could send the elves away.
It was not a big deal, after all. Angor did not want to refuse. That was how this happened.
The small Gondola was already filled with elves.
If he was an Elemental Earth Sorcerer, or if he was lucky, a Desert Warlock who specialized in sand spells, he would probably be very happy right now. Surrounded by all kinds of desert fairies, he might even be able to find a suitable partner.
However, he was not a Desert Warlock, and he barely knew anything about earth spells, let alone the Sand Element, which was one of the rarer types of earth spells.
Angor did not feel happy at all when he saw the elves spitting sand all over the place. In fact, he felt a little itchy.
But he was still a naughty kid, and a naughty one at that. In the end, he could only take a deep breath and endure it.
Fortunately, as the night grew darker, the elves began to get tired. All of them, including Dankros, slowly fell asleep, which gave Angor some relief.
However, the elemental creatures were still active even though the fairies were already asleep. Many of them tried to stop Angor's ship from passing by.
Angor quickly shoved more elves onto the boat.
This was the longest journey he had ever taken to get to the center of the city.
Even with Gondola's incredible speed, it still took them eight hours to reach the core area of the Fang-Extracting Desert. Half of the time was spent being intercepted.
There were now more than 40 elves on the boat.
Angor was already regretting bringing the little gerbil on the boat. He could have just taken one of the elemental creatures with him.
But there was no point in regretting it now. He had to accept it.
Now that they had arrived at the core area, they would be free soon.
Their time of freedom came faster than they had imagined. Under Logar's guidance, they only spent half an hour in the core area before they found the Tooth Extraction Palace where the Wise One was.
This was the first mature building Angor saw in the Tidal Realm.
It looked like a temple with no walls. Instead, it was made up of large pillars.
As the sun rose high in the sky, the sunlight shone into the palace, passing through the pillars and casting shadows on the ground. The rising and setting of the sun gave off a sense of religious ritual.
"Is this palace built by an earth creature?" Angor lowered his Gondola to the palace and asked Rocca.
Although Logar had studied here for a few years, he didn't know who built the palace. He didn't say anything for a long time.
"The original Tusk Palace is a historical ruin. It was said that it existed before the apocalypse. However, it was destroyed by the passage of time. The current Tooth Extraction Palace was rebuilt by us later generations on the original site. "
Angor looked at the entrance of the palace and saw a humanoid creature made of metal sand slowly closing its mouth.
This was the creature that answered Angor's question.
"Teacher!" Roca respectfully called out his teacher's name.
Angor nodded. This must be the Wise Man of Tusk Desert, Bitter Platinum.
Bitter Platinum, as its name suggested, was a giant elemental creature made of metal that lurked under the desert. Currently, the humanoid physique that was displayed outside the palace was nothing more than an external appearance that Magoo had purposely displayed.
Angor drove Gondola to the entrance of the palace.
Bitter Platinum welcomed them with a smile. However, it was not Angor or Loga who was looking at him with admiration. Instead, it was the elemental spirits on the boat who were still half-asleep.
Bitter Platinum carefully woke them up one by one, carried them out of the boat, and gently comforted them like a mother.
Under the comfort of Bitter Platinum, the naughty little elf also behaved very quietly. Under the radiance of the rising sun, it was quite warm.
Bitter Platinum really loved the elves. He spent a lot of time comforting each one of them, so he didn't have time to talk to Angor and Loga.
Angor took the chance to check out the strange-looking palace behind him.
He saw the "city" inside Magoo's body, as well as the intertwining buildings inside Rubicon Grotto. These places all seemed to be imitating human civilization. However, they didn't have a specific reference, so they could only imagine what they were doing. In the end, most of them were built in the style of primitive human settlements.
However, the neatly arranged stone pillars, the carvings in front of the palace, and the overall design did not look like an imitation. It was a real human building.
Angor heard Bitter Platinum's words.
There was no reason for Bitter Platinum to lie to him. This palace already existed before the catastrophe. If this palace was built by humans, then Feng might not be the first person to discover the Tidal Realm. Before Feng, before the Tidal Realm merged with the World of Adepts, someone had already found this place and built this palace.
This was normal. After all, wizards could be found all over the general planes.
If it was a human wizard who built the Tooth Extraction Palace, he or she must be very powerful, and most likely a lone traveler. The fact that he or she didn't care about elemental creatures and didn't think about using the coordinates of Tidal Realm as a way to gain benefits meant a lot of things.
Of course, there was also the possibility that he or she accidentally wandered here and died before he or she could send a message. But that was unlikely. If someone had the time to build a palace, he or she should have the time to send a message.
Either way, even if it wasn't built by humans but by an ancient civilization from the Tidal Realm, Angor was still interested in the palace.
He might be able to find some information that was even more ancient than when Feng came here.
Another ten minutes later, Bitter Platinum finally calmed down all the elemental spirits and planted the seeds of wisdom in them. Then, he released the elemental spirits into the wild and let them grow in the core area.
Watching the elemental spirits disappear, Bitter Platinum finally stopped smiling and looked at Angor and Loga.
He knew Loga's student well, so he put him aside for now.
Bitter Platinum was more curious about the creature that looked completely different from elemental creatures.
"You're … a human?"
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