158.Chapter 158: Jealousy, the bottom line
Lando had long been accustomed to Nata's cold attitude, so he didn't think it was angry at all, but showed a concerned expression and said: "I just came back with someone, and I heard that Ex was beaten by humans and you saved him, so hurry up and come over to see if you are injured." β
Nata glanced sideways at him, her expressionless pretty face tilted slightly, which obviously meant "You see, I'm not hurt".
"It's good that I'm not hurt, I'm bleeding over there, I'll ask the village chief what he thinks about this, these humans are too arrogant, and this time they actually bullied us... They have to learn a lesson. β
Lando said this with some indignation. Although the wood elves have almost no contact with humans, as a high-level hunter in the clan, he naturally knows more about humans than Nata - most of those mercenary groups are very greedy, and Lando has been fortunate to meet these guys with different levels three times, two of which are okay, the two sides just looked at each other silently for a moment and then went their separate ways, and the other time these humans actually tried to capture Lando alive with their weapons, if it weren't for his superb martial arts, I'm afraid he would have known his whereabouts a long time ago...
So his impression of humanity has never been very good.
Nata did not respond to this at all, but continued to remain silent. Lando accepted it when he saw that it was good, and he also knew that he should not continue to lie here, so he said hello and was about to leave, but before he had taken two steps, he heard hurried footsteps outside the tree hole...
Hugo's head popped out at once, his eyes swept away, he stared at Lando and shouted, "Lando! The village chief told you to take people and weapons outside the village immediately!"
Lando frowned: "What's the situation?"
"Looks like a human is coming in over there... Hmph, they beat Ex, do you still want to reason?"
Hugo ran away with the short bow in his hand, and Lando was not slow at all, turned over, and in a few steps picked up the short bow and quiver that had been placed on the weapon rack under the trunk when he had just returned to the village, and ran towards the entrance of the village without looking back.
As soon as he ran a few steps, Lando heard movement behind him, and turned his head to see that Nata was also holding her weapon and following the footsteps, her eyes staring ahead, although her expression was still indifferent, but it revealed a little grim.
The village is not big, and the dozen or so wood elf hunters who acted quickly rushed to the entrance of the village in the blink of an eye, and Lando and Hugo saw the human standing in front of the village with a bag and a short bow on his back, with a harmless smile on his face.
"Nata, if there is any situation, you can rely on the tree on the left to suppress the other party, but I think it's just such a person, I don't think I can fight-Na... Nata?"
Lando glanced at the side, and then he was stunned for a moment - because he saw Nata, who had never had any superfluous expression, her eyes were wide open, her face was full of incredulity, and she looked ahead with her small mouth slightly open...
Does she know that human?
Lando's originally calm mood suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, for so many years, he had never seen Nata show any other expression to himself, even in the face of the most dangerous prey, there had never been a similar look of surprise on her face...
But at this time, she would be "surprised"?
Who the hell is this guy?!
"Humans are not welcome here. β
The corners of Roddy's mouth twitched as Chief Brudy's words spoke, wanting to say something, but he felt as if he was better off talking less nonsense now.
Because behind this old elf, more than a dozen elves are holding bows, and arrows are aimed at his head and body, and farther away, there are faint figures hiding behind the trunks, I am afraid that all of them are also bows and full moon aimed at themselves...
Roddy admits he's seen more thrilling scenes than this, and has encountered more powerful enemies than they areβbut instead of being afraid, he's confused:
Lao Tzu****** did you mess with you?
I just followed the clues of the "Advanced Career Quest" to find here, how much revenge is this? Before I could say a word, I was ready to shoot me like a hedgehog?
When did the Wood Elves become so extremely belligerent?
Roddy couldn't figure out why the peaceful Wood Elves had suddenly become so hostile - in the year 590, the "Elsa Village" was the largest supply station for human players in the Silent Forest...
At that time, there was everything in this village, mercenary guilds, potion shops, tailor shops, blacksmith shops, and later even a guild registration hall was built!
Originally, the wood elves who lived in the tree holes, but later half of them lived in comfortable wooden buildings and stone houses, and the daily transaction volume of the entire village was calculated in thousands of gold coins, and the tax revenue alone was enough to make the eyes of the eighty percent lord of Evota red like rabbits.
Partnering with humans has brought unprecedented benefits to this village... In 592, the village chief of Brudi was even given the title of "viscount" for his contribution to the territory. Roddy remembers that when he was doing a task here, this old man had a bark face so much that he smiled like a chrysanthemum every day, and when he was in a good mood, he would even smile and throw a few buffs with good effects to those players passing by, and he couldn't be more friendly with humans...
But now, the wrinkled old elf in front of him is simply a ghost, and the swishing expression is almost written on his face: "Refuse to talk" -
"Please get out of here, right now. β
The old elf spoke Bringa, but the accent was a little strange, Roddy looked left and right, swallowed his saliva, and finally reluctantly replied directly in elven language: "I don't know if you have misunderstood something, I don't think there is any need for wood elves to treat humans with such an attitude, right?"
His proficient elven language made Brudy's eyebrows rise slightly, and the elves holding bows around him also showed surprised looks, and Roddy saw that there was a play, and his empty hands stretched out to the sides, and hit the railroad while it was hot: "I have no ill intentions." β
Then he pointed to the southeast, "I'm from Kig, and I'm just an adventurer. β
As soon as he said these few words, Brudy probably understood that he was probably the wrong person, but he was not a fool who believed anything others, he just pressed his hand and asked the surrounding elves to lower their bows a little, and then said with a calm face: "Even so, I'm afraid there is nothing here that can help you, human, please go back." β
The old village chief was very vigilant, Luo Di knew that this thing had a bit of a stubborn temper before, and basically no one persuaded him, so he secretly cursed this group of neurotic elves in his heart for being unreliable, and took two steps back, showing a slightly embarrassed expression, and said regretfully: "Then I... I can only say that I am disturbed, and I hope that the next time we meet, we can talk calmly. β
In the past, Roddy didn't talk so well -- he ran away like a coward after being threatened by someone dumping his face? It's strange that he didn't get the field back one by one! But helplessly, this involves "advanced career tasks", and Roddy will not get along with "advanced professions" no matter what, so at this time, he is inexplicably hostile to this group of elves, and he really has no way!
Just as he was about to turn around and leave, Roddy noticed a figure in the distance, he fixed there and looked at it, confirming that the slightly frowning, graceful figure should be his "former" mentor Nata - raised his hand to say hello, but Roddy then remembered that he and the other party couldn't even call it "acquaintance", so he put his hand down again...
Not to mention that Nata's current identity is not a "ranger" mentor, just saying that the last time we met, I beat someone up, and it was my own shame to come and talk to her.
Sweeping his gaze on the "Advanced Career Mission" displayed on the [Taskbar], Roddy smiled helplessly, sighed, turned around and walked into the distance...
"Ge Laozi, this task is really troublesome. β
As Roddy left, the short bows held by the elves were lowered one by one. It's just that after this seemingly successful act of "repelling the enemy", the village chief of Brudi had a solemn face, frowning and not knowing what he was thinking.
"What a human being who doesn't know whether to live or die. β
Lando muttered to himself, for Roddy, he inexplicably had an indescribable sourness, presumably because of Nata's previous reaction - he turned his head and found that Nata's eyes at this time were always looking at Roddy's back in the distance, until the other party disappeared into the depths of the woods, she was still a little distracted...
"Nata, do you know that guy?"
This sentence blurted out, and the jealousy in his tone couldn't be concealed - after pursuing Nata for so many years, Lando thought that his care and concern for her was unmatched, but now a human kid suddenly appeared to divert Nata's attention directly... No matter how he thought about it, he felt a little irritable.
But for his question, Nata was not aware of it at all, she still looked into the distance and frowned slightly, and her mind flashed to the amazing two arrows in front of the campfire a month ago, and more questions that followed...
What is he doing here?
Does he have anything to do with the humans who attacked Aix?
"Nata?"
Lando's voice was a little louder, and Nata finally noticed it, and turned her head to look at himβLando's heart became more and more uncomfortable, and he repeated the question with a strange expression: "Do you know that human?"
Nata shook her head and didn't answer.
To be honest, she didn't have a good impression of this "kraft candy" like Lando in her heart, and besides, the other party's question made her uncomfortable - what did that questioning tone mean? I'm not you or anything, so there's no need to answer you everything.
Naturally, not many people noticed this little episode, and then the village chief Brudy, who was standing in front, turned around and said solemnly: "All hunting activities will be stopped today, and at night... Waldo, you and the team scattered around to search, the area beyond the four arrows of the village (note: one arrow is about 156 meters) must be explored to see if there is a human camp nearby, if you find it, you must remember not to alarm them, and report back to me when you find the location. β
"Yes, village chief. β
A burly elf in the team answered.
"Lando, you lead a team to patrol within four arrows of the village, and if there is a situation, warn you, and all the arrows are ready, these humans may not be good-"
Brudy was about to say something, but Lando interrupted him a little abruptly, and said bluntly, "Village Chief, why didn't you detain that human just now? He can speak Elven language, maybe we can ask something out of his mouth?"
His words made the elves next to him stunned, but then he echoed: "Yes, village chief, we should ask him." β
"Why don't we catch up now?"
"Bastard!"
Without waiting for more people to respond to Lando's proposal, Brudy stopped with a gloomy face: "Humans are humans, we are us, if we do this, what is the difference between us and those humans?!"
"Lando, you stay in the village at night, cancel your qualification to lead the team, and go back to reflect on why you were wrong!" "When the old elf was really angry, he was majestic and terrifying, and his face was as black as the old bark, "Do you understand that Nata took Lando's place? What about Hugo? Take those boys to the surrounding trees to keep an eye on them, change people in the evening, and take turns to be on guard." β
Such a task was arranged, no one said a word, Nata also nodded and left after accepting the task, Lando wanted to talk to Brudi with an ugly face, but was knocked on the head by the other party with a stick, and scolded angrily:
"Human beings can be greedy, they can do whatever they want, they can do anything shamelessly... But we can't do it because they have done something wrong, we can't do it, this is the bottom line, it is the principle!"