Chapter 140

The two of them were very happy.

Sophia, Elsa, and Rabetti, or more precisely, two people and one rabbit, happily ran to the more prosperous city of "Juba" to spend lavishly.

Rector carried a paper bag and ran to the farther rainy land to visit his grandfather's old friend.

The remaining four, led by Daro, drove to Albana, the capital of Alabasta, intending to collect the historical text lost under the royal cemetery.

Originally, this kind of thing should be done by Elsa, who can understand the historical text, but the only idea in her mind now is to buy a lot in "Juba", which is impossible.

But Darrow also has a way. Having been a Chinese for more than 20 years in his previous life, he naturally knows what rubbing is. At most, he can use his ability to rub the historical text, which just satisfies Darrow's collecting habit.

Except for a few coastal cities and a few oasis towns, the rest of Alabasta is yellow sand. Therefore, to reach the capital Albana, you must cross a vast desert.

"It's so hot, I feel like I'm going to die."

Bridget leaned on a walking stick, stuck out his tongue and drooped his head. As a furry fur tribe, its heat dissipation ability is obviously weaker than that of humans.

"Drink some water, the journey ahead should not be very far, hold on a little longer."

Darrow handed the bucket of compressed water on his back to Bridget, and at the same time painted a pie for the crew in a leadership style.

A gust of hot warm wind blew, making the bear shudder, and suddenly a white building ruins in the distance made his eyes light up.

"Great, there is an ancient city ruin ahead, let's go there to rest for a while." Xiong ran two steps on the sand dune like a runner, pointing to the ruins not far away.

"Okay, let's go rest for a while and replenish water." Seeing that the others were in a bad state, Darrow accepted Xiong's suggestion.

The white ruins looked close, but it took Darrow more than 40 minutes to get close.

"Did all these birds die of thirst?" Darrow, who was walking in the shadows, looked around and saw the dense white bird corpses.

"This bird is still alive, bring some water." Brig quickly ran to a dying bird in the shade, helped it up, and said to Darrow.

Looking at the big white bird with one eye open and secretly looking at people, Darrow felt something strange at the first time. How could the feathers of a wounded bird in the desert be so clean?

"Bridget, don't be fooled. These are big cheating birds, and they are bad guys who specialize in cheating travelers." Darrow, who has read the original book, naturally knows the tricks of these birds.

"Big cheating bird?" Bridget pinched the neck of the bird that was too immersed in the play and foamed at the mouth, with a puzzled look on his face.

Seeing that Bridget still didn't believe it, Darrow didn't waste any words. He shook his whole body and pressed the surroundings with the domineering color of his whole body.

Feeling the fierce breath of Darrow's superior predator, the birds around him who were originally pretending to be dead rolled their eyes and fainted. The one in Bridget's hand even made a strange cry and twitched all over. There was no sign of dying before.

"..." Bridget, who was deceived by his feelings, looked at the big cheating bird in his hand and almost threw it to the ground in anger.

"Forget it, forget it, it's a life after all. Although it has a bad character, it's just a means for them to survive." Darrow grabbed the angry Bridget and didn't let him kill it.

While Darrow was still trying to comfort Blackie, Izumi Liqian made a new discovery.

"Darrow, there seems to be someone there!" Izumi Liqian pointed to a few tiny dots under the ruins of a huge white building not far away and said.

"Damn it, those damn birds actually stole our water." A young man in a white scholar's uniform and a white sun hood cried bitterly on the spot.

"Doctor, what should we do? We have no supplies." A young woman with white hair and a brown jacket kept pacing in circles on the spot, muttering.

Looking at the noisy appearance of several people, a middle-aged man with a beard in the shape of a three-year-old grass and wearing a red and white striped top frowned, looking at the woman who was running around like an ant on a hot pot and said:

"Olbia, calm down, I have negotiated with the people in Alabasta, and they have sent someone to pick us up. They should be here tomorrow. Now I

We just need to hold on for one day." Dr. Clover frowned and comforted.

"One day? The temperature in the desert will be very low at night. Without supplies, it will be difficult for us to hold on until tomorrow." Another male scholar frowned.

"..." Dr. Clover, as a great scholar with extensive knowledge of ancient and modern times, naturally knows that what Olbia said is true, but this is the only way at the moment.

"It seems that someone is coming!" At this time, Olbia, who was looking around, saw Darrow and others coming here, and said to his companions.

In just a few dozen seconds, Darrow and the other four walked up to Dr. Clover.

"Who are you? Sand bandits? "Olbia said to Darrow and the others, holding a dead branch, with a wary tone.

Darrow did not answer, looking at the white-haired girl in front of him, but the more he looked, the more familiar he felt. It was not until he saw Dr. Clover getting up from the ground that he remembered who this woman was.

Olbia, O'Hara scholar, Robin's mother!

"Don't be unreasonable, Olbia." Dr. Clover stopped Olbia's unreasonable behavior and walked in front of Darrow, intending to negotiate.

But before he could speak, he was interrupted by Darrow.

"Dr. Clover, how come you are in the desert?" Darrow asked curiously, and directly pointed out the other party's identity.

"Do you know me?" Dr. Clover, whose background was exposed by a word, raised his eyebrows in surprise and looked at Darrow and asked in confusion.

"Of course I know the great scholar and famous historian of O'Hara, and I have also read some of your articles on speculation about ancient history, which are quite interesting. "In order not to waste too much time explaining, Darrow lied a little.

"Really?" Dr. Clover was very pleased with Darrow's fanboy-like performance, and his tone became familiar all of a sudden.

In the subsequent conversation, Darrow also understood the reason why the other party came here. It turned out that they were invited by the King of Alabasta to translate some ancient documents.

"Mr. Darrow, are you planning to go to the capital Albana?" Dr. Clover looked at them eagerly and asked.

Darrow certainly heard the implication of Dr. Clover's words, so he said: "Yes, we plan to go to the capital to experience the customs and customs of Alabasta."

"You too? "Daro asked in surprise.

In fact, after Daro saw Dr. Clover and his companions, he did not see their supplies. No matter what the reason was, Dr. Clover and his companions should be trapped here.

Daro would not miss this opportunity to let O'Hara scholars translate the historical text for free and directly contact the Neferutari royal family.

"That's great. We are also going to Albana. It's just right for us to go together." Olbia, who was impatient, jumped up from the ground when he heard that Daro was going the same way as them.

As a great scholar, Dr. Clover was much more reserved. He took Daro's hand and asked solemnly:

"Mr. Daro, as you can see, our supplies were lost for some reason, causing us to be trapped here. I wonder if we can go with you to Albana together."

Daro was a little embarrassed by the sincerity and seriousness of the doctor, so he responded with the same seriousness:

"Of course, no problem. "

"Great, we are saved!" After hearing Darrow's answer, Olbia jumped up from the sand in an exaggerated manner.

Darrow saw that it was getting late, so he suggested to several people: "I think it's getting late, why don't we camp here and rest for a night, just in time to use the ruins here to block the wind and sand."

Darrow's suggestion was naturally agreed by everyone present, so Olbia and his team spent a while to set up the tent, and the rest of the people also ran to the nearby area, looking for some dead branches and leaves, planning to build some fires for heating.

"Doctor, look what I found?" A male scholar walked up to Dr. Clover with a big cheating bird that had been fainting, and said.

"This damn stinky bird..." Dr. Clover, who had been cheated of his supplies, took the bird angrily and threw it to the ground: "How did you find them?"

"It's over there. I don't know why many birds over there have fainted. "The male scholar pointed to the direction where Darrow and his team came and answered.

"Roast it!" Dr. Clover waved his hand and sentenced the bird to death.

On the other side, Bear looked at the expressions of Dr. Clover and his team, as if he saw something, and asked bluntly: "You guys were cheated of your supplies by these birds, right?

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“…” As a great scholar, Dr. Clover froze and didn’t want to answer this question.

Fortunately, Izumi Reiken came out to help out, patted Xiong on the shoulder, and said:

“What nonsense are you talking about, kid?”