Elven elders are used to refer specifically to those elves who have lived for a long time. In fact, although the theoretical lifespan of elves far exceeds that of humans, few elves actually live to a natural death. War, accident or disease, the children of the forest, who are loved by the forest, will not be stronger than a beetle. So for the elves, those well-informed elders are the real treasures, they may be good at communicating with nature, they may be well versed in the way of life, even if they have only lived for a long time, they have seen enough to teach the younger generations.

Leon had the privilege of fighting alongside the elves when he had participated in battles outside of the lion before, and the elves opened and closed their mouths to "the elders said", which made the knight chief quite bored with him and had a vague idea of the elven elders. And now the elf who called himself Atwood in front of him was undoubtedly an elven elder. To be honest, this was quite a surprise to the Blood Lion.

After briefly introducing himself to the knight chief, the old elf began to study the nezumi corpse that Buckham had brought back. It's just that the elves' research methods are different from the dissection of cheese that Leon had seen before, and the methods of those pharmacists in the Apothecary Guild. I saw the green staff place the withered hand on the surface of the slightly decomposed nezumi corpse, and then the hand began to beat softly on the corpse like a pet.

"I said, isn't your method of investigation a little ......" Seeing an old elf so morbidly stroking a half-decomposed nezumi corpse, this image made Leon really a little unacceptable. But Bakham doesn't seem to care.

"In the old man's eyes, we and the corpse of the monster are all part of nature. Touching the corpse is only to gain insight into its internal structure, just as you humans would use a fork to make sure the meat is cooked or not. Nothing surprising. The young elf said.

Leon understood the metaphor, but to the Blood Lion's surprise, Bakham seemed to know more about humans than he thought. An elf of his age probably hasn't had a chance to come into contact with humans in depth. So, was it the elder who called himself the Green Rod who taught him?

As the two spoke, Atwood seemed to have finished examining the corpse, and the elven elder withdrew his hand from the corpse with a solemn expression. Just when Leon wanted to step forward to inquire about the results, the next moment, the other party's actions almost made the knight captain flee.

The Green Rod removed his hand from the nezumi's corpse, and with a sharp force, he plunged the wizened arm into the nezumi's abdomen! The old elf's hand stirred in the nezumi's abdomen, making a disgusting sound, and a large amount of blood and other fluids flowed down the punctured notch in the nezumi's stomach, but Atwood seemed unconcerned. After a few seconds of stirring, the Green Staff seemed to have finally found what he was looking for, and the elf pulled something out of the corpse's stomach.

It was a bloodstained heart!

"Hey, if I were to close your eyes right now. Bakham said behind Lyon's back.

As for whether the elf closed his eyes or not, the blood lion would not know, because his gaze was completely frozen in the next second. Originally, Leon thought that Atwood had pulled out the nezumi heart only because it might be the core of the mutation, but the picture he saw next completely changed his impression of the elves.

Because, Atwood, the kind-looking elven elder, after pulling the heart out of the nezumi's corpse, bit down on the heart in front of his juniors and Leon! But the large amount of blood on his face, and the fact that the heart originally belonged to a human, made Leon instinctively want to vomit.

"You!" ...... well, the knight commander still couldn't control his instincts, and turned his head and vomited heavily. It's just that because he has only eaten some wild fruits in the past two days, there is nothing in his stomach to vomit.

Bakham patted Leon on the back in the hope of making him feel better. Judging by the sympathetic look on the elf's face, he must have been through a similar situation before.

"Old man, you're terrifying the guests. ”

In response, Atwood unconsciously sucked his fingers, with an expression that he hadn't eaten yet. Hearing Bakham's complaint, the old elf scratched his hair in embarrassment, but the expression on his face and the blood stains on his mouth really made people feel cold in their backs.

"Sorry, sorry, I forgot that there are outsiders here. ”

On the other side, Leon finally finished his retching, and the knight straightened up with the trunk next to him, and he looked at Buckham and Atwood with a monster-like look.

"Are you really elves, or are you just demons in elven skin?"

"Poofha!" Green Staff burst out laughing at the Blood Lion's words. He walked to the pond and washed the blood from his mouth with the water from the stream.

"That's what the old man looks like, and it's normal for you to be scared. I dare say he would have been expelled long ago if he hadn't been the oldest elf in the forest. Bakham shrugged his shoulders and said. The young elf was also full of complaints about his mentor. Although he knew that his talents were not outstanding among his peers, when the people handed him over to Atwood, Bakham suspected that they were trying to kill him at the hands of the old madman.

"Hey, Bakham, be a little more restrained in front of the guests. The elven elder, who had already washed his face, walked over.

Seeing Atwood coming, Leon subconsciously took a step back, facing a guy who could eat the hearts of other intelligent creatures without changing his face, and the knight chief didn't want to get too close to the other party.

"Don't be afraid, guest from the Greylion. What have I done that deserves your jealousy?"

"I think it's worth it, after all, not everyone can eat a heart without changing their face. Leon said with a pale face.

Hearing the knight's words, the old elf laughed again, and he shook his head.

"Does that seem to you? I ate the heart of a monster that was once a man? That's why you're so afraid. ”

"Isn't it?"

"Haha, yes and no. Though you have the potential to be loved by the forest, your heart is too tightly bound by the rules of your human society. A lot of things, I mean a lot of things, that you see is not accurate. Atwood said.

Looking at the eyes that flashed with green light, Leon felt that there seemed to be some truth in the other party's words. But the chief knight couldn't tell what the elven elder was going to say to him.

"If one day, your kingdom and your family no longer need you. Come into the forest, I will teach you a lot. Staring at the puzzled look on the Blood Lion's face, Atwood said in a deep voice.

"Thank you for your kindness, but my country and its people need me very much right now. Leon replied.

"I don't say now, but someday, Mr. Leon. For now, we have to talk about the suffering that has really happened to you and your kingdom. ”