Chapter 13: Goal, City Fernando!
South of the continent of Eslar, the Silent Forest.
"Whoosh!" a long arrow with white tail feathers swept through the tall trees at high speed, streaking a beautiful trajectory in the air, and the sound of the monster's arrow falling to the ground was heard in the grass in the distance.
A clumsy grizzly bear separates the dense grass on either side and runs out of its stealth. It jumped and ran towards the beast that had been shot.
A sturdy young man strode out of the hidden grass, he had just shot an adult spotted black panther in the Silent Forest with an arrow, this kind of explosive magical beast could easily hunt and kill a fourth-level magical beast. However, the young man's face was colorless, as if it were all too ordinary.
A hearty laugh echoed through the forest: "Letoz, your archery is still so sharp." β
The sturdy young man known as Letos did not look back, and he replied in a cold voice, "You are not bad, you walked fifty steps into me before I was discovered." β
"Haha," a hearty voice came again, "Ivan, am really happy to be praised by the 'King of the Jungle'." Half-human-tall grass parted, and a young man of about 30 years old, dressed in black spotted leopard fur, strode out.
Letos didn't look back, he just listened to the voice and knew that this young man in his thirties was Ivan, who was known as the "Jungle Fox".
Letos frowned, this guy, last time he deliberately bought the demon cores and furs of various tribes on a large scale, and then sold them to a few merchants who came to purchase them at a high price, so he made at least fifty percent more money when he changed hands. So obviously breaking the oath made when the tribes formed the alliance in the first place, do you really think you don't know?
Thinking of this, Letos asked with some disgust: "Ivan, we don't belong to the same tribe, what are you doing all the way to my hunting ground?"
Ivan said mysteriously: "There is still more than a month left, and there will be a competition in the imperial capital of Fernando, how about it?
Letos shook his head, and said, "I'm not interested in that, I'm more concerned about how to hunt more prey and provide food for my people. β
Ivan said: "If I just participate in some competition, I will go to the 'Jungle Fox'?"
"Oh. Letos was intrigued by Ivan's words, and he asked, "Tell me what piqued your interest." β
Ivan said: "This is what I am most interested in, the champion of this Royal Athletic Tournament can choose one of three choices, the first is to serve in the army, this does not need to be detailed, you, I will not consider it, the second is to get a piece of territory, and the third is for the emperor to fulfill one of your wishes." Isn't that the thing you've been thinking about day and night be a good opportunity to take advantage of, Letos?"
Letos asked rhetorically, "How do you know?"
Ivan said: "To tell you the truth, some time ago, a few merchants came to our tribe and bought a large number of magic cores and fur ......"
Letos interjected lukewarmly: "No wonder you ran around during that time, and you got at least ninety percent of our tribe's inventory." β
Ivan smiled awkwardly and said, "Isn't this someone charging at a high price, and it's not too much for me to make a difference, junior brother?"
Letos said, "For your sake, the price is reasonable, forget it, you go on." β
Ivan wiped the sweat from his head, although Letos had been facing away from him, but when he talked about the merchant coming from the tribe just now, he obviously felt the murderous aura revealed by Letos.
Ivan knew that Letos was dissatisfied with his fortune behind his ally's back, and when the seventeen tribes of the Silent Forest formed an alliance to survive, they agreed with each other to sell Warcraft cores and furs at a unified price. I did a little bigger this time, which did cause dissatisfaction among many allies.
However, it was not the time to explain this matter, Ivan said cautiously: "Letos, I learned from the mouths of those merchants that today is the 200th anniversary of the Empire's victory over the Undead Legion, so the emperor specially released this reward, hoping that the Royal Athletic Tournament can attract more participating teams, so ......"
"So you're coming to me?" asked Letos, "what are your plans?"
Ivan said: "Don't you think that we live in the forest all the year round, isolated from the world, and even if the price of selling magic cores and furs is unified, it is getting harder and harder every year? We've doubled the price of the core, but those guys have tripled the necessities we need!"
"If we can win this AtlΓ©tico Royale, we can ask for a piece of land on the edge of the Silent Forest, and we can build it into a bustling city, and we will be in the business of Warcraft cores and furs for the entire continent ourselves. Save yourself from being exploited by unscrupulous merchants. β
"That's a good idea, but do you think it's that easy to build a city?"
"Of course it's not easy, it requires money and manpower. But despite all the difficulties, you can do it once and for all, isn't it? Isn't that what you've always been thinking about? Even the woman you love the most, you don't have time to spend with it. In recent years, you have gone farther and deeper in the Silent Forest, why? Isn't it that the demonic beasts on the edge of the Silent Forest have almost disappeared? But there is no way to go on like this, don't forget, our ancestors once warned us that in the depths of the Silent Forest, there are elves living in the depths of the Silent Forest, and our long-term hunting in other people's territory will be a very troublesome thing sooner or later. β
Letos was silent, as if it were a statue.
Ivan knew that his words had touched the young man in front of him, who had been called the "King of the Jungle", and he continued: "I've thought about the candidates, your good friend Hamm, and the two guys Haz and Sergei, the five of us are enough to form a team. As long as we work together, I don't believe there will be any team against us. β
Letos turned around and appeared in front of Ivan with a handsome face. Letos nodded and said, "Okay." I promise you, but the time I'm away ......"
Ivan hurriedly said: "The money I used the price difference last time was enough for your family to use for 2 years, of course, everyone who went to the competition will get a not too small amount of money, which is enough for our family to live a carefree life until we win the championship of the competitive competition." β
"It turns out that you have premeditated. β
"Hehe, don't forget my nickname, the name may be wrong, but the nickname is not, this is what the ancestor said?"
Letos ignored Ivan, and he whistled.
The clumsy grizzly bear dragged the spotted panther through the skull, which had been pierced through the skull by an arrow, out of the grass and slowly walked into Letos.
When the grizzly bear came to his feet, Letos patted the grizzly on the head, bent down to pick up the spotted panther, and said to Ivan, "Come and stay at my house tonight, and we'll discuss it carefully." β
Ivan was very happy to be invited by the King of the Jungle, this was the first time, he jumped up excitedly and said loudly: "Haha, if that guy Haz knew that he would be invited by the King of the Jungle, he would definitely regret not coming with me." This time, we're going to win the title, Fernando City, we're coming!"