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The underwater hole in the underground river is on the shore of the lake, and the water depth is no more than one and a half meters. [Chinese.com. Swim out of the hole and stand up straight under the water to see the shore.

There is a small manor on the shore, and on the side of the manor to the lake, a trestle bridge is erected and extends to the lake.

At this moment, the trestle was half broken, and a few broken planks of wood floated silently on the water. And that small estate, which may have been beautiful, has been reduced to ruins. The ruined walls were covered with blood, limbs, fur and bones, and it was almost impossible to find a complete corpse.

One of the large corpses was particularly eye-catching. The corpse had ice-blue skin, knotted muscles and muscles, and was extremely muscular. Visually speaking, he should be more than four meters tall when he is alive, and even if he is lying on the ground when he is dead, the huge body of an elephant still gives people a shocking feeling.

It was the only frost giant in the colony.

The corpse of the frost giant lay on the edge of the trestle, no more than seven or eight meters away from Li Qing. Half submerged in the water, half lying on the shore. The corpse was covered with hideous wounds, especially a laceration wound on the neck, which directly tore most of the neck, and even the thick neck bone was shattered in half.

Ice blue blood was still flowing from the wounds of the frost giant's corpse. The blood exuded a chill and flowed through the turf at the edge of the lake, causing the turf to condense into a thin layer of hoarfrost, which flowed into the lake, causing a thin layer of ice crystals to condense on the surface of the lake.

Around the corpse of the frost giant, the corpse of a werewolf lay on the ground.

None of the werewolf corpses were intact, either without a head, or broken in half at the waist, or split open at the hips, and the death was extremely tragic. A rough count shows that there are more than thirty werewolf corpses next to the frost giant's corpse, which shows how powerful the frost giant should be.

Of course, the werewolf who died next to the frost giant could not be as powerful as the werewolf who had attacked Aya before.

Most of these werewolves killed by the frost giants should be more than two meters tall when they stand upright, and the werewolf who attacked Aya before was at least three meters two or three. According to Aya, it was a nineteenth-level werewolf warrior, and even in the werewolf clan, his identity and strength were among the top existences.

"The Frost Giant is dead, too. It seems that the stronghold guards have really been wiped out. Li Qing nodded with satisfaction and said, "The werewolves are almost completely wiped out." The werewolf we killed was supposed to be the leader of the attack. After uprooting this stronghold, the werewolf brigade was wiped out, and it was the only one who survived. The snipe and the clam compete, the fisherman wins, and we are lucky. ”

Aya surfaced from Li Qing's side, and a dark mist came out of her body, which was used to block out the daytime sun.

She hid in the black fog, looked at the tragic battlefield not far away, and then looked at the manor that had become ruins, and said, "I am afraid that more than a hundred werewolves will die after capturing this stronghold." Fortunately, werewolves died enough, otherwise there would have been more than one werewolf lurking at the sewer exit. ”

Li Qing pointed to the corpse of the frost giant and smiled, "Fortunately, the werewolf uprooted this stronghold. Otherwise, it will not be easy for us to sweep away this stronghold. Like this frost giant, it's not easy to deal with. When it dies, its blood still has a strong freezing power, which can freeze the lake, and my flame blast arrows may not be able to ignite it while it is alive. The amount of power is so large, most of the werewolves were actually torn alive by it...... Tsk, it's violent. Thankfully, it died. ”

With that, he beckoned Chu Lingfeng and the elves to come ashore. After going ashore, Li Qing instructed: "Lingfeng, you rest first, Aya and I will go to the stronghold to find some food, eat something to replenish our strength, and then we will go on the road." ”

From the morning to now, everyone has not eaten a grain of rice, and they are constantly exercising nervously, and they have swam more than 20 kilometers after the last day. Li Qing is supported by blood marrow energy, full of physical strength and full of energy. Chu Lingfeng and the elves were very tired.

Especially Chu Lingfeng, as well as the two elves of Herisis and Phireen El.

The three of them followed Li Qing to fight the gargoyle in the underground hall, which was already extremely expensive. After swimming more than 20 kilometers, the last two kilometers of the last section is still underwater diving, which consumes more. Among all of them, Chu Lingfeng and the three were the most tired, and their bodies were already swaying when they came ashore, looking like they might fall down at any time.

Therefore, although it was far from safe here, Li Qing still decided to let everyone rest for a while. After cultivating enough mental and physical strength, I will go all out.

Li Qing arranged for everyone to rest, and he and Aya entered the ruins of the manor together.

Aya was familiar with the situation of this stronghold, and took Li Qing straight to find the granary in the manor.

Except for a vampire and a team of bone knights, the rest of the colony is a living creature that needs to be eaten. Although the stronghold has been destroyed by the werewolves, the stored food should still be there.

Sure enough, although half of the granary in the manor collapsed, because it was not the main battlefield, it was only collapsed by the aftermath of the battle of the strong, and most of the food stored in it remained intact. It's just that the food inside is all meat, all kinds of bacon, ham, sausage, jerky, salted fish, and so on. There is not a single plant-based food, but there are a lot of barrel wines.

"It's all meat...... Li Qing searched the entire granary, but he couldn't find even a piece of bread or a potato, he couldn't help but shake his head and said, "It seems that the poor elves can only eat meat." ”

There are no plant-based foods in the granary, which is not surprising to Li Qing. Among the stronghold guards, whether they are orcs, trolls, or frost giants, they are all carnivores. There is wine and meat, and it is enough for them.

Li Qing is also a carnivore, and he can get by eating only meat. But the elves are different, although they are not strict vegetarians, but they usually eat very little meat. Even if you eat meat, you should cook it carefully and use a variety of expensive spices to remove the fishy smell from the meat. If the cooking is not done properly, even a little fishy smell remains, and the elves will be difficult to swallow.

But now the situation is not up to anyone, and the elves can't be picky. In order to replenish their strength and escape from danger, even if the food is no longer to their liking, they can only pinch their noses and force it to swallow.

"The sewers are such a difficult environment, the elves have survived, just eat something unappetizing, it should be fine."

When Li Qing and Aya appeared in front of the elves resting by the lake with large pieces of bacon, ham, and large skewers of sausages, the elves really showed a bitter look as Li Qing expected.

"No fruit?" Herisis frowned and looked at Li Qing with a look of hope: "If there is no fruit, bread is fine." ”

"I'm sorry, it's really just meat." Li Qing said with a sympathetic face: "But there are still more than a dozen barrels of ale wine in the granary, and the taste is barely good." If you feel that you can't eat, you can drink some wine and rush down. ”

When Herisis heard this, she was as dejected as if frost had beaten an eggplant, and murmured, "Ale...... I only drink fruit wine made with flower dew ......"

The elves also sighed in mourning, reminiscing about their old fine food.

"Say no more!" Felyn El held on to her exhaustion, stood up and said with a serious face: "What is the situation now?" Can we remember our old days? Stop talking nonsense and help carry food. If you can't eat it, just do what Lord Bruce says, and wash the food down your stomach with wine! In short, we can't go back to the way things were! The old life should have been forgotten a long time ago! ”

After Philene El said something stern, the elves suddenly fell silent, and all of them looked ashamed.

After the outbreak of the plague, although the elven tribe suffered great changes, the tribe has a lot of heritage and a relatively rich food stockpile. These surviving elves didn't really have a hard time living on their past inventory before they were captured by the vampires. At least, in terms of food, in the three months following the plague, the elves' diet remained the same as before.

But the elven tribe has been swept by the vampires, the inheritance of the tribe has been plundered by the vampires, and the stored food has become the vampire's spoils of war - the vampires also have to feed the minions of the creatures, and in the last days when all kinds of food are becoming increasingly scarce, food is also a strategic resource that the vampires will not let go.

The elven tribe has been swept away, and even if the elves return to the tribe, they will not be able to live the life they once lived. Besides, they didn't dare to go back to the tribe yet. After all, the elven tribal tree is very popular, and even if the vampires don't raid, sooner or later they will be found by other forces.

For example, werewolves, after occupying the vampire castle, werewolves will never refuse to go around the elf tribe and catch a few elves for tooth sacrifice.

And these forty-seven elves are too weak in strength, and they have no power to protect themselves in the face of the strong. Once a strong enemy invades, it can only be slaughtered.

So, the elves are now homeless and can't go back to the way they were.

After a moment of silence, Federer got up and said, "Philene El is right, we ...... Indeed, there should be no more remembrance of the past. If we are not willing to endure hardship, what awaits us will only perish. Let's go, everybody go and help. ”

These elves are all young people, and most of them are still minors.

They are indeed a bit less resilient, they are easily depressed, and they are not very able to endure hardship.

However, along the way, they have endured a lot of hardships, and they have gradually sharpened themselves. At this time, it is only a temporary depression due to lower than expected food. Inspired by Felyn El and Federer, they immediately cheered up, got up in an uproar, and followed Aya and Li Qing to help.

With the help of the elves, they were able to move enough food for everyone in one trip. Large chunks of meat, large barrels of wine were moved to the lake. Most of the meat in the granary is cooked meat, and ham can also be eaten raw. Time was pressing, and everyone didn't even cook the simplest barbecue, and just ate it.

Although the taste of these meats is not good, it is better to be able to control the amount and be filling. Li Qing and Chu Lingfeng are not picky, they eat meat in large pieces and drink wine in large gulps.

Although the elves all looked like they were difficult to swallow, in order to replenish their strength, they all gritted their teeth, with a bitter and bitter face, and they tore all kinds of meat like they were dealing with enemies.

Some underage elves, crying while eating. But despite this, they still try to eat. Even take a bite of the meat, chew it a few times, and then pour a large gulp of wine, and force the rough, dry and hard cooked meat down. Sometimes I was in a hurry and couldn't help retching. But after retching, they still forced themselves to swallow the food.

In order to replenish their physical strength, escape from danger, and survive the plague apocalypse full of living corpses after escaping from danger, the elves have decided to completely abandon their past good life. No matter how hard the food is, it's better than being hungry.

What's more, the current suffering is only the beginning, and there are more hardships waiting for them in the future. What is the suffering of this time compared to the future? It's just a little grinding.

After eating and drinking, the elves each brought some cooked meat for dry food, and prepared to set off again.

But before we can set off, there is still a problem that needs to be solved. That's where everyone goes.

Although the Mulan Mountains are high and densely forested, there are many powerful creatures in the mountains, and there are many dark creatures that are not tolerated by human society, lurking in the mountains. Therefore, the Mulan Mountains are not a paradise in the world.

Before the plague, with the strength of the elven tribe, neither powerful monsters nor dark creatures lurking in the mountains dared to invade the elven tribe. But now the elven tribe has suffered a catastrophe, and there are only forty-seven elves left, and they have become a piece of fat that anyone can bite into. For example, this time, the elves were caught by the vampires and almost became blood slaves.

It is not a good idea to stay in the Mulan Mountains. The forty-seven elves, who are weak, may be destroyed at any time due to a little accident. But if you want to go out of the mountain, the elves don't know where to go.

After discussing for a while, seeing that the elves were quite a bit of a world and had nowhere to go, Li Qing's heart moved and made a suggestion.

"I know of a human camp with hundreds of people. The leader of the camp is a divine descendant of Prometheus, the guardian god. The most important thing is that she got one of the six artifacts left by the guardian god on the main plane, the shield of divine blessing, and she is not even afraid of the tide of living corpses. If you really have nowhere else to go, I suggest you join that human camp. ”.