Another Life: Elf Archer

Nian Nian was looking at Dion, who was equally shocked, speechlessly. Suddenly someone touched her elbow. She turned around and saw nearly a hundred unknown faces. She rubbed her brows and carefully looked at this place deep in the forest. A remote tribe's campfire.

"Didn't you say there is danger?"

Sanchi Shui's silly voice sounded behind her head.

Looking at the lively crowd around the bonfire and the blonde girl with flying skirt, Nian Nian only felt that he was the stupid one who was gritting his teeth a few seconds ago.

Those humanoid creatures without pointed ears that laughed loudly, and the elegant fellow creatures that walked calmly among them, made Dion and Niannian feel that they had gone to the wrong village at the same time.

Even the other members of the well-informed Christmas Clown Mercenary Group were disconnected and reconnected in an instant. Only then could they clearly see the happy scene of humans and elves in front of them, and fell into endless questions. .

Aren’t the elves, especially the non-player elves, very xenophobic?

Their mercenary group's experience of sneaking around and hiding in the Emerald Forest for so many years was all an illusion.

Those grievances felt when being driven away and attacked by the elven natives but unable to fight back were all fake.

Could it be that in the short two months since they left Gaia, the three tribes suddenly reached an agreement on peaceful coexistence?

The entire Jesus Forest is open to the public.

The expressions of the members of the Christmas Clown Mercenary Group were dull, and the Chinese players who had just entered the Gaia continent were even more confused. They didn’t know why this lively and joyful scene surprised these weirdos who usually looked down on everyone, but they didn’t know. Where to start.

The leader of the weirdos, Nick, reacted indifferently. He blew a sharper whistle, put on a smile, and harmoniously blended into the noise around the campfire. This also allowed the more than two dozen human players in the tribe to discover the man who was huddled in the forest at some point. More than a hundred strangers from a foreign land.

I have to say that the sight of these strangers standing by the hut looking blankly was a bit funny.

A burst of laughter immediately erupted beside the bonfire. Several tall armored knights dropped the wine glasses in their hands, stood up with blushing faces, and loudly greeted everyone to join in the fun. When they approached, they stepped forward and pretended to pull away. Hands of every year.

Dion took a step sideways, gently grabbed the man's wrist, said thank you for the hospitality, raised his hand and pushed him, the armored man took a few steps back, looked at Qi Youfeng who was standing in front of Nian Nian, haha He apologized with a smile, stumbled back to the campfire, and loudly sang a love song about a hero and a beauty.

"cuiinnrudandeardeardair. I remembered something I forgot before."

Nick, who had been squinting his eyes every year, scanned the grass huts in the tribe as he moved around, and said softly.

Sanchishui rubbed his ears, then looked at Qi Youfeng, who was expressionless, and felt that he didn't understand either.

"Too.whydontyendhissagealexisbsp; rereasonabletoyou.I also remembered it. Why don't you contact him? After all, Alexander should be more tolerant to you."

Dion replied with a smile, turned around and said to Sister Wu, Young Master Yan and the others, "It's up to you." Without waiting for anyone to reply, he walked into the small tribe and saluted the oncoming elves.

"Everyone, let's take a rest. These people really don't seem to be bad people, but it's best not to disturb the children in the hayloft."

After being reminded by Dion every year, he remembered to activate simultaneous interpretation. After a casual reminder, he pulled Qi Youfeng into the nearest low thatched shed. After a while, a white light came out from the gap in the roof of the thatched shed. , flying towards the dense forest to the south.

It is probably due to the blessing of the gods. Although the Jesses Forest is bordered by snow-capped mountains to the east and the sea to the south, it is truly a warm and fertile land with constant summer all year round.

Every winter, after the wind and snow cover the dwarf hills in the north, it turns into a continuous drizzle, dyed into golden threads by the sunlight, and evenly waters every corner of the forest.

Even the heavy rains in the rainy season and the hot winds in the dry season on the Gaia continent seemed to be coordinated. However, a dark cloud blew, a burst of thunder, and the pouring rain mixed with lightning fell. After a while, the clouds cleared and the rain cleared. It's another warm sunny day.

The reason why everyone thinks that the Jesus Forest is blessed by the gods is because the lightning in this sky has never struck down a branch or ignited a dead leaf.

The elves have very low requirements for living conditions. They neither use stoves to cook, nor do they want to destroy the trees too much. Therefore, their residences look very dilapidated and crude in appearance. In such a remote small tribe, there are only A small circle of pointed straw huts.

The straw shed will also be renovated from time to time. Just return the withered leaves to the earth and re-pave them with a layer of bright green and wide leaves.

They often have no doors or windows. When night falls, lying inside, you can still see the twinkling stars among the leaves.

The hut was not too tall, so Qi Youfeng could only walk bent down when he got in. He couldn't walk a few steps before he bumped into the branches woven into the wall and kicked a few heavy stones.

"Be careful, don't step on anyone." Nian Nian quickly grabbed him and pointed out to him the dozen or so small figures huddled together.

Not far from the hut was a large bonfire. The sparse leaves on the walls of the hut could not block much of the firelight, but these little elves still found the only bit of darkness and hid themselves inside.

Nian Nian squatted on the ground and took off her hood. When the children saw her appearance, they relaxed a lot and timidly called her sister.

"Why are you here by yourself, where are your parents?"

Nian Nian asked softly, holding the hand of one of the elves, and felt a shiver when he touched the deep marks on her wrist.

"I don't know, but the humans who sent us back said that the brothers and sisters here can take care of us." A delicate child's voice sounded, which sounded a little hollow to Qi Youfeng.

"The humans outside sent you back." Nian Nian pointed to the bonfire.

"We are all sent back by those humans. We come from six different tribes, but they have all disappeared, and our relatives are no longer here, so we were arranged to be sent here together." A childish voice sounded a little mature replied.

“You are being”

Nian Nian hesitated, not knowing whether it was appropriate to ask these children directly.

"We were all captured by humans and raised as slaves."

It was still the mature kid who answered.He crawled to Nian Nian on his hands and knees, and the firelight reflected on his face through the gaps in the hay shed, allowing Qi Youfeng to see clearly the black whip marks that had not yet healed.

"We are not very valuable, so no one has ever bought them. There are also others in those huts that have been bought by others. We should be more obedient and beautiful."

The noise outside the hut disappeared in an instant. Qi Youfeng looked at the few Elf children who had the courage to crawl in front of Nian Nian and lowered his head unbearably. Their slender and twisted limbs and hideous wounds were still there. emerge before our eyes.

He finally understood where the gap between the players from the three races on this continent came from, and why Nian Nian and others were so surprised just now.

Even if the human race does not hate the elves, it may be difficult for the elves to welcome the humans into their territory calmly.

The six tribes that disappeared were all blood debts.The bodies of these children who are only six or seven years old have been mutilated to this extent. What kind of torture does it mean for those beautiful children who have been bought?

Nian Nian smiled gently, but also had some indifference after seeing them. He held them in his arms and said softly:

"You are all good kids and everything is going to be okay."

"Will you buy us away? Please buy us away." The girl who spoke first begged.

The mature boy nodded solemnly to Nian Nian: "I saw that you brought a lot of humans, and we are obedient. Can you let them buy us all? Otherwise, this tribe will disappear."

Nian Nian was speechless for a moment and could only reply: "The people I brought here are all good people. I will not betray this tribe. Don't worry."

The children did not seem to relax their vigilance. The little elves huddled in the darkness gently curled up, and the ones close to Nian Nian stopped speaking. Instead, they proved their obedience with their silence.

"Every year," Qi Youfeng thought for a moment and turned off simultaneous interpretation, "Are there many such things?"

"There are many, many tribes where the players are naturally not subject to this threat, but there are many native tribes in the Jace Forest, and there are always corners that cannot be taken care of. Moreover, there is no way to completely solve this. Question." Nian Nian sighed and replied in Chinese.

In other words, these are inevitable sacrifices, established rules in this world that players cannot yet break.

Of course there is peace on the surface among the three tribes, but there are also secret battles, there are condemnations written on the documents, and there is also malice signed on the orders. There are so many tasks that come from this, and there are so many mission background stories. .

For the players, these are the background stories, and for the elven residents of the native tribe, this is their destiny.

But over time, this has become the fate of the elves as a whole, and even the fate of all the players in Gaia. After all, the players are also fighting, and the blood they shed is slowly increasing.

The reason why a three-race group like the Christmas Clown Mercenary Group is an outlier is because many players cannot forgive a member of the same race who is friends with the enemy, nor can they wholeheartedly accept a friend who has persecuted a member of the same race.

"Are there many such things today?" Qi Youfeng pointed at the human players who seemed to be treated politely by the campfire.

"I have lived here for so long and I have never heard of such a good thing. Today is the first time I see it." Nian Nian shook his head, still unable to hide the disbelief in his tone.

Qi Youfeng lowered his head and thought for a long time before saying, "I don't think hatred can be easily resolved."

"I think so too. In fact, the only ones who are truly happy here should be those humans who have become heroes."

Nian Nian held the child tightly clutching her finger and looked outside the hut. She looked at a member of her race with a stiff smile for a moment, and saw a flash of disgust in his eyes when he was toasted by a certain mage.

"But humans were let in and these children were sent back. Even if these elves were unwilling, they welcomed them and allowed them to party and revel here."

Qi Youfeng also turned to look outside and saw Dion who had just emerged from another hut.

"There is hope for peace, which is a good thing." Nian Nian commented lightly.

"Why do I feel like you're not happy?" Qi Youfeng raised his eyebrows.

"Maybe the surprise came too suddenly." Nian Nian lowered his head, smiled at the child in his arms, and said softly.

"Nian Nian, actually," Qi Youfeng walked to her and sat down, his fingertips brushed her frown, "you don't want the three races to live in peace, do you?"