Chapter 31: The Grumpy Elves (I)
At dawn the next day, Edward convened the first meeting of Southwind.
The name of the territory was Carl's Forest at the beginning, but because it was a random name, it was quickly changed to Southwind Town, and Carl's Forest became the name of the nearby forest.
"Charles, how many elves do we have here, have they all arrived?" Edward doesn't care about anything, he also wants to know the population of the territory, this time he is to meet with everyone, get acquainted with it, and then everyone will do their own thing, Edward didn't think about what to call these elves to do.
Charles had contacted all the elves in the realm, and they were all waiting in the living room below.
"Yes, they are all waiting in the living room now, a total of nine elves, six women, and three men. The charr spoke out the number of people in his domain.
Edward remembered that there were more than a dozen treehouses he saw, and asked puzzledly, "Why are there only these elves, I don't think there are many treehouses?"
"The number of treehouses does not represent the number of elves, because the village often encounters dangers, the people who live here are all warriors who have come to guard this side for our king, only one couple lives together, and the rest of the elves actually stay at night, taking turns to prevent those alien attacks. "Charles is the captain of the Elven Knights, and after revealing his identity, he easily gained the trust of these elves, and now these elves have automatically become Edward's subordinates.
Only then did Edward realize that this was not a paradise, this was a border place, and it was actually normal for the population to be small, and the elves here were also sentinel-type elves, so it was naturally impossible to drag their families to live in such a dangerous place.
"Well, then I'll talk to them and find out what's going on here. ”
Edward's treehouse is in the canopy of the tree, and the location of the living room is at the bottom of the tree, and a certain double ponytail girl got a bad cold because she slept on the top of the tree, and then was fed a basket of herbs, and is now crying in the house, this incident also made Edward feel that the lucky horseshoe is not so reliable, anyway, Edward will not waste the water of life on this double ponytail girl.
Led by Charles, Edward descended from the trunk of the tree into the hollow of the living room.
The elves in the living room all stood up after Edward appeared, because of the class relationship, the elves have a very respectful concept for those elves of noble birth, and generally the more noble the elves, the easier it is to become big people, such as the elf king, who was born as an elf king.
"Please be seated!" Edward asked everyone to sit down after appearing, and he also sat on the front seat to face the elves, "I am Karl, the lord here, this place is also named by me as the town of Southwind, and the nearby forest will be Carl's Forest in the future, and I don't have any other needs." Now, I want to hear your needs, there will definitely be more elves and other creatures here in the future, I don't worry about internal things, and I don't know much about external troubles, can you tell me about it?"
"Your Highness Karl, I'm Baldo, and I've been here for the longest time since I've been in charge of this place for the longest time, so let me tell you about the trouble we're in now!" a male elf stood up again, many of them unaccustomed to sitting and talking.
Edward also knew that many creatures had different habits with each other, and he didn't continue to force each other, "Okay, you just stand and talk." ”
In fact, not only elves, but also many humans prefer to stand and talk, especially when talking to superiors, it feels unnatural to sit, and when they step on the ground, they feel a lot of confidence.
Just like during interrogation, criminals are sitting, and the creatures that sit down are more likely to succumb, and from a psychological point of view, sitting down is a loss of defense, while standing is ready to attack and has psychological confidence.
As soon as Edward's words fell, the surrounding elves all stood up, and in the case of so many elves standing up, Edward, who was the only one sitting, also felt uncomfortable, but fortunately, his psychological quality was excellent, Edward looked at Baldo calmly, waiting for the other party's introduction.
Standing up, Baldo felt that he spoke a lot more neatly, and said all the questions smoothly.
"Your Highness Karl, now that the weapons in Southwind Town are close to total loss, our bows and arrows and weapons have been damaged to varying degrees, and under the harassment of nearby humans, there are fewer and fewer prey in the forest, and if this continues, our food is also close to running out. As for the other trouble, the harassment of the mechanical legion and the dark elves, these two forces have rarely appeared after the elves on our side have been reduced, the purpose of the mechanical legion is the surrounding trees, and the dark elves are only to kill us. ”
"Okay. I see, isn't it food and weapons that I'm asking for lately? I'll just let Storm take care of it later. Edward didn't think there was any trouble in this, and easily solved these two troubles that seemed to be troublesome to Baldo and other elves.
Baldo felt a little sorry and said, "The nearest city to us is also two days away, and if we can get closer, our supplies will be a little easier." ”
"You misunderstood, I didn't let Storm go to our elven city to buy supplies, I asked Storm to go to the human city to loot a little supplies, and kill a wave by the way, so that the nearby humans could be honest. Edward made his point lightly.
Baldo and the other elves were stunned, and after looking at each other, they asked tentatively, "My lord, if you encounter a human who comes to hunt in the forest, how do you deal with it?"
"Kill a human who enters my territory without permission, and I will also send one of my men into human territory, and how much to kill depends on my mood. Rest assured, I'm not afraid to start a war, it's just some livestock for me. I also know why you are restrained, and now I can assure you that it is definitely not us who is really afraid of war! I just slaughtered a country, and how many human beings dare to face us?!"
Edward was different from the few elves who had always been restrained by the fear of war and the fear of provoking war because of their own recklessness.
Edward was well aware of the status of mortals in the eyes of high-level creatures, and he was once a victim.
"Do you really think that those humans can represent the whole of humanity, the whole kingdom of mankind? I can tell you right now that we don't have anything in the future, just go to the humans and grab it. We are not sheep, we are wolves in sheep's clothing, and in the history of elves, there has never been a shortage of killing. ”
"Your Highness Karl, our number is too small, so once we arouse the idea of the human powerhouse, we will all be in danger when the time comes!" Baldo did not say anything about Edward's aggressive personality, although there are few such elves among the elves, but there are them, and as an elder, Baldo believes that it is necessary for him to protect Edward. (To be continued.) )