A City in the Woods (5)
Time returned to the moment when Ye Ming walked out of the ruins, at this time, Mao Huang was still chatting with the five elven elders, and the dark elves had already gathered the last group of warriors and launched the fifth conquest in order to regain their own home.
After the first four fiascos, their patchwork team was only thirty-one.
The way the procession is likely to lead to hell, but the death of relatives and friends, the darkness of the cellar, and the glory of years of shame...... There are many reasons for this group to go on and into destruction.
The history of the dark elves is very bumpy: thousands of years ago, there was a drought that swept the entire continent, and most of the elves used rune spells to hide underground, while the elves who refused to hide turned black in the long scorching sun and became dark elves.
Very ordinary history, there is no curse from the boring gods, there is no characteristic of not seeing the light of day, there is only the pride of not succumbing to the environment.
The Dark Elves have always been proud of their dark skin, as they protected many forests and creatures while the elves fled.
When the scorching sun subsided, they divided the forest equally among the elves who had nowhere to return, and generosity was a powerful sign.
However, the Dark Elves were defeated, their whispered pleas for help were rebuffed, and even at the end of their rope, they would not settle for the underground, for this is how they accomplished and made history.
"Only death can stop us from resisting. β
At the end of the procession, a father and daughter stopped.
When the team had gone some distance, my father said, "Go back." β
This father, named Elmer, is the Dark Elf patriarch of this forest.
The girl's name is Echo, she knows that her age cannot be counted as an adult dark elf warrior, and she was born in the cellar and she does not have the strong ** to retake her homeland, but she can vaguely feel that this battle is very special, so special that if she doesn't go, she will leave a lifelong regret.
"If I stay here, I'll probably never see you again, right?
The old father was silent, his eyes only fixed on the ground.
The silent air drifted between the two, and the daughter did not reply, but silently walked her steps, disobeying the heartfelt order of the guardian.
Eco brushes shoulders with his father.
With a flick of the scabbard in his right hand, Elmer hit Echo's left knee in the left, forcibly leaving her daughter behind, and left with peace of mind.
Ye Ming was waiting boredly at the exit of the ruins, but he happened to see this scene from afar, he couldn't hear the words, and he couldn't guess the inside story, so it was inconvenient to meddle in things, so he still lay idle on the stones next to the exit to pass the time.
Although he had no ill intentions, Echo felt that the man guarding the exit of the vampire ruins was very suspicious.
"Oh my God, my dad left me here with his own cleverness, but he didn't check if there was any danger next to me!
Elmer can't be blamed for this, animals don't attack elves, and who would have thought that a lost living person could come in the depths of this forest full of psychedelic enchantments.
"Let's play dead...... When he got closer, he suddenly attacked. β
Secretly calculating, Eco closed his eyes and was engrossed in the wind and grass around him, never relaxing for a moment.
Ye Ming, who was resting peacefully, closed his eyes and focused on the idle afternoon nap, and he was not nervous for a moment...... In this way, the two lay down more than a hundred meters apart, until in the afternoon, the former fell asleep and the latter woke up.
Ye Ming yawned and thought, "Why haven't they come yet, Brother Zhou?" β
When he was young, Ai Ke woke up, and when he looked at Ye Ming's direction, he found that the person was nowhere to be found, and at this time, there was a sudden sound of footsteps behind him, and when would he wait if he didn't make a move!
"Drink!"
With a pop, the short knife was wet, but it was a fruit.
"Hmmm......"
Ye Ming looked at the cut melon in his hand, chewed the fruit and said, "Good knife technique, is the woman hungry?"
Aike was stunned for a long time before he said, "The fruit you eat is poisonous." β
"Vomit, vomit, vomitβ"
Then after Ai Ke's guidance and Ye Ming's picking, with the cooperation of both parties, the two finally found something that could fill their stomachs.
"Miss Echo,"
During dinner together, Ye Ming asked, "Forgive me for talking too much, who is the person who injured you during the day?"
"It's my dad. β
Ye Ming took a bite of the apple and replied, "It seems that your family education is very strict, did you commit any major crimes?" β
"I'm going to kick you if my leg is fine,"
Ai Kexiu's eyebrows trembled slightly, in short: "Dad, they are going to war, and they think I am unreliable, so they left me behind." β
"So shrewd,"
Ye Ming said, "If relatives go to the battlefield together, it is likely that the thinking, decision-making, and action ability of the two will be weakened because they are worried about each other's situation. Although most people can restrain this relationship, it would be strange if it could be avoided as close as father and daughter, right?"
"What!"
When Aike heard this, he got angry, "Dad hit me on the knee this time, what if I don't get crippled directly? Do you want me to be a lame girl for the rest of my life? How can I be a father!"
Echo's last sentence startled the birds around him and scattered.
Ye Ming is really a good man, and persuaded again: "I guess I don't want you to participate in a cruel battle, this calf protection is really not shallow, if you complain about your relatives for this, it will inevitably seem naΓ―ve, and your family is all for your good." β
Aike was still angry, complaining constantly, and finally picked up his scabbard and waved it a few times: "I don't want to think about how sad I am, see if I turn around and pull it back for you, and use the scabbard too!"
"The depth of love...... It's also for your own good to hit you. β
"You know what, can you stand it?"
"I've never been beaten like this. β
Speaking of this, Ye Ming thought of the Leng Wushuang who stabbed him, his nose was sore, and he sighed: "I thought she was my dearest family, but the only time she shot at me, she made a fatal move, alas......"
Speaking of this, the wound that had healed seemed to ache faintly again, "I just know that this is the sadness." β
Ye Ming's tone was indifferent, and his eyebrows were full of loss, and he couldn't see that it didn't look like a lie.
Ai Ke thought of the details, and couldn't help but ask, "How come?"
"I can't think of how this can happen, but what can I say if it's true?"
Ye Ming paused and looked at Aike, "How is this better than you?"
Ai Ke had nothing to say, Ye Ming continued: "This battle must be extremely cruel, he has no confidence to protect you, so he has to hurt you first and leave you behind." is the most deacent, he can't let go, think about it carefully, how is this situation?"
Aike also knew probably, she had also seen several expeditions go and not return, and this time she was most afraid of saying goodbye, so she insisted on going with her.
But it is precisely because there is no return, my father will do everything to keep himself, thinking of this, tears can't help but wash down: "You are right! Because it is a close relative, I can't let it go!"
"How?"
Echo wiped her tears and replied, "Please take me there!"
"When the road is uneven, draw a knife to help!"
Ye Daxia patted his chest, and instantly forgot Gu Lan's warning to the clouds.
......... At this time, GΓΌran and I were following Alf to the exit of the ruins.
"There are two castles in the forest, one at the top of the canopy, and the other is a castle belonging to the dark elves. Twenty years ago, the castle was seized by a demon and three beasts who suddenly appeared, and the dark elves were forced to move out of their home and hide underground, and I couldn't figure out why the beast spirit guarding the forest would help a demon. β
Most of the beast spirits, like the pig friends he met before, are friendly forest guardians and will not suddenly go crazy to engage in an agrarian revolution, and according to Alf's speculation, there should be something hidden in this.
Alf told us that the dark elves have been preparing for battle for the past few days, and they are afraid that they will have to go on the expedition today, so they will lead the way alone, and it is easier to talk if they encounter them on the way.
But this information made me feel a little uneasy - "Well, I said,"
I asked Gu Landao, "Do you remember when Ye Ming participated in the life test?"
Gu Lan said: "Remember, why are you asking this?"
"I told him to find a place to hide that day, so he went straight to the place where the death row prisoners were gathered,"
The Dark Elves are going to fight at this point, and I really have a bad feeling that this guy will be waiting for us in the same place, "Did you say that guy would be waiting for us in the same place?"
"Of course ......"
Gu Lan gasped, "Impossible!"
"yes, it's troublesome, what should we do? I wish we could find him before he gets into trouble. β
Then, thinking like this, we first ran into trouble.