Chapter 16 Fright in a Dream
"The identity is too sensitive...the Elf King?" Lago quipped with a smile.
"What is the identity of the Elf King? How could he come out alone to take risks? I really convinced you!" Rick covered his face with an unbearable look on his face, but he did not interrupt the topic and continued, "You have heard of the rumors in the middle of the continent that the moon elves are forming a large elf party?"
"Well, there has been this rumor at the Baldur Gate recently." Lago nodded. As a thief, it is his job to find out the news.
"Some days ago, the Japanese elves envoys, which were rumored to have re-taken the ancient road, have successfully returned to Yongju Island and signed agreements with various human cities along the coast of Jianwan. The Komansori elves have been moving to Yongju Island in the past few months along the routes the envoys have taken." Rick said in thought.
"Is this related to the fact that the moon elves formed the big elves' court?" Lago asked strangely.
"Of course it's related. Moon elves love peace. They have never liked competitive Sun elves since ancient times. The Sun King Court of Yongju Island has always been the leader of the Sun Elf, so they naturally don't want to go to Yongju Island." Rick shrugged and spread his hands and said, "Now with the Moon elves' own big Elf Court, they don't want to leave the mainland and go to Yongju Island."
"But this will cause conflict with the Sun King Court on Yongju Island?" Lago is not a fool. As soon as Rick reminded, he reacted, "The Sun Elf has always regarded himself as a high elves. I'm afraid he won't be willing to share glory with the Moon Elf Court that will be unified in the future."
"Yes, that's the point, so the moon elves naturally have to connect with each other, and strive to convince other moon elves on the continent to join the continent's elves that will be established in the future and compete with the Sun King Court on Yongju Island." Rick said with a smile, "There are many large forests near the Baldur Gate. I guess Firal is one of the elves envoys sent out to connect with each other."
"In this case, the statement that Sivo had worked with him before was correct. As the president of the Chamber of Commerce of Taser, it is normal to have some trade deals with the elves in the Great Forest near Jianwan." Lago explained his doubts in his heart and started to make jokes again, "The elves who can be sent out by the Elf Court as envoys are indeed very sensitive in their identity. Maybe they are still an elf prince!"
"That's possible! But I can't take my words seriously, most of them are guessing." Rick smiled and grabbed the wine bag back, "Okay, go to bed, come and take over in the second half of the night."
The chat between Rick and Lago was partly close to the truth. Qin Lun, who was closing his eyes in the tent, naturally didn't know that Rick was smarter than he thought, and actually guessed the main contradiction that the Sun Elf and the Moon Elf will have in the future.
There was nothing to say all night, when the sun rose again, everyone had already packed up and moved towards the land of death again.
In the next two days, the wind was calm all the way, and the followers behind them seemed to have given up their tracking. There was no more beautiful figure of the demon-mouthed figure in the sky, which eliminated a lot of doubts in everyone's hearts.
Even Qin Lun thought that those villains who planned to do something bad were retreating. After all, as a well-known blood-spiked mercenary group of Bod Gate, their combat effectiveness level was still recognized by many mercenaries.
However, the lifting of the potential alarm did not relieve Qin Lun's concerns. At least it was the first time he had experienced the feeling of irritability before getting accurate information from Yilistin.
Perhaps under his influence, the group of people moved very quickly, and even reached the periphery of the land of death half a day earlier than the scheduled time. At this time, four days and three nights had passed since Qin Lun and others entered Torrell.
When they arrived outside the land of death, it was just night. They took this opportunity to rest and planned to wait until dawn to officially enter the land of death.
"Hu~~" In the dark tent, Qin Lun suddenly stood up and sat up, his chest kept undulating, beads of sweat as big as beans dripping along his chin, and the bright silver eyes of the moon elves were shining in the dark.
Qin Lun covered his face and inserted his palm into his silver hair. He had a nightmare. Unlike in the past, the scene that appeared in the dream this time was not a mirror image of being with his sister Qin Mei in childhood, but other familiar faces appeared for the first time.
Followers such as Diddy, Frank, Sif, and other murderous companions such as Hill and Grant, other familiar apostles such as Kelly and Robin, as well as the elf elder Mafa Molia, the demon elder Belusse, and others who knew in the broken starry sky.
Of course, this also includes many women who have had bonds with him, hotel owners Catherine, Fei Jie, Monica, Ilistin, etc., and even the nurse Xiaolian who has not seen for a long time appeared, as well as the iceberg beauty Hu Fei who was pushed into the pile of zombies by herself.
However, none of these surprised him the most. What surprised him was that the people who had never appeared in their dreams since they entered the broken starry sky, and finally appeared again after so long.
In his dream, he saw those who had been killed by himself, including the Atlantis survivor who was slaughtered by himself during the Urban Hegemony War, the only remaining little girl, Mina. The resolute and hatred expression finally woke him up from his sleep.
When Qin Lun was awake, he often deliberately reviewed his past experiences. This is a hypnosis therapy for mental patients. He sets a memory point for himself and rebuilds the awakening consciousness after mental disorder by deliberately reviewing memories.
However, dreaming of the person you had killed before in your sleep again seems to mean only one thing...
"Joy, are you still here?" Qin Lun whispered to another existence in his consciousness. Joy did not answer him. Qin Lun suddenly realized that after he had passed the world of Divine Comedy, Joy had not spoken to him for a long time.
Realizing this, Qin Lun suddenly felt the bone-bone coldness, muttered to himself in a daze, and said some syllables that others could not understand.
After a while, a sigh finally came from the darkness, "Is that time almost coming again? I hope I still have time to find Ilistin!"
"Philal, what's wrong with you?" Sivo, who was resting in the same tent, was finally awakened. He opened his eyes in a daze, and was immediately startled by the silver-haired elf sitting cross-legged in front of him.
"Nothing?" Qin Lun smiled reluctantly, his face rarely pale, his silver bangs were wet with sweat, and he pressed against his forehead, looking quite embarrassed.
"Are you sick?" Sivo asked in confusion.
"I said nothing, go to bed quickly!" Qin Lun's attitude was a little rough, which made Sifo feel embarrassed and he smirked and grabbed his head.
"Sorry!" Seeing his appearance, Qin Lun calmed down and sighed.
"Don't worry, we'll find Old Butler Mason and Elistin and the others." Sever waved his hand and comforted him.
"Silence!" Qin Lun was about to reply, but suddenly his face turned solemn, he pressed Sifo's mouth and leaned over and pressed his ear to the ground.
Sifu's eyes rolled around, and he took his movements very obediently and touched the outer cloak in the corner of the tent. After many adventures, he was no longer the fledgling rookie. Qin Lun's reaction was obviously heard of suspicious voices.
"Relax, it's still far from here, I'll go out and take a look." Qin Lun whispered, lifted up the tent, and walked out with his cloth bag.
"Qin Lun, what did you find?" Hill and Rand had already received Qin Lun's reminder on the team channel and both came out of the tent.
"What happened?" As the three of them appeared, a figure flashed out from the darkness. It was the thief Lago who was responsible for guarding the second half of the night.
"Someone peeks at us from a distance!" Qin Lun looked vigilantly into the dark night.
Lago frowned and did not refute. In fact, he instinctively noticed something was wrong. He was the only one who was watching the night, and he did not dare to leave his post and reconnaissance without any reason. And even if he woke up other companions now, it would be useless.
Apart from him, Rick and Winnie could not pursue the enemy on such nights. He just hid in the dark, hoping that the peeper would not be able to help but sneak into the camp, so that he would have a chance to catch his opponent. Unexpectedly, Qin Lun would find something wrong, which made him feel a little embarrassed.
"Now we can't do anything to each other. The geographical environment outside the Land of Death is very complicated. After dawn, I will find a way to follow me and take a look." Lago did not smile this time and carefully suggested.
"No, the other party should be an adventurer who is good at tracing. It may be a hunter profession. Let me solve it. You can't let the other party enter the land of death with us, as it will cause unnecessary trouble for the next search work."
Qin Lun's face was as deep as water. He was in a bad mood at first, and now he was on the verge of an outbreak.
"Are you sure?" Lago's eyes flashed and he did not refuse immediately.
He is not Rick, who is a steady person. Moreover, even the Knights once said that Qin Lun was not their employer. The only person they really wanted to protect according to the contract was Sivo. Since Qin Lun volunteered, he naturally would not refuse.
"I don't know yet, but in the forest environment, the ranger has an advantage over the thief!" Qin Lun smiled, walked to a big tree near the campsite, put his palm on the trunk, and closed his eyes and felt it carefully.
Sparse trees grow outside the land of death, sparsely than ordinary forests, but with more trees than the wilderness.
This land is rich in rain, otherwise it would not have formed a swamp terrain. It was just that years of war made it impossible for normal animal and plant ecology to be built here, and over time it turned into a swamp of death.
The plants here are mainly aquatic shrubs and swamp banyan trees, and muddy and barren soil can only grow this kind of thing. Whether it is aquatic shrubs or swamp banyan trees, they have huge underground air roots, which can replace air under the water of the swamp to avoid rot, and can absorb thin soil fertilizer in the swamp.
However, most of these aquatic plants produce biogas, and it is difficult for ordinary lives to reproduce here, forming a unique swamp ecological environment.
Qin Lun did not exaggerate the facts. In this environment, hunters are indeed more advantageous than thieves. Their reconnaissance ability is far more important than stealth talent. Only he can find out the hidden dangers that threaten the team.
"Finish him!"
After a while, Qin Lun suddenly opened his eyes, a cold electric flashed across his eyes, and his body spread out, holding a cloth bag and pounced into the dark jungle like a big bird.
Chapter completed!