It wasn't just Gou Dan who was hiding high above in the treetops. Even Edward and the others who were some distance away from the slave hunters noticed that something was wrong …
Although their senses as mages, warriors, and clergies were not as sharp as Gou Dan's, to tell the truth, even Joe, the most simple-minded among them, realized what was going on when he saw the yellow words' Forest Elves, Level 32 'floating around the forest.
The wood elves had discovered the slave hunters and decided to wipe them out in one go.
Edward couldn't help feeling a little annoyed at the situation.
Even so, leaving was a little difficult. After all, they didn't have the Emerald Heart and couldn't hide in the forest like Gou Dan, and the wood elves might notice them if they moved.
At first, Gou Dan had assumed that long-lived wood elves would be as slow as turtles, but the truth was that they were moving very quickly. After completely surrounding the slave hunters, the elves hid themselves in the bushes and fired a hail of arrows at the slave hunters who were gathered around the bonfire from every direction.
Caught off guard, more than half of the slave hunters were instantly shot and turned into sieves.
The other slave hunters seemed to have expected that. Even if they appeared panicked, they still used the corpses and the logs they were sitting on as cover to avoid the wood elves' arrows.
Even as Gou Dan was surprised by the wood elves' archery, he noticed that Edward mentioned him in the post just now.
[Edward: Something's not right, Gou Dan. The slave hunters aren't retaliating or running after being ambushed, but are holding their ground instead. Their reaction is so weird!] (, Domain (Please remember _ 3)
[Edward: If I'm not wrong, they're bait to keep the main force of the elves here]
[Edward: Hurry up and search the area. See what those fellows are up to.]
"Isn't Edward being too sensitive?"
Gou Dan couldn't help thinking that there weren't that many schemes in this world, and that they were most likely a bunch of inexperienced fools who wanted to ascend to the heavens in a single bound.
"After all, not everyone in this world knows their place."
Even so, Edward's words held a lot of weight in his heart.
In the end, Gou Dan received a quest from the System before he could move.
Ding! Triggered side quest The Treasure of the Elves I
[Quest description: You inadvertently witnessed the wood elves valiantly repelling the slave hunters who invaded their lands. Even as you were sighing over the wood elves' heroism, the wise God of Games had seen through everything.] Those slave hunters were not the adult wood elves, but merely bait to draw the wood elf guards away. Someone else was carrying out the real plan!
Mission Details: Please investigate the conspiracy of the slave hunters as soon as possible.
[Reward: Activated the quest chain, The Elves' Greatest Treasure II. Obtained a certain amount of EXP, a certain amount of game coins, and the equipment, Nature's Breath (Rare).]
Note: Try not to be discovered by the wood elves before a thorough investigation is completed.
Goudan: "…"
Was there really something fishy about this?!
After confirming that those guys were really just bait, Eggface also noticed some details that he hadn't noticed before.
For example, the slave hunters who had to operate in secret were not only talking loudly in the forest, but also revealing their purpose in coming to the Trinia Forests. They even started a bonfire in the forest, and there was no telling what they added to the bonfire, but it smelled even more pungent than normal bonfires.
It certainly wouldn't be noticeable if one didn't notice it, but they would notice it once they paid attention, just like how the slave hunters were afraid that the wood elves wouldn't notice them …
At that thought, Gou Dan promptly moved to other places to search for clues related to the quest.
It was a pity that there was no auto-pathfinding and no quest location marked on the map. Even so, Gou Dan couldn't find what he was looking for after a round.
It left him very troubled.
"Since the quest is called The Elves' Greatest Treasure, could those guys be after a certain treasure that the wood elves had collected over the long years? If that's the case, do I have to head to the wood elves' habitat to complete this quest? "
[Edward: Hurry up, Gou Dan. Those elves are about to clear out the slave hunters' bait. If they're all wiped out, we might be found hiding here!]
[Edward: Although I don't mind fighting the wood elves to see how strong they are, it's disgusting if I buy time for the slave hunters.]
"I don't know what I should do even if you say that …" Gou Dan muttered in distress.
It was only in such moments that Gou Dan deeply realized the gap between himself and Edward. That fellow was clearly a mage, but he was better than a Junglewalker when it came to stealth …
That was when Gou Dan, who had left the battlefield and was merely scrolling through the forums subconsciously heard a faint sound.
It wasn't the sound of wild animals moving, nor did it sound like magical beasts. Instead, it sounded more like the sound of humans running.
After all, the wood elves' movements wouldn't cause such a huge commotion. Like just now, Edward and the others wouldn't have noticed the wood elves' presence if they didn't have text hovering over their heads.
"Could one of the slave hunters have escaped here?" Gou Dan paused for a moment before deciding to hurry toward the direction where the sound was coming from.
If it was a fish that escaped the net, he would just kill it since the slave hunters weren't good people and they were red-named monsters from the start.
It would be even better if it wasn't, since that might be the real target of the quest.
After changing class to Junglewalker, Gou Dan realized that his movements in the forest had become much easier and more agile, and he was more than twice as fast as before!
After activating the Emerald Heart, the ability that was almost a passive skill would improve even further, which made him feel that his class change was not wrong.
Moments later, he easily reached the place where the sound was coming from, and in the next split second, he was sure that his reward had arrived.
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Chapter 186:
The God of Games had seen through everything.
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