Game of the World Tree

"I'm……"

Anders was about to answer, but after seeing the interested gazes of the elves around him, he held back the set of rhetoric he had planned, and said honestly:

"We are the vassals of the frontier of the Holy Mania Empire. This time... we were fortunate to be hacked... Lord Giant Dragon summoned him to help it transport livestock, but I didn't expect to encounter mercenaries on the way back..."

"They knew about the existence of the giant dragon, and they put their ideas on the giant dragon...really...it really wasn't our instigation!"

"Uncle Border?"

"Holy Mania Empire?"

The players looked at each other.

And Demacia, who came up, lit up, and quickly said:

"I know this! I heard the recent comeback..."

"Cough cough..."

Li Mu coughed twice.

Demacia:  …

He held back the word "elf" and said with a dry smile:

"I heard from the NPC who returned... that it is the human empire in the north, and the frontier counties are the human territories closest to the Elf Forest."

"So it is!"

"New map! This is the new map of the future!"

"Are you finally going to get in touch with human society?!"

Hearing Demacia's words, the surrounding players were excited.

Seeing these excited elves around, Anders was slightly taken aback.

Um?

Don't they know the Empire?

The Holy Mannia Empire is the most powerful human kingdom on the Seggs Continent, and it is also the center of the Eternal Church. Its prestige extends from the Southern Continent to the Arctic Ice Plains, no one knows it, no one knows it...

These elves... how could they have never heard of it?

Not to mention, the Holy Mania Empire is the first buyer of elf slaves!

When Anders was puzzled, Li Mu asked again:

"The Earl of the Frontier... How far is it from here?"

Anders bit his head and said:

"Follow this road, continue to the northeast, and walk more than 50 kilometers, and you will reach the border of the empire. If you want to reach the nearest city, you may have to walk another dozens of kilometers..."

When Li Mu listened to Anders' words, he flipped out the system's minimap.

According to what the other party said, the straight-line distance between the frontier counties and the center of the map is probably 400 kilometers, and even the most marginal Black Dragon Castle is probably more than 100 kilometers away!

This has already exceeded the map's maximum activity range by almost 100 kilometers...

Seeing Li Mu falling into silence, Anders felt uneasy in his heart, but still asked cautiously:

"That... Mr. Mu? You... do you have any questions? If not... can you let us go? We... we are just some poor villagers."

Li Mu remained silent.

Anders was even more afraid in his heart.

He thought about it and said again:

"Are you worried that we will leak what happened here when we go back? You...you can rest assured! We must keep our mouths shut. If...if you don't believe it, we can swear to the true God of faith!"

"Count of the frontier... how is his strength?"

Just when Anders was uneasy, Li Mu asked again.

The strength of the frontier earl?

Anders was slightly taken aback.

Then, when he saw the expectant eyes of the elves around him, he suddenly groaned in his heart...

and many more……

These elves...

Wasn't he trying to hit the count's territory? !

Anders' face instantly turned pale.

Thinking of what the elves did to the mercenaries just now, it's really possible!

However, life was at stake, and after struggling in his heart, Anders said honestly:

"Lord Earl... Lord Earl is a paladin of the golden rank and one of the seven great candidates of the Empire. He is very powerful... In addition, Lord Earl also has an independent knights. There are only one hundred knights with silver strength..."

This information is not a secret at the border.

At least... if you want to inquire, it's not that you can't inquire.

Therefore, Anders' answer is very bachelor.

After he answered the question, the elf's reaction was somewhat unexpected:

"Fuck!"

"Fuck!!"

"Can't provoke... can't provoke..."

"Gold rank? One hundred silver? This is too buggy, isn't it?"

Um?

Could it be that these elves are not as powerful as they thought?

Anders moved in his heart.

However, before he could have any thoughts, the next words of the elves made his heart skip a beat:

"How about killing these people? It's not good to attract revenge..."

Anders:  …

"Don't! We promise not to say it! We promise not to say it!"

He was horrified.

However, Li Mu waved his hand:

"Untie them and let them go."

The players hesitated.

Seeing the players' hesitation, Li Mu hurriedly explained on the team channel by typing:

"The border counties are outside the map. Since these human NPCs are from there, maybe they can really activate the follow-up plot and even open a new map!"

"Killing them is only a few hundred experience points. It's useless to lock them up. It's a waste of food. It's better to let them go."

"As for the possibility of being retaliated by humans... Wouldn't it be better? Just give us experience and equipment! If there are enemies who can't be beaten, there are gods favored, just summon the incarnation of the goddess!"

After reading Li Mu's explanation, the players were stunned.

Yup……

This is the truth.

If they can beat them, they will come, but if they can't beat them, they will find the goddess!

Anyway... With a goddess as her thigh, her old man will never let people really take the nest, right?

Thinking of this, players will not object.

In the few months of the game, Li Mu's inferences about the NPC's behavior and plot were almost flawless, and he had become a recognized boss in "Elf Nation". In this regard... no one is more convincing than his judgment.

After negotiating, the players loosened the bonds of more than a dozen humans:

"Go away! Go away!"

Anders was overjoyed, as if receiving amnesty, he hurriedly took a dozen of his subordinates and fled in a hurry, for fear that the elves would regret it.

After letting these humans go, the players continued to clean up the battlefield, and even began to draw a sacrificial circle, ready to sacrifice some of the scraps they picked up...

"Uncle Border?"

Looking at Anders and the others fleeing in a hurry from the player's perspective, Eve was thoughtful.

This time, He did not take advantage of the player to capture humans, guide the plot, expand the map, or release new missions or anything...

Next, players need to deal with the war of faith with the orcs. The map expansion on the human side can be temporarily put aside...

After all, once they come into contact with humans, it means they have to be involved with more true god forces, and with the players' current strength, Eve doesn't think they can fight against humans that are much stronger than the half-orc forces.

In addition... the gods that humans believe in are the most powerful enemies of the previous World Tree!

At present, Eve is not ready to face them directly, and it is impossible to directly dispatch the incarnation of the true gods and enter the sphere of influence of the human gods to fight them...

Of course, just as Li Mu said, if humans really sent an army to attack the black dragons and elves again, he would not be afraid, and would even welcome them very much.

After all, Eve has not exposed herself yet, and if someone really came to crusade the black dragon and the elves, it is estimated that they were also tempted by the treasures of the black dragon and the elves, and it did not mean the conflict between the elves and the human forces.

Unlike taking the initiative to attack, defensive warfare, in his own territory, Eve is not afraid of anyone.

If the player can't beat it, then he will be tricked into the range of his own God's Domain, and that's it...

Therefore, Eve has no opinion on letting these people go.

While the players were cleaning the battlefield, the black dragon Merrell also flew back to the black dragon castle.

As soon as it returned to the castle, it saw Xiao Xianmiao who rushed over from the teleportation array after being resurrected.

Of course, at this moment, the golden outfit on Xiao Xianmiao's body is gone, but it has become a purple epic black iron median mage outfit.

And seeing the black dragon returning, Xiao Xianmiao smiled:

"Yo! Come back so soon?"

Merrell didn't speak, but widened her eyes and stared at her closely, motionless, seeing Xiao Xianmiao's heart trembling:

"What... what's wrong?"

"nothing……"

The little black dragon muttered, turned his head, and seemed not to be in high spirits.

It hesitated for a moment, then glanced at Xiao Xianmiao again, and seemed to ask casually:

"Your resurrection...doesn't have any side effects?"

"Of course not! We are the chosen ones by the goddess, look! I'm in great shape!"

Xiao Xianmiao flexed her muscles at Merrill and smiled.

Faintly, she saw that Merrell seemed to be relieved.

Then, I saw the little black dragon took out a bunch of golden legendary equipment from under him, and then threw it to the elf girl:

"Well, your equipment, I brought you back."

Xiao Xianmiao's eyes lit up, and she quickly accepted it with joy:

"Wow! Thank you! I haven't raised you for so many days in vain!"

Merrill:  …

"It's a pity, you have to wash it first if you are stained with blood."

Holding the golden legendary robe that Merrell brought back, Xiao Xianmiao sighed with regret.

Then, she looked at Heilong again, squinted her eyes and said with a smile:

"By the way... I remember seeing you rushing in angrily before I died. Is it for me?"

Merrill:  …

It hung over the faucet and said stiffly:

"Humph! How could the noble Merrell be angry because of such a trivial matter? It's not that Merrell didn't know that you would be resurrected! You are just a servant of Merrell! Merrell... just for barbecue."

"Don't worry! There must be barbecues! You've worked hard this time!"

Xiao Xianmiao smiled and comforted.

However, after listening to Xiao Xianmiao's words, Merrell's expression seemed to be a little depressed.

After a moment of silence, Merrell said in a muffled voice:

"Actually, it's not for barbecue... Merrill doesn't know why. When he saw you were killed, although he knew that you would be resurrected, his body rushed out unconsciously..."

Hearing this sentence, Xiao Xianmiao was slightly startled.