Before Richard could speak, the Daughter of the Forest called out to him, "Outsider, flee, what are you doing?"

Richard was indeed in a daze, what made him unable to react for a while was the attitude of this elf girl, since she already knew that Richard was an outsider, why not only did she not attack, but also told him to escape?

Seeing Richard's stunned appearance, the elf girl didn't care much, grabbed Richard's hand, pulled him and began to run wildly. To her surprise, Richard was running quite fast and didn't drag her down much. However, the sharp whistles came and went, and whistles sounded in all directions, and a huge encirclement had been formed, and now the pockets were being closed. A wisp of struggle flashed on the elf girl's face, reached out and touched the big bow behind her back, and then gritted her teeth and pulled Richard and rushed in one direction. Judging by her expression, this is going to break in.

"Come with me, I know a hidden path. Richard said suddenly.

The elf girl was stunned for a moment, how could there be any "hidden path" in the forest sea? Most of the guardian elves ran on trees, and they didn't need a road at all. Those who can track down and surround the Daughter of the Forest are the top hunters among the guardian elves, and all of them have the qualifications to enter the ordinary guardian elf tribal elf elves of the elders, and under the hands of such the best hunters, what kind of path is hidden?

But this time it was Richard's turn not to let her think about it, so he clenched her little hand, pulled it and made her change directions, and then buried her head and ran wildly. Richard wasn't very fast, and his path was even more winding, sometimes even going straight for the hunter in front of him. The elf girl's heart was about to jump out, but she didn't dare to speak. The distance between the two sides was too close, and the elf girl knew that her breathing and heartbeat might be captured by the other party, let alone talking. But although Richard was rushing forward, the hunter running on the opposite side turned strangely in another direction and pounced in the other direction, passing Richard and the elf girl.

The elf girl instinctively wanted to exclaim, but fortunately covered her mouth in time. Then a great force suddenly came from her hand that was being held by Richard, and it took her whole body into the air. Richard suddenly accelerated, and his speed reached a terrifying speed in an instant, and in the blink of an eye, he left the encirclement behind him, and then ran towards the depths of the forest sea.

After escaping for more than ten kilometers, Richard stopped and gasped: "It's safe for the time being, how about it, this path is good, right?"

The elven girl's eyes widened, staring at Richard for a while, and she only felt a fog in her head for a while. But was it really just a blessing that this young outsider was able to escape from under the noses of a large number of top hunters?

"You ......" the elf girl didn't know what to say for a moment.

Richard greeted with a smile: "My name is Richard." ”

"I'm ...... Merlene, is the ...... of the forest A normal elf in the forest. ”

Richard smiled and said, "Ordinary elves, the guys who hunted you down seem to be very powerful!"

Merlin blushed slightly, not knowing how to lie. Fortunately, at this time, Richard took the initiative to relieve her and asked: "You know that I am an outsider, why do you want to take me to escape? ”

Merlin shook her head and said, "Not all outsiders are bad people, before you do it, you must at least figure it out." Also, you have a smell of being close to the forest, so you won't be a bad person. ”

"Bad guy?" Richard didn't know how long it had been since he had heard such a simple criterion of distinction. But this also shows Mei Lin's innocence and simplicity.

Richard asked, "Why are they chasing you?"

Merlin's face darkened, and she said, "We have a lot of different ideas than theirs, so they want to force us to give in this way. These people don't want to kill me, they just want to take me back so that they can force my people to give in. ”

Richard became more interested, and said, "Oh, tell me, what's the difference in your thinking?"

Merlin hesitated for a moment before saying, "That's right, it's mainly about outsiders. Our tribe is reluctant to participate in the war against outsiders, and the Great Elder thinks we should try to reach out to outsiders. She said that outsiders change every once in a while, and we need to be in contact with outsiders, and we can't lock ourselves in the forest forever. Otherwise, sooner or later, our plane will fall. ”

Richard nodded vigorously and said, "Insightful!

Richard's words were heartfelt, and they were very natural and sincere. As the leader of the outsiders, Richard was well aware of the nature of dimensional warfare. As long as he is given enough time, it may only be a matter of time before he completely conquers the green forest.

Merlin was a little surprised by Richard's attitude, but she sighed and said, "It's not that simple. The rest of the Guardian Elf tribes almost always insisted on maintaining the ancient tradition of waging a never-ending war against outsiders. So we are very isolated, and more importantly, the World Tree is also determined to destroy all outsiders. ”

"Outsider, it's funny that you don't even use the name intruder. ”

Merlin sighed lightly and didn't answer directly, but said, "If you have the opportunity in the future, you may be able to know, but not now." ”

"So what are you going to do next? I can help you with your wounds. As he spoke, Richard raised his hand and pressed it towards the elf girl's void, and the azure moon and moon power surged, and countless tender grasses suddenly gushed out on the grass under the feet of the two, and then bloomed white mountain flowers. The natural and life breath transformed by the power of the moon poured into the elven girl's body, healing most of her injuries.

The girl's eyes widened again, and she exclaimed, "You are the Great Druid, but this power is a little different from those Druids." ”

Richard smiled and said, "I'm an outsider, of course there will be some differences." ”

The elf girl moved her body for a moment, felt that most of the injuries had disappeared, and said in surprise: "Your natural spell is so powerful......! Next, I'm going to go to the Aoba tribe to enlist their support, it's a big tribe, and their tree of life has grown to the late stage of maturity, and it's only one step away from being full. And some of their elders have a relatively mild attitude towards outsiders. ”

"Who's after you?"

"It's the tribe of wind whispers, rain and water sounds. They are only slightly weaker than the Aoba tribe. Merlene had a look of alarm on her face.

"Well, do you know how many other guardian elf tribes there are in this forest?" asked Richard softly.

Merlin didn't feel at all that she was being tricked into obtaining vital information, and said calmly, "There are nine I know, and some I don't know. ”

"Otherwise, I'll send you to the Aoba tribe! If the hunters of the Wind Whisper tribe catch up again, I can always find a hidden path and escape. ”

Richard's suggestion made Merlin unable to refuse, Richard has the ability to escape and heal, and can take the initiative when he encounters hunters again, whether he fights or flees. Without Richard, Merlin would not have been able to escape the Aoba tribe. And she thought a little deeper, and said to Richard, "Would you like to go with me to meet the elders of the Aoba tribe?" I want them to see you, to let them see that an outsider can also be favored by the forest. I think you're the best evidence to convince them!"

Looking at Merlin's shining eyes, Richard smiled and said, "I don't think it's a good idea!"

"Why?"

"There must be a lot of people in the Aoba tribe who strongly oppose outsiders, and I think most of them support you more than they support you. Richard smiled, and then continued, "Besides, I'm not a good-natured person. ”

"No, you're very nice!" Mei Lin said, and then a hint of gloom flashed on her little face, and she said, "You're right, in fact, only two or three of the nine elders of the Aoba tribe are likely to help us. ”

"What the hell is going on?" Richard looked curious.

Mei Lin sighed softly and said, "I'll tell you on the way." ”

The journey to the Aoba tribe was quite long, and Richard and Merlin walked for a whole week, walking nearly two thousand kilometers before reaching the territory of the Aoba tribe. As soon as he walked like this, Richard knew how big the Green Forest Plane really was, and why he couldn't find the whereabouts of the other Living Trees. According to Merlin, the distance from her Eternal Night Tribe to Aoba can only be described as "moderate". In this way, most of the other Living Trees have migrated a thousand kilometers away from the base city.

On the way, Richard roughly figured out what had happened. Merlin's Eternal Night Tribe is different from other guardian elves, it is inextricably linked to outsiders, so in the eyes of other elven tribes, the Eternal Night Tribe is also equivalent to half an outsider. With the extreme hatred of outsiders for the World Tree and the Guardian Elves, it is natural that they will not identify with the Eternal Night Tribe, although the Eternal Night has been recognized by the will of the forest.

The Eternal Night Tribe has been able to maintain its independent and transcendent status mainly because of the Great Elder's extremely strong combat power. Faced with the oppression of the surrounding guardian elf tribes, she once 'talked' alone with many elders of the three major tribes, and the result of the talks was that the three tribes took the initiative to retreat the Tree of Life for 500 kilometers. On the other hand, the tribe of Eternal Night has many talents, and almost every generation will have a son of the forest or a daughter of the forest who has been recognized by the will of the forest. This was the strongest evidence that the Eternal Night Tribe had been recognized by Lin Hai, and it was precisely because of this that the other Guardian Elf tribes had no reason to start a large-scale war. However, when a tribe has a son of the forest or a daughter of the forest, the status of the tribe will be higher than that of ordinary tribes, and it will be respected and privileged. These tribes of the eternal night don't enjoy anything.

The crisis of the Eternal Night Tribe stems from an accident a few months ago, when the Tribe's Grand Elder somehow went out once, returning with a mortal injury. The Tribe's Tree of Life consumed the power it had accumulated over a hundred years to barely keep the Great Elder alive. The Great Elder is the pillar of the Eternal Night Tribe, and her serious injuries immediately made the surrounding Guardian Elf tribes ready to move, and the most powerful of them, the Twilight Whisper Tribe, couldn't hold back and actually made a request for merger.