Kurosawa actually didn't want to pay attention.

He was just a passerby. His original plan was to go to the city to rest for one night and then hit the road again tomorrow.

However, law enforcement officials said that the mayor of Outpost Town is currently offering a large reward to the elf master for help. The elf master who completes the commission will receive the friendship of the entire outpost town and some magical mineral resources.

Kurosawa looked at the nutritional value of 14 points and changed his mind.

I'm not greedy for the bounties on missions, I just like to help others and make friends with them.

Gaolu is a town leader, so the rewards for the missions he releases should be more generous, right?

Walk all the way to the town center.

The architectural style in Qianshao Town is very different from that outside.

The style is rough, with few decorative finishes.

Echoing the arid climate conditions, the brown-yellow residential wall color is used.

The walls are rough, and there are no large windows. Instead, there are small square holes about the size of a palm.

While reducing sunlight entering the room, it can also maintain good ventilation.

This was Kurosawa's first time to come to such a strange and distinctive town.

Follow the law enforcement officers who lead you and walk all the way to the center of the town.

The closer you get to the center, the quality of the building's decoration and supporting facilities rises significantly.

Gardens, courtyards, and small-area parks in the middle of the streets are interspersed between buildings.

The law enforcement officers did not take Kurosawa to an office similar to the city hall, but to a luxurious manor.

He whispered a few words to a man who looked like a butler, and then left.

"Hello, Mr. Kurosawa, my surname is Lu, and I am the steward of this manor. Thank you for your special trip."

"It's okay, butler Lu, can you introduce me to the specific contents of the commission?" Kurosawa waved his hand and didn't care.

"The mayor will introduce you to the specific details of the commission."

Under the guidance of the housekeeper, Kurosawa entered the interior of the manor.

This should be the most luxurious building in the entire outpost town.

The manor is guarded by armed bodyguards.

Bright white walls, fine black thatched roofs, wooden window frames and hut panes.

The long porch and open patio courtyard are dotted with well-tended flowers and green leafy plants, and the sprinklers spit out water mist evenly.

After going round and round, Kurosawa was almost lost before he walked into a bright hall.

Sitting in the first place was a middle-aged man with a big belly and a slight bald head.

He is the top administrator of this town, Nie Guangxiang.

After calling the servant on the side to serve a few plates of fruit cakes.

He went straight to the point and explained the specific details of the commission to Kurosawa.

Gao Wen, the head of the research institute in Qianshao Town, encountered a sandstorm when he went out for research.

We have been out of contact for four days now.

The commissioned task requires Kurosawa to go to the place of disappearance to investigate.

The research institute in Qianshao Town is just a non-governmental organization, not a research institute in the true sense. The leading core researcher Gao Wen only has the credentials of an assistant researcher.

In the researcher title system, intern researcher, assistant researcher, full researcher, senior researcher, professor.

Assistant researchers are at the second level and can be responsible for handling some research work under the leadership of formal researchers.

But Gawain's significance to Sentinel Town cannot be described by an assistant researcher.

He has been rooted in the Wugu Desert for more than 20 years, and has diligently carried out research work. He has a deep understanding of the surrounding geographical environment, resource distribution, and various abnormal climate conditions.

His existence is indispensable for the development of a small town like Qianshao Town, which is outside the jurisdiction of the alliance.

Nie Guangxiang originally wanted to take people to the desert to find Researcher Gao Wen himself.

Unfortunately, during this period, the activities of the Sand Pirates became more frequent again.

As the leader, Nie Guangxiang needs to lead people to guard the outpost to prevent their attacks, and he cannot leave at all.

Qianshao Town has strengthened the screening of people entering the city to deal with possible risks.

So he could only entrust the task of finding Gawain to the elf master he could trust.

The reason why Kurosawa was invited here was because of his status as a professional elf master in the alliance.

Unlike the elf masters who wander in the gray area, the information of elf masters under the alliance is relatively transparent.

Once you know your name, you can easily search for specific resume and public information on the league's official website.

A professional level elf master in the alliance is equivalent to having an alliance guarantee, and it is easier to win the trust of others.

Nie Guangxiang collected Kurosawa's information before he even entered the door.

Although he is very young, only five or six years older than his daughter, he will not underestimate the strength of a municipal champion.

Even if it is the spring championship in a third-tier city, how weak will the players who can win the championship be?

"Trigger event mission [Commission from Outpost Town], please find the missing researcher Gawain."

After understanding the specific task entrustment situation, Kurosawa's mind sounded a system prompt.

"No problem, I will accept this commission."

Kurosawa looked at Nie Guangxiang and nodded.

"Please Kurosawa Career, please put more thought into it. Researcher Gawain is of great significance to the entire Qianshao Town. Once the work is completed, there will be generous rewards."

"Also pay attention to personal safety during the mission. Recently, the Sand Bandits have begun to make moves again. Many of our delivery personnel have been injured and have lost contact."

Kurosawa responded.

Of course he knew it, after all, he rescued Duan Fugui who was being robbed when he came.

He was not too worried about the Sand Bandits mentioned by Nie Guangxiang.

His strength has improved very quickly now. Even if he cannot defeat an elf master with elite level strength, he will at least have no problem escaping.

"Then I'll wait for your good news."

Nie Guangxiang sent Kurosawa to the gate.

Kurosawa returned to the outer ring residential area near the city gate and found a hotel.

The hostel has three floors.

The first floor is the pub, and the second and third floors are the rooms.

“A deluxe room, thank you.”

Kurosawa glanced at the room price list behind the counter and said to the proprietress at the counter.

"Okay, the deluxe room includes three meals a day. What would the guest want to eat for lunch?"

"Let's have some of your specialties. When they're ready, please bring them to the room for me."

Kurosawa walked up the brick and earth stairs to the third floor.

Entered his room.

Take a shower and replenish the water supply in the storage bracelet.

Embarking on a journey is not to rush to the destination, the important thing is to experience yourself and improve your strength in the process.

It is not advisable to just rush.

He previously wanted to pass through the Ugu Desert area as soon as possible, but it was just because his super-sensory abilities derived from the power of nature were too limited in the desert, and his ability to find magical resources was affected.

In addition, the weather is hot, making it inconvenient to train elves.

Now that he can obtain resources through task delegation, he is in no hurry to leave.

After having lunch and resting in the hotel, and taking a short nap and waking up, Kurosawa's fatigue from traveling in the desert was much relieved.

The hotel he stayed in had an ordinary appearance, even a bit shabby, but the interior decoration was exceptionally good.

The air conditioner whirred out cool air.

Compared with the icy cold room and the hot stove with an air temperature of nearly 40 degrees outside, they are two completely different worlds.

Little Shining is sitting on the blanket, holding a power bank and training relentlessly.

Its soft feathers exude golden energy.

The violent thunder energy becomes soft and peaceful under its patient control.

Enter the power bank through the beak.

Its recent training has been very effective, and it can now output current that meets the power bank standards relatively stably.

There are only occasional fluctuations.

However, Kurosawa believes that if it trains for a period of time, it will be able to completely complete its predetermined training goals.

By then, his daily electricity problems in the wild will also be solved.

"Yeah yeah!"

Little Nightmare hugged the vertical air conditioner and blocked the air outlet, enjoying the baptism of air conditioning with a satisfied look on his face.

Its race determines that it naturally likes shady environments.

"Everyone come closer and get ready to go."

Kurosawa clapped his hands and said to the elves.

When they heard that they were about to go out again, the two little ones seemed a little depressed.

Kurosawa was also helpless. He also hated the hot desert environment during the day.

It's very comfortable to have air conditioning in the room, but you can't stay in it all the time.

If it was really for comfort, he would not choose to go out for training.

Staying in Haitang City, training for a few hours every day, playing games, eating and drinking the rest of the time, wouldn't it be a pleasant life?

Of course, if he stayed in Haitang City for regular training, he and the elves' strength would not improve so fast.

Checked out at the hotel counter.

As soon as I opened the door, a wave of heat hit me.

This afternoon, Kurosawa is preparing to conduct a search near the area where Gawain disappeared.

Although Nie Guangxiang has successively sent personnel to conduct investigations near the place of disappearance these days, and the passing sandstorm has erased all traces, so no useful intelligence has been collected, but his perception is stronger.

Maybe he can find some clues?

Follow the road out of the city and walk out of the city gate.

The two guards guarding the city gate recognized Kurosawa and saluted him.

"Anatomy is twenty yuan per catty. Just pass by and take a look!"

As soon as we left the city gate, an even more intense heat wave mixed with sound waves hit us.

The world outside the city is even more lively, with vendors hawking, "gold diggers" discussing team formation, and unemployed people sleeping and resting in the shade beside the wall.

People living in the Ugu Desert seem to be accustomed to the hot environment.

"Brother, do you need to take a sand seal ride?"

A young man with dyed yellow hair was very discerning. He saw that Kurosawa was preparing to travel far, so he approached him and asked.

"..."

"How is the fee calculated?"

"Two thousand a day."

Seeing that there was something going on, the young man made a gesture.

Kurosawa nodded without saying anything, his eyes lingering on the sand seal next to him for a moment.

The sand seal is an elf that lives in the desert environment.

One-star racial qualification, poor combat ability, but excellent long-distance traveling ability in desert environment.

It is a common desert mount.

If we talk about combat capabilities alone, the junior sand seal in front of us cannot survive a round in front of Nightmare or Little Shining. However, with his specialization in the art, in terms of manning the desert environment, Nightmare and Little Shining combined together are incomparable.

Get on it.

Kurosawa looked at the young man with interest again.

In his perception, the young man does not have psychic powers.

There are no signs of being contracted on the sand seal elves.

"Is this your elf?"

"Master Elf is joking, how can I have this ability? This is on loan from the company."

The young man glanced at the little Shining and Nightmare floating around Kurosawa, feeling a little envious.

"Then how do you control it?" Kurosawa asked curiously.

"Use the reins and this." The young man took out an exquisite whistle from his pocket.

"Won't the sand seal resist?"

"You don't have to worry about safety issues. The company's domestication is very successful and you are very obedient."

Kurosawa thought it was amazing at first, but then he thought about it.

Sand seals are originally gentle spirits.

If its wild characteristics can be suppressed through instruments or drugs, its desire to attack humans will be suppressed to a minimum.

Through long-term command and domestication, it is really possible for it to be driven by ordinary people.

To a certain extent, it can be considered a win-win situation.

Sand seals have found a stable food source, and humans can borrow their excellent mobility.

Of course, there is still a big gap between the elves who act through the commands of reins and whistles and the contracted elves.

The information that instructions can convey is mechanical and fixed, and can only do simple tasks.

The contract elves can not only grow together, but because of the existence of the contract, people and elves are connected and work more efficiently.

Kurosawa guessed in his mind.

Most of the income of the sand seal "driver" in front of me should be given to the company.

Truck drivers like Duan Fugui who contract with sand seals themselves earn more.

Kurosawa didn't bother to bargain, so he paid the bill and got on the sand sled.

After asking for the general direction, the young man blew his whistle.

"Beep!"

After a crisp whistle, the sand seal submerged into the sand and slowly pulled the sand sled away from Qianshao Town.

The sand seal flaps as if swimming in the water, its strong and powerful flippers and webbed feet quickly cutting through the sand.

Under its pull, the sand sled continued to speed up.

"Huhu."

Kurosawa enjoyed the hot wind blowing against his face and looked at the retreating scenery.

Without emotion.

Compared to walking on its own legs, the sand seal's speed is indeed much faster.

He reminded himself in his mind that he was taking the vehicle in order to save time on the mission.

After the mission is over and the journey continues, you still have to move forward on foot.

If you frequently use vehicles to travel, the experience of the journey will become dull.

Kurosawa looked at the map and kept giving directions.

About two hours later.

He arrived near the missing place informed by Nie Guangxiang.

The missing location is only a very rough geographical range.

Kurosawa watched the sand seal leave.

He was the only one left in the vast desert.

Kurosawa activates the power of nature.

Ice blue gas appeared on his body surface, and his pupils instantly turned ultramarine.

Although plants in the desert environment are rare, they can still provide him with information.

He planned to use his perception ability to conduct a blanket screening of the nearby area.

Of course it would be best to find Gawain. If anyone can't find the dropped personal items, it may also be able to help him in his mission.

Gawain and a group of people he was traveling with disappeared together, so logically there should be many clues left behind.

Kurosawa searched patiently.

Time flies by.

The blazing sun above our heads is gradually setting towards the west.

As night fell, Kurosawa was preparing to set up camp.

There was something strange in his perception.

After climbing over the sand dunes, he looked far into the distance and saw a team of three elf masters patrolling in the sand.

Followed by a sand walrus, a wolf lizard beast and a rogue bird elf.

They seemed to be looking for something, stopping from time to time to dig with shovels.
Chapter completed!