Chapter Ninety-Five: The Black Forest
On the far northern border of the Holy Light Empire, there is a peninsula connected to the northern permafrost, called the Scandivian Peninsula. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ info
The junction between the peninsula and the mainland was originally the extreme eastern territory of the Kingdom of Sovid, Austrand.
Winters are long and cold, but the southern part of the region is close to the sea and has a mild summer.
The border guards of the Kingdom of Soviet had a number of small outposts here, guarding the development teams that were harvesting trees and the villages scattered on the outskirts of the forest.
Locals make a living by burning wasteland, farming, or gathering and hunting. Although the life is quite poor, the taxes are not heavy, and there is also a share of the fun of village living away from the hustle and bustle of the world.
But all of that changed more than a century ago almost overnight.
The Night Elf Empire was destroyed by the combined attack of the White Elves and the human army, and the last emperor, Tatsu Night, was killed in battle, and the national capital, the port city of Ozhe, known as the "City of Ten Thousand Sails", was destroyed by military disasters and fires.
However, thousands of Praetorian Guards and several scattered Night Elf naval warships, escorting some members of the Council of Elders, the last descendants of the empire, and hundreds of thousands of old and weak women and children, fled to sea in hundreds of civilian ships, large and small, and broke through the Jebrel Strait and fled without a trace.
ββSome scholars suspect that the commander of the White Elf Fleet deliberately let these former compatriots escape.
Eventually, the fugitives arrived at Osterland.
Although to the combined forces of the Holy Light Empire and the White Elf Empire, these remnants of the defeated army are just weak existences that are not worth mentioning or even worthy of pity, but for the Suvid Kingdom, which is weak and far away from the edge of human civilization, this fleet is a military force that is difficult to resist.
Ostrand was located to the east, where the kingdom had weak control, so the Black Elf exiles took over the land almost effortlessly.
In the decades that followed, both the Kingdom of Suved and the Holy Light Empire, which gradually extended its tentacles northward, sent troops to conquer the area.
However, humanity has not been able to find the stronghold of the Black Elves so far, and the result of many failed military operations has only allowed more human armies to be submerged in this increasingly strange forest eroded by black magic.
Since then, the forest has been feared as the "Black Forest" and has become one of the four forbidden places for humans.
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Night.
Aoi Ginrin led his patrol through the 11th Sector in the southern Black Forest.
If anyone could see her delicate face in the dark, they would see that she seemed a little nonchalant.
This lax expression doesn't quite match the legendary sinister and vicious black elf, but it doesn't blame her.
Because the enemy was almost extinct decades ago.
Whether it is a human orc on the surface, or a rock gnome, goblin, or minotaur underground, as long as they encounter these black elves, they will either be killed directly or reduced to slavery.
After a long time, there are still intelligent beings with normal brains who dare to approach the scope of the Black Forest.
Therefore, the so-called patrol work has become more of a formality.
Coupled with the fact that the routes patrolled every day are similar, this so-called patrol has made Aoi want to vomit out of boredom.
She is the dual chief of the Imperial Academy's 117th Battle Divine Technique and Dual Dagger Sword Technique.
When he graduated, he used only a dagger to destroy more than a dozen demon puppets with professional-level strength.
I thought that with my own excellence, I would be able to participate in those revenge actions that went deep into human territory, plunging the blade into the disgusting, foul-smelling, pale and hairy bodies of humans, and enjoying the pleasure brought by the gushing blood.
But now she is stuck in this hellish place, doing this pointless "patrol" day after day.
"I really want to kill something. I really want to ......."
As she thought about it in such a boredom, she suddenly noticed that in the glade in front of her was really a slender figure in a cloak and looking up at the starry sky.
The black elf's red eyes immediately flashed, and she made a gesture, and her men immediately sneaked over silently but quickly, surrounding the target.
"Goddess, thank you for your prey."
There was simply not a single black elf warrior who would stand in such an uncovered open space in such an unguarded posture, and the other party must be an outsider.
The stupid creature even let the moonlight completely cover her body, which in the dark vision of the Night Elves was like a huge campfire burning vigorously in the night.
Aoi doesn't intend to take the other party back as a slave.
She didn't like the dirty, smelly, ugly, and clumsy stupid inferior races, and besides, she hadn't killed in a while.
She gestured again to stop her men from moving, and swooped behind her prey.
All other races are enemies, and she wants to torture and kill them with her own hands.
First, start with a less lethal place.
But just as the dagger was about to stab, the other party turned around first.
"Ah, it's slow, but it's finally here."
The other party's tone was relaxed and freehand, using authentic High Elf language, and his voice was pleasant to the ear.
Aoi was taken by the other party's momentum for a while, and the dagger couldn't be handed out for a while.
At the same time, the other party's appearance also caught her eye.
Under the hood of the cloak, there are also red eyes, long silver hair, and wheat-colored skin.
This is also a Night Elf.
The difference is that the other party is too beautiful even for the black elves.
That's not earthly beauty at all.
Aoi was a little stunned for a moment.
But she quickly came to her senses.
At this time, it is still wandering around the Black Forest, sneaky, suspicious, and should be killed.
And Aoi is also ashamed of her reaction, she doesn't know the other party, then the other party must at least not be a high-ranking figure in her family.
Being able to spot yourself sneaking behind him means that the other party is a good player.
Since she is a good hand in other families, then, no matter who she is, it is best to kill her before she opens her mouth to explain her origins.
Aoi's dagger stabbed out like lightning, and at the same time, she also divided her attention to guard against the other members of the patrol.
She was on guard against a possible sneak attack from some of them.
After all, this is the life of a black elf, and no one can believe it.
Families are fighting each other, individuals are competing with each other, and Aoi herself has become the target of assassination by other families because of the excellence she showed at a young age, and she doesn't want to show any flaws and be attacked by someone.
She stabbed in the air.
The other man gracefully took a step back, narrowly dodging her stab.
At the same time, her opponent seemed to look at her with interest and scrutiny.
"Sure enough, it's a good hand."
Aoi wasn't too surprised, she didn't want to give the other party a breather, so she pulled out another dagger and forced forward.
The position is tricky, and the knife is ruthless.
The twin daggers flew like two silver matches.
The other party hasn't even had time to show his weapon until now, but what can go wrong with such a bare-handed person?