"Why are you here now?!"

When Loren and his party arrived at the Wind Chasing Forest, they were greeted by an elven war dancer who was already scarred all over his body. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The wound on his left arm was hastily bandaged and was still oozing blood, the leather armor on his body was also tattered, and there was an extremely hideous crack in his shoulder, and the white bones below were visible to the naked eye, and only a little bit could tear half of his body apart.

"We sent an envoy three days ago to deliver the news, why haven't you come until now?!" the wounded war dancer gasped violently and questioned again, his bloodshot eyes glaring at Luka: "From the Morning Star Forest to here, only one day is enough!"

"We were attacked on the road. Seeing the other party become like this, Luca's tone was also a lot paler: "And it's too sudden, it's too late to organize people!"

"And what about this guy?!" the one-armed wardancer raised his spear with his only right hand and pointed it at Loren, staring at the black-haired wizard's face, "He's not an elf, is he?"

"Get your spear away, this is a guest of the Morning Star Forest, and he's here to help us!" Lukka pushed away the other party's spear and looked back to Loren and introduced, "His name is Kono, the leader of the Wardancers of the Wind Chaser Settlement, and they are in charge of patrolling the Great Tree Wall." ”

"It's an honor to meet you. The black-haired wizard took the initiative to step forward, and bowed to the other party with a calm smile: "If you don't mind, you can call me Loren." ”

"The diehards of the Morning Star Forest actually have human guests?" The war dancer named Curnow tugged at the corners of his mouth in disbelief, and then shook his head: "It doesn't matter, since Lukka is willing to believe you, then come with me." ”

Loren and the War Dancers, who followed Curno, made their way through the outer woods to the settlement of the Wind Chaser.

The settlement is much smaller than that of the Morning Star Forest—the low canopy trees resemble ordinary ancient trees, the simple wooden hedges and fruit trees enclose the whole settlement, and around the canopy trees are scattered a number of large and small wooden longhouses, the most delicate of which is under the canopy trees.

But that's not what Loren noticed.

There was an atmosphere of desolation and despair throughout the settlement, and the atmosphere of dead silence seemed to have turned into a shadow here. Wounded, elves lying silently under the trees and in the shade were everywhere, and the elves passing by were hurried, but they all had numb expressions, and they couldn't even tell whether they were sad or angry;

Every time he walked through a wooden house, Loren could clearly smell the strong smell of blood and potions, and even the smell of festering wounds like rotten flesh.

Those soulless and depressed looks, so close to numbness, what kind of bloody battle did they go through to become like this?

In addition, the most abrupt thing for Loren is that this settlement looks really empty. As for the reason, he felt that he might have vaguely guessed part of it.

And Leah and Luca, a group of war dancers, were equally silent. The tragic situation in front of them was beyond their imagination, even to the point where they couldn't even speak.

"We've been waiting for you for three days. Kono, who was walking in front, suddenly spoke: "The entire wind-chasing forest has held the big tree wall for three days. ”

"Sorry, we should have hurried. Luca, who spoke weakly, opened his mouth: "I ......"

"Needless to say. Walking to the longhouse under the canopy tree, Kono, who was on a spear, reluctantly pushed open the door: "Please come in, guests of the Wind Forest, and please forgive us for our poor hospitality." ”

A cauldron was placed on the campfire in the center of the longhouse hall, and the strong smell of potions filled the room. The smell was enough to choke a person, but the war dancers who walked in were silent—no one could blame them for anything after seeing the devastation of the Wind-Chasing Forest with their own eyes.

"What the hell is going on?"

Before she could sit down, Leah couldn't help but speak: "Why did the ogre suddenly invade, and why did there crack in the big tree wall, this ...... It's simply impossible!"

"We didn't think it was possible, but it just happened. Kono, whose expression was numb, looked up at her: "What do you think is the reason why the Wind Chasing Forest has become what it is now?!"

The speechless female elf bowed her head and said no more.

"I beg your pardon, Leah was the first to know the news, and it was inevitable that she would be so excited. Loren spoke slowly, his tone as calm as possible: "We just want to know what happened and what we can do to fend off this invasion - it's important to know why!"

The black-haired wizard's sincere gaze made some excitement calm down a little, and he said with difficulty: "It was about four days ago ......"

Of the entire "line of defense" of the Great Tree Wall, there is only a small area without hills and cliffs, and it has become the only entrance to every Ogre invasion, and it is also the only line of defense that the elves need to defend.

Hundreds of years of fighting have made the elves a habit - when the ogres start to invade, the Wind Chasing Forest is the first "line of defense", and they are the first to resist, so that the Morning Star Forest has time to gather enough reinforcements to completely annihilate the invading ogre settlement.

Last year's battle had already caused heavy losses to the elves in the eastern part of the entire Ancient Wood Forest, and as the largest settlement among them, the Morning Star Forest had also suffered the largest casualties. Not only the casualties of the soldiers, but also the severe shortage of various vital supplies.

This is the reason why the elders of Morningstar Forest have not been able to stop Lukka from going to Fort Deep Wood, even though they are reluctant to form an alliance with humans - if they can't recuperate and replenish supplies, Morningstar Forest will probably not survive the next ogre invasion.

Without the Morning Star Forest, with only a few elven settlements nearby, it would definitely not be able to resist the invasion of hundreds of ogres.

When the Windswept Dancers four days ago noticed the Ogre Colony reappearing on the border of the Great Tree Wall. Immediately began to resist, and sent messengers to inform the Morning Star Forest and the nearby elven settlements to prepare to resist.

At first, they were just going to delay the ogre's pace and buy time for the reinforcements. But......

"Trolls?!" Lukka cried out in a lost voice, "How could there be trolls in the Ancient Wood Forest?!"

It's not for nothing that Luca will be stunned. The troll was supposed to be in the wilderness further south of the Ancient Wood Forest, and it was impossible for those twenty meters to survive in the forest.

"I don't think it's possible, but it's true. The ugly Kono's eyes flashed with terrifying memories: "The monster climbed directly up the cliff and pushed one of the ancient trees, and then countless ogres climbed up the hill along the trunk!"

"We didn't even have time to react, and we were wantonly slaughtered by ogres on both sides! In just one day, half of the war dancers in the Wind Chase Forest were killed, even ...... None of their bodies were recovered. ”

Kono's voice was a little choked, and the silent Loren certainly understood what he meant—the corpses that were not recovered were eaten by ogres.

"The warriors of the Windchaser Forest held out for three days, all the while waiting for reinforcements from the Morning Star Forest—not just the War Dancers, but all the young elves. So far, we have only barely managed to protect our settlements. ”

"Weapons, medicines, manpower...... We lack everything, but in the end, we simply can't close the gap in the big tree wall!"

"We've tried a few times to reclaim the hills from the ogre. But they have built a settlement there, and there are no trees to cover it up, and no matter how many war dancers there are, they are just going to die, let alone the young men who have just picked up their spears!"

"Where's the troll?" Loren asked, "where is the troll now?"

"I don't know. "Don't look over.

"Don't know?!"

"I don't know - the troll was gone after the ogre began to invade!"

Korno, with a stiff expression, restrained his fear and stared at Loren, "I don't know where that monster went, and I don't know why it appeared, but I know that if that monster reappears again......"

He paused, and licked his chapped and still trembling lips with the tip of his tongue:

"The elves of the Wind Chasing Forest will disappear from this world forever!"