Blue Sword

After some negotiation and communication, the half-elf team finally agreed to take everyone further.

On the one hand, there are not many people in the Blue Sword team itself, and on the other hand, it is also because most of the team are women. Generally speaking, women are less intimidating than men, so half-elves subconsciously judge that these human girls are not a threat (but they are not).

After traveling a few kilometers, everyone arrived at a half-elf village located in a forest clearing.

What disappoints Nora again is that these half-elves do not live in trees, but just build wooden houses on the ground... In other words, Grandpa Sheila's Olympia city is built on trees, but you guys build wooden houses by yourself. This is not elfin at all, is it?

Then, Nora suddenly woke up and began to regret that she had committed the crime of stereotyping discrimination again.

As we all know, the characteristic of a village like this is that every family living here knows each other, so once a stranger comes to the village, the news will soon spread throughout the village.

Therefore, everyone in Cang Qing Sword soon encountered inhumane treatment - surrounded by the surrounding half-elf villagers.

There was no friendly welcome or reception, nor malicious questions or threats. The half-elves just stared at the Cangqing Sword people in silence, with expressions that seemed to...

...Watching monkeys?

"Mom," asked a child from behind, "they look so strange."

"They are human beings." Mother said perfunctorily without intending to answer too much.

"Why aren't human ears pointed?" the child continued to ask.

"It was cut off with scissors after birth." His mother frightened him impatiently.

So the half-elf child was so frightened that he ran home crying... Everyone in the Cangqing Sword was a transcendent, with better hearing than ordinary people, and the other party did not deliberately lower his voice when speaking, so everyone was speechless for a while.

Fortunately, this embarrassing onlooker did not last long, and the village chief here was called out by the sentry team.

"You...are here to meet His Majesty?" the village chief asked.

"Uh." Everyone was stunned for a while, and Asik already answered:

"We are here to deliver a message for the Bull Mercenary Group, and the recipient is designated to be the biggest person in charge of your half-elves. If you call him Your Majesty, that's fine."

"Oh." The village chief nodded, "That should be His Majesty. Sorry, ours is only the outermost village. If you want to see Your Majesty, you have to go west."

"Thank you, sorry for bothering me, we have to complete the task as soon as possible."

"You're welcome. I'll ask the young men in the village to take you there." The elder smiled slightly.

Asik certainly had no reason to refuse this request, which was "called a guide, but actually a surveillance."

After all, Cang Qing Sword is indeed here just to report the news.

A few minutes later, as everyone left the village, relevant information was transmitted by the spies in the village through nearby trees.

90 kilometers west of the Badajoz Jungle is the Dark Forest of Airora.

A half-elf tree shepherd who was meditating next to the roots of the tree suddenly opened his eyes.

Taking out a pen and paper, he quickly wrote down a line of information and handed it to the elf guard watching next to him.

"Leave it to your advisor," he said.

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As the Cangqing Sword and the others continued westward following the half-elf guide, the surrounding trees became taller and thicker.

If in the Badajoz dense forest area, there is at least some sunshine between the shades of the trees, then in the area to the west close to the Dark Forest, there are often large trees that need to be surrounded by 3-4 people, with a radius of seven or eight meters from the top. The huge shade of the tree completely blocked the sunlight, not reaching the bottom at all.

It was clearly daytime, but the forest was completely dark. A few stags were lingering near the roots of the trees, eating the leaves in the bushes. The patterned spots on their furs emitted a faint blue light like phosphorescent fire. They were obviously not ordinary deer.

The half-elf guide signaled everyone to stop, then raised his gun and fired a shot above the stags.

So the stags were frightened and ran away.

Nora:? ? ?

Did you say that elves and animals are naturally compatible?

Her expression changed several times, and she heard the half-elf guide turn her head and explain:

"When the phosphorescent deer is approached by an enemy, it will ignite blue flames. The temperature is not high, but it is poisonous, so I fired the gun in advance to scare them away."

"Do you often encounter attacks from these extraordinary creatures?" Nora asked curiously.

"Of course. Phosphorescent deer are pretty good, but those carnivorous extraordinary creatures are more troublesome." the half-elf guide replied.

Nora noticed that although he was talking to her, his eyes kept glancing at Mi'er over there, so she asked with a smile:

"What, do you know our companions?"

Emphasizing that Mi'er is a "companion" is naturally to eliminate the other party's suspicion and test it at the same time. Sure enough, the face of the half-elf guide changed slightly, and then he said with a complicated expression:

"Sorry, I just...actually your companion looks very similar to someone I have met before."

"It's very similar?" Nora suddenly became interested. A half-elf who looks a lot like Mier? Could it be...a long-lost relative?

Countless images suddenly appeared in her mind: more than ten years ago, a half-elf woman traveled across the ocean to the distant east due to family changes, and died in regret after giving birth to a honey child. Now, the grown-up Mi'er has once again returned to her hometown - the Lusitania Forest, to look for her mother's old friend.

"Don't be stupid." Medea said to her in the psychic communication channel, "Mi'er's family came to Constantinople a long time ago. The known elven bloodline in her family genealogy is from the Third Age. Lusitania moved to Italy, then to Macedonia in the early Quaternary Period, and finally to the Eastern Solomon Empire."

"Medea, aren't you curious who the half-elf who looks very similar to Mi'er is?" Nora asked, blinking.

"I'm not curious," Medea said. "Looking alike does not mean we are related by blood. My sister and I were born to the same mother, but we look nothing alike."

"I think your personalities are quite similar." Nora said with a smile. She had also met Malkina.

Medea snorted and turned her head.

"Okay." After walking for about a few hours, the half-elf guide pointed forward and said:

"Let's stay at the 'Konggu Orchid' hotel tonight. According to the route, we should be able to reach the royal city of Alola tomorrow afternoon."

Everyone looked along his direction and saw a forest lake in front of them. The big trees near the lakeshore are surrounded by simple fences, and a tree house is built on the top of each big tree.

According to the explanation of the half-elf guide, these tree houses are part of the hotel and are used to rent out to travelers passing by - of course, everyone has to pay for it themselves.

Although everyone could go back to Fire Island to rest, sleeping in a treehouse was a different experience, so the girls happily went to the largest treehouse and paid, booking nine treehouse private rooms in one go.