Chapter 18, Elves, Dwarves, and Humans

After Ryan came to this world, he discovered that this world also has a fantasy iron triangle, elves, dwarves, and humans.

However, the relationship between the three is different from the novels such as "The Lord of the Rings" that Ryan has read.

Elves, the darlings of heaven and earth, are born with a strong affinity for magic. Any elves can easily serve as wizards and other professions. They are handsome and powerful. Elves created an extremely brilliant cosmic civilization thousands of years ago. , when their cities moved across the cosmic void, and their splendid civilization blossomed among the stars.

However, when civilization reaches its peak, it is accompanied by relaxation and indulgence, even extreme death. When the elves are intoxicated in the void and worship all things, disasters also follow. Some elves Actually staring at the power of the gods, they fought the gods in the void, followed by civil strife, and the terrible civil war swept all elf civilizations.

At the same time, according to some dark historical records, one of the four gods of chaos was conceived and appeared during that civil strife.

Hundreds of years later, the former brilliant civilization of the elves turned into ruins and bubbles. Under the huge civil strife and the suppression of the gods, the elves lost 99% of their population, and the level of magic and science and technology regressed to thousands of years ago. Some of the remaining old, weak, sick and disabled had to settle on the mainland. It was at that time that the last batch of elves came into contact with humans and taught them magic.

The dwarves come from the mountains. They claim to be the people of the earth. The dwarves do not know magic but have advanced technology. They are irritable by nature, extremely vengeful and have no mercy. After a conflict broke out, the two races were involved in the flames of war. The already extremely weak elves were hit hard again, but the glorious civilization of the past was still there. After thousands of years of war, the dwarves were beaten and retreated. And was driven into the depths of the mountains, seeing that he was about to be exterminated by the elves, the then supreme king of the dwarves, Kazadni-Tiebin, had to send a messenger to a nearby human tribe for help.

Fortunately for the dwarves, misfortune for the elves, because the name of the human tribe was Carolingian, and the name of the chief was Charlemagne.

In the past, the relationship between dwarves and humans was not good, but Charlemagne decided to support the dwarves against all opinions. He personally led the human warriors to set off, crossing mountains and mountains, and suddenly appeared behind the elf army and launched an attack.

Do humans have an army of elves good at fighting? That's impossible. The elf army has a brilliant cultural background, and it is much better than humans in terms of tactics and formation.

Are humans equipped with an elf army? It was also impossible. At that time, human beings only knew superficial manufacturing techniques and made simple weapons.

However, the blood and bravery shown by the human army deeply shocked the elves. The elves, who were accustomed to master warfare and step-by-step positional warfare, faced the army that suddenly appeared from behind, and the formation was in chaos. The elven army with low morale was in a mess, and the front-line commander was killed by Charlemagne and beheaded in a few strokes. The dwarves saw this and attacked from both sides, and the elven army was wiped out.

After this battle, humans and dwarves made the most sacred covenant. Charlemagne and Kazadni agreed that when the dwarves need help, humans will be obliged to lend a helping hand, and when humans face difficulties, the dwarves will also help. Go all out.

This agreement was called the "Holy Alliance", and it is still valid today.

Under the combination of dwarves' high technology and human's powerful learning ability, Charlemagne led his army to sweep the world.

Two hundred years later, the last formed elf army on the mainland was defeated by the coalition forces of humans and dwarves. The Eternal King of the elves also died in that battle. The elves had to make peace with humans, and most of the elves chose to withdraw from the mainland. , to the island to recuperate, they call themselves high elves.

later,

The dark elves split from the high elves.

There is also a small group of elves who choose to stay in the forests on the mainland and live in seclusion. They call themselves wood elves.

The Forest of San Lorenzo is the main settlement of the Wood Elves.

Wood elves have nothing to do with the world. The only thing they care about is their own forest. There are only a few situations that make wood elves leave the forest, but Estelle is not, he is a half-elf.

The race of half-elves was a beautiful accident.

As we all know, there is no reproductive isolation between humans and elves. Although most elves live in forests or islands, occasionally some elves will travel on the mainland or settle in human settlements. Elves are fascinated by humans. The vitality of the elves, while the human beings are attracted by the elegance of the elves, so the two occasionally intermarry. For elves, such marriages are short-lived due to the shortness of human life. However, they left offspring, the half-elf children.

It is difficult for half-elves to live in elf society, because they are too precocious, and they will feel out of place in elf society. On the other hand, if they live in human society, half-elves will appear to develop slowly. Half-elves all live in human society, because human society is more inclusive, and it is easy to have a sense of identity. There are also a few half-elves who choose to find a place where only half-elves live together. Ryan has heard that there is one in the free city-state in the south of the mainland. The city dedicated to half-elves is called Twilight City.

Due to their special status, half-elves get along well with all kinds of races. Humans, dwarves, and halflings can all be friends with half-elves. They just hate half-orcs, but the latter has basically become extinct on the mainland.

"I have long admired Mr. Ryan's name. I have been hearing about your activity in Nord for several years." The half-elf came up with a long list of flattery, but Ryan didn't like this: "If you have anything to say, just say it Come on, Mr Estelle."

The smile faltered on the half-elf's face.

The excellent appearance brought by blood has always been the capital for him to succeed in human society.

"Please speak directly, Mr. Half-Elf." Teresa also reminded. For some reason, the sorceress always felt that the appearance of this person was a bit in the way.

"Yes, please speak directly, Mr. Estelle, we Cavaliers prefer the direct way, if you have any request, you can speak directly, I have something to do next." Ryan didn't bother to chat with him.

"It's like this, Mr. Lane, I'm employed by the imperial businessman Mats, and Mr. Mats' caravan is now trapped in this town. We want to set off for Mijodenhaven early to find opportunities to go to sea, but can't we meet?" Mr. Lord, I heard that Mr. Lane and Mr. Villard are familiar, can you introduce us?" Estelle felt that Lane was not joking, so he directly stated his purpose of coming.

The half-elf's tone is soft and full of elegance, and his handsome appearance can easily make people feel like a spring breeze.

"What is a recommendation..." Ryan touched his chin, lost in thought.

According to the news from Oliver yesterday, as the half-elf said, several caravans are now trapped in Carzenhaven. Due to the large-scale deployment of northern barbarians and the infestation of sea monsters, the port of Carzenhaven will definitely not be able to go to sea in a short time. , and so on, the road to the north will definitely not work.

The choice left to the merchants is Mijodenhaven, the largest port in the southern Nord Kingdom.

However, the road from Kaltzenhaven to Miljordenhaven is not safe. There are two mountains to climb in the middle, Mount Hordaland and Mount Scarvell. The mountains are full of dangers, as I have said before.

If Ryan guessed correctly, the merchants might want to pay Villard to send troops to protect them.

The frown of the kingdom knight was seen by the half-elf, and Estelle thought that Ryan was hinting at something, so his tone slowed down, and he even looked down: "Don't worry, Mr. Ryan, there must be a reward afterwards."

"That's not what I meant." Ryan raised his hand to indicate that he didn't mean that. He didn't want to deliberately take advantage of others for two bad money.

He was thinking about traveling together, because he and Teresa might also go to Mjordenhaven.

Teresa stood beside Ryan with a staff. She had no friendship with Villard, and she didn't want to get involved in it. For some reason, the status of a spellcaster who has always been very popular is nothing to Villard. use.

"There is a banquet tonight." After a while, Ryan said slowly.

"banquet?"

"Yes, Lord Villard will hold a banquet at his home at 6:30 in the evening. My suggestion is that if Mr. Matz intends to contact the Lord Lord, then finding a way to participate in the banquet may be an ideal result. " Ryan said: "Because of some things, it is inconvenient for me to come forward directly, but I can tell you that if there is no accident, I also plan to go south, so keep in touch."

"I will tell Mr. Matz the truth." Ryan may have to go south, which is the best news Estelle has heard in the past two days. Even so, the half-elf still maintains his gentle attitude. She hugged her chest and raised her chin, indicating that she understood, and then gave a salute.

After speaking, the half-elf didn't say hello, and just left.

"Let's go to the pier and have a look." Ryan shrugged and smiled at Teresa, "What a handsome half-elf, isn't he?"

"Well, indeed, his attitude is a bit arrogant, but it's not very offensive." The sorceress followed with a staff in her hand. Although the half-elf's attitude was slightly arrogant and distant, it really made people feel disgusted. On the contrary, there is a feeling that this kind of people get along with each other like this.

"This is the racial talent of half-elves. Half-elves are born with an aura that makes people approachable. This power comes from their elven blood, and their human blood can easily gain our approval, so although he is a bit arrogant , but it is not easy for us to feel disgusted." Ryan nodded.

This is the racial talent of the half-elf. These half-breeds are born with a high charm bonus, so they can often wander between the major forces and act as messengers. They were popular at high society banquets and courts.

Half-elves are not like real elves. High elves regard humans as "uncivilized monkeys". The chain of contempt among them far exceeds this little bit of arrogance of the half-elf.

"Yes, many aristocrats like to have a half-elf lover, and then end up with the half-elf still very young when they grow old." Teresa knew a lot of this too, and the Garland councilors were always haunting the Among the various banquets of the upper class.

Half-elfs can live 180-250 years old even at the ordinary level, which is far better than short-lived species like humans.

"But it seems that you are indifferent to his high charm?" the sorceress asked curiously.

"That's because..." Ryan deliberately played tricks.

"because?"

"First of all, I don't like men, and then...with such a beautiful lady by my side, how could I be confused by an ordinary half-elf?" The knight of the kingdom set his eyes on the sorceress' beautiful face , in the midwinter season, the sorceress's glamorous face has not faded in the slightest, her skin is creamy, her eyes are bright and her teeth are bright, and she smiles at Li Yan.

The woman didn't speak, but the raised corners of her mouth and flickering eyes revealed her mood.

"Of course, I'm not interested in men in the final analysis, and nothing else is important." Ryan added one more sentence at the end, and the sorceress' complexion immediately sank: "You can say the last sentence in your heart."

"Honesty is one of the eight virtues of knighthood, my dear Teresa."

"It's not a gentleman's job to make a lady sad."

"Ha, whether I am a knight or a gentleman does not change according to your needs. The knight is my bones, and the gentleman is my flesh and blood. The two are inseparable, but there is a trade-off. Are you right?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, a knight who likes sophistry?"

"A chatty warlock?"

The journey reached the end quickly in the words and words of the two people, and the two arrived at the port pier in Kaltzenhaven.

In the middle of winter, what Ryan saw was a white sea and blue sky. Unless the temperature in this world is extremely cold, otherwise, under the blessing of the god of the sea, the sea surface is rarely frozen. On the port wharf, a large number of fishing boats and A small number of various passenger ships and merchant ships are moored in the port. Fishermen, sailors, guards and tax officials on the dock come and go. To see if they can receive a new job commission, some of them wear simple single clothes in the cold weather, and they work hard to support the family's livelihood.

Many people were dirty, their beards were caked, and their hair was just tied up casually. Seeing them swarming up, the sorceress subconsciously took half a step back. Seeing this, Ryan took a half step forward to protect Teresa behind her.

After seeing the knight badge on Ryan's chest, everyone subconsciously backed away, and only one person who looked like a leader came up: "Excuse me, Sir Knight, is there any work you want us to do?"

After the ports on the mainland have experienced thousands of years or more of development, the sailors on the docks have begun to have people like foreman, which makes Ryan's work a lot easier.

He inquired about the situation of the visitors that night in detail. Seeing that there was no work to do, everyone dispersed, and only the foreman answered the question: "Yes, my lord, there was indeed such a person who came to this pier the day before yesterday. As you said, my lord, he was wearing an old-fashioned suit, but something different, and I remember the man with the facecloth on, and not a yarmulke, but a yarmulke."

"and then?"

"He told us that he was very anxious. He had a relative in Marienburg who was seriously ill. He was anxious to go back, so he immediately asked for a fast boat. And we all felt that something was wrong, although that person said something urgent, he didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, I always felt that he seemed to be smiling, as if...excited." The foreman said strangely.

"very excited?"

"Well, but you know, Mr. Knight, we are all rough people and don't understand these things. The fast boat fare from here to Marienburg is usually three to five gold dinars. At that time, he asked the price. Several ship bosses took the opportunity to offer ten gold dinars, but do you know what happened? The weirdo actually took out fifteen gold dinars, picked the best and fastest fast boat, and left the port like this .”

Are you in a hurry to run? Ryan and Teresa looked at each other, and already had an answer in their hearts.

"Anything else... What's the sound?!" Ryan was about to ask, when a subtle rhythmic sound sounded from the ground.

"What's the sound of this?" Teresa also felt it immediately. At this time, some experienced fishermen and sailors also realized that something was wrong. The nanny horses and gelding horses tied to the pier kept neighing, and a puppy stopped crying. Live barking.

"This is...not good!" Ryan subconsciously looked towards where the strange voice was.

What he saw was the rough sea surface, and countless shadows were shaking under the sea surface.

"Teresa, back off!" Ryan immediately signaled the sorceress to back off, her body hadn't recovered yet.

"Ready to fight! Ready to fight!"

"As the White Wolf Knight, I order all the guards on the pier to obey!"

"Array! Archers are in front, swordsmen are in the back, ready to meet the enemy!"