Lord of the Oasis

“We’re here!”

Just as the soldier representative had said, after trekking in the desert for four days, the scout team arrived at a flat stone brick road.

There was a sign at the entrance of the road.

Looking at the words on it, it was indeed written by the elves.

“If we follow this road, we should be able to reach the main city of the Elf Kingdom,” Claremont said.

“Yes.” Devitt nodded and answered affirmatively.

Then, he commanded the team to continue moving forward.

After walking for about half an hour, the twenty-odd people finally found the tracks of the elves on the road.

“It seems that this road is indeed correct.” Claremont said happily.

“Karlman, go and ask for directions.” Devitt ordered the soldier beside him.

“Yes.” the soldier called Karlman immediately dismounted from his camel. He walked to the side of an elf on the road and asked, “Hello, we are soldiers from the Caradia Empire. May I ask how to get to the main city of the Elf Kingdom?”

The elf seemed to be a traveling merchant. After sizing up Karlman from head to toe, he spoke. “Blah, blah, blah.”.

“What did you say?” Karlman widened his eyes, not knowing what he had said wrong.

After bowing apologetically to the elf, he ran back to Devitt’s horse and reported, “Captain, I don’t understand what that elf said.”

“Huh? Isn’t he speaking world language?” Devitt asked.

“I don’t know what he’s saying, but it’s not world language. I think it should be the elf race’s own language.” Karlman thought for a moment and replied.

“Okay. We must have met an elf who doesn’t speak world language. Hurry up and get on the camel. Let’s continue walking forward.” Devitt instructed.

The team continued to move forward, and the sounds of discussion among the soldiers gradually spread.

“How many elves don’t speak world? It can’t be that we won’t be able to communicate when we go on missions together in the future, right?” a soldier said worriedly.

“It should be quite rare. It’s just that we just happened to meet one.” However, I heard from the officer who returned from Cumberland that the elves were all extremely lazy and very arrogant. They might be xenophobia or something.” a soldier replied.

“No way. No matter how strong the Elf Kingdom is, don’t they often ask for reinforcements from our nation? They wouldn’t be unconcerned about that, would they?” a soldier shook his head.

“Who knows.” the topic didn’t continue.

The group continued to move forward, but after a while. On the way, they met the elven army that had come to welcome them.

“Welcome, soldiers of the Caradia Empire, to the Elf Kingdom.” the leader of the elven army said warmly.

Devitt called for everyone to get off their camels and walked with Claremont to the front of the elven army’s leader. With a smile on his face, he introduced himself, “Hello, my name is Devitt, I am the captain of the scout team sent by Caradia this time.”

“I’m Claremont. I’m in charge of assisting Captain Devitt this time.”

The leader of the elven soldiers also smiled and said, “Captain Devitt, vice-captain Claremont. Hello, my name is Abel. Captain of the scout team sent by the elven race. I was also one of the participants in the previous exploration to the volcano.”

“Nice to meet you. It’s our pleasure to work with you.” Devitt reached out his right hand in a friendly manner.

Claremont took a step back consciously, leaving space for the leaders on both sides to greet each other.

“It’s our pleasure too.” Abel calmly held Devitt’s right hand.

“Does this road lead to the main city of your country? Most of the people in our team are new to the Elf Kingdom.” Devitt asked.

Abel led him forward, while Claremont followed behind them. He was responsible for leading the other soldiers.

The two groups of people gathered together and walked on the official road.

“Not far ahead is the main city gate of the Elf Kingdom.” Abel introduced.

The two of them chatted as they walked forward, finally talking about the topic of this mission.

“I wonder when we will set off from the Elf Kingdom’s harbor?” Devitt asked.

“Tomorrow morning.”

“This mission really needs to be rushed.” Devitt said affirmatively.

“The harbor is located in the west of the main city. Your soldiers will also stay in their residences near the harbor.” Abel explained in detail.

“General Abel, how long did it take you to go to the new residence of the dwarves last time?” Devitt asked.

“About two months.” Abel thought for a while and replied, “It took almost a month to go by ship.”

“You need to stay at sea for a month?” Devitt asked in surprise.

After all, this was the first time they had taken a ship. He didn’t expect it to take so many days.

“Yes.” Abel’s expression was also a bit bitter. “The soldiers of Caradia need to be mentally prepared.”

Then, they arrived at the harbor of Elf Kingdom.

Abel spoke to Devitt on behalf of the Elf King. “It’s too late now. In order not to disturb the soldiers’ rest, there’s no need to go through so much trouble to enter the palace to greet the Elf King. Tomorrow, when the ship sets sail, the Elf King will personally come to meet them.

It was the first time the soldiers of Caradia saw the sea.

Everyone lined up and sat on the beach, taking off their shoes to play with the water.

The elven soldiers who lived with them did not fully understand their joy.

They all returned to their rooms to rest.

“Why aren’t the elven soldiers looking at the sea together?” a soldier sitting on the shore asked.

“They have lived by the sea since they were kid. I guess looking at the sea is like looking at the sand. They must be tired of looking at it.” a soldier beside him replied and analyzed.

“I see.” the soldier who asked the question turned his head to face the sea and said, “Anyway, I feel that I won’t get tired of looking at the sea for the rest of my life.”

“It’s time for dinner!” an elven soldier shouted at the Caradia soldiers who were playing on the shore.

The first floor of the accommodation was a commercial restaurant. The chef of the restaurant was in charge of the dinner today.

The soldiers of Caradia quickly put on their coats, shoes, and boots. They rushed to the restaurant on the first floor.

“Today, I asked the chef of this restaurant to make some dishes that suit the taste of the soldiers of Caradia. Please enjoy your meal tonight.” Abel greeted them.

“Thank you for your hospitality!” the soldiers of Caradia were all in high spirits.

“Happy cooperation!” Abel toasted everyone.

“Cheers!!”

Devitt and Claremont were holed up in a corner. At this moment, they were toasting each other with smiles on their faces.

After the banquet ended, the soldiers returned to their rooms to rest.