Marienburg is bustling, and when night falls, when all the towns are silent, Marienburg begins a night of revelry. There is a constant stream of horse-drawn carriages and never-ending merchant ships. The sky was dyed a dark red by the firelight of the city, and in the city that never sleeps, nobles and wealthy merchants hooked their shoulders, and sexy dancers writhed in the taverns.

Aryria just thought it was so disgusting and filthy. With five gold crowns, she bought a ticket to Nosca. Since the gold was stolen from slave traders, Aryria did not dare to take a regular ferry, fearing that the city's guards would search her. She bought a ticket for a smuggling boat. These boats usually sell dog meat on sheep's heads, loaded with boatloads of river fish, but may sell wine or other valuables. Of course, it is indispensable to buy off local officials, otherwise, if the guards really want to investigate, there are still few people who can hide it.

Aryria is not interested in the corruption and darkness of these empires, all she wants is to travel north, to the Norscan Peninsula. There to trace the trails of chaos. Even the crew of the smuggling ship laughed at the pride and self-righteousness of the wood elf. But Aryria didn't think so, she didn't bother to deal with these humans, and in their eyes, the wood elves saw their evil thoughts and desires. Those ragged sailors, crew members, including the captain himself, stared at her with those ** eyes from time to time.

If it weren't for the pursuit of chaos north, Aryria would never have boarded the ship. She stood coldly on the deck, hoping that the boat would reach its destination quickly.

"The sea of talon is very windy and rough, beauty, you should go to the cabin to rest. When you get to the open sea, the waves will wet you. ”

Aryria stood on the deck, and the captain of the smuggling ship walked over with a smile on his face. He took the money from the wood elves, but if he could, the old captain wanted to take her as a person. It's just that Aryria shows nothing but disgust for him. She stared coldly at the surface of the sea, unwilling to even glance at the human captain.

"Don't think about it for me, you still think about how to get the boat to the other side of the gorge faster, one day in advance, I'll give one more gold coin, three days in advance, I'll give three more. ”

Aryria didn't turn her head, and replied coldly.

"I understand that if everything goes well, I will try to get as early as possible. ”

The old captain with yellow teeth said with a smile.

"By the way, what are you doing on the territory of the Norscans, which is covered with wind and snow all year round, and there is no grass, only barbarians and behemoths. The reason why the empire did not establish a base there after each raid was that the climate there was too cold and worthless. ”

The old captain chattered. He stood beside the wood elves and chatted to pass the long, boring time at sea.

"You don't care about that. ”

Aryria returned coldly. Then he turned and entered the cabin. There's really nothing to talk about with an old man who smells of fish and alcohol all over his body.

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Knock knock knock...... 101 Chinese Net

Aryria was woken up by the sound of a crash. She rolled over, opened the door a crack, and found that the cabin was no longer the same as yesterday's. In its place, a group of heavily armed city guards.

Dressed in iron armor and armed with sharp swords, the Marienburg guards walked to the hold and checked the ship's cargo. Through the crack in the door, Aryria could hear them arguing with the captain as the guards violently overturned all the cargo and pulled out the caged valuables. Some soldiers even took the "stolen goods" for themselves on the spot.

"I'm close friends with Sir Tari, and all the cargo on this ship has been inspected!"

The old captain yelled and cursed the rude soldiers. But the soldiers looked unmoved, and the captain of the inspection team looked at the old captain with disdain. He picked off the captain's hat with his bayonet and put it in his hand to examine it.

"Phyllis, your business has been good in the past few years, and you have made a lot of money and water, right? Don't be too greedy, otherwise, it will make people uncomfortable. You should know that even if you get out of the Rick River, we can still get you back. ”

"I am ...... with Sir Tary"

"Don't mention Lord Tari again, he asked me to come to you. You haven't paid your money for the last month!"

The captain of the guard looked at the captain of the smuggling ship with disdain. There was only indifference and numbness on his face. Elleria knew that the captain of the guard didn't know how many times he had done such a secret collection.

"Damn, I'm going to have to wait until I'm done shipping this shipment before I can give it to you!"

The old captain cursed angrily, but the inspection team apparently wouldn't give him a chance. On the orders of the captain of the guards, the crew members were arrested one by one. They searched every room, and Aryria reacted before she slung the gold coin bag around her waist, and with a nimbly flip over it, she climbed out of the window, then grabbed the wooden strip of the ship's plank, and clinged to the outside of the hull.

As a good Wood Elf Wanderer, this was nothing to her. If she wanted to, she would kill an entire team of human guards. But it's not necessary. He was originally a wanted criminal in Marienburg, and now if he killed another group of guards, he would definitely attract the absolute attention of the city's mayor. More is better than less, you can get away anyway, you don't want to get into trouble again.

Several guards walked out after checking the room with nothing, and Aryria returned to the cabin. She knew that the smuggling ship would not be able to leave the port. I have to find another way.

In the evening, when the cargo ship stopped at the outer harbor of Marienburg, Eleria also disembarked. Some of the guards noticed her, but just as they were about to interrogate her, the cloaked Aryria had already scurried out of sight.

Wandering alone in the forests was no match for Eleria, who for hundreds of years had roamed the forests of Eseloren, hunting countless foreign beasts alone. Although the forests on the outskirts of Marienburg are dense, they are still nothing compared to the forests inhabited by wood elves.

The dark night sky, the stars obscured by thick clouds, was quiet, but not absolutely quiet, and no matter how far away from the city, the light and heat of Marienburg always seemed to affect the forest. Even if humans can't perceive it, Aryria can. Her sense of hearing and her senses are extremely sensitive. No small movement in the forest could escape her ears.

In the shadow of the moon, Aryria sat silently in the canopy, homesick...... To be exact, she remembered the forest of Etholoren. Although it has been like a day for thousands of years, it is orderly and full of life. And the outside world is full of darkness and evil all the time, this evil is invisible and untouchable, sometimes a seemingly ordinary farmer stands in front of you, but you don't know if he has been corrupted by chaos. The human heart is fickle, this is a law that Aryria has summed up over the years. At least, those humans are not trustworthy.