Lord of Arcane

Chapter 225 Detecting Anomalies
The first batch of supplies that came with the ship were not many, and most of them were consumables for Xia Duo and the others, such as rations, arrow branches, insect repellent, and tools, such as ropes, axes, hammers, and clay pots. Category.

Xia Duo checked all the materials, especially the grain. He focused on the bottom of the box. Although there was a layer of wood underneath and stones at the bottom, it was still difficult to guarantee that the moisture and insects in the forest would penetrate through every hole.

Fortunately, it was only one night, and nothing bad happened.

After breakfast, the Lucky Owen was about to return, and they had to go a little downstream before turning around. At this time, Xia Duo had already ordered everyone to start clearing the open space.

The area that was cleared last night is enough to pile up supplies, and it is true that every inch of land to open up the territory must be begged from the forest——

Beg with sword, magic, ax and saw!
"Captain Gibb, you two from team 1 should guard the outside to prevent wild beasts from attacking and call for help in case of danger."

"Yes!"

Then Xia Duo ordered the people of the 2nd team: "Simon, you lead the 2nd team, start from the landing point, and clean up all the plants. I know you have all been adventurers, pay attention to safety."

"Yes!"

Seeing these twenty people start to get busy, Xia Duo also heaved a sigh of relief. There are only these people in total, and it is very simple to arrange them casually, but as the number of people increases, things will become more complicated.

No matter how small or small it is, it is unrealistic to personally control it. At that time, it will become inevitable to choose the right person to give them the relevant authority.

The territory system also came into being, and the core of all this was of course Xia Duoduo.

While thinking about who is the right person, Xia Duo walked and observed near the landing point. Last night, he had limited time and he hadn't taken a good look at his territory yet!
Holding Jibu's fine gold sword, Xia Duo slashed as he went. After a while, he felt that his slashing was almost as good as that of Simon's team, which was done by ten people.

It's just that he chopped very randomly, almost cutting wherever he wanted to see, and soon he walked around the nearby bush area.

Further inside, there are trees.

Of course, a natural forest cannot be arranged so precisely, with shrubs on one side and trees on the other, without crossing at all.

In fact, trees and shrubs are interlaced with each other, it just means that there are more shrubs in the shrub area.

In the arbor area, there is no need to open the road all the time. There is enough distance between the two trees for Xia Duo to walk. This is more in line with the image of the forest in Xia Duo's impression.

And this place is already close to 300 meters away from the river bank, and after a little more, we will reach the place where Xia Duo cleaned up the goblins yesterday.

Xia Duo didn't go any further, but began to set up [magic alarms] around here, not for the purpose of covering a certain area, but to form a line of defense.

Whenever a creature larger than a goblin passes by, the alarm will be triggered.

Due to his limited ability, Xia Duo couldn't arrange the defense line tightly, and the places he chose were places with relatively large gaps in the forest.

It should be the instinct of all living things to take advantage of loopholes.

After setting up the magic alarm, Xia Duo returned to the landing point. Everyone was still busy, and he also took out the spell notes and began to study.

Except that experiments cannot be carried out anytime and anywhere here, it is not much different from the Mage Tower, Xia Duo comforted himself.

Until noon, the sun was gradually dazzling, Xia Duo put away his notes, and the appearance near the landing point had changed——

An open space about the size of a basketball court was cleared by Simon and others, and half of the area was used to pile up the chopped miscellaneous branches.

The ground is full of small stumps, weeds, and fallen twigs. It looks very messy, but this is the first step in pioneering.

Xia Duo stood up from the wooden box and shouted, "Simon!"

Soon, a brawny man with a bare upper body and sweating profusely ran over, "My lord, did you call me?"

"It's noon, arrange for people to rest, there is no need to clean up in the afternoon, and set up the tent."

"Yes!"

"By the way, before setting up the tent, burn the ground." Xia Duo added.

For half a day in the morning, there were already countless small bugs crawling up the material wooden box, and I didn't know how many of them were poisonous bugs.

Simon was ordered to leave.

And in the grove not far away,
As for Gibb and others, they carry rations with them and don't need to come back. Of course, for them, there is no so-called rest.

Now their role is almost similar to that of guards. Although they don't consume much physical strength, they are a kind of test for the spirit.

But these people are all veterans, and they all know that the guard on the periphery is not only for Xia Duo, the pioneer lord, but also for themselves.

In this forest 20 miles away from human habitation, what else is more important than being vigilant at all times!Compared with Xia Duo who has magic, their chances of survival are much smaller.

……

In the afternoon, Xia Duo notified Gibb to shrink the cordon, left behind a magic alarm, and then left alone. He hasn't forgotten why he chose this place for the general!
But when he actually saw the real situation here, he couldn't help but have doubts about this so-called treasure. Could an ordinary man like Old Neil really have the ability to arrange any treasure in this forest 20 miles away from the town?

Are you not afraid of being caught by wild animals on the way?

It can be said that the waterway is Xia Duo's real willingness to decide to choose the general here, and the treasure is second, but since it is here, I will never be reconciled if I don't take a look.

From the geographical point of view, the location where Xia Duo fought the goblins last night was to the east and south of the landing point, while the so-called treasure was located due east of the landing point.

On the spell map provided by Lord Savile, the hill where the goblin was located was very obvious on the map, but there was nothing unusual about the location of the so-called treasure.

It was full of trees, no different from the trees next to it.

Xia Duo didn't know how many times he checked, but he didn't find anything special about that location.

……

On the way to the "treasure", Xia Duo didn't find anything unusual at first, but when he encountered a difficult road and needed to bypass it, he finally discovered something strange——

That is, on the straight "road" he walked before, the plants seemed to be "healthier" than other places. This feeling is very mysterious.

At first it was just a vague feeling of his, but when Xia Duo realized it, he began to observe deliberately.

Plants are not like humans, tall, short, fat, and thin can be seen at a glance.To compare plants, you must first find the same plant, and secondly, it is very difficult to compare.

It doesn't mean that the tree with more leaves and thicker branches means "healthy", even if Xia Duo was not a botanist before crossing, he was just a programmer and a web writer.

He still knows this common sense.

There are too many factors to consider, such as year, light, etc., control variables!
But without professional skills, Xia Duo can still use the method of magic and sense with blood, not to perceive the similarities and differences of plants, but to perceive the differences of the environment.

If only the plants on that "road" are different, it must mean that the environment on this "road" is different.

Purely from the perspective of magical vision, there is no difference between the magic net environment of this "road" and the surroundings, or the difference is so small that Xia Duo can't perceive it.

But with the help of blood perception, he can feel the abnormal changes in the environment, and there seems to be abnormal water elements on this "road".

This water element is not specifically "water", but some kind of flowing and moisturizing properties!
A metaphysical concept exists!
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