Even in the North, where resources were scarce, the Kingdom of the Elves was still a rare place.
Manmade cliffs and magical crystal walls became the artificial barrier of the capital, Santander. Endless cold-resistant ancient pines became the best windshield. The Ancient Elven Spring and magical spring water spread, bringing warmth and vitality to the land, giving it a green vitality rarely seen in the North.
While the humans in the North were vexed by the starving beasts during the winter, the Elves' Nature Priests and Hunters successfully tamed the beasts into obedient livestock. While the Northern Kingdoms were busy for an entire year in order to obtain rations during the long winter, the fruit trees under the control of the Elven Ancient Tree only ripened three times a year. All sorts of sweet fruits that were out of season could only rot if they weren't exported in time for resources.
A centipede died but never fell down. The Kingdom of the Elves that inherited the legacy of the Great Elven Empire did indeed have the foundation to look down on the humans. With a lifespan of a hundred years, they had time and technology. How could they not change the environment they lived in? The wild elves living in tree houses in Knight's novels were obviously the result of artistic processing.
While the Tassel Empire's main army was galloping through the snowy lands in the north, their country was as peaceful as ever. Young unicorns and pegasi chased each other in the forest, and the elven commoners in the cities even had the time to organize winter rituals. As for the battle at the frontlines? They did not think that the powerful allied forces of the four elven kingdoms would fall in the hands of ordinary humans, not to mention that the elites of the four kingdoms were fighting with all their might.
That was indeed the case. The elven army of more than a hundred thousand wasn't a large number, but due to their extremely high average combat strength, any one of the elite teams could serve as the royal guards of any country. They would be a mighty force even if they were placed on the entire continent, and definitely couldn't be underestimated.
This was the foundation of the elves. Even in modern times, the only weakness of the Kingdom of the Elves that inherited the ancient magic arts was the number of elves. It took two hundred years for an elf to grow from birth to adulthood. If it was humans who married at an early age, it would definitely take six or seven generations, if not ten.
In a war, it was a battle of comprehensive national strength. Population and human resources were definitely one of the most important factors. It was impossible for people to not die. Even the most powerful Magician could be accidentally killed on the battlefield by stray arrows or friendly fire. It could take two to three hundred years to make up for the losses of a war.
The weakness of the elves was that they could not afford a war of attrition.
This time, if the main forces suffered too many losses, the elves would have to enter a long period of recuperation. it could be said that the elves of the North had given their all in order to win this gamble.
Now that the main forces had been deployed, since the major armies had already left the country, the usual border patrols were handed over to the rangers' self-organized second-line armies, or perhaps adventurer squads.
A Wild Elf Ranger, two or three Centaur Archers, and one or two Elven Warriors would form a standard Elven Patrol Team. If it was a First Line Battle Team, perhaps there would be one or two more Elven Ancient Trees, Nature Priests, and Pegasus Knights.
Even among the elves, Druil, who preferred to live in the woods instead of living in comfortable cities, was a minority.
No matter where, as long as there were intelligent creatures, trees would always be one of the most important resources. Not only could trees be used as basic materials for buildings and furniture, but exquisite elven art would also require rare wood as raw materials. In the northern lands, where there were rare and precious forests, the elves' high-quality wood was a major export.
But if Druil, whose highest duty was to protect the forest, could be reasonable, they wouldn't have been treated as terrorists by the various countries. The Druil was stubborn, and so were the elves. When the two were combined, the Elven Druil was super stubborn. Their extreme nature conservation organization was the source and mentor of other green terrorist organizations, and their various operational methods were regarded as classic examples.
The name "No Logging Little Bear Alliance" sounded cute, but it had a history of tens of thousands of years. They had always been the Druil terrorist organization that gave the Elven countries headaches. They had a secret method of transforming into a giant bear and taming beasts. Maybe one of the grizzly bears in the forest was their spy. Maybe when you were happily logging while humming a song, the giant bear that suddenly stood on its hind legs behind you was already planning to flatten you.
The result was that the elves were the origin of Druil, and also the most numerous Druil, but most of the Druil still had a superficial occupation that was acceptable to the world.
But at this time, in the temporary campsite, the wild elf ranger Tasia who was humming a little tune for dinner was a hidden Druil master. She was also a member of the "Little Bear Alliance", but recently she did not fulfill her duty of "protecting nature".
The cost of feeding the pets that Tasia domesticated was not a small amount, and before fulfilling her duty, she was working hard to earn money to support her family.
And accepting the kingdom's employment to carry out some military missions that were not considered dangerous, to fill the gap in the kingdom's military forces, was a very profitable deal. In this special period, the wealthy Kingdom of the Elves was not stingy, and the double the pay during wartime attracted countless mercenaries.
"Ha, this time we really earned a lot, just patrolling the border can earn us so much, I hope that the war continues for a long time, I still hope that the cowards in the city will continue to raise the pay. If the war escalates, don't mention triple the pay, even ten times the pay is possible. "
Tasia's words did not sound like an elf at all, but the Centaurs in her team were already familiar with her personality. On the contrary, compared to the Elven nobles in the city, the Centaurs, who generally did not have a high status in the Kingdom of the Elves, preferred Tasia's straightforwardness and easy-going personality.
"Don't say such things in the city, it will make those Elves unhappy." Centaur Boll laughed. Calculating the recent increase in pay, he had earned a lot this time, so naturally he was in a good mood.
"In the past, the army's duties were not this easy, they still have to search for those slave hunters all over the mountains and wilderness, that is not an easy job, and if they really run into them, if they meet the Sword Saints and Archmages sent by the human kingdoms, who knows who would be caught. In the past, there were many patrol squads that went missing because of this. "
Tasia's smile widened even more.
"That's true, now those slave hunters really can't give me any trouble, the trouble they caused themselves is not small … What a pity, Princess Suana. Sigh, what a pity, good people don't get rewarded. "
Thinking of that gentle figure, even Tasia, who always disliked the Superior Elves, was filled with dissatisfaction.
"… About that matter, I heard a rumor, yes, it's just a rumor."
The silent Elven warrior Grover suddenly said, but his words naturally attracted the attention of his teammates.
After hesitating for a moment, Grover finally continued.
"The rumor says that there are many suspicious points in the kidnapping of Princess Suana, the Elven Army that was supposed to be on duty was suddenly pulled out for training, the Ranger Army suddenly started training in seclusion, even the Royal Guards Moonblade was temporarily transferred to the border to deal with the dispute, that's how the not so strong slave hunters managed to capture Her Royal Highness …"
Hearing that, the members of the team maintained a strange silence, it was not that they did not hear this rumor, in the past few weeks, every tavern and market was spreading and discussing this taboo topic.
The follow-up of the rumor was also very obvious, there was no way to say that Princess Suana's death was the conspiracy of the Elven King and the Senate, rather than saying that Princess Suana died in the hands of humans, it was more accurate to say that she was used as a war sacrifice by the cold-blooded Elven King.
"If there is no evidence, then say less, there will be endless trouble."
The carefree Tasia advised Grover to be careful, but just as she finished speaking, the usually kind Elven warrior suddenly sneered.
"No evidence? Isn't the sudden transfer of the two Legendary Champions who are the royal guards evidence? Anrod, the 'Hand of Kashgar' who had a good relationship with the Princess, directly caused a huge ruckus in the military, it was said that he was so angry that he smashed the signboard of the military. "
Obviously, Grover before them was part of the peace faction that supported Princess Suana, after their initial anger, they began to calmly think about the cause of the Princess's death, and also found some suspicious points.
"According to the humans, the plotters of political conspiracies are usually the ones who benefit from a series of events. In this case, the human countries obviously didn't benefit at all. The only one who benefited was the pro-war party. That person is also ruthless. Her Highness Suana is his daughter …"
Alright, these words were already straightforward enough, they were just short of directly pointing at the Elven King and scolding him.
Immediately, the temperature in the camp dropped by a few degrees, everyone became silent, after all, for the commoners, participating in this kind of thing was definitely not a good thing, spies and hidden sentries were not exclusive to humans, if they were to be thrown into prison because of talking too much, it would really be too unlucky, there would be no one to complain about it.
And Tasia who was originally a Druil, had even less interest in this kind of thing, although she felt that it was a pity for the Princess, but she had no intention of risking her life for her.
Thus, she tried her best to change the topic.
"Ah, there's a Dark Elf there!"
Alright, a Dark Elf appearing in the hinterland of the Kingdom of the Elves? This was obviously nonsense, but it amused Grover instead.
He laughed and shook his head.
"Forget it if you don't want to say, where did the Dark Elf come from here …"
Halfway through his sentence, his eyes rolled back and he collapsed, the dark green dagger on his back showed the reason why he fell.
"… Although I don't know how you found me, but since I've been found, I definitely can't let you go back."
From Grover's shadow, a figure wearing pitch-black leather armor walked out, that black skin was enough to explain everything.
"There really is a Dark Elf, maybe, I can consider changing to a prophet mage."
At this moment, Tasia still had the time to sigh at her own jinx, the Dark Elf scout in front of her was probably at the upper Silver level, the poison from the dagger was only a normal paralysis poison, it might be enough to deal with a normal patrol team, but with her hidden Legendary Druil strength, the scout in front of her was just a slag with a combat power of 5.
"Aha, eat my rolling stick!"
And the truth was exactly as expected. The originally slightly ambitious Dark Elf Servant was knocked down by Tasia's ferocious stick in one move. He probably couldn't figure out how an Elf Archer with a longbow could display such superb stick skills. What was the deal with the paralyzing lightning in the wooden stick?
"Little guy, you still dare to show off in front of me, little ones, hurry up and bring the people away, I feel that something is wrong, maybe he has an accomplice …"
She could save the rest of the words, the many ghostly figures that scuttled out from the forest had already explained everything, Tasia once again proved her prophecy talent.
"… Tasia, it's better if you don't say anything."
At this moment, it was naturally time to run away, considering that in the past adventures, whatever she said was true (only bad things), Centaur Boll who was running in front was also full of resentment.
But his words did not receive a reply, turning his head to look, Tasia had already disappeared without a trace, the only thing that stayed there was the Grizzly Bear who had been napping.
As for his teammates, other than the suddenly missing Tasia, all of them had fallen.
"Command: Faint!"
After hearing a voice, a gray light flashed, and he directly fell to the ground, unconscious.
And at this moment, a Dark Elf Priestess riding on a black armored Battle Scorpion slowly walked out, and behind her, there were dozens of Dark Elf scouts with faces full of panic.
"Foolish males, you can't even deal with such a weak sacrifice, if you mess up the Spider Queen's plan this time, I will cut you into pieces and feed you to the Venomous Silk Spiders alive!"
In front of her was the angry rebuke of the Dark Elf Priestess, and further away, there was the sound of pounding. Tasia, who had more experience in adventuring than her identity as a Ranger, knew that this was the sound of a large number of Lizard Cavalry marching, and only the most powerful families could afford the expensive Lizard Cavalry, there was only one possibility for them to use Lizard Cavalry in an organized formation.
"High-level Priestess Rose and the Grey Lizard Cavalry? Damn it, this is not a hunting party looking for sacrifices, this is the entire Dark Elf Army, to send an army to attack the Kingdom of the Elves at this time, has Rose gone mad? "
But now was obviously not the time to sigh, when Tasia silently imitated the habits of the Grey Bear, intending to leave, she was seen by the female Priestess.
"Hmph, I have been imitating animals for more than one or two years, I am a professional."
So, she directly crouched down, sniffed the fallen Elf, and imitated the appearance of a Grey Bear looking for food.
But suddenly, she noticed that the dark light gathered on the Priestess's Nine-Headed Whip, as if she had discovered something, so she became a little anxious.
"I'm sorry, big sister, I will make it up to you in the future."
She clenched her teeth, bit her fallen comrade, closed her eyes and chewed.
"Hmph, completely imitating my little Hui's eating form, look at my godly acting … It's time to go."
But when he opened his eyes, he found that not only did the Dark Elves not leave, but they also did not give up on him, on the contrary, they were staring at him, dumbfounded.
"Pfft, ahaha, there is actually a bear eating grass! This Druil is too funny. "
The female Priestess was rolling on the back of the Armored War Scorpion, only then did Tasia realize that there was something wrong with the taste in her mouth, and then looked over, only to find that Grover had already woken up, and was staring at her in shock.
It turned out that at this critical moment, Grover had gotten rid of the effects of the paralysis poison, dodging the bloody mouth, and Tasia, who had her eyes closed, bit off a piece of grass, and then began to swallow.
Obviously, trying hard to block her taste buds, she would not taste the taste in her mouth, and the result was that she suddenly ate two mouthfuls of grass.
"Hmph, I am a bear that likes to eat grass, why, is there a rule that says bears can't eat grass? Eat my bear's paw! "
Alright, Tasia, who always dropped the ball at critical moments, once again used her actions to show what was called stubbornness and anger.
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