Chapter 15: The Elven Forest
Although everyone was very tired, the scenery in front of them suddenly shocked them, and they were completely immersed in the beauty of the forest reflected in the afterglow of the setting sun.
The sunlight poured like water on the green forest, weaving a picture of light and shadow on the forest grass through the gaps in the leaves, and as the sunlight moved, the patterns cast by these shadows came alive and slowly moved.
The forest is a patchwork of tall trees, low bushes, and countless vines adorned with bouquets of purple and white flowers. Birds with feathers of all colors chirp softly in the woods, and from time to time they fly around, catching small flying insects in the woods, or jumping on the branches of a large tree full of fruit, pecking a small hole in the ripe fruit, and tasting luscious juices.
The grass between the trees is covered with various green grass leaves, such as turquoise, emerald green, and turquoise, some of which bloom colorful and delicate flowers, attracting bees and butterflies to come and collect honey, while others have produced small red and purple berries that provide ample food for the ants and ladybugs in the forest.
Spring, summer, and autumn seem to exist in this forest at the same time, and it is as amazing as the pomegranate trees that bloom and bear fruit!
Suddenly, several sika deer of extraordinary beauty sprang out of the forest, and deftly jumped in front of Darla's group - the hungry Todak immediately saw the venison smoking from the fire, and the delicious gravy of the meat flowed, and he swallowed his saliva and shouted, "Dinner!" as he reached for the axe on his back.
Everyone was awakened by the dwarf's roar, and looked at the dwarf reproachfully, and even the dwarf looked at the dwarf with strange eyes, and asked strangely, "What? Todak!
Todak blushed, his outstretched right hand dangling awkwardly in the air, he coughed twice, retracted his palm, stroked the silver beard hanging from his chest, and watched as the pieces of venison sank back into the depths of the forest. After a long time, Todak pulled his trouser belt and sighed unwillingly.
Jimmy Dardan just kept sneering on the sidelines.
"Let's go inside. Darla said, taking the lead before Jimmy Dardan could stop him, he had already walked briskly to the edge of the grass in the forest.
The plant in front of Dara instantly moved, quickly closed, and aimed the flower at Darra's face, spraying a pale green mist. Darla smelled a fragrant scent of flowers, and then felt the world spin around, and her body fell limply to the ground.
Before he passed out, he saw the last thing he saw, the thoughtful face of Jimmy Dardan.
When Dara woke up, she found herself in a treehouse full of flowers and leaves, where was this, and where were the other companions?
Just then, the door to the treehouse opened, and an elven woman walked in.
Darla gasped, he had never seen such a beautiful creature before. Unlike Jimmy Dadan, the elf woman in front of her had a better complexion than snow, her long copper-colored hair was scattered over her body like a rushing flame, and her slender body was hidden under the pale green sleeveless long skirt, revealing two round, white arms like lotus roots.
Darla's first thought was: She's so beautiful, the second thought was: I'm not dreaming, and the third thought was: Pero bless! I still have to say something!
Dara cleared her throat, but was surprised to find that she couldn't say anything, and could only stare at the elven woman in amazement.
At this time, Dara opened his mouth half-open, as if he had walked outside the gates of the City of Morning Light for the first time, and his expression after seeing the tall walls and majestic statues.
And the expression on the elven woman's face was like that of the nobles high above the city of morning light, despised the commoners below, glanced lazily at Darla, and said, "Follow me." β
"I bet Darla is mad at his little rock bottom dwarf pet. The gnome's voice was noisy and loud, from far to near.
Dara slowly recovered from the shock of the elven woman's beauty, and he couldn't remember how he had followed the elven woman all the way here.
He was now in a fine hall, and above the hall sat an elven man with a white beard, who looked a little old, but his demeanor was full of aristocratic grandeur and the majesty and kindness of a leader, which was awe-inspiring.
Around him, there were many other elves, both male and female, all of them with fair complexion and green eyes, all of whom were very beautiful, just like the elven woman Dara had just seen, and many of them were far superior to the elven woman Dara had just seen.
Dara was a little deflated, like a person who had never seen a rose, suddenly saw a rose, and thought that this flower was really beautiful, thinking that there was only one in the world, and nothing else. But in the blink of an eye, I walked into a large rose garden, and suddenly realized that the rose in my hand was actually just one of the many roses in the sea of flowers, and it was a plain one.
The dwarf, the dwarf, and Lina, sitting on the chair on the right side of the hall, all looked happy when they saw Dara come in, and even the little girl Jiaoni had woken up, saw Dara from afar, and smiled weakly at him.
Darla once again suspected that she hadn't fully come to her senses. Even to see herself in the orc cage again, it was even more unbelievable that there was no such magnificent and bizarre environment as it is now, everything became a little unusual, but some things were hard to change, at least the gnome was one of them. No matter what kind of environment they are in, dwarfs are authentic optimists.
"Darra, come here!" the dwarf shouted at Dara with a dance, completely oblivious to the unpleasant frown of the elven elder sitting at the top of the hall.
His shrill shouts were particularly piercing in the empty hall, and Dara was completely awake.
Finding that only some of her companions were here, Darla began to turn to look for the other two, what about Jimmy Darden and Tangier?
The elf woman who had brought him here just now had already walked to the side of the hall and stood with her hands down. Although she was ordinary among the elves, Dara still thought she was beautiful just by looking at her.
"Please sit down with your companions, Darla. A majestic voice rang out in the hall.
Dara looked at the elven elder above the hall in surprise, who was smiling kindly, but the expression on his face was resolute and majestic, and he couldn't resist it. Confused, Dara walked over to the dwarf and sat down.
The gnome came up and whispered excitedly to Darra, "I tell him that you are our leader, and that you have come to the Elven Peninsula to deliver an important message, and this message is related to the life and death of all our surface races. That's why they don't dare to hurt you!"
The dwarf next to him probably guessed that the dwarf was boasting about Darra, and looked at Dara with great sympathy.
"What's going on?" said Darrah, yelling into the gnome's little ears, and after spending time with the gnome, almost everyone couldn't stop talking to him.
The dwarf rubbed his ears and glanced at Dara with some complaint, before he quickly said, "I'll talk about it later!" You have to trust me! I'm good for you. I saved your life, though not obviously, because you faintedβ"
When the dwarf speaks quickly, it is like pouring beans, and it needs to be carefully discerned to hear clearly.
Darla listened in a daze, not knowing what had happened to the rest of his companions during the time he had fainted. He had to get to the bottom of it first. He interrupted the dwarf and asked, "What about Jimmy Darden and Tangier, and where are they?"
The gnome had a regretful and somewhat smug look on his face, and quickly exchanged glances with the dwarf.
"What the hell is going on?" asked Darra, a little nervous.
Before the dwarf could answer, he was interrupted by the elven elder at the top of the hall: "I think your whispering is enough, answer me a few questions first!"
Dara turned to the elven elder and looked up at the old elf's turquoise eyes.
The two looked at each other for a moment, and countless questions lingered in each other's eyes.
"What are you here for?" The elven elder was the first to ask, he had never believed the bizarre story made up by the dwarf, it was also the nature of the elves not to harm the group of people in front of him, they were not a warlike race, and since the day the covenant was made, the elves had never provoked any war with humans and dwarves.
Dara shook her head, he didn't believe the dwarf's words, but he didn't know what the others were here for, and he himself was just looking for his teacher Gibri and his brother Puno.
The dwarf interjected, "I already told you, we-"
"You'd better tell the truth," the elven elder interrupted the gnome and said coldly, "otherwise, you'll be like that rock bottom dwarfβ"
"What's wrong with him?" Dara asked, standing up suddenly, interrupting the elven elder.
All the elves looked at this human who didn't understand the rules in surprise, and the elf elder was even more angry, and almost opened his mouth to reprimand Dara for his rudeness, but he felt that arguing with a human was a ****, so he ignored Dara and continued: "Expelled from the Elven Peninsula." β
Dara understood how the elves could let a dirty, smelly dwarf at the bottom of the rock into the forest where they lived, but the elves who cherished life left Tangier, who had no power to resist alone, would surely die! And Jimmy Dadan? Where was she?
"Where's Jimmy Dadan?" asked Darrah.
"Home. The elven elder said unhappily.
Dara sat down slowly, and after sorting out his thoughts, he planned to tell the elven elder in front of him the real situation.
After listening to Darla's words, the elven elder pondered for a moment and said, "So, you came to the Elven Peninsula just to find your teacher and younger brother?"
Darla nodded.
The elven elder slowly looked at the others and asked, "What about you?"
The dwarf stood up without humility or arrogance, and said loudly: "We are also here to find people, and I was told that our hero captain Blotto appeared on the Elven Peninsula. β
The dwarf had no choice but to echo in frustration: "This time it's true, Todak and I are here to find Broto-"
Before he could say anything, the dwarf raised his fist and struck the dwarf on the head, not hard, but enough to shut up the dwarf and turn his attention to the headache.
The elven elder looked at the dwarf and said, "Blotto was indeed a hero, but ......"
"Was?" the dwarf intercepted, and then retorted loudly, "He is still and will be!"
The elven elder didn't speak again, and looked at the little girl Jiao Ni, among this group of people, this little girl gave him the strangest feeling, in her, sometimes there would be a huge magic fluctuation, and sometimes a trace of magic energy could not be detected, this feeling reminded him of some people with abnormal talents, when casting magic, they did not need to chant spells or gestures, but relied more on body and will instinct. Sometimes, even they can't control their own magic, and they are a very dangerous person. And the little girl in front of her, according to human age, is five or six years old at most, but she has such a strong magical talent, which is really amazing.
Seeing that the elven elder looked at Jiao Ni differently, Dara hurriedly explained Jiao Ni's situation briefly, explaining that she just wanted to take Jiao Ni to the Elf Academy according to the wishes of Jiao Ni's father before his death, and ask the elves there to treat the little girl.
The elven elder nodded thoughtfully, and turned his gaze to the only one who hadn't spoken yet, Lina.
Lina made up the identity and lines that she had prepared for a long time: "I have come to the Elven Peninsula to visit my sister Hoenniskaya, a well-known jeweler in the Crown City. β
Hoenniskaya is indeed a well-known jeweler in the Crown City, and many elves have exchanged her for their favorite beautiful stones and jewels, and even the wood elves who are far away from the Crown City have a great name. She also has a little-known true identity, which is the connector of Lina's organization in the Elven Peninsula, and many valuable gems are resold to the Elven Peninsula through her and her smuggling syndicate.
When Lina said Horniskaya's name, the elven elder's suspicion of her suddenly disappeared, and he also liked the various gems that his subordinates had purchased from Horniskaya, so he nodded to Rina with a pleasant face and said no more.
"I really didn't expect that we had just set foot on the Elven Peninsula and were kicked out. I should have known you should have done what I said!At least you could have taken a look at the City of the Crowns, which is said to be the prettiest city on the mainland!" the dwarf said indignantly, and glanced reproachfully at Dara and Todak beside him.
At this time, only the three of them were escorted by a few elven soldiers, and walked out of the forest, and the forest overgrown with grass and trees parted automatically as they passed, making way for a way, and when they passed, the grass and trees closed again, and they could no longer find their way into the forest.
Dara never imagined that the elven elder would tell him that after verification, Darla's teacher and family had indeed passed by this place half a month ago, but they had not been allowed to enter the elven peninsula and had already left this place, not knowing where they had gone.
Darra's heart became heavy, where should he go to find them in the vast continent? He didn't quite believe the Elven Elder's words, he wouldn't leave this place easily if he couldn't personally go to the various places on the Elven Peninsula to find out, but he didn't reveal this idea to anyone, because the Elder promised him that he would escort Lina and Jenny safely to their respective destinations before issuing the eviction order. He didn't want to involve the two girls because of himself.
When she learned that she was going to be separated from Darla, Lina had an indescribably complicated expression on her face, and the little girl Jiaoni was almost ill, and the elven elder cast a sleep spell on her to calm her down and fall into a coma.
As for Todak, the dwarf, he hardly had to be escorted by elven soldiers, and he was more than happy to leave this haunted place, because the captain Blotto had been drunk and troublesome in the Crown City and had been expelled from the elven peninsula, and it is said that when he left, he muttered that he was going to the place where humans lived, where there was a strong liquor called "fangs", and when he got there, he could "drink as much as he wanted". This was indeed the current situation for Blotto, and Todak had no doubt that he had to leave the Elven Peninsula as soon as possible and go to his captain. So, among the escorted people, the dwarf took the fastest step.
The dwarf followed the dwarf dissatisfied, staggering. He wanted to see the mysterious Crown City, and the dwarf's intense curiosity made him resentful of missing the opportunity to explore new places, but after a while, he forgot about the Crown City and looked forward to the human settlements, where there were many places he had not visited and which were also worth exploring. Moreover, he was pleased that the elves had returned all three of them to their original clothes and weapons, including the small dagger he had taken with him from the orc tribe.
In the blink of an eye, they had been led out of the forest, and the elves who had escorted the three of them turned around and disappeared into the forest, leaving only Dara and the dwarves and gnomes behind. Dara and the two companions looked at each other, and at that moment, there was a slight noise in the direction of the Bloss Grassland behind them.
Orcs?
Dara was immediately alarmed, and as she quickly drew her rapier, she turned to stare at the place where the sound was coming from, only to see two human warriors come out of the knee-deep grass.
They were dressed in black soft armor and black cloaks, and they looked gray-faced, but their eyes were determined and determined, and the moment they saw Dura, their eyes showed a sense of relief and ecstasy! Dara didn't know them, but he knew the emblem on their black cloak, which was the family crest of the Younis family.
It was only at this time that he saw the dead man pursued by the Younis family, and Dara felt a little strange. He didn't know, because of the complexity of his own path, these two dead men who had nothing to do in the human realm ran into trouble one after another as soon as they came out, and they missed Dara several times, but they put themselves in unnecessary danger.
After inquiring about Darla's whereabouts from the brother and sister in the junkyard, the two dead men went straight to the market in Morninglight City to find Darla, but they were too late to intercept Dara there. Because at that time, Dara had already followed the old man into the deep mountains and old forests and arrived in the small town of Midland.
Knowing that such a young man had entered the mountain a few days earlier, the two dead men set out at once, and hurried to the Midland Forest, where they too encountered the fog peculiar to the Great Forest, and unfortunately got lost, and wandered around for a few days before they were on the right path again. By this time, Dara had been taken captive to the orc tribe.
By the time they reached the Bross Meadows, Dara had already entered the Elven Forest.
It wasn't until Dara came out of the Elven Forest again that he met these two dead men of the Eunice family who had been ordered to take off Darra's head.
"It's him!" said one of them, nodding.
"It's him!" said the other dead man, nodding.
They glanced at Dara and had no doubt that they would be able to complete the task, and the Duke of Sara had said that if they could not cut off Dora's head, they would cut off their own. After seeing Dala they exchanged glances, both believing that they didn't have to cut off their heads again.
At this time, Dara was no longer much different from a dead man in their eyes.
The hands of the two dead men reached for the sabers at their waists, and slowly drew their swords! If the other party makes any rash move, they can cut off his head immediately. For him, they encountered unprecedented hardship, and this hardship was not the excitement of the opponent's strength, it was only because of the opponent's extraordinary good luck that they repeatedly encountered various obstacles, which made them decide to take the pleasure of killing before killing Dara, and by the way, also torture the guy who brought them a lot of trouble.
Dara glanced at their swords, and her face changed suddenly.
There was a layer of cold aura shrouded in the swords of the two dead soldiers, to be exact, it was murderous and evil!
Usually only weapons that kill too much will emit such an aura, and only the owners of weapons who kill too much can make the sword in their hands exude the smell of death after it is unsheathed.
The dwarves and gnomes on the side also sensed that the atmosphere was not right, the dwarf's hand had already touched his battle axe, and although the dwarf did not know what fear was, he was also infected by the unfriendly atmosphere in front of him, and gradually retreated, and his little hand clenched the small dagger that the orc tribe took from the sheep.
Fine beads of sweat oozed from Dara's forehead, he knew his strength, although he had been tempered all the way, at this time, he was far from the ignorant young man who boasted of his courage and ruthlessness in the small mountain village, and he also had considerable combat experience, but in the face of such two dead soldiers, he still saw very clearly the disparity in strength between himself and the other party.
The two dead men looked at him contemptuously as if they were looking at a dead man.
Darla's blood was agitated, and it rushed straight to his mind, but in an instant he forced himself to calm down, staring firmly at the two dead soldiers, but his hand never reached the thin sword at his waist, he was thinking quickly, calculating the direction of the opponent's attack, and estimating the best time for him to draw his sword. Because he knew that once he drew his sword, the other party would not hesitate to attack.
At most, he can only deal with one of them. He only needs to deal with one of them, and that's enough. The other, he left to the dwarf Todak. Dara knew that he would not stand idly by if it was a dwarf in this danger, and in the same way, a dwarf would never allow others to hurt Dara in front of him. He was the one who had been with the dwarves in their adversity, had managed to escape from the orc tribe, and had saved Todak from a half-elf magical blitz. The dwarves would never leave Dala alone when she was in danger.
The enemy of a friend is also an enemy of oneself! When a person is pleasing to the eye, he will feel that no matter what he does with this person, it is a matter of course, even if he kills people with the other party, the person who kills must be a damned person.
One of the two dead men also turned his attention to Todak, a dwarf who was already on guard with a battle axe in hand. They had seen the fighting power of the dwarves, and it was in the arena of the Stanley Empire, where they had seen six formidable human knights, all under the warhammer of the gray dwarves.
Thankfully, they are not real knights, they don't have to strictly follow the knights' fighting methods, they are all natural killers, they don't value the process, the result is all they seek.
So, they didn't intend to confront the dwarves in front of them head-on at all.
At this moment, Dara and the dwarf Todak confronted each other in silence with the two dead men. The battle is already like a taut string, and it is about to begin.
No one noticed the gnomes that slowly flickered away like shadows, and on the continent of Tuya, the gnomes were the least melee capable of the main races.
A dead man suddenly burst out and attacked first.
The dwarf saw the other man's figure flickering and rushed straight towards him. The speed of the other party was very fast, but the dwarf immediately reacted with his years of combat experience, and he also picked up the battle axe at the same time, and collided with the sword attacked by the opponent, he knew that under the duel of this power, the human race would not have any advantage, but unexpectedly, the dead man just shook his sword, and quickly dodged away the moment he brushed the dwarf battle axe.
But at this moment, the dead man had already twisted the grip of the sword, and shot a cloud of powdery white material at the dwarf's face.
It turns out that the hilt of the sword of the dead soldier is hollow, and it is filled with lime, and when the sword is twisted open during the battle, the lime powder inside will be sprayed out in an instant, causing an unexpected blow to the enemy.
The dwarf had never seen such a despicable way of fighting, and he was immediately blinded by the lime powder, and the sharp sting made him swing his battle axe again and again as if he were crazy, guarding the upper and lower portals to prevent the enemy from approaching.
The dwarven battle axe was so good that the dead could not get close for a while.
At the same time, another dead man had already started a battle with Darrah, and although he didn't cut off Darra's head as he had previously expected, he gradually gained the upper hand.
Dara resisted desperately, and every time the opponent slashed and stabbed, he would encounter his own thin sword blocking it, and the sword lights collided with each other, making a clanging sound.
The Dead Man's sword never stabbed Dara as he wished.
The two walked around each other, constantly looking at each other, probing the reality of each other's defenses. The slightest negligence on the part of either party can be fatal. Both of them only faced the enemy head-on, and neither of them paid attention to their backs, which was where their respective partners paid attention, and the trust in their partners made them both concentrate on facing the enemy in front of them, and only wanted to knock each other down as soon as possible to help their partners. They also knew that their partners were also facing each other with the same mood at this time.
However, Dara didn't know that his dwarven companion had been plotted against at this time, and it was difficult to even protect himself. As soon as the battle began, he was so engrossed in meeting the enemy that he had no chance, let alone the time or energy to pay attention to the battle on the dwarves' side. He believed in the strength of the dwarves, and guessed that the dwarves would be able to deal with the human dead in a short time. Because he had seen the fighting power of the dwarves, Todak's crispness in dealing with orcs convinced Dara that he would not have a hard time dealing with a human deadman.
Maybe it was because he saw that the dwarf had lost his combat effectiveness, although his battle axe was still wielding it vigorously at this time, without the slightest flaw, but he was so dazzled by lime powder that he couldn't open his eyes, and it was only a matter of time before the gap in death was revealed. Therefore, the dead soldiers who dealt with the dwarves were not in a hurry to attack, and instead ran to Dara - cutting off Dora's head was the ultimate goal of their mission.
But the moment he turned around, something happened to him that made him unbelievable.
He only felt a sudden piercing pain from his navel, and when he looked down, he saw a small figure quickly dodging away, and on his own stomach, there was a small dagger, which did not reach the handle.
The dead man thought in a mixture of rage. He never imagined that the dwarf, who had been timid before the battle began, would sneak back and attack him closely. He really underestimated the strength of the dwarf. In fact, it is the natural agility and agility of the gnomes, as well as their talent for stealing and sneaking attacks, that allow their race to thrive despite their fearless curiosity. However, at this time, the dead man had no time to think more, and he didn't have time to regret that he had underestimated this kind of "thief" who had always been despised on the Tuya continent.
The dwarf's voice was already shouting a few meters away from him: "Three o'clock [?], Todak!"
The dead man's first instinct was to dodge, but unfortunately it was too late, he only felt a strong wind completely enveloping his head, and the next moment, the dwarf's sharp axe had quickly slashed.
The dwarf, who heard the dwarf's shout, though his eyes could not see clearly, was at the first moment, relying entirely on his own combat experience and instinct, and slashed an axe at his position in the direction of three o'clock [?], which was exactly where the dead man stood.
The axe slashed so hard and so fast that it slashed the dead man like wood, and then slashed into the ground beneath the dead man's feet, sinking deep into the earth. At this time, the dead man was still standing, but the man had been split in half.
A moment later, the corpse of the dead man cracked open with a thud, blood splattered, and entrails flowed to the ground.
On the other side, the dead man who fought with Dara had caught a glimpse of his companion's death, and although he did not see the cause of his companion's death, he knew that his companion was already a body in half. He can't afford to go on with Dara any longer, and the fight must end as soon as possible, or Darla's helpers will soon be over. When the time comes, he will have to deal with the two warriors of Dara and the dwarves alone, plus the dwarfs who have been ignored before, and he will definitely be defeated.
The dead man quickened his attack, and how long the battle between the two lasted for him, Darrah had no idea at all, his sense of time had long been drowned in fear and weariness, and every breath began to become laborious, and he had never had any upper hand.
He had never faced such a tough opponent in the past years. Even when he escaped from the orc tribe, the orcs he faced were not as fierce as the dead man in front of him. The other party is not a rough and stupid guy like an orc, but a skilled swordsman, a warrior with a high degree of intelligence and combat experience.
Dara felt overwhelmed and began to retreat.
And the dead man also felt pain, he had never encountered such an opponent before, the other party seemed to be simply vulnerable, but every time he attacked, he would be defused by the opponent's seemingly clumsy martial arts, just right and extremely dangerous. Every time he swung his sword, there happened to be the opponent's sword resisting.
At the beginning of the battle, he had been full of confidence, but now he began to show anxiety, not only because one of his companions had died, but also because Darra's resistance was always unexpected, and during the battle, the opponent seemed to become more agile after each escape from his sword. His offensive is like feeding the opponent and urging the opponent to practice the sword.
Now, the dead man has a strong determination - he must defeat the opponent in front of him. Otherwise, he would rather die here than go back and face the duke's punishment.
On the other side, the dwarf was already slowly approaching under the guidance of the dwarf.
"Be careful, Todak!" exclaimed the gnome, who had not expected to fight Darrah in the middle of the fight, and that the dead man who was about to defeat Dara when he had already raised Darra's sword high and threw it high, would suddenly change direction and stab his sword diagonally, turn around and quickly rush towards the dwarf who was slowly approaching him.
The dwarf's cry reminded the dwarf, but unfortunately the dwarf's eyes could not see the direction of the enemy's attack, and he hesitated for a moment before he began to dodge, instinctively retreating, but only in his stunned effort, the sword of the dead man had already been handed to the dwarf's body by the momentum, and the next moment it was about to penetrate through the chest.
Suddenly, the deadman's sword hung over the dwarf's chest, unable to penetrate for half a minute.
It turned out that Dara saw that the dwarf was in critical condition, and before he had time to pick up the thin sword that he had shot down by the dead man, he quickly fit and pounced, and hugged the dead man by the waist. It's all about recklessness.
Because, the sword of the dead man can be withdrawn at any time, stabbing Dara to death who is holding the dead man's body tightly. But in the circumstances, Dara had no time to think, completely controlled by an impulsive instinct, and he could not watch the dwarf die because of himself. His arms were like iron hoops, tightly wrapped around the dead man's waist, and he did not let go. The strength and weight of his whole body were gathered on his two arms at this time, and he knew that as soon as he let go, the dwarf would die.
The dead man was taken aback, originally, after he shot down Darra's weapon, he did not take advantage of the situation to attack, because he expected Dara to pick up his weapon first, he could take advantage of this gap to kill the dwarves who were already approaching, and then deal with Darra, the timing was just right. He was confident that with his skill and agility, he could do it with ease.
It's just that he didn't expect Dara to use such a completely desperate style of play at a critical moment. A moment of surprise made him lose the favorable opportunity for the main attack. The dead man hurriedly returned his sword and stabbed it fiercely at Darra's body, which was holding him tightly.
At the same time, the gnomes also shouted: "Cut him!"
The dwarf couldn't see the scene in front of him clearly, but with the warrior's instinct and the movement he heard, he had roughly guessed where the dead man was standing, and the tip of the sword that the dead man had struck on his chest strongly reminded the dwarf of this information.
Therefore, at the moment when the dwarf screamed, he had already waved his battle axe without hesitation and slashed into the body in front of him, again and again, until the other party's fierce cry gradually faded and disappeared completely.
The dwarf stopped, and at this time he only felt that his eyes were about to burn, and a strong stinging pain made him feel that his eyes were almost blind, but he did not dare to reach out and rub his eyes, so he could only sit on the ground, put his hands into the dirt, and shouted, "Dara!"
There was no answer.
The dwarf's heart began to panic a little, and he shouted again, "Boudina!"
The dwarf replied, "It's okay!"
"Where's Darla?"
"It's fine!"
"Give me water!
"No!" the gnome objected, "Lime can't be washed with water......"
"Less wordy!
The gnome ran over and poured a stream of slippery liquid over the dwarf's eyes, slowly washing the lime powder off Todak's eyes. The cool feeling made the dwarf feel better, and his eyes didn't hurt as much as they used to.
"What is this?" asked the dwarf.
"Vegetable oil. Don't be angry, Todak. I've heard my mother say before, you know, she's been in human territory for a long time! I heard her say that the only way to deal with this kind of lime powder is to use oil......
"How do you have such a thing?" Todak interrupted the gnome.
"It's not mine. I picked it up from the elves before we left the Elven Forest. I love the bottles of vegetable oil, it's beautiful! I don't know who ...... it so carelessly."
"Why can't I see?" the dwarf interrupted the dwarf again.
"It's not a magic potion, it will work well on your eyes as soon as you apply it. We'll have to find a way to go back to the Elven Forest and get a doctor to see ......."
"What about Darla? why hasn't he spoken?" the dwarf interrupted the dwarf again.
"Oh, yes, Dara he's hurt. β
"What?" the dwarf almost jumped to his feet, "why didn't you say it earlier? β
"He's fine! just a little injured. β
"Where's the injury?"
"He had a sword on his back. β
The dwarf just wanted to pounce and grab the dwarf by the neck. Unfortunately, he couldn't see it, so he could only sit there and throw one of his shoes in the direction where the gnome's voice came from.
"Ouch!" the dwarf cried, and complained quickly and eagerly, "Dara didn't hurt me! he was here to save you, just now, when I told you to be careful, you were still standing there in a daze, the samurai's sword had already pierced your chest, and it was at this time that Dara rushed over and hugged the samurai, and the samurai stabbed his sword back like this, and stuck the sword in Dara's back......"
"Shut up!" roared the dwarf, "how is Darrah now?
"Nope. I didn't dare draw my sword. Now, as soon as he pulls it out, Dara is dead. β
"Help me through!"
The dwarf helped the dwarf to Darra's side, and the dwarf groped for the wound on Darla's back, feeling that the sword did not pierce deeply, nor did it hit the vital point, and although Dara was unconscious, he would not be afraid of his life for the time being. But the worst thing is that blood is constantly oozing from around the sword, and if he can't stop the bleeding for Dara as soon as possible, he will definitely die from excessive blood loss.
At this time, the dwarf's eyes still couldn't open, he couldn't see anything clearly, and the dwarf next to him couldn't reassure Todak, he was afraid that he rashly commanded the dwarf to draw his sword to treat Darla's wounds, but would kill Dara because of it, so he had to order the dwarf in a hurry: "Hurry up and ask for help!"
"To whom? It's just the three of us here!"
"Elves, elves!" Todak snapped, his voice changing.
"Good!" the dwarf also got busy, and as he answered, he ran to the outskirts of the forest and shouted into the elven forest, "Help! Help!"
No one responded.
The dwarf shouted again: "Help, help, help!"
Still no one responded.
When the gnome was about to shout again, an indifferent voice came from the forest: "Stop shouting! β
"Don't you elves cherish life the most?
No sound.
After that, no matter how the dwarves scolded and how the gnomes shouted for help, there was no sound in the forest.
The dwarf scolded: "If you don't come out to save people, I will burn your forest with fire!"
The dwarf clapped his hands and said, "Good idea!"
The other party finally responded, and a voice sounded in the depths of the dense forest: "What a big breath!"
Immediately after, the grass parted, and out of the forest came an elven woman with red hair and a long green skirt, who turned out to be the beautiful elf who took Dara to meet the elven elder in the elven palace.
The elf woman first squatted down beside Darla, gently held the hilt of the sword stuck in Darla's back, frowned slightly, and said to herself: "Fortunately, this sword is not deep......" Then, she glanced at the blood that flowed from Darla's back to the ground, shook her head, and muttered: "More than blood, he is dead." β
Then, the elven woman drew her sword vigorously.
Dara, who was in a coma, couldn't help but scream, her face was as white as paper.
The elven woman quickly threw away the sword in her hand as she raised some herb-like powder substance and sprinkled it on Darla's body, muttering a spell in her mouth.
The dwarf on the side looked at the elf woman obsessively, his curious eyes full of envy, this was the first time he had seen the elf cast a spell.
A miraculous phenomenon appeared, and the wound on Darra's body quickly stopped bleeding and began to heal under the spell of the elven woman.
After a while, a scarred sword wound appeared on Darla's back, and he himself gradually woke up from his coma, and after a long sigh of relief, he opened his hazy eyes and looked at the elf woman in front of him in a daze, and he did not come back to his senses for a while.
The elven woman seemed to have exhausted all her strength, and after casting the spell on Darla, she gasped for a moment before she raised her hand weakly, wiped the fine beads of sweat oozing from her forehead, and slowly walked towards the dwarf Todak.
The elven woman crouched down in front of the dwarf and whispered, "Trust me! β
For some reason, there was some kind of irresistible magic in the elven woman's soft voice, and the dwarf didn't move in the end, didn't make any rude moves.
The elven woman's hands were like a gust of fresh wind, caressing the dwarf's eyelids, and at the same time, the elven woman whispered a spell, and then said to the dwarf, "You can open your eyes." β
When the dwarf opened his eyes, he saw a beautiful, delicate face that was full of tiredness.
"You saved us?" At this point, Dara had already come to her senses, looked at the elven woman, and asked the first sentence. This is a question that does not need to be answered.
But the elven woman nodded.
"Why save us, we won't really burn your forests!" said the dwarf.
"I know. β
"Then why ......"
"Guess who I am?"
"All I know is that you're a druid. "The dwarf, he knows that certain druids can perform healing magic.
"Not bad. Then you should also know that for a druid, racial boundaries do not exist at all. I just don't want someone to die in front of me. β
The dwarf was silent for a long time, and finally said, "Thank you!" Only the dwarf knew how difficult this was for the dwarves. A dwarf, who has always been prejudiced against elves, can say such three words to an elven woman, and he will only say this if the other party has really done something worthy of him saying these three words.
And Dara finally knew why this elven woman looked so ordinary, at least among those delicate and beautiful elves, but when he saw her for the first time, he felt that she was so different, so beautiful and extraordinary.
In this elf woman, there is a temperament, a natural noble temperament.
Looking at Dara again, the elven woman said, "I'm going back." With that, the elven woman slowly stood up and walked towards the elven forest from which she had come.
Dara mustered up the courage to shout, "Excuse me, what's your name?"
"Vantania. β
Soon, the elven woman was hidden in the dense forest and disappeared.
Dara muttered, "Vantania, Vantania." β
Next, the dwarves and gnomes did not leave immediately, but stayed by Darra's side until his injuries were completely healed and his strength was slowly recovering, before telling Dara that they needed to leave this place and go to the human-inhabited city to find their dwarven captain, Broto.