Dragon Raja 5; Chapter 234: For Your Majesty (49)

Dragon Raja 5

The three men trekked across the endless ice field. After losing all their sled dogs, they had to act as sled dogs themselves. Each of them had a rope tied around his waist, and behind the rope was a small sled containing the supplies they had rescued from under the ice.

The polar night has just begun. The sun no longer rises, but there is still a faint light on the horizon. It can be used as a reference for determining the direction, but it is not very accurate. The rest depends on luck.

“Boss, do you want to read some mystery novels?” Finger was panting, but still in the mood to chat.

“I don’t read mystery books. I have a witch-like fiancée. She can guess the ending of any mystery book after reading half of it. And she’ll spoil the plot for me.”

“In 1939, Agatha Christie published her famous novel, And Then There Were None. Ten guilty people were invited to vacation in a villa on an island, and all of them died there. Do you think this is similar to our current situation?”

“Are you saying that the people aboard the YAMAL are all guilty?”

“And the killer is on board, just like what was written in ‘And Then There Were None.’ He’ll try to make us suspicious of each other and then kill us off one by one.”

“The solution to that murderous scheme is simple. As long as two out of ten people absolutely trust each other and stay together, the murderer won’t succeed.” Jude Mai joined the boring discussion, “But everyone guesses that the other person is the murderer.”

“I didn’t expect that beautiful women also study mystery.” said Finger.

“No, I’m not interested in reading that crap, but I’ve had a boyfriend who wrote mystery books.”

Finger sat down on the ice and pounded his knees, “Rest for a while.”

Caesar and Jude Mai also stopped. It was indeed time for a rest. After encountering the Leviathan, they had been marching non-stop for twelve hours, and their strength was nearly exhausted.

Caesar vaguely regretted his decision to give up the opportunity to withdraw to the YAMAL for the sake of that unknown research station. They were actually lost, and several permanent landmarks that should have appeared halfway had disappeared.

Looking at the Arctic Circle on the map, you will feel that everything is under control. Human footprints have spread to every corner of the Arctic Circle. Every year, thousands of tourists are able to visit the North Pole, take photos, and even hold champagne parties on that piece of ice.

But once the mechanical support is lost, the Arctic Circle suddenly turns into a terrifying and psychedelic wasteland, a maze with no visible obstacles. It looks the same in any direction, and you will feel like you are always going in circles.

If it weren’t for Jiude Mai hunting down the polar bear, their food supply would have been a problem. They couldn’t even find the self-heating canned food they had in abundance. However, if they wanted to roast the bear meat along the way, they would need a lot of fuel, and the fuel supply was very limited.

“We have to learn from the Inuit to build an igloo. It is warmer than a tent and it can also isolate our smell so that we won’t be smelled by the nearby polar bears,” said Mai Jude.

“Wouldn’t it be even better if they came? It’s like meat delivered to your door!” said Finger. “I can eat two at a time now!”

Jiude Mai rolled her eyes at him and said, “I need to get some sleep. If any polar bears come while I’m asleep, please let them sit for a while, Mr. Frings. I’ll kill them when I wake up.”

Caesar, too lazy to engage in such meaningless conversation, had already pulled out his dictator and was digging in the snow. His judgment was the same as Jude Mai’s: they had actually entered a dangerous situation with both food and fuel scarce. From now on, all energy consumption had to be minimized. An igloo was a good solution; if necessary, he wouldn’t even mind eating raw polar bear meat.

The polar snow was so dry that it took them less than two hours to build a small snow house, using a tent at the door to block the wind. The three of them had to squeeze knee to knee, their faces almost touching, like three bears hibernating together.

“Whose long legs? Whose massive pecs? Pull them back!” Finger complained as he drank. “Boss, tell me, what should we do now?”

No one spoke. Jude Mai and Caesar were kneeling against each other, seemingly in deep thought, but in fact they had fallen asleep.

They were all efficient people and will not waste time on meaningless chatting. The most important thing at this moment was to rest. Only when they have sufficient physical reserves can they deal with emergencies.

Finger muttered a few words, then felt sleepy and fell asleep with the bottle of wine in his hand.

Caesar woke up after sleeping for less than two hours. The cold wind was howling outside, and Finger was snoring loudly in the snow house. Jiude Mai’s eyes were unusually bright in the darkness, and she looked thoughtful.

“The guy hiding behind the scenes really seems to want to kill all of us one by one.” Jiude Mai knew that Caesar had woken up, but she didn’t look at Caesar and speak.

“Like ‘And Then There Were None’?” Caesar raised his eyebrows.

“Ten people, committed ten different crimes, were sentenced to death one by one. Those who were executed now were part of the crew members and the three of us. The little Inuit girl was almost burned to death by the crew members, but you and Abbas saved her. Your friend Abbas was also almost killed by a giant snake, and it was the little Inuit girl who saved him again. If these people are eliminated, the ones left are the captain, the professor who may die of coughing at any time, and your secretary who grills steak very well.” said Mai Jude.

“Percy will not harm me, although I think he is an excellent executioner.”

“As your family’s secretary, it’s his responsibility to protect the heir. But we’re on the frozen sea right now, where all signals are cut off. No one would know if he killed you,” Jude Mai said. “Don’t you find it strange that a secretary suddenly arrives on board with steak and wine to serve you?”

“I guess his deeper goal is the dragon bone. My family is very concerned about the ownership of the dragon bone. If we succeed in killing Leviathan, we should get the bones of the Dragon King.”

“What about Captain Rebalco? He experienced a mysterious incident and saw the blue aurora, but he claims he can’t remember anything.”

“He’s suspicious, but even people who nearly die might be faking it. The killer in ‘And Then There Were None’ avoided suspicion by pretending to be the dead. Even this snoring guy is suspicious.”

“Does it matter if you say this to his face?”

“It doesn’t matter. He was a witness to the Greenland Incident. Professor Schneider lost almost all of his students and was hell-bent on revenge, but this guy lost all of his classmates and seems to have forgotten everything.”

“Traumatic experiences can lead people to avoid remembering certain things.”

“In short, none of us can escape suspicion. All the clues are messy.”

“No,” Jude Mai raised her head and looked directly into Caesar’s eyes, “There is one.”

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