On the elven battleship, the elven soldiers in armor looked at the newly arrived uninvited guest with some confusion. Dinethor went to the ship alone (the elves had long recognized who the ship belonged to and had guessed their purpose), but when they returned, they brought back another stranger.

"Dinethor, who is this?" asked an elven soldier. This elven soldier's armor is painted with ornaments, but his appearance is indistinguishable from that of a normal soldier, which suggests that he is supposed to be a junior officer.

"This is Ashrufat. Dinether explained. "Ashrufat...... "He wanted to introduce the situation of this elf named Ashrufat, but found that he had nothing to say. "Our compatriots. ”

The elven officer looked at the guy named Ashruphat with some confusion. However, the other man was wearing a gray travel cloak made by humans. It is impossible to see the details of each other's bodies through this coat. If it weren't for Dinethor's introduction, perhaps he would have ordered the other party to take off the cloak and see if the other party was really an elf. But now, if he gave such an order, it seemed a bit excessive, and it was not in line with the etiquette of the elves.

"I'm Ashrufat. Ashrufat greeted each other in Elven language. "I have been traveling on human land for a long time. But in these turbulent times, I felt I needed to come back and do my part. ”

"Master, something is wrong, this tone is not right!" Carrie explained to him. "The language of the elves is very detailed, and the treble and bass are all made up of fixed rules and express different meanings. You just ......"

However, it seems that the elven officer was not aware of the minor grammatical error in Aerufat. He nodded. "I am Valinor, son of Goss, captain of the battleship 'Moonstrings' and captain of the Marine Corps, and a soldier of Prince Bellan. May glory always be with him. ”

His gaze rested on Ashrufat's cloak. As mentioned earlier, this cloak is a human artifact, and by the standards of elves, it is dirty and crude, but from a practical point of view, it does serve as a shelter from the wind and rain, and is durable.

"I want to borrow your boat back to Ussuan. This time, Ashrufat was careful not to make any more verbal mistakes. Truth be told, over the course of this time, he's been surprised to find that he's actually quite talented in language and music — of course, Carrie thinks it's all because of how well she teaches.

"We welcome every compatriot. Valinor replied as he pondered Ashrufat's identity. An elf who travels to the land of men? this in itself is a rare thing, let alone the way Ashrufat speaks. Ashruphat introduced himself without mentioning his lineage or position. Normally, an elf would only choose to introduce himself so arrogantly and briefly when he is sure that he is far more noble than the other person. Judging by this. Ashrufat was supposed to be of noble origin, and perhaps even from a famous family.

"Master, did you notice the way they introduced themselves?" Carrie reminded in her mind. "First introduce oneself by name, then one's father to indicate one's lineage, and finally one's position and monarch and blessing him. Both elves introduced themselves like this, and it seemed like this was the general way they introduced themselves. The way you just did it was very inappropriate. ”

"And what shall I say?" Ashruphat asked rhetorically in his mind. "I'm not a real elf, where can I find out my lineage and position?"

"I suggest that you break one out of it, even if you break it out. Carrie said. "Otherwise, you'll soon be exposed. ”

"I feel okay. They didn't seem suspicious of me because my self-presentation was unconventional. ”

"They must have become suspicious, but at the moment it is only a 'small suspicion', so they don't dare to act directly because of etiquette. Carrie said. "Don't you notice that they look at you with a little puzzled look?"

"As long as they don't take action, it's fine. Ashrufat replied. "I'm just a passerby anyway...... Don't pretend to be very similar, just be able to get through the trick. ”

At this time, Valinor, the captain, led Aerufat to the inside of the cabin. There is a small empty room here. It's a real "little empty room" with only a small bed and no room for a chair.

"Ashrufat, you can rest in this room while our voyage is not over. Valinor said.

"Captain, I ask where we are now?" asked Ashrufat. "I want to return to Ussuan as soon as possible. ”

"I have been ordered by Prince Berlan to patrol the seas to avoid an invasion of our city from the sea. There was a slight apology in the captain's voice. "We're going around the headland this afternoon and we're going to start our official return journey tomorrow. ”

"Headlands?"

"Well, Cape Averon. Valinor replied. "There's a small, newly built city there...... We must strengthen the defense of this line. Human dragons can easily fly here. ”

The dragon of the man, Ashrufat, immediately remembered the battle dragon possessed by the Turanian army. It seems that the elves seem to be wary of dragons...... Of course, this is not surprising, the elves themselves have a lot of dragons. So to say that against this kind of air-flying behemoth, the elves must have enough experience.

"Aren't the rest of the place afraid of dragons flying over?" asked Ashrufat casually. He didn't quite understand the logic of the other party - it was easy for a dragon to flap its wings and make a small circle. But when he said it, he regretted it.

"The exception to that city is that it's a newly built city, so there's no normal magical defense. Fortunately, the venerable captain seemed to be distracted by other concerns, and did not notice the lack of common sense in Eshurufat's words. "As for other places, human dragons have absolutely no chance of invading. There are no loopholes in the magic that the mages have constructed. ”

It wasn't until the captain had left that Ashrufat felt a little afraid.

"Master, it's a good thing we didn't force the zombie dragon to come. Carrie said secretly in her mind. "Otherwise, I'm afraid I don't even know how to die. ”

If the Divine Warrior Elves have the special magic to restrain dragons, then the Dark Elves certainly have them as well. To make matters worse, Ashruphat didn't know what the scope of the magic was arranged. He rode a zombie dragon and felt safe at high altitude so he flew at full speed, and it was likely that he would unknowingly burrow into the trap.

"The wind has changed!" Elven cries came from the deck. "The lookout prepares to go up the mast. ”

Because the door was not closed, Ashruphat saw an elven sailor in a short coat walk through the doorway. It was the first time he had seen the elves in their true size.

Many people think that elves are slim and thin, but this is likely a misjudgment or prejudice. At least the body of this sailor seen by Ashrufat did not belong to this type. The sailor's body may be slender, but it is not morbidly slender and weak, but very flexible and strong, full of strength. His limbs appear graceful and powerful, and his fingers are dexterous and beautiful. Ashrufat could clearly see that the elven sailor easily climbed up the mast with a rope on his back, and his movements were quick and agile.

"Eshurufat?" Captain Valinor saw Eshuruphat walk out of the room. He still wears a cloak, but he doesn't wear a hood. At least Valinor didn't show obvious surprise when he saw Eshurufat's face.

Sure enough, Ashrufat thought to himself in his stomach. Although elves are generally good-looking, their appearance like Eshurufat's does not attract special attention.

In fact, this is also very easy to understand, because there are various faces among humans, and elves must also have their own appearances. In fact, there are not many humans with such a beautiful face as Dinethor (of course, in humans it is generally considered too sissy).

"Captain Valinor, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing, just a regular lookout. Valinor replied casually. It was then that Ashrufat noticed a pale gray line in front of the ship—meaning that there was land ahead. "We got to the headland and we could see the city before dark. ”

Valinor gave several more orders in a loud voice.

Ashrufat had already seen that the elves on this ship were divided into two types, one was the sailors, they all wore short coats on the upper body and knee-high pants on the lower body, and they were dressed simply and neatly, obviously for the convenience of working on the ship. The other type was the soldiers, each wearing armor, carrying a spear and carrying a bow and arrow. None of the soldiers wore helmets, though—Ashrufat felt it was because they weren't ready for battle.

The elven soldiers' armor was shiny and the shape was quite elaborate. Their breastplate resembles a knight's plate armor, though it is not made in a complete piece like a human, but is made of several large metal plates. Great attention is paid to the smoothness of the corners, and it is particularly shiny due to a special process. However, the elves didn't seem to care about the armmail, and they only used chain mail on their arms, but this kind of chain mail was small, dense, and shiny like the breastplate.

The lower body of the elven soldier does not wear armor such as shin guards, knee pads, and shin armor like knights, but rather a long and wide skirt armor. The skirt armor is made of small metal pieces attached to the battle skirt in the form of fish scales, which are spread out from both sides to protect the sides of the legs, so that the armor can play a good protective role on the one hand, and on the other hand, it does not affect the movement of the soldiers. In terms of defense, this kind of armor may not be as protective as the full-body armor of a human knight, but it can undoubtedly make the elve's movement much more flexible than when the knight is on foot.

The spears in their hands are also different from those of humans. Elven spears have a particularly long blade, which makes their spears useful for straight stabs on the one hand, and good for slashing on the other. Judging by the casual movements of the elven soldiers when they held their spears, Ashrufat could be considered to be well-trained and very good at using weapons. But the most distinctive thing is their bow and arrow, which each of these Marines carries with them. Although elves are notoriously good at long-range attacks, it is still strange to see a spear-armed army carrying bows and arrows at the same time.

"There's a situation!" a voice came from above, interrupting Ashrufat's observation. It was the sailor in charge of the lookout who shouted, shouting from above. "Captain! There's a situation on the coast! I see billowing smoke!"

"Smoke? impossible...... There will be no smoke...... Unless......" Valinor thought for a moment, and his face immediately changed. "Helmsman, change direction! Approach the coast! Quick, adjust the wind! All soldiers, line up, get ready for battle!"

This order got the soldiers into action quickly. They all wore helmets they hadn't worn before—in fact, they were right next to them—and were placed on a shelf on the side of the deck. It's just that before they put them on, Ashrufat didn't know that these were helmets. These helmets are very different from humans - these helmets are all "high hats", which are actually too high, and the decorative value is greater than the practical value. It's no wonder that elven warriors don't usually wear helmets.