“Hold, call, call... finally.”When the little pool appeared in front of the two people again, Simbadi felt relaxed.

Thank you to the three gods, the children of the earth and the mother of the sea, he said in his heart.The hole was already bright, which allowed the two to escape as quickly as possible.At the same time, the closer to the direction of the sea, the greater the contraction of the cave, like a jar, the reason why the iron-clad giant scorpion did not follow all the way.

However, this does not mean complete security.

He had not forgotten the tide of crawling—he would not have been surprised if the whole desert scorpion of the endless horns had concentrated here.Sinbadi knew only that these predators could cross the stone walls at any time and follow the scent to tear them to pieces.

Fortunately, scorpions can’t swim, and as long as they escape into the sea, they can get out of danger.

“Put on your helmet!”Simbady grabbed the diving helmet on the ground and couldn’t wait to cover her neck.

However, he found that the fjord man did not move.

“Hey, what are you doing?”

“You... go first.”Rex whispered his back to him.

Let's go first?Simbady stuttered, damn it, and this guy wouldn’t be thinking about the glowing relics, was he?

He couldn't help but rush into his heart, three steps and two steps forward, breaking the other side's shoulder, "Are you crazy?"Do you know what’s going on now—”

Half of the time, he was suddenly in his throat, and Sinbad looked in astonishment at Rex’s chest—only a piece of clothing made of soft leather and the bowel membrane had been scratched, and there was a little bit of blood on either side.

“Your wet-bathing dress...”

“It’s broken.”Rex grinned and opened his mouth, showing a smile that was more than crying, "In the end, the desert scorpion did not tie me, but its pliers were rubbed into his clothes."

Sand people are silent, the other side's chest wound is not large, just scratched the skin, but the diving suit is damaged, which means that the sea water will be poured into his helmet along the neck interface.

After a while, Simbadi said, “If only the gas pipeline is used...”

Rex smiled and shook his head, "Unless we're close to the water, you're as strong as the pump."

Two pipes can be connected together to maintain balance.

The other had told him that long ago.

So before answering his question, the other party was so hesitant...

I’m afraid the fjords were already aware of their situation at the time.

Rex unpacked his pocket and handed it to him, "This is a sample of the stone monument - please give it to my assistant, and say that I have found it not inferior to that of Lord Thunder."

Simbady noticed that his fingers were trembling slightly.

“Your assistant... and spare diving attire?”

“Only these two pieces—from selection to sewing—take at least half a year to make a set of clothes.”Rex took a deep breath—it could be seen that he was trying to restrain his emotions, “I know what you were thinking, and in fact, all the way I went, I thought about the way I could think about it, and it turned out that it would not be possible to get out of the cave without the submerged attire.”Maybe that’s the fate.”

“The fate?”

“The Man of the Wizards... cannot be a real explorer.”He bit his lip, “Come on while the scorpion is not here yet!”As long as I can get the news back, even if I can't get the name of an explorer, the name will spread all over the fjord with this invention!"

Simbadi looked at the waterhole for a moment of silence before slowly saying, "I refuse."

“The huh?”Rex looked at him incredibly.

“You owe me twenty-nine golden dragons.”If you die, who will?”"This agreement is known only to you and me, and I don't think your assistant will pay the money - as you can see from what they're wearing, and the two are no better than the Shamin."

“We just don’t have any money now!”Rex protested, "In order to buy a steam engine from the Greysburg ... it cost a little more than expected... until the reputation of diving attire spread, there will inevitably be a large number of chambers of commerce to rush, then there is no need to worry about the money!" 」

"But the problem is that the money has nothing to do with me, and probably won't even have anything to do with you."Simbadi threw his pocket and helmet on the ground, "Do you feel that if you become scorpion's feces, those people outside will insist that you invented the saying?"As long as you change the rhetoric a little, you can get a lot of fame and fortune, there is nothing more cost-effective than this.So not only will my twenty-nine golden dragons be lost in vain, but your wish will probably not be fulfilled.”

“... what do you really want to do?”

“Receive the unknown and overcome yourself."

After Simbadi thought again, long spit out, "Mokin people do not like to be delinquent, do not like to lose trust in people, the agreement is the agreement, whether the other party is the king of the gray castle, or the fjord people - I promised to help the end, right?" 」

Rex couldn’t help but stifling, “But what do you want...”

“Look at the waterhole,” he took off his waterproof suit, “have you not noticed that it’s getting smaller?”

Rex only noticed then that a circle of wet bluestones appeared around the pool, which was proof that the water was falling.

"The vortex sea has entered the ebb tide, that is, the distance we need to wading is getting shorter," Sin Badi said word for word, "if all goes well, we can be rescued as long as we float ten meters after swam out of the water hole."It’s impossible to do this in a wetsuit, but there’s a chance all of it out — including the stones you’ve collected.Now, take off your clothes.”

“Take off, undress?”

“Yes, to keep the tide as low as possible, we must be prepared to block the desert scorpion, and the most effective way is to set fire.”Simbady nodded, "But here the water is full, and the flowers and plants are not easy to light, so they need to cause fire."He pointed to the oil lamp, "The grease and leather should have kept the fire burning for a while."

Rex was silent for a long time, "... don't try, it can't be successful."

“Why?”

"You can't tell when the tide will fall to its lowest point, and the distance to the water hole will increase several times every meter high."Action will only exhaust all the air in the long water hole.”He said bitterly, "And most importantly, I can't swim at all!"It’s funny, right, it’s a fjord man – even seasickness is better than that!It is because I can’t swim that I can’t devote myself to the sea like others and become a real explorer!”

"I saw it before, while diving."Simba is calm.

“What...?”

"The lifting is all by the hanging basket, the sea floor is not clumsy, without this suit bundle, you are afraid that you can't even get out of the water."

“Since you know, you said you were going to swim out?”

"Because you don't need to swim, just hold my breath - the process can be a little painful, or even unconscious, but as long as you don't move, I can take you out."Simbady slowly.

“Only you alone?”Rex's face was inconcreduous.

"I told you that when you were a child, there was a deep pool in the oasis of life, and everyone loved to go deeper than to try anyone else."Simbadi Jan began, "I was never the best of the family... but it wasn't that I did my best, it was I was afraid."

“Afraid...怕?”

“Well, it’s as deep as a big mouth that makes me feel like I’m going to be sucked in a little bit further down.So I always stayed half-speech, pretending to be exhausted in front of everyone... Over time, even I believed this myself.”He looked directly at Rex, "You say I've been looking down on myself, and maybe it's -- so I want to try it, where's my limit."

“You can’t swim without leaving.Are you sure that’s your limit?”Simbady exclaimed, “You really don’t look down on yourself!”

Rex unknowingly clenched his fist.

"At least you're not afraid of the sea, and you're better than I am at that."Simbadi raised his mouth, “How?Want to bet on me?“Explorers... how can you count without taking a risk?”

...

After an hour, the smoke of the choir has almost filled the entire cave.

And the water pool before it is now gradually retreating to the water hole, just for two people.

The smoke came from the desert scorpion.

Like a wave of waves.

The two of them looked at each other and realized that this was the last moment.

"Come on, Mr. Explorer."Simbady took a deep breath and caught Rex in the water.

The cold water blended with him.

It was like when everything was back as a child.

But this time there was no Kalon or any other people around him.

The only thing he wants to surpass is himself.