Exploring Technology in a Wizard World-Chapter 597 - 595

Just like Richard had said, the excavation site wasn’t far from Taklamakan Lake; it didn’t take much time to arrive.

Richard naturally was the first to arrive. With his strength as a foundation, his speed was extremely fast; even when he was holding back, he still exceeded Nancy.

Then, Nancy was the second to arrive.

By the time Nancy got there, she saw Richard standing by the lake in deep thought, as if he had already completed his inspection. At a glance, she noticed that his clothes were dry, but the ground by his feet was wet. Nancy deduced that Richard had probably gone into the water, but it was unclear what he had found.

Taking steps to Richard’s side, Nancy asked, "So, found anything?"

"There are some findings, slightly beyond my earlier speculations, but still more or less as expected," Richard replied.

"What exactly?" Nancy was slightly curious.

"This... it’s not easy to explain to you, but there’s one thing I can make clear to you: there’s indeed some danger in this Taklamakan Lake, and it’s better to keep a distance in the future unless it’s necessary," Richard said.

Nancy didn’t understand, but her pride prevented her from pressing the issue. She responded indifferently, "Is that so? Well, I’ll keep your warning in mind."

After speaking, Nancy saw Richard turn around to leave and quickened her pace to follow.

At this moment, Gro, as the third person, had just arrived.

"Puffing and panting..."

Breathing heavily, Gro made his way to the lakeside, his chest emitting sounds like a broken bellows, glaring at Richard and Nancy, he asked with a hint of resentment, "Why did you two suddenly leave me behind and come here?"

"Nothing much, just checking some things. It’s all done," Richard said.

"Done, you say?" Hearing this, Gro felt an inexplicable panic and asked, "What’s next then?"

"Of course we leave. Everything’s been checked; why stay here?"

Gro: "So, I barely made it here, and now we’re going back?"

"Not exactly going back. I have many speculations about the location of Yadisi Village; just now was just the first guess. It didn’t match so I’m going to check a few other places. So, it’s more of a shift," Richard said, walking to one side.

Gro: "..." This is clearly worse than "going back," he truly wanted to die. But seeing Richard and Nancy moving further away, he reluctantly followed.

...

At night, inside Deep Blue Castle.

With a "thud," Gro threw himself onto the bed in his room, feeling as if his whole body was falling apart. Without a doubt, today he might have dug up the dirt for the rest of his lifetime. He was exhausted.

No, not just exhausted, but so tired that he was having hallucinations—otherwise, why would he see a white shadow drifting in from the door?

Gro blinked hard and, with a jolt, realized that it wasn’t a hallucination at all. A real white shadow had drifted in—it was the icy Nancy.

"You... Why aren’t you sleeping? What are you doing coming to my room?" Gro stammered, a sense of panic in his heart: Could it be that she held a grudge and was getting ready to take revenge now? But previously, wasn’t the revenge carried out secretly? Now it’s so blatant? That’s bullying too far!

Standing by the bed, Nancy glared at Gro and said, "You’re overthinking it. I’m here simply to remind you: get up early tomorrow; you’re still going to dig with us."

"Ah!" Gro exclaimed in shock, "Why? I don’t remember agreeing to continue digging with Lord Richard!"

"Of course, I know you didn’t agree. But I did agree, and I agreed on your behalf as well," Nancy said, raising an eyebrow, "Any problem with that?"

"Of course there’s a problem, why though?" Gro was overwhelmed with sorrow and frustration, mustering the rare courage to resist, "What’s in it for you? Even if you want to take revenge on me, you don’t need to go this far. You’re making yourself suffer too, you know."

"I’m indeed tired, but you’re going to be even more so, and seeing you suffer makes me feel satisfied, just like that." With that, Nancy turned and walked away. What she didn’t tell Gro was that the reason she agreed to continue helping Richard wasn’t to get revenge—it was to exchange some casting materials from Richard on an equal footing.

Of course, in a way, it was also revenge—just a bit more valuable.

Gro didn’t know the inside story. After Nancy left, he despairingly covered his head with his pillow, wishing he could suffocate himself at that moment.

It would be better to be dead, then there would be no need to get out of bed, no need to dig dirt.

Gro thought so, and three seconds later, without any fight left in him... he fell asleep.

...

The next day, early morning.

Gro and Nancy stood at the bottom of the stone building where Richard lived, waiting for him to come out so they could head to the Deep Blue Castle and continue digging.

It wasn’t long before they saw two girls approaching from the distance, one delicate and the other robust—it was the Cat Slave Girl Heidi and Justice Girl Narlyd.

Heidi and Narlyd stopped in front of the stone building, glanced at the door, and whispered a few words to each other as if uncertain about something. Then, turning their heads, they looked over at Gro and Nancy.

Heidi asked quietly, "Um... excuse me, does Mr. Richard live in this building?"

"Richard?" Upon hearing Heidi’s inquiry, Nancy raised an eyebrow, sizing up Heidi and the Justice Girl by her side, and asked, "Are you here looking for him?"

"Ah, yes. My senior and I are both students from the Jungle Hut at the Green Wind Gathering Place. We arrived at the Deep Blue Castle yesterday evening and heard that Mr. Richard might be residing here, so we came over this morning to check." Heidi answered sweetly, and glanced at Nancy, "Do you...know Mr. Richard?"

"I do," Nancy said, "Both this fool beside me and I are friends of his."

"I see."

"What is your relationship with Richard?" Nancy asked.

"My senior and I, we could also be considered friends of Mr. Richard, I guess. Mr. Richard has saved my life," Heidi said.

"He saved mine too," Narlyd interjected, giving Nancy a sidelong glance, and asked, "By the way, if you and the guy next to you are Richard’s friends, why are you standing here instead of going in to find him? Could it be... like us, you’re also unsure whether he lives in this stone building and are planning to ask others?"

"Of course not," Nancy said, "The two of us are just waiting for him to come out, then we’re going to help him with something."

"Help?" Heidi and Narlyd couldn’t help but ask, "What kind of help?"

"Digging."

"Hm?"

"It’s not really just digging," Gro said, "It’s because we need to check some things underground, so we have to remove the topsoil. That’s what we are helping Lord Richard with, and we’ve been doing it all day yesterday."

"You’ve been helping for a day? So... are you tired?" Heidi asked.

"Well..." Gro scratched his head, vaguely saying, "If you’d like to join in and help, surely it won’t be any more tiring than yesterday."

Well...

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