Elon 588 A.D., October 17.

The woodland is covered with yellow leaves, late autumn is getting late, and although the cold of winter has not yet arrived, the previously mild winds have become damp and bitter when the clouds are thick.

The temperature in the forest at night is close to freezing, and most of the animals that were desperately foraging for food some time ago are now gone, and the huge silent forest has become much cleaner than before. If there are still active animals, except for some animals that have not yet stored enough fat to survive the winter, only the human mercenary group that is still active is left, and those wood elves who are already living in this forest.

Ten kilometers away from the edge of the forest, the village of Elsa, which belongs to the wood elves, was shattered by an unexpected event on this day.

This is a village, but from a distance it is a forest - the wood elves live in hollows dug into the trees at the bottom of the tall trees, so there are almost no traces of artificiality in their buildings. If you walk in, you can see a dense place of towering trees, each tree trunk is two or three meters above the ground there is a tree hole with a large area, and the wood elves live in the regular space opened up in this tree hole. The largest tree hole is the entrance, the so-called "door" is a wooden cover, and the smaller tree holes become breathable windows, and in winter, these small tree holes are blocked by the elves to keep warm.

On days like this in previous years, the elves had hunted enough prey to prepare for the winter, and basically rarely came out to move, but at this time, there were some quarrels in the open space in the middle of the village, and if you looked closer, you could see a dozen or so young wood elves talking excitedly to an old elf...

"Quiet!"

The voice of the village chief of Brudy was almost drowned out in the words of these elves, he was ninety-three years old this year, he had a full beard, dark brown hair with a lot of leaf scraps, an old face wrinkled, deep and large bags under his eyes, and a wooden staff full of pimples in his hand, seeing that these young juniors were still arguing, he frowned and said, "I already know what happened, but I haven't made a decision yet, what are you arguing with me?!"

"Village Chief, these cunning humans must not be well-intentioned!"

"Village Chief, join forces with other villages to teach them a profound lesson!"

"If you insult our people, you will pay the price!"

"Just pay the price!"

In the face of this chaotic call, the village chief of Brudy had a very ugly face, and simply raised the wooden staff and recited a spell, and then slammed it to the ground, and directly cast a large-scale "Tranquility Technique" - after the turquoise light suddenly unfolded, the affected wood elves immediately quieted down a lot, and their excited expressions gradually calmed down.

"At what cost? Do you want to start a war?"

He pointed at the young elves and said, a few elves were reprimanded and lowered their heads and did not dare to meet his gaze, but several of them were very unconvinced, and the youngest of them had a stiff neck, and said with an open voice: "What's wrong with the war? Village chief, we won't be afraid of humans!"

"Do you think war is the same as hunting?" you think you don't have to be afraid of any enemies in the forest?" Brudy directly raised his wooden staff and knocked it on his head, "Bang Bang" with a crisp sound, "It's just a mercenary group coming to stir up trouble, do you want to destroy the Karen Kingdom?"

As soon as the mention of "seven hundred years ago", these elves collectively fell silent, and their heads hung down, and the elf who was knocked on the head still wanted to harden his mouth, but when he saw the fierce look in the village chief's eyes, he finally swallowed back the words of the confrontation, and whispered: "They beat Aix! If Nata hadn't arrived, I'm afraid these humans would have dragged Ax away... You've also said that humans will treat wood elves as - as goods to sell!"

"I'll find someone to deal with this matter, but I won't let you mess around now... Hugo, you go and call Nata, I'll be waiting for her in the hollow of the tree in Aix. ”

Hugo, who had a few swollen bags on his head, whispered, he looked seventeen or eighteen years old, the age of youthful and impulsive good deeds, although he no longer shouted nonsense, but the resentment against human beings was obviously on his face, and after receiving the order, his face was stretched long, and he shuffled towards the hole in the tree where Nata was.

The wood elves who had gathered here before left directly, obviously very obedient to the prestige of the village chief, but in the conversation, there was still hostility towards humans.

Here the village chief of Brudy has come to the tree hole of the wood elf named Ex, the circular space is about ten square meters, the pure wooden room always has a faint smell of wood, the round window is open, the dim light shines in, and the bandage wrapped around Ex's head is clearly visible. Brudy walked over and sat on the edge of the wooden bed, frowning and asked, "Why did this happen all of a sudden? You said the humans attacked you for no reason?"

Lying on the bed, Ackes looked thin and small, but he was a good young hunter in the village. The hunting team in Elsa Village is basically a group action, but today he ran away to chase a wild boar, because it was in the area near the village, Ex relaxed his vigilance, easily caught up with and killed the wild boar, but who knows...

"They came out of nowhere, there were a lot of people, they were all fierce, I couldn't understand what they said, and the one in the lead was very tall and powerful—"

Ex looked depressed, both aggrieved and angry, rubbing his head as he spoke, "I can't block his attack at all, that guy moves fast and ruthlessly, I..."

"Listen to Hugo, they still want to take you?"

"yes, if Nata hadn't arrived and a team of people came to help, I'm afraid I'd have been dragged all the way by them—" He looked a little scared, "What do those humans want to do? ”

"It may be a small trouble, it may be a big trouble, in short, you must be careful when you go out recently," the village chief Brudy, who frowned, was actually confused, and was about to comfort a few words, but he heard the lid of the tree hole being "banged", and then Hugo's head poked in, and his voice shouted in a panic: "Village chief!

"What's going on?"

Brudy's old face was twisted together - this group of humans, are they still ready to come up and talk about it after the fight?!

"I'll go and see, and let Lando bring people to get ready for battle. ”

The wooden staff was propped up, and although the old man was terrifying, Brudy did not hesitate at all, and strode out.

At the same moment, in the hollow of the tree in the corner of the village, Nata, who was holding a bow and arrow, was looking out the window with some distraction.

Ever since she had met Roddy in the forest more than a month ago, Nata had been in a daze for a noticeable amount of time - the two arrows taken from the steel-tailed leopard had been placed on the small wooden table in front of her, and every time she came back from the hunt and saw it, she couldn't help but think of the guy's precise and swift two arrows...

Since that experience, Nata has been trying to emulate Roddy's astonishing rate of fire and calm demeanor while hunting, and this change has made her level seem to have risen a lot compared to before, and the old hunters in the hunting team are a little surprised by her "progress" as more and more prey is brought back to the village by a deadly arrow - but this admiration makes Nata even more annoyed...

Only she knows that this so-called "progress" is so childish in front of that guy...

Because of Roddy, she became interested in human beings and even developed an irrepressible curiosity in her heart. In the past, it was difficult for Nata, whose mood was as cold and rigid as her face, to be interested in anything, but for more than a month, she found that the shadow had completely lingered in her mind.

Why did that guy Roddy speak Elfish, and why did he always feel like he knew him well?

Come to think of it, Nata's gradual humanity doesn't seem to be as "greedy" and "shameless" as the village chief Brudy says - but the idea that has just changed a little is completely changed today.

An hour ago, when Nata returned to the village and saw Ex being knocked to the ground by several humans and ready to be dragged away, she had to use her bow and arrow to make an "exchange" with these vicious creatures!

When it came to the safety of the wood elves, Nata never hesitated - if it weren't for the humans who raised their shields to block the arrows and decisively threw down the wounded Ex and turned to flee, Nata would have chased after her, leaving a few people behind.

When rescuing Ackus, Nata looked at his head and bleed, but her heart suddenly became confused... Roddy's behavior at the beginning made her think that all humans are friendly and peaceful, even if there are slight differences, humans should not have the intention of actively harming the wood elves.

But... Why?

Why are these humans attacking the Wood Elves? Why are they dragging Ax away?

Could it be that guy named Roddy is like that?

"Nata?"

Words outside the tree cave interrupted her thoughts, and she didn't have to think about it to know that it was Lando, who had just returned to the village - the other party's intentions to pursue her were known to everyone in the village, but Nata really didn't think about starting a relationship with someone in the past. But because there are not many people in the clan, although Nata's temperament is cold, she will not turn her face because of Lando's stubbornness, at this time she did not speak, Lando leaned in from outside the tree hole, and said with a smile: "Don't mind if I come in?"

Nata's gaze swept over, and then she turned back expressionlessly.

This was a "don't mind" answer for Lando, and he came in through the hole in the tree, his movements light and silent, and he was now dressed in a well-cut linen robe, his long hair was simply tied, and although he was not armed, his sturdy and slender figure was there, and he was really unusual.

It's just that Nata wasn't interested in watching him cool at all, and her eyes were just fixed on the two arrows left by Roddy on the table.