Tang Zhangwei looked at Basil I, the former emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, who was sent to him, he saw his old opponent and smiled.

No one knows what King Ji Li Bao is thinking, such a prince who originally had the world in mind has now become a craftsman carving jade.

What is incomprehensible is that this auspicious king Li Bao's favorite collection is ancient jade, he said: "Ancient jade is atmospheric, and people like it in their hearts." ”

A glimmer of light suddenly appeared overhead, and a breath of fresh air rushed into everyone's hearts and lungs, and outside it was still a gloomy forest in the dark night - the day had passed.

Suddenly, a large pile of objects was thrown down from the hole, apparently a weapon or something, and then someone lay down at the mouth of the hole and said in a non-standard human language, "Is there anyone down there?" Is it a mercenary? ”

Everyone was stunned, only the high-level mages of the elven clan could unlock the magic confinement, and these mages should know very well who was imprisoned here. In the darkness, almost everyone slowly shook their heads at their partners to silence them.

The person above seemed to be a little anxious, and he was already anxious in his voice: "Is it a human mercenary below, say something, I'll let you out"

Amy deliberately lowered her voice and said, "Ahem...... Cough...... It's Lao Tzu, why do you want to let us go again......"

The man at the top of the cave let out a low cry of joy, and three people jumped down from it at once. Amy, Yi Hailan, Wild Wisp, White and other warriors jumped up like cheetahs and crushed the comer to the ground. Then the fire cracks lit up, and underneath were three subdued forest elves, one of them was a mage in a green robe, and the other two were young elven archers.

The elven mage was astonished: "We are here to save you...... Creak...... How did you get out of your cell on your own? ”

Among the many mercenaries, Ye Weicai has quite popularity, vaguely the leader of the mercenaries, slightly let go of the elf mage in his hand, and asked in surprise: "Didn't you lock us up?" Why did you come to our rescue? ”

The elven mage shook his head helplessly: "I am the patriarch of Shanhua Village, Qingming, in recent years, our current elven queen has become more and more temperamental, whether it is for outsiders or for the elven clan, she is extremely harsh. For example, this time, we already know that there are Dark Elves who use underground mercenaries to mess with it, but we are not interested in ......"

According to the description of the elven mage, the current elven queen Ingrid VII has always had a more extreme personality, mainly because her father was severely injured and died in the battle of the Howder invasion of the Elven Forest, and Her Majesty the Queen stubbornly believes that the Randry has a close relationship with humans, and believes that all non-elven creatures appear in the Elven Forest in the hope of occupying the Elven Forest. Therefore, the queen not only restricted her subjects from entering human society, but also took unprecedented harsh measures against all humans or other races that appeared in the fairy forest for various reasons - all of them were imprisoned until they died, and humans who hurt elves in the fairy forest were given heavy punishments up to beheading, depending on the severity of the circumstances. The elves themselves are extremely kind, and most of the patriarchs are uneasy about the elven queen's moves, and some of the patriarchs even excuse their age not to participate in the elven elder election to keep their own alone.

This time, the dark elves hired underground mercenaries to plunder the elven children, Her Majesty Queen Ingrid was furious when she learned about it, and directly convened all the elf patriarchs to hold a plenary meeting, 10 elf elders brought 3000 elf archers and warriors to attack several underground mercenary main guilds, and took away the task undertaking records, and then, 150,000 adult elves searched almost every village outside the fairy forest, and captured hundreds of mercenary groups in one fell swoop, and there were some regular mercenaries who had nothing to do with this matter at all.

Since yesterday, at least more than 100 mercenaries and more than 50 elves have been killed in the conflict, and the heavy casualties of the elves have poured hot oil on the head of Her Majesty the Queen in a rage. "There has never been such a word in the history of elves.

In the face of this kind of order that violated the elven ancestral teachings, a considerable number of elves expressed dissent, and Queen Ingrid not only did not accept it, but even detained some of the elven patriarchs.

In order to avoid the expansion of the conflict with humans, some stable patriarchs secretly discussed and secretly released the human mercenaries who were imprisoned and awaiting execution.

The brows of all the mercenaries were tightly wrinkled together, and there was still a trace of luck in the hearts of quite a few people: maybe after a few days, the elves would release them, even if they didn't return to human society, it was better to live than to die. Now that hope has been shattered.

The three well-meaning elves were let go, and several mercenary leaders apologized and thanked them one after another.

"Respected Elven Patriarch, what shall we do then? Is this waiting to die in the Elven Forest? Wild Wisp asked very respectfully.

"Alas......" the elven patriarch let out a long sigh: "There is no other way, you can escape." ”

"Honorable Patriarch, no human has ever been able to successfully walk out of this great forest, do you think we can have such good fortune? Can you give us more help, we believe that with the kind heart of the elves, we will not let the fallen humans be helpless. The mage captain of Amy's first team asked.

After a moment of silence, the old elf said with some embarrassment: "I can tell you some secrets of the Elven Forest, but I ask you to swear that after you leave here, you will never reveal them to anyone." ”

At the moment of life and death, hundreds of mercenaries did not hesitate to say the oath they could think of the most severe punishment.

"In the fairy forest, you must pay attention to the four kinds of plants, and you must never go where there are reeds, there must be a large swamp; Don't go where there are camphor trees, there are ancient trees nearby, the source of the magic of their fairy forest, and after human contact with it, they will be sealed there by time; Where there are rubber trees is the coordinate point of the path, from one rubber tree can often see the next rubber tree, one by one, you will leave the forest; Where sisal is present, there are often elven villages nearby. After a pause, the elven mage said again: "After you leave, don't go together, separate and go in all directions, so that the chances of escape are greater, and then, if you encounter the village, and now there are no more prime-age elves in the village, you can capture some of my kind and let them take you away, so that if you encounter the elven army, you can definitely leave the forest with the hostages in your hands." But, remember, my fellow citizens must not be harmed. As elves, it is the kind hearts that set us free, and we hope that humanity will repay us with the same kind hearts. ”

(End of chapter)