Richard walked over to where Gro was, looked at it carefully, and crouched down, pressing one hand to the ground.

The ground soil surged, and under the effect of the spell, it seemed to be alive, and took the initiative to leave the place where the palm touched. So it only took a moment for what was buried underneath to be revealed, and it was a relatively well-preserved skeleton. Probably because the soil is relatively dry, the bones have not completely decayed, and a large human form can be seen. In the soil layer around the bones, traces of the collapse of the building can also be seen.

After observing for a while, Richard stood up, pointed to the surroundings and said, "If there is no accident, there should be a small village in front of here, let's clean it up together, and then we can figure out what the situation is." ”

Gro, who had just rested for half a minute on the side: "......, this is too fast, don't be in such a hurry! I really can't do it, can I let Nancy do it for a while?"

Just thinking this, Gro felt a sharp gaze fall on his back like a knife, sweeping around, as if cutting him into minced meat.

Gro expressed in his heart that he was very wronged, and he really wanted to tell the other party: In the final analysis, all this is not his fault at all! If the other party hadn't suddenly recognized His Excellency Richard, he wouldn't have to work here at all!

But things have developed to this point, he can still do a little more, do a little more, do more, the other party may be able to dissipate his anger, and he will not be so ruthless when he hits him in the future.

Alas, how could he be so miserable!

With infinite grief in his heart, Gro walked up to Richard with heavy steps, and dug up the earth again with his sword.

......

Time passed, and another hour passed.

Compared with ordinary people, wizard apprentices have amazing combat effectiveness, and their ability to work is naturally not weak, especially when there is a clear goal, ordinary people can do it in several days, or wizard apprentices can do it in one hour.

At this time, I saw that the corner of an ancient village had been cleared out.

Although there is still a lot of work to be done before the entire village is excavated, a lot of information can already be gathered.

At this time, Gro, tired like a dead dog, leaned on a stone, rested for a long time before he had the strength to speak, looked at Richard and asked, "Huhu...... Your Excellency Richard, have you found anything, this village should be the village you are looking for. ”

"The small village of Artis. Nancy sat down on the stone to the side and gave her a blank look.

"Uh, yes, the village of Artis. ”

Richard carefully observed the cleared area, looked at the many corpses for a long time, and after listening to Gro's words, he shook his head and said, "No." ”

"Ah, really?" groaned Gro, "why are you so sure?"

"Because as far as I know, the people of the small village of Artis have an ancient nature worship, and everyone will carry a bracelet of a special emerald green stone, from childhood to adulthood, from life to death, and even if they die, they will put the bracelet in the coffin. This is one of the reasons why the founders of the Jungle Huts called the Wizarding Organization the Jungle Huts.

But now the exhumed bones around the bracelet were not found. Maybe the bracelet will rot and the decoration on it will decompose, but the stone won't disappear so easily. So, this is definitely not a small village of Artis. ”

"So......" groh said with difficulty in a harsh reality, "so to speak...... We've been digging for so long and digging wrong?!"

"Yes. Richard nodded.

Gro: "......" suddenly wanted to die.

At this time, Richard suddenly said: "Although I dug it wrong, it is not without any gains." You can see the bones buried, without any scars or defects, and they all look like they have died in their natural state. ”

"So?" said Gro, weakly.

"Aren't you curious, aren't you curious about what caused these people to die suddenly?" asked Richard after glancing at Gro.

"I'm not curious, I'm not curious at all. Gro shook his head, and the whole person slid down from the stone he was leaning on, and lay on the ground with his own free air, and said weakly, "I just want to have a good rest now, I just want to be quiet." ”

"Then whatever you want. Richard shrugged and said no more.

At this time, Nancy, who was sitting on the stone next to her, seemed to have rested enough, jumped down from the stone, approached Richard, looked at the many bones that had been cleaned up, and took the initiative to ask: "Just now you told that stupid guy that people here died abnormally, there should be some reason, do you know what happened?"

"It's not a know, it's just a guess. Richard groaned, recalling the materials he had noticed from the Deep Blue Castle Library earlier, and turned his head to look in a direction behind him, "If I remember correctly, this small village is not far from Lake Taklamakan Lake. ”

"Taklamakan Lake?" Nancy's eyes flashed, "I know that the lake, I, the waste next to me, and Mr. Macbeth, rode past a few times before. I heard that the lake was also called the Sea of Death, and the fool next to me wondered why there were plants when it was called the Sea of Death. Hmph, the Sea of Death is obviously a name from a long time ago, whatever it is now. ”

"Actually, it can't be so absolute. Richard said, "The Sea of Death is a name, but it is also a meaning, just like a human nickname."

The person's name may not match the person's own: for example, the skinny man is called Bernie (meaning strong and brave like a bear), and the prisoner in the dungeon is called Kent (meaning the handsome and great leader).

Nicknames, however, generally indicate a certain quality of a person: for example, if a person is nicknamed 'crazy', then there must be a crazy side, the nickname 'blind', and the eyesight or vision is definitely not much better.

Therefore, the name 'Sea of Death', I think it is likely that there is some hidden message that the previous people wanted to pass on. However, the people who came later did not pay attention to it, or the people who paid attention to it died collectively because of a special accident, and no one knew about the situation anymore. ”

"So, what do you want to do?" asked Nancy.

"Quite simply, I want to go to this 'Sea of Death' to have a look, I've already checked it once, and now I'm going to test it in depth to test one more time to test one of my conjectures. Richard said. After saying that, he didn't say a word, and flew towards the south with a little foot.

Nancy was slightly stunned, reacted the next moment, and said quickly: "Wait for me, I'll be with you!" The words fell, chasing after Richard's figure in the distance.

One second, two seconds, three seconds......

Gro, who was lying on the ground and wanted to be quiet, was finally quiet. After being quiet for about ten seconds, Gro suddenly sat up, turned his head to look around, and said with confused eyes: "Hey, what's the situation, why are you leaving?" Hey, wait for me, wait for me, what's going on, tell me, don't leave me! Huhu ......" Gro, who hadn't rested for long, squeezed out the last strength in his body, and gasped to catch up.

At this time, he was like an abandoned child of more than 120 pounds.

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