Chapter 453: Shadows Watching in the Shadows
The awakened elves live in a colony on the shores of the lake where they wake up, and during this time the elves begin to speak. And for it they created a language, they called themselves kundi, which means to be able to speak.
The elves are extremely satisfied with the lake they live in, and they are also extremely curious about the environment around them. Elves often go out to explore their surroundings, but they are often gone.
Sometimes the elves who are alone and the elves who are in twos and threes will also disappear without a trace. This feeling made the elves feel extremely panicked, and they were afraid of everything around them, and they did not dare to go out.
Because, in the darkness around them, there is a terrifying black knight. They lurk in the shadows, straddle their horses and chase the lone elves frantically, brutally torturing them, eating them, and capturing them. At some point, this rumor began to circulate among the elves, and in the darkness around Quiveen, there were many terrifying monsters and poisons!
The elves can sense all this, and this change makes the elves even more afraid to go out at will. I can only live in this lakeside with the glittering starlight, and I don't dare to go to the dark place again, because there are monsters hiding in the dark, devouring many people.
Decades have passed.
The population of elves began to increase gradually, and many new elves were born in the intervening decades. And Jiang Ning has gradually recovered some mana in the past few decades, and can use some simple spells. This is a change that he has made by constantly adapting and adapting to the rules of this world.
Moreover, because he was the first to wake up, he was regarded by this group of elves as a leader or a big brother. Moreover, Jiang Ning also helped the elves and taught them, teaching them simple knowledge to identify edible fruits and plants that could be made into clothes. A simple tribal civilization was born.
In the past few decades, Jiang Ning has not only done this, but he has also trained and taught the elves simple martial arts and bows and arrows. Although the elves still use relatively primitive weapons, the elves are very quick to use weapons such as bows and arrows. In addition, some elves began to try to improve their bows and arrows and increase their power.
Everyone is grateful to Jiang Ning for his contribution, and his prestige is unprecedentedly high. Although, in the minds of the elves, this leader or eldest brother sits in a tree all day and doesn't know what he's doing. But no one questioned or commented on what they thought was a kind and kind brother. Because of his existence, the elves survived the first difficult time. It is also because of his existence that the elves know how to train themselves and how to protect themselves.
In this starlit lake, Quavien, the elves built humble houses and dwellings around the lake. And under the guidance of Jiang Ning, a fence was erected around the settlement to prevent ferocious beasts from attacking the settlement's home.
Jiang Ning, on the other hand, sat cross-legged on a tall oak tree in the center of the settlement, his eyes closed. Comprehending the rules of the world, although it is still too difficult for now, has been working tirelessly for decades. It still made him understand a little, and with this rule of enlightenment, Jiang Ning began to reconstruct his own spells through his own memory.
His soul began to look at the world, the ubiquitous, yet hidden way of the rules. And to follow the rules that words cannot express, to look at its inner essence. The mana accumulated in the body also quietly began to operate. The wisps of mana are slowly growing, and the mana accumulated over decades of conforming to the rules is completely incomparable to the mana of the so-called ocean of the body. However, in today's world and environment, it is enough.
The whole world gave him the impression that he was extremely rigorous and weak under the power system. It seems that all the power has been concentrated in the Velas and in the creator god Iluvita. Ordinary beings and the like are unable to master forbidden magic. Even if there were those who mastered it, it was not a mortal, but Maia and a handful of elves.
Jiang Ning doesn't think about so many problems now. Because, he is not safe, or the whole elven colony has never been really safe. The other elves may not know, but he knows very well that he is around Quiveen. The rats hidden in the darkness have been watching this place, and as long as there are elves left alone, or a few people go out, they will inevitably be attacked by the shadows of the darkness. Moreover, the ugly creatures that lurk in the forest seem to be gathering here.
It's just that none of these things have yet taken the initiative to attack the shores of Lake Quiveenen, where the elves live. Instead, he hid in the forest, constantly peeking into the place.
Jiang Ning has been speculating about this. Or maybe it's because of the creator god Iluvita that the rat who lurks in the shadows does not dare to blatantly hunt down his children!
After all, for Illuvita, elves and humans are his firstborn children. And the Veras are also his children. In terms of status, the elves are equal to Vera, as they are both children of Iluvita. The difference is just one gentleman, and the other awakens later. One is empowered by Iluvita, while the other is not empowered by Iluvita.
However, Iluvita's love for the elves blessed them with an eternal lifespan. Until, the end comes. It is said that when the end comes, the Veras and the elves will sing the great music in front of Iluvita.
Humanity, on the other hand, was given the most special gift by Iluvita, which was death. However, under the propaganda and intimidation of Mirko in the future, this beautiful gift became fear. And when the elves are disgusted with their long lifespan, they can also get rid of their eternal lifespan in front of Vera and enter the temple of Mandus to sleep with their souls.
"Yiningville, Yiningville!"
The panicked shouts woke Jiang Ning, who was in a meditative state, and he looked down at the tree and saw an elf calling out to him in a panic. And when the latter saw him wake up, his face couldn't help but show great joy, Jiang Ning said slightly, "Elway, what happened to make you so panicked?" (Elway is also known as "Eru Singar", and later "King of Doriath" is also the ancestor of the Sinda, and Jiangning is also the ancestor of the Sinda, or the common ancestor of all the elves.) )
"The big spiders, those ugly big spiders, haunt the people who go out to gather berries!" Elway pointed to the forest with one hand and kept talking. However, before he finished speaking, Jiang Ning quickly ran on the treetops with his feet on the oak tree, and ran towards the forest. When he arrived, he happened to see three huge spiders, surrounding six elven men and women who had gone out to collect berries. The six elves looked nervously at the three large spiders in front of them, back to back, holding rudimentary stone spears.
Jiang Ning stood on the treetops, glanced at the forest, and then his body kicked the treetops under his feet. Like a bow and arrow off the string, it stepped towards one of the spiders, and the mana in its body naturally gathered at its feet. And it formed sharp spikes, which easily pierced the braincase of the large spider at its feet.
The fast and precise movements made the six elven men and women slightly froze. When they saw Jiang Ning's gaze, they immediately cheered, and stabbed the remaining two spiders with spears in their hands.
Jiang Ning slammed a spider into the air with a swift whip leg, and then snatched the spear from the hand of one of the elves and stabbed it into the body of the other, killing it. Then, he drew his spear and threw it at the spider he kicked away, piercing it through the chamber! The rescued elf, close to Jiang Ning, looked at him with cheers and adoration, Jiang Ning was just about to say something. However, the pointed ears twitched slightly, and he heard an unusual sound, the sound of the galloping hooves of the war horse.
"Hurry up, danger is coming, tell the clansmen not to come!"
Seeing his serious expression, the six elves nodded incessantly and turned to run. Before leaving, a female elf handed the spear in her hand to Jiang Ning. The latter caught the spear and leaped to the treetops to stand.
Then, Jiang Ning saw the black knight hidden in the shadows leaping on his horse. Wearing heavy metal armor, holding sharp metal weapons, and even wearing armor on the war horse under his crotch.
The black knight looked up at Jiang Ning standing in the treetops, and then he threw a short spear at him. Jiang Ning dodged sideways and caught the short spear. The Black Knight's expression seemed to be a little surprised, although he couldn't see his expression clearly with his face, but according to his movements. Jiang Ning could guess his mental activity.
However, the black knight ignored Jiang Ning and instead drove his horse to intercept the fleeing elves. Jiang Ning's complexion changed slightly, and he walked briskly through the forest on tiptoe through the treetops. The spear in his hand was hurled at the black knight, but his opponent seemed to have expected it, and swung his sword to cut the spear. Then, he violently parried and stabbed his metal spear to the side.
The blow missed, and Jiang Ning had already expected it. Immediately, his feet stepped on the horse under the black knight's crotch, and a series of kicks and kicks kicked the black knight's body, kicking him directly under the horse. After the latter landed, he was obviously stunned, he quickly got up, picked up his weapon and slashed at Jiang Ning. And Jiang Ning flexibly dodged sideways, constantly kicking the black knight's limb joints, and then the metal short spear in his hand suddenly pierced into the gap in the black knight's armor!
The latter's body was stunned, and scarlet blood was left along the gap in the mask, and then the tall and burly body fell to the ground with a bang!