109. Encounter with the elves

The four of them paddled together, and the boat moved briskly on the water. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Fearing that the bottom of the boat would be damaged by raised rocks underwater, Esther had to focus his attention underwater along the way.

He found that the average depth of the water system was shallow, no more than two meters in most places, and that the water was full of sandbars, rarely more than thirty meters from each other.

The vegetation on the sandbar is very lush, and there are many plants that are not found on the ground. The vegetation on many sandbars clearly has traces of being eaten. This means that there are a large number of herbivorous amphibians that can land in this wetland swamp.

"Who can't swim?" asked Esther suddenly.

"What's wrong? what's going on?" said Valentina, who was next to East, snapped into alarm. She also discovered that Easter's perception range was far greater than she had imagined, and that the effects of the underground space on him seemed to be very slight.

"There's a section ahead that is supposed to be deep water. Esther pointed ahead. "There's not a sandbar over there. If there is a threat, then there is the maximum. ”

"I can't see anything!" said Mora Gault in the back row, trying to look ahead, but as far as the eye could see, there was still a sandbar on the water.

"I didn't see anything either. This little guy's eyesight is so strong. I simply doubt if she's a legend or if I'm a legend. Valentina's teasing followed.

"No problem. Trust her. Sophia's eyes are the most trustworthy. Sonia at the back supported Esther wholeheartedly. This kind of support was earned by Easter by relying on accurate reconnaissance results again and again.

Because Esther said that the water would get deeper and deeper, the sandbars would all become underwater islands. So the four had to slow down their advance even further so as not to run aground on a sandbar.

After continuing on for a while, there was no sandbar visible on the water. Valentina drew her long knife and stabbed it into the water.

"The depth of the water here is already more than five meters. It is possible that this area is funnel-shaped, and the water gets deeper the closer you get to the center. ”

"The central area may not be a swamp at all. Esther thought for a moment. "I suspect some Green Cross cultists only passed through the perimeter of the swamp, not the center at all. ”

"It's possible. But we don't have to delay. "In the face of the unknown, Moura Gault is undaunted. "I summon a mage's eye to the bottom of the ship. The water is deep, and we paddle faster. ”

In the end, it turned out that Esther was wrong. There is simply no place for too deep in this body of water. They paddled to the deepest point, which was less than ten meters. With the eyes of the mages of Mora Gott observing the underwater situation, the four of them rowed with all their strength, and the boat swept over the water like an arrow from a string. It wasn't until the wooden oars creaked unusably that the four had to slow down.

"I really don't see any dangerous creatures here. There wasn't even a single big fish along the way, let alone an elf. ”

Halfway through the journey, Esther really became suspicious of Dardo's intelligence. Are there really elves here? and vicious aquatic beasts?

"Either there's something wrong with the Green Cross's map. Either the elves have already cleared the waters. Too many predators are not allowed in the same area. The apex predator will purposefully eliminate the rest of its competitors. If so, then the strength of these escaped elves is very good. "Valentina uses the biological phenomena of the Serenti to understand the current state of this body of water, and it has to be said that it is very possible.

"Do you think those elves will be hiding in the shadows to observe us?" said Mora Gott looked around, but could only see an area less than a hundred meters away.

"They're hiding!" Sonia stopped paddling and opened her mind vision, but found nothing. "Within a five-kilometer radius, there is no shadow of them. ”

"It's not better. "Eastle, who has the appearance of an elf, is in trouble. Let a sleeping dog lie. He didn't have to make up nonsense in front of the hapless elves.

"Whatever that is. We continue to row. "Valentina doesn't care about these elves. She has an absolute message about the strength of herself and her companions. "Push harder, and we'll fix it after the swamp. ”

Neither Esther, who had an astonishing perception, nor Sonya, who had opened her mind vision, noticed that on the water less than fifty meters away from the boat, on a small isolated island made of a large rock, two figures were crawling among the dense vegetation, carefully observing the situation in the boat.

"Is that them?" said one of the figures, whose voice was low, as if he was afraid of being discovered.

"Edith, you don't have to keep your voice down like that! You can't hear you outside when you shout at your throat. The other figure was a little unimpressed by his companion's caution. Their long pointed ears and slender stature immediately indicated their elf identity.

"Is that one sitting in the first seat, our compatriot?" said Edith, with an incredulous expression on her face. In this plane occupied by hateful humans, it is inconceivable to see fellow tree elves he doesn't know sitting in the same boat with several humans in harmony, as if Kerrigan had chosen a goblin to be his archon.

"I don't know! hell of a life!" the other figure stared at Esther with wide eyes. These Dryads have significantly better night vision than ordinary Elves, allowing her to clearly distinguish Easter's elven features.

"How can our people get involved with humans?" said Edith, crawling closer to the water's edge, trying to listen to the conversation between the four on the boat. The long lifespan of elves always gives them the opportunity to learn many languages. What's more, the humans of this plane speak neither those tongue-in-law dialects with strange accents, nor unique languages that are simply incomprehensible, but a very standard lingua franca. This doesn't even need to be studied, every elf grows up speaking Elvish and lingua franca when they are young.

The other figure was noticeably more sedate than Edith. She reached out and grabbed Edith's foot and neck, dragging her back.

"Edith, don't be so far ahead. We only have to hide inside plants for stealth to be effective. ”

"Got it, Arini. Edith also seemed to sense that her actions were a little reckless, and quickly retreated into the plants.

"What does the elder say, Ariani, should we keep them?"

"The elders said don't mess with them. She said that at least two of them were legendary powerhouses. The rest are also not easy to deal with. ”

"So strong!" said Edith, her face was a little ugly. "Are they coming for us?" her body trembled as if she remembered something terrible.

"Don't be afraid. Like a sister comforting her timid sister, Alini gently put her arms around Edith's head. "The elder said that something was wrong this time. Those damn humans don't seem to care about dealing with us anymore. The elder was going to make an engagement with them. At least this time it's all women, and there won't be those disgusting things. ”

"Isn't that elder dangerous!" Edith cried out suddenly, anxiously. "There are two legendary powerhouses on the other side!"

"We have to take that risk. In the last year or so, haven't you noticed that the food here is getting less and less? Those monsters can't beat us, so they quietly drop poison into the water, seriously damaging the environment here. ”

"Those monsters are disgusting. There's a look of disgust on Edith's face. For the elves, who pursue exquisite beauty above all else, the "likable" face of the Green Cross cultists made them blacklisted by the elves at first sight. The subsequent many military encounters made the two sides regard each other as enemies.

"So what are we going to do?

"Of course not, we'll follow them quietly. This time, the elder planned to bring more sisters with them. It's about showing what we're capable of. ”

The four men in the boat were not aware of the observer not far away. The unique Dissolution of the Treant Forest, combined with the long-lasting invisibility and silent enchantment, completely blinded Easter's perception. And the characteristics of the tree elves make them look like inconspicuous plants in Sonya's psychic fire. The two elves, like two weeds on the side of the road, no one knows.

"It's not far off. Let's do it a little bit more. Esther could clearly feel that the water was getting lighter. Due to the end of the maintenance period, the mage eye summoned by Mora Gault slowly disintegrated in the water after holding on for thirty minutes. At this time, their boat also happened to pass through the deepest area of the water. The high-intensity use caused the oars in the hands of Valentina and Sonia to break one after another. Fortunately, Esther had prepared eight more oars in advance, so that the two of them could be replaced.

When it came to shallow water, the boat had to be more careful. So now only Valentina, with a new oar, is rowing alone. Esther was keeping an eye on his surroundings and underwater. Sonia opens up her mind's horizons. Mora Gault took out a protective scroll and was ready to protect the boat. According to Easter, there is nothing wrong with being careful, and never be careless at the last minute.

The situation at this end of the swamp is unimaginable, with many dark green swirls of tumbling bubbles on the water. These bubbles rise into the air and burst to give off a disgusting odor. Moreover, Esther noticed that there were not even fish in the swamp on this side. Those dark green vortices were also bound by unknown energy, so they did not spread to the entire swamp.

"It doesn't look like it's naturally generated. Maura Goult pointed to a whirlpool. "'It's more like someone is deliberately polluting the water here. ”

"Needless to say, it must be the bastards of the Green Cross. I heard that they were beaten badly by the elves! It seems that they have also found a way to get revenge. Valentina looked at the dark green swirl. "In my hometown, if someone polluted the hot springs like that, we would freeze him headfirst down in the snow. ”

"I saw the shore. Esther stood up from the ship.

"Wait a minute, there's someone on the shore. A lot of people. ”