Yolande led several dwarven heroes such as Malchem and Kailin through the Hammondale Forest in the direction of the rising sun. For several days in a row, they only occasionally found some ashes from the burning campfires in the dense forests and caves, and did not find any dwarven camps.

As long as there are ashes, it means that there are traces of dwarves in this forest, and sooner or later their own people will be discovered. Yolande said with relief.

"Don't run, I'm your countryman!" suddenly shouted Karin in the distance.

Yolande hurried forward with the crowd, and Marchem was a step ahead of them.

"What's going on?"

"I was searching through the woods when I heard the sound of a bowstring, and I hurried over to find a figure flashing through the shadows of the trees. Kaylin looked at the Jungle Road.

"Yoland, come and see!" was Marchem's call.

There was an elk lying on the ground with an arrow stuck in the middle of its brow. The elk's moist eyes stared at them, but they had lost their luster.

Malkaem pulled the arrow out and handed it to Yoland.

"It's the arrows of the Dryads! Chase them, we must find them!" shouted Yolande at the sight of joy.

Logistics and wayfinding are Kaelin's specialties, and Yolande is also a very good hunter, both of whom are particularly adept at spotting clues in subtle ways that are difficult for ordinary people to detect. But they found nothing but a few broken branches and leaves in the bushes, and one or two footprints.

"He's supposed to be in ambush here! You see, this footprint is complete, and this one is only the forefoot. That is, he is very alert and always ready to run. ”

"But we are their people, and they should be happy to see us, so why should they run away?"

"If it's a tree elf, we can't catch up with them anyway. They run on the branches of the trees, but we can't even climb the trees!" Eulander looked at his friends with big meatballs, and couldn't help but laugh, "But they always have to go down to the ground." They must be nearby and we will definitely find them. ”

As the search area expanded, they discovered several more hidden traps and traps. Some of them look like they hunt large animals, while others look like military defenses.

"We should be almost at their camp!" As soon as Yolander stood up, a Dryad arrow suddenly shot at his feet with a whistling sound!

Everyone was taken aback and drew their weapons one after another. Looking around, I saw that there were already hundreds of tree elf archers standing on the branches around them, all of them with bows and arrows aimed at them.

"Who are you?Why are you following us?!" a shooter hero walked over from the meadow.

"My name is Yoland, son of Kronis, king of the dwarves, and heir to the throne of Erry!"

“...... Why should I believe you?"

"Maybe you don't know me. Yes, twenty-five years ago, I followed my father, King Clonis, on a campaign to the Lost Lands, and I never returned to Eri. Since you are a hero, then I believe you should recognize this King's Sword!"

The King's Sword is also known as the Prophet's Sword, a weapon that is only slightly worse than the Blade of Ice, the Alliance of Angels, the Blade of Doom, and the Sword of Titan!

Although the hero did not know the king's sword, the ancient dwarven inscription engraved on the sword was: "Whoever bears this sword will be the king of the dwarves"!

The hero waved his hand and told the archers to drop their bows and arrows. The forest shooters flew down from the branches to the ground with long vines in their hands, landing lightly and silently.

"Your sword is indeed the King's Sword! You may indeed be the son of the Dwarven King Klonis, but we don't consider you to be the heir to the throne of Erry. Twenty-five years on, you have abandoned your people, leaving Eli in constant turmoil, and even suffering ruin as a result!"

"I have not abandoned my people!" said Yoland, sighing, "for twenty-five years, I have not wanted to come back all the time! ”

"I know, it's because the portals of the Lost Lands are sealed by the gods. After all these years, a lot has happened in Erie, and you are no longer considered the heir to the throne. If you want to prove that you are the king of the dwarves, then you must rescue your people, lead them back to their homeland, and let them live with dignity!"

"Yes, I'm coming back this time to drive the demon legion out of Eli once and for all, so that our people can get back on their feet!"

"But you only have five heroes...... I have to question, how can you achieve your dreams with this little strength?!"

"Nonsense!" Marchem was so angry that his beard cocked high: "Who said that we only have five heroes? The forty or so heroes who practiced in the Lost Land have all returned with King Yoland! Under his command there is also the powerful First Legion of the Restoration Kingdom, and the commander of the legion is his brother Crazy Sword!"

"Really?" the hero looked at Yolande suspiciously, "but I heard that your father and the father of the mad sword did not hesitate to kill each other in order to compete for the throne of the king, how could he help you in turn?"

"That's because he, like me, is a member of the ancient and great Targaryen family! We have the same blood in our veins, and we always remember our family's responsibilities! Between national hatred and family hatred, we choose national hatred, and this will come together without hesitation!"

"I admire your open-mindedness! If you can really unite the various clans of Eli to fight with you, I will consider joining you!"

"You are not to consider joining us, but you are obligated to join us! All my heroes and soldiers have scattered to all corners of the Hammondale Forest, and have made great contacts with our people! When we regroup, it will be an army that will cover the sky and the sun, enough to crush our enemies to dust!"

"Your Royal Highness, please come with us, let's go to the camp and talk in detail!" the hero held out his hand towards Yoland.

"What's your name, my friend?" Yolander took his arm.

"My name is Ivo, the head of a family of forest elf archers. Ivo took Yoland's hand and felt the power of his arm. He continued, "My family used to live in the city of Falls, the capital of Eli. After the fall of the Cascade City, I retreated into the forest with my clan's warriors and clansmen. ”

"Since you used to live in the City of Waterfalls, where the most information is the most complete, you should know everything that has happened in Eri over the years!" Yolande said happily: "I hope you can tell me about it, I can't wait!"

"As you wish!, but I can't let my distinguished guests stay outside the house and not enter!" Ivo laughed.

The camp is next to a pool of lucky springs, and people are busy in the camp. Seeing strangers entering the camp, they stopped and looked at them with wary eyes. The naughty children didn't think much about it, they ran into the crowd, took the hands of their fathers and brothers, and returned to their own thatched hut.

Yolande looked at the peaceful camp and said, "Ivo, how many people do you still have?"

"There are only about four hundred people in the whole camp now, and many of my people have died on the way to break out, and some have died from cannibalism...... Ivo's eyes darkened.

"How so?" asked Yoland, surprised.

"After the fall of Erie, many of Erie's families went into exile in the Hammondale Forest. In order to compete for habitat, water and food, everyone has lost their minds and become a little more animalistic...... My clan fought a few battles with a few nearby clans to gain a foothold for the time being, but I always had to watch out for them to sneak up again. Ivo threw a few pieces of wood into the campfire and said, "When my soldiers saw you, they thought you were enemies, and immediately came to me to report them.

"I will not let this tragedy continue! How can our common enemy meet his own compatriots when he is outside the forest, not in the forest!"

"Yes, you have to find a way to lead us to the end of this! There is no leader to lead us, and those who wait for the weaker families will either take refuge in the larger ones and become their servants, or they will be expelled, or they will have to wait to be slaughtered. At this time, everyone only believes in themselves, in the weapons in their hands, not in benevolence, righteousness and morality!"

"Tell me what happened after my father, King Cronis, led his army into the Lost Lands!" Yolande sighed.

"After you and your father fell to the Lost Lands, there was a time when Eli was ruled by your mother, Queen Denova, as regent and the various ethnic groups were still prosperous. ”

"Eight years later, the Reims family of Canehank Castle has grown stronger and stronger, and has become independent on the grounds that your mother is not the rightful heir. ”

"I know that the Reims family has always been loyal to my uncle, the father of the Madsword. ”

"They have gathered a large group of families defeated by your father in order to oust your mother from power, and are even preparing to carry out military remonstrance. ”

"After all these years, there has been no news from you and your father, and everyone thinks you are dead. Your mother was forced to avoid a resurgence of war in Ere, so she accepted the advice of the congressman and remarried into the Reims family. ”

Yolande was furious: "What qualifications does the Lance family have to be the king of the dwarves of Eli? Their family leader is Elago, right? He is completely a usurper, I will never spare him!"

"Many say that Elago was the illegitimate son of your grandfather, and that your grandmother refused to admit that he was a member of House Targaryen, so she fostered him into House Reims. ”

"I don't know anything like that!" said Yoland's eyes, wide.

"Your mother, Queen Denova, and some of the ministers of the court may know. This may be true, as you Targaryens also have a lot of support for him. He became King of Eri and ruled for more than a decade until Fiona's demon legions invaded Eri using the lava tunnels created by the volcanic eruption. ”

"But ever since Elago became the king of the dwarves, Eli has actually been divided. Many families doubted the legitimacy of Elago's accession to the throne, including the powerful DuPont. ”

"The Dupont family, is their Princess Jenny okay?" said Yoland.

"The old lord of Dupont has been dead for many years, and now the lord of the Dupont family is Princess Jenny. When Elago became king, he asked the old lord of Dupont to marry Princess Jeanne to his son Solinger on the grounds that you and your father might have been killed in battle, but she flatly refused. ”

"Well done!" said Yoland, who was overjoyed! It seemed that he had a good chance of marrying Princess Jenny as his wife.

But when she got engaged to her, Jenny was still a one-year-old girl......

"They also think that Elago is a usurper, and that Jenny should marry a real prince, that is, you!"

Yolande was impressed. Jenny, I've been waiting since you were a year old, and I hope you don't dislike me for being a bad old man.

Am I old?, Yolande shook his head immediately. I got engaged to Jenny at the age of fifteen, and then I fought to the Lost Land, and now I'm only in my forties, and all parts of my body are still very healthy.

As the saying goes, a man has thirty-one flowers, and a man has forty flowers, and knowledgeable women like to find old men......

Jenny, if you promise to marry me, I will hold you in the palm of my hand and take care of you, and I will never let you be cold, hungry and tired......

Ivo didn't know that Yolande was thinking wildly. He continued: "So, when Fiona's army arrived, many families fought on their own, and they were eventually wiped out one by one. ”

"What about my mother?" was a question of great concern to Yoland.

"Queen Jenova and Elago guarded the city of the waterfalls and were martyred...... It is said that their son Solinger led the rest of the Targaryens and Lances to break out of the siege and also hid in the Hammondale Forest. ”

Yoland shed a few tears. However, he immediately wiped away his tears and snot, stood up and said, "I have to let the whole of Eli know that their real prince Yolander is back!"

"What do you want?" said Ivo, looking at Yoland.

"I've got to do something earth-shattering in Eli!, well, I'm going to think about it......," Yolande paced back and forth, "By the way, what could have a greater impact than our capture of the capital city of Falls?"

"Oh my God, Prince Yoland, you're committing suicide!" Ivo cried out in surprise, "You must have at least 10,000 soldiers, and you must eat a few hundred leopard galls!"

"Leopard gall, I've eaten a lot!" Yolande grinned, "In the Valley of Death in the Lost Lands, I don't know how many leopards I've hunted in twenty-five years!"

"Uh...... It seems that your courage problem is solved, but you still need to have soldiers, and I only have about 200 archers here!"

"yes, where are I going to find troops, and in such a short time, my troops won't have time to assemble!" said Yoland, scratching his head.

"Borrow an army from Princess Jeanne, she is your unmarried wife, I have heard that she is now in Carava, and has a strong mercenary army. ”

"That would make me lose face!" Yolande shook his head, "Do you think there's any other way?"

"Yes, yes...... But it's more difficult!"

"What are you afraid of, it can be overcome!" Yolande immediately grabbed Ivo's hand.

"Prince Yoland, you're about to break my bones!" Ivo said, sucking in cold air, "Fiona has discovered gold in the Centaur Valley, where more than three thousand dwarves are now working as miners......"

"How many soldiers does Fiona have there?"

"Probably 3,000 men! The defenders are Hellhounds, Demons, and Hellguards. There had already been a revolt there, but the dwarves had only pickaxes as weapons, not as well as swords and tomahawks, and the defenders had occupied the favourable terrain, and the revolt was unsuccessful, but more than a thousand men were killed!"

"Let's go to the Centaur Valley right now and rescue them!"

"Just us?" Ivo was uneasy.

"Someone is going to join in, and I've got a detailed plan!" said Yolande happily patting Ivo on the shoulder.

"Okay then...... I hope we come back alive......" Ivo said helplessly.

What should I think of?" thought to Yoland.

Wait Yoland...... , you, didn't you just say you had a detailed plan?!