The blizzard poured into the room from the hole in the roof, and the temperature in the Ringolpant Council Hall immediately dropped. Jonah put on his hood, stretched out his hand to cover his face from the snowflakes and walked to the hole. Hannah shot him crosswise. Stopped: "Wait a minute, I don't know what will appear in the barrier, it's better not to get too close,"
"Don't worry," the astrologer wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand, "hide behind me, I will take defensive measures," he once again activated the defensive circle and the "square circle" power of the skirt armor Lutarius, Walking to the edge of the pit in two steps, I saw a regular hexagonal gap opening above the dark brown spherical barrier, filled with warm orange light. Yona's heart was beating loudly as he looked into the barrier.
He saw a pair of dark eyes.
The young man's heart stopped for a beat. When he realized that the creature in the barrier was looking at him, he took a step back suddenly and said in a trembling voice: "The people inside... can you understand what I said? We have no malicious intent, nor do we mean to damage the buildings here...I'm sorry,"
There was no answer. Hannah Stewart leaned out from the side and took a look, "It's an elf. It's the same race as the corpse frozen into ice. It must be a thorn elf. Does anyone in the Pitchfork team speak Elvish? "
Jonah looked back at Elliot. The knight smiled bitterly and shook his head, "We can only read some Elvish texts. The grammar and pronunciation of Elvish language are very strange. Some syllables cannot be produced by human vocal organs, causing communication barriers. If so, remember to smile, brother Yona, the only language common to all races in the world is smile,"
Jonah slowly took a step forward, showed a very awkward smile to the elves in the barrier, and gestured: "I, we are from other continents, and I don't want to disturb you, but some people come here, We are very concerned about what we have done, so... My name is Jonah, what is your name?" He pointed to his heart, "Jonah, Jonah," and then pointed to the other party: "Name, your name name,"
"Idiot," the elf said, speaking pure Western Continent Common Tongue, "Now, come in, everyone, it's not safe outside," the elf waved, turned around and entered the depths of the barrier out of sight.
Several humans stared at each other dumbfounded, "Is this... a trap?" Yona asked weakly. Hannah shook her head vigorously. The Rose Knight turned his head and looked at the furry elf on his shoulder and said: "No, that is a real elemental elf. Sacred magical creatures cannot lie. We will enter the barrier immediately. Miss Xibi's fever has increased again and she must be treated immediately."
Pitchfork's friends jumped into the pit with different attitudes, and entered the spherical barrier from the hexagonal gap. Unexpectedly, there was a quite huge space inside. As soon as they entered the barrier, Jona felt dizzy, as if the whole The world seemed to be turned upside down. He landed on the ground with his feet, rubbed his eyes and took a look. He found that he was standing on the inner wall of the barrier, with his head pointing towards the center of the sphere. Next to his feet was the hexagonal hole, and Hannah Stewart's feet It's sticking out weirdly from there.
"Can even gravity be changed?" the astrologer said in amazement. He watched the head and feet of the contemporary Stuart family leader slowly protrude from the hole, suddenly spun around in the air and landed lightly. Hannah looked at him warily with a big gun in his hand. Looking around, he was stunned: "What, which way is up? Why is it the other way around?"
The next person to come in was Ye Kong. As soon as he landed, he stood there expressionlessly, as if he didn't care about the strange space. He completely forgot who was trying to split the barrier in half with anger in his eyes. Finally, he stood alone. The horned beast arrived carrying the Rose Knight, and saw four fur-covered horse hooves sticking out of the ground. This scene had a weird sense of humor, but Elliot himself was the first to notice the change in the gravity field, "Oh, that's it," The knight jumped into the barrier, hovered briefly at the critical point of gravity transition, and then stood elegantly in front of everyone. "It's interesting. This kind of barrier no longer exists in the world. After a long time, it still exists." Still in perfect condition,”
The hexagonal entrance and exit slowly closed, and an elf stood in front of everyone. The elf was slightly shorter than a grasshopper, with dark brown skin. He had a pair of surprisingly large black eyes and a pair of long pointed ears. He had a There were six sharp protrusions, a small braid hanging from the back of his head, and he was covered in linen clothes. He could neither tell his gender nor his age. "Hey, you," the elf suddenly pointed at Jonah, " what is your job,"
"I," the astrologer said in a panic: "I am Jonah, a member of the Pitchfork Team. We came here to find a group of people from the Eastern Continent. I believe they have been here before,"
"Idiot," the elf said rudely, "tell me why you are here."
"That's the purpose I just said," the young man said strangely.
"Ah, how annoying." The elf suddenly sat down and pointed to the top of his head: "Well, that idiot is one of yours, right?"
Everyone followed his gaze and looked up, and saw several elves standing on the other end of the barrier, opposite the fifty-yard diameter sphere. Since their heads were facing each other, it was difficult to see each other's faces clearly, but at the feet of the elves, Lying down (it feels more like hanging from the ceiling) is a man who looks a bit familiar. He refuses to change out of it because of face issues. He has a bulging white robe with a lot of animal skins stuffed inside, and a desert-style white turban. With a huge backpack and a handful of gold coins that he would not let go of even if he fainted, this dignity seemed easy to recognize.
"...Danny,"
Everyone looked back and realized that Danny Stewart had disappeared when he entered the council chamber. "No wonder I always feel that something is missing," Hannah said, "...there is something called 'trouble' missing." ,"
The elf sat there unmotivated, "Now, that idiot was drinking like crazy in our food storage room and wasting our precious things. He was discovered by someone who went out on patrol. We had no choice but to bring him here. What to do, a guy named Jonah,"
Jonah immediately said sincerely: "I'm sorry, it is recorded in the books that Ringolpant is a ruin. We thought that the Thorn Elves no longer existed, and those gold coins were ownerless. Although Danny is a bit greedy, he is definitely not a bad person. He We will return all the gold coins to you, and we will not hide any of them. We... we will also compensate you, whether it is for Danny, or for the holes in the floor and ceiling..."
"Hey, what are you talking about?" The elf's black eyes rolled. "You can take as many gold coins as you want. Everyone here has boxes of gold coins that they can't use." Hey, I'm talking about food, food. We only have a little bit of food left in our food reserves. If we waste it any more, we will starve to death before the end of our lifespan. Ending of life and starving to death are completely different ways of dying, idiot. "
"Food," the boy was stunned again.
The elf picked up a small silver jar, opened the jar and took out a smaller gold jar, opened the smaller gold jar and took out a tiny glass bottle, opened the glass bottle and showed it: "Here, food, you humans are not that stupid. You don’t even know food,”
The amber-colored viscous substance in the glass bottle exuded a sweet and fragrant smell. Several elves sitting or lying around them immediately widened their eyes and swallowed their saliva. This elf proudly closed the bottle cap and said, Collect each bottle carefully, "Food, the most precious treasure of Ringolpant, the treasure of the Thorn Elf, the most magical secret medicine in the world,"
"Ah, isn't this..." Yona opened his mouth to speak, but Elliot coughed a few times behind him and said first, "Yes, we saw this kind of food in the storage room. It is indeed a very precious ingredient. Sorry, we will compensate for the damaged parts of our partners,”
"Now, this attitude is much better. Hey, bring that guy over here," the elf nodded and shouted. Several elves above the head worked together to lift Danny up and threw him upwards. Stewart slowly rose to the center of the sphere, turned around and fell down like a stone. Jonah stretched out his hand to catch it. At this time, the elf spoke: "Hey, I don't have the extra energy to talk nonsense to you. Let me tell you what I want to say first." Okay, then it’s your turn to speak,”
He found a comfortable position to lie down and said in one breath: "My name is Malu Lingol Fir, I am the village chief of this Lingolpant village and the oldest person in this village. Of course, I am also the Thorn Elf Council." Needless to say, the Speaker is also a member of the Supreme Council of Elemental Elves. Since the catastrophe destroyed the entire Northern Continent, there are only so few Thorn Elves left. They cannot go out and walk around at will. They can only hide in this turtle shell and eat. Waiting to die, you know that the thorn elves are users of plant elements. There is not even a dogtail grass in the ice and snow outside. If we can't absorb the power of the elements, we will immediately freeze into ice cubes. Fortunately, the village has enough stored in it. We don’t have a big appetite for food and can only eat a little bit every day, so we held meetings to set the price of food. Needless to say, the price of food increased more than 800 times in a thousand years. That was decided in more than 800 meetings. Well, every time we get food, send four people to supervise each other and put the money in the storage room. You can't take more food, and of course you can't give more money. Just like this, a thousand years have passed in the blink of an eye, and we are still alive when the food is almost gone. It won’t be long before the rest is either starvation or old age. Recently, the Parliament is preparing to legislate to make gambling on life span illegal.”