Chapter 150: The Team (18)

The ship flew proudly like a bird in the stormy waves, shining brighter than the river of stars and the crescent moon, and its white sails erected sharp horns, in which silver patterns flowed, and their wings mingled. At first it looked small, small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, but the young thief apprentice blinked an eye and was large enough to fill your field of vision, until it slowly stopped to the melodious call and piccolo sound, and the thieves watching the river beach had to raise their heads and go back hundreds of feet to get a full view of it.

"Elven ship. One of the thieves said, "The chief must be made aware of this at once." He flew away, and the other thieves followed, and no one wanted to remind the young son of the leader of the White Tower Jewel Guild, for whom the boy who was only an apprentice and not a full member was not considered a colleague of theirs, and his safety would not be related to the future plans, and as for his mentor, since he himself did not veto the chief's orders, nor did he think of leaving the sweet embrace of the priest of Frow, and leaving his apprentice alone in this desolate and barren river beach to serve the so-called vigilant duty, then what qualifications and obligations did they have to watch this child for him？

Moreover, this child is a skillful hand, and the thieves do not want to add a tricky competitor to themselves in the future, although these thieves have been at the lowest level of the guild for a long time (otherwise they would not have been assigned to this task), and may not be able to become an important member or leader in their lifetime, but it does not prevent them from being jealous of the good life that this child has enjoyed before, and the love of his parents and brothers, and the respect of the people. It would have been nice if the elves had killed him, and if not, it would have been nice to see him run back in misery, crying miserably.

The thief apprentice did not realize that he had been ruthlessly abandoned by his "companions", and he tilted his head. With his mouth slightly open, he looked at everything in sight, and after the most beautiful ship he had ever seen—a staircase protruded from the deck of the ship, and a group of men dressed in black, dark brown, or dark green robes came down, their hoods deeper and wider than the boys had ever seen before, and almost obscured their entire faces—they walked lightly on the river beach, as if they were gliding, and the robes flew, and several men approached him, and the thief apprentice drew his daggers in horror. Lust lifted it up inwardly and pointed it at them.

"Who?"

"A thief's apprentice," Perrante replied.

"Still a kid. ”

"The pit viper carries deadly venom in its mother's belly," Perrant said coldly, "and human children are sometimes more dangerous than adults, because they don't know how to weigh gains and losses." ”

"Then let him sleep for a while. Perante's companion, the Elven Mage, said that he made a gesture, but was stopped by Perante: "Don't waste your spells," said the druid. He approached the child, and waved his fingers as the latter desperately tried to pounce on him and plunge the dagger into his abdomen, the tiny brown powder released with the druid's movements, and the young thief apprentice fell headlong to the ground the next moment he inhaled it. "I'll take him farther away. Perrante said, and then unbuttoned his robe, his body shrinking and his head thinning. The mouth is elongated, the pointed ears are retracted into the hair, and the feathers emerge from the layers under the skin. Finally his clothes fell to the ground, and a mage lifted his staffs and tapped them into his dimensional bag, and where Perrant had been standing, there was only a large, handsome giant eagle, even if it was just standing on the ground, its head could be level with the chest of the elven mage, the mage took two steps back, the giant eagle flapped its wings, and the runes on the ring that had been worn on the fingers but now hung on the toes emitted a soft and slight light, and a breeze caused by magic lifted the giant eagle's considerable weight and volume, and it flew up, hovering freely in the air a few times, accompanied by a high-pitched eagle chirpIt swooped down from the air, grabbed the sleeping boy, and carried him into the air - the elves had good eyesight, and the mage's eyes followed Perrant's transformed eagle, which did not fly too far, and there was a forest around the walls of the White Tower, and beyond the woods was a bush of castor and flax, into which the thieves' apprentices were thrown mercilessly.

"He must have woken up with a very itchy feeling. The mage said.

"And it hurts. Another elven mage added.

Perrant flew high into the air again, the fierce wind was coming, the small fluff on the side of the curved beak kept stirring his sensitive nostrils, he could feel the wind passing through his feathers, holding up his body, below him was the dark riverbank, the shining Starlight River and the White Tower, it looked like a toy fortress bound in a glass ball, the elven ship hovered over the Starlight River, in addition to the short-robed pilot, there were fifty elven warriors and ten elven mages on this ship- They are all the best of the elves, even more powerful than the elves who went to serve in Thundercastle, especially the mages.

The eagle swallowed a deep breath of cold air, and he flew through the air, skimming the trees on the banks of the river, startling the birds that had long since fallen asleep, and the birds fluttered their wings from their warm nests in horror, and began to chirp and complain when they realized that it was a druid who disturbed them, but they obeyed Perrant's orders—perhaps that is why I prefer animal relations to human relations, Perrant thought, whose intelligence is sometimes far greater than that of humans who think they are wise.

Some of the birds were already laying eggs or brooding, and Perrant told them not to worry, he summoned the plants and wrapped them firmly around the birds' nests.

When all was taken care of, Perrant fell back to the ground, this time a large, shiny otter, with the same white face and broad shovel-like tail as the uncrowned king of Grey Ridge, and he ran up and down the riverbank, warning the little creatures—and soon they were coming out of their burrows and running high in a dense veil.

The elves waited patiently, unafraid of what the thieves' guild of the White Tower would do to them, and they even hoped that the leader would have the courage to fight them - the Silver Crown Forest never intervened directly in human battles, but if attacked, their counterattacks would be swift and furious.

But by the time Perrant had driven away most of the creatures around it, the White Tower was still asleep, and there was no sign that the Thieves' Guild was making a move.

The elven mage took out the clothes from the dimensional bag. Give it to Perrante: "Can you start?" he asked.

"Anytime. Perrante said.

The two elven mages made a gesture when they heard this, and the elven ship took off again, tracing the river, and pulled some distance from the junction of the Starlight River and the White Tower River before coming to a predetermined position, the two elven mages before chanted a spell, and the wind sent them into the air, so that they could overlook the junction of the river and the river beach - in today's operation, they were the conductors - all the elven mages were watching their gestures and listening to their orders to cast spells.

The first spell to be actually used for this action was a thunderous sound accompanied by a huge shockwave, as if the giant god himself had come there and smashed it down with a fist. The shockwave pushed away the waters of the Starlight and Inland Rivers, leaving a stark dent in the riverbed that had not been exposed to the light of day for hundreds of years or more - and this was not the only one, but more, the same spells poured down, forcing the Rivers of the Inland and Starlight to roll back and freeze under the spells cast by the other mages from the extreme cold - the water level of the Inland River rose suddenly, and the water pounded against the pebbles and trees along the riverbank, and the Starlight River became more and more irritable and roared. Constantly hitting the walls of snow and ice.

The spells cast by the third group of elven mages caused the riverbed at the junction to bulge and protrude, and countless pieces of earth were pumped out of the ground and transformed into solid stone embankments driven by magic. It was only a foot wide at first, but as the spells were thrown, it grew to hundreds of feet wide and at height level with the river. Or a little higher.

It completely separates the Starlight River from the inland river of the White Tower, and it is impossible for any ship to sail directly from the Starlight River to the White Tower in the future, and it is impossible for the ships of the White Tower to sail directly into the Starlight River.

By this time, the frozen walls created by the elven mages had begun to crack. The pressure of the massive flow of water was unimaginable to mortals, and after a loud bang, the walls shattered, and the river slammed directly on the newly emerged barrier, but as the elves had predicted, the stone embankment remained unmoved.

"How long will they last?" asked Perrante.

"It's longer than humans think," said the elven mage in charge of the matter, meaningfully, "It is based on the rune disk, and it is no one else who has given the rune disk to me," he bowed slightly in respect, "It is our king." ”

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Holding her "son" in her arms, Anrui stood on the tallest tower in the fortress and looked down, the entire White Tower could be seen from the window, and the elven blood ensured that she could see farther and clearer than ordinary humans in the dim light.

"Master," asked her maid tremblingly, "what has happened?" The tremor threw her off the bed, and she thought the tower had fallen.

"The elves have given up on the White Tower. An Rui said plainly.

"It can't be," cried the maid, "how is it possible? ”

"The hated child. An Rui said, turning her gaze out again: "They abandoned the White Tower, and they abandoned me. ”

The people of the White Tower woke up from their sleep, they did not understand what was going on, if it had been in the past, they would have gone out into the street to observe the situation and discuss it with their neighbors, but nowadays, no one wants to encounter a thief in the dark street - yes, the dark street, the people of the White Tower were very fond of lighting whale oil lamps in the hollow gravel pillars in front of their homes, so that the delicate and lovely lights would illuminate the streets, and point out the direction of home for those who left home, but since the thieves came, the lights would attract them - After all, families who can light whale oil lamps all night long are not destitute, they almost aim for nothing, so people now only light lamps when they are absolutely necessary - there is also a reason for the shrinking business, and with the sharp decline in income, housewives have to be careful to make a good living.

"Looks like your plan has failed. "The red robe said that they were also observing the situation outside the White Tower from a high tower, and although they did not have elven eyes, they had spells and magic tools.

"If one of them fails, we can go another way, and that road is also full of gold and intelligence. The female leader of the Thieves' Guild said calmly, no trace of frustration or anger on her face, but it seemed that those who could climb to this position were always moody, so the red-robed warlock only let out a sneer.

"I want to hear about it. The warlock bowed mockingly.

"If the elves are willing to compromise," the female thief shrugged, "of course it would be good, we could get a White Tower as intact as before." ”

"It's a pity that the elves aren't stupid," said the red-robed warlock, "and they're stubborn." ”

"Then we have a white tower that can no longer be protected and cared for by the elves," said the female thief, holding out her finger and drawing a circle, "Now the White Tower, and the Partridge Hills are ours." She twisted her waist and puffed out her chest, "We can develop our power on this land, thanks to those long-eared rabbits," she smiled and nodded, "Partridge Hill and White Tower are not mixed with the power of other thieves' guilds. ”

"Without the elves' Mithril Essence Gold, lead white and red, the White Tower would not be a White Tower. ”

"But it's along with the Pitney Fort, and the roads and tunnels in the Partridge Hill. The female thief said, "We're going to build a guild here like never before." ”

"I hope so," said the red robe, "don't let my lovely little disciple die in vain." ”

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Kerribben and Cremar had a day of rest in the "Recess", and as the elves had predicted, Berry's father rushed to the nearest city with a few strong men, but their wives and children were left behind, and they could not go far in the moor, which was also full of dangers.

Baldwin and Gülen were well cared for, they were given plenty of food and water, and Memmy slept for the rest of the day.

Kerribben and Cremar had a day of rest in the "Recess", and as the elves had predicted, Berry's father rushed to the nearest city with a few strong men, but their wives and children were left behind, and they could not go far in the moor, which was also full of dangers.

Baldwin and Gülen were well cared for, they were given plenty of food and water, and Memmy slept for the rest of the day. (To be continued......)