Ride and Cut

Li Cha ran into Annie on the way back to his room.

"Long time no see." The half-elf businessman was wearing a long brown fur fur, with sleepy eyes on his face, knowing that it was afternoon, "I saw Qiqiu looking for something to eat, so I knew you must be back, sure enough."

"Yeah, it's really been a long time." Li Cha couldn't help but sigh in his heart that things are different and people are different. In just a few months, Annie seems to be a lot fatter than before. Needless to say, it must be the halfling cook's credit.

According to Li Cha's aesthetics, she was too thin and lonely before, as if she could be blown away by a gust of wind, but now she looks more pleasing to the eye.

"By the way, do you know where Sister Melissa is?"

"Grandma has been devoting all her attention to cultivating Naxi narcissus recently, so she should be in the greenhouse." Annie blinked her eyes twice and smiled inexplicably.

"Okay, I'll go and have a look." The lord nodded to the half-elf, turned around and was about to leave.

"Wait, the warm room has changed places, I'll take you there."

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A crypt with a larger area than before, with hundreds of huge water tanks densely lined up inside, shimmering with sparkling light under the dim light.

When Li Cha opened the door curtain and walked in, Sister Melissa was checking the Naxi narcissus plants in the water tank one by one.

Although we have entered the twilight years of life, old and old are not the same. In Melissa's body, she can never see the slightest trace of twilight. Instead, she has an unusually clear temperament refined by the years, like a ray of light leaking from the layers of branches and forest leaves. Even if they are just doing chores, the tranquility exuded is unbearable to break.

"Nurse, I want to ask something." The lord knocked lightly on the door frame with his fingers.

"Oh?" Melissa turned around and put down the garden scissors in her hand, "Long time no see, my dear lord, feel free to say hello."

"Have you ever heard of a beast spirit?" Li Cha stared closely at the other person's eyes, trying to find some clues from them.

Alpine Castle already has an elf vassal. Alpine Castle is about to welcome new members of Tiger Spirit. Alpine Castle will soon become the common home of Tiger Spirit and Forest Elves.

However, tiger spirits and elves are obviously not very good at dealing with them - otherwise they would not have to change their "beast elf" name to "beast spirit", let alone cut off the tips of their ears and abandon the characteristics of elves.

This is also easy to understand. To the entire elves, the beast elves are just tool people who come out to work in times of crisis, so how can they be sincerely accepted.

The lord has always been a little worried about this. Once the two subordinate races fight within, it will undoubtedly damage the cohesion of the entire Alpine Castle. Once it is not handled properly, there will be endless disasters.

"Beast spirit? What is that?" Melissa immediately asked back without any hesitation.

"Haven't you heard of it?" Li Cha breathed a sigh of relief.

The first reaction is often very telling. Rich experience may be able to cover up many things, but it is difficult to fake even subconscious reactions.

"I heard about it by chance elsewhere, and I thought that since they all contain the word 'elf', the forest elves might be able to understand." The lord deliberately grinned, making himself look like a stupid boy.

"It should be a rumor." The elf mistress's expression almost told Li Cha clearly, don't believe any street stall rumors easily.

"The elves only include the four high-level elves of earth, fire, wind, and water, and the six low-level elves of forest, desert, ocean, cloud, polar, and dark. I have never heard of any beast elves." Annie added.

"Maybe it's a hybrid descendant of half-orcs and elves?" Melissa didn't know that her unintentional guess was close to the truth, she hesitated for a moment and then shook her head, "We have a tradition of not intermarrying with half-orcs since ancient times, and no elves should break it casually."

"Then maybe I made a joke." Li Cha brought the topic over with a laugh.

If the forest elves don't know the beast elves, and the tiger spirit hasn't seen the forest elves for thousands of years, then there is undoubtedly a lot of room for manipulation. In the eyes of a crooked person like the lord of the Alpine Fort, there are at least a hundred ways to fool them.

The door curtain of the crypt was lifted again, and the figure walking in was too tall, almost blocking the entire door tightly.

"Hey." Li Cha found out that he hadn't seen him for a few months, and the second general, Hehe Ha, had obviously grown a lot taller. He used to be able to reach the chests of two trolls, but now he was no more than a little higher than the navel.

If it is seen by an outsider who doesn't know why, it is not surprising that they think it is a giant. The dwarf giant subspecies, such as mountain giants, are not much taller than the two of them now.

Seeing Li Cha, the second general, Hugh Ha, was taken aback. The water tank he was holding in his arms fell to the ground and smashed to pieces with a click. The clear water spread in all directions, and the Naxi narcissus soaked in it was also slapped on the ground.

"You are finally back!"

The voice was vague, as if the tongue in the mouth was too fat and inflexible, it was hard to hear if you didn't pay attention, and it was a bit silly.

This kind of tone is often exclusive to the mentally handicapped. Many beggars in Cologne City speak this way, some with real cerebral palsy and some for the sake of sympathy.

But these words came out of the mouths of the two giant monsters, Hum Ha Erjiang, and the meaning is quite different. Immediately, Li Cha felt that there was a thunderbolt on the sunny day, and the whole person fell into a daze on the spot: "You...you can talk?!"

"The two of them are far smarter than ordinary trolls. It's not a problem to learn some simple common language, but no one has taught them." Sister Melissa smiled slightly. "Anyway, I have a lot of time recently, so I just tried it and it was a great success."

"Grandma is the most patient." Annie held Melissa's arm and smiled sweetly.

"Beautiful!" Li Cha admired sincerely.

The lord of course already knew that the Second General Humha had gone through wars since he followed him, and had been promoted several times. With their current panel attributes, although they are still not as good as the average human being, it is still biased to continue treating them as mentally handicapped.

It's just that he never thought that he could teach them the common language—for spellcasters, this step is undoubtedly a qualitative breakthrough. Being able to learn a language means that you have the possibility to improve yourself by learning, instead of relying on talent forever, which means a broader future!

The lord has told the people around him countless times to "don't be too rigid in thinking", but in fact, when it is his turn, how can he jump out of the nest every time?

"Father, we miss you so much!" Hehe Second General sat down in front of the lord, and immediately filled up the not-so-large space.

The eyes they looked at Li Cha were full of dependence, and tears quickly continued to well up in their huge eye sockets. Two heads, which were bigger than a millstone, leaned on the Lord Lord's shoulders on the left and right, sobbing sadly.

"You...what do you call me?"