Chapter 42: A Contract

Teucer's words gradually made the atmosphere between Alec and the Wood Elf Special Task Force very harmonious, and in the continuous praise of the Wood Elf members, Alec listened a little flutteringly, and he happily ordered the centaur Matatek outside the rock wall stone house to put away the white tiger skin on the feldspar table, hang it on the wall of Alec's rock wall, and tell them to prepare dinner. In a few moments, four strong, heavily armed female centaurs entered Alec's stone house with a roasted boar in their arms, and the tateks skillfully spread out a fine straw mat made of hay on the long stone table, and the feasting dinner began.

"Thank you for complimenting us on Gilberg and let's make this glass of mushroom shochu made by Mare Delen. Famous in our Highland Mountain Caves! Alec happily raised his glass, his face slightly reddened.

"Opened my eyes today! Dear Mr. Alec, Teucer greeted Alec with his glass in both hands.

"The sons and daughters of Forrester praise you for your courage and fortitude." Glenn, Meck, Dahl, and Niang collided with each other's glasses.

Everyone drank the mushroom shochu in the cup, and almost at the same time, everyone was full of spring.

"This wine is so strong!" Teucer stuck out his tongue, and he felt the inexplicable blood surging in his throat, "Toward a fire burning in my throat!" ”

"Aroma, I," Glenn cut a large piece of wild boar meat with a knife on a straw mat and put it in his mouth, chewing it haphazardly before swallowing it.

"Summer exposure!" Meke opened his mouth and breathed hard.

"Piping hot El Tora." Dahl and Nyon's faces were flushed, and their eyes widened with all their might.

"It's elegantly described!" Alec took advantage of the strength of the spirit, and filled another glass and drank it alone.

"Dear Mr. Alec, you have so many warriors in the Highland Mountains, why don't you stop the invaders of Goodbay. Mayor Mare is a good man, and I wish he was alive. I hope he's still alive. Teucer wasn't carried away by the potency of the mushroom shochu.

"Oh, you said the elder of Goodbeina Town? Come on, he's not a good person, he and the Droz family, the dead fat man's father is actually secretly colluding, of course you don't know, he is a good guy on the surface, but behind the scenes, he has a different face, do you know why Goodbay is so poor? Alec's snort was full of the smell of soju, "I wasn't going to save him, though I could." With a wave of my grandfather's spear in my hand, I could pierce the head of the goblin who killed him. But it would be a waste of my time to escape, and it would not be worth it to increase my danger for the sake of a shameful person. ”

"Oh," said Teucer, who had cut a piece of meat from the leg of a roasted boar, and put it in his mouth, "but Mr. Robert, the baker of Goodbye, said he was a good man. ”

"Robert has a request for the old thing, as if he had given the old man a lot of gold in order to survive, and of course the old man had to give him some face and buy something for him. What's so strange about this. Teucer, you usually trust these Trians too much to be captured by the goblins. Didn't that fat ghost of the Droz family abandon you when you needed help the most? Alec is dismissive of these complicated neighbourhoods in Gudebai.

"But not all of the townspeople of Gudebai are like them!" Teucer pretended to fill a glass of wine and clinked glasses with Alec in an exaggerated manner, "Those dwarves named Digger, although they don't get along with you centaurs on the surface, are still trustworthy friends." They work diligently every day. ”

"Ha, those dwarf rocks that would brag about having a fortress in Montenegro? It's a little creature that pops out of the stone, but its breath is stinky and hard, and when they see the mine, their eyes light up to kill you Trians. Alec snorted, then laughed, "But those dwarf rocks are warriors, and they did resist when our enemies and goblins invaded the town, and thanks to their help, I was able to escape from that damn place!" But I don't know what happened to the dwarf rocks. Goodbay is now a goblin running all over the place, crawling on the ground of the walking dead! ”

"You see," Teucer didn't look Alec in the eye, but at the remnants of the wine in the glass, making him look drunk, "taking advantage of the nature of the liquor and the straightforwardness of your Gilberg family." ”

"Just say it, these four cups of mare mushroom shochu are delicious, I also want to hear a straightforward opinion!" Alec ripped off the boar's leg and gulped down the meat.

"I mean, you seem to owe them once." Teucer said as he drank the remnants of the wine in his glass, "What a good wine!" ”

"Ha, I owe them once, and I thought about saving them from this doom town next to the highland mountains. But those stinky, hard dwarf stones won't accept my kindness as a centaur. They would rather be captured or killed in battle than lose their weapons. Rest assured, these dwarf stones must not all be dead, otherwise there would be only the shadow of the Trian and not those dwarf stones among the 'resurrected people' who invaded my Highland Mountains. Alec suddenly let out a loud fart, and the fart dragged on for a long time.

"So," Teucer was about to start when Alex interrupted him.

"Then why don't I think about going to the town of Gudebai down the hill to save them." Alec put away his smile and rested his glass heavily on the feldspar table, "It seems that Teucer, our conversation has finally come to the root of the matter. That's why you came to the Highlands to find our people in Gilberg. ”

"I think so, Mr. Alec." Teucer and Alec's eyes met, "As a member of the townspeople of Goodbay, although you are the patriarch of the Centaurs of the Highlands, you are also a townsfolk of Goodbay, so I want to hear why you didn't take your Tatek warriors to save the townspeople who were being slaughtered at that time, and watched them become evil goblins, as well as the souls of your enemies under the sword." ”

"Are you questioning the courage of our Highland Mountain Centaurs? Well, if I were the god of Alex, maybe I would indeed lend a hand. The red light on Alec's face gradually dissipated, and he spread his hands, "Speak to a Gilberg centaur, Teucer, and listen to my advice—you better not question their courage." ”

The atmosphere of the dinner became tense in an instant, and the members of the Wood Elf Special Task Force also put down their wine glasses, and the smell of wine that overflowed in the stone house of Alec's rock wall suddenly seemed to have a strong smell of sulfur, and as long as a light fire was added, the almost frozen atmosphere would be ignited and even exploded.

"Even as a farmer, I've brought my Wood Elf friends with me, even though they have nothing to do with Goodbay." Teucer tried his best to avoid Alec's questioning, but Alec's emotions became a little agitated.

"That's—yes!" Alec's emotions suddenly became very excited, and his outstretched hands turned into clenched fists, "4 Talk months have passed, you are really in time!" Teucer, now your position is contrary to our Gilberg's position. I'm not inviting you and your Wood Elf friends to our centaur base camp to hear your doubts about our Gilberg's courage! ”

"I beg you to let me finish my sentence." Teucer looked slightly agitated, but his hand was still in place.

"Do you know what's going on in the town of Gudebai!? A terrifying flying monster that can only be described in Alex's Death hovers in mid-air! Suddenly a large number of goblin curses came from outside the town—those muttering black words, as if they had been agreed, without cliché opening words, and without any room for negotiation or maneuver, they climbed the gates of Goodbay and killed the makeshift guards who had no time to escape. The gate of Gudebai Town was broken by these goblins who had never made such a large-scale dispatch without any resistance, and as the terrifying flying monster slowly landed, the goblins became more and more furious, they killed people when they saw them, and spilled some unknown liquid on those who were killed, and the terrifying flying monster finally landed in the center of Gudebai Town, and the mountain shook violently, and the tail of the serpent that connected the highland mountain to Gudebay was completely broken! Thanks to the Dwarves of Dig, who took advantage of the woodland around the dilapidated temple in Deminsk, I was able to use the cover of these dwarf stones to jump over the broken serpent's tail that I could barely cross after killing a few of the dead townspeople! I would like to ask, do you understand the situation at that time? Do you want us to die? The 100,000 centaur warriors of our Isle of the Mists were wantonly slaughtered by enemies like us. The steely creatures that came out of the belly of that terrifying flying monster were all of us Gilberg's nightmares! What's more, our people in the Highlands have long been different from the centaur legions of the past. Alec looked agitated, and the scene he described made Teucer and the Wood Elf Rangers open their mouths wide.

"Have you ever thought about the day this highland mountain cave falls? It's not alarmist, it's true, the Wood Elf's village of Tuon suffered the same tragedy, just without the terrifying flying monster you call it. But even so, our Wood Elf Einsatzgruppen paid a heavy price for it, and our team of dozens of people was left with only 5 of us as you can see. The Giant Eagle saved us and sent us here. Teucer looked a little uneasy, a strong uneasiness that he tried to suppress.

"Let you be the front-line cannon fodder and go to Goodbay to be big heroes? Those giant eagles are really good at picking people. So Teucer you are thinking of asking us to help you fulfill their little plan, and you fought bravely in that village called Tuang, or did you fail? Alec sneered, "When did the Giant Eagle have such intelligence?" Send out a surprise army and use it to find a mate, but we'd rather stay on the rock wall of the Highlands, Gilberg's last home, than be used as cannon fodder by these giant creatures flying in the sky, they really know how to calculate, since they feel threatened, why don't they go to Goodbay Town first? With their wings spread, they might be able to launch an aerial assault on those guys entrenched in the town of Gudebai. ”

"Either way, they saved us. We accepted the assignment, and I convinced my people that they wanted to end the crisis, whether they were alive or dead. The uneasiness in Tocke's heart grew stronger, and he brought up something that made him feel strongly uneasy, "A terrifying flying monster? What the hell is that? ”

"Unbelievable, all I know is that the Nilda Ridge, where our Snowdam is located, has a legend that is forbidden by the Druids. All I know is that there is no creature that can be described as terrifying except for the sight of the creature spreading its wings and taking off. Meke interjected, remembering the taboo topic of Nilda Gang in the far south of Elvinia.

"Looks like Teucer is overthinking you. If that monster was really flesh and blood, our ancient 100,000 centaur warriors could have killed it even if they sacrificed their lives. I was an eyewitness to the disaster of Gudebai, and I saw it for what it was, so I didn't think the flying monster was flesh and blood, I thought it was something like the nimble little gear tooth machine made by the dwarves, his four legs spewing blue flames, and even the clouds in the sky were blurred. Alec said this, grabbing the flask on the mat with one hand and filling the glass, and grabbing the glass with the other to drink the liquid from the glass.

"Teucer, it seems that your four-legged friend, Gilberg's patriarch, is frightened, and he will not help us in any way. Since danger lies ahead, and we are completely trapped in this highland mountain, it is better to penetrate through the hidden path into the heart of the town of Gudebai, as you said earlier. Deal a fatal blow to the demon and his minions. Anyway, we are all dying, so it's better to die happily. Save a little time wasting communication, and save that strength and maybe I'll be able to kill two goblins with a single sword. Glenn patted Teucer on the shoulder and snorted at Alec.

"Woo! Presumptuous long ears! My grandfather's spear didn't have eyes! Alec angrily patted the feldspar table, but quickly calmed down, his front hooves constantly kicking the ground and making a 'click' sound, "Well, it looks like you've got a detailed plan." Let's hear it. Since you have come with a mission, if I choose to assist you, we at Gilberg deserve the benefits. ”

"Of course, I remember that there doesn't seem to be any ethnic group willing to take over in this Gudebai area, this is a poor and remote place, not to mention that there are no living people of the Kingdom of Linston in the Gudebai area, and there are no people of our people, only you Gilberg have a mountain rock barrier in the Highland Mountain, this magnificent Highland Mountain cave, which means that the Kingdom of Linston has lost all control and information here, and we are the wood elves of Sheffield County in Erwinia, An elite warrior of His Excellency Baron Wood of Sheffield, the royal family of Wood Elves, and knowing the identity of our Friend of the Wood Elves, Tok, we in Sheffield, Erwinia, are fully capable of supporting your claim and control over this region. Glenn seemed to be very adept at using what he knew about his power to take over, and when he said this, he only glanced at Teucer with a cold eye, and his mouth continued to speak insincerely, "Therefore, if our plan succeeds this time, your Gilberg centaurs will no longer be wanderers in the civilized world, and this place will become your home, so that you will fight to protect your future home of Gilberg, and if you don't provide any help, we will also fail, Then in the end you will either starve to death in this isolated Highlands or be wiped out in the Highlands caves by the guys below you - in short, as we will do tomorrow. If that's the case, which path you choose is the path you, the Patriarch of Gilberg, have chosen for your family. Fate is a big gamble, and as much as you gamble, you have a chance to win. If you don't gamble, then you won't get anything. ”

Glenn's clever sophistry silenced Alec, and Glenn secretly sweated for his words.

"So, how are you going to make such a big gamble?" Alec's eyes were like torches, and he looked at the clever tongue wood elf with a yellowish face painted with dark green battle marks, and Alec's eyes seemed to want to read Glenn's true heart.

"Teucer is our temporary captain, these plans are all in his head, you see I'm useless, I'm telling the truth." Glenn's tone was calm.

"Teucer, now that you've found me, that Wood Elf friend of yours has made me want to take a gamble. I want you to tell us about your plans for tomorrow. Alec instructed the Tatec warriors beside him to clean up the long stone table, re-lay it with the white tiger skin that hung on the wall, and told the Tatech warriors to take out from his rocky closet a parchment map showing the terrain of all the land of Gudebai.

Teucer's eyes flashed with excitement, he browsed the topographical map of the entire territory of Goodbay Town, quickly sorted out his thoughts, re-silently relived the battle plan proposed on the Iron Mine Ridge in his mind, and then dragged out the whole idea, while Alec listened intently to Teucer's tactical deployment, his eyes wandering between the topographic maps with his eyes following Teucer's thoughts.

"That's it, Mr. Alec. If you think my approach works, please join us. The most dangerous place we 5 will go to. Teucer stared at the silent Alec with trepidation.

Time passed imperceptibly through his fingers, the air in Alec's rock wall was very dull, no one raised any objections, no one said anything, it was so quiet that even the sound of breathing could be heard, and the Tatec warriors standing around Alec were more like cold statues standing beside Alec.

"Hmm. Maybe that's all there is to it. Alec finally nodded thoughtfully, and he slammed his fist into the long stone table in front of him, and he slowly raised his head, "I agree with you, Teucer. But all of you are also responsible for what your fellow Wood Elf said. If we can achieve this incredible victory, you Wood Elves of Erwinia must support me in taking the borderlands of Gudebai. ”

"Mr. Alec, you are still the polite Goodbay merchant." Teucer finally breathed a sigh of relief, and his apprehensive heart finally fell to the ground after Alec's reply.

"Doing business is also a gamble. Either lose all the money, or make a lot of money. This is an extremely risky gamble, but also a very rewarding gamble. So, to signify the pact that we have made," Alec took out a piece of parchment and wrote quickly on it with a quill on it. He pulled out an iron knife from his waist and stuck it in the head of the white tiger skin.

“ДАкаес。 ТОк。 Teucer took the contract from Alec and signed the contents and name with the Wood Elf.