Chapter 141
The fire started to burn.
"Crackle!"
At the edge of the camp, Darrow added a dead wood to the fire, making a crisp sound, and sparks flew to the sky like fireflies.
"The rocks here are really natural grill plates." Xiong put a piece of barbecue cut from the big cheat bird on the rock plate that had been scorched by the sun for a day, and immediately exuded a strong aroma of barbecue.
"Haha, it would be great if Rekt was here too, maybe I could have a cold beer." Darrow laughed, and at the same time, he controlled a liquid nitrogen grenade to slowly release cool air to cool some water for thirst.
"Hey, hey, hey, these guys are really comfortable." A male O'Hara scholar licked his cracked lips and said as he watched Darrow and his friends drink ice water in the desert.
And Darrow was not stingy. Anyway, he had a lot of water with him. Not to mention letting the four of them drink, even if they wanted to build a swimming pool in the desert to swim, it would be more than enough.
"Doctor, you guys come over and drink some water too." Darrow waved his hand and called the O'Hara people over.
Darrow still had a good impression of the O'Hara scholars. These guys who dared to risk their lives to explore the truth of history, in a sense, might be called true explorers.
Of course, there was still a big gap in strength.
"Mr. Darrow, thank you so much." After taking the water cup, Dr. Clover and his friends politely thanked Darrow, and at the same time, they couldn't wait to drink two cups of water.
"Just call me Darrow." Darrow looked at the polite Dr. Clover and responded politely, then pointed at Olbia's water cup and asked, "How is it? Want another cup?"
Olbia was stunned for a moment, licked his lips subconsciously, and said embarrassedly, "Thank you so much."
………
The desert changes rapidly. When the sun sets, the temperature drops suddenly, and the whistling cold wind wrapped in yellow sand mercilessly hits the temporary tent.
In front of the tent, Darrow and several scholars from O'Hara sat around the campfire to keep warm.
"Do you know where this place was before?" Dr. Clover asked while stretching his hands to the fire to absorb warmth.
"Here we go again!" Olbia and several O'Hara scholars patted their foreheads helplessly and complained in their hearts.
This Dr. Clover is good at everything, but he likes to show off his knowledge. Every time he throws out a simple question, he will lead to a long speech, and he will not stop until half a day.
The naive Darrow obviously didn't know this yet, and asked in a very flattering manner: "Where is it?"
Darrow regretted it as soon as he said it, and Dr. Clover started to talk nonstop like a dam opening:
"This place used to be called Shahua, a famous oasis city in Alabasta. Unfortunately, the oasis dried up and the city also..."
Dr. Clover was like chewing a dozen Xuanmai, and he couldn't stop talking at all, which made Darrow and others feel the pain of Monkey King listening to the tight hoop curse.
Seeing that Dr. Clover was about to introduce how many permanent residents the city called Shahua had had, Olbia was a little restless. Fortunately, she had been with the doctor for so long and knew how to deal with the doctor's chattering.
"Doctor, the king invited us to Albana. Did he say what he was going to do?" Olbia cleverly changed the subject, and sure enough, the doctor didn't continue the topic of Shahua.
"I heard that King Tikola (Cobra's father, fictitious in this article) discovered a batch of historical relics in the royal mausoleum, so he invited us to come and take a look." Dr. Clover coughed twice and explained.
"Historical relics? At most, they are just some burial objects. Is it necessary to invite us here?" Olbia, who was not good at suffering in the desert, curled his lips and said.
"That is not a cultural relic. A new historical text was found in the mausoleum. It is said that it also records ancient weapons..." A male scholar sitting next to Dr. Clover said proudly.
"Ahem..." Dr. Clover heard the man's words and coughed twice to interrupt him.
"Ancient weapons? Sure enough, the historical text records the information of Hades?" Darrow, who heard the conversation between the few people, secretly complained in his heart.
It must be said that Dr. Clover, who has been engaged in archaeology at sea for many years, is really an old man.
Even at this time, he still maintained a proper vigilance against Darrow.
The atmosphere suddenly cooled down after being interrupted by the doctor. After chatting for a few more words, they returned to their tents, leaving only Olbia and Darrow to keep watch outside.
The two chatted casually, Olbia told the archaeological stories she collected, and Darrow also shared his thrilling and interesting adventure.
"Darrow, so, are you pirates?" Olbia asked in surprise after hearing the story told by Darrow.
"Why, don't you look like it?" Darrow raised his eyebrows and asked back.
"Don't look like it? How can there be only four pirates? And you are so friendly, how could you be vicious pirates?" Olbia said truthfully while throwing a piece of firewood with a strange shape into the fire.
"Wait a minute." Daro looked at the firewood that was about to be thrown into the fire, and quickly stopped Olbia, snatched the firewood from her hand, and looked at it carefully.
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with this piece of wood?" Olbia looked at Daro in confusion and asked.
"There is a way. I know how to get to Albana as soon as possible." Daro clenched the wood in his hand, showed a bright smile, and then explained to himself.
"Have you heard of "sand sled"? This is a special means of transportation in Alabasta. It is a bit like a boat, but it can use the wind to travel in the desert." Daro said while recalling the content in the original book.
"Where did you find this thing? Let's go and see tomorrow if we can find a complete sand sled, so that we can quickly cross this desert." Daro said confidently.
"...Sure enough, it doesn't look like it." Olbia stared at Daro who was talking eloquently, and finally sighed.
"What's not like?" Now it was Darrow's turn to be puzzled.
"You know even such obscure things so well. You don't look like a pirate at all, but more like a scholar." Olbia said with a smile.
………
No one spoke all night. After guarding the first half of the night, Darrow and Olbia exchanged shifts with their companions and returned to the tent to rest.
The next morning, Darrow led a few people to search in the ruins of the ancient city, and indeed found three sand sleds that were still intact.
After simply repairing and reinforcing them with ropes and nails, Darrow and his team drove the sand sled through the desert.
Brig looked at the city wall built with yellow earth and the prosperous town in the distance, and exclaimed:
"Is this Albana?"
"Great!"
