Chapter 56: Challenges and Benefits
After sacrificing the heads of hundreds of faceless people and about the same number of hairless hyenas, the so-called divine gift in exchange for it was definitely worth the money. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
If the Golden Leaf can be received in its entirety, it will undoubtedly be a happy event for Dane.
The arrival of the Golden Leaf has almost solved the urgent needs he is facing at the moment in many ways. First of all, there are a lot of supplies on the ship, including not only gold, but more importantly, other resources that can be considered by the system to build buildings or recruit troops, such as gems, crystals, and the like. It's not a lot, but at least it solves some of Dane's immediate needs. For example, after harvesting these supplies, he can completely build the moon well that has been delayed for a long time.
Aside from the material, that's the population. There are more than two hundred elves brought by the Golden Leaf. If these elves were integrated into Orinedu, then Orinedu would immediately be able to transform from a ruined place with only a few dozen people and not even a village into a truly valuable territory.
Especially the rangers on the ship, Dane roughly counted the rangers led by Pehins, there were about sixty people, about the number of a squadron. And looking at their appearance, all of them are elite and good hands, at the very least, the mercenaries under their own command can't do these rangers. The only ones who can fight with these rangers are probably their own sword dancers. But unfortunately, there are only less than forty sword dancers in his hands, and there are two squads among them, who are still being trained by Lanstrrow in the War Courtyard, and have not yet been trained.
In other words, if any conflict breaks out between the two sides, these Elven Ranger may cause more damage to Dane's territory than those Faceless.
Of course, these elves were not enemies, but also a group of people who had followed the so-called divine revelation and came to him, and the leaders of the two elven teams, Cecilia and Pehins, also showed him great respect. But he still went through these things in his heart with vigilance, and there was only one reason: the strength of these elves was somewhat strong, but if they had any two hearts, then there was little way for Dane to suppress them well.
This was Dane's concern, but there was no bad look on his face. There is no other reason, although there are risks, but the benefits are large enough. If he could really completely digest the entire fleet, from population to wealth, then the strength of his subordinates would increase a lot in an instant.
Challenges and benefits go hand in hand.
There was a little worry in his heart, but Dane was still full of enthusiasm. The people gathered around have dispersed a lot, and the people who were originally guarding the dock were expecting colorful miracles, but when they saw that it was just an elven ship, they would be more or less disappointed in their hearts. At this time, the only ones who remained near the docks were some spirits of Orinedu.
The elves are still very welcoming to the arrival of their compatriots. On the island of Komya, there are nearly two hundred mercenaries, and there are two hundred new female slaves, but the number of elves has always been small. Originally, the elves could only greet a small number of compatriots who were guided from other worlds from the tower of the Divine Guide Tree every week, so where could they have the opportunity to see a whole shipload of elves at once?
As a result, these elves who came to Orinedu first were very enthusiastic about the elves who had fled. Although the number of people is not large, they all found a few compatriots, or help carry luggage, or help take care of children, and after a while, the two sides got along very well.
Dane and Eslor walked beside Cecilia and Pehins, chatting casually as they walked towards Orinedu.
Cecilia's attitude in front of Dane was quite respectful, and even Dane felt a little uncomfortable. In the course of their conversation, Cecilia told them all about why they had left Nancy's court, how many hardships they had gone through on the way, and how they had received the revelation to come to Cormia.
Pehin on the side was a little anxious, although there was a divine revelation in front of her, and there was a genuine Xiluo priest like Eslor next to Dane, who happened to be the owner of Komyra Island, she should be able to confirm the identity of the divine envoy mentioned in the divine revelation without a doubt.
However, even so, Pehince always had some worries in her heart. After all, Dane was just a stranger to herβa human! It was difficult for her to give her trust so unreservedly like Cecilia, especially when she still had more than 200 survivors on her body as a burden, and she was even more afraid to trust a stranger easily.
Seeing Cecilia so honestly sell the situation on the Golden Leaf, Pehin was really a little worried. She gave Cecilia several glances in a row, and even gently tugged at the sleeve of the high-ranking priest when Dane and Eslor were not paying attention, just to make her look more attentive. However, Cecilia didn't know if she really didn't understand or didn't care, and didn't pay attention to her at all.
Pexins is a little depressed, she can't really not let Cecilia speak to her face, right? Especially when they've just set foot on the island and are counting on Dane to give them shelter, it's unreasonable. So, she could only follow behind everyone sullenly, and continued to walk with a little resentment.
However, it didn't take long for most of the resentment in Pexin's heart to be forgotten: she saw Orinedu.
To be honest, Pehince had always been skeptical that the Tree of Life would be a miracle-like species like a Creator on this barren island. But when she had not been walking long on a barren land, a small forest suddenly appeared in front of her, and in the middle of the woods, a towering tree stood in it, she could not believe it.
As long as it is an elf, it will not be mistaken, this is indeed a real tree of life!
More than 200 elves wept with joy and, after landing on the island of Komya, bowed for the second time. The first time was against Dane, and it was because Cecilia took the lead; This time, there was no one to take the lead in Orinedu, and it was completely from the heartfelt worship of the tree of life in the hearts of the elves. Even Pexinsi, who has always been preoccupied and not very religious, knelt on the ground and shed tears as if she had seen her mother who had not been seen for a long time.
Where there is a tree of life, the elves are home.
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