Chapter 266: Smuggling
In the dense forest, there is a rough path.
On the path, a group of people were walking in it.
It's a complex team of elves, orcs and humans, and even the rare half-elves.
Adil and Barana were walking in it, but at this time they were both wearing black robes, walking silently in it, and they didn't look too conspicuous.
Walking on the road, looking at the long road in the distance, Adiel's face was calm, and he quietly followed a few elven guides in front of him who were responsible for leading the way, and walked forward.
It was a small smuggling group, and it was the route Barana had found for Adil.
The elves are extremely exclusive, and few people are allowed to enter the true territory of the elves except for a very small number of people.
As for the cities on the periphery of the Silver Mist Forest, they were only specially built by the elves for foreign trade, and they did not belong to the core of the elves.
There are very few people who are qualified to enter the Silver Mist Forest, and over time, it is natural that some people will think of other ideas, such as smuggling.
In the team in front of him, except for the few elves who were responsible for leading the way, the rest of the people belonged to the stowaways.
The purposes of these stowaways varied, but the main one was to secretly establish trade relations with some elven tribes.
In the elven clan, in addition to the supreme royal court and a few big nobles, there are actually countless small elven tribes.
These small tribes are usually oppressed by the elven nobles directly under them, and most of the output in the tribe will be levied by the direct nobles at a very low price, and after carrying the cities used for trade, they will be sold to those merchants who come here to do business at a very high price.
In this process, those nobles naturally make a lot of money, but those small tribes who are oppressed are not having a good time, and over time, there will be some small tribes who secretly establish contact with some stowaways, directly bypassing the elven nobles, and selling the products in their tribes.
In this way, although the price will be more or less severely suppressed by foreign merchants, and it will take a lot of risks, the profits will undoubtedly be much better, so many small tribes will do this secretly.
In addition to the merchants who wanted to secretly establish trade points, the other main group of smugglers was the slave catchers supported by the aristocracy.
In the Silver Mist Forest, elves are naturally worthless, but in the human world, elves are symbols of beauty, and they can be regarded as valuable goods.
If you are lucky enough to be able to catch a few elven nobles whose ancestors have royal blood, it will be even more famous, and some wizards who want to conduct related experiments will buy magic stones.
Thinking of this, Adil raised his head slightly, and looked to the side with the rest of his eyes.
In the keen sense of the moon elves, behind Adier, several people were following from a distance, with a strong breath of life on their bodies, and they were basically apprentice knights.
In the center of the seven or eight trainee knights, there are two existences with the most powerful vitality, and at this time, they look the same as ordinary people, but their temperament is very cold and their aura is very strong.
Both of these are knight-level existences, although they are not strong among knights, but it can be seen from some details that they are real warriors who have experienced a hundred battles.
There is no doubt that this group of people is very likely to be a slave hunting group, judging from the fact that all the members are trainee knights, they should have a good background, and it is likely that they have a certain aristocratic background.
Adil didn't want to delve into this.
With his strength at this time and his position in the Dark Wizard Alliance, if he was willing to negotiate with the elves in person, it was actually not difficult to enter the Silver Mist Forest in a proper way.
It's just that in that case, many people's eyes will inevitably gather around him, at least, as an elder of the Dark Wizard Alliance, he will inevitably be extremely eye-catching along the way, and he will even be received by several elven nobles.
But if he does this, it will not be in line with Adil's character, and second, it may not be conducive to the purpose of his visit this time.
"Let's take a look at the current situation of the elves first, and then decide what to do next. ”
Walking on the road, looking at the dense grass and trees in the distance, this thought flashed through Adiel's heart.
According to common sense, the full version of the Sacrifice of the Moon God, as a high-level meditation method exclusive to the Moon Elves, is most likely in the hands of the Elven Court.
It's just that the situation of the elves is also complicated today.
Before coming, Adil had visited some wizards who knew about the elves, and had a rough understanding of the current situation of the elves.
As early as hundreds of years ago, the elven royal court had begun to decline, and it is said that not only the power of Moxia was constantly being hollowed out by several elven nobles, but even the bloodline of the descendants was said to be much worse than before, so the power was still declining.
Although nominally, the elven royal court still rules all the elves, but in fact, the power of the great nobles is no longer weaker than the royal court, but nominally they are still subservient.
If you want to get the inheritance of the elves in such a complicated situation, you still need to have a good understanding of the situation.
After walking for a while, birds gradually flew through the forest in the distance, bringing a burst of birdsong.
"Who!!!" a cry of surprise suddenly came from the front.
In the midst of the grass and trees, a figure flashed by, causing the elf who was leading the way in front of him to suddenly change his face and shout.
They glanced at each other, and then invariably pulled out the elven sword at his waist, and walked slowly forward with sharp eyes.
"No one?"
When they arrived at the place, looking at the empty and spacious space in front of them, they were a little puzzled and a little relieved: "What kind of beast should it be..."
Behind, at this moment, Adil raised his head and looked in a certain direction in the distance.
In his psychic sense, several figures were running wildly in the distance, and they were very fast.
"There are five of them, and they're all real knights..."
Standing where he was, he looked into the distance and muttered to himself.
"What's wrong?"
On the side, Barana's concerned voice sounded.
She looked at Adil's face and asked with some concern.
"Nothing. ”
Shaking his head, Adil didn't say anything, but he was ready to leave in his heart.
In front of him, he already belonged to the sphere of influence of the elven clan, and at such a close distance, several knights who fled in embarrassment suddenly appeared, and it didn't seem like anything good.
Since those few are on the run, it means that there must be someone nearby who is pursuing, and their strength is likely to be stronger than those knights.
Thinking of this, Adil shook his head secretly, just looked at the team in front of him, and Barana, who looked a little dazed on the side, and didn't say anything.
After the previous episode, they didn't encounter any accidents after that, and arrived at the next camp before night.
It was a few very simple wooden houses, and there was a lot of sun-dried firewood piled up behind the wooden houses, which made it look a bit like a logging house.
Arriving here, a few elven guides who led the way began to spontaneously make soup on the fire, while others walked aside with a rusty logging axe, apparently preparing to chop some firewood for the next time.
After a while, a bowl of steaming soup was served, with some wild vegetables and breadcrumbs added to it, and it tasted pretty good.
At night, outside a few large wooden houses, Adil sat alone on a white stone, quietly watching the moon in the sky.
The bright moon hung high in the sky, casting strands of silver moonlight on Adiel's body, pulling out a long shadow.
There were often muffled insect chirps and the occasional low howl of wild beasts in the nearby vegetation.
Sitting on the white stone, Adil even saw several wild wolves passing by, each of which was more than a meter tall, and there was a faint light in their eyes.
After seeing Adil, these beasts did not take the initiative to step forward, but seemed to sense something, and left the surroundings of Adil one by one.
"You're out too. ”
Sitting on the stone, at a certain moment, Adil opened his eyes and opened his mouth without looking back.
Behind him, a girl in a black robe was standing behind him at this time, listening to his words at this time, and she didn't care: "Your senses are still so sensitive." ”
"Aren't you going to rest?"
Adil looked at Barana and said, "I'll be here here." ”
"I don't want to live with those stinking people. ”
Seemingly a little bored, Barana asked rhetorically, "What about the orc who kept vigil with you before?"
"I hypnotized and sent to someone else. ”
Adier's face did not change, and he said calmly.
Under the light of the silver moonlight, his appearance changed slightly.
In order not to be noticeable, through the jade mark on his body, he changed his appearance a little, making himself look like an ordinary human.
And now, his appearance has returned to his previous appearance.
With black hair scattered, her appearance was extremely handsome, and a pair of pure eyes looked at the bright moon in the sky at this time, and a calm and peaceful aura gradually emanated from her body, which made Barana standing on the side stunned.
However, she quickly reacted, looked at Adil in front of her, and couldn't help sighing: "You don't look like a half-elf at all, but like an elven nobleman with a noble bloodline." ”
She looked at Adier's handsome and delicate face, and the slightly sharp ears, and sighed with some envy.
"Perhaps. ”
Adil was noncommittal to her words and did not say anything.
Strictly speaking, after transforming the blood of the Moon Elf, he is indeed not a half-elf now, but a thorough pure-blood elf, and even his appearance has changed a lot.
Those characteristics that belonged to the elves became much more obvious, even under the suppression of the emerald mark, and they just looked different from ordinary people, and the handsome ones were a little too much.
But for this, Adil didn't care.
As if sensing something, he silently stood up from the spot, looked in a certain direction in the distance, and was silent.
And in a few wooden houses in the distance, an accident is also happening.