Snow in the middle of the month.

A long convoy was driving along the road, filled with wizards and apprentices from the Jungle Lodge's Dark Grove Gathering.

Similar to what was said at the beginning, many wizards actively participated in the exchange meeting of the Deep Blue Castle, so there were thirty-one wizard apprentices, seventeen first-level wizards, and five second-level wizards in the dark forest gathering place alone, including the administrator Eva. Although this is not a dumping of the nest, after all, some people need to stay behind, but it is almost half of the strength, and Richard is one of these people.

"Squeak Squeak Squeak ......"

"Dada......"

The convoy kept moving forward, some people wanted to save trouble and sat in the carriage, while others did not want to be restrained and chose to ride horses, because there was no unified command, and the whole team was very long.

Generally speaking, there is a great hidden danger in this way of traveling, once the thieves attack from the middle, the whole team will be cut off and fall into the situation of being divided and encircled. But after all, the team is full of people with extraordinary powers, and I really don't worry too much about this. There really are thieves attacking, and it will only be the thieves themselves, not the convoys, who are unlucky.

Richard rode on horseback and marched in the middle of the convoy with a calm expression. There wasn't much nervousness, but it wasn't completely down its guard either, keeping the sharpness it deserved.

After walking for a while, following the entire convoy to the edge of a huge lake, Richard took out the map from his arms, looked at it a few times, and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. He turned his head to look at Teddy, a wizard who was riding a horse next to him, and asked, "Teddy, the lake next to this is called Taklamakan Lake?"

"yes. Wizard Teddy saw that although he had many shortcomings, his knowledge as a librarian in the gathering place was still passable, and he quickly gave a definite answer.

After giving the answer, he was accustomed to adding: "Anyway, do you think that the name of this lake is very awkward? It is not at all as nice and easy to remember as Mirror Lake and Sapphire Lake." ”

"Do you know why?" asked Richard, thinking to himself: Is this another coincidence?

Teddy replied with some ostentatiousness: "Of course I know why, who am I? Let me tell you, the lake is so named because of the Aboriginal language of a long time ago." I heard that in the indigenous language, 'Taklamakan' means Sea of Death, which means that it is dangerous. ”

"The Sea of the Dead, dangerous?" Richard looked at the lake, "if it's dangerous, then why are we going this way?"

"Well, this-" The wizard Teddy was suddenly stuck, although his knowledge was passable, it did not mean omniscient and omnipotent, and he explained after a long time, "This is actually all rumors, and it can't be taken too seriously." According to rumors, the lake is inhabited by a powerful god of death, who usually sleeps and ignores the world, but every few hundred years, he wakes up and takes all the life he can see, whether it is a human or an animal, and even a reptile deep in the soil.

You see, this kind of rumor, it would be good to hear it, if it was true, it would be ridiculous. After all, we are sorcerers, not priests, not stupid farmers and peasant women, how can we believe in such a thing as death? ”

Richard didn't speak, but instead looked pensive.

"I mean, aren't you!" Teddy exclaimed, looking at Richard's exaggerated expression, "You're not going to tell me that you believe in death?" I've always thought you're smart, and if you do, I'll be disappointed." ”

Richard shook his head and continued to maintain a contemplative expression, "I'm not believing in death, I'm just thinking about the rumors you said. ”

"Huh?"

Richard said: "The Taklamakan Lake, the Sea of Death, the legend of the Grim Reaper, these things must have some basis. Every few hundred years, life around the lake dies, which may be true, but if so, there must be a hidden reason. There may not be an ethereal death, but there will be another real business. ”

"Uh, okay. Teddy shrugged, "So what do you think?"

"I don't know, but I can try to gather some information first. Richard said, as he spoke, threw the reins in his hand at Teddy, and let the other man take hold of his horse, jump directly to the ground, and walk towards the lake.

"Click......

Walking to the lake, Richard picked up a few gravels and looked at them, then picked up a handful of water and observed them for a moment.

"What, did you find anything?" asked Teddy curiously.

"Nope. Richard shook his head, walked back to the horse, took the reins from Teddy, turned on his horse, and responded, "For now, I can only be sure that it's not the water quality." ”

"That's all nonsense!" a voice sounded from the side, it was the wizard Fan Helsing. This exchange conference, the other party also participated, and at this time, when he saw the opportunity to mock Richard, he didn't let it go at all.

"If there is a problem with the water quality, then the lake will be a dead lake, not to mention the fish and shrimp in the lake, not even the plants on the shore will not grow. But in fact, there are a lot of fish and shrimp in this lake, and there is never a shortage of plants on the shore. It's the snow moon, and it's not obvious yet, but when it's summer heat, the dense appearance of the plants can scare you to death. Van Helsing rolled his eyes and said disdainfully, "So, some people look good, but in fact they only talk nonsense like farts, tsk!"

Hearing Van Helsing's words, Teddy suddenly became angry, looked at Van Helsing and shouted, "Van Helsing, who are you talking about!

"Hmph. Van Helsing glanced at Teddy and pouted, "Anyway, it's right if you didn't say it, and you don't want to put it on yourself, after all, you're also a wizard, and it's not good to look down on yourself so much." ”

As he spoke, Van Helsing flicked his horsewhip and sped forward.

Teddy was so angry that he spat at Van Helsing's back, and then turned his head to look at Richard, but couldn't help but be stunned: "Hey, you're not angry?"

"Angry?" Richard asked, shaking his head, "why should I be angry?" ”

"He's just scolding you, saying you're a fart!" Teddy was puzzled.

"But I'm not a child anymore, can't I scold him?" Richard chuckled, and then changed his tone to a thoughtful expression, "Anyway, I have to thank him, because his words reminded me and gave me a new conjecture about this Taklamakan Lake." ”

"New conjectures?

"That's what he scolded me. ”

"Huh?" Teddy still didn't understand.

"I'll tell you when I'm sure. Richard said, not ready to explain more.

"Whatever. Teddy shrugged, not very curious, and rode forward, Richard following.

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