Chapter 5: The Fishman and the Fisherman
The afterglow of the afternoon fell among the maple trees, but to Lanloth, the golden veins took on a strange blood-red color. The feeling of uneasiness clogged in his chest, and Lanloth couldn't let go of it for a long time.
Finally, the vision ahead became wider, and the familiar elven hut made him breathe a sigh of relief. This village is still so peaceful......
Just as Lanlos was relieved, a familiar face quickly approached her as her master ran: "Lanlos, have you seen Solace?"
Looking at Irana's sweaty and embarrassed appearance, Lanlos's brows couldn't help but furrow: "What happened?"
Seeing that the other party did not answer his question, Inara's face flashed with a moment of disappointment, and then hurriedly explained: "You know, after we came back, Solace went on a patrol mission alone, but until now we haven't received any news from him, I'm worried about ......"
The shyness of the past has long been thrown out of the clouds, and worry makes Inara show that she cares about Solace without hesitation. Lanlos looked at her so eagerly, nodded, and interrupted her words: "I understand, but don't worry, Solace's strength is still worth guaranteeing, maybe he found something abnormal, and he is doing reconnaissance." ”
Somehow, Lanloth's mind suddenly remembered the large number of fish-people he had met earlier.
"Even if that's the case, he should have left us some message, and now there has been no news for a whole day, will it be ......" Apparently Inara thought of some not-so-good possibility, and grabbed Lanlos's arm in a hurry. All these years of training are no joke, and the strength of the elven girl makes Lanlos bared his teeth in pain.
"Ah, I'm sorry. "Ranros's frailty was well known, and now seeing him react like this, Inara immediately let go and kept bending down towards him to apologize.
Of course, Lanlos didn't care about these details, and waved his hand indifferently: "Don't worry about it, the patrol should be back soon, Solace is a qualified ranger, he will definitely leave us a signal." ”
"Don't worry. Gently patting the girl on the shoulder, seeing that she was gradually relaxing, Lanlos smiled slightly, and then walked towards the residence.
Pushing the door open with all his might, Fergus slipped into the room as the setting sun slipped into the room, and Fergus's face became clear in Lanlos's eyes.
He was still the same, almost lying on his desk, deaf to Lanlos as he walked into the room, preoccupied with the copywriting work in front of him.
The old man really loves the peace of this square inch of land, and one person writes a book, which is an independent world.
However, Lanlos didn't have the heart to experience the other party's indifference.
"Fergus, a fish-man shaman has appeared on the golden sands!"
Yikes!
Ling Yu suddenly trembled violently, and the tip of the quill left a narrow crack directly on the parchment, and the splash of ink completely showed the shock in the old man's heart: "What did you say?"
Closing the door, Lanlos immediately told Fergus what had happened to him.
"Nearly a hundred fish-men and a shaman? Are you sure you're right?" a different seriousness appeared on his wrinkled face, and Fergus repeatedly confirmed the authenticity of the information.
The latter pouted impatiently: "Although my leg is lame, my eyes are not blind." ”
Seeing that the other party swore an oath, Fergus fell silent, and then immediately took out a blank piece of paper, re-dipped the quill in ink, and just wrote down a character, but was interrupted by Lanlos's words: "What are you doing?"
"If that's what you say. The old man's dim eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he smoothly assembled the information of Lanloth into a letter, which was so efficient and fast that the latter thought that he was hallucinating, "The militia in the village can't deal with them, we need help." ”
As he spoke, Fergus had already sealed the letter: "Take it and give it to Dika, and let him rush to Yangfan Harbor at once." ”
Receiving the letter from the other party, Lanlos nodded fiercely, turned around and left quickly, it was difficult to see from the movement alone that he was a person with leg disease.
As mentioned earlier, Jinzhi Village has very little contact with the outside world, and the only way is through the weekly messengers who travel between this place and Yangfan Harbor.
Dika was now tending to his baby at the inn's door, a tall and stout chocobo, whose supple plumage was an eye-catching green that would be difficult to spot once in the jungle.
Although chocobos are birds, they are very similar to the ostriches of the world of Lanlos, and they cannot fly.
As land riding mounts, they are not qualified, and they are not even able to carry the carrying capacity of ordinary horses. But these two-legged creatures are extremely fast, and their nimble steering ability allows them to beat almost any other mount in a place like the Eversong Forest, whether they are fighting or rushing.
This, combined with their docile nature, makes them one of the High Elves' most commonly used mounts.
"Deka, you've got a mission. Interrupting the elves' daily cleaning of chocobos, Lanlos shoved the letter for help into his arms.
The latter was stunned for a moment, and when he saw the black feathers on the envelope, he immediately became solemn: "I'll set off immediately." ”
Before he had time to clean the feathers of his beloved mount, Dika leapt up and clamped his legs between the chocobo's ribs, and with the latter's loud chirp, a gust of wind blew on Lanlos's face, and he rushed out of the village in an instant.
"Decca, how about you come and see my chocobo, which I just bought from Yangfan Harbor last week...... Hmmm?Lanros?Did you see Dika?" A bloated elven uncle walked out from the back of the inn, looked at Dika's position blankly, and then looked at Lanlos as if he asked.
'Fergus has important letters for him to deliver and he's on his way now. Briefly talking about his origins, Lanlos's eyes were quickly drawn to what was around Hadro, "What is this?"
"Aha! How about the chocobo that I bought from Yangfan Harbor not long ago? It's much stronger than Deca's baby, isn't it?" Seeing that Lanlos was attracted by his possessions, Hadro smiled smugly, and excitedly tugged at the reins, causing the chocobo to chirp incessantly and dissatisfied.
"It's really good. Surveying the wild mount, Lanros nodded in praise. This is not polite, as a former elven nobleman, Lanlos still knows some things about riding and domestication.
"But I don't understand, why did you buy a chocobo, do you want to be a pet?" Ranros changed his words, and the smugness on Hadro's face froze.
There was no need for the other party to answer, of course Lanlos could guess his swaggering thoughts, after all, there was really no time when this thing could be used in this small place in Jinzhi Village, plus the food and maintenance costs of chocobos, Hadro was spending money to buy sin.
Shaking his head with a smile, Lanlos stopped making fun of this honest big man, turned around and was about to leave, but a sturdy figure suddenly rushed out of the entrance of the village, making the foot he had just raised put back again.
"Irana, don't be impulsive!"
"Captain, she's running too fast......"
"Waste! Get her back for me!" As the militia captain of Jinzhi Village, although Nichol has gray temples, he still has the integrity of a former soldier, and this roar made the two young men tremble in their legs and almost fall.
"Captain Nichol, is it Ilana who just left?what's wrong?" Before Nichole could continue to destroy the two young men with a loud voice, Lanros stepped forward at some point, ignoring the latter's grateful gaze and asked with a solemn expression.
"It's you. Glancing at Lanros, Nichol's non-salty words seemed a little yin and yang, but the elven boy obviously didn't bother to pay attention to his attitude of scrutinizing young people.
"Ilana is my friend, please tell me, what's wrong?"
"Hmm......" Nichol was silent for a moment in the face of Lanros's sharp gaze, "Well, I just need you to inform Fergus." ”
"It's about Solace, we found the trail he left behind......"
"What trail?" frowned, and the group of fishmen suddenly appeared in his mind, and the bad premonition made Lanlos can't help but speak.
"It's rude to interrupt someone, young man, you have to learn to respect your elders......" Nichol habitually took the posture of educating the militia, but the situation was urgent, and Lanlos didn't have the heart to listen to him.
"I'm sorry, but please don't change the subject, as an intermediary, I have to keep the information complete and concise. ”
Lanlos's words slammed Nichol back, but he was right, and the latter couldn't find any room for rebuttal, so he could only snort heavily and continued: "We found Solace's signal on the Golden Bough Trail, a group of fish-men gathered near the golden sands. ”
"That's it?" Recalling Irana's lifeless stance just now, Lanros realized that it might not be that simple, "Ilana shouldn't be disobeying your orders because of this, right?"
His eyes narrowed slightly, and Nichole hesitated slightly: "Solace is missing." ”
His pupils instantly turned into pinpoint points, and although Lan Luo didn't speak, his surprise was palpable.
Solace also came out of the regular army, and although there is a certain gap from the mid-level professional, he has much more experience than those who have just joined the army. The other party is just a group of fish people, and even if he can't defeat it, he will never put himself in danger.
How could it be missing?
Looking at Lanlos's unpredictable face, Nichole certainly knew what he was thinking: "But don't worry, Solace is an excellent ranger, I don't think he will be in any danger, in comparison, I'm more worried about Ilana......"
"By the way, Hadro, Dika asked me to tell you. Lanlos didn't listen any further, and immediately turned and walked in the direction of the inn.
Hadro was tugging at the reins to bring the disobedient chocobo back, and reflexively turned his head away when he heard someone call him.
"Your chocobos are very nice. Taking advantage of the other party's distraction, Lanlos snatched the reins, and one rolled over and jumped on the bird's back, and the crutches whirred in the air, slamming into the chocobo's buttocks.
"Gah!"
The hoarse roar almost burst Hadro's eardrums, and the latter's heart was like ashes as he looked at the departed treasure.