Chapter 157, Temporary Covenant

s That's right, last night I stayed up to watch the World Cup again, and when I woke up in the morning, I felt my body was hollowed out.

The crisp and clear sound of the horn runs through the woodland in late summer, and the forest is calm and automatic, and there is a violent swaying sound.

"Dong dong dong" rhythmic footsteps appeared in the depths of the forest.

Ryan led the knights out of the camp.

It's an elf, a legendary elf!

A giant eagle flew across the summer sky, and under the forest, hordes of elves appeared before the knights.

The first thing that appeared was the woodland guards wearing robes and leather armor inside. Most of them had stern looks and rough skin, and they were decorated with a lot of leaves. Holding daggers, obviously, they are the main body of this army, and they have a total of four to five hundred people.

Then there are the eternal guards with spears and large kite-shaped shields. They wear more sophisticated scale armor, and everyone carries a recurve bow and quiver behind them. There are about two or three hundred elves.

And last were the few Woodland Watchers on Elvish steeds, who were called Woodland Riders, and those who concealed themselves in hoods and visors, who were called Rangers, and were the best marksmen.

It's the wood elves army! What are they doing here? Ryan led the knights to meet him, his face was very strange.

Wood elves are absolutely isolated and isolated from the world. Almost all of them live in the giant forest Athel Loren Forest in the south of Brittania. In addition, there are more or less wood elves in other forests in the old world. exist.

This race is very, very, very xenophobic, and has never been in contact with the outside world. Except for the Kingdom of Britannia, which has established diplomatic relations with the wood elves, many humans even believe that the wood elves do not actually exist. The weird wood elves in the forest only Appears in the pastime stories of these people, or in ballads, plays.

After the founding of Arthur, the first king of knights, a war broke out between the kingdom of knights and the wood elves. All the knights and serfs who broke into the forest never came back, and the wood elves were tired of the endless struggle with the Britannia. Finally, after Arthur died of illness and his body disappeared in the depths of Fairy Lake, his eldest son Knight King Lewis signed a peace treaty with the wood elves. In the peace treaty, Brittania gave up its legal claim to Athel Loren , recognized that Athel Loren is an independent country, and the wood elves promised that they would not invade and help each other with Brittania, and would establish trade relations with a very small number of knights and nobles depending on the situation.

Therefore, although the knights were a little wary and nervous about the appearance of the wood elves, they didn't have much hostility. On the contrary, they were more puzzled, "Is it the pointed ears?"

"What are pointy ears doing here?"

"This is lady territory! Get out!"

Many of the young knight-errants cried out that they did not like them, elves or dwarves alike.

The older kingdom knights looked at the wood elves with complicated eyes. Of course they didn't like the wood elves, but anyway, the wood elves had diplomatic relations with Britannia. Fight the wood elves.

The female knight Suria pulled her personal maid and said softly, "Sylvia? What do you think these wood elves are doing here?"

"In this case, it's hard to say whether the wood elves are friends or foes, it depends." Sylvia set her sights on Ryan who walked up calmly.

"Well, it depends on His Excellency Ryan's negotiation." The female knight could only stand up straight and wait in place.

A woodland lord jumped down from the giant eagle. This is a female wood elf. She has white skin and a beautiful face, but her face is also full of rebelliousness.

There are also many complex patterns on her face, exuding magical fluctuations and strong wildness.

Ryan put away the warhammer, indicating that he was not malicious, and he spoke in Elvish: "Hello, friend Esley from the forest, I am the Holy Grail Knight, Ryan Malcador."

"You can speak Elvish?!" The woodland lord looked quite surprised, the first word she spoke was High Gothic.

"Yes, I can speak Elvish, so please tell me, friends from the forest, can you tell me the reason for your appearance?" Ryan said in a deep voice. At this critical juncture, they cannot fight the wood elves.

"Your Excellency Ryan Malcador, Knight of the Holy Grail, I am Dalina, Lord of the Woodland. Even in the forest, we have heard your name. We have come here this time to find you." The Lord of the Woodland let go of his arrogance, and turned And he continued in a calm and indifferent voice: "Eisley doesn't believe in humans, but the Holy Grail Knight is an exception. We are only here because of you."

"Come because of me?" Ryan frowned.

"The forest is weeping. The corruption of the children of Chaos is soaking this land. Your human army has been wiped out. In the darkness, only you and us are left." The wood elf said in an elf language that the knights could not understand: " So, we found you, Ryan Malcador? We said we'd meet in a few months."

"Have you ever been to my territory?" Ryan remembered that the imperial businessman Oliver once said that a group of wood elves had been to the Barony of Jean: "Is that you?"

"Exactly." The woodland lord raised his chin: "A half-elf told us about your strength and great achievements, so we decided to investigate whether you are qualified to be a friend of the wood elves. After the perfect counterattack on that rainy night , we think that His Excellency Ryan is worthy of being a partner of the wood elves, so we appeared."

Are all elves so arrogant? There were black lines running across Ryan's head.

The half-elf is Estelle!

Reason told the Holy Grail Knight that this is not the time for him to act impulsively. Time is tight, and no one wants to fight the wood elves at this juncture, so Ryan said tentatively: "So, are you here to help us?"

"Exactly." Who knows Dai Lina also admitted generously: "We think that there is no better situation than lending a helping hand at this time. Our troops are too few and you lack direction. This is what humans and elves need for each other. when."

Lane was silent.

The Primarch doesn't like dealing with elves, no matter if it's a high elf, a dark elf or a wood elf, they are not good birds, Ryan has a deep understanding of this.

But he had no choice now, and the Wood Elf expressed enough sincerity, so the Holy Grail Knight sighed and said, "I'll give you twenty minutes to convince me."

"You all understand that the Myriad Demon Rock is the core of chaos, but you don't know that the opposite of the Myriad Demon Rock is the waypoint stone that we wood elves use to suppress the power of chaos and evil corruption." Dailina knew that the Holy Grail Knight in front of her had already compromised. So she went on to say: "They are essentially magic stones that exude energy. We can quickly find it in the forest. In fact, we have already found it about thirty kilometers away from here."

"There are probably more than 2,000 Beastman tribes guarding the Demon Rock. We lack enough elite heavy armored infantry. We also found that your Britannia army seems to lack sufficiently powerful long-range infantry? Ace Lay would like to help you."

"I have to admit that maybe the alliance is a better choice." Ryan finally nodded after thinking about it carefully: "Although I can't trust you yet, maybe as you said, we need each other."

"The ancient covenant has been established again, and humans and elves will once again fight side by side to fight against evil."

So Ryan waved his hand to signal the knights to put down their guard. The woodland lord also nodded, signaling that the wood elves no longer need to point their bows and spears at the knights.

After 20 minutes of "friendly and friendly" talks, the Britannian knights and the wood elves of Athel Loren formed a brief alliance. Humans and elves joined forces and marched towards the Demon Rock together.

The woodland lord Dailina nodded in satisfaction. She blew her whistle, and several carriages drove out from the depths of the army carrying a large amount of food and sweet wine in the forest: "This is a gift from the forest. Please accept it, our ally."

Humans kept cheering, colorful fruits, thirst-quenching liqueur, and exquisite food specially made by the wood elves. Where have the serfs seen such high-end food? Even the knights were amazed at the wood elves' generosity.

The hostility quickly disappeared, and all of this was taken into account by the woodland lord Dailina.

A few months ago, a half-elf returned to the sea of ​​trees. He accepted the inquiry of Orion, the king of the forest. From his mouth, the Eslai learned about the changes in the outside world.

From the mouth of this half-elf, the wood elves repeatedly heard a name, that is, the famous human hero, Holy Grail Knight, and the champion of the fairies of the lake, Ryan Malcador. The proud half-elf recognized his strength and emphasized He is about to become the lord nobleman of the knight kingdom.

This eventually led to the appearance of the woodland lord Dailina and this wood elf army. After investigation, Dailina believed that the virtues, strength and courage shown by the humans in front of them, as well as the determination to fight against chaos, were worthy of being the wood elves' partners.

Thus, a covenant was born.

The knights have no objection to Ryan's choice to form an alliance with the wood elves. Brittania itself has diplomatic relations with the wood elves, and there is a treaty of non-aggression and mutual assistance. Gabriel just sighed: "Your Excellency Ryan, you What a shame, we were able to meet the legendary wood elves, and they even offered to form an alliance with us."

"Maybe it's luck. My luck has always been good." Ryan nodded with a wry smile. He knew that the wood spirits appeared with a purpose, but as Dailina said, at this juncture, humans need wood spirits, and wood spirits also need Humans and the Demon Rock are the common goals of both sides, and the Beastmen are the common enemies of both sides.

The enemy of the enemy is a friend, not to mention the loose alliance between the two sides?

The two armies merged into one, and Ryan could see the woodland cavalry of the wood elves, like butterflies, shuttling at full speed through the dense forests and bushes, as if this was not a forest, but a wilderness.

The knights looked envious for a while, and many knights tried to talk to the wood elves, but the wood elves couldn't understand what they were saying.

Seeing this, Ryan tried to talk to Dailina in Elvish language: "I have never seen any traces of you, how did you come to Arden Forest?"

"We came from the ground through the roots of the Oak of Time, which is what you call the World Tree," Dai Lina nodded. "This is a special method, and I can only tell you so much."

"Why didn't you choose to rescue the besieged chivalry army, but chose to help me?" Ryan then asked.

"Brittania, the outside is strong but the inside is doing. What maintains the order of your human country is pride and fear. The nobles are full of hatred and suspicion. You are always unable to unite for various reasons. For various reasons, you consider your own interests and intrigue each other. This is human beings, we will not trust human beings, and we will not help human beings." Dai Lina said lightly: "Only the virtues of the Holy Grail Knights have been recognized by Eisley, you are willing to abandon differences, abandon prejudices, and work together for a great cause." To fight for the goal, we are only willing to cooperate with the Holy Grail Knights, and we are only willing to fight side by side with the Holy Grail Knights, otherwise, no one will gain our trust.”

"" Ryan was speechless. The wood elf's words were very direct, but she might not be wrong.

Hundreds of years after the founding of the country, the original knightly ethics and principles have gradually disappeared, which intensifies the wood elves' distrust of humans. Only the holy grail knights who are recognized by the fairies in the lake can gain the friendship of the wood elves.

This may have something to do with the true identity of the fairy in the lake as Lilith, the goddess of fate.

"In any case, the Beastmen are our common enemy, and everything is aimed at destroying the Demon Rock. Perhaps after the war is over, I will be willing to talk to you about building trading posts and observation stations in my territory." Ryan replied.

"It should be like this. The forest is angry. It's time to destroy the source of all evil." The woodland lord said angrily: "The beastmen will pay the price. This is the revenge from the forest."

"The Beastmen will also pay for the dead knights and soldiers!"

Under the leadership of the wood elves, it took only one day for the coalition forces to arrive at the true location of the Wanmo Rock.

This is a forest basin.

In the distance, in the Beastmen's camp full of filth and corruption, a four-armed bull demon and two doomsday bulls are guarding the safety of the Wanmo Rock. It is walking around the Wanmo Rock with heavy steps. Two battle groups of big horned beasts and several battle groups of low horned beasts protected the safety of the Demon Rock. In addition, Ryan also saw a lot of Chaos Egg troops. These extremely filthy creatures would rush into the crowd and explode, bringing Huge damage to the knights.

Arranged on the two wings are large groups of centaur warbands.

"Leave us the frontal battle! The four-armed bull demon will be dealt with by me!" Ryan ordered the knights to prepare for the battle.

"We will ensure that every Chaos egg will be detonated before approaching you! Those centaurs will be handed over to us!" Woodland Lord Dailina also signaled the wood elves to prepare for battle.

Hundreds of woodland guards walked forward slowly, and they raised their recurve bows to the sky.

"Fire!"

"Shua!" A storm of arrows swept across the Beastmen's camp like a pouring rain. The bow and arrow skills of the woodland guards were beyond imagination. When a serf archer was about to shoot an arrow, the woodland guards had already shot the third arrow.

The unsuspecting beastmen fell down with a large number of arrows, and the four-armed bull demon standing on the Wanmo Rock reacted: "It's damn sharp ears! And lowly humans! Defend the Wanmo Rock!"

The knights were also all ready, and Ryan raised his warhammer: "In dense formation, advance as a whole, for the ladies! For Britannia!"

"Forward! For the ladies, for Britannia!" The knights and sergeants were fully armed and advanced as a whole.

On the other side, the woodland lord Dailina also pulled out her elven long sword: "For Knoss and Isha! For Athel Loren, the people of the forest, go forward!!!"

"For Athel Loren!" The eternal guards raised their giant shields, and the woodland cavalry rode forward.

This is the last battle of the summer.

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