Elf Kingdom: Game of the World Tree-Chapter 229 - 223: Unconsciously Rushed Out

Chapter 229 -223: Unconsciously Rushed Out

“I am…”

Anders was about to answer, but after noticing the interested gazes of the elves around him, he swallowed the words he initially intended to say and instead said honestly,

“We are retainers of the Border Earl of the Holy Mania Empire, and this time… we were fortunate enough to be summoned by Lord Giant Dragon to help transport livestock. We never expected to encounter mercenaries on the way back…”

“They found out about the existence of Lord Giant Dragon and set their sights on the dragon… Really… it wasn’t us who encouraged them!”

“Border Earl?”

“Holy Mania Empire?”

The players looked at each other in confusion.

Demacia, who had squeezed in, suddenly brightened up and quickly said,

“I know about this! I’ve heard from the returning…”

“Ahem, ahem…”

Li Mu lightly coughed twice.

Demacia: …

He swallowed back the word “elves” and chuckled awkwardly,

“Heard from returning… NPCs that it’s the human empire to the north, and the Border County is the closest human territory to the Elf Forest.”

“So that’s how it is!”

“A new map, huh! This is a future new map!”

“Are we finally going to interact with human society?!”

Hearing Demacia’s words, the surrounding players were all excited.

Seeing these excited elves, Anders was slightly taken aback.

*Huh?*

*Do they not know about the Empire?*

The Holy Mania Empire was the most powerful human kingdom on Segis Continent, and it was also the central hub of the Eternal Church, renowned from the Southern Continent to the Extreme Northern Icefield… Everyone knew about it…

*How could these elves not have heard of it?*

Not to mention, the Holy Mania Empire was the primary buyer of elf slaves!

While Anders was puzzled, Li Mu asked another question,

“How far is the Border County from here?”

Anders, with a rigid expression, said,

“Following this road northeast for another fifty kilometers will reach the Empire’s border. If you want to reach the nearest city, it might take several more kilometers…”

Upon hearing Anders’ words, Li Mu casually pulled up the system’s small map.

According to what the other party said, the straight-line distance from the center of the map to the Border County was likely around four hundred kilometers; even the farthest edge at Black Dragon Castle was likely over a hundred kilometers away!

This already exceeded the map’s maximum activity range by nearly a hundred kilometers…

Seeing Li Mu fall into silence, Anders felt uneasy but still cautiously asked,

“Um… Lord Mu? Do you… do you have any other questions? If not… can we be allowed to leave? We… we’re just some pitiful villagers.”

Li Mu remained silent.

Anders’ heart grew even more afraid.

He thought for a moment and spoke again,

“Are you worried that if we go back, we’ll leak what happened here? Rest assured! We’ll seal our lips tightly, but if… if you don’t believe us, we can swear by the True God we believe in!”

“The strength of the Border Earl…?”

Just as Anders was feeling uneasy, Li Mu asked another question.

The strength of the Border Earl?

Anders was slightly stunned.

Then, when he saw the expectant gazes of the elves around him, his heart sank…

Wait…

These elves…

Could they be planning to target the Earl’s domain?!

Anders’ face turned pale instantly.

Considering what the elves had done to the mercenaries just now, it was quite possible!

However, preserving his life was the priority. After struggling internally for a moment, Anders decided to speak honestly,

“Lord Earl… Lord Earl is a Holy Knight of the Golden Rank and one of the Empire’s seven electors, with considerable strength… Additionally, Lord Earl has an independent Knight Order; just the knights of silver rank alone number a hundred…”

This information was no secret along the border.

At least… if you’re interested and inquire, you can find out.

So, Anders answered with candor.

However, after he answered, the elves’ reactions were somewhat beyond his expectations,

“Whoa!”

“Whoa!!”

“Can’t provoke… can’t provoke…”

“Golden Rank? A hundred silver ranked? That’s so bugged!”

*Huh?*

*Could it be… these elves aren’t as powerful as I thought?*

Anders felt a surge of hope.

But before he could formulate any ideas, the elves’ next words left him terrified,

“How about we just kill these people? It’ll be bad if they bring back revenge…”

Anders: …

“No! We promise not to say a word! We guarantee it!”

His heart was pounding.

However, Li Mu waved his hand,

“Untie them and let them go.”

The players hesitated.

Seeing their hesitation, Li Mu quickly explained in the team channel,

“The Border County is outside the map; since these human NPCs are from there, they might really activate the follow-up storyline or even unlock a new map!”

“Killing them would be only worth a few hundred experience points, holding them captive is useless and wastes food, it’s better to let them go.”

“As for possible human revenge… isn’t that even better? Just a source of new experience and equipment! If there’s an unbeatable enemy, with the Divine Favored here, we can just summon the True God Avatar!”

Upon reading Li Mu’s explanation, the players were momentarily stunned.

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Yeah…

That made sense.

If they could fight, they would, if not, they’d call the Goddess!

Anyway… with the Goddess as a strong backer, she certainly wouldn’t let anyone completely destroy their base, right?

Thinking this, the players no longer opposed it.

In the months of the game, Li Mu’s deductions about NPC behavior and storylines were almost always correct and had become the recognized authority in “Elf Kingdom,” in this regard… no one’s judgment was more convincing than his.

After the discussion, the players untied the dozen or so humans,

“Scram! Scram!”

Anders was overjoyed, feeling heavily relieved, and quickly led his subordinates in a hurry to escape, fearing the elves would change their minds.

After letting those humans go, the players continued to clean up the battlefield and even began to draw sacrificial arrays, preparing to offer some of the collected junk…

“Border Earl, huh?”

Watching Anders and the others flee from the player’s perspective, Eve was lost in thought.

This time, she didn’t take the opportunity of the players capturing the humans to guide the storyline, expand the map, or release new tasks or anything…

Next, the players needed to deal with the Faith War with the Half-Beasts. The map expansion on the human side could wait for now…

After all, once involved with humans, it meant entangling with more True God forces, and with the players’ current strength, Eve didn’t believe they could contend with the much stronger human forces compared to the Half-Beasts.

Moreover… the gods worshiped by humans were the most powerful enemies of the previous World Tree!

Currently, Eve wasn’t ready to directly confront them and couldn’t deploy a True God Avatar to enter the human gods’ domain to go against them…

Of course, as Li Mu said, if humans did send troops again to crusade the Black Dragon and elves, she wouldn’t be afraid, and might even welcome it.

After all, Eve hadn’t exposed herself yet, and if someone really came to crusade the Black Dragon and elves, it would probably be due to the allure of the Black Dragon’s treasure and the elves, which didn’t necessarily indicate a conflict between the elves and human forces.

Unlike offensive battles, in a defensive war, on her own territory, Eve feared no one.

If the players couldn’t win, she’d lure them into her Divine Domain and wipe them out all at once…

Therefore, Eve had no objections to letting those people go.

While the players were cleaning the battlefield, Black Dragon Mairrel also flew back to Black Dragon Castle.

As soon as she returned, she saw Little Xian Miao, who had been revived and rushed over from the Teleportation Array.

Of course, at this moment, the gold equipment on Little Xian was no longer there, replaced by a Black Iron Middle Mage Armor of epic purple.

Seeing the returning Black Dragon, Little Xian Miao smiled,

“Yo! Back so soon?”

Mairrel said nothing but widened her eyes, staring intently at her, motionless, making Little Xian Miao uneasy,

“Wha… what’s wrong?”

“Nothing…”

The Little Black Dragon mumbled, turning her head away, seemingly disinterested.

She hesitated for a moment, glanced at Little Xian Miao again, and asked, seemingly nonchalantly,

“Your resurrection… does it have no side effects?”

“Of course not! We’re the Chosen Ones selected by the Goddess! Look at me! I’m in great shape!”

Little Xian Miao flexed her muscles in front of Mairrel, smiling slightly.

Vaguely, she saw Mairrel seem to sigh in relief.

Then, the Little Black Dragon pulled out a pile of gold legendary equipment from under her and tossed it to the elf girl,

“Here, your equipment, I brought it back for you.”

Little Xian Miao’s eyes lit up, and she hurriedly accepted it in delight,

“Wow! Thanks a lot! It paid off having kept you for so many days!”

Mairrel: …

“Too bad, it’s stained with blood and needs to be washed first.”

Holding the golden legendary robe that Mairrel brought back, Little Xian Miao sighed with some regret.

Then, she looked at the Black Dragon, squinting as she smiled,

“Speaking of… I remember seeing you angrily charging over before I died, was it for me?”

Mairrel: …

She turned her dragon head away, speaking awkwardly,

“Hmph! How could the noble Mairrel be angry over such a small matter? Mairrel knew you’d be resurrected! You’re just Mairrel’s servant! Mairrel… was just for the barbecue.”

“Don’t worry! The barbecue will definitely be there! Thanks for your hard work this time!”

Little Xian Miao laughed as she comforted her.

However, hearing Little Xian Miao’s words, Mairrel’s expression seemed a bit depressed again.

After a moment of silence, Mairrel spoke in a muffled voice,

“It wasn’t just for the barbecue… Mairrel doesn’t even know why, but when seeing you getting killed, even knowing you’ll be resurrected, my body just rushed out instinctively…”

Upon hearing this, Little Xian Miao was slightly stunned.