550 Trouble Along the Way (1/2)

Although Marilyn was playful and liked having fun, she was actually trustworthy during errands.

Three bactrian camels that looked tall and healthy were bought.

With Hand of Magic, Roland seized the vulpera and placed him on one of the camels. Then he and the catgirl each took a camel.

After that, they slowly rode out of the city.

Many people watched them on the way.

After all, it was quite rare for a vulpera Mage to be tied up and escorted like a prisoner.

The suffering of a lord Mage was not something they saw every day.

There were many vulpera in the city. They were a rather united people.

However, seeing that their compatriot was escorted by a human Mage, many vulpera dropped the idea of trying to rescue him.

The average IQ of the vulpera was very high, even slightly higher than that of human beings.

A high IQ meant that they were rational in most cases.

They found that their compatriot didn't seem to have been tortured. His hands were tied up, but he wasn't wounded, and he looked okay.

He wasn't deprived of his dignity.

More importantly, this compatriot of theirs was also a Mage.

Should they really get involved in a fight between Mages?

All in all, smarter people would always consider several factors.

If the green-skinned orcs saw their compatriot captured by humans, they would've charged forward with their axes, not caring if their enemy was a Mage or a Warrior.

So, Roland and his companions left the city easily. They spurred the camels and rode to the Red Magic Tower unhurriedly.

After they left the city, the catgirl rode her camel near Roland and asked, ”Master, why do you not use the spell that can swoosh us back home?”

A wind was blowing in the desert at this moment. It wasn't exactly a sandstorm, but it was nonetheless noisy on the empty, vast ocean of sand.

The catgirl's voice couldn't be heard by anyone else except the person who was right next to her.

Roland shook his head. ”I don't want too many people to know about that, so please keep it a secret.”

The catgirl nodded quickly.

In fact, Roland wasn't scared of the catgirl spreading the information, because multiple teleportation was too sophisticated a subject. Ordinary people would only think that it was yet another miraculous thing that Mages could do, and the Mages, knowing how hard multiple teleportation was, would not believe her.

Even if the catgirl were to blab, people would only think that she was bragging.

However, it would be a different matter for someone who had experienced it in person.

So, Roland intended to take his time and ride back to the Magic Tower.

The vulpera Mage had been observing them. He felt that something was wrong when he left the city. Now, after a while of observation, he finally noticed what was wrong.

”My Mage friend, can I ask you a question?”

Roland turned around and looked at him. ”Speak.”

”Have you forgotten to bring water and food?” The vulpera prince already felt thirsty. ”I think we need to go back.”

The catgirl laughed aloud.

The vulpera prince looked at her unhappily.

Roland, on the other hand, took out a waterskin and showed it to him before putting it back in the Backpack. ”We've got food and water. Don't worry.”

The vulpera prince felt that his odds of escape lowered again.

They kept moving forward. A trip in the desert could be boring and dangerous. Apart from the scorching sun and the ravenous sandstorms, there was also fatal quicksand that would swallow anyone who accidentally stepped in it.

Therefore, even the catgirl did not dare to walk in the desert despite her usual perkiness.

After half a day, Roland built a rounded house with Rock to Mud and ate food inside.

At this moment, Roland untied the vulpera prince and gave him water as well as some meatloaf.

Instead of eating the food in a hurry, the vulpera prince looked around at the house that Roland built in surprise.

He had never thought that Mud to Rock and Rock to Mud could be used in such a way.

If possible, everybody would love to learn all the spells available.

However, people only had limited energy, so they could only choose spells that befitted them.

The vulpera prince, for one, didn't learn these spells, because he didn't think that they were useful.

Now he realized that he was just too ignorant.

After the vulpera prince had enough food and answered nature's call, Roland tied him up again.

He then reminded the catgirl to be careful, because he had to answer nature's call too.

The moment Roland left the house, the vulpera prince said to Marilyn, ”Catgirl, you people love freedom. It must piss you off being his slave, right?”

The catgirl stared at him, stunned.

”I have a way to open the collar on your neck. We can run away together. What do you say?”

Normally speaking, it would take a dozen minutes for someone to unlock the slave collar without a key.