Alpha sat on the ground against the back of the tree, casually ripped a piece of cowhide from Tulsa's body, and gently wiped the bleak night in his hands, his eyes not leaving the blood flowing from the knife for a moment. The sound of heavy breathing in his nose indicated that he was now slightly tired. The sharp bleak night sliced through the cowhide, and after the thick blood was wiped away, the black blade was still as bright as obsidian.

Seven or eight Noldor hunters, who looked younger than him, were quietly burying the corpses of their enemies, their eyes revealing anger and the thrill of killing them, and their small wooden shovels wielded very powerfully, but they casually threw these pieces of flesh into them, which were almost broken in two, and slapped them evenly with dirt.

After cleaning up, a Noldor elf who looked older respectfully walked up to Alpha's side, squatted in front of him, and said softly, "According to your orders, everything is cleaned up, Master Yi." ”

"Then let's get ready to leave, let's go back the way we came and see if the others come back. Alpha stood up with a relaxed smile, patted the dust off his body, and reminded several people: "Don't let your guard down, try to pay attention to the movement around you." ”

His answer was obviously very unexpected by several people, and they looked at each other left and right, unable to understand that weishenme would be the result. Until a younger hunter stepped forward and asked in a loud voice, "Weishenme, we need to leave, shouldn't we destroy more enemies and avenge our compatriots before going back?"

This proposal was more agreeable to everyone than Alpha's, and almost all of them began to nod silently, even the older Noldor Hunter walked up to Alpha with anticipation: "Perhaps, this is also a good proposal, our enemies will not be able to find us! ”

"Yes, we can do it again. The enemy is stupid and has no brains, and they will not learn a lesson from such an ambush even eight times out of ten. Alpha nodded, acknowledging their claims. But before the hunters had time to be happy, he changed his words and said in a relaxed tone: "But how many wild beasts have you seen that are so easy to hunt?"

"They're stupider than beasts!Their brains aren't half as good as fawns!" replied the young hunter in a loud voice, "how can they compare with beasts because they have brute strength?!"

"That may be true, but we can't afford any possible losses. Alpha shook his head, his face helpless and bitter: "Our enemy can send hundreds of fools out to send them to their deaths, but we can't afford to lose even a hunter, and every casualty will shrink the resistance of Liliang." ”

"And, thinking back to the battle just now, did you notice any difference, how different from the past?" Alpha asked with a smile as he looked at their lost expressions.

"It's no different, it still feels as stupid as ever. The hunter shook his head, "It's just an extra plank, everything else is the same." ”

"That shield is the key! Our enemies are already getting used to the way we fight. Alpha sighed softly, "It's hard to penetrate the shield with arrows from a distance, and with cover, it's even harder to hit the throat or eye;

"They are stronger than us, and in a head-on confrontation, ordinary hunters have little power to parry, this is an innate advantage, and we can't compare to them. ”

"But...... But...... As long as you're there, which orc is your opponent?!"

"We retreated, got out of here, and went back to camp. The older hunters stood up, bowed their heads and took up their longbows, and followed behind Alpha without saying a word, and the somewhat indignant Noldor hunters had no choice but to follow quietly at this time, leaving the place where they had fought.

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How big is the Forest of Silence? I'm afraid only the most proficient old Noldor knows a thing or two, but for most Noldor elves, this vast forest is the whole Shijie. The Noldor elves don't need to leave here to live well - in fact, the only two departures are only a few wars that broke out after humans entered civilization and wanted to get rid of the control of the Noldor elves, forcing the Noldor warriors to leave the Silent Forest and go to the south to fight against humans, that legendary war made Noldor almost completely cut off contact with the Shijie outside, and the former Lord of Shijie became an ancient legend.

Of course, all mankind has never forgotten this period of history - it is the legend of the great Emperor Aragon, and it is also the prelude to the advent of the Age of Empires, and it is at that time that the glorious cross that the world believes in appeared.

And now, in a corner south of the Silent Forest, there is a small settlement that is very simple, unlike the previous Noldor settlements: no houses, no fields, nothing more than a small camp that a Noldor settlement should have.

The Noldor refugees who fled here temporarily settled here, relying on hunting and picking wild fruits for a living, and several dilapidated thatched huts are their current residences, and the armed Noldor hunters stand on the branches and jump back and forth, defending this small world, not daring to let up at all.

The women were busy in the camp, their faces filled with indelible sorrow, busily tending to the wounded lying on straw mats, kneeling on the ground and blowing into the firewood under the soup pot, their faces covered in black soot, worried about when their husbands and eldest sons would return, and only the children, although they had only dirty and torn old clothes, and some even barefoot, still running and jumping in the camp with smiles on their faces. They didn't know that Weishenme was leaving the original settlement, but they didn't want to ask, for for them it was just an unusual adventure, or a relatively long journey, and their smiles became a source of motivation for everyone - even for them, they had to live.

"The patrol is back! and Master Yi! It's Alpha Yi! I see his knife. ”

A child who had climbed up the tree cried out in surprise and shouted loudly to the bottom of the tree. It seemed that all the children in the camp were alarmed, and they ran in the direction where the sound came from with their short bows and arrows, shouting and screaming, and before Alpha could enter the camp, he was surrounded by a group of children.

"Good afternoon, children, are you still playing a game of hunting?" Alpha rubbed their little heads affectionately, smiled and asked, "Do you practice bows and arrows? ”

"We want to learn swordsmanship from you, and they all say that your swordsmanship is the best!" the innocent words made Alpha smile, squatting down and patting the child's face, the corners of his unshaven mouth raised.

"It's not easy to learn swordsmanship. Alpha said softly, "It's going to have to be hard." ”

"We are not afraid of hardship!"

"Master Yi, you're back. A middle-aged ranger with fiery red hair walked over with a smile on his face, with a hint of tiredness on his face: "Everyone is waiting for you." ”

Alpha's face also lost his smile at this moment, became serious, gently put the child down, stood up and looked at the middle-aged man: "I'll come here." ”

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"At present, most of the fleeing tribesmen have been gathered, and they are scattered in the surrounding settlements, barely able to live, but there is a lack of medicine, food, and weapons, and the arrows fired are difficult to recover, and the enemy is now infested in groups. ”

Next to the boiler in the center of the camp, there was a group of middle-aged people with complicated expressions, they were all famous rangers in the south, or the current patriarchs of many big families, these people formed the mainstay of resistance to Liliang in the southern forest, leading the clansmen to resist stubbornly.

"We have to come up with a way immediately, maybe the fighters can continue to hold on, but ordinary people can't, there are more and more problems. The fiery red-haired middle-aged ranger ended his speech, looked at the others with the same complicated complexions, and slowly sat back.

Everyone sat there without saying a word, with their heads bowed and not speaking. Everybody knows, but everybody knows, there's no such thing as a "good idea."

Everything was already doomed in that miserable battle, and the damage that the hunters could bring to the orc army was actually very small, at most it was just to harass and hit the other party's high morale. When the enemy gets impatient and decides to set fire to the forest, what can he do to stop it?

"When I came, I was met by a group of orc soldiers, two dozen or sozen. Alpha suddenly opened his mouth and his tone was extremely flat, as if he was talking to everyone about what to eat at noon: "Of course, we annihilated them, and left no trace of possibility. ”

"What the hell are you trying to explain? Master Yi. ”

"We've got to get out of here, and it's only a matter of time before they find it here. Alpha glanced at him and continued: "There are only about twenty people this time, and next time it may be more than thirty, forty, or even the entire army!"

"Actually, from the beginning, there was only one way. The middle-aged warrior stood up and said in a deep voice, "We retreat, cover our people, and evacuate to Anduria!"

(Thank you for the reward of purple & flower children's shoes on the other side ~, in addition, continue to ask for collection~.) ）