Chapter 5: Night in the Forest

If you look at it from the perspective of some alchemists, the winged elves are a primitive population that evolved from the monsters to the elves, strictly speaking, the winged elves are a subrace, they only rely on animal instincts to act, they have a certain intelligence, and will think somewhat, while on the other hand, they maintain the primitive instincts of a large number of beasts, which makes them often do incomprehensible things

Despite being called the Winged Elves, neither the Forest Elves nor the Dark Elves refuse to recognize them as part of the Elves, but the regular Elves do not reject the Winged Elves in the same way as other races, because the Winged Elves are a group that exists in this world before the birth of all elves, even before the appearance of the ancient elves of the previous civilization

Each winged elf has a very long lifespan, much longer than the average forest elf and dark elf, not only that, even the dragons that claim to live the longest are only a few thousand years old, but it is rumored that the youngest winged elf also lived longer than the current dragons, and some of the winged elves who lived for tens of thousands of years, hundreds of thousands of years were even more common - but that was only according to rumors, because no one had ever witnessed it, not only the human elves and dragons had not witnessed it, but also because the behavior of the winged elves was quite naïve. It's ridiculous and curious about everything, and it's hard to believe that this is what a creature that has gone through all the vicissitudes of life should be expressed

However, this is only the general psychology of ordinary people in the world

The companions approached the winged elf who had fallen to the ground

I saw that she seemed to be a woman, about 30 centimeters tall, which was already considered tall among the winged elves, with two pairs of transparent membranous wings like dragonflies on her back, and some parts of her body that were ashamed to be exposed were covered by some small broken leaves and thin vines

Is this the little guy who has been teasing us just now, Lyle reaches out to grab the winged elf

However, the winged elf suddenly opened its mouth and bit Lyle's hand, causing Lyle to scream in pain and quickly retract his hand

You scoundrels bullied me, the Winged Elves cried in a tender voice, and then flapped the wings of the four dragonflies, and flew up and down among their companions

Her speed was extremely fast, and her companions couldn't catch her several times, and then the winged elf flew away into the forest with a thud, and in the blink of an eye, she had disappeared in front of her friends

What is this, what is this, seeing the place where the winged elf disappeared, Alice was a little crying and laughing, obviously she was playing tricks on us now, and it was the same as if we were wrong

Will she go to move the rescuers, Monfic said worriedly

I don't think Mr. Tismu told me that the Winged Elves are solitary creatures, and even the same kind rarely interact with each other, do you think where can she find helpers, not to mention - Joyka said, although the Winged Elves like to play tricks on others, they do not have any attack ability of their own, and when in danger, the Winged Elves will run away at great speed

Hopefully, Cassius could hear that he was still a little worried

Okay, it's almost dark, let's rest here for a while, and we'll set off tomorrow

Why aren't we in a hurry to go to the Underground Kingdom, and now it's only five or six o'clock in the afternoon, the sun hasn't set yet, can't you walk a little longer, Alice put forward her own idea, and when I followed my grandfather to fight in Shamannia, I didn't have a good night march

Beautiful young lady, you must know that this elven forest is no better than the orc country Joika further explained that when Mr. Simu brought me to this forest, he always told me that this elven forest looks beautiful and peaceful, but in fact it hides a lot of unpredictable dangers, and the elves are very good at night fighting, and their night combat ability is no less than that of vampires...... I mean, if you're suddenly attacked by an elf while traveling at night, you're powerless to resist

I'm in favor of Joika's construction, after all, it's not yet to the underground kingdom, we shouldn't take any risks, Sophia said

So the friends found a relatively flat ground nearby and stopped to rest, Cassius took out some camping tools from the spatial ring, as well as some magic items necessary for survival in the wild, a magic sentry that can sound an alarm when someone approaches nearby, an elemental sensing ball that can detect fluctuations in magical energy, a scroll that can automatically generate a temporary defensive barrier in the event of a surprise attack, and so on

When all the qi ē was ready, Joyka commanded even more: 1. A fire must be maintained at all times, and it must not be extinguished; 2. When lighting a fire, you must be extra careful, and you must not nod the surrounding trees, otherwise even if they each have 10,000 lives, it will not be enough for the elves to chase and kill; Although the forest is rich in species, it is better to eat your own dry food, and if you really want to find food in the forest, then find some fruits or edible mushrooms, and never hunt small animals for meat, because this will also be pursued by the elves;

So after the lottery, the eight partners were divided into four groups: Joyka and Lyle, Sophia and Cassius, Ray and Alice, Memphik and Ischenova, who will take turns to be on duty, each group is on duty for an hour, and after two rounds of duty, it is already dawn, and they can also continue on the road

When all was settled, they sat down around the fire and began to eat their supper and talked for a while, and at about ten o'clock in the evening they went into the warm tent that Cassius had set up, and Cassius took out two tents from the ring, one for each of the five men and three women

The first shift on duty was Joyka and Lyle, because for a young master like Lyle, it was the first time for him to camp in the wilderness and sleep in the wilderness. The Avant camp and the druid village were not used to such a humble camp, and they had to be on duty, although it was only an hour, but Lyle was still full of complaints, why did there be a magic sentry, and someone needed to stand guard and so on, and he couldn't understand the truth that magic items and alchemy items could never replace human hands, and Joyka didn't bother to explain to him, because some things had to be understood by himself after a long period of experience

Under Lyle's toss, the partners didn't sleep well for an hour, and several of them even covered their ears

Finally, an hour passed, and Lyle felt relaxed, and the other seven companions also felt relaxed, and Lyle couldn't wait to get into the tent, and then Cassius and Sophia came out of their respective tents, and Joika explained a few words to them, probably if there was anything unusual about the surrounding situation, and then went into the tent and slept herself

Sophia: I'm really not used to this kind of life, and I gathered around the fire and talked to Sophia

No, it's normal that this sentence was said by Lyle, I remember you said before that when you were in the Federation, you often stayed alone in the icy wilderness for months, and Sophia laughed at Cassius's complaints

I'm not saying that this Cassius broke off a branch and threw it into the fire, and there probably wasn't any meat to eat before he left the forest, which is something I'm not used to

Speaking of this, Cassius couldn't help but touch his belly, and there was a gurgling sound inside, although he had eaten a lot of them just now, but they were all plants, and they were quickly digested, although Cassius hid a few pieces of dried meat in the ring, but the number was not much, and he was reluctant to eat them all at once

It should be fine to sneak a rabbit or a bird or something, Cassius looked around for a moment, then leaned over to Sophia

Sophia frowned and said, Maybe you are really experienced in the ice field, but this is in the jungle, let's listen to Joyka

Cassius smiled helplessly, and said no more about food, he stared at the fire in a daze, and said no more

What were you thinking, Sophia asked

I was thinking about it, and the fat man replied more than a month ago, and we also embarked on the road of crusade against Buyos as we do now

yes, it's only been a little over a month, but it feels like years

But this time we added a lot of new friends, especially Memphik and Alice, the two of them are very good, Memphik is thoughtful and thoughtful, and Alice's martial arts skills are very strong, and Lyle and Ischennova seem to be weak now, but they are growing up very quickly, and I believe that the two siblings will be very strong for us in the near future

Yes, we have added a lot of new partners, but we have also lost some old ones

Hearing Sophia say this, Cassius also fell silent, he understood what she meant, among the partners who fought against Buyos and his five heavenly kings, Davis wanted to return to his territory to protect his subjects, Julian was forcibly taken away by the Central Church, but both of them were still alive and had the opportunity to meet each other later, but he ......

Cassius, do you think it's possible that Owen is still alive, and Sophia looked at the fat man and asked seriously

The fat man looked at her and said comfortingly, "I hope we didn't find Owen's body after all."

Some time ago in Shangri-La, Owen and I met in a dream, and he told me that Joika was in danger, and then that night Joika and Memphik were really attacked by Leonard

Originally, Cassius wanted to say: Listen to it, it's just a dream, but when he saw Sophia's expression, he just spit out the words and swallowed them back

Suddenly, the magic sentry placed on the perimeter by Cassius raised an alarm.