There was a voice to help, and the leader of the caravan sat on the damaged cargo cart with his legs crossed, looking like a god or a god, which made people look angry.

The accused man wanted to refute again, but then a man from the carriage stopped him, stepped forward and said: "Our slave beast should pay for breaking your things, but it is too outrageous for you to ask for 400,000 gold coins for your cart of clothes, oil paintings, porcelain, etc." ”

"Isn't it outrageous? Hmph, I'm sorry, that's the price of art. The leader of the caravan pointed to the damaged clothes on the ground and smiled, "Don't look down on these clothes, these are the styles of the clothes worn by Queen Athena and Princess Alice this year." Just these clothes, not to mention the quality are the most haode, just selling them are at least thousands of gold coins. Not to mention the paintings of these rising star artists, they are all great artists of the future. These porcelains are also carefully fired according to the styles in the palace. As long as you pay 400,000 yuan for these things, I am afraid that you countrymen will not be able to afford to pay them, if you really count them, you will lose 800,000 yuan, and I am afraid it will not be worth these precious items!"

In fact, there are still soldiers guarding the city gate around, but their duty is only to guard the city gate, as long as it does not affect the entry and exit of personnel, they are generally too lazy to take care of public security matters, and they are not in charge. The gates of Thebiles were very large, and the eight carriages were not congested in parallel.

The person who got off the carriage and spoke was none other than Mark Xiuting of the Gripen Empire, and he was angry because he was blackmailed, but he didn't want to reveal his identity at this time, so he had to press down and say good words: "The emperor is a shijie-level metropolis, and of course the things sold here are the most haode, but you see that there are not many people in our line, and it is impossible to carry such a large sum of money as 400,000 gold coins with you, do you think the price of this compensation can be less?"

"Do you want to beg me to let you go?" The leader of the caravan saw that they were subdued, and became even more proud: "If you ask for forgiveness, you must have the attitude of asking for forgiveness." It's okay if you countrymen are not polite, it's really unacceptable that you don't even have a little sincerity. ”

"And what do you want!?" There were still some strong-blooded guards in Kulizarid's convoy, and the tone of their voices was very impulsive.

"Shut up. Xiu Ting scolded the guard. He was about to say soft words to the people of the caravan.

The leader of the caravan jumped up and shouted strangely: "With your attitude, you still want to pay a little less, but there is no door! I think the loss of 400,000 yuan is not enough at all." You should be asked to pay 800,000 yuan. ”

"Fart!" The guard was even angrier: "We won't lose a penny for the things that are powerful to dogs!"

The man who led the caravan also became angry, pointed at the person who scolded him, and said, "What did you just say? ”

The swearing guards suddenly rushed forward. grabbed the caravan's hand and said word by word: "I said that you are a dog fighting for people, relying on your place shili to bully people, we will not pay you a penny!"

The caravan leader's hands were pinched by the guards and gurgle, and all the bones were crushed, and he screamed in pain, "Come on." Come on, people, outsiders will beat people without losing money if they smash the goods!" shouted at this shout, and all the members of the caravan in front and behind dozens of cars ran over, relying on the strength of the crowd to start beating people.

Just as the outsiders were about to fight, Alice suddenly burst into the crowd. Shouting bastard, he punched the merchant leader in the face.

Mark Schultin reacted very quickly, and was about to make a move when he saw someone rushing in, but at a glance he saw that it was just a little girl, and immediately put away his fist that wanted to be punched. Unexpectedly, this girl came to help him, and the punch made the businessman's face sink and his nose bleeded.

"Ouch hey, it hurts me, it hurts me. The businessman who led the team rolled on the ground in pain, holding his face and wailing.

Seeing this, the other caravan members scolded angrily: "Where did the stinky girl come from, she dares to beat people! Do you know which caravan we are?"

Alice stood in the crowd angrily: "Hmph, I really want to know!" Alice has been in a bad mood these days, and there has been no place to vent, and at this time I saw that the aristocratic caravan of the imperial capital actually relied on power to bully outsiders, which is very much in love with the country, and I strongly hope that the emperor has a good image, and Alice, who has a very sense of justice, is simply an unacceptable thing. Immediately, she became angry in her heart, and she started beating people without thinking about it.

This is also a problem that she developed after two years of travel, if it was her before, as her princess, even if she learned martial arts, she would not really do such a rude thing as beating people.

One of the caravan members said angrily: "Okay, you arrogant and ignorant little girl, listening to your accent, you are also from the imperial capital, you should also recognize the logo on our convoy." ”

Only then did Elliline see the sign on their caravan carriage, and sneered: "It turned out to be the caravan of the Alexian family, how good it is! As one of the five major families of the empire, it is already rich and rivals the country, and now that you are doing business privately, you dare to do such a thing to damage the image of the imperial capital, I want to see what other hateful things you dare to do!"

Originally, the caravan was a group of menacing people, wanting to use Alexia's family crest to scare people, and then start beating and arresting people, but Alice was not only not afraid, but more horizontal than them, which made them dare not do it for a while. Don't look at the title of the Alexian family these merchants, in fact, they are just a caravan under this big family, although they are one of the five major families, they are just subordinates. In this imperial capital where high-ranking officials and nobles are everywhere, even if they are afraid of the shili of the five major families, they will not be taken seriously.

In the carriage, Kulizarid looked out through the window of the carriage at what was happening, and he was still blaming Mark Schutin for not being able to do things, and the more troublesome a little thing became, the more troublesome it became, and he didn't expect that someone would fight for them. He looked at Alice's young age and slender back, and smiled lightly: "Heh, this little girl is quite interesting." ”

The men of the caravan had already lifted the leader of the group and led him down to relieve his pain and treat his injuries. Another leader of the team asked, "Little girl, who are you?" Also, you must know that they damaged our goods first, so there is no reason not to lose money. He saw that the little girl in front of him was wearing simple clothes, and there were no gorgeous inlays, not like the daughter of a powerful family, but there were some things in the imperial capital that were really hard to say. So the tone of his speech softened a lot.

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Evil dividing line - here's what is harmless -

The elves who are inseparable from good and evil

Faerie (Little Witch, Little Fairy, Fairy) ()

The word Faerie comes from the French word and is sometimes written as Fairy, Faery, but the little fairy originated in Italy. The actual fairy is a spirit that can be found everywhere in Shijie and usually lives in the forest. Little fairies, both men and women, are usually very small, and those who see them say that "they are as high as a knee-height of a small man." Or "the same height as a dog's head." But they can grow or shrink in height, as small as an acorn and as tall as an adult. Nowadays, popular literature usually portrays them as "little fairies" – very small. Slightly larger than insects, they are transparent, have butterfly wings and antennae, and sometimes you can see circles of particularly green grass in the woods, which are called 'fairy rings' and are thought to be formed by fairies dancing there at night. Some of the mushrooms that grow in a round shape are also used as a sign for the night when the elves dance.

Originally, the little fairy would appear in the family immediately after the baby was born, and gave the newborn a variety of different talents. If the newborn's relatives greet them very thoughtfully, they will give them gifts such as "beauty", "peace" and "kindness"; They will add taboos or hindrances that affect the child's life. The anger of the little fairy is not only there, for example, an angry little fairy may cause the adults of the family to become bald, deaf, rheumatistic, or contract other physical diseases.

For many centuries. They're all doing that. However, they have also expanded their activities to intervene in human affairs in other ways.

Contrary to popular belief, fairies do not have the ability to become invisible, and all animals other than humans, horses, dogs, cows, and other animals can see them clearly, but humans can only see them in two blinks, so you can only see them as quickly as possible.

There are two kinds of little fairies, the little fairies who live in groups and the little fairies who live alone. The gregarious fairies wear green uniforms and sometimes a red hat with a white feather on their heads, while the solitary fairies wear red clothes and red hats.

Some people think that they live in a fairyland, and some people say that for them our shijie is their "fairyland". The social organization of the little fairy is roughly the same as that of mortals, and each settlement of the little fairy in groups is ruled by a fairy queen, and there is also a king, but he is more like a royal husband, and his power is not as great as that of the fairy queen. The Little Fairies are ruled by Queen Tetania and Prince Oberon.

Their court was near Atralford on the River Effen in England, but they seemed to have been born to rule, and most of the work was left to the fairy queens of the settlements. Every year, the fairy queens from all over Shijie meet, but most of the time is spent gossiping, singing, and telling new deeds of mortal stupidity. The fairy queen and the palace maids of the chamberlain are very fashion-conscious, and they wear magical costumes woven from fine spider silk, which mortals cannot touch.

Each colony of gregarious fairies has many artisans who make the items needed and sell them at regular fairs. The little fairies who live alone will participate in this kind of fair, buying spider silk or shoes that they need to collect. The money used in the bazaar is fairy gold, which disappears as long as it is touched by a mortal's hand.

The fairy queen herself has a high level of mana, and when the fairy queen wants to punish a rebellious fairy, she banishes him to a distant place and orders him to complete a certain task before he can go back. The fairy queens were moody, fickle ladies who might ask the fairy to make a farmer's cow produce cheese, or to ring all the church bells on a Sunday morning.

Most fairies are vegetarians, and they eat honey, cheese, eggs, berries, fruits, grains, and vegetables, and especially cakes. They don't like milk and think it's too strong. They usually drink dew or spring water, and occasionally make nectar from flowers, but they are very impatient gardeners and farmers, and often have conflicts with people over gathering food. ()

The fairy's morality is "kindness in return, revenge in revenge". If a mortal gives them a little food, he will do everything he can to help him, such as scaring the caterpillars off the cabbage and helping the seeds find their way through the soil to protrude from the ground. But if humans don't like to pay tribute to the little fairy, they torture him mercilessly.

Unfortunately, the little fairies' good intentions can sometimes be just as embarrassing as their evil deeds. There was once a group of little fairies who wanted to help a kind farmer harvest his wheat. The farmer was surprised to find that all his crops were harvested and stored overnight, but every night thereafter. The little fairy also harvested the neighbor's crops and put them all in his barn.

The malice of the little fairy is usually caused by a lack of understanding. They are very elegant, sensitive, and mellow, so they cannot understand the clumsiness and stupidity of human beings. The little fairy thinks that humans should be sensitive enough to know when they are offended, because animals will be careful not to disturb the little fairy. Only humans offend them.

The most unkind thing that the little fairy does to humans is to steal the beautiful baby and put the ugly and bad child in the baby's cradle. The reasons for this action are still unknown. It is possible that the little fairy can't resist the sweetness of the baby and wants to keep it for herself. One theory is that they need humans to help them do heavy work when they grow up, such as grinding wheat and bread, and another is that they must take people hostage to demons so that they don't bother them.

James. Barry (a famous British writer) is a household name in "Peter. Pan" describes the little fairy Ding Ke as follows: "Her voice Ding Ding Dongdong is as good as Jin Zhong'er." This is the language of fairies. Ordinary children will never hear this language. But once you hear it, you won't feel unfamiliar, because it's like you've heard it before...", "... Whenever a baby is born, laughs for the first time. The laughter would break into a thousand pieces, and each piece would jump around, and a fairy would appear..."

Some people believe that the above situation is a misunderstanding or even a disparagement of "Faerie". They thought it would be better to translate "Faerie" as "little witches", because magic was their lifeblood and their motivation, and without magic, these elves would gradually wither until they died. The little witch lives in a magical shijie full of miracles and dangers, where a magnificent paradise coexists with terrifying nightmares. The little fairies are heroes in battle, and even when they are at an extreme disadvantage, they can calmly achieve Zuihou's victory. They have extreme tendencies, everything in the world is either good or evil in their eyes, there is no gray area, so they think that whether they are fighting for good or evil, as long as they are fighting for their own freedom, they should do their best.

Jinn、Djinn... (Spirits, Lamp Elves)

You can fulfill any wish of your master, but you can't use mana for yourself, and you're trapped in a bottle (or magic lamp) forever. Gods and monsters in Arabic mythology. These traits we know are from the giant of the lamp in Aladdin's Lamp in One Thousand and One Nights, but they are not accurate.

Before humanity was created, it was created by Allah from a black smokeless flame. Transparent and massive, they are usually born of fire and steam, so the flames turn into blood, and if they are mortally damaged, their whole body will burn and turn to ashes. Normally, it is possible to live until all humans are wiped out, but before the resurrection of humans, it is the day of Jinn's death.

Jinn can change his form as he pleases, he can transform into a human or animal, and he can become invisible. When they are full of malice in their hearts, they become ugly giants. So Jinn is divided into two kinds, the good ones are handsome, and the evil ones are ugly. The vast majority of Jinn are kind, but love to play pranks such as throwing stones at people from rooftops, seducing beautiful women, stealing food, etc., but as long as you say the name of Allah, you can avoid these troubles. Because of these pranks, it is difficult to distinguish between good and evil in Jinn (similar to Little Witch and Brownie), they know how to repay virtue with virtue, an eye for an eye, and if you are kind to it, they will help you, and if you are rough with them, you have to be careful. ()

Jinn can reach the heavens of the lower realm, eavesdrop on the prophecies of angels, and thus have magical liliang, such as inducing people to fall asleep, teleporting people to distant places in their sleep, showing them various miracles before sending them back to bed. Humans can fall in love with Jinn, marry Jinn, and give birth to children who have the ability to pass through walls, know how to fly, and age very slowly.

In one of the dungeons of Baldur's Gate 2, there is an invisible flame giant, as well as the shadow of Jinn.

BottleImp

It can be regarded as a type of Jinn, which mainly refers to the elf in the bottle.

In Robert. Louis. Stevenson (a representative writer of "New Romanticism" in the history of 19th-century English literature) describes the monster in a bottle as follows: "... A long-necked bottle with a big belly. A glass bottle as white as milky white, shining like a rainbow. There was a blur of something shaking in the bottle, like the shadow of a flame. ”。 “... He threw the bottle on the ground, but it bounced a few times on the ground like a child's ball and stood on the ground. Intact..."

The owner of the bottle can make his dream come true, but he needs to sell it for less than the purchase price during his lifetime, otherwise he will be burned in hell forever after death. Throwing it away will return to its owner.

Sprite

Fairy, the generic name for elves.

Yeck

In Hindu mythology, a shape-shifting elf often transforms into a furry creature with a little white hat on its head. Don't underestimate these elves, their liliang is big enough to move a mountain. Jerk likes to get people lost, if you can steal their hats. You can have the ability to become invisible. ()

Grassrumer

The elves of the wilderness, who are about the same height as the dwarves, but much thinner, have an average lifespan of 250 years, even if they have grown up. It is still a human-like child in appearance, with slightly longer and thinner ears. Curious, it is a race that loves adventure and travel.

Nymph

The Greek word "Nymph" means "bride", and generally refers to the goddess of mountains, forests and springs, and there are many love stories about them in Greek mythology, mostly in the image of beautiful women, sometimes incarnated into natural objects such as trees, water and mountains. The goddess of the Nymph in Greek mythology is very similar to the "mountain ghost" described in the article "Mountain Ghost" in "Chu Ci": "If someone is in the mountains, he is taken by Xue Lixi; was taken by Shi Lanxi to Du Heng, and he was left behind. ”

The Nymphs have their own branches, with Zoya being the Nymph of the forest and trees, Napeia being the Nymph of the valley and the trees, and Ori being the Nymph of the mountains and caves.

The nymph has nothing to do but add to the beauty of nature. As long as there are slender naked women in the middle of the mountains and rocks and forests, the surrounding scenery will be full of color. However, the Nymphs are very shy, and in the case of Zoya, once seen by human males, they transform into slender saplings.

Generally speaking, the Nymphs have beautiful voices, so their songs and words can be mistaken for the rustle of the wind through the woods, or the murmur of spring water falling on stones. However, when the Faun is pressing, they will even sing some indecent songs. The Nymph's dancing was graceful and beautiful, and a few lucky people witnessed the Nymph's dance to welcome spring, but no matter how hard he wrestled, he could not depict the beauty that was rare in the world.

Daemon (Devil, Elf)

It's strange that weishenmedaemon also means elf in English. But in fact, in Faust, the devil Mephistopheles (Morpheus drags Maurice) sees himself as a negated spirit. And the real devil should be the Devil (from the Greek diabohus), the master of hell. The association between the elves and the devil probably stems from the former church's claim that the elves were the embodiment of demons because they believed that the elements that make up the universe (see Elemental) are under God's control.

On the island of Doven, it is believed that the elves are the souls of unbaptized children. Elsewhere, there are those who believe that the elves are fallen angels, or that when some heathen dies and his good deeds are not enough for him to ascend to heaven, but his sins are not sufficient to find a place in hell (this setting is somewhat like the concept of "purgatory"), they settle in between the two - the Middle Kingdom and become elves. However, most of these statements came after the spread of Christianity to the West. However, the legends of the elves began to circulate long before the spread of Christianity to the West, so the earliest legends of the origin of the elves are no longer available... (To be continued.) )