Chapter Seventy-Seven: Temptation
The attitude of the elven upper echelons towards Andrarui changed faster than André could have imagined, and they suddenly became like the most considerate friends, not only acquiescing in Andrari's decision to settle in the Emerald River Valley, but also sending more than thirty elven carpenters to help this group of demons build a camp.
This sudden happiness made the children of the abyss a little unsure of the true attitude of the elves, but he would not be so simple as to imagine these elves too beautifully. Although these long, delicate-looking ears are kind enough to insist on moral cleanliness, they are not fools who repay their grievances with virtue. Whatever their intentions for treating Andrarui in this way, André's own will remained the same.
As long as this group of elves is accustomed to the various special materials and culture that Andrarui is producing now and will produce in the future, and cannot get rid of this dependence at all, then no matter what the attitude of the elves' upper echelons is, at least the people's sense of identity with them is enough to achieve Andrarui's foothold in the Whispering Forest!
In order to achieve this goal, after the construction of the camp was on track, Barot Limestone had set out for the new territory that the Graystone Clan had rebuilt on the other side of the forest for hundreds of years, accompanied by the Elven Ranger. Whether it is the dwarves' perennial accumulation of metalwork or their ability to build as stonemasons, it is what Andrarui urgently needs at this stage.
At least the tall demons, including the fire demons and the snake demons, could not accept the strange habit of the elves to build their houses on trees as their highness! the unsteady feeling almost kept them awake - Mora had begun to miss the stone houses of the dwarves.
Andrey's decision was undoubtedly the right one, but for now it can be said that there is almost no progress. Except for the Ranger team of Eric Shirahoshi, who has the same name as the Child of the Abyss in the dream. All the other elves, including the carpenter, except for maintaining proper politeness with the demons of Andrarui when they worked, could almost be said to have deliberately kept a distance from them at other times.
They couldn't understand the decision of the higher-ups, but they followed the intuitive attitude of the elves towards the demons that had not changed for hundreds of years - hostility and disgust. Although reason and kindness prevented them from putting this emotion into action, the idea that this kind of behavior, which was called cold violence in Andrei's previous life, still made the children of the abyss influence all the elves can almost be described as helpless.
Erik and his teammates have maintained a warmth and kindness that is precious to their kind, and they have gradually become accustomed to Andrari's food culture. Whether it was the offal that had been spiced to remove the fishy smell, or the special food that was called "spicy", although they were not used to it, he had at least tried it out of courtesy to his host.
Allafayette had already begun to fall in love with the unique taste that made him sweat. With a slightly decadent smile on his face, the Elven Ranger handed over the three hares he had hunted into the hands of the pretty succubus. Even in the face of hundreds of years of old neighbors, Al can't be so shameless as to go to eat and drink every day. Therefore, a guy like a hare with excellent fecundity, whose number would flood if there were no natural predators, became the best gift for their team every time they rubbed a meal.
This makes Aina, who is in charge of sorting out the food, a little inexplicable every time she sees the handsome rangers, and Andre also agrees with the way the rangers do this, and their habits show the general morality of the elven people. But the Children of the Abyss would prefer that they bring some new friends to Andrari's daily dinner. You must know that most of the elves follow the principle of trying not to speak to the demons if they can help them build a new home, and those rangers and carpenters who help Andrarui for free always refuse directly with a cold face and mercilessly in the face of Andrari's warm invitation.
In order to achieve his strategic goals as soon as possible, Andre has even begun to try the sales method of joint invitation and delivery. He ordered the succubi to try to make some easy-to-carry snacks and other foods every day to give to the three rangers closest to them after the meal. All they want is that they can let more elves who are reluctant to come into contact with Andrarui because of their feelings and faces understand their uniqueness as a foreign race.
This excessive enthusiasm made the three rangers, who were regular customers, feel embarrassed at first, and they even tried to imitate the cooking methods of their demon friends. It's just that the final product turned the attempt into a disaster due to many details, and their colleagues' impression of the demons was even worse - they even began to wonder if something was wrong with Eric's team that could endure such unpalatable food!
Even Eric himself couldn't help but waver, could it be that those beautiful succubi really did some kind of sorcery in their food, so that they could make such a difference!?
"You're thinking too much...... Doesn't the dwarvens' wine taste like two different things from our 'Hundred Flowers Liquid'?" Al was very confident in his own judgment, and they were not fools, and if there was a problem, he should have found out a long time ago.
"Next time, you should pay more attention to the cooking details of the succubi and the variety of spices, it is said that their 'braised pork' takes more than two hourglass hours to cook!" Al felt that the two companions were really a disgrace to the elves, and only orcs and mortals were aliens who seemed nondescript when learning and imitating elven culture. In addition to being inferior to the dwarves in forging, this was the first time he had discovered that the elves were at least a little worse than the savage races they had in their impressions, at least in terms of food culture.
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The eldest princess, who is in charge of observing the demons, hides behind the scenes, and Yudien once again becomes the supreme person in charge of contacting Andrari. Every day, His Royal Highness Lo Shan, who lives in seclusion in the village of Luotan, listens to the daily reports of the Grand Druid, and engages in every detail until there is nothing to be done. The only thing that intrigued Her Highness was Andrari's magical food culture that attracted Team Eric's team.
Elves are a civilized race with thousands of years of heritage, and it is not surprising that new foods attract them once or twice. But if it wasn't some kind of special witchcraft, it must have their own merits.
As a high-ranking druid, Yudeon was naturally able to tell if Eric had been corrupted by witchcraft, and he had even secretly probed the health of the three rangers several times without finding any problems. This situation aroused the curiosity of his own highness, could it be that the food of the demon race really had such an extraordinary charm?
However, as the leader of the Three Hundred Rangers, the Great Druid also couldn't ignore his position as an elven general, and went directly to Andrari's dinner. He felt that if he really did that kind of abrupt action, it was likely to shake the position that the heroes under his command insisted on, and for these demons whose purpose was still unknown, the rangers' indifferent attitude was very important to everyone.
It wasn't until a few days later that Yudeon obtained first-hand "information" without attracting the attention of the parties.
It was the konjac balls that Al had received after lunch, and the beautiful golden meatballs were skewered together on bamboo skewers, exuding a subtle aroma of appetizing roots and oil.
Little Eluni is the only one who follows her parents to the camp in the valley, both of whom are good carpenters who have been recruited, so that the little girl, who is not yet eighty years old and whose parents are too busy, is mixed with the kind care of the rangers every day.
It's not been a day or two since Eluni has been eyeing Team Eric, and the three maverick rangers have always been able to get seemingly tasty food from those feared demons. And they have also boasted to their colleagues about Andrarui's delicious flavor many times, and their fellow rangers are all skeptical, but the children who are easy to take it seriously all look at it.
It's just that the ideas propagated by the elves' education make the little girl more curious, disgusted and afraid of the demons, such a child naturally doesn't have the courage to participate in Andrarui's dinner in person, and the adults around him will not allow her to take such a risky move. So the "little princess" who was held in the palm of the hand by the rangers stared at the gift that Al took from Aina.
Al felt that it was just a child's curiosity about new things, and out of trust in himself, his colleagues always seemed to be in a lack of interest when their team talked about Andrari's food. And this simple but very beautiful trust made Al's mood of sharing the food fully satisfied, so that before Aluni could speak, the ranger had already forced the only string of "croquettes" in his hand into the little girl's hand.
Therefore, when the bamboo string with two balls left appeared in front of Princess Luoshan, we can imagine how much psychological pressure Yudeon was under at that time.
-- The little girl's incomparably aggrieved, speechless, tearful appearance is destined to become a stain that the Great Druid will not be able to tell others in his life! The picture of an elderly man over 600 years old asking for food from the little girl with a shy face is so "gorgeous" that the Great Druid himself does not dare to recall his feelings at that time.
"Very special taste...... Her Royal Highness the eldest princess elegantly put the walnut-sized balls into her mouth, and commented solemnly, "It's just that it doesn't seem to have such a strong attraction, so why don't you try it too." ”
The Great Druid suddenly remembered the reluctant words of the little girl behind him when he obtained this string of food that represented the cooking skills of the demons, "Uncle Al said that it will be more delicious when it is hot......"
Tomorrow, he will transfer the royal special honey crystal rock candy that His Royal Highness gave him at the beginning of the year and is frozen and preserved to that innocent little girl...... If he didn't, he felt that for at least a month, the guilt that would follow him would affect his sleep, which was already all the more precious by Andrari's arrival.