Chapter 13: Contradiction 02
cold war
It's a finely woven 100-square-foot, 10-pound magic carpet adorned with sumptuous decorations capable of carrying up to 800 pounds for flying. Regardless of whether the user is on the magic carpet or not, as long as the magic carpet is within reach of the sound, it can be activated and controlled by a password.
In fact, it is also the first time to fly in the air on a flying carpet, and low temperature is not the biggest problem, anyway, there is a spell to resist low temperature. But the top speed of this thing is 25 feet per second, because the tropospheric wind is so strong, you can experience the feeling of a real ride every day for a few days. It is estimated that if he arrives a day or two later, he will have to be sick for ten days and half a month. Since most of the monsters that hindered the flight were shot down by the electromagnetic cannon at a great distance, it was much faster to reach Stormhelm City in a straight line from the sky than the Lucky Encounter had imagined. Within a few days, he came to the Wind Helmet City, which was in the midst of a storm.
Compared to last time, there hasn't been much change in the city. After all, the last time he came here was a year ago, and the administrators here didn't have the "good habit" of building roads every month.
But people's mental state has changed a lot.
Last year, people could feel people's happiness because of the new technology they received from the Ivy League, but this time they could only feel their anxiety.
Due to the Ivy League's obstacle, now that Wind Helmet City is in a cold war with the Snow Elves, it is possible that there will be a real fight when.
The snow elves are a subspecies of elves that don't have the reputation of the elves as a whole.
The vast majority of elves do not settle on frozen continents, and on the other hand, they are more adept at using magic to protect themselves from their surroundings than any other race. The elves encountered in the Frostfall are generally travelers, adventurers, or exiles who have been forced to flee from their idyllic homes due to crime. Sometimes, adventurers who travel to far-flung lands bring back legends about the magnificent ice-carved cities, and the inhabitants of the ice fortresses that rise above the top of the mountains are the snow elves. Their eyes were as white as snow, and their hair was like fragile cirrus clouds. Although they are indifferent to the cold, they build cities to protect themselves from their surroundings, so the snow elves rarely leave their hometowns and have very little contact with the outside world.
What a fairy tale it is that in the harsh Northland, the elves still live gracefully...... Of course, it is true that most elves are born with elegance in their bones, and the same is true of snow elves.
But the hard life in the Northland also made the elves a little more realistic, a little harsh.
Snow elves maintain the grace and fluid movements of their counterparts who live in warmer regions. However, they are usually stronger than other elves, and their icy environment makes them more sensitive and mean, and their attitudes are more elitist and arrogant than ordinary elves.
The elitist and arrogant Snow Elves will neither agree to hand over the resources that "belong" to them in the vicinity of their territory to the short-lived monkeys, nor will they forgive the hateful gangsters who burn down the forests they live in, and they will literally "cold war" with Windhelm.
The mages of the snow elves are more interested in ice and snow spells, and they bring out the unique hidden spells of the elves in an all-round way.
Now, even in the polar night, when there should have been a bright moon, only thick black snow clouds could be seen. The temperature around Stormhelm City has plummeted, with a lot of snow falling every day, and most people can only keep warm at home. It's not even possible to leave the city, and no one can find their way out of the polar night in the constant snowfall.
"It's a bit too much, isn't it, I remember Leach saying that the lord of Windhelmet City is a great person, why didn't he see any movement. 」
The inns and taverns were already full of travelers, merchants, and adventurers who could not leave, and it was difficult to find a place to stay when they met, and they were strolling with reindeer in the streets...... Stray.
"Isn't this almost about to start, and it looks like I'm still too late to ...... No, I'm not here to stop the war. 」
The happy meeting is here to find the female druid who once belonged to the core of the Ivy League, and it is said that she came here to mediate the conflict between the snow elves and Windhelm City. And judging by the current situation, she probably failed completely.
Familiar with the road again, he went to the tavern he had visited last year, and began to use gold coins to inquire about the recent appearance of an anti-war female druid.
"The lady named Alan, you say, has been working with a half-elf ranger lately, lobbying for a truce between the lord and the snow elves. ”
"Half-Elf Ranger...... Speaking of which, it's the holidays. 」
Xi Xiangyu probably guessed, no, he had already determined who the half-elf ranger was.
After tipping, he met with his familiarity and intuition with someone, and he went straight to the location of the female druid.
"Aren't you going for a professional internship?"
Who is Half-Elf Ranger if not Leach?
It was winter vacation at this time, and how could Leach not sign up for the relevant holiday training after hearing that the snow elves were hostile to Windhelm City. You must know that he is a guy who is keen to make half-elves gain the approval of his parents, and when there is a conflict between humans and elves, he will definitely be the first person to have a headache.
"I'm here to look into something, I've been trying to get rid of that Ivy League organization once and for all. In order to be able to track down their gathering place, they came to Miss Allen, an Ivy League druid. 」
Staying with Leach is a blonde half-elf woman, with an eyebrow that inherits the handsome elegance of an elf, but a face that is more human-like.
"Wait for the house cat, she has already left the Ivy League, what do you want to do?"
It seems that Leach, who has the same interests, has become friends with Allen, and he hurriedly defends Allen.
"I know, I just want to ask her where the secret meeting place of the Ivy League is, why are you so nervous. I'm not the belligerent kind of guy. 」
"Ahaha. ”
"You are the legendary 'knee killer', I heard that you stopped the Ivy League plan last year. ”
Apparently hearing about the happy encounter from Leach, Alan immediately confirmed his identity...... Although the title of this knee killer is debatable, it has to be said that the failure of the Ivy League plan last year has a lot to do with the mixing of happy encounters.
"Then you must have a way to do it this time, right? The burning of the fuse forest that was the trigger for this incident is also a conspiracy of the Ivy League, since you want to fight them, please solve the conflict between Wind Helmet City and the Snow Elves. ”