"They said they were coming up to inspect the cabin?

Hobbes frowned and asked.

"Yes, they said these are extraordinary times and all ships coming from the empire are subject to strict inspection...including merchant ships like ours.'

After getting off the barge, the first mate who was previously sent to communicate with the person in charge of the other party nodded and replied.

After hearing this, Hobbes looked at the elven longships not far away, whose hulls were as graceful as the crescent moon. The distance between them and the Whalebone was about five hundred yards at the moment.

The distance of five hundred yards is the safe distance that needs to be actively maintained in order to prevent a misfire when unfamiliar ships meet at sea and it is impossible to tell whether the other party is malicious. For magic chanters below the divine realm, this spellcasting

The distance is like a ravine in the sky, as difficult to reach.

The few elven longships carrying the flag of the Blood Blade family strictly abided by the unwritten rules of the sea and kept a safe distance. But at the same time, they also blocked the road leading to the Mist Harbor and blocked the way.

The Whalebone was blocked outside the pier, and it seemed that they would not be allowed to pass without inspection.

"Did they say anything about what they need to check? I have been doing business here for decades, and this is the first time I have heard of such a request. Also, you ask, why is the flag of the Blood Blade family hanging at the dock?

Is it gone?'

Hobbes pointed to the flag hanging on the dock and continued to ask.

"I asked, and the other party just told me to mind my own business... As for why they had to board the ship for inspection, they said it was a routine matter. After all, the situation is like this. They were worried that there were spies from the imperial military hiding on the ship.

"Who is an imperial spy can't be written on his face, so this reason is too far-fetched.

A deep male voice interrupted the first mate's words, and everyone turned their heads, just in time to see William coming to the deck with Diana, who seemed to be a little seasick.

"So, the other side won't let us dock now?"

Eliminating boring pleasantries, William asked directly.

"You have to go through inspection before you are allowed to dock, and now the entire dock is under security... There has never been a similar situation before.'

Hobbes replied somewhat worriedly.

Then he continued:

"Furthermore, the martial law is not the local garrison family of Ys City, but the Blood Blade family of Fenghuo City. The garrison forces among the seven city-states should be completely independent. In normal times, it is impossible to have such a situation.

The situation arises.”

It is difficult to tell whether this is an adjustment made to deal with the military threat of the empire, or whether there is some political turmoil within Ava.

Or maybe a combination of both.

"What should we do? Mr. Ishma.'

Seeing that William fell silent and remained silent, Hobbes asked tentatively.

"Then just follow their rules. There is no need to conflict with them on the other side's territory.

Hearing this, William came back to his senses and replied.

Then he went on to add:

"You should pay close attention to the three sailors locked in the storage room. When their people come on board to inspect, remember to make it clear to them first so as not to cause any misunderstanding.'

Hobbes nodded immediately after hearing this, and then immediately called on the people around him to act quickly, as if he was afraid that William would regret it.

In fact, Hobbes was really afraid that the other party would regret it.

Magic casters, especially those as powerful as the other party, are generally extremely proud and sensitive. Therefore, after learning that the other party requested to board the ship for inspection, Hobbs was most worried about nothing else.

, but whether your employer will have unnecessary conflicts with the other party because he feels that this is a provocation to him.

Now with his words, Hobbes feels much more at ease.

After the simple preparations were arranged, "Thunder Fire" released a [Lightning Technique] into the sky, which was a signal to agree to the inspection as agreed before. After a few seconds, one of the elven longships moved over, The wooden oars spread across both sides of the slender hull were rowing neatly, and the ship moved at an extremely fast speed and docked on the right side of the Whalebone.

Seeing this, the sailors on the Whalebone were about to throw down the ladder and let the other party climb up. However, five high elves on the elf longship wearing dark silver scales and blood-red daggers jumped up directly. Like a bird that has just fluttered its wings, it jumped up to a height of four to five meters, crossed the guardrail of the side string, and landed lightly on the deck, causing the sailors on the ship to exclaim.

Four of the high elves covered each other almost instinctively after landing. They looked around, and after confirming that there were no threats around them, they slowly lowered their warning hands on the hilts of their swords.

After the remaining high elf dressed as an officer landed, he walked straight towards the bow of the ship in the direction of William, Hobbes and their group.

He wore a dark golden helmet engraved with a phoenix pattern, and a pair of pointed ears were exposed outside the helmet. Several golden tassels were blown by the sea breeze and floated on the back of the helmet. They not only symbolized the tail wings of the phoenix, but also highlighted the Indicating his status as a commander.

The figures of the high elves are taller and slender than humans, and their faces are also slightly pointed. Coupled with their exquisite facial features, they look like they have a hint of femininity. beauty

Some people often think that high elves are just a bunch of sissies who can't lift a sword because of their image. They are not as wildly powerful as their distant relatives in the Jade Province, the forest elves, nor are they like the forest elves in the Cold Stone Province. An ice elf is so muscular that he can go out hunting half-clothed in an animal skin in the ice and snow, giving him a rugged beauty.

But in fact, beneath their seemingly fragile and slender appearance, there is hidden power far beyond ordinary people's imagination.

Specifically, if the high elves are chosen to start the game, the player's initial value panel will be much higher than other races.

After all, after being blessed by the Phoenix Holy Fire, the high elves can hardly be considered a mortal race. For example, when these people jumped four or five meters high to board the ship, they naturally did not rely on the explosive power provided by their muscles. William also didn't feel the breath of magic at all. This is some kind of innate spell, just like the witch can use her scale powder to hypnotize, create dreams, and blur distances. It is a "phenomenon", not a spell.

But on the other hand, compared to the truly extraordinary races such as witches that were born based on a certain concept, the high elves can only be said to be half extraordinary races - after all, they still need to rely on the act of reproduction in order to survive. To maintain the survival of their own race. As the Phoenix Holy Fire that maintains this, its gift is both a blessing and a cage.

The blessing of the holy fire will only continue to be effective in Ava and the area shrouded in mist. Once they leave this area, the blessings received by the high elves will inevitably weaken and fade with the passage of time - choose high level one by one Players who start as Elf will enter a period in the early and middle stages of the game where their levels are clearly improving, but their character's attributes remain the same or even regress in some cases.

The regional nature of the Phoenix Holy Fire's blessings is an important reason why the High Elves have always been conservative before the rise of mankind and have never launched expansion to the Vic Continent or other places.

In the later Bronze Age, after humans rose to become the rulers of the Vic continent, a crisis of faith occurred in Ava.

At that time, the elves on Ava Island still called themselves "elves", and their racial names did not have the prefix "higher" before them. At that time, many elves were tortured by long and stagnant lives and were on the verge of collapse, and they were always eager for change.

From the human race, we can see the passion that life should have and the potential to change the status quo.

They believed that it was the false immortality brought about by the blessing of the holy fire that poisoned the entire race, so they decided to resist the imprisonment brought by fire and fog and follow the example of humans and enter a new era.

At first, they planned to directly extinguish the Phoenix Holy Fire and cut off the inheritance of the King of Mist, so that the entire elves would completely lose their blessings and become a people with "old age, illness, and death" after "birth".

A truly mortal race.

For this reason, they launched a rebellion in the name of freedom, and the result of the rebellion was that it failed without any accident under the strong pressure of the Mist King.

But the King of Mist at that time was a wise and wise king. He saw that this trend of thought was shaking the foundation of the entire Avatar Holy Fire Blessing System. Therefore, he did not choose to execute those rebels and destroy their bodies.

And to build an immortal monument for their spirit. He chose to finally exile those people and allowed all those who agreed with their ideals to follow them and leave.

Thus, the first and only large-scale racial migration in the history of the elves began. This migration lasted for more than fifty years, and was divided into six batches.

The first fleet crossed the Broken Sea, passed through the Fairy Bay and came to Ravenwood, where they made a contract with the Holy Tree and became the later Forest Elves. The second fleet crossed the White Sea and passed through Thousand

The Snake Islands landed near a volcanic crater in the Dragon's Back Mountains north of the Boiling Plains, and suddenly disappeared one hundred years later, leaving only Molten Iron City, a legendary fortress city.

The third and fourth fleets went to the continent of Ossis successively, and it is said that they established a prosperous country there. But hundreds of years later, the continent of Ossis encountered a crisis in the moon, and eventually the entire continent was conquered by the kings of nothingness.

sank into the sea, and the descendants of these two fleets were all destroyed. The fifth and sixth fleets all headed north, and one of them landed in Leng Yuan and made an alliance with the local ice giants.

, became the ice elves of later generations; while the other group crossed the Dragon Bone Islands and continued northward because they wanted to see what was in the far north of the world, and eventually lost all news.

After that, there was no large-scale racial migration in the entire history of the elves. However, Ava still retained the corresponding system, both in the era of the rule of the Mist King and in the later seven free city-states.

In the era of , anyone who had doubts about the Phoenix Holy Fire blessing system could choose to give up their blessing and surname and leave Avazhou in the name of a ranger.

Although the high elves who have given up the blessing will still be much stronger than ordinary people in terms of agility and perception, they are not as good as ordinary humans in attributes such as strength and endurance. In addition, the souls of the high elves who have given up the blessing are still much stronger than ordinary people in terms of agility and perception.

Empty, many Elf Rangers will suffer from a disease called "Elemental Mutation". Therefore, the stereotype of the high elves on the continent of Vic is that they always look sick and weak.

But in fact, the real high elves are definitely not like this.

William thought to himself as he looked at the officer walking towards them.

This seems to be the first time that William has seen a high elf with a complete blessing. As a magic chanter, it is difficult for him to judge the opponent's combat effectiveness from a non-magical warfare perspective. But from the perspective of the other party, he always remains vigilant.

The five people who boarded the ship one by one were judged by their posture, fighting posture when walking, and the momentum surrounding them. In other words, they were a tactical team without the support of magic casters. They could cut butter in five seconds.

Knock down everyone on the ship except yourself within minutes.

Including the three magic casters already on the ship.

In Ava, every elf who is given a warrior-related surname is an absolute warrior. Since they were given a surname and embarked on their own "path", all their goals throughout their lives have been tempering.

Your own way as a warrior.

Thanks to the talents passed down from their ancestors and the long years of training, although the number of warriors in Awazhou is few, each of them is an absolute elite who can fight against ten, or even fight against a hundred.

I must get this army.

Looking at these warriors who were much stronger than the Thorn Black Guards in Thorn City, William thought to himself.

Although the blessing will gradually be lost if you leave the area of ​​​​Ava, but judging from the example of Remedios, this blessing can still be replenished as long as you return to Ava.

Or, maybe I can decipher the principle of Holy Fire Blessing and use it as another trump card against the Moon Realm.

While William was thinking about all this, the elf officer had already walked up to Hobbes. Hobbes smiled and stretched out his hand to him, but the other party just glanced at it and did not take it.

"Hobbes, Black Whale, captain of the Whalebone. I heard that you have been doing business with people from the Windsong family in the past twenty-seven years?"

The other party asked straight to the point, his tone was like an interrogator questioning a prisoner who was hanging on a torture device.

Hobbes retracted his outstretched hand with an embarrassed look on his face, then glanced at William at the side, and then replied as if he had regained some confidence:

"The Fengge family is just a middleman. We mainly do business with the Silver Hands, Gray Porcelain, Lenghuo and other families. We brought over various rare minerals that are not available in Ava, and they sold us handicrafts. And the Fengge family is not

the only middleman

"You just need to answer my question. Have you ever had business dealings with the Fengge family before? Yes or no?'

Although the words sounded extremely impatient, there was no trace of impatience in the other party's tone.
To be continued...