Chapter Ninety-Five: The Outpost
Alveta and Yolanda patrolled an area of about a hundred miles east of the town of Chiping. Compared to the thriving, sparsely populated interior with Liddell monitoring stations, the border forests provide an excellent breeding ground for demons to hide and thrive.
Rangers need to patrol the forest regularly to eradicate possible threats. Recently, there have been eyewitnesses who claim that in the forest hinterland near Baishiling and Silver Spring, a large number of demons are about to move, and it seems that a demon tide is forming. Such rumors have made the people of Qiping Town panic, and there has been no magic tide here for decades, which is big news. Many rangers marched towards the place of the rumors, but most of them never returned.
Small streams of demons are not scary, although they are elusive and often cause elven deaths and injuries. Even in the heavily defended interior, it is often plagued by demons.
But when demons come together and form a tide, that's the real threat. Although it rarely happens, and the surrounding area of Chiping Town has not even seen the shadow of a demon tide for decades, Castile is a vast country, and there are always a few places that suffer from it every year.
The rumored area where the demons gathered was still a certain distance from the patrol area of Alverta's father and daughter, but after finding out the truth, the two changed the patrol route accordingly.
They had set out the morning before, headed south, and made a large circle in a counterclockwise direction, having planned to arrive at a forest post in Tacheidi at noon this day.
The outpost was located between the town of Qiping and Silver Spring, and the rangers from both places often stopped here to rest and get some limited supplies. Occasionally, rangers from White Rock Ridge and the Whispering Jungle further southeast will also settle at the Tatagawai outpost.
Even if they can't run into the other rangers, these dedicated rangers will leave some secret messages in their hidden outposts to communicate with each other.
The two elves followed the established route all the way, but they didn't expect to meet the strange couple of Hao Yun and Xiaobai on the way. While patrol missions are important, escorting vulnerable Liddells is even more important. The demons are so powerful that if they spot a Liddell human who is not in the steel ship, they will not hesitate to rush up and tear it to pieces. There is no possibility for humanity to survive in such a situation.
Alveta decided, taking the two of them, to the outpost two hours away. Stayed at the outpost overnight, regardless of whether they could get information or not, they immediately returned early the next morning, and headed straight for the town of Qiping.
This arrangement was supported by Yolanda, so that the two of them only missed a small area between Qiping Town and Baishi Ridge, and as long as Hao was transported back to the Liddell medical station in Qiping Town, they would be considered meritorious. In this way, we can set off again the next day, from Qiping Town to Baishiling, and go south to the outpost halfway to see if we can get something out again.
At about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, a group of people rode a bear on a flying carpet and came to a raving. Three streams that wind through the forest flow through it, and because of the abundant water, huge dragon-crowned trees rise to the sky. Among the giant trees are lush vines and mosses that grow freely, and the whole field of vision is full of green.
Add to that the mist rising from beneath the ravine, and the dim light in the forest, and it's a great place to hideโonly for elves, of course.
The forest outpost was built on two dragon-crowned trees close to each other, and the elves skillfully used the vines that grew naturally in the middle to create a natural illusion. Only when I got close and climbed in, I found that there was a cave, and it was a small space of about 20 square meters.
Although the outpost was not large, it was well equipped, with beds, tables and chairs for resting, pen and paper for exchanging information, a few basic weapons, and a large number of supplies that were replenished regularly.
The interior of the outpost was dry and refreshing, almost a world away from the damp environment outside.
Many foreigners mistakenly believe that the elves are the darlings of the forest and love everything that the forest has to offer. However, the elves suffer from arthritis, eczema, and mosquitoes, and would love to mow the entire forest into a neat park if they could.
The elves are more like a group of gardening enthusiasts, and only the druid fundamentalists among them would almost morbidly protect the pristine form of the forest. Most of the misunderstandings about elves in the outside world stem from the extreme behavior of these extremes. Just like when discussing the ALB world on Earth, the first thing that comes to mind is car bombing and beheading.
In fact, the ALB nation once established a glorious civilization, and in the classical period, it had an incomparable inclusiveness of Western civilization, and gave birth to a great soul like Saladin. But now, the world will only remember the madness of the WHBs.
Far from it.
Back to the topic of elves, most of the secrets of these elves were mentioned by Xiaobai and Hao Yun when he was chatting in the office. The people of the main god of the elves spread out in the heavenly worlds, and their characteristics are roughly the same, but the small places also have their own characteristics.
The Aya elf born by Xiaobai is characterized by being a little shorter than ordinary elves, and the ears are not so narrow and long, but a little folded. In addition, the elf of Aya is the face of the elf clan, which is a unilateral claim by Xiaobai, and Sister Ning Ning and Ah Guang are not committal.
Alveta and Yolanda, the two Elves to which they belong, should be characterized by a faint woody fragrance, which cannot be detected if they are not close. Just as Alverta noticed Xiaobai's folded ears at the beginning, Xiaobai also noticed that Yolanda had a little citrus fragrance at the beginning, and Alveta had a little cedar scent.
This is a subtle way for elves to identify races, and in comparison, it is simply too simple and crude for humans to use their faces to classify races.
Not only is the outpost clean and fresh, but there are also some pyroxenes that provide limited lighting and can also combat the cold of the forest at night.
When he saw the sleeping elf in the outpost, Alverta lowered the heavy flail in his hand.
"It's Funes of the whispering forest." He whispered to Yolanda to put down his cutlass, "I saw him once a few years ago. โ
As the group approached the Three Creati outposts, Gigi began to twitch his nose uneasily, and the smell of blood in the wind alerted the sensitive little beasts.
Alvita lifted the claw deformation, he took the lead, and after Yolanda pulled out the double knife press, the group cautiously entered the outpost.
The smell of blood comes from an injured and sleepy ranger, from Funes in the Whispering Forest.
The elf was badly wounded, and a huge slash on his shoulder and back nearly tore half of his body. The wound was roughly covered with herbs, and the blood had coagulated to a black-red color.
Apparently suffering near-fatal injuries, Funes stubbornly struggled back to the safer outpost, where he used the herbs he had stored to stop the bleeding at the most basic level.
However, due to excessive blood loss and severe pain, he fell asleep after that until the arrival of Alverta and the others.
Yolanda hurriedly pulled a healing potion from the slip pocket of her dress. This kind of alchemical potion is relatively valuable, and it is impossible to store it everywhere like herbs.
Alveta held her hand and shook her head, a bottle of potion wouldn't do much with such a serious injury. What's more, Funes had already begun to lose his body temperature, and even the average white-robed priest could not do anything at this time.
Fortunately, Alveta is a druid, and it just so happens that he has learned rejuvenation.
The vast majority of Talon Druids will choose to go for resistant skins when they advance to make up for the shortcomings in spell resistance. Although the rejuvenation technique is powerful and can almost bring the dead back to life, after all, the fighters prefer rough skin and thick flesh.
The reason why Alverta chose the rejuvenation technique is very simple, the little magpie (Yolanda's milk name) is so stupid that one day he will have to plant a big heel, and at this time, a rejuvenation technique can save the emergency.
Pale yellow brilliance, like light smoke and amber, flowed through Funes's body, and the mysterious force of nature once again lit up the light of life in the elf's body.
Visible to the naked eye, the slash marks on Funes's body began to heal, and fresh blood was constantly produced in his body, making the elf, who was close to the end of the oil, look rosy again.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Alveta gently shook Funes: "Funes, Funes, wake up." โ
"Ahh Before the panicked Funess could open his eyes, he reflexively drew his scimitar, but he forgot that when he fled, the weapons and equipment in his hands were lost, and this time he only touched the air.
"It's me, Alveta of Chiping." The druid followed the restless elves.
Funes' brain was still a little dizzy, but seeing the faces of his kindred finally calmed him down. He frowned painfully against the intense discomfort and thought for a moment.
"Alveta...... Alveta ...... Are you Helomel's husband? โ
When he heard the name Heromel, Hao Yun saw a flash of gloom in the druid's eyes, but he quickly replied:
"Exactly."
"Great, did you see my brother Dorago?" Funes excitedly grabbed the druid's hand.
Alveta shook her head heavily, looking at this posture, the elf named Dorago was probably more than lucky.
The light in Funes' eyes went out, and he knew it was just wishful thinking.
At this time, Yolanda handed him a bowl of Laotan sauerkraut noodles...... Well, such a drama must have come from Hao Yun.
While Daddy was treating Funess, Yolanda also began to prepare food for the injury. The elves' dry food is an unleavened bread, and if they need soup, they can soak it in cold water in a water bladder, which can be said to be very scary.
"Shouldn't the sick eat something hot? At least you'll have to soak in hot water. โ
Hao Yun couldn't look at it, the elves' rations ...... Tut. He's a warm man, and he has hundreds of bottles of hot water in his space. In this way, he can deal with illness, paralysis, poisoning, curses, blindness, dizziness, or petrification.
Just drink plenty of hot water.
Hao Yun took out a bottle of boiling water, and Xiaobai reflexively took out a bowl of instant noodles. Everyone understands this reflex, the generation that drinks Bing Kole all day long can only use boiling water when they take medicine or eat instant noodles.
In the end, I simply soaked a bowl, and there was a lot of stock anyway. Xiaobai has stored 200 million barrels, which can circle the earth one and a half times.
The sour palate rejuvenated Funes a little, calmed down a bit, and began to recount what had happened.