At Rod's insistence, Jaye finally accepted the task - the reward offered by Rhodes was too much, enough to buy Jaye's life, although he insisted on persuading Rod not to send him to death, but since Rod insisted, there was nothing he could do......

Rather than dying, Jhayer was more concerned about why Rhodes didn't allow himself to bring his apprentices with him - he adopted a lot of orphans and bought some small slaves, these people were his apprentices, and Jhayer always took them with him when he crossed Kariksai, and Rhodes forbade Jhayer to take these people this time.

"They, yes, serve as bait."

"Meet, Lexey, let's separate."

Jayer's statement made both Lux and Xena look at him unkindly—even though the two Miss Demacia looked at him like scum, Jaye tried hard to convince Rhodes that he had discovered that Rhodes was the one in the team who counted.

"I'm not in the habit of using people as bait – especially kids." Rod stared at Jaye, "What's more...... If used as bait, a few children are not even as good as camels, right? ”

"......" Looking at Rod's eyes that seemed to be able to see through everything, Jaya was stunned for a moment, and then finally nodded, "What you said is very right. ”

On a cool evening, Rhodes and his party left the border town under the leadership of Jaye – when many children came to say goodbye to him, Jaye simply waved to them in silence, then turned and left without hesitation.

"None of these kids thought of it, did they?" Looking at Jaye, who was silently walking at the front, Lux's face was full of indescribable disgust, "The Mr. Jaye they trust is actually a person who will use them as bait. ”

Lux's words did not shy away from Jayer, and when he heard her words, Jaye had no intention of refuting them, he only moved his hands and feet, and then quickly tied a knot in the spear, and the whole flag was supported by these slipknots, like palm leaves, to help him keep out the last rays of the setting sun.

Seeing that Jaye didn't want to take a stubble, Lux could only purse her lips with disdain.

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The desert at night is very cold - sand is never a good heat storage material, the desert does not absorb heat when the sun comes out, and the sand does not heat long after the sun goes down.

And to combat the cold after the sun goes down, experienced desert travelers will find a place to rest with a few desert plants.

These rest spots may not be oases, but at least there are some desert plants that grow dry plants that are the best fuel for lighting a campfire – no one chooses to bring their own firewood when they enter the desert.

Jaye intends to do the same.

However, when he came to a small leeward neighborhood, intending to look for the dung of a desert alpaca or the sand birch of Shurima to make a fire, Rod snapped his fingers calmly.

A bright bonfire burned, and although Jaya had never seen such a blue flame, he was sure that it was more than ordinary...... It should also be bright and warm.

"Master Mage...... Although Rhodes has never concealed his identity as a spellcaster, when he saw this magical spell with his own eyes, Jaya was still a little incredulous, "If we can, all the time, like this, we can be fast, a lot." ”

Rhodes nodded, understanding what Jaye meant - if he could light a bonfire whenever and wherever he wanted, then Jaye would only need to confirm his location and find a place to cross Carrickse, without thinking about the resting spots, so that the speed of action would be greatly increased.

"No problem."

Hearing Rhodes say this, Jaye suddenly felt a little relieved - it was not that he had not been in contact with the mage, two years ago, he had taken a mage through Carrickseh as a guide, but the mage was not easy to serve, when Jaye tried to express his hope for help and light a bonfire, but he was sprayed with saliva in his face.

Although he didn't understand the jargon that guy was babbling, Jaya could probably understand that he was talking about saving his strength.

But...... What's the use of saving power?

It's not dead in Carrickse.

Taking out the cortical water bladder, Jaye took a gentle sip of water - although Rhodes paid him well, neither camels nor giant camels could be bought with money in Shurima, and Jaye had to save some water considering that the trip would have to cross Carrickse......

Then the next moment, he saw Rhodes who had taken out a bathtub out of nowhere.

A large amount of spring water was made, which quickly filled the bathtub, and Rod took off his shirt and lay down happily in the bathtub.

Jaye suddenly didn't know what he was supposed to say.

"Magic changes lives." As if sensing Jaye's consternation, Rhodes calmly shook off the past, "Trust me, the next journey is not as hard as you think. ”

Feeling the sudden refreshment in his body, Jaye suddenly felt a little cramped, he blinked, and finally raised the water bag again, this time, he drank to his heart's content.

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In the period that followed, Rhodes completely subverted Jaye's perception.

Space wrapping is not a common thing in Valoran, and people use seal scrolls to store things more - although those scrolls that are carried on their backs can also increase people's weight carrying capacity to a certain extent, but this thing is not a little bit different from the space wrap that can be used on the go.

Because of the space wrapping, Jaye experienced a dreamlike journey.

The supplies are abundant, and he can even eat fresh fruit - after a period of only eating pudding, before setting off, Rhodes spent a lot of money to get a lot of desert berries, although these fruits did not taste very good, but for Jaye it was already a supreme enjoyment, he never imagined that he would one day be able to eat berries in the desert!

In addition to the convenient space backpack, Rhodes and Xena's magic also greatly improved the comfort of the journey - from the second day, every time it was time to rest at night, Xena would plant a few sand birches (the seeds she got on the first day), and as Rhodes watered them, these small trees could quickly turn into large trees in just a few minutes, and then provide a shelter for the group to rest.

It was a journey deep into Karikse, but Jaye walked more easily than those along the river!

At this time, Jaye finally understood the meaning of Rod's words.

"Magic, Change, Life ......"