The fresh water from the oasis was marvelous. They weren’t used to withstand that much heat. It was not a simple task to survive the desert.
Water would not be a problem for some time if they remained close to that oasis, but food? It would not be easy to feed all these people.
Another problem was shelter. How would they build houses without materials?
“I’ll scan the area while you’ll rest here. Wisa, Jane, and Harmony, try to look for some food near this area, but don’t go too far as we can get lost easily around here. The rest of you, stay together and notify us if you see anything strange. Also, build a campfire if the teachers found some food.” Arthur gave them his orders and left the oasis.
“Sully, help them find food and protect them while I’m out.”
“Understood.”
Two fire wings grew behind his back, and he flew over the desert, trying to look for things they could use.
“Huh?”
Arthur saw a person from afar that was running, and they had been spied on.
Wisa had told him that people lived in tribes around here, so maybe if he followed that person, he would find a tribe.
So, he did just that. Arthur went even higher so that it would be impossible for that person to spot him.
He noticed the person wore fur clothing and had a bow behind its back, as well as 2 curved swords.
Compared to Arthur, that man strolled through the desert sands. It was hard to travel by foot on that terrain, but Arthur did not have that problem as he flew using his wings.
After chasing for about 30 minutes, the man arrived at what looked like a tribe. There were others that dressed just like him, with rudimentary clothes and weapons. The houses there were also simple cabins made of wood.
Just like Arthur’s students, they also lived near an oasis where they could easily fetch water and plant some foods that could grow there.
From above, Arthur focused on his hearing to hear what they were saying. He couldn’t understand the language, so he cast a basic spell all mages learned.
“Language Learning!”
Arthur learned that spell from the general book he stole from the library, but all the other students also learned that as their first spell. The reason? It was useful, easy to learn, and it was not dangerous to practice. New mages couldn’t control their mana properly, so a spell that wasn’t dangerous was amazing.
The spell quickly injected lots of languages inside one’s brain. For normal people, that would be too much to handle, but mages could do that with ease.
There weren’t all the languages there, though. Most were only from the countries nearby, from that continent. Which added up to only 4 or 5 languages, as some countries spoke the same language.
“Leader, leader. I saw some strange people near an oasis not that far from here. They had strange clothing, and did not look like they were from here.” The man that Arthur was following said.
“What? Did they see you? How many are there? Are they strong?”
?[0)??? Arthur could now understand what they were saying, and it was not any news. The thing he wanted to know was if these people would attack them.
“Not that many of them. I would say about 15 or 20. As for their strength, I don’t know either.”
“Leader, are you thinking of giving shelter to them? To these strangers?” Another man said.
“Najek, we need more people in our tribe. Look