Chapter 26 Sacrifice
"High Priest, you wouldn't agree with Firal's suggestion?" Adelin asked with an ugly face, "Even if there is any loss at the Naga Lake Ferry, the tribesmen can understand it. However, releasing the defensive formation means actively giving up some tribesmen, which is something that everyone is difficult to accept."
"We can tell them that if we give up resistance without time to rescue, we can send a caravan to redeem these tribe members in the future." Menon's voice was a little hoarse and his words were a little blurry, as if it was exposed from the cracks of his clenched teeth.
"You and I know what will happen to those people captured by humans. Compared to this, they would rather die in battle." Adeline shook her head with a sad face, "The casualties will be very heavy. Even if everyone can understand it, this kind of sacrifice..."
"The casualties of the thieves will be very heavy. Since the scattered thieves have gained something, they will no longer unite. They also need to send people to guard the prisoners and beware of the unsuccessful thieves." Menon said the more he looked sharper, his tone became firmer, and his elderly body was as straight as a gun, emitting a terrifying aura.
"As long as there is an internal strife, the thief organization will not be able to cooperate sincerely next time. The heavy casualties can shake their determination, so that the subsequent migration team will be smoother. Our current sacrifice is worth it."
"Teacher Menon, please don't do this!" Adeline felt heavier and begged bitterly.
High Priest Menon looked at the elves in front of him, shook his head and sighed, "Adelin, do you know why I never support the descendants of the royal family in the tribe to compete with the Green Leaf clan for the elves throne?"
Elder Adeline was slightly stunned and shook his head blankly. The Elf Mage is the current leader of the tribe Presbyterian Church, while the High Priest Menon was his ex, and he was Adeline's teacher. When Adeline was young, he once persuaded Menon to resist the Magic Cup Court and not to give in in everything, but Menon refused.
Menon is very old, and he is the only one who has survived their elves, almost one generation older than all the elders of the Moon Elf tribe. In the eyes of other elders, Menon is a kind and kind mentor, who is too gentle and acts too weak in oppression of the Magic Cup Court.
Perhaps it was because of this reason that Menon finally retreated to the second line and handed over the position of leader of the tribe Presbyterian Church to Adelin. However, the old man was still a spiritual leader in the minds of all the Moon Elfs. If he insisted on his own, Adelin could not stop it. What's more, the two major elves migrated at this time, among which the Moon Shadow Tribe was Mengon's own tribe.
"Do you think I'm too weak and dare not fight against the Magic Cup Court?" Menon smiled self-deprecatingly, sighed, and said softly, "It's not that I don't want to regain the elves throne of the Magic Cup Court, but that there are no descendants of the royal family of the tribe who can become the elves."
Menon took a deep breath, looked at Adeline and said quietly: "I have always been jealous of the Green Elf clan. Why can they bear the throne always emerge in endlessly, but no king with a strong spirit was born among you, even the elf queen!"
Adelin's face turned pale and he retorted softly with dissatisfaction, "Even if the voluntary sacrifice of his clan members is the king's spirit, then I would rather not be an elf queen!"
"As long as this sacrifice is worth it, the king must do it, rather than be willful, just as King Testir had to choose to give up the people of the Five Thousand Month Elf for the sake of 15,000 Green Elf." Menon's tone gradually turned cold, "Adelin, whether you want it or not, the Moon Shadow Tribe will give up defense tomorrow, disperse the snake formation, and the rangers and cavalry will also spread out evenly."
Until the High Priest Menon left the tent, Adeline didn't speak anymore. She knew that she had no choice. If the Yueying Tribe did not cooperate, there would be insufficient guards and could no longer stick to the defensive formation. Once she encountered a sudden attack, she would be less flexible than the Long Snake Formation.
After a long time, a sigh came from the tent. Adeline knew in her heart that Menon's choice was correct, but she just couldn't accept it.
Whether it is Qin Lun's proposal or the persistence of the High Priest Menon, they all advocate sacrificing the ego and fulfilling the ego. Just as Orientals like to watch a certain movie called "Assembly". Adeline advocates not giving up or not compromising, hoping that the ego will take care of every ego, just as Westerners like to watch a certain movie called "Save the Private Ryan".
Both ideas are actually correct, but under the current life and death of the Moon Elf, it is obvious that Qin Lun and Menon's decision is correct. Just as Menon said, whether Adelin wants to or not, she can only choose to accept it.
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The endless rice ears on both sides of the road are like waves in the breeze, making people feel refreshed and very comfortable!
This rice called "Golden Wheat" is ripe twice a year. In addition to the first month of planting new seedlings, even the leaves are golden at other times, which sets the plain like a sea of golden wheat waves, which is also the source of the name of the golden plain.
The wheat ears of golden wheat are full, and the yield per mu is very high, almost twice that of ordinary rice. In view of this, the Golden Plain is not only the granary of the Kingdom of Jondas, but also has the spare time to provide the Kingdom of Sespites to exchange other necessary living materials.
This kind of rice has only one disadvantage: it has very strict demands on water sources and climate. The continent of Feren is so vast that only a few areas have the conditions to plant it. The golden plain between the Alan River and the Naga River is one of them.
After leaving the forest, the Moon Elf's migration team had changed from its original defensive formation to a long snake formation. The two leaders, Adeline and Menon, finally adopted his suggestion. More than a thousand elves, both men, women, and young, were spread evenly in a two-kilometer strip area. The team was twisted and twisted like a fat long snake, gradually swimming to the west.
Qin Lun looked up from time to time and observed the sides of the team, red and black targets and silver clocks appeared alternately in the pupils of both eyes.
The peepers hidden in the golden wheat waves have been increasing in the past two days. Not only Qin Lun, but almost every elves in the team have felt it. These jungle darlings are stronger in terms of vision and perception than the peepers sent by the thieves.
"Maybe I shouldn't have given that kind of idea to the two old guys!"
Qin Lun endured the disgusting gaze projected on him, and felt a little regretful. If he was still in Handan Prison, the prisoner roommate who responded to him with such eyes would basically turn into a skeleton angel that night for the coroner to appreciate the next day.
"Forget it, the big thing is important, Joey's hobby is better to let go first!" Qin Lun murmured in a low voice, took off the oak long bow behind him, pulled out a long iron arrow from the quiver behind him and put it on the bow. As a black stream of light flashed, a scream rang out from the distance of the wheat waves.
As Qin Lun penetrated the arrow smoothly like flowing water, Ilistin beside him jumped and turned into a huge falcon and flew away. In the blink of an eye, it turned into a small black dot in the horizon. Then the elf druid pounced in the air, grabbed a dancing peeper in the wheat waves, threw him down from the air, and threw him into a ball of minced meat.
After cleaning up the peepers around him, Yilistin flew back to the team, intentionally or unintentionally flapping his wings above Qin Lun's head before landing. The strong wind blew the young man's face and made him feel helpless.
Elf Druid has not given him a good look since he learned that the two elders had adopted Qin Lun's suggestion and has not spoken to him for several days.
"Ilistin, do you want to know why we have not been attacked by the human thieves these days?" Qin Lun suddenly asked at the elf druid beside him with a smile.
Ilisten threw a hygienic eye on him, turned his head and ignored him, but after a while, he turned his face again, frowned and snorted coldly. As if he was saying, "Tell me, I'll listen!"
Qin Lun sighed and explained slowly: "We will walk about seven or eight days from the edge of the forest to the ferry at the southern end of Lake Naga. Since the team has disbanded its defensive formation, most of the tribesmen are insecure. They have to hurry and be wary of attacks that may come at any time, and their physical strength will be consumed very quickly.
Most of the human thieves and dark mercenaries have rich adventure experience. They are waiting for the moment when we are exhausted, and at the same time, they are also testing the weak links of the team through uninterrupted surveillance. So they will not take action in the first few days of the journey. And in the next few days, it will probably not be so easy."
After Qin Lun finished speaking, there was another embarrassing silence between the two. Just as he thought that Elistin would remain silent as he had been a few days ago, the inaudible words of the elf druid came to his ears.
"Can our current sacrifice really make the migrant tribe members who will be more smooth?"
Qin Lun's eyes flashed, but he turned his head but only saw the back of Ilistin's head, as if the words just now were just the young man's auditory hallucination.
However, he didn't mind and said to himself: "Where can you get the reward without giving? The sacrifices of the two tribes of Yue Luo and Yue Ying are very important for all the Jondal Moon Elfs."
"Of course, the same is true for me and the fortress team!" Qin Lun looked up at the Lost Newcomer Group not far away, and added a secret sentence in his heart.
The reason why Qin Lun gave this idea to Adelin and Menon was actually his own considerations. Although he and the fortress team took over the side mission of "Moon Elf Migration", they would only cover this migration operation at most. The next two groups of Moon Elfs will be dead or alive and have no effect on them.
If the Yue Luo and Yue Shadow Tribe suffer heavy casualties, it will also affect their mission contribution, reducing the final mission reward, which will be a bit more cost-effective.
After Qin Lun made this idea for Adeline and Menon, Nicole questioned the matter on the team channel, but the second-level magician of the "Fortress" was soon convinced by him.
Qin Lun's reason is very simple. He is using part of the rewards from this task in exchange for the opportunity to weaken the lost newcomer group.
Under the current circumstances, if this group of moon elves still maintain their original defensive formation, the Sun Elf Envoys will always be at the core of the team. Not only are there two layers of protection from elves rangers and elves cavalry, but there are also elves** divisions and high-level druids everywhere around.
Even if there are high-level assassins hired by human dark organizations or other elves, they are afraid they will be very difficult to succeed. The Lost Newcomer Group did not suffer any losses, so how could Prince Milleras hire other mercenaries?
When we arrived at Anker Forest, would the fortress team have to watch this major plot line slip away from under our noses?
However, it is different now. Without the two layers of elves and elves cavalry inside and outside, the elves mages and druids were also spread out into the entire team of long snakes. The Japanese elves envoys and the lost newcomer group must face the possible high-level assassins alone.
As for the characteristics of this plot line, from Jondale Forest to Anchor Forest, the Japanese Elf Envoys cannot always be safe. When it comes to dangerous tasks, they are far more than major-level difficulties.
Qin Lun never believed that Kelly, a violent woman, could completely cover the entire Japanese elves envoy. Once the Lost Newcomer Group lost personnel, Prince Milleras felt the threat, and the fortress team near the water tower was waiting for the opportunity to participate.
Chapter completed!