Chapter 388: I'm here to take refuge
"That~ I'm a plant tribe, is it okay to come here?"
"What's wrong with the Zhi people! I'm still from the Lin people! Don't worry sir! Wudi County doesn't discriminate against anyone, we treat all races equally, except for evil things, of course!"
Ahh
"What's wrong with you? sir. ”
"No, it's okay! I mean, people like me should all come from other counties, right?" Qin Wei asked.
"Of course, Foggy County is not a place where other clansmen can live permanently, I don't think you have any choice but to flee here, right?"
"Ah~ yes! I can't help it, uh~ How is a person like me?"
As soon as the orcs in the north were overflowing, people ran south in droves, and we often met people fleeing. ”
"Huh?"
"I guess you're from the north, too! You can tell from your tattered leather armor! By the way, that leather armor is rotten to the point where we can only bury it!"
"But it's amazing that you've survived the orc invasion just like that! But I'm sorry that you managed to get here and were almost kicked to death by me!"
"Ah~ So you think I'm here to take refuge?"
"Aren't you here to take refuge?"
"I'm here to take refuge! Of course I'm here to take refuge!"
Qin Wei even believed his words, although to some extent he did come to take refuge.
But for the sake of safety, Qin Wei dared to continue to ask, "I take the liberty of asking, how is your public security? Will there be any fugitives or the like coming here?"
"Fugitives? No fugitives will flee to Foggy County! The fog here is so thick that it is easy for outsiders to get lost, and even if they do, where can they go? This is the border. ”
"Uh, to the Misty Forest?"
"You're really funny, sir, the elves are not as hospitable as we are, they only use bows and arrows and magic to entertain those who venture into the territory!
Didn't the message left by the polymath "Go West" tell me to go to the Misty Forest? Am I mistaken?
Qin Wei swallowed with difficulty, he felt that it was necessary to gather more information before he could go on the road, and the warm-hearted, guilty soldier in front of him was just right, but the other party had limited time today.
"You should rest, sir, and I'll help you into the house!"
Although Qin Wei repeatedly said that he was fine, he still couldn't refuse the kindness of this Lin soldier.
And this inevitably leads to another question, "Why are you laying hay on the bed?"
"Uh~ I'm a little cold?"
Even though the Carolingian kingdom has recently reconciled with the aliens, the elves who have witnessed countless years of history are still wary of humans who are good at disorder, and they rarely invite humans into their dwellings again.
Without the elves as their guides, outsiders will never find their settlement, and will only wander around the edge of the misty forest until they are "politely" invited out by the "Fog Rangers".
As for the Mist Rangers, they are the Elves' most elite troops.
The elves call themselves the "Children of the Wind" and possess the ability to manipulate the wind elemental unmatched by other races, so the rangers are all masters of the art of bows and arrows, and they can snatch a caterpillar from a bird's mouth in a leafy forest without harming the bird.
Thanks to the Wind Elemental, the Rangers are not at a disadvantage in melee combat, wielding their twin knives to move through any difficult terrain, cutting off the enemy's head before they can react, and disappearing into the jungle.1
The rangers' armor is usually a special cloth suit made by the elves, which has limited protection, but is close and lightweight, as they are more mobile and dodge, or knock off the enemy's head from a distance rather than a head-on one.
Due to the elves' innate affinity for the elemental element of magic, most rangers also use magic, or have specialized mages, but because the elves are resistant to the element of fire, their spells tend to be more of a secondary magic such as control and healing than attack.
The number of elves has been greatly reduced due to the constant war, and due to the low ability of the elves to reproduce, the number of rangers has also decreased, so in most cases their range of activities is limited to the misty forest.
But their combat effectiveness has not diminished at all.
Thanks to the protection of these elves, the Fogland County has never been threatened by evil objects from the west, and all evil things that try to cross the misty forest will be quietly eliminated by the forest rangers, and even the dull orcs know to go around there.
And given the low-key, gentle and non-aggressive nature of the elves, they became a barrier to the west of the Carolingian kingdom.
Qin Wei heard a lot of their views on the elves from the people of the Lin people in Wudi County, mysterious, elegant, intelligent, beautiful... A lot of praise was piled on top of each other, and they all thought it was okay not to provoke them, let alone go deep into the misty forest.
But Qin Wei came to this place after a lot of hardships and didn't want to go back like this, he could go back to Brittany, but it was too far, and the variables encountered on the journey were too great, so even if he misunderstood the advice of the polymath, he planned to break into the misty forest.
It's just that the soldiers who have been guarding Qin Lao don't want him to do that.
"You're going to the Mist Forest? What can't you think about? Isn't it good to live?"
"I know you're worried about something, but I have to go!"
"Why?"
"Well, I have a terminal illness that only elves can cure!"
"You still have this kind of disease? That's right, your body is too weak, you are cold on such a hot day, and you have to lay straw on the bed!"
"Uh~"
"Have you ever been to the Holy City? I've heard that there are also cures of terminal diseases and the like!"
"I've been to the Holy City. Qin Wei pursed his lips, no one mentioned that the Holy City was okay, and it was a pity to mention it, "I didn't get selected on the evangelistic day, that's why I came here, I can't delay any longer~"
"Ah, that's a shame. ”
Qin Wei still persuaded the soldier in charge, and the other party kindly helped him make an appointment with a caravan, which made Qin Wei feel that it was not so bad to be kicked by a horse.
Otherwise, he won't be able to figure out the situation here, and he will be walking alone and sneaking west, in tatters, and there is a high probability that he will get lost in the fog.
As for why Wudi County didn't receive the wanted information, Qin Wei didn't know, maybe the polymath Leon helped mislead the dean, or maybe the dean didn't want to make things boil, exposing such an important person as Qin Wei to the whole world, so he only searched for his whereabouts near the royal capital.