All the mercenaries held their breath tightly - everyone could clearly feel the earth shaking.
Suddenly a glimmer of light appeared above the head, and a breath of fresh air rushed into everyone's heart and lungs. Outside, there was still a gloomy forest in the dark night - one day had passed.
Suddenly, a lot of things were thrown down from the entrance of the cave, which obviously felt like weapons. Then, someone lay down at the entrance of the cave and said in non-standard human language: "Is there anyone down there? Is it a mercenary?"
Everyone was stunned. Only the senior mages of the elves could unlock the magic, and these mages should know very well who was imprisoned here. In the darkness, almost everyone shook their heads slowly at their companions.
Silence.
The person above seemed a little anxious, and the anxiety was clearly evident in his voice: "Are you a human mercenary down there? Just say something and I will let you out."
Amy deliberately lowered her voice and said: "Cough...cough...it's me, why do you want to come and let us go again..."
The people on the top of the cave let out a low cry of joy, and three people jumped down from above at the same time. Amy, Yi Hailan, Ye Weicai, White and other warriors jumped up like cheetahs and pressed the people down heavily.
Underground. Then the fire signs lit up one after another. Underground were three subdued forest elves, one of whom was a mage wearing a green robe, and the other two were young elf archers.
The elf mage was extremely surprised: "We are here to rescue you...Hey...how did you get out of the cell on your own?"
Among the many mercenaries, Ye Licai was quite popular and was vaguely the leader of the mercenaries. He slightly let go of the elf mage in his hand and asked in surprise: "You didn't lock us up? Why did you come to rescue us?"
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The elf mage shook his head helplessly: "I am Qingming, the patriarch of Shanhua Village. In recent years, our current elf queen's temper has become increasingly bad. She is extremely harsh on both outsiders and the elves themselves. For example, this time,
We already know that there are dark elves using underground mercenaries to cause chaos, but we are..."
According to the elf mage's description, the current Elf Queen Ingrid VII has always had a rather extreme personality, mainly because her father was seriously injured and died in the battle of Yin Feng's invasion of the Fairy Forest, and Her Majesty the Queen stubbornly believes that Yin Feng and humans
They have a close relationship with each other and believe that all non-elf creatures appearing in the fairy forest are hoping to occupy the fairy forest. Therefore, the queen not only restricts her subjects from entering human society, but also treats all humans or other races that appear in the fairy forest for various reasons.
The Queen adopted unprecedented harsh measures - all were imprisoned until death. Humans who harmed elves in the Fairy Forest were given severe punishments up to beheading depending on whether the circumstances were serious or not. The Elf clan itself is extremely kind, and most of the clan leaders did not like the Elf Queen.
Some measures are unsettling, and some patriarchs even use the excuse of old age to avoid participating in the election of elven elders in order to live alone.
This time, the dark elves hired underground mercenaries to plunder the elven children. Her Majesty Queen Ingrid was furious after learning about it. She directly summoned all the elven chiefs to hold a plenary meeting. 10 elven elders brought 3,000 elven archers and warriors and attacked several
The main underground mercenary guild took away the mission acceptance records. Then, 150,000 adult elves searched almost every village outside the fairy forest and captured hundreds of mercenary groups in one fell swoop, many of which were fundamentally related to the matter.
Unrelated regular mercenaries.
Since yesterday, at least more than 100 mercenaries and more than 50 elves have been killed in the conflict. The heavy casualties of elves have poured hot oil on the head of the furious Her Majesty the Queen. Now the latest order received by each elven village is: "
All humans who resist with force will be killed without mercy." Such words have never been used in the history of elves.
Faced with this order that was contrary to the ancestral teachings of the elves, quite a few elves expressed dissent. Queen Ingrid not only refused to accept it but even detained some of the elven chiefs.
In order to avoid the expansion of the conflict with humans, some prudent clan leaders secretly discussed and privately released the human mercenaries who were imprisoned and awaiting execution.
The brows of all the mercenaries were tightly knitted together. Originally, quite a few people still had a trace of luck in their hearts: maybe after a few days, the elves would release them, and even if they did not return to human society, they would still be alive.
It's better than death. Now this glimmer of hope has been completely shattered.
The three kind-hearted elves were let go, and several mercenary leaders apologized and thanked them.
"Dear Elf Chief, what should we do? Should we wait to die in the Elf Forest like this?" Ye Xicai asked very respectfully.
"Alas..." The Elf tribe let out a long sigh: "There is no other way, just run away."
"Dear patriarch, no human has ever been able to successfully walk out of this big forest. Do you think we can be so lucky? Can you give us more help? We believe that with the kind hearts of the elves, we will not let the humans in trouble
Waiting for death." asked the mage captain of Amy's team.
After pondering for a moment, the old elf said with some embarrassment: "I can tell you some secrets of the Elf Forest, but I ask you to swear that you will never reveal it to anyone after leaving here."
At the critical moment of life and death, hundreds of mercenaries swore out the most severe punishment they could think of without any hesitation.
"In the fairy forest, you must pay attention to four kinds of plants. Never go where there are reeds, it must be a large swamp; definitely don't go where there are camphor trees. There are ancient trees nearby, the golden tree, the source of the magic of their fairy forest.
After human beings come into contact, they will be sealed there by time; places with rubber trees are the coordinate points of the path. From one rubber tree, you can often see the next rubber tree. If you go down one by one, you will leave the forest; near the place with sisal
They are often elves' villages." After a pause, the elf mage said again: "After you leave, don't walk together. Walk separately in all directions. This way you have a greater chance of escaping. Then, if you encounter a village, there is no one in the village now.
As elves in their prime, you can capture some of my kind and let them take you away. In this way, if you encounter an elven army, you will definitely be able to leave the forest with the hostages in your hands. However, remember, you must not harm my compatriots. As
Elves, it is our kind hearts that allow us to release you, and we hope that humans can repay us with the same kind hearts."
All the human mercenaries were moved by the greatness of the elf mage. More than one mercenary walked up to the elves and bowed deeply: "Elf friends, I swear as a knight that I will never hurt any elf again in my life."
The mercenaries each took their own weapons and left the dungeon, and sprinkled them like water into the fairy forest according to their respective mercenary organizations.
Amy signaled her teammates to wait a moment, approached the old mage and asked softly: "Dear patriarch, I have an elf friend who has returned to the Fairy Forest. I really hope to find him. What can I do?"
"Humans, you cannot understand the elves' view of the world. Elves have a life of thousands of years, and after death they will return to the elf world to become their own elves. Elves must look down upon everything in their lives. Many things that humans stubbornly pursue are in elves.
The eyes are full of passing clouds. I don’t know what you are doing with the elves, but you will basically not get any results.” The old elf’s eyes showed vicissitudes of life: “Moreover, there are hundreds of thousands of elves living in the elf forest, except for one village.
The elves will know each other, but most other elves will not know each other."
"What if I know the name of that village?" Amy refused to give up.
"Can you find an elf to help you spread the message? There are hundreds of villages in the elf forest, and not everyone can find other villages. If no one can help you find someone, what can you do in this magical realm? Forget it.
, young man... when your friends think of you again, maybe your grandson will have entered his twilight years."
Amy wanted to say something else, but several of her friends became a little anxious, and in the end they had no choice but to walk deep into the forest together.
The night sky began to fade a little from the east, and the crisp birds began to chirp. The mercenaries who left the protection of the night showed more and more fear towards the forest.
Amy's mercenary group chose to go south - this is also the choice of most mercenaries. The elf old man's words just now indicate that there is a large group of elf warriors at the edge of the forest. With the ability of just a few mercenaries, in the elf forest
Needless to say, you can't run away if you fight against the elves. Instead of doing this, it's better to go deep into the elf forest first. It's better to find a small elf village and capture one or two hostages to finally escape.
It was already daylight, and the thieves who were scouting the front suddenly let out a continuous sound of quail calls. The mercenaries all knew that the elves had extraordinary vision and hearing, so they quietly hid behind the trees.
After a long while, there was the sound of rustling footsteps in the forest. Two elf boys, one big and one small, came from a distance. In terms of human age, the older boy was no more than 13 years old.
The little boy cannot be older than 6 years old. The khaki clothes are all cut from handmade linen. What is striking is that both boys are carrying a dark green short bow with arrows on their shoulders.
The bag was filled with short arrows, and a small roe deer dripping with blood was placed on the older boy's shoulder. There were no wounds on the roe deer's body, but blood was dripping from its eyes - this must have been shot by an arrow from the archer.
It smashed into the head of the roe deer and shot directly from one eye to the other eye.
The mercenaries all took a breath. No wonder they all said that elves are natural archers. It is rare for such a young child to be so accurate in human society.
Chefalang shook his head slightly, then nodded to Amy, raised his chin and motioned for Amy to come forward. As a captain, he knew the specialties of the mercenaries in his team quite well. Amy was not only good at martial arts, but also in
The acumen shown in the forest is unmatched by other mercenaries. When others go up, they may be killed or injured. If there is blood on their hands, they will really lose any room for bargaining.
Amy held her breath, squatted down slightly, and jumped out the moment the two little boys passed by.
To be on the safe side, Amy pounced on the young elf. When the little boy discovered that someone had jumped from the tree next to him, Amy had already pounced him to the ground. The elf's power was almost the same as that of humans, but the child
The strength is much less.
The big boy next to him was stunned for a moment, then he quickly took off his bow and arrow and put it on the string. Amy had already subdued the struggling little boy: "Put down the bow and arrow, or I will kill him."
In terms of skills, Amy ranked in the top ten in the war of the gods. Seeing that the big boy was still hesitant, Amy pulled out the giant sword with her left hand and inadvertently cut off a tree trunk as thick as an arm: "Put it down.
Bow and arrows, or you'll never see this little guy again."
The big boy's immature face showed a perseverance that did not match his age. Seeing his younger brother falling into the enemy's threat, he threw his bow and arrow on the ground with great reluctance. The soldiers who came up from behind came from both sides.
He held the boy's hand.
Amy also used a little strength in her hands, squatted down and said sincerely to the two boys: "I'm so sorry just now, I had no choice but to do it. We entered the fairy forest by mistake, and now we just want to go out, but I'm afraid you won't help, so we just
Can you come up with this bad idea?" Seeing the unconvinced and angry look on the big boy's face, Amy smiled apologetically and said to him: "You elves are very powerful, I'm afraid that if there is a conflict, I will hurt you, so I just
You can use some coercion first. Don't be too angry."
Shadow Man also came over to help explain. The mercenaries all knew that whether they could get out of the forest depended on these two children, and preferably their resources. If they relied solely on threats, problems would inevitably arise once they faced the elves head-on.
"What do you want us to do?" The young man spoke, perhaps because he didn't have much communication with humans, and his tone was raw.
"Little brother, we are lost, please take us out of the forest. These are some of our small thanks." Magician Chefalang took out some gold coins from his arms.
The young elf glanced at these yellow metals with contempt: "I don't want them. In the elf world, these things are worse than garbage."
"It seems that most of the elves I know are extremely outstanding." Amy was carefully trying to please the boy. For Amy, it was not only to escape from the fairy forest, but also had other more important purposes: "That little boy
Brother, can you take us out? You see, elves are very kind, and we can't watch humans fall dead in the fairy forest."
The youngest boy felt a little sympathy for these humans, and when the uncle hugged him tightly just now, he was obviously very careful, even the skin was scratched a little bit, and he used his own hands to pull his brother's clothes.
"Okay, don't embarrass me and my brother, and you will let us come back when we get there." The boy thought for a while before agreeing.
"Little brother, what's your name? I see that you are very skilled." Amy chatted with the elf boy wordlessly, hoping to completely remove the hostility in the boy's heart.
"My name is Hong Bo. I'm average, but my sister is better." The young man also answered casually.
The monkey just came back from the front. Chefalang discussed with him and immediately arranged for the boy to accompany the monkey and White to clear the way in front. After strengthening White's purpose, it was quite simple. Amy gave the little boy a hand
He threw it on his shoulder and let the little boy sit on his shoulder - it could be seen that the little boy was quite satisfied with this unique treatment and was assimilated by Amy with a smile.
The monkey spirit is the second soul of the entire small team. Thieves are extremely careful. When walking side by side with the elf boy (the elf is not very tall and seems to be far from adulthood), he does not even mention that he has already reached adulthood.
Knowing the inside story about the Elf Forest, he wanted to verify whether what the Elf leader said was true, and also wanted to see if the Elf boy was really sincere in leading the mercenary team out of the forest.
With the rays of sunlight shining through the broad leaves, the mercenaries moved very fast. Everyone noticed that the tree species in the forest were constantly changing, and the sky became clearer as they walked. There was no sunlight from the beginning.
Three hours later, the forest was already filled with sunshine.
The air gradually became tense. In just half an hour, two groups of patrolling elf warriors had been spotted. If it weren't for the monkeys' eyesight being as good as that of the elves, perhaps the small mercenary team would have been surrounded by the elves.
The mercenaries moved almost closely from behind one tree to another, for fear that their figures would fall in the eyes of the elves - according to the elf leader, this should be the edge of the elf forest, and the trees are gradually becoming scarce.
It also illustrates this point, so there are suddenly more roving elf warriors. Maybe it only takes half an hour to get out of the predicament, and this is also the most difficult half hour. Quite a few mercenaries have sweat on their faces.
After walking for more than an hour, our eyes suddenly opened up. A large lake that looked like a dreamland appeared in front of everyone. Under the bright sunshine, the clear blue lake water was surrounded by thick green forests and emerald green grass.
A huge sapphire, rippling slightly.
The white clouds in the sky are very low, rolling over the treetops and being blown by the breeze, leaving extremely soft and clear shadows on the blue lake water. Reflected in the lake water along with the flowing clouds are the gorgeous and blooming colorful flowers.
On the south side of the lake is a small hillside. The hillside is covered with large grasslands and flower beds. From the green grass and flowers, mist slowly rises into the sky. Anyone who sees such a scenery for the first time will be fascinated by it.
Shock.
There were many legendary animals jumping around the lake. The ones that were alarmed by the mercenaries were several white unicorns with golden horns on their heads. More beasts were alarmed by the actions of humans.
, flocks of colorful birds soared from the forest floor.
Also alarmed was a small group of elven archers by the lake.