Elf Kingdom: Game of the World Tree-Chapter 222 - 216: Rescuing the Elf Player

Chapter 222 -216: Rescuing the Elf Player

In the dense forest, Crocodile Mercenary Corps’ camp.

A group of mercenaries surrounded dozens of bound elves, excitedly counting their number,

“One, two, three… fifty-seven, fifty-eight…”

“Fifty-eight! We actually captured fifty-eight in one go!”

“They’re all young elves! More than half of them are female!”

“Hahaha! We’re rich! We’re rich! Even if we split this up evenly, each of us will earn hundreds of pounds in gold coins!”

“Captain! You’re really incredible! I’ve never seen so many elves in my life!”

The mercenaries said excitedly.

Crocodile accepted a water flask handed over by a mercenary, gulping it down before saying proudly,

“Hehe, when am I not impressive, as your captain?”

What a joke! Crocodile had risen to become a silver-tier magic swordsman purely from a commoner’s status, and had gathered a thousand-strong mercenary corps under his command, even nobles had to treat him with respect!

After speaking, a hint of regret flashed in Crocodile’s expression,

“What a pity the Black Dragon returned, otherwise we could have captured more…”

“More?”

“Yes, at least several hundred more!”

Crocodile sighed.

Upon hearing the captain’s words, the mercenaries who hadn’t participated in the raid gasped,

“Hundreds of elves? Eternal Lord above! Where did that Black Dragon gather so many elves? And… they’re all so young!”

“Who knows, maybe it cleared out all the remaining elves in the Elf Forest?”

Crocodile shook his head and said.

Facing the mercenaries, he could only explain it like this.

However, although this operation had gone smoothly, Crocodile felt a bit uneasy inside.

Recalling those teleportation arrays just now, and looking at the elves he captured who were curiously or excitedly observing the mercenaries, Crocodile felt something was off…

If he had to say, it was that the reactions of these captured elves were somewhat different from what he had imagined…

Crocodile had expected them to be fearful and terrified, to be angry and desperate, and even based on many years of mercenary experience, he worried some elves might stubbornly choose suicide…

However, the fact was, these dozens of captured elves were extremely cooperative with the mercenaries, as if they were strolling in their own gardens, and their eyes were brightly observing the mercenaries coming and going, filled with curiosity and excitement, but conspicuously lacking tension or fear!

*What a strange bunch! Don’t they know what they’re about to face?*

Crocodile was very puzzled.

Yet… thinking about it now, the fact that the Black Dragon could gather hundreds of young elves was already quite strange.

Crocodile thought for a while, found it incomprehensible, and decided not to think about it anymore.

*Perhaps my unease is just because everything went too smoothly?*

However, these captured elves were certainly real!

He had identified them using [Appraisal], and these captured entities were truly elves!

Now that their power had been sealed by the Magic Prohibition Rope, could they possibly perform any tricks?

However… the haul was too great; to prevent any long night thoughts, he figured it best to take them back as soon as possible.

Thinking of this, Crocodile took a drink of water and then waved his hand to disperse the onlooking mercenaries,

“Move along, move along! Watch these elves carefully! No one is allowed to touch them! Even a single finger of theirs is worth a year’s wage for you guys!”

“Pack up your things, we’re setting off overnight, head back to the empire’s border!”

Upon Crocodile’s order, Xiao Xian Miao and fifty-eight other captured players were herded together.

They obediently listened to the mercenaries’ orders, and at the same time curiously surveyed the mercenary camp.

On the surface, it seemed like they were awed by the scale of over a thousand mercenaries.

But in reality, the players were thoroughly excited at this moment…

In the game’s chat system.

The fifty-eight players captured by human mercenaries were all dragged into a temporary team created by Xiao Xian Miao.

At this very moment, the team chat channel was flooded with the players’ messages,

“A mercenary corps! This is a human mercenary corps!”

“So many people! Could this really be a hidden plot?”

“It’s very possible! From their conversation, it seems they were originally after Mairrel but ended up capturing us instead.”

“They were really after Mairrel? Could this be the follow-up plot triggered after it went out last time?”

“Who knows, anyway… it seems we’re being treated as treasures by them.”

“Of course, we’re treated as treasures! You’re a third-test player, so you might not know, but an elf’s price on the black market is at least a thousand pounds in gold coins! If it’s female, the price doubles!”

“How are you so familiar with this?”

“Hehe, back when the Underworld map first opened up, I sold myself twice and made over three thousand pounds in gold coins!”

“What the hell?! You can sell yourself? Awesome! But… is the gold even useful?”

“Nonsense, one gold coin is worth a hundred silver coins, that’s a huge sum of thirty thousand silver coins! Just crafting equipment at the Shadowy Dwarves would be enough for thirty sets of rare blue equipment at least! In contribution terms, that’s sixty thousand! Back then, resurrection depended on the Perfect Times, dying twice cost only two thousand contribution points.”

“Wow! Two thousand contribution points exchanged for sixty thousand! Impressive! Is this a system loophole?”

“Maybe not. Because after I sold myself twice, the dwarven trafficker went bankrupt. Moreover, now resurrection times have become resurrection coins, and death penalties have gotten heavier and heavier…”

“…”

“Don’t underestimate you and I’s worth in the game! In summary… it’s perfectly normal for these mercenaries to take us as treasures! According to Shadowy Dwarves, bounty hunters in the Underworld consider yearly earnings of over thirty pounds in gold coins to be rich.”

“…”

The players chattered endlessly in the chat channel.

Simultaneously, older players like Xiao Xian Miao also contacted their guilds.

“Miao, where are you guys?”

“In a grove, surrounded by many mercenaries. From the location on the mini-map, we should be not far from Black Dragon Castle but also near the map’s border. I’ll invite you to the team.”

“Woah! So many people in the team?!”

“We were caught over fifty of us at once… and there are mercenaries everywhere, so thick it’s impossible to tell how many. I just overheard from the NPCs’ chats that they number in the thousands…”

“That many?! Our guild alone might not be enough to rescue them…”

“Then let’s call on Heart of Nature and the First Legion! And that newly established guild by the third-test player, ‘Autobots.’ But… I still want to wait a bit more; according to Elf Kingdom’s game routine, the hidden plot should be coming soon.”

The players communicated through the chat system, and Eve also gathered the gist of the situation by eavesdropping on players’ chats and the mercenaries’ actions…

“So, it’s just a mercenary corps coming after the Black Dragon’s wealth! They knew the Black Dragon had elves, but they mistook the players for the Black Dragon’s clansmen!”

Eve realized.

“Crocodile Mercenary Corps, huh? Over a thousand of them, neither much nor too few.”

“However… since they’re here, they may as well not leave. After all, the players’ strength has recently increased significantly; it’s time to test large corps combat and see the players’ strength.”

Thinking of this, Eve calculated the marching speed of the mercenaries…

“They’ll completely leave the players’ maximum operational range in about two days…”

The straight-line distance from the Crocodile Mercenary Corps to Eve’s body was about 260 kilometers. Their march direction was slightly northward, and after about another 70 kilometers, they would surpass the straight-line range of 300 kilometers of the players’ activities.

And with the large batch of goods they carried, even with full force, their speed was not fast, but even so, two days’ time would be enough for them to leave.

This meant that within two days, even without rescuing Xiao Xian Miao and the others, they would be forcibly teleported back to the World Tree due to leaving the maximum operational range.

At that time, unless Eve expanded the players’ operational range, the mercenary corps would be completely beyond the players’ reach for pursuit.

Of course, how could Eve possibly let the mercenary corps return so easily?

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She pondered for a moment, then decisively issued a new task to the players…

[Ding—]

[Players “Xiao Xian Miao,” “Gourd Island Boss,” “Gourd Island Second” and fifty-eight others have triggered a timed random task]

[Random Task: Crocodile Mercenary Corps Unleashed]

[Task Description: The activities of Black Dragon Mairrel have finally attracted human attention. A human mercenary corps named “Crocodile Mercenary Corps” attacked Black Dragon Castle, capturing a large number of elves!]

[To save kin, to avenge, you decide to chase and attack the mercenary corps!]

[Task Objectives: 1. Eliminate the Crocodile Mercenary Corps 2. Rescue the captured players]

[Task Time Limit: 24 hours]

[Task Participants: Unlimited]

[Task Level: Level 11]

[Task Rewards: XP, Contribution Points, Resurrection Coins]

[Task Hint 1: The mercenary corps is heading north. Exiting the task range will result in a task failure, so players are advised to act swiftly]

[Task Hint 2: The mercenary corps has a large number of people. Players are advised to team up en masse and act under unified command]

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