Chapter 20: A Mysterious Event
Under Lin Yue's inquiry, the dwarf told his situation with difficulty, while Lin Yue translated in real time.
The dwarf said, "Human, thank you for saving me. My name is Iron Hammer, and I am a centurion of the Snow Wolf Knights, a hundred brave and skilled dwarven warriors and a hundred strong snow wolves. When this injury is healed, I want to thank you for a barley beer. ”
"We left the Northern Ice Fields this time to escort the elven girl next to us back to the elven kingdom, she is an envoy sent by the elven kingdom. The reason why she was injured like this was that on the way to escort her back to the Elven Kingdom, we actually encountered an ambush by the cannibal tribe of the northern tundra......"
"Northern permafrost, cannibal tribes?" Bi Fang wondered, "Isn't that the permafrost continent in the north of the Central Continent?
Lin Yue translated Bi Fang's doubts to the dwarf, but the dwarf stared at Lin Yue with a strange gaze and said: "The Eastern Continent you are talking about should be the Habo Continent in our mouth, but the northern frozen soil is in the north of the Ice Fields Kingdom, and the territory of the cannibal tribe borders our Ice Plains Kingdom, and we don't know what other frozen land continents there are." ”
Bi Fang still had a puzzled look on his face, but Lin Jue probably figured it out. The permafrost continent in the mouth of people in this world should be equivalent to the North Pole on Earth, or similar to Greenland. Unlike the Arctic, the northern part of this world is not made up of ice floes and islands, but is a continent like the Antarctic, inhabited by cannibalistic tribes.
The cannibal tribes had good seafaring skills and often raided the northern kingdoms as pirates, and the Smollen kingdom was a prime target for their raids. There is still an ocean between the Central Continent and the Permafrost Continent, but on this side, the Eastern Continent and the Permafrost Continent are actually connected.
Lin Jue patted Bi Fang and said, "Don't dwell on this issue now, let's find out what happened first." ”
He said to Lin Yue, "You ask him, since the cannibal tribe is in the extreme north, why don't they just return to the Ice Plains Kingdom when they are attacked, but run to the south?"
Lin Yue translated Lin Jue's words to Iron Hammer, who shook his head and said, "No, no, no, I didn't say that we were attacked in the north. We had even left the ice field and arrived at the Great Plains Desert, which is located at the junction of the ice field and the southern forest, but we did not expect that the cannibal tribes in the north would organize an army of no less than a thousand people to intercept us in the desert. ”
"Are you saying that you were in the south of the Ice Plains Kingdom, and you were ambushed by the cannibal tribes of the north?" Lin Jue wondered.
Hammer replied, "Yes, the strangest thing is here, no one can figure out how they came to the south through the Ice Fields Kingdom. One hundred of our brave and warlike snow wolf knights came to the desert and could not exert the corresponding combat effectiveness at all, under the sneak attack of the other party, we suffered heavy losses, and in the end only more than ten horsemen protected the envoy to break through the encirclement and came to the forest. ”
"In other words, when you came to the Southern Forest, there was still a team of more than ten horsemen?So how did you get here?" Lin Jue asked.
When Lin Yue told Iron Hammer his question, Iron Hammer fell silent, his expression was cloudy, but Lin Jue could see the frightened look in his eyes.
After a long time, Hammer calmed his expression and said, "Yes, when we entered the forest, we thought we were safe, and the messenger sent a distress signal to the nearby jungle elves, and it was not long before a jungle elf rushed over. ”
"But who would have thought that jungle goblins would actually attack us while we were unprepared!"
Lin Jue's brows furrowed, and he asked, "You mean, the jungle goblins have launched an attack on you, including this elven messenger?"
Hammer replied, "Yes, and the Emissary was the first to be attacked, she was hit in the head by a huge stone, and the remaining jungle elves immediately attacked us, and our mounts were wiped out in an instant. The rest of the warriors and I protected the messenger's lifeless escape, but the forest was full of jungle elves. ”
"We realized that there was no safety in the forest, so we hurried west, and along the way, our former comrades died tragically at the hands of the goblins, leaving only the two of us. I don't know how long it took, but luckily we finally escaped from the forest, and strangely enough, the goblins didn't chase after us, but let us both go. ”
"At that time, the envoy had fallen into a coma, and I was not in good shape. Fortunately, I finally came here and was rescued by you, and you should know the rest of the situation. ”
The entire hospital hall fell silent, and the words of the hammer brought them too much news.
First of all, the cannibal tribes in the northern tundra, with an army of about 1,000 people, unknowingly passed through the territory of the ice field dwarf kingdom and came to the desert in the south.
Then, their limited dozen or so people broke out of the encirclement and came to the southern forest, which should have been safe, and in the case of letting their guard down, they sent a distress signal to the nearby jungle elves, only to summon the elves not reinforcements, but enemies.
The elves attacked them, even the elves, and the elves laid an ambush throughout the forest, apparently vowing to snipe out the elven bringers and the remaining dwarven squad.
But strangely enough, the elves let them flee from the forest, and did not send men after them, as if only to ensure that they were not within the reach of the forest, but why did they attack the elves? After the attack, why did they not kill the people but let them go? Aren't they afraid that the elves will settle accounts with them when they hear the news?
Looking at the current situation, the news that this elven messenger is here can only be temporarily blocked and leave her here. Although they learned what happened to them from the Hammer, the matter was still confusing and puzzling.
"If I were to do this and let the target go in such a situation, I would either be sure that she would die and ignore it. Either that...... For them, it doesn't matter if they let them go or not, the point is to get rid of them. Bi Fang analyzed on the side.
Lin Jue frowned and said, "Is it possible to have both?"
"What do you mean?" Bi Fang was stunned when he heard this.
Lin Jue said: "One moment ago, they laid an ambush in the forest, vowing to leave them all in the forest, but the next moment they were actually released out of the forest. Maybe for them, it doesn't matter if they let them go or not, anyway, for them, it's a mortal ending. ”
Speaking of this, he seemed to think of something, Lin Jue's expression changed suddenly, and he said to Bi Fang: "I thought of what I encountered in the City Lord's Mansion of Dawning City, Bi Fang, in this way, you go to the forest elves and ask when the specific hibernation period of the jungle elves is, I want to get this news immediately!"
After Bi Fang received the order to leave, Lin Jue turned around and said to Lin Yue: "Last question, you ask him, what kind of purpose did the elf envoy have to go to the Ice Plains Kingdom. ”