Chapter 2228

In fact, Xia De's body temperature at this moment, reflected in the environment, is only about 60 degrees. Xia De should be able to endure this kind of temperature without such a big reaction, and that unbearable dryness is clearly the power of this strange sand sea itself at work.

The Tree Father never put Xia De in a safe place from the beginning. Thinking of "desert" immediately reminds one of "giant worms," but Xia De didn't feel anything like sand surface vibration. Only then did he realize belatedly that the high temperature and the sunlight that seemed to melt him were the danger, and he couldn't stay in place anymore.

There were no signs at all around, and the undulating sand dunes stretched to the sky without change. Xia De ran in the direction in front of him, but running didn't make him feel that the wind could take away the heat of his body.

Fortunately, the Tree Father never put him too far from the task location. After Xia De stumbled and rolled down from the top of a sand dune, a building finally appeared in the distance. Several people in the building found him, and one of them waved at him desperately.

Four strangers stood in a square gray stone building standing not far away. It looked like a dilapidated temple, even more dilapidated than the 【Church of the Forgotten】 at the beginning, because half of the main body of the building had collapsed.

The whole building was only one floor, so Xia De didn't see it in the distance just now.

And the one who kept waving at him at the door at this moment was a young girl with blue hair, and an old woman stood behind her. At the left window was a woman with light brown skin and black hair, dressed quite coolly, and at the right window was a woman with gray-white hair and a tall stature.

When the blue-haired girl waved, she subconsciously wanted to step out of the door, but as soon as she touched the sunlight, she shrank back into the house in pain. This reaction was even greater than Xia De's.

Because of the lack of reference objects in the desert, the distance that looked very close might be separated by a long way, but this bright desert did not prohibit space movement, so after finding the destination, Xia De used "Lagley's Jump" and "Red Butterfly Avatar" one after another to speed up his pace, and finally stumbled into the dilapidated temple before being roasted.

He almost threw himself into the door, and then fell on the ground inside the building. And when the shadow of the building covered the sunlight, Xia De, who was lying on the ground feeling the coolness, almost groaned.

At this moment, even the outsider's memories of his hometown's summer were about to be hooked. Now that he thinks about it, that was a very long time ago.

"Are you okay?"

A very nice voice came from his ear, but it was not any language Xia De was familiar with. At this time, it was the middle of the Fifth Era. Although Xia De could understand what they said because of "Language Proficiency," he couldn't speak their language.

He calmed down for a while before climbing up from the slightly cool stone brick floor, one hand supported on the floor with some sand and dust, and looked at his four companions this time.

The details he captured when looking at this side in the desert just now were not wrong. The four companions this time were indeed all women.

The one who was half-squatting beside Xia De and asking if he was okay was the blue-haired girl who had greeted him just now. The blue hair had some natural curls, and the patterns in her ears and blue eyes were different from normal people.

This was a witch, with a level of about nine rings. She was looking at Xia De's wrist eagerly at this time, and Xia De of course knew what she was thinking.

"Not human?"

"Sorry, what did you say?"

The blue-haired girl asked curiously and vigilantly. And the woman with light brown skin, dressed quite coolly, like a dancer, smiled and came to Xia De's side, bent over and stretched out her finger to point at Xia De's brow:

"This gentleman must have been heat-stunned to talk nonsense, feeling better now? Can you speak?"

【Outsider, you have received a blessing. Before leaving the "Gravel Gold Sand Sea," everything you say can be understood by anyone.】

Xia De looked at the lady with light brown skin in surprise, but she had already retreated behind the blue-haired girl.

"Can you understand what I'm saying?"

"Understand now."

The blue-haired girl said, then grabbed Xia De's wrist unceremoniously:

"Are you a man? This desert is really interesting, anything can happen. Oh! No reaction, you really aren't a man."

She looked at her palm with a smile, Xia De took this opportunity to stand up:

"Sorry, I am indeed male. Also, thank you for letting me come here to avoid the light."

He expressed his gratitude, and the other two also walked over. Among the four ladies, three were witches, and the one who was not a witch was the lady with gray-white hair and a height of over 1.9 meters.

Although this dilapidated temple in the desert could avoid the light, it was still dry and hot here. The ordinary lady therefore took off most of the equipment on her body, but Xia De could still see a set of full-body knight armor placed where she had just stood.

Looking around again, this was the interior of the desert temple. The semi-collapsed temple did not look large from the inside. Only the entrance was relatively complete, and even the sand and dust could only invade to the door, and then only shallowly paved the brick and stone floor.

The door of the temple had long since disappeared, and rows of long chairs with severe wind erosion marks extended toward the interior of the temple in the shade, and were soon illuminated by the sunlight shining in from the place where the ceiling had disappeared.

From the position of the door, the upper left area of this small-scale temple had completely collapsed and become part of the desert, but the collapsed building materials filled the gap, so it wouldn't make the building particularly transparent.

Located at the innermost part of the temple, the wall where the holy emblem was placed was empty, only the sunlight shining in from the fracture of the ceiling illuminated the wall as if it were reflecting light.

Ancient, broken, compared to the 【Church of the Forgotten】 located in the urban area of ​​Randall Valley, this church could be considered truly forgotten.

Of course, now was not the time to observe and explore here, Xia De still had to handle the relationship with his companions this time first.

"You said you are a man?"

The blue-haired girl also stood up and looked at Xia De:

"I saw you using supernatural power just now."

"Um, this..."

Xia De wanted to find an excuse, but the old woman who had been leaning on a cane among the four finally spoke with a smile.

She was not human like the blue-haired girl, but her race was definitely different from the blue-haired girl's.

Even though she was old, Xia De could see the elf race represented by her pointed ears and skin color. This old woman was the shortest of the four, and considering the long life of elves, the age of this elf grandmother was definitely greater than any mortal Xia De had ever seen.

"Lia, don't be so impolite. I felt the blessing of the Tree Father on him."

The elf grandmother raised the cane in her hand and pointed the bottom at Xia De. Xia De was startled, and then grabbed the cane. Some strange gray breath floated out from the wood that connected the two, and the old elf smiled and said very surely:

"This is someone chosen by the Tree Father, no need to inquire about his origin, he is here to help us."

Saying this, she retracted her cane and bowed slightly to Xia De:

"Hello, I am Yadlin Sullen, an elf of the Moon Creek clan, here to find the Heart of the Oasis for the witch academy St. Byrons in the extreme north, in exchange for that powerful witch academy's protection of our clan."

She used ancient elvish, and while speaking, she pressed her left hand to her brow and performed a very high-standard etiquette to Xia De. Xia De reached out to support her, not letting the elf grandmother bow to him. Judging from the surname "Sullen," she was probably Amelia's ancestor.

The elves living in St. Byrons now, of course, did not follow Miss Feliana from the establishment of the academy. Even the first librarian, Miss Olanod, the witch of the Yellow Moon who had one-eighth elvish blood, was only of the Long-Leaf Elf clan. And the Long-Leaf Elves worshiped the 【Silver Moon Sage】, which had nothing to do with the elves who worshiped the Tree Father.

Therefore, the story of Amelia's clan joining St. Byrons should indeed have a story.

"Hello, Grandmother Sullen, I am indeed here because of that ancient god, I am Xia De Hamilton."

Xia De also introduced himself, then bowed slightly, and said in ancient elvish:

"May the World Tree protect us in infinite time."

The elf grandmother avoided his bow and repeated this sentence very seriously, then signaled the others in the team to introduce themselves:

"I guarantee he is trustworthy."

In this four-person team, this old elf was clearly the most prestigious one. She was a genuine thirteen-ring witch, stronger than the other three looked on the surface. And seeing that she had accepted Xia De, although the other three ladies were still puzzled about Xia De's identity, at least they wouldn't be too vigilant.

The blue-haired girl smiled and pointed at herself:

"Although I am still waiting to die in distress, the interesting things I encountered when I came ashore this time are really more and more. Since Grandmother Sullen said you can be trusted, then I also believe you.

I am Lia Sander, a mermaid from the outer sea. I also came here to find the Heart of the Oasis, as a birthday gift for my father, but clearly I underestimated the degree of danger... You didn't look at my legs the first time, I am very satisfied."

"I know some knowledge about mermaids, the description in the fairy tale 'The Little Mermaid' that mermaids need to cast spells to obtain legs when they come ashore is incorrect. Although they rarely do so, I know they can switch their own forms."

Xia De answered, Sander blinked and asked curiously:

"The fairy tale you mentioned is... if there is time later, can you tell me?"