【Misty Forest, Coastal Land on the West Coast of the Brave Continent】

It was already dark, and the fog in the Misty Forest grew thicker as the sun faded. From a distance, it seems that there are countless elves jumping in the dark green forest, and then diffuse, mysterious and serene. Only the potholes of earth and broken tree trunks that had been hidden in the fog showed that there seemed to have been some fierce fighting. Looking a little inside, there was a fire in the thick fog that shone faintly through the layers of mist. Ryan put the dry wood he had gathered in a whole stack and sat down on a nearby tree stump by the fire. Although this place is already within the scope of the Misty Forest, it is only the periphery after all, and it is not dangerous yet.

"Smack!" came the sound of branches burning until they broke in the fire. The light of the fire shone on Ryan's slightly ordinary face, and his black hair was dyed with the color of flames. If there were any words to describe Ryan, it would be quiet and unremarkable, just as the great sword beside him, which was stuck straight into the ground like an unpolished black soldering iron, and the great sword was more like a sword embryo, and if it was placed in a blacksmith shop full of weapons, it would probably not attract anyone's attention. But only Kara knew that such an inconspicuous swordsman was more reliable than too many people in the world, and this "reliable" refers not only to his strength, but also to his heart.

Kara sat elegantly across from Ryan, with her legs together and her waist straight, and the good upbringing of the elves made Kara look like she was sitting on a tree stump. Kara is an elven archer, and the elven clan's long life has destined them to be absolutely excellent in their skills, but they have also lost the ability to create, and the elven clan is more about inheritance and honing.

If you want to talk about the encounter between Carla and Ryan, it starts from two years ago. Kara grew up in the fairy forest east of the Brave Continent near the East China Sea, the elves are regarded as adults when they grow to 130 years old, at that time, the elves who have just come of age will be led by the elders to the trial site to participate in the trial, the content of the trial is not known, and due to individual differences, the content of each elf trial is also different, that is a kind of impact on the soul, the elves of the fairy forest follow the altar left by the ancient elves as their criteria for screening qualified clansmen, and believe that only adult elves who pass the trial can survive in the elves race, and the elves who do not pass must return to the sacred place of the elves, the elven fountain under the tree of life, to be reborn.

The elves are fanatical believers in reincarnation, believing that life comes from nature, and that returning to nature will lead to their rebirth. Kara, like other elves who have just come of age, broke away from the arms of her parents and went to the trial relics to participate in the trial, but for some reason, Kara's trial failed, and the ancient elves made the magic left behind by the passing person leave a strange sign on the arm of the passer, but there was nothing left on Kara's arm, and the whole trial was over, and Kara only felt a melancholy of exhaustion. The elders saw those who failed as a warning that they had been abandoned by the elven envoy and would bring disaster to the elves. Therefore, those who fail to pass the notice must go to the tree of life to be reincarnated. Kara has been an excellent child since she was a child, and she is also absolutely devout to His Majesty the Elven King, so when the elders say that they will take her to be reborn under the Tree of Life, Kara still has a trace of excitement in her heart. However, the night before she was about to be reborn, Kara's mother, Nia, decided to flee with her daughter, despite Kara's father's objections.

When the elders learned about it, Kara's grandfather, the head of the elder group, Ofarit, was furious and immediately sent a group of elven warriors to take Carla's mother and daughter back. Kara's mother, Nia, was a powerful archer, Nia fought alone with an entire team of elven warriors in order to protect her daughter, and the jungle was full of lightning arrows, Nia never imagined that one day her arrows would be aimed at the companions she had been with all day and night, but for the sake of her daughter, Nia had no choice but to shoot deadly arrows.

Along the way, Nia shoots many people, knowing that her husband's father, Ofarit, cannot be disobeyed, and that the pious elves are absolutely loyal to their leader. However, Nia was still injured, injured in the hands of the commander of the Second Self-Defense Army of the Fairy Forest, Omdo, Nia knew that as long as Omdo was still there, her daughter would have no possibility of escaping, any team was like an army, no matter how many soldiers died, as long as the leader was still there, the army was still an army, only if the leader died, any army would become a plate of scattered sand.

Determined to kill Omdo, she told Kara to flee all the way north while she feinted wounded, stabbing Omdor in the heart with a sharp dagger the moment he approached her. Omdo was fooled, and Omdo did not believe until he died that this former comrade-in-arms, the kind elf whom he had loved before, would deceive him. Nia smiled, and got her wish, treating her partner who had known each other for hundreds of years, Nia said sorry, and the next moment, Nia chose to commit suicide and left this world with a smile in the same way, Nia believed that her daughter would definitely survive, the world is so big, it is impossible for the elves to send a large number of warriors out of the fairy forest for the sake of an elf. Moreover, at the end of the Fairy Forest, the entrance to Atlantis is still plagued by war all year round.

It wasn't until a year later that Kara heard the news from a forest elf that her mother had died. She didn't know until then, because when she was on the run, Nia said to Kara, "Kara, Mother can only take you here." The road ahead is up to you, you go quickly, all the way to the south, Mother will choose to surrender, and then drag them down, remember, Kara, whether it's an elf or a human being, as long as you can live, that's the most important thing. Kara's father, the son of O'Affarith, no one knew what he thought about the matter and what he had to do, and the elves of the Fairy Forest only knew that after Nia left, he went to Atlantis alone, threw himself into the curtain of water that cut off the sea, and never came out.

Kara fled all the way north, and this place was no longer within the confines of the Fairy Forest. Kara didn't know how far her mother had taken her to escape, but the elves behind her were really just as her mother had said. Kara's frightened heart gradually relaxes, and Kara feels tired and hungry, and gradually loses consciousness in the jungle. When Kara woke up, she was covered with a thick coat, the north of the Brave Continent is not like the Fairy Trail Forest, where the four seasons are distinct, and now it is winter again, because of fear along the way, Kara nervously forgot about the cold, and now she realized that the surroundings can be described as cold, but because of the clothes on her body, Kara still felt warm. Kara sat up slowly, in front of him was a burning fire, next to the fire was a black sword, a young man, with black hair and blue eyes, sitting on the ground with his back against the black sword, and the clothes on his body looked very thin. Kara immediately reacted that the light gray velvet coat she was wearing should belong to the young man in front of her.

"You're awake!"

The boy's voice was not as bland as it looked, but rather had a hoarse magnetism that sounded magical.

"Where is this?"

Kara regained some strength, and her mind slowly began to clear.

"[North of the Brave Continent - Land of Thorns]. ”

The teenager's voice rarely fluctuated. Kara didn't speak, just sat in silence, she needed time to think about what to do next. The boy also seemed to see Kara's thoughts, and did not bother Kara in the slightest. After a while, the boy handed Kara the pheasant that had just been roasted, and then said, "Eat something first, you are weak." ”

Kara stared at the pheasant, but said with a strange expression, "Don't you know that elves don't eat meat?" The young man took the pheasant's hand and paused, took the pheasant back and said, "I don't know." It's also the first time I've seen an elf, and I didn't think it's a distressed elf. ”

Kara was furious: "What is a fallen elf!"

The young 130-year-old Carla has always been proud to be a member of the elven family, what is an elf? is synonymous with elegance and nobility, how can Kara bear a human to say the word "distressed" to herself.

"Do you look very depressed now?" asked Kara, frustrated.

The boy looked at Kara's bare ankle, where there were many scars from long-term scratches, many of which were healed and wounded, and wounded again and again, apparently from running barefoot for a long time. Although the elf in front of him in the young man's eyes was really downcast, he couldn't bear to open his mouth to hit her, and just nodded silently.

"You!" said Kara, angry. As a noble elf, Kara deeply felt that "down" was really the worst word in the world. Kara was speechless.

The boy held the pheasant in one hand, tore off a piece of chicken and put it in his mouth, and asked, "If you elves don't eat meat, what do you eat?"

Carla snorted and said, "Fruit, honey and the like, of course, if there is a soft bread with sweet cheese." ”

The young man wiped the hand that had grabbed the chicken on his white underwear, then reached into the bag at his feet and pounded it for a long time, felt a piece of dry noodles and handed it to Kara, and said, "Then you should be able to eat this." ”

Kara took the dry noodles handed by the young man, hesitated for a moment, and finally stuffed it into her mouth, and in the face of hunger, the noble as an elf could only bow her head.

"It's so hard. Kara took a bite like she was biting on a rock. Kara threw the dried noodles back to the boy and said, "How long have you been leaving this dried noodles?" ”

"Can't eat it?"

"Taste it for yourself. Kara said angrily.

The boy really tasted it.

"It's so hard. The boy threw away the noodles and continued to eat the roast chicken.

Carla was really hungry. From time to time, there would be a gurgling sound in his stomach, and every time there was a grunt, the boy had to look over. Kara couldn't help but ask, "Don't you have anything else but dried noodles?"

The boy said, "No." Saying that, the young man handed the roast chicken to Kara and said: "This is the [Land of Thorns], sparsely populated, I don't know when I want to see the town, for the sake of your body, I think you should eat this, otherwise, you can only starve to death here." ”

Kara suddenly remembered her mother's words when she was separated from her mother--elf or human, as long as you can live.

Not wanting to die, and wanting her mother's efforts to be in vain, Kara took the roast chicken, took a bite, and then devoured it like nectar after a long drought. It's hard to imagine an elegant and noble elf lying on a haystack of earth, wrapped in a pale gray velvet coat, holding a roast chicken and munching on it. Kara eats the whole roast chicken and leaves nothing for the teenager. At the end of the meal, Kara held the chicken rack and cautiously asked the boy, "You won't tell me about this, will you?"

"No, it won't. The boy replied.

Kara lay back on the haystack. In the night sky of the Land of Thorns, the white moon hung high in the sky, and the night was not so dark, and there were countless stars twinkling in the sky. It has been a long time since she entered the north of the Brave Continent, and it was the first time that Kara found that the sky here was as beautiful as the Fairy Trace Forest.

"I don't know your name yet?" asked Kara suddenly.

"Ryan, Ryan Morin, two-handed greatsword swordsman. The boy replied.

"Kara, Carla Cecilia, forest elf archer. "Kara Dao.

"You gave me the clothes, what are you going to do?"

In the cold wind, Kara cowered and asked timidly. Although it was the other party's clothes, Kara didn't want the other party to go back, she really needed this dress so much.

"It doesn't matter, it's a little cold. Ryan said.

"Thank you, Ryan. Thank you for saving me. At night, Kara looked at Ryan by the fire, the first human she had come into contact with since she was born, and Kara never imagined that she would travel with a human. If you hadn't met Ryan.

Kara woke up from the memory, shook her head with a smile, and then took out a handkerchief and gently wiped the elven longbow taken from her back, this is a small hobby of Kara, Kara likes to wipe her longbow and arrows spotlessly, because Kara feels that weapons are fundamental to protecting her in this world, and they must be cared for.

"Hey, Ryan, look at the two pheasants I caught, fat or not?"

A sudden voice interrupted the silence around the fire, and a figure stepped out of the fog. The man was a young man who looked about the same age as Ryan and Kara, his fiery red hair stood out even in the misty forest, his gray robe showed his identity as a gray-robed magician, and a deadwood staff less than half a meter long that only junior mages would use was hung on his waist at random, and the boy was holding a pheasant in his hand, and the feathers on the pheasant's body seemed to have just been scorched by the flames, emitting a foul smell, but the boy didn't care, but was showing off his loot with great interest.

"Hey, Fege Alex, are the two pheasants worth showing off?" Kara sometimes likes to sarcastically refer to Fitch by his full name, as an elegant and noble forest elf, Kara has followed Ryan in the Brave Continent for two years, but she is becoming more and more human-like.

Feige seemed accustomed to Kara's sarcasm, and Feige grinned at Kara, and then sat down next to Ryan with two pheasants in his arms, looking expectant.

Feige once complimented Ryan - I admire you more than your swordsmanship! If you don't become a swordsman, you will be a great chef! Of course, if it can be considered a compliment.

Ryan knew what Feige meant, and silently took the two pheasants. That's it for dinner for two tonight. Kara doesn't eat pheasants, her dinner is in her bag, and every time she goes out, she goes to a great local baker to buy enough bread and honey. Kara said that this is an elf's attention to life.

Ryan, Feige, and Carla all belong to the same adventurer squad. Affiliation with the Adventurers' Guild. It is said to be subordinate, but everyone knows that adventurers are the most free profession and, of course, the most lazy profession. The three major trade unions in the mainland - the Mercenary Union, the Wizard Union, and the Adventurer Union. Among them, the Mercenary Guild has the largest number of people, followed by the adventurers - compared to the Mercenary Guild, fortunately there are more hardworking people in the world. The number of magicians is the smallest, but the magicians' union is undoubtedly the most powerful of the three unions, because the magicians' union has the right to sanction and mobilize the vast majority of magicians on the mainland, and the vast majority of magicians are all studying and graduating from the magic academy under the magicians' union (the reason why the vast majority is used here is because of the vast majority of magicians and their disciples). Those who can fulfill the name of the Magister are already transcendent beings, and no one has the right to dictate to them.) The scarcity of the Wizards' Guild is entirely due to the sorcerer profession itself, which is a profession that emphasizes talent, and the first talent is one's own perception of the elements, and in this regard, effort is given a new meaning.

Ryan and the others will come to the Misty Forest to start with Blessing Town. Ryan and Kara traveled together in the northern part of the Brave Continent, passing through the white jade city of [Vagli], and met Feige Erix, who was graduating from the Vagri School of Magic, in the Adventurer's Guild. The Magic Academy on the mainland clearly stipulates that only gray-robed mages who have entered the most basic magic hall can graduate from the magic academy or choose to continue their studies, otherwise all students are not allowed to leave the magic academy except for the annual break every year, unless someone voluntarily gives up the qualification to become a great magician. However, there has never been such a person in history.

Fege Alex fills out a form in the Adventurer's Guild to apply to become an adventurer. Feige was excited to take on the task after the application was completed, and it happened that he and Ryan took on the same team mission, because of this mission, Ryan and Kara met Feige and eventually became a team partner.

After leaving Vagri and Karaga Fitch, Ryan and Karagafech decided to venture westward, and finally arrived at the coastal land of Prayer Town five months ago.

Upon arrival at the town of Clifford. The three of Ryan chose to settle down in Blessing Town for the time being, because they ran out of gold.

It's all to blame on Carla and Feige. Ryan's hometown is in a remote village in the eastern part of Tukefil, the far north of the Brave Continent. Ryan was an orphan since he was a child, raised by an unrelated uncle named Kevin, who had been by his side for as long as Ryan could remember. Ryan's skills are inherited from him, Ryan doesn't even know his full name, and he rarely communicates emotionally with Ryan, he said that he raised Ryan because of a promise, and hopes that Ryan doesn't make too many emotional requests, Ryan is of course very curious about his parents, but the answer he gets is always silence, and over time, Ryan doesn't ask anymore.

Kevin is a very strict man when it comes to swordsmanship, and other than that, he doesn't have any requirements for Ryan. Even in terms of being a person, Kevin never taught Ryan to be a good guy or a bad guy, as if everything was unimportant except for sword skills. Kevin taught Ryan until the day he became an adult at the age of 16, and on the morning of Ryan's 16th adulthood, in a remote village where Ryan had lived for 16 years, Kevin left a letter and left quietly. For the first time in his life, Ryan felt lost after Kevin left, but Ryan knew he couldn't stay in a village forever. A month later, Ryan began traveling around the continent alone with the gold he had saved over the years of hunting. Originally, the gold coins saved by Ryan were enough for him to spend for a long time, but he didn't expect to meet a penniless distressed elf on the way, and this elf had a lot of requirements along the way. Even if the elf is penniless, after all, it is in trouble. What Ryan didn't expect was that the leader of our human race, the Venerable Magician Feige Alex, actually brought only one gold coin to join the city of [Vargri] in the north of the Brave Continent! And in the words of His Excellency Feiqi, although he is a resident of [Vargri], his family is poor, and he can go to the magic academy by all his talents, fortunately, the magic academy can work and study, so that he will not be unable to pay the tuition, but it is impossible to have money left. In this way, the expenses along the way are all due to Ryan's savings, and even the lowest-level deadwood staff in Feige's hand was bought by Ryan with money. In this way, when the three of them walked to Blessing Town, Ryan was completely destitute.

The difference between the Adventurer's Guild and the Mercenary Guild is that most of the tasks of the Adventurer's Guild are dangerous, while the Mercenary Guild is all-encompassing and all-encompassing, from the big to attacking cities and grabbing land, to the small ones running errands and delivering letters. In Blessing Town, Feige proposed to do some tasks for the Adventurer's Guild to solve the livelihood problem, and as a gray-robed mage, Lord Alex also shamelessly took the initiative to take the false title of the leader of the adventurer's team. The classification of tasks in the adventurer's guild is divided into S-level, A-level, B-level, C-level, D-level, E-level, F-level, and G-level from high to low, which is the hierarchical division system stipulated by the Pan-continent uniformly, and the level of the adventurer team and mercenary group also refers to this hierarchy. There is no explicit hierarchy in the individual, and the strength of the individual depends on the real reputation. After reading the task of the Adventurer's Guild, the three of Ryan chose this D-class task [Hunting the Wild Bull Monster in the Misty Forest], and the bull bile of the Wild Bull Monster has the effect of detoxification. The description of the quest is that the young lady of the noble family in Blessing Town was accidentally bitten by a poisonous snake and needs the bile of a bull's gall to save her life, and the reward for the quest is 100 gold coins. This quest is not dangerous for a mid-level swordsman like Ryan plus a gray-robed mage and elven archer, and the reward of 100 gold coins is handsome, which is the best choice for the three of Ryan.