Lin Ze stared at the bone in Saira's hand in a daze.
The surface of the phalanges has an ivory matte finish, and the broken stubble at the joints has been polished round and smooth, and a thin layer of patina has formed on the surface.
He was pretty sure he'd seen it before.
Mia found it on the edge of the stone platform behind the arch. The moment he saw the finger bone, Lin Ze was very sure that this finger bone must be the one he had seen before!
"Where did you get this?"
"Of course it's Colin's hand from Whitewater Valley. Didn't I just tell you?" Saira rolled his eyes and didn't notice the unusual look on Lin Ze's face.
"Is this what their ancestors handed down?" Lin Ze asked again.
"What? Is there any problem?" Sela noticed at this time that Lin Ze's tone was somewhat abnormal.
"No... can you show it to me?" Lin Ze said.
"Huh?"
"Don't worry, I won't rob you. I just want to confirm something. After that, I will do my best to help you with what you mentioned."
"Hey, what are you talking about! Take it and take it!" After Sela heard Lin Ze's words, he immediately threw his finger bones at Lin Ze.
Lin Ze carefully took the finger bone thrown by the other party, held it in his hand and repeatedly compared it with the item in his memory.
That's right!
Exactly the same, it can't be the second one!
Just... why does it appear here?
Will it also become a key item for returning home?
Saira leaned on the grain bag and watched Lin Ze turning the phalanx over and over.
"Do you recognize this thing?"
"That's right." Lin Ze nodded, and then put his phalanges into his Undetectable Extension Box.
Sela:"..."
"Tell me more about the old sentry tower." Lin Ze obviously has no intention of returning the finger bones to Sela. Although he has not yet figured out the function of this thing, the appearance of the finger bones is obviously unusual.
Saira took out an old map from his pocket, shook it out and spread it on the ground.
What is drawn on the map is the direction of the the North border. A winding ink line crosses the paper from west to east. To the north of the line is a vast blank, with only a few mountain names and river valleys marked.
"The old guard tower is at this location." Her fingertips pointed at a raised spot on the line.
"It's about three days' walk from Whitewater Valley, and it's near Bitterwater Swamp in the north."
"The sentry tower was built more than two hundred years ago to prevent the barbarians from the north from crossing the swamp and heading south. Later, the barbarians were wiped out and the sentry tower was abandoned."
"Six months ago, the king suddenly remembered that place and planned to renovate it and reuse it. As a result, the guards and craftsmen sent there disappeared one after another."
"Where are those three crazy people you mentioned now?"
"Imprisoned by the local lord."
Saira rolled up the map again, tied it with a rope and handed it to Lin Ze.
"Most of the villages around the sentry tower have been evacuated in the past six months. The remaining people are either old, weak, sick, or disabled, or their families really don't have any savings and can't afford to move, so they stay there."
Lin Ze took the map and put it in his arms.
"Did those three people have any injuries when they came back?"
Saira thought for a while, "Two people had blood blisters on the soles of their feet, as if they had run a long way, and the other had frostbite on his hands, but it was still summer at that time."
"Okay, let me take a look when I get there. Will you continue to send people to check again?"
"No, since people kept disappearing, work in that place has become a hot potato. The local lords have been complaining to the king, and now no one is willing to take over the mess."
Lin Ze nodded, put the map away, and looked up at Saira.
"I'll hold the bone first. Don't worry, I won't run away from what I promised."
"It's up to you." Saira shrugged.
"Anyway, I don't expect you to work for me with a bone. This thing can be regarded as the deposit I paid you."
"Deposit? What are you going to pay for the balance?"
Saira tilted his head and raised the corners of his mouth. "We'll talk about it after you finish this matter."
Lin Ze laughed.
He used a wand to clean up the dark green slime from Black Forest that was still stuck on his shoes.
By the way, he also mended all the holes in his clothes.
Sela, who was standing aside, watched with envy as Lin Ze completed these things with the wand.
"Wow, this is really good..."
"I mean... it's convenient, isn't it?"
Lin Ze smiled and nodded in response.
"When do you plan to leave?" Saira asked.
"Tomorrow, after all, I promised Colin Lin Zi's matter before. Even if I can't help him solve it, I still have to tell him. It is an explanation to him." Lin Ze said.
"Okay, in that case, I can go with you."
"Aren't you going back to your patrol?"
"The patrol team has an adjutant keeping an eye on it, so it won't be a problem if I'm missing."
Saira When she said this, she had already walked out of the barn door. The eight soldiers outside stood in two rows and stood at attention when they saw her coming out.
Ainsley huddled behind the queue of soldiers, with the short stick in his hand already put away.
After listening to Sela arrange the subsequent affairs, the expression on Ainsley's face looked like he had swallowed a fly.
"Sister, do you really want to go with that wizard?"
"Of course, although the king has given orders, I think extraordinary measures should be used in extraordinary times." Sela said.
"I'll handle his affairs, you mind your own."
Ainsley bit his lip, said nothing, turned around and left with a few followers.
After walking a few steps, he turned back and glanced at Lin Ze. The unwillingness in his eyes was clearly written on his face.
Lin Ze waved to her and smiled brightly.
Ainsley's face suddenly turned darker.
On the way back to Whitewater Valley, Saira led a gray-white pony in front, carrying two leather bags on its back containing dry food and a thin blanket.
Lin Ze walks on the other side of the horse.
"Why is your horse so short?"
"We may pass through a swamp this time. This kind of short-legged horse has short legs and wide hooves. It is easy to walk in the swamp without getting stuck." Saira patted the horse's neck.
"Bitterwater Swamp is a place where big horses can't walk even two steps without having to lie down."
"The old watchtower is on the edge of the swamp?"
"On the high ground on the north bank of the swamp, you have to cross the swamp first to get to the sentry tower."
Lin Ze frowned, the swamp was one of the terrains he hated most.
South America He has seen those muddy ponds in the rainforest. If you step into them and pull them out, you can bring out half a kilogram of mud. Walking for one day is more tiring than running for three days.
"Is there a road in the swamp?"
"There is one that was stepped on by a local hunter. It just happened so bad that no one would dare to go there now." Saira took out a water bag from the leather pocket on the horse's back, pulled out the stopper and took a sip.
Lin Ze's eyelids twitched.
Forget it, at worst, I can take this woman with me to perform the "witchcraft" in their eyes.