Arcane Lord

This was the first time that Xia Duo had sensed such a magical thing. If he had not deliberately looked for the abnormality, he would have definitely overlooked it.

This is simply a conceptual innovation.

Before today, Xia Duo had never felt that conceptual things could be truly sensed. The "like" and "hate" that people often say are just descriptions.

It is not that there is really something concrete like "like" and "hate".

But now "flow" and "moisture" are really some concrete things. For a moment, Xia Duo was a little confused. All kinds of pictures in his mind flashed like lightning and finally became a mess.

Xia Duo shook his head and stopped thinking about those things beyond the scope for the time being.

The only thing that can be confirmed now is that this "road" is indeed abnormal, and this "road" has always pointed to the so-called old Neil treasure.

So is this "treasure" still the "treasure" he thought of?

A big question mark appeared in Xia Duo's mind, but no matter what, Xia Duo decided to continue walking. After all, it is in his own territory, and he always has to take a look.

Moreover, the concept of existence has appeared. If you don't take a look, you will not be satisfied.

With all kinds of thoughts, Xia Duo quickened his pace, rushing along the way, swinging the fine gold sword continuously, and cutting off everything that blocked the road one by one.

"Huh?"

Xia Duo suddenly stopped. He had unknowingly surpassed the location of the treasure by only a hundred meters.

But being able to surpass it subconsciously was enough to show that he had not found anything abnormal along the way. Xia Duo carefully felt the existence of the concept of "flow" and "moisture", which became more and more vague here.

Even if he was careful and focused on perceiving, it was vague, as if it ended here.

And this is near the so-called treasure!

Xia Duo took out Old Neil's map and the spell map copied from Lord Savile, and compared them carefully with reality, but any point on Old Neil's map corresponds to a large area in reality.

At least it is more than two basketball courts.

And the so-called standard position is still a fairly large point.

Xia Duo first walked around the periphery, cut marks on the trees, and then searched carefully, any tree, any grass, any stone.

Until it was getting dark, there was still no discovery, not to mention the treasure, there was not even any trace of human beings other than him!

Xia Duo couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. Before coming, even if reason reminded him repeatedly, he still had some expectations.

But now there is no discovery. Although there is still nearly half of the area that has not been searched, Xia Duo's expectations have been extremely low.

The reason that makes him want to continue searching is that Old Neil would not leave the map for no reason, and the conceptual existence discovered before.

This is definitely not an ordinary place.

It was getting dark, and Xia Duo decided to come again tomorrow.

...

As soon as he approached the landing point, Xia Duo smelled a scorched earth smell. The basketball court-sized land that was opened up in the morning had been completely burned.

In the middle of the land, two tents, one large and one small, had been erected, and wooden boxes of supplies were piled on one side of the tent.

Seeing Xia Duo return, Gib and Simon immediately came to report.

"Sir, everything went well today." Gib said.

"Very good, but we still can't relax." Xia Duo nodded. He was still relieved about Gib, and then asked Simon: "What's the situation on your side?"

"Sir, the situation on my side is also good. Two people were bitten by poisonous insects, but they are fine after taking medicine."

Simon had some problems, but it was also within Xia Duo's expectations. Although these people had been adventurers, they were not as experienced as Gib and others who had been hanging out in the wild for many years.

After a few words of comfort, he asked Gib and Simon to inform everyone to rest. Expanding the territory is a long-term plan, and it is not about fighting for this little time.

In the early stage, there is no need to squeeze these people too much. There are too few people, and they can't squeeze out many working hours. Of course, if there are more people, it will be another matter.

...

The big tent on the open ground is shared by others, while the small tent is used by Xia Duo alone.

Entering the tent, there is nothing inside except two simple wooden boxes, but the ground is covered with a layer of wooden boards.

Put two wooden boxes together and put a blanket on them to make a bed. After Shado made the bed, he summoned a ball of light and ate bread while studying his spell notes.

Not long after, he heard Gib calling him from outside the curtain at the door, "Sir, can I come in?"

Shado didn't think too much and said casually, "Come in."

After receiving the order, Gib opened the curtain and trotted over, "Sir, this is what I prepared for you."

As he said, he handed over the things in his hand.

"Where did the barbecue come from?"

Shado frowned as he looked at the black thing that Gib had forked with a dagger.

There was indeed meat in the supplies, but it was made of bacon jerky, which could be used to make soup or chew, but it had nothing to do with barbecue.

As if to prove that he had not left his post without permission, Gib hurriedly explained, "A stupid rabbit happened to bump into my leg in the afternoon, so I caught it."

What a coincidence? Xia Duo was a little skeptical, but he didn't investigate further. He believed that Gib could still distinguish the important from the unimportant. However, he firmly refused the black roast meat: "You can take this roasted hare and share it with others." "Sir!"

"Needless to say, take it back and distribute it to others. Don't forget Simon's team."

"This-" Gibb hesitated for a moment, but still took the barbecue and left.

Then Gibb's voice sounded outside the camp, "Your Majesty ordered me to share the barbecue with everyone!"

Then there was a burst of cheers, "Thank you, Lord!"

Inside the camp, Xia Duo shook his head and smiled bitterly. He didn't know how much sincerity there was, but from the outside, the situation was looking good.

…

The next day, Chateau arranged for Simon and others to start from the temporary camp and continue to expand outward, while Gibb and others were still on guard. They would serve as a cordon until the second batch of people arrived.

Patrolling day and night in case of recovery.

After making arrangements for the temporary camp, Xia Duo went treasure hunting alone as he did yesterday afternoon, and nearly half of the treasure spots on the map were not searched!

Following the path opened yesterday, Xia Duo moved forward much faster.

It was almost a little more than a mile from the temporary camp to the "treasure". Xia Duo didn't stop all the way and soon arrived here.

What he had to do was to continue searching along the location of the traces left yesterday.

Xia Duo looked at the trees one by one. The traces he left were very obvious and could not be found. He quickly found yesterday's progress.

But he soon discovered something was wrong.

Question: How to ensure that every tree, every piece of turf, and every stone is searched without missing a thing?

Of course, you need to plan. The simplest way is to go one by one like a chessboard, and eventually you will search all the places.

This is what Xia Duo did, simple and crude, but effective.

Then the traces he left yesterday will definitely be in a straight line, and there will be no omissions, but here comes the problem -

Xia Duo discovered that there was no trace of him left in one "square", but it existed on both sides. It was as if Xia Duo had been drunk yesterday and missed this "square" alone.

How can this be!