Book 7: Chapter 30
“Alright, your majesty, if we continue further, we will enter the dangerous region with no administration.”
We stood on the sand dunes and looked at the yellow sand ahead and behind us. Both areas looked the exact same. If Tarak didn’t stop I wouldn’t have known I entered such a dangerous place. But I guess it makes sense. People spoke of this place like it was dangerous as hell. The scene in front of me just looks like a huge collection of yellow sand though. This place looked the exact same as other places. There were no traces of blood or corpses. Not even a human silhouette was in sight.
This place is really disappointing…
Perhaps a good way to describe my feelings would be that I felt somewhat sad. I worked hard to prepare for this. If it looked like a war-zone with corpses lying around, I’d be celebrating. But now I feel like all my preparations were pointless and I felt lost. But then I looked at Tarak next to me who was very serious. It looks like this is the place.
I smiled and said: “This place doesn’t look any different to the outside.”
Tarak tugged on the rope and then sternly said: “Of course it is filled with sand. Everywhere is sand in the desert. We just have not seen people here yet. What makes this place dangerous is not that it is in the desert, because it is the same everywhere in the desert. The most dangerous thing in here is always those around you. But we are at the border right now so we cannot see the most dangerous place.”
I looked at the desert before me and then said: “Since we’ve come here, forget turning tail. Well, I never intended to anyway. Tarak, you know this place better so I’ll let you lead us.”
Tarak shook his head with a smile and replied: “While you say that, I could not find what you were after either, your majesty. Your majesty, I can only guide you to every campsite. Every campsite in the desert is very dangerous. Those are the places we can guarantee our safety from the sandstorms. The situation in the desert changes in the blink of an eye.”
“Uhm, but are we the only ones who know the campsites?”