Chapter 339 Marriage

All the nobles in Efta know that the right-hand men of the Duke of Angmar—that is, the two guardian knights "Wellington" and "Titus"—have been "suppressing bandits" everywhere recently. For the two knights, they really have a lot of identities, but it also fully demonstrates the embarrassment of the lord who has no one available and limited resources at this time...

Angmar, who has been sleeping for many years, has lost almost all his allies in Efta, but the first thing he did after waking up was not to win over and repair the relationship, but instead chose "absurdly" to increase troops to the border...

This kind of behavior really made the nobles feel ridiculous, and today, they have got their wish to see that Angmar paid the price for this—the Luciferon family is inevitably going down, and instead of helping, they secretly Be prepared to swarm and share and eat.

The invitation letter for the banquet has been sent out. As for the theme or content, the only thing that can be explained is that the "Rosicrucian" sect will also participate in the dinner, which is called "raising donations for the establishment of the sect".

Perhaps Angmar wanted to use the power of the "Rosicrucian" as a final threat?

The nobles expressed their disdain for this bluffing trick, but each pondered whether to participate in this grand banquet that had not been seen in the Efta Territory for many years—no matter whether the Duke’s power is declining or not, but at this moment, He is still the most powerful person in Efta, and no nobleman will openly discredit the duke until all the dust settles...

Even if they are always stumbling Angmar.

While these lords, big or small, were thinking hard, as the "Captain of the Duke's Guard", Rody was not worried, and was sitting leisurely on the second floor of the first wooden villa in Elsa Village. Lou, chatted with Village Chief Brody about business income.

"Currency has begun to be widely used in the village, and food, clothing and other aspects have also been greatly improved. I think... Deciding to open Elsa Village to humans may be the most correct decision in my life—this All the children survived the winter safely, and no one suffered from cold or hunger, which is very rare."

Brody was deeply moved. His coarse cloth clothes with torn leaves had been replaced by well-tailored robes, and what he was holding in his hand was no longer the lumpy wooden stick, but a platinum metal one. Staff.

"That's a good staff."

Rody sat on the side. Because he was surrounded by heavy protection, he also changed his thick leather armor and put on a simple cloth robe, quite like the descendant of aristocrats who traveled around in the bard's mouth.

"Henry brought it over last time. He said it was given to me by the Duke of Angmar. I thought it was good, so I accepted it." Brody did not shy away from the origin of the staff. To put it simply, Rody Then he knew that he was right—the Duke of Angmar took him to the arsenal collected by the Luciferon family, and this staff was among them... And the quality of the staff is self-evident if it can become a collection of the family.

Sending away such a valuable item casually, behind it naturally represents some attitudes of the Duke of Angmar.

"The development of Elsa Village will be even faster in the future. It is estimated that more craftsmen will come here to build new buildings. This is all planned, but I still want to ask... What do you think about this?"

Rody looked at Elsa Village outside the balcony: Stables, warehouses and simple hotels and other buildings had been built in the center of the originally empty open space. For the wood elves who came to trade or trade items, the communication between the two parties was no longer limited to gestures with hands as before, but simple conversations began.

Farther away, there are wood elves with bows on their backs and caravan guards with crossbows on the sentry towers in the canopy. The defense of the entire village has been strengthened several times, and the security force is far greater than before.

"We are definitely welcome. Of course, the premise is that there is no coercion, but there is one thing I want to tell you..." Brody sat upright slightly, and whispered: "The other wood elf villages in the Quiet Whispering Forest already know about it. Everything I do, but ... they obviously don't agree with me."

"Oh? I'm afraid the only thing they think of is envy, jealousy and hatred. You say they don't agree, but someone came here and made a lot of sarcastic remarks, right?"

Rody was not surprised by this. Elsa Village is not the only village in Quiet Whispering Forest. There are at least six Wood Elf villages of different sizes deep in the forest. However, their attitudes towards humans are extremely indifferent and they never trade any things, and even attack players who approach—the attitude of these elves towards Elsa Village has been very clear since 590, so when the game opens and players come to Elsa Village, the most tasks they receive are Posted by Brody on errands to facilitate trade in the village…

Luo Di remembered that Brody said bluntly that he was ridiculed by the village chiefs of other villages, and he was dissatisfied, so he wanted to use the rapidly developing Elsa Village to hit the faces of the other village chiefs. The elves never beat around the bush when they spoke, they said what they said, and sought truth from facts, so the players were very happy to run errands for the village chief in exchange for a generous reward.

At this time, Brody naturally didn't know what Rody was thinking, he just smiled wryly: "It's true that Buta and Zara Village said some nasty things, but I think I did the right thing, the children all Eat better food, wear better clothes, and now you don’t even have to face the dangerous prey in the forest all the time...Compared to these, being spoken to by them is nothing at all.”

"Zara Village? Aren't they at the northernmost end of the forest? Why are you here to meddle in your own business?"

Roddy, who hadn't planned to say anything, replied in surprise. "Zara Village" is the wood elf village farthest from Elsa Village in the Silent Whispering Forest. Even in 597, it seems that it has no connection with Elsa Village...

"You know Zara Village?"

Brody glanced at him in surprise, but then nodded: "Elson City can be taken care of by you, it really doesn't matter."

"I just know the location, I don't know much about others."

Luo Di knew this village because in 596, a player received a hidden mission called "meeting the Dragon Clan". He accepted the task, but in the end, he never heard of anyone completing it. Instead, they spent a lot of money and props to accept the task and accumulated an astronomical figure, which made Rody feel that some people really have too much money and no place to spend it.

"Forget it, don't care about them. The village can continue as planned, I think this is very good." Brody turned his head, and then asked: "But I want to know... what Elsa Village will eventually become Sample?"

Brody has his own philosophy of life, but no matter how high his level of thinking is, he cannot conceal his lack of knowledge—Brudy has never seen the prosperity of a real top city, so naturally he cannot imagine the existence of Elsa Village. How much potential for development.

"According to the plan, this place will first develop into a town about five times larger than it is now, and the permanent population will increase by about ten times." Seeing Brody's surprised expression, Rody continued to explain: "I want a commercial town to maintain To operate, there must be enough infrastructure and construction personnel, and the benefits that Elsa Village can bring far exceed any town in Efta, so it must have enough defensive troops to ensure resistance to any possible aggressor."

"But in this way, a more complicated problem will be highlighted: the population ratio of wood elves will be diluted, which means that there will be more and more humans here, and you... will have the feeling of 'isolated,' And it is difficult to accept the fact that your homeland is occupied by a group of alien races."

"If so, what should we do?"

Brody flicked his staff with his fingers, and there was a little worry in his eyes.

Rody exhaled slightly, and said helplessly: "In terms of human beings, there is only one best way left: marriage."

This is the most direct way for nobles to obtain benefits or land, and it is also the most commonly used method to maintain alliances—but everything that this word represents is completely opposite to Roddy's view of love.

Although Luo Di had never been married, he obviously would not accept a predestined marriage.

But thinking about it from another angle, he has to admit that "association" is still the most effective way of "alliance"—not only in the current era similar to the Middle Ages, but even in the era of "free love" in the 21st century, the top elites The children are still unable to have any autonomy over their own marriages, which is basically the end of "arranged marriages".

"You want wood elves to marry humans? I know about marriages between humans, but..."

Brody hesitated for a moment, then asked: "Can this really bring you stability?"

"It may not be possible at first, but once the two parties have children—the relationship between humans and wood elves will really change...Because a mixed-race offspring means that the boundaries between the two races will begin to blur, and the two sides will gradually Put down your guard," Rody combined the background he knew, and continued to deduce: "There are too few wood elves. If you just continue to live like this in the Silent Whispering Forest, the final result will only be extinction."

"There are only about 300 wood elves in Elsa Village. Counting all the villages in the Silent Whispering Forest, the total number of wood elves is less than 10,000. If you want to continue the bloodline, you have to choose to combine with humans."

After saying this, Rody closed his mouth, and the atmosphere in the room fell into silence.

Brody was frowning and thinking, while Rody was quietly waiting for him to make a decision—however, after a moment of thinking, the wood elf village chief said something that completely dumbfounded Roddy:

"Roddy... If you choose a marriage partner, is Nata suitable?"