0p0 Chapter 604 Growth on the Journey of Search
Chapter 604 Growth on the Journey of Search
"How's it going over there?"
Farusan asked the air, "Have you found out any news?"
Kong shook his head dejectedly. It was strange, really. The villagers in the area brought food and drinks to the archaeological team, so they should have had a lot of opportunities to interact with them, but not a single one of them knew exactly what the archaeological team was doing.
“That Raid is definitely suspicious,” Paimon said with certainty. “The villagers have to put water in the supply tent fifty meters away when they deliver it; they can’t even get close to where they’re digging.”
Xu Ning took a sip of his drink and laughed, "Isn't this perfect? Since they're bad guys, there's no pressure when we take them down. Let's rob them tonight and pack up all the usable and unusable parts!"
Kong nodded seriously.
Farusan exclaimed in surprise, "What's your background, you drunkard? Are you planning to double-cross someone? And you still have time? I noticed earlier that you're a pretty upright person, so why are you nodding at everything he says? He's talking about robbery!"
Kong blushed, "The key is that Brother Xu didn't miss anything."
Farusian looked at Paimon speechlessly. The little white-haired girl loved to contradict this drunkard, but she noticed that Paimon was actually nodding in agreement.
Xu Ning chuckled, tapped the ground beneath his feet, and his rock elemental clone slowly "floated" up from the ground.
"While you were out gathering information, I wasn't idle either. Look, the notebook in Raid's tent looks like an account book."
Okay, since we're already planning to double-cross each other, stealing something isn't a big deal anymore.
Farusan took it with a disgruntled expression and flipped through it casually. Although each page contained cryptic writings such as "Selling several tents," "Purchasing several tents," and "Exchanging several tents," some places were even written in ciphertext.
But in the hands of this intellectual bigwig, she barely glanced at it before understanding what kind of shady business Raed was up to.
"Hmph, this guy..."
Before Farusan could finish speaking, a group of mercenaries came running frantically toward the tent.
These people were all mercenaries hired by Raid to guard the area around the ruins, but now they were rushing over here in a swarm, and what they wanted to do was self-evident.
Kong's expression was solemn as he held the bladeless sword in his hand, his left hand already beginning to secretly gather elemental power.
Xu Ning took a sip of his drink, stepped forward, and smiled at Raed, who was running behind the mercenaries, "No need to rush into action, we're not planning to run away..."
Raed cursed, "I don't care if you run away or not! Didn't you see we're running away? Bandak, you treacherous bastard! I gave you so much money, you should protect me! And didn't you see that guy chasing us? If you can't escape, come back and fight him!"
Xu Ning touched his nose somewhat awkwardly, and only then did he notice that behind this group of people was a huge machine resembling a mechanical dragon beast, walking heavily toward them.
Upon seeing the triangular runes on the dragon beast's neck, Xu Ning recognized them as the group of machines he and his companions had seen on the sand dunes when they first arrived.
It seems I wasn't seeing things; it did indeed have enough remaining energy to keep moving again.
The mechanical dragon was truly enormous. No matter how much Raid insulted them, the mercenaries didn't dare to look back and ran away.
Seeing that Raid was about to perish at the feet of the mechanical dragon beast, Kong said, "Brother Xu, let me go save him and lure it away, so it doesn't head towards the village..."
"Let me do it."
Xu Ning waved at Raid, and a rapidly swirling gust of wind suddenly appeared beneath Raid's feet, sending him flying sideways.
The mechanical dragon beast's steps didn't deviate at all, and it continued to walk steadily towards this side.
As for Raed, who had fallen to the side, it didn't even glance at him.
Even Paimon could see that the mechanical dragon beast wasn't chasing Raid or the mercenary group at all; those people just happened to be blocking its path.
Its target has always been... Faroshan.
Kong was about to rush over to protect Farusan, but Xu Ning grabbed him.
"It's alright, it seems like they're someone we know."
The enormous mechanical dragon beast walked up to Farusan and suddenly knelt down on one knee.
However, Kong immediately noticed that it had not knelt down, but rather its entire lower limb joint had detached from its body.
Immediately afterwards, a huge roar was heard, and the long tail, wings, and even the head fell off, once again becoming a pile of parts.
From the core of the mechanical dragon's chest cavity, a small relic patrolman slowly emerged, moved closer to Farusan, and gently pulled out several tattered rolls of parchment from its body.
"Gulu..."
Farusan pursed her lips tightly, seemingly trying to hold back her tears, and slowly reached out to take the parchment. She then placed her hand on the patroller and whispered.
"Long time no see, Tamimi."
Almost simultaneously, Xu Ning heard Tirzad's screams and howls that were a mix of crying and laughing coming from his gourd.
"Another one! Even stronger one! No more, no more, you can have them all, you can have them all."
There was also an angry voice from a woman in green: "Who wants your junk? It's too much smoke even for burning!"
Xu Ning shook his head, pulled the empty space, and left the room for Farusan and Tamimi.
Catching up to Raid, who was about to slip away, Xu Ning kicked him on the head to make him sleep more peacefully.
Then, pulling Kong down to sit, he poured a glass of Thousand Winds for him and Paimon, and quietly waited for Farusan.
"How did something that was supposed to be a small patrol unit become so huge?"
Hearing Kong's question, Xu Ning smiled.
"Perhaps it was on the journey of searching that they had to grow up little by little, in order to fight against the scorching sun, sandstorms, and malicious people, beasts, and traps!"
Taking a sip of wine, Xu Ning smiled and nodded at the empty head, "Just like you."
Kong forced a smile, his face somewhat somber, as he thought of Ying, wondering what she was doing now.
Xu Ning patted Kong on the shoulder and pointed to Tamimi over there, "Even a small regeneration mechanism can overcome all difficulties, wander for a hundred years, and find its master. How could we lose to it?"
Kong drank the cup of Thousand Winds in one gulp and nodded emphatically.
"You guys better not get drunk, you still need to help me move Tamimi!"
Farusan waved from a distance, while Tamimi lay quietly at her feet, as if she were asleep.
Xu Ning walked over and saw that there were still tear stains on her face, but a smile appeared on her face again.
Kong looked at the Ranger on the ground. "What happened to Tamimi?"
"...Supporting such a large body is still too heavy for its 'heart,' so it needs to rest more."
Farusan smiled and said, "Kong, don't you have a magical space? Take Tamimi back to Zenna Garden. We can use its parts to help Kakata revive."
Paimon exclaimed in surprise, "Huh? I thought our workload was going to double, but you saved Kakata first, what about Tamimi?"
Farusan reached out and patted Tamimi, laughing, "I'm a senior, you know. Those old fogies and the descendants of the younger generation can all come up with regeneration mechanisms. There's no reason for me to lose to them."
"Once I've finished manufacturing and assembling all of Tamimi's parts, I'll say to him, 'Tamimi, welcome back.'"
After resting for a night on the sand dunes, when everyone was preparing to return in the morning, Xu Ning decided not to travel with them.
"You guys are enough for Zen Garden. I'm sure Katata will be lively and energetic again soon. As for Raid, leave him to me. I'm just about to go back to the Faith House to see the little grass god, so I'll hand him over to those disciplinary officers while I'm at it."
Although Kong didn't quite know what his brother Xu was busy with, he could intuitively sense that his brother Xu had been very busy lately.
After exchanging farewells at the teleportation anchor point, Xu Ning took Raid and Tirzad directly to the Faith Council.
He casually handed Raid and his ledger to the Disciplinary Officer of the Church, believing that both Seno and Elhesen would immediately recognize the man's illicit activities involving the trafficking of antiquities.
As for Tirzad, that unfortunate fellow seems to have returned to normal.
"I have decided on a new thesis topic. I plan to check it for plagiarism in a plagiarism database before I start writing. Thank you sincerely for your help. I am confident that I can write a thesis that will shock the entire Academy of Education."
After seeing the two off, Xu Ning went straight to Jingshan Palace to find the Little Grass God.
Hello, Nasita.
The little grass god rested his chin on his hand, looked at Xu Ning who walked in with a smile, and said honestly, "I'm not very good."