Path of light

Chapter 283 284. Negotiation

The barrier village surrounded by green mountains and green waters is now occupied by the mixed elf rebels.

Warning posts are posted on almost all the tall tree canopies.

The boundary monument by the river was knocked down by the mixed-blood elves, and the monument was smashed into three sections. The base has now been turned into a flower bed, with blood thistles symbolizing never-yielding planted on it.

A section of boundary monument lay in the stream, and the river gurgled over the boundary monument. The words on the washed boundary monument were clear and dazzling.

'The land north of the boundary monument and all the way to the south of Padstow City is owned by Lord Alves...'

No, this territory now belongs to Earl Swinburne.

Roy thought silently in his heart.

He followed the negotiation team into the Barrier Village. On the third day after arriving here, a simple pontoon bridge was built over the river. Some mixed-blood elf rebels held weapons in their hands and stood by the stream and watched the negotiations eagerly. group.

Their equipment looked messy, and most of the mixed-blood elves were wearing leather armor.

It's not that leather armor is bad, the magic pattern structure made of Warcraft skin is very good.

Obviously, the tattered leather armor on these mixed-blood elves is not the magic pattern structure, but the ordinary leather armor that elf hunters usually wear. It can block the bites of small beasts in the forest, defend against the thorns of the bushes, and can bring the best to the elf hunters. Basic protection, but it can't stop the arrows of the elven archers...

The half-blood elves rebels stood on both sides of the road, and countless half-blood elves formed a passage.

The Silver Moon Elf Guards walked at the front, and the seven nobles responsible for the negotiations were sandwiched in the team. Roy, Instructor Nora and others finally put on the standard armor, mixed in with the guards behind, and followed the team into the barrier. village.

Today's Barrier Village Barrier Village has changed a lot. There used to be many adventure groups and business groups here, but now they are gone.

Many temporary tents were set up in the free market, and some mixed elves lived in them. In addition to many clotheslines connected between the tents, there were also some linens and leather hanging on the ropes, and there was even a faint sour smell in the air.

"Didn't I say that there are only 20,000 mixed elves rebels gathered here? How many mixed elves are gathered here..."

Instructor Virgil poked Instructor Nora and asked in a low voice.

"Who knows! Maybe after the news of the second peace talks came over, a large number of mixed elves poured into the barrier village. I estimate... there are at least tens of thousands of mixed elves gathered here."

Instructor Nora looked around and then responded.

Along the way from the river to the rebel command post, both sides of the road were almost crowded with mixed-blood elves who were watching the expressions of the negotiators...

Many mixed-blood elves had their fear, anger, and unwillingness written on their faces. There were even mixed-blood elves hiding behind shouting: 'Let these Silver Moon elves go back to Padstow...'

Unexpectedly, the rebels turned into such chaos.

The seven negotiators walked into the command post with serious faces.

Roy and members of the adventure group followed the escort team to guard outside the command post.

The negotiations began, and the area around the command post became quiet.

I don’t know what the big shots in the command post said. The negotiations inside lasted for a long time.

…

Roy's escort team was guarding the west side of the command post, with Sabrina and Instructor Gru beside him.

Instructor Gru pulled down the visor on his helmet, looking like he was asleep, and could only hear the sound of slight breathing.

Sabrina also wore a visor on her face. Her visor could only cover her high nose bridge and blue eyes. Her red lips and pointed chin were exposed, making her look particularly attractive.

In fact, standing next to an extremely beautiful female elf who was more than half a head taller than me felt very stressful.

Roy couldn't help but glance at Sabrina's chin. He usually paid attention to her green eyes, but didn't notice that her chin was also very beautiful...

He couldn't help but look at it a few more times. Sabrina seemed to notice it and calmly turned her head to the other side.

I stood outside the command post until noon. There were still calm negotiations inside the command post, but then quarrels began. As noon approached, the quarrels inside became more and more intense.

Just after noon, the sound of negotiations in the command post suddenly stopped, and the big shots sitting inside filed out.

The first day of negotiations ended in a quarrel.

Roy stood outside the command post for a long time, then followed the escort back to the negotiation team's camp. In the afternoon, Roy had to receive special training from Instructor Nora, and his life was quite fulfilling every day.

Instructor Nora has recently given Roy some pointers, and then asked Woods and Sabrina to take turns sparring with Roy, allowing him to improve his martial arts and fighting skills during the sparring.

Instructor Gru will also teach Miss Christine some archery skills, but there are not many places where he can give guidance.

Miss Christine has basically mastered the basic archery skills...

Among those advanced archery skills, Instructor Gru was good at rapid arrows and penetrating arrows, while Miss Christine decided to go in the direction of multiple arrows and guided arrows.

…

Sabrina held the heavy sword in both hands and struck Roy hard...

The moment she raised the sword above her head, Sabrina seemed to have a mountain of swords above her head.

Heavy sword shadows stabbed Roy.

Roy quickly ducked sideways and took the opportunity to swing the wooden stick in his hand and hit the side of the epee. Sabrina flipped her wrist and turned the blade of the epee towards the wooden stick. Roy only had to hit the blade firmly. , the stick will break into two pieces.

The moment he withdrew the club, Sabrina's attacks swept over him like a tidal wave.

A heavy sword was as light as anything in her hand, but it knocked Roy back steadily. She had to use all her strength to block every wave of attacks.

Sabrina didn't stop until she hit Roy until he fell to the ground.

Roy sat exhausted next to a big tree. Woods handed Roy a cup of slightly bitter tree sap, which is said to relieve muscle soreness.

In fact, Roy really wanted to tell Woods that when he was in this situation, he would give himself a 'secondary treatment technique'.

"Drinking this regularly will improve your body's toughness. When you are exhausted, you will recover faster..." Woods whispered to Roy. "This is a secret method that only druids know."

What Roy didn't know was that the so-called druid's secret method was actually a folk remedy spread among druids.

Looking at the green sap, it exudes a strange smell...

"Woods, are you sure I won't be poisoned if I drink it in one gulp?" Roy asked hesitantly.

Woods patted his chest and assured:

"Absolutely not!"

…

Several instructors gathered under a big tree to discuss the first confrontation between the negotiation team and the rebels this morning.

In fact, in only one morning, the two sides could talk about very limited things.

The Silver Moon Elf negotiating team took the lead in setting out the terms of the peace talks this time:

Article 1: The rebel leader needs to be tried by the Silver Moon Elf Council.

The second one is to disband all armed forces of the rebel army in the barrier village.

Article 3: The mixed elves who joined the rebel army need to be dispatched by the military, and more than half of the mixed elves will leave the Partington plane.

If all three conditions are agreed to, the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom will pardon the rebels' crimes and provide certain living material subsidies, etc.

When these three conditions were announced, the rebels were in an uproar. How could the leader be handed over to face trial? It is even more impossible to disarm the armed forces. Wouldn't this mean cutting off one's own limbs?

The last one is that more than half of the mixed elves will leave the Partington plane.

This is even more impossible. No matter where everyone goes, the situation in the future is likely to be worse than now...

The Silver Moon Elf negotiating team suddenly listed three conditions that the rebels could not agree to, which brought a haze to the second negotiation.

"Let me just say... our trip to the Partington plane this time is probably in vain. The Council of Elf Elders doesn't care about the life and death of these mixed-blood elves. With such conditions, it would be better to just start a war." Have fun." Miss Scarlett muttered to Instructor Nora.

Instructor Nora also looked depressed. He didn't expect that the conditions offered by the negotiating team would be so harsh.

"In fact, every negotiation is like this. At the beginning, the lion opens his mouth, and then constantly compromises with the other party. Finally, both parties find a balance point. Even if the peace talks are finally reached, if the balance point cannot be found, then if you are unwilling to compromise, then If you continue to waste it, the weaker side will eventually give in." Instructor Vergil said.

"We are not here to listen to their negotiations. Don't forget that our purpose here is to dig out those slave traders from the rebel army..."

Instructor Nora emphasized again, and then she coughed again.

"...Of course, I didn't expect that the rebels would gather so many mixed elves."

"Yes, we are here to dig out those slave traders."

The instructors suddenly became energetic again.

Instructor Eleanor came close to Instructor Nora and said to Instructor Nora: "Do you want me to go out and investigate first?"

"Eleanor, you can't do that. There are mixed-blood elves everywhere here. Do you think a Silver Moon elf can get any useful information by running out?" Instructor Nora glanced at Instructor Eleanor and said unceremoniously. said.

"..."

"This time Sabrina, Woods, I and I went out to investigate. Woods, didn't you say that your elder joined the rebel army? Try to see if you can contact him." Instructor Nora said to Woods.

"I've drawn the mark. If my uncle can see it, he will definitely come to me." Woods responded.

"Roy, maybe that human magician is among the rebels. Although you are a half-elf, you have a human face. You can also go and find out, but remember to be careful." Instructor Nora ordered again.

"Got it, instructor." Roy replied.

"Instructor, what can I do?" Miss Christine asked.

"Kristin, you are responsible for maintaining contact with the Silver Pegasus Legion."

Instructor Nora said.

There will be another chapter later