The Northern Glacier Road is gone, and the elves must take a boat to reach Oak City on the other side of the mountain.

There is a steep mountain and a rushing river.

Especially in the summer, when the rain in the mountains creates a fast-flowing river, it is impossible for boats to swim upstream.

The Elven Queen had roughly determined the route and time, and was now sitting on a wicker chair looking at the forest below the treehouse, thinking about the right person.

This time, we must not arrange for Oroda and Tia to come out, and we must arrange another loyal and safe female wise leader to lead the team.

The Elven Queen has already been selected, and at this time she is waiting for the arrival of the heroine who is known for her wisdom and stability.

It's not that the elves don't have men, it's mainly because the forest has been peaceful for hundreds of years, and most of the time there is no need for force to solve problems, and there is no need for violence.

Suppressing violence for a long time,Like to use rules and traditions to solve problems,Discipline has always been those men who occupy the mainstream and live a long life.,It also leads to the part of the male elves that have inherited the past and the future seem to have no sense of existence.。

As long as an elf has been abandoned for twenty or thirty years, it is difficult for him to become a normal elf again.

The Elven Queen is not elected by all women, but by both male and female elves, and her approach and attitude are exactly what most elves think.

Continue to keep the peace, continue to be comfortable, do not shed blood, do not fight, and do not let the atmosphere in the clan deteriorate.

For thousands of years, even if some elves want to go out and want to show the strength of the elves to gain more power, they will be criticized and suppressed as dangerous figures.

Male ambition is a dangerous thing, and the elves don't care about the impact of this ambition on the outside, they are afraid that this ambitious elves will turn the clan into a slave state.

Just like in human society, the aristocracy will kill the slaves of the lower class at will, and will also raise all kinds of male and female slaves.

The queen quickly sensed the heroine's arrival, and as a white snowflake flew over, a woman with exaggerated silver hair emerged from the snowflake and gently stepped on the snowflake and landed on the ground.

Her bare feet gently stepped on the huge branches of the trees, and the snowflakes that appeared with her quickly disappeared near the branches of the treehouse, and her long hair floated gently like streamers, even if it was floating, reaching the position of her little feet.

"Dana, I need you to go to the Land of the Stars, Lawrence, the Prophet of Ravenfeather, invited our wise men to come and discuss agriculture."

Dana has colored eyes and silver eyebrows, not only is her face fair, but even her hair and eyebrows are the same silver.

But not expressionless, the young woman who looked like she was ice looked at the queen, "This kind of thing can be left to Oroda, she has been there before, I don't want to go out." ”

The Elven Queen sensed Dana's apparent reluctance, and was even more relieved.

"Oroda is so obsessed with the outside world that she needs to be in the forest for fifty years."

The queen said to Dana, "This is the only task given to you in a hundred years, you don't need to do anything, just take a few wise men who are familiar with plants and come back." ”

Dana still didn't want to, "Oloda?" ”

The queen sighed, "She can't, she told me when she came back that one meal from the Ravenfeather Prophet eats our food for a year, and the castle where the Ravenfeather Prophet lives has hundreds of slaves, all of whom are slaves of the Prophet, and the sweet soup and meat he eats every day are heavier than what we eat in a year." ”

"When the boy said this, his eyes were full of envy, and he did not think that it was a harbinger of danger."

The queen was not only talking about Oroda, but also about her only child, Tia.

The fertility rate of the transcendent is extremely low, and the queen has no time or energy to raise another one.

Unaware of the Queen's maintenance of Princess Tia, Dana casually remarked, "I remember the last time I talked about this prophet was when he was looking for a midwife. ”

The queen nodded, "Yes, we didn't participate that time, and this time we don't have the right to refuse." ”

Conservative is not stupid, the queen can clearly perceive the change in the situation, and knows that if she does not cooperate, those barbarians will really dare to come in.

Dana frowned and asked, "Will there be any danger after I pass?" ”

At the time of questioning, Dana was clearly already thinking about calculating the danger of this matter.

The queen quickly reassured: "No, the doctrine of the Church of the Stars is not to harm those who go to spread knowledge, not only to learn and share knowledge, but even some of the previous captives of the Io Kingdom and the Gran Kingdom have been pardoned because they have been to the Kingdom of the Stars. ”

"You were invited by the Prophet to come and visit, and the people there will not hurt you, but will respect you very much, and both Tia and Oroda were treated when they passed, and this matter is a matter of the Prophet's face, no problem."

In order for Dana to accept this, the queen did not continue to say bad things about it.

Dana quickly thought for a few seconds, and only reluctantly agreed after feeling that there was no problem, "Then this is my only task in the past hundred years, don't bother me in the future." ”

The queen nodded, "Okay." ”

Dana quickly turned into snowflakes and disappeared from the dense branches and foliage of the treehouse.

Most of the time, male witches are stronger than witches, and pure-blood male witches are stronger than pure-blood witches, but this is not an absolute thing, and some witches with too strong bloodlines and abilities also have mysterious strength that is not inferior to ordinary pure-blood witches.

In the world of the transcendental, talent is something that is born and something that cannot be exchanged for hard work, and some people are born to stand at the top.

If you pursue a fair starting point without being able to change your talent, these people will soar into the sky.

If the pursuit of fairness in the outcome is pursued, then these people are lying flat, and after stepping to the finish line that can be seen and drawn, they will either think about re-formulating the rules, or they will just lie flat and do nothing.

The queen did not realize that it was fairer for some powerful people who were born stronger than others, who were born better than others, who had no ambition and no abundant material provisions, and who had another starting point.

Lawrence actually had the same idea as the Elven Queen at first, with the idea that the outcome would be fair, but later found that this was not suitable for the fantasy world where transcendents existed.

Equal distribution is a dead end, and the contribution of Keharan and others in agriculture is definitely more than the efforts of thousands of people, and more work and more reward is a simple concept that conforms to public perception.

It's not just the wizards and witches who will complain and be lazy if they get fewer rewards, but the barbarians who fight wars will also run away if they get fewer rewards.

Equal distribution is only suitable for a world with similar individual differences, and in this fantasy world, the difference between people is so great that you can't let the cows that farm and the chickens that lay eggs eat the same feed, right?

At this point, Dana just went back and tidied up the house a little, and then went out with nothing.

Dana didn't realize what kind of ideal place she was going to be.

The queen also has a blind self-confidence, believing that her elves are all loyal servants of the elven country, and that the elven kingdom is the destination of all elves.

A lot of times, it's just that you don't find a better home.

***

Dana searched in the forest, and the swift deer that had been roaming around her house many years ago were gone.

It could have been ten years ago, or it could have been more than ten years ago, but in short, a long time has passed.

Without deer, you can't go far, and you can't always rely on yourself to walk.

"No way." Dana went back to her home in the big tree cave and searched for some valuable gems and gold coins.

The gold coins that had not been used for a long time were also a little gray, and Dana put them in her pocket, and went out to join the rest of the elves with some reluctance.

Outside the damp and secluded, vegetated forest village, Dana saw several old elves in turf, and a man who didn't look weak.

The elven kingdom's martial arts master, Green Hardwood, was holding his hands in front of him, leaning on the big tree to rest quietly.

After sensing Dana's approach, he glanced at this side, and then stood up directly.

"We're all here, then I'll lead the way, let's go to the Flying Fish Harbor to the north and take a boat, and after two days we will reach the Ferry Harbor in the Land of Stars, and then we will meet the Prophet in one day."

Grimm Hardwood had previously been to Phumesius as an emissary, accompanied by another elder and the Issabels.

Dana wondered, "What is Flying Fish Harbor?" ”

Green Hardwood explained: "It was the territory of the former Kocako Kingdom, the mountain to the north, the previous lord seemed to be called Mercia, and now it is the territory of the Kingdom of Stars. ”

Dana understood what the place was this time, "I seem to have been there before, it's all mountains and wood, it's a very poor place. ”

Dana casually said what she knew, but Green Hardwood didn't answer, turned around and walked straight outside.

The rest of the elves soon followed, and Dana spotted the existing elves riding deer, some riding goats and unicorns.

Dana saw that she and the Green Hardwood were the only ones with no mounts, so she walked quickly to the Green Hardwood.

"Let's just walk past? Then I'm not going. "Dana doesn't want to go more and more.

Green Hardwood asked, "Why don't you bring your mount?" ”

Dana explains: "My deer is gone, and the last time I fed it was twelve years ago. ”

Grimm Hardwood said casually, "That could be dead, let's go to Flying Fish Harbor first, where there is a shop that sells mounts." ”

Dana became curious, "What mounts are there?" ”

"That's what you're behind you." Grimm Hardwood replied and continued to walk towards the dense hard bushes ahead, opening the forest passage to the outside world.

Dana herself opens the forest passages, and she's more curious about the mount than about the Grimm Hardwood's ability to use its mystical powers to separate the thorny paths.

After looking back at the old men's mounts, Dana decided to go out and have a look, and buy a deer if she had one.

Green Hardwood walked from morning to afternoon with a few equally dull elves, reaching the outside of the forest before the evening sun set.

Dana soon discovers that outside the forest is no longer meadows and wastelands, but large medicinal fields are planted.

The medicinal herbs here are all flowers and plants, which are distributed among each other, looking like a beautiful garden.

There are also many women and children who are busy in the fields, wrapping their hair in headscarves to facilitate their work and stooping.

It was getting dark, and the men were putting the finishing touches on the farm tools and some weeds out of the flower fields.

The appearance of Dana and the other elves did not make these people seem panicked, they just glanced at them curiously, and quickly moved away from here.

"These humans are the humans of our kingdom?" Dana didn't feel like it, and the humans of the Elven Kingdom couldn't walk out of the forest at will.

Green Hardwood explained: "No, they are nearby medicine farmers, and this land is suitable for growing medicinal herbs, so they are rented to these people to grow medicinal herbs, and the country of stars will take these medicinal herbs when the time comes, and will give us food and cloth when the time comes." ”

Dana frowned, "How did I not know about this?" ”

"It was decided last year, and this year is the first year." Green Hardwood continues to walk forward.

There is a well-paved flat road ahead that leads directly to the Port of Flying Fish.

This road was also just repaired last year, which fully proves the strength of the country of stars.

The Land of Stars has the strength to reach the gates of the forest in a single day.

As he walked, Grimm Hardwood continued, "After Oroda sent to the Land of Stars the year before, the Queen decided to cooperate with the Land of Stars and the Star Alliance, and the Prophet of Ravenfeather had these herbs grow here last year. ”

"Last year, we have been cultivating the land, building roads and fertilizing, and the good thing is that this year we will make sure that there is no problem with this land, and after we can continue to grow medicinal herbs, they will provide us with a large amount of meat and eggs, as well as paper and iron every month."

Dana said disdainfully: "That's all? That's why the queen promised to let the humans outside use the land outside of our forests? ”

Green hardwood has no nonsense and no justification.

Everyone soon went to a nearby village post station to rest, this is not the Flying Fish Port, there is still half a day away from the Flying Fish Harbor.

Despite this, the crowd was also sumptively entertained.

The villagers knew that these were big people, so they killed chickens and sheep to entertain these distinguished guests, roasted mutton for them, and cooked chicken soup.

A few elves were eating meat in the wooden shed, and Dana nibbled on a leg of mutton and said to Grimm Hardwood, who was drinking wine and eating chicken legs, "Do you have any money for them?" ”

Green Hardwood said directly: "No. ”

While continuing to eat the meat, Green Hardwood said nonchalantly: "This time it was their prophet who invited us over, and the food they brought to entertain us will be paid by the nearby church at the market price." ”

Dana quickly asked, "Can I have them kill another sheep for me to eat?" ”

As we all know, elves don't joke and are a group of more serious elves.

It's not that the elves don't like to eat meat, it's that there are very few animals in the forest, and most of them are free-range mounts from others.

The main thing is that raising carnivores will make the house very dirty, longevity does not mean diligence, Dana is not even bother to clean up her own house, let alone clean up the pigsty and sheep pen every day.

It was too much trouble to take care of the animals, they were too close to each other, dirty and smelly, and they had to feed them little food, and the elves themselves were too lazy to farm, and of course they were not so diligent as to get up every day to take care of the livestock they had to eat.

Usually the intake of meat is seriously insufficient, and over time I get used to eating fruits and millet, and I learn to endure hunger.

It has also become long-lived.

Faced with a meat gift that doesn't require money, Dana certainly won't refuse, and she doesn't have a problem with face, she just feels that this is a good opportunity to eat well.

It's not a trap, why not take advantage of it?

The witch's logic is very direct, since the other party is willing to give, then I will accept it, and whether I am grateful or not has nothing to do with this matter now.

Green Hardwood pondered for a second or two, then quickly frowned and said, "It should be possible." ”

Dana got the answer she wanted, quickly stood up and walked over to the family who were eating bread near the fire a dozen meters away.

After trying each other in Elven, Kogico, and Hokuriku Chinese, Dana quickly instructed the fat sheep through her fingers and asked the farmers to kill the fat sheep and feed her.

In the face of the elf's request, the peasant couple quickly got busy again, killing the fattest ewe in the house to feed the guests.

Fortunately, the sheep themselves were prophetic, including all the output of the land, as well as most of the serfs in the vicinity.

When you go to church on the weekend to pray, tell the pastor about this incident, and the pastor will send someone from the church down to check the damage and determine if it is necessary to check with the corresponding guests.

If there is no problem with the check, the farmers will be given money to buy new sheep to raise, and some of the cost of entertaining the guests will be given as wages.

Generally, it will be checked within a month, and if it is something ordered by the prophet in advance, it will be faster, and sometimes the money will be prepared in advance.

The elves quickly had their fill and left, and even the mounts they rode ate a lot of grain and eggs.

When the family cleaned up the house, they found that the meat on the lamb bones was very clean, and many of the bones had been bitten apart.

However, it is still possible to boil soup and cook vegetables with bread and potatoes, and sheepskin and horns can also provide a windfall for this family.

The barely fed elf team soon descended the mountain and came to a bustling town full of people.

Now the port of Flying Fish gathers caravan fleets from various countries, as well as nobles and adventurers from several nearby countries, as well as a large number of immigrants.

With a population of more than 400,000, Flying Fish Port is no longer a small fishing village of the past, and its population is more densely populated than the Frozen Lands.

This land is more fertile and warm than the Land of Ice, more suitable for ordinary human settlement, and the eternal night is less than a few days a year.

Dana soon arrived at St. Lawrence's Cathedral, where she was sumptuous in this tall and imposing temple temple.

With sumptuous food on a table more than ten meters long, and the greetings of priests and nuns dressed in clean clothes, Dana didn't know what they were talking to Grimm Hardwood, but she thought of the Queen's description of the Ice Land from the Queen's mouth.

One meal eats up a year's worth of food for the elves, and they eat more meat and soup in a day than they eat in a year.

Dana hadn't seen food before, she hadn't seen the world, and she tried to see the greed for food on the table in the faces of the women and men.

That childlike look was what she wanted to see, as proof that such a table of food was a huge expense here.

Dana didn't see that, though, as they were talking to Grimm Hardwood, complimenting the name of a certain prophet or bowing their heads in respect to the rest of the elves, and not secretly looking at the food on the table, nor stealing it.

Dana suddenly became curious about the life of the prophet, who was rumored to have lived a life of luxury and decadence.

(End of chapter)