A team marched on the winding road between the canyons, which was supposed to be manicured and relatively flat, but few people had walked it for many years, so that a lot of shrubs with lost leaves and yellow weeds grew on the road, and some snow on the ground melted nearly half of it on this warmer day, making the dirt road a little muddy and slowing down the speed of the team's travel.

Adan hit the horse and walked in front, with a solemn middle-aged guard beside him, followed by Ji Yijun, and Ola was talking to him about something. In the middle of the team was Luo Ling, and Elaina, who had been with her for a moment these days, Morey and Farrell walked behind them, their heads down as if they were still thinking about something, and at the end of the team were Kalanda and Chen Hansheng, who were also carrying a few pack horses and carrying expedition baggage.

The destination of this team of eleven people is a relic of the royal family of the Black Dragon Empire.

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"Okay, don't be depressed, isn't it interesting for everyone to go out on an adventure together?" Aura thought about Fa'er teasing Ji Yijun to talk, but the latter came all the way, and his face stinked from time to time.

"Let me tell you, I will never spare Chu Ying's dog thing. When I go back, you can see how I teach him. Ji Yijun said hatefully, "And that group of old guys who protect each other!"

"Why be angry with them, after all, the status of nobles and officials is special, what you did was to save the face of a group of people. If you are dismissed, you can come to the outside world to go around, otherwise you will still be catching the spitting old man every day. ”

These words said that Ji Yijun went to his heart. He was already choked by the one-dimensional life in the camp, and often longed for such a thrilling life, but he was angry when he thought of the way the committee guys criticized him in an official tone. Supposedly, with the strength I have at my disposal, it is not difficult to beat them one by one until they are soft, right? I only need a stick to kill them all over the administrative building......

Ji Yijun thought about it, a smile appeared on his face, and he muttered in a low voice: "Hehe, are you convinced?"

"What are you talking about?"

"Huh?" Ji Yijun was suddenly startled, then he came to his senses, recalled the thoughts in his heart just now, and couldn't help but ooze a cold sweat behind his back. This may be the so-called state of mind that can't keep up with strength, right? No wonder my father kept saying that the more strong you are in martial arts, the more you must learn to live your duty. Otherwise, once you fall into the devil one day, the one behind you will not let you go.

He quietly turned around and found Luo Ling talking to Elaina.

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"In the past two days, you have something on your mind, and you seem to be distracted a lot, and you talk a lot less. Luo Ling took off the hat of the down jacket and glanced at Elaina.

"You've found out. Elaina was also wearing a down jacket, with pointed ears and two sharp corners on the hat, which looked a little funny, she looked left and right, and whispered to Luo Ling, "I wanted to talk to you a few days ago." But I held back. ”

"I know you can't take it anymore. Luo Ling smiled, she turned her horse closer to Yelena, "Say it." ”

Elaine lifted the reins, slowing the horse down a bit and putting some distance between the men in front of her.

"This Adan and Aura are descendants of the Black Dragon Empire. But did you know that the Black Dragon Empire and the Elven Kingdom are feuding. Elaine said, tilting her head.

"I know that hundreds of years ago, Emperor Lukka of the Black Dragon Empire attacked the Elven Kingdom. He hired a Master Grion to corrupt the Elven tree wall. But how long ago was that? Is it still necessary to care now? Besides, that war did not wipe out the elven kingdom, but when the Black Dragon Empire was overthrown, the elves also got involved and took up a lot of territory, right?" Luo Ling had read almost every local book she could find, and knew a lot about these historical events.

"You humans have a short lifespan, and you are quick to forget history. But we elves are different, and I have many surviving elders who participated in that war. They all have relatives and friends who died at the hands of the Black Dragon Empire. So the bad feeling for the Black Dragon Empire has been put in my head since I was a child. Elaina said surprisingly seriously, "And you also know that the Black Dragon Empire has done a lot of things that have no bottom line, such as forcibly transforming people's bloodlines and extracting souls to make golems. I know that the word evil is not appropriate to describe a country, but the Black Dragon Empire is really an evil country. ”

Luo Ling suddenly realized that the difference in life span made the two races look at things in completely different ways. What happened in ancient times for humans happened yesterday for elves.

"You have such a big opinion, why didn't you say it earlier?"

"Aren't you afraid of affecting your plans? Elaina's face was a little sad, "But the closer I got to my destination, the more worried I became, and finally I couldn't help but say it." ”

"That empire no longer exists. Luo Ling said.

"But what if, because you helped them, the empire was restored?" Elaine asked rhetorically.

"Don't worry. Luo Ling stretched out her hand and patted Elaina's shoulder, "A country is not built on some secrets or treasures, now in the kingdom, apart from these poor people, who else misses the Black Dragon Empire? ”

"Okay. I believe you. Elaine put her hand on her shoulder and took Luo Ling's hand.

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The team reached a narrow valley entrance, and a shout came from the front: "Stop, human team! ”

Luo Ling rode forward and saw more than a dozen dwarves on the road ahead, stopping at the intersection, they were wearing simple leather armor, holding spears and hunting bows, and a few hunters were holding things that were suspected to be arquebuses. Most of them carry prey such as rabbits and pheasants, and they are obviously dressed as a group of hunters. Looking at this appearance, it should have come back from hunting, and happened to bump into Luo Ling and his party.

"Matthew, how can this be the territory of the dwarves?" Adam looked at the middle-aged knight beside him with some confusion. Knight Matthew took out an old map and said, "From the map, this place is very close to the ruins, and there is no indication that there is a village here, it must be a dwarven tribe that moved over later." ”

"Dwarf, we just have to pass through here, go to the basin by the Houshan River, and it won't affect you. Another knight, Nate, said.

"That's where our village is located, and we don't welcome outsiders in. The leading dwarf replied, waving his hand, and the dwarves behind him lowered their prey and grasped their weapons.

Seeing that there was a stalemate ahead, Luo Ling asked Farrell beside him, "Mr. Farrell, have you heard of a dwarf tribe here?"

"No, the Dwarven Kingdom is far from here, and I've never heard of a branch of the Dwarves here. I can talk to them. Farrell jumped off his horse and walked to the front of the group, and Luo Ling also dismounted and followed.

The other party found that there was a dwarf in the team, and looked very surprised, Luo Ling thought that they were also dwarves, and the two sides would have a common language, but they didn't expect the other party to suddenly become more angry, and shouted loudly: "Human, how can there be dwarves with you! Is this dwarf a slave trader from the dwarf kingdom! Is he coming to capture our valley dwarves as slaves?"

Farrell looked at each other suspiciously: "I don't know what enmity you have with the Dwarven Kingdom, but I left that place a long time ago, and I am an exiled dwarf. ”

The leading dwarf glared at Farrell, and then said to the people behind him, "He has three strands of braid in his beard, and he should be a craftsman." ”

"Or just a petty officer, those scoundrels, at least with a mustache. A dwarf said.

"Okay. It seems that he is not a bastard on the high. Another dwarf said.

"Let him speak for himself. The dwarf at the head turned to Farrell again, "What did you do when you were in the Dwarven Kingdom?Why were you banished by those fools?Does it have anything to do with the family in charge of trading with humans?You must swear in the name of the God of Forging that you are telling the truth!"

"In the name of the god of forging and the forging hammer, I am telling the truth!" said Farrell unequivocally, "My former family was the Molten Stone family, a very small family of craftsmen. But I am the most gifted craftsman in my family. Not only my family, but there are few people in the entire city who can compare to me!"

Sure enough, he was a craftsman. A dwarf said.

"Shut up!" said the leader of the dwarves, "let our brother finish his story, from which I have smelled the stench of those high-flying bastards. ”

"Yes, my brother, those guys are bastards. I invented a new forging process that can greatly speed up the forging process. That's a good thing, isn't it? I was going to prove myself by winning the Forge Celebration competition, but I didn't expect to be framed by those big families for cheating. Cheating at the Forge Celebration was a great sin, and I was exiled......" Farrell told his story to the dwarves, and the hot-tempered dwarves, attracted by his story, listened quietly.