Lord of the Oasis

"I remembered some past events from my childhood." Clemont felt that his throat had become a little dry. After raising his glass and taking a sip of water, he answered.

Abel recalled what Clemont kept saying in his mouth that day, and hesitantly asked: "Is it related to your father?"

Maybe it's best to speak out. In Clemont's eyes, Abel is a good person to listen to.

Under the silent moonlit night, Clemont talked to Abel about his experience of being abused by his father when he was a child.

When the last sentence of the story fell, Abel quietly stared at Clemont's side face.

Even in the darkness, Abel could still see the sadness on Clemont's face.

"So, where is your father now?" Abel asked hesitantly.

"Dead," Clemont sneered, "I didn't kill him. When I was twelve years old, he was killed by debt collectors."

Abel sat silently, not knowing what to say.

"Originally, I had planned to forget this matter. But in the end, I remembered the past again because of the black elf's spell." Clemont shook his head and said in a casual tone: "It seems that the impression left by that man on me is still the same. It’s pretty deep.”

After listening to what Clemont said, Abel thought of the impression he had gotten from spending time with Clemont over the past few days: he was silent most of the time, strong in action, maintaining clear boundaries with his superiors, and taking care of others.

He couldn't see any negativity in Clemont.

When I think about how Clemont escaped from his dark childhood and grew into a decent officer without the help of others, it is doubly painful to face the inferiority complex exuding from him at this moment.

"Clement, although I have known you not long ago, you are indeed one of the most outstanding colleagues I have ever seen." Able paused and continued: "Don't hate yourself because of your father. "

After listening to what Abel said, Clemont was silent for a while. He stood up and choked to Abel: "Thank you, Abel." After saying that, he packed up his dishes and left.

Abel stayed there and continued to chew the cold meal.

Tears do not represent vulnerability in all situations.

DeWitt recovered quickly from his injury, and the scout team rested in place for about a day and a half. Then he started the next journey.

It was noon when the soldiers set off, and the sun shone on everyone's shoulders.

"Captain DeWitt, is there really nothing wrong with your health?" A Calradian soldier walked up to DeWitt and asked curiously.

"No problem." DeWitt smiled and nodded: "It's not feasible to continue to be lazy under my guise."

"Haha, how come? We have been training well in the military camp these days." The soldier smiled easily: "But Captain Dewitt is really powerful. He suffered such a serious injury. Within two days, And he was healed.”

"Didn't you see that the medical soldiers were guarding me all day and night? For them, I had to get well quickly." DeWitt responded.

"Are you really okay?" After the soldiers left, Clemont stepped forward and asked suspiciously.

"To be honest, it's still a bit reluctant." DeWitt patted Clemont's shoulder and stopped the other party's angry movements: "But it's still no problem if you use it on the road."

"If you feel any discomfort, please tell me in time. Don't hold it in yourself." Clemont pursed his lips and said seriously.

"Okay, I promise you." DeWitt said clearly.

As the day progresses, the plants on the roadside gradually change.

"We will be approaching the valley soon," Abel said to the soldiers.

"Should we camp in the valley tonight?" Clement discussed with Abel.

"Probably. But we have to find a very secluded place.

Abel nodded and said, "It's best to be somewhere remote from the mountain road." "

Clemont carefully considered the conditions Abel said and thought about how to find a suitable place to camp.

The scouts also started talking after hearing Abel's words.

Until the moon rose, the scouts still had not entered the plain. This journey is much farther than imagined.

"How long until we arrive?" DeWitt asked Abel, who was leading the way.

"Estimated...about an hour." Abel responded.

The soldiers continued to march forward.

Seeing that it was getting dark, Clemont suggested to Abel with some worry: "Otherwise, we can camp here tonight. If we go any further, it will consume our energy and delay the correction time." .”

"Yeah." After thinking for a while, Abel nodded in agreement.

"Everyone stop! Camp near here!" Clemont ordered the soldiers.

When the soldiers heard the order, they stopped immediately.

Everyone started to build the camp together.

And DeWitt was forced by Abel to stay aside and wait.

Really bored, DeWitt took a walk around the place where the soldiers had set up their tents.

"Crash."

DeWitt seemed to hear some kind of sound, stopped and listened carefully: he found that it was the sound of water flowing.

DeWitt immediately called a few soldiers and went with him to inspect the source of the sound.

Finally, a small stream hidden in the mountains was discovered.

The soldiers accompanying him were all overjoyed, but DeWitt frowned.

He stopped everyone's efforts to salvage fresh water and led the soldiers back to the military camp.

Invited Clemont and Abel to discuss: "I think we should have found the wrong place to camp."

"Why?" Abel asked.

"When I was patrolling around here just now, I found a stream of living water." DeWitt said.

The two people who heard the news had their faces darkened.

The status of water on this island is comparable to gold. According to Raphael: There is no river that is not occupied by various races. When advancing in the wild, you must avoid places with rivers. Where there are fresh water resources, there will be strong forces entrenched. This should be beyond reproach.

Abel looked back at the soldiers who were still setting up camp and asked DeWitt: "How far is the stream from here?"

"It's not very far, about fifteen minutes away." DeWitt replied.

"That's really dangerous." Clemont took a deep breath and said.

"But now it's really hard to find other places to sleep in the open." Abel analyzed.

A genius can remember this website address in one second: mobile version reading URL: