Chapter 416: Awkward Atmosphere
Because he had the experience of researching Wadwo once, Lin quickly came up with a plan and needs and handed them to the elves. After all, it is on someone else's land, and Lin Ke clearly explained what to do. This is to avoid misunderstandings, and it is also the point to make yourself good at things.
Moreover, most of the equipment used to study the World Tree was left in the tribe of the Wood Elves. The Wood Elves were taught by Waldwo himself, doing some routine recording and continuous observational research. In other words, except for the first coffin, everything else must be made and provided by the elves.
This is similar to when you were on Earth, even if you don't really teach your own knowledge, you have to spend some time to throat each other so that the owner can willingly pay for his own research.
In the Lost Land, making money is not difficult for someone, but the difficulty is that they have to exchange for magic materials that come in handy and then craft the equipment they need. In a world where bartering is rife and there are too many rare materials to stockpile, this is not something that can be done everywhere with money. The so-called two masters who are extraordinary in one thing, this kind of troublesome thing is directly thrown at the elves, giving them a headache.
Of course, the elves are not just doing nothing, just staying by and watching others do something. There are still a group of people who follow Lin to do chores and do some simple calculations. And their most primitive purpose is actually to learn someone's knowledge related to the World Tree.
At first, Lin also planned to teach them seriously. But the physics and mathematics related to the World Tree, even the simplest introductory part, is like a book from heaven to the elves. So Kaya was sent again to teach this group of illiterate elementary school students math at the level.
To be honest, seeing such a group of elves makes someone's psychology a little more balanced. Perhaps Jermaine wasn't as exaggerated as Finn, who had emptied someone's stomach of all the dry stuff in just a few days.
Jermaine's performance as a silverbearded dwarf wasn't much worse, and what interested him, Lin couldn't continue to teach him. The rest, at most, is to provide some research directions, or general directions for solving problems.
And the performance of that group of illiterate elves looks more like the average students of the earth. Maybe they're a little easier to learn and work harder, but at least they don't learn as fast as those two perverts.
This actually confirms someone's long-standing suspicion that the excellence shown by elves is actually the result of their accumulation over a longer period of time, not that they are really gifted, and they are higher than humans from the starting point. At best, they live longer.
However, from the point of view of the efficiency of the work, it can only be said that it is really worthy of the elf, although the things are done in an orderly manner, but everything is handled gently. And the elves deal with things slowly, and when the pre-assignment is not fully in place, someone can only follow slowly.
The most urgent thing here is, of course, the World Tree Lahti. The kitten lying on someone's head, no matter who it sees, meows in a scolding tone, and dances with those two little short legs. It's a pity that not many elves can see or hear Him, and no one wants to be a mouthpiece and scold a group of people who have nothing to do with him.
Another one who showed eagerness was the king of the elves, Hitan III. His pressure came of course from the three-flowered kittens who appeared in front of him from time to time, and as a legitimate World Tree mouthpiece, it was his duty to convey the will of this majesty. It's just that the young king came out as a result, but it made someone smell a hint of an unusual atmosphere.
It stands to reason that the king is the supreme leader of a country. The leaders gave orders directly, and the people below were not in a hurry to complete the task. But the elves still maintain their usual tepidity, which is a bit abnormal. Of course, the guards that the young king brought with him did not have the attitude that others would die when they saw it, and the real problem was the Shenmu Guards directly under Lahti.
In fact, it's not just that they don't cooperate in promoting the advancement of the World Tree, but as a member of the Shenmu Guard, one of the local masters, they are picky and looking for trouble everywhere.
If there is no place to receive guests, there are various regulations on where to camp and where to go to the toilet. There are also various restrictions on cooking, and there are even restrictions on the use of open fire, which can only be used for certain times, which allows most elves with tasks to only eat dry food after missing a meal.
Generally speaking, Lin's attitude as a guest is to be a guest. If the host has any taboos, of course, he doesn't have to break those taboos to live, so he naturally tries to cooperate. But these days, someone only has one feeling, this is not a problem of the other party's rules, but deliberately looking for trouble.
It's not just a few humans and silverbearded dwarves who come from nowhere. Including the young king, the ministers who came with him, and all the elven warriors who guarded and protected the ministers, all suffered the same treatment.
Perhaps the king thought that he was too young, so he chose to swallow his anger in the face of such treatment. Most of the ordinary elves are also affected by the prestige of the Shenmu Guard in their hearts, so they also choose to go against the grain. But not all elves are soft persimmons, at the mercy of others.
The group of people who were most impressed by the attitude of the Shenmu Guards were, of course, the ministers who came with the king. In terms of age and qualifications, many people in the guard are considered their juniors, how can they let a group of juniors pose in front of them. It is true that they are all the best of the elves, but when it is time to scold, these old elves will not be polite.
The other group of dissatisfied, led by a group of elves led by Riena Titov. Their common denominator is that they have traveled through the world of Lost Land, not staying in the closed environment of elves, blindly following all traditions from ancient times to the present. In particular, there are many of them who have had the opportunity to join the Shenmu Guard, but they have not joined for various reasons.
But no matter how dissatisfied they are, the elves still know how to control themselves on the whole, and they will not conflict because of some trivial things. In any case, the one who can protect the king so far will not be a reckless man who is so blind as to ignore the young king's opinion and go straight to the hands of others. What's more, the opponent is not the enemy, or the group of humans who surround the kingdom, but the elite of their own country.
Such tolerance is a danger signal in someone's eyes. Lin Bu not only felt that under the shade of the World Tree now, the atmosphere was very strange; Even for some elves, it's like a pressure cooker that is constantly accumulating pressure, and it's not surprising when it erupts. The antagonism that has formed faintly within the elves has honestly made someone want to go home.
The so-called abnormal things must have demons. Because he was unable to officially start his observation and research, and could only continue to make meaningless preparations, Lin took advantage of this gap to secretly observe the members of the Divine Wood Guard in Lahti and record their every move.
A few days later, he found a vacancy, lifted the marching tent, and slipped into the boudoir of one of the two. Of course, the time was on time, and I didn't see anything embarrassing.
As soon as I saw someone's appearance, a lich and an elf who were secretly opening a small stove, and someone's two apprentices, all widened their eyes, and their mouths were hung with noodles that had just been sucked halfway, looking like they had been caught. This group of people who originally only ate bread can make a few dishes from the earth who have been trained by someone a long time ago. Not to mention eating, the descendants from the great empire of foodies, conquering the stomachs of this group of people, that is no longer a problem.
The two girls continued to snort and suck the noodles into their mouths, but the beautiful elven sword dancer buried her face in the bowl with her pointed ears and continued to eat. I thought that if I didn't see anyone, my conscience would be okay. Just Fen was calm enough, bit off the noodles, chewed a few bites and swallowed, and asked:
"Why do you think that it will be scary to appear out of nowhere? Or did you finally get the courage to come and sleep with us at night? ”
I don't know how many invitations I made, but someone still shook his head like a wave drum, even though the elven sword dancer generously agreed, and looked eager to try. People are self-aware, and someone knows very well that he can't even handle a lich, and he still wants to fight two. Is it too long, or too good health. So Lin hurriedly turned the topic back to his goal and said:
"I've got something to ask Riena."
"You want to ask me?" The named female elf looked up. Ignoring the green onion on the corner of her mouth, she asked, "What do you want to ask me?" It's too secret, I won't tell you. With Fen, we have a very tacit understanding not to ask too many things that shouldn't be asked. I have the same attitude towards you. ”
"Hmm~." After pondering for a while, Lin smiled helplessly and said, "Answer as much as you can." The first question is, how many people are there in your Shenmu Guard? After speaking, he opened the standard water mirror screen and showed a dense picture of human faces. All with pointed ears and hoods, but they didn't deliberately hide their faces and features.
Glancing at the screen, Riena said, "They're all ah." What does this do, you ask? ”
"Because in the past few days, I have confirmed the members of the Shenmu Guard, excluding the suspected duplicates, there are only seventy-three in total. Is this your Shenmu Guard, all the members? This is very important, please think clearly before answering. ”
Although she was puzzled, looking at someone's rather serious appearance, Li Ena also replied seriously: "No, as far as I know, there are two hundred and thirteen Shenmu Guards in total. Among them were three Druid Elders, and two Transcendental. You've seen one of them, and that's Ronan Pieterson. ”