320 Standoff 1
Day 2.
After heavy rains, the crater lake is surrounded by earthy yellow mud.
On the side of another volcanic mountain, on the edge of the crater lake, a sea of dark green trees slowly wafts in the wind.
In the middle of the woods, a round gray-white tent stood quietly in a clearing among the trees.
Several men and women in gray-white tights were carefully fiddling the bonfire on the side of the tent, slowly turning the metal basin on the fire, and a faint smell of meat slowly wafted out of the basin.
The sky was gray and not very bright. In the early morning, there was also a slight white fog in the air.
The tent curtain was slowly lifted, and a pale, indifferent white-haired old man walked out.
The old man was dressed in a gray-white swordsman suit, with a black short knife pinned to his waist, and he was very capable.
Outside the tent, two people who were making a bonfire hurriedly walked up.
"Elder Jill, yesterday we lost another member. A woman whispered.
"When?" said Elder Jill's face sank.
"I ordered people to go to the vicinity to find out what was going on, and Rensay went to the nearby Nash Crater Lake, but did not return. The woman whispered back.
"Nash Crater Lake" Elder Jill's face became more and more gloomy, and he wanted to say something. Suddenly, there was a rustling sound of the bushes being pushed apart from the bushes not far away.
A man dressed in red and wearing brown leather armor. Carrying a silver scimitar in his hand, he walked out with a calm face.
The man glanced at the camp in front of him.
"People of the Sibanda family, my lord wants you to meet at the top of the mountain immediately to decide the ownership of the quota. Before noon today, if you can't come, you won't use it. ”
Elder Jill's face turned cold, and he was about to speak.
Suddenly, two more old men came out of the tent, one of whom grabbed Elder Jill and shook his head at him helplessly.
Jill and the other were both flushed, their chests rising and falling, clearly angry.
Everyone in the tent in the camp looked angry, and everyone's eyes were focused on the three elders of the family.
The old man who had grabbed Jill took a step forward. He said calmly to the man in red.
"Please tell Lofi-sama. I'll be there on time. ”
"That's good, the Sibanda family can still see the situation clearly. The man nodded faintly, "Then I'll go back to my life." He turned and plunged into the bushes again, his figure flickering, and quickly vanished.
Boom!!
The ground next to the tent exploded into a large circular crater.
Elder Jill withdrew his hand with a red face, trembling with anger.
"I have taken a spot! I want to snatch our remaining spot!!"
"The other party is the first in line to the Blue Eagle's Nest, and we can't afford to mess with it," the old man who was pulling him sighed and whispered. "The last scramble. Our Banda family has suffered heavy losses. Even the two elders, Lucia and Avni, are now among all the forces, and only our family is the weakest. ”
"Brother Carl is right, you really can't be impulsive at this time. They must not be allowed to grab the handle. Otherwise, we may not even be able to keep our own clansmen this time. Young Master Kita is still in the Elemental Elf Garden. There is hope. Another agreed.
"Not bad. Elder Karl nodded with a calm face, "Now our family's main task is to keep Young Master Kita who came out of the garden. Originally, although we did not have a good relationship with the other two families. However, Young Master Kita has a good relationship with the children of the other two families, and maybe this is an opportunity. ”
Elder Jill took a deep breath. Suppress the anger in your heart. It took a while to barely calm down. "Okay, I know how to do it. It's just that we were supposed to get two places, but we didn't expect to be intervened by the people of the Azure Eagle's Nest. Well, let's hurry up and get to the top of the mountain now, we can't give them an excuse. ”
"As long as we keep Master Kita, it will be our greatest victory. Elder Karl sighed, "Let's go." ”
Jill nodded, raised his right hand, and swung it towards the top of the mountain.
Suddenly, everyone quickly got busy. Pack up some stuff for the camp.
Syllable!
The thick black fallen leaves on the ground were trampled deeply, sinking into deep depressions, and a large amount of black muddy water was dripping.
Anglie didn't look at the fallen leaves beneath his feet, lifted his boots and continued walking.
In the sloping hillside woods, the ground is covered with thick black leaves, creating a feeling of stomping like a carpet.
In the dark green mountainside forest, Anglie walked in the middle of the group. The group was all dressed in black robes, walking in the woods, looking from afar, like a team of black ants. Unremarkable.
The man, Lenthbanda, was leading the way at the front of the line.
"Soon, at the top of this mountain. Rensay was afraid that the people behind him would be impatient. Keep looking back and laughing to remind.
Anglie ignored him, just casually glanced around him. He was accompanied by two second-level wizards, Haken and Rhine. Liv was last on the line. Holding a book in his hand and constantly flipping through it.
"It's a nice place. Anglie took a deep breath, and there was no trace of sulfur in the air, but it was unusually fresh. I can also faintly smell the body fragrance emanating from the body fragrance of Rhine Xi next to her.
"My lord, the vegetation here has the effect of purifying the air, and the air has always been good. The man who took the lead hurriedly replied.
"Really?" Angre glanced at some of the brown grass at the foot of the big tree, "Tell me how you discovered this relic garden this time. ”
"It's my lord. The man quickly paused slightly and retreated into the middle of the group. "Actually, here's the thing. Our Sibanda family is in the main city of Rock Mountain, and the other two big families are rivals. However, one of the branches of our family, Young Master Kita, was not affected by this relationship, and had a very good relationship with the two children of the other two families, and generally liked to secretly go out to this mountain for parties. It's just that they didn't expect that some time ago, that is, half a year ago, the three of them actually inadvertently found the remains of the Elemental Fairy Garden that existed in the ancient period on this mountain. I accidentally went in, because the three of them had been away for too long, and the family sent people to look for it, but when they found the top of this mountain, they actually found the ruin gate that appeared on the top of the mountain I don't know when. The door is full of very old and mysterious patterns and vines. ”
The man paused and continued: "The relationship between our Sibanda family, the Philip family, and the Mogan family has never been good, and the grievances and grievances between generations are very complicated. After the elders recognized that it was the gate of the Elemental Elf Garden, we directly dispatched our own people to fight. After a stalemate for a while, it happened that we couldn't open the door at all, so we could only wait for the people inside to come out. So everyone put aside their grudges for the time being and gathered together to study. But "
"But what?" Angliel frowned, "once finished. ”
"Someone is here again. There was a bitterness on Rensay's face.
At the top of the mountain.
On a large green meadow, the three groups of men were facing each other around a round silver mirror-like arch in the middle.
The round arches reflect the gray-white clouds of the sky like a mirror. There was nothing in front of or behind the door, just a lonely stone that seemed to be a free-standing metal gate made by craftsmen.
On a large stone next to the gate, there was also a large group of people in blue, more than twenty in number.
Dressed in pale blue robes and leather skirts, men and women split into three groups, surrounding and protecting a brown wooden chair in the middle.
On a wooden chair sat a handsome man with gray wings in both ears.
It was overcast and not yet fully bright.
The man in the chair was sitting on a large rock with one hand on his chin and a smile on his face, looking down on the three family members around him. The gray fluff on his ears was slightly shaken by the wind.
"Everyone is here, right?" he slowly stood up, "Now that everyone has arrived, let's start deciding who will belong to the next place." ”
Among the three families, the Sibanda family was all dressed in gray and white, and the three elders of Gil were in the lead.
On the other side, the Mogan family was all dressed in pale yellow, and the leaders were five old people who were not young. It seems that he is also a family elder.
On the last side is a group of people dressed in white, led by four people. Three old men, one young woman. One of the elderly men had an apparent abnormal twist in his right arm, apparently injured.
The man on the stone saw that there was no movement below, and his face was slightly gloomy.
"Since everyone has no objections, then I announce that the last place will be directly sent by several families to fight a duel, and the winner will get the place on behalf of the family to which he belongs, how about it? But before that, some people who have no strength should still have self-knowledge, and they may be able to retain their strength if they take the initiative to withdraw. ”
The man's words didn't cause much movement.
It is clear to everyone that in fact, the most important thing now is not the quota, but the actual control of the Elemental Fairy Garden. The quota is not all the ruins of this garden, the most important of which is the large number of rare resources and treasures in the garden. Although these things are not comparable to the quota alone, they are definitely a huge wealth for a force. It has a bigger effect.
This is the key to the gathering of the three families here.
And the man's last sentence was obviously to kick the Sibanda family out of the game.
"We have no opinion. ”
"So do we. ”
Both the Mogan and Philip families said they had no objections.
Elder Jill, the leader of the Sibanda family, was looking gloomy at this time. He glanced at a bald old man standing at the front of the Mogan family.
"Crefabello, are you really going to do this to the last minute?" he said in a low voice.
The bald old man laughed twice, did not reply, and looked directly in other directions.
Jill's gaze fell back on the other Philip family.
The young woman at the front of the Philip family had a calm gaze and did not look at him.