The long night is coming to an end, and the bright morning star shines on the eastern horizon.

The drow elf 'Alenne' carried a rattan basket in her hand and walked lightly in this shadowy jungle. She was in a good mood at this time, because tonight's harvest was quite good. In addition to picking berries such as cranberries, lingonberries, and mountain grapes, she also found a large bush of wild strawberries!

In early autumn, this delicious fruit is becoming less and less common, and it is very rare to find so many of them.

Ellen loves to eat strawberries, especially especially especially when she brings this red, sweet and sour fruit to her mouth, and she can feel an indescribable feeling in her heart. There is no equivalent word for this feeling in the Drow Elf, but there is a very apt word in the lingua franca of mankind that can describe it vividly, and that word is "happiness".

I'll try one first, just one, just to see if they're still fresh. Alenie thought to herself. She put her hand into the basket, took out the largest wild strawberry, blew it briefly, and then stuffed it all into her mouth.

"Oh, it's delicious!" said Elennie with a sigh of satisfaction. With this kind of fruit, she thought that it was an extremely wise and correct decision for the former Master Mother to move the entire 'Ruilunt' family to the surface world!

However, this price is also really a bit big.

The process of moving the family from the underground to the surface did not go well, and after turning their backs on the faith of the goddess Rose, the entire Rylent family was frantically hunted by the other Drow families, who numbered more than 600 people when they first fled, but only a tenth of them managed to reach the surface, and even the former mistress died in a terrible battle.

Had it not been for the presence of a human mage in the final stages who helped them fight off their pursuers, Eleoni estimated that their people would have been wiped out on the way.

The surface world is indeed richer than the underground, but not all of them are beautiful. Although there is no more intrigue and intrigue between families, there are also no more slaves to use.

No one was going to serve Ellen a delicious meal, and no one was going to sort out her messy laundry, and now she was on her own. To tell the truth, she actually misses the time when she had slaves to command, at least she didn't have to worry about eating every day.

She doesn't know how to grow crops, and indeed none of the drow elves who have fled will not. Luckily, the human mages had arranged a good place for them to live, backed by a dense jungle rich in food, and a clear river not far away, with a lot of fish, crabs, and shrimp in the river, so they didn't worry too much about food in general.

It's just that it's going to be harder in winter. Alenie doesn't like winter, and while the white powder called "snow" is indeed beautiful, the weather gets colder and the food is scarce. Luckily, their current Mother of Majesty works for humans in the 'Floating City', and when she earns gold, she buys food to help them survive the cold winter.

Aleni actually wanted to work, and she had heard that there was a very easy job in the city-state of Muya, where not only could she enjoy the lowly men as before, but those men would actually give a lot of money after the pleasure! Aleni felt that such a job was very suitable for her, but the mistress did not know why, and did not allow them to do it.

Maybe she's enjoying herself on the 'Floating City' right now!, Alennie thought with some jealousy. I can get those men to kneel down and kiss my toes, and they should be happy......

On an unknown tree not far away, many plump pods hung from it. Alenie happily stepped forward and plucked the pods off one by one. The beans inside this pod are sweet and delicious, and are Elle's second favorite fruit. It's just that this kind of tree is quite rare in the whole jungle, and she rarely comes across it.

But just as she was about to pluck all the pods, a small creature with a stuffed tail and black and white stripes suddenly sprang out from the trunk of the tree. It was a chipmunk who had made the tree its own territory, squeaking at Ellen and seemingly unhappy with her "stealing".

Alenni, who came from the Crimson Sacrifice Order, grim her face, switched the basket to her left hand, and gently touched her waist with her right hand. With a flick of her wrist, she skillfully threw out the snakehead whip from her waist.

The tip of the whip was like a venomous snake that had ejected from it, and it accurately bit the little chipmunk who was pinching his waist and scolding him with righteous words, and pumped its entire body into the air.

Ellen leaped forward slightly, catching the chipmunk in the air in the palm of her hand. Then with a twist of both hands, today's recipe has another meat dish that is better than nothing.

"Today is really my lucky day. She muttered happily to herself, humming her newfound lingua franca song as she walked through the gloomy jungle.

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Out of the woods, not far away is a small village hidden in the darkness. The village is named after Alenne's family, and is the new home of all of their people on the surface, the village of 'Ryrente', belonging to the Drow Elves.

The entire village had been built for them by the human mages in advance, but a significant portion of the dwellings were empty. Because Eleon's people are now full of 100 people, and this is still on the basis of absorbing some drow elves who ran up alone, and this number has only been reached.

Moreover, there are many clansmen who do not live in the village very often, some of them work as adventurers, and some work as waitresses in the tavern, which makes the village seem rather deserted.

Ellen didn't want to do any of these jobs, she just wanted to do the kind of jobs that were easy and could get a lot of money. However, the orders of the mistress still have to be obeyed, and no one dares to disobey the will of the mistress in private.

Alenne can only wait for the next time the mistress returns, and then go and persuade her.

On the river not far from the village, some of the people who had been fishing by the river also began to walk back. The people couldn't row, they couldn't cast their nets, they couldn't even fish, so they could only use spears to spin fish. Fortunately, there are a lot of fish in the river, so this rough way of catching them is enough to keep them hungry.

Alenie was reluctant to eat fish, even when she was underground, because the bones were troublesome to make, and the blindless fish in the ground were especially spine. In comparison, the berries in the forest are more delicious.

Ellen let out another sigh of satisfaction as she shoved another strawberry into her mouth......

Humming a song back to her home, Ellen put the basket on the table, leaned against the window, looked at the horizon, and waited quietly.

In a few moments, a ball of dazzling light will rise from there, and a bright light will shine on the whole earth.

Among the drow elves, "Ssussun pholor dos!" It's a very vicious curse, but Ellen loves the sun and the feeling of warmth all over your body.

However, as a drow elf, she did not dare to look directly into the sun, which would sting her eyes and even make her blind permanently. It was only when the light danced gently below the horizon that she endured the discomfort and glanced at the beautiful scenery.

Today's view seems a little special, though. Alenie noticed a small black dot on the horizon approaching the village.

As the dot drew closer to the village, Alene realized that it was a tall horse shrouded in black smoke. The horse's mane is like a flame, its hooves are on fire, and its speed is like lightning. And on the back of the steed, there is also a human rider who cannot see clearly.

The horses reached the village in an instant. Immediately afterward, it made an abrupt stop and threw the human rider on its back directly. The human rider rolls a few rolls on the ground and then slowly stands up. But at that moment the black steed lowered its head again and snorted slightly, sparks and smoke erupting from its nostrils.

It slammed into the ground with its flaming hooves, then slammed headlong into the newly risen human with billowing smoke. Alenie wanted to whisper a reminder, but it was too late. However, when the horse's head collided with the human rider's body, it stepped into the void again, wrapped in smoke and flames, and disappeared.

Only a string of mischievous hiss were left in place.

The human rider didn't seem surprised by the situation, he dusted himself off and sighed helplessly. As the sun rises over the horizon, Ellen ducks back inside, squinting at the warm, dazzling sunlight shining on the human rider.

Oh, he's so strong, Alenne thought to herself.

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