my name's Lee I'm on a quest to save
Deltora I've been to the most dangerous
corners of the land to get the Topaz the
Ruby and the opal
I hope come on don't you think you're
exaggerating slightly jasmine I mean how
many times did I have to save your butt
I helped a bit - Barda aah
filli Kree ok it's true I never would
have gotten this far without my friends
but we've still got 4 more gems to find
next up
the shifting sands
oh look more sand no kidding it's
amazing how much cooler it was just on
the other side of those cliffs we
climbed
there it is again that's strange buzzing
Lily Li can you describe it in more
detail I told you it's like a thousand
bees the weirdest thing is that I feel
like I've heard it somewhere before
what happened it just stopped what do
you mean you feel like you've heard it
before can you remember when no but it's
all so familiar and I have no idea why
maybe I am just hearing things huh
wait a minute now I remember the Opel
showed me a vision of my future and it
was here this is it these are the sand
dunes so what happened to you in this
vision I don't know it was like a dream
I was standing alone in the desert and
it was really windy I could barely see I
was screaming for both of you but
neither of you would answer me sounds
more like a nightmare to me mm-hmm I
don't want to end up like that it it was
awful don't worry we're not going
anywhere we've beaten the odds before we
can do it again somewhere in this sand
lies the fourth gem it'll be difficult
but we're gonna find it I'm sure of it
you're right Barda the thing is this
place is so huge how will we know where
to start looking the belt gets warm
whenever it's near a gem we can divide
the shifting sands up into sections and
search them one by one as long as we
don't give up
we'll find it eventually you mean you
want us to walk around this desert until
Leif starts feeling the belt getting
warm you gotta be kidding that's gonna
take forever
actually I don't think it'll be too hard
hmm all the gems have one thing in
common they're all protected by an evil
Guardian and I think the guardian of
this gem already knows we're here in its
territory what makes you so sure about
that
I know it's weird but I I feel it as
clearly as if the belt we're talking to
me mm-hmm so it's easy all we have to do
is keep moving I'm sure The Guardian is
a lot closer than we think we don't have
to go find him it's only a matter of
time before he
well then all the more reason why we
need to hurry we don't want to keep
whatever this thing is waiting so long
that he starts to lose patience yeah hmm
please after you since you two are so
brave you can lead the way
these dunes seem to go on forever at
least we don't have to worry about
getting lost all we have to do is follow
our footprints back the way we came
that's true but they're also a clear
trail for the great guards to track us
down do you think they'd really come
after us into this evil desert yeah
they've got to find us their lives are
on the line I'm sure the punishment they
get is a far worse alternative I'm glad
I want to meet those two again I've got
a little score I need to settle with
them what on earth is that
Pepe has fillion cream really scared
it can't be too far from here I think
you're right
if footprints are so fresh we've got to
find them or one more move they'd find
us sooner or later
yeah and it looks like they've brought
their friends with them you're right I'm
pretty sure I heard some more voices
just then so what do you want to do well
we've got two choices we either run or
we fight
wait I've got another idea just do what
I do and follow me I'll show you this is
a great idea leaf I have to admit this
is pretty smart let's hide in that
ravine down there come on
just keep following the footprints
they're gonna pay for this right hey
what's going on your trail just
disappears
maybe they flew away that's impossible
and how do you explain it it's simple
they were eating you know by the desert
I told you there was no point in
following them here this isn't a joke
you fool we've lost a champion and two
finalists that's true but the ticks
might not be all the sands want to eat
let's get out of here why you know as
well as I do what happens if we come
back empty-handed
they might still be out here maybe they
buried themselves we're not talk find
them
this is useless they could be anywhere
stop complaining just dink we're not
safe here even if they don't know it
they're heading right for us
get ready to fight then at least we have
the element of surprise
you guys looking for us
come on Tyson it's not worth it let's
just leave them huh I think he's right
certainly I'm missing something
to their horror lief Barda and Jasmine
look up to see a teriyaki these feared
Sandy's have poor sight but are highly
sensitive to movement lashing out at the
slightest vibration with deadly accuracy
guys I think we're in trouble
it's slowly devouring all of them that's
horrible
anyone else want to get going no it's
better not to move boy it went after the
grey guards who were running for their
lives but it totally ignored us even
though we were closer my guess is that
it's able to sense movement somehow
that's right
it felt the vibrations in the sand made
by the grey guards boots when they ran
so what do you think we should do I
don't know but right now I don't think
we should move
what are those looks like it stores food
in them stores food that's right they
started this well after it finished with
the gray guards
let's doing now it's probably laying an
egg okay yeah then when it hatches the
baby will have something to feed on
while it's still small that's gross
but it makes sense that's probably what
we saw before the remains of an egg that
had already hatched
well I think we've probably waited long
enough
I can't believe we escaped gray guards
and a monster look at those marks I'm
pretty sure they weren't there a minute
ago he must be the footprints of some
other creature not likely if there was
another animal that close we would have
seen it but I wouldn't be surprised at
the shifting sands are home to all sorts
of beasts that burrow below out of the
scorching Sun look at this thing it's
one of the bags of coins from their
rithmere games that's right the grey
guards probably took it when they
captured us but it's empty so where are
the coins how should I know
either they spent them all when we were
unconscious or worse they're lost in one
of those eggs wait a minute don't those
marks look a lot like the coins huh
right they do but how could the coins
make these marks and then just disappear
I'm not sure but I've got a really bad
feeling about this
this sands strange it's like it's
somehow moves on its own wait are you
saying that the sand is alive it's
possible I guess
do you hear it again yeah but this time
it seems like it's a lot closer
it almost sounds like it's coming right
towards us I still don't hear it what
about you Marta no not at all
leave my head's gonna explode on down
Lee you're gonna trap that thing again
give me the Bell how do you know I have
the belt you must give me the belt offer
the belt to the high and you will
survive
Oh offer and there's no way I'll never
give it to you no matter what happens
please hmm
you had us worried where'd you go what
happened are you okay yeah but I don't
know what just happened
I heard that buzzing sound again but
this time it was a lot louder it got so
loud that it felt like my head was gonna
crack open something's going on that was
no ordinary sandstorm and what's even
weirder is that monster never showed
even though you were jumping around like
crazy that's true which makes me wonder
if you weren't right me that the sand
itself is actually some kind of living
being with mindless will huh Hey gone no
way oh how could I have dropped it
that blade really means a lot to me look
over there
what's going on does that look like your
knife yeah I know this is gonna sound
crazy but I wonder if whatever it was
that caused the sandstorm took it as
some sort of offering what do you mean
offering my guess is that your knife
somehow calmed it as if it were
satisfied with the payment and earlier
it was because it took the gold coins
that's why we saw those imprints in the
sand what are you saying leave
I think the guardian of the shifting
sands collects money jewelry or other
valuables from its prey I don't think so
I'm having a hard enough time believing
that the sand is alive and attacked us
me too but it seems that leaf has some
sort of connection with this place I
keep thinking of the last line carved on
that stone the end lies within its rocky
wall where all our 1/1 will rules all
below the dead the living strive with
mindless will to survive
one will rules all a mindless will a
thing of mindless will rules the
shifting sands and it gathers and hoards
anything of value that's brought into
its sandy territory so of course it's
not gonna make sense to us if that's
what's on the stone leaf do you still
have the belt on you don't worry I've
still got it it's right here what's
wrong I know it's kind of dumb but I'm
actually scared to touch the opal again
because of what it showed me last time
Oh
well we've got to keep going the belt
still feels totally cold which
unfortunately means we're not even close
to where the gem is hidden in this
desert hmm
right well what are we waiting for then
let's find that gem and get out of here
as quick as we possibly can
I'm sick of this place yeah so am i of
all the evil places we've been to so far
I like this one the least of all wait
one last thing but I feel kind of weird
asking this Oh
oh come on just spit it out I think from
now on we should be tied together so we
can't be separated again we can use the
rope we bought at Mother brightly's what
after we were captured when we were in
those bags on the gray guards cart I was
so glad to hear you two waking up next
to me I know it sounds cheesy and I'm
sure that you would have come to rescue
me just like I would have if either of
you were captured but it was reassuring
for me to know that the three of us were
still together stop it
you're making me blush it's a good idea
huh I know I've said it before but you
guys would be totally lost without me
she might be joking but it's true none
of us could complete this quest alone
Thanks
getting cooled you're not kidding
during my training I learned that the
temperature drops drastically in the
desert at night but I never would have
thought that it got this core do you
think we could stop and take a break
sometime soon I don't know the belt
isn't even warm yet I think we should
keep going but that's even more of a
reason why we should take a break now
cuz when it gets warm we're not gonna
have any time to rest that's a good
point let's take turns keeping guard 1
we'll keep watch while the other two
sleep sure that works for me why don't
you guys go ahead I'll take the first
shift
thanks I could really use some rest wake
me up for the second shift kay Barda
I guess he was pretty beat
I'm worried about him he's been seeing
and hearing things that we haven't it's
almost as if he's in a whole different
world than we are right now let's just
undo this for a while it's gotta be
uncomfortable
yeah he should be fine I mean we are
sleeping right next to him after all
those do seem like they're pretty
exhausted too why don't you all get some
rest
thanks Barda and don't forget to wake me
up okay
it's happening again
give me the belt you must offer it to
the ha I told you before I never do that
get about a Oh
you