Chapter 213 The Impeccable Elf King’s Capital
() "You came just in time. Come, let me introduce you." The elf leader greeted the elf and walked among us, and then introduced to me: "This is the guide Ivis I told you about. He has served as the guard of the Royal Court's secret treasury for a period of time before. Although the Royal Court's defense force has been changing, with Avis here, at least you can avoid most of the defense force."
After introducing the elf named Avis, the elf clan leader began to introduce to the elf again: "This is President Ziri, who is our good friend. This time we want you to take him with you. Go try and see if you can get past the royal guards and get the special seeds."
This Avis must have received an explanation in this regard before, so he was not surprised at all when the patriarch asked him to steal things from the royal court. Instead, he looked directly at me and said: "Hello, Chief Ziri, if you need me to do it, As for guides, I think it’s best for us to get familiar with each other’s abilities.”
This Elvis is obviously a rather impatient elf. To be honest, this kind of character is rare among elves. Like most long-lived creatures, elves are mostly slow. Of course, there are also individual alternative beings, such as the one in front of me. "Hello. I don't know how you want to know the strength of both of us?"
"Let's go have a fight?" This guy is really impatient, and he's also a straight person.
The leader of the Elf clan was probably worried that I would care about this, so after hearing what Avis said, he immediately reprimanded him, but I immediately stopped the leader of the Elf clan, and then said to Avis: "I don't think it's necessary to compare. , if we are competing in terms of strength, you probably won’t be able to understand my level of strength. Let me briefly explain it. My main combat ability is to have a large number of summoned creatures, but this is an infiltration mission, so it is not appropriate to have more people. But you Don't worry, my personal combat ability is also very strong. I can do melee combat and magic, but melee combat is relatively strong, and magic is relatively less commonly used. Considering that this is an infiltration operation, and you can't kill people, I mainly use stealth operations. Here On the other hand, I have absolute invisibility when stationary. There will be flaws in my invisibility while moving, but it is generally not easy to find. If I am in the shadow, my invisibility will be strengthened. If I am in the dark or in the shadow If I stay still, even the reconnaissance technique cannot detect me. In addition, I have an ability called shadow teleportation. For me, the shadow is equivalent to a portal, as long as I enter from a shadow. That's it. Choose another shadow and walk out. Of course, there is a distance limit between the two shadows, and you must ensure that the two shadows can see each other, otherwise you cannot teleport. However, I also have short-range ones that can be used without a shadow. Teleportation, this kind of teleportation can ignore the environment and can teleport through walls, but there will be magic power fluctuations when it is activated. It is easy to be discovered, and this skill has a cooling time and cannot be used continuously."
After hearing this, Avis nodded and said: "If that's the case, our task should be much simpler. Your abilities seem to be very suitable for infiltration operations."
I nodded and said, "Actually, some of my demon pets are capable of hypnosis. I think they should be useful as well."
"Hypnotism? What type of hypnosis is it? How effective is it?"
"I have several familiars with similar abilities, so the effects are not exactly the same."
Avis asked: "Can you control the target instantly?"
I nodded and said, "Yes, you can control the target instantly as long as you look into each other's eyes, but specific commands need to be spoken after getting close. However, another magic pet can directly control it silently. But this magic pet cannot control the target instantly."
"Then can your two familiars use hypnosis together?"
I thought for a moment and said, "That should be possible."
After hearing this, Ives immediately excitedly said to the Elf Clan Chief: "Clan Chief, where did you hire such a helper? His ability is simply that of an invasion expert!"
The leader of the Jingling clan smiled and said: "I didn't find President Ziri. In fact, he found us first. We are going to perform a mission this time. You need to pay more attention and don't let President Ziri get hurt. It doesn't matter if the mission fails. , it’s nothing more than humiliation, there is no big actual loss. If something happens to you and President Ziri, that will be a real loss, so you must pay attention and give up as soon as you find the situation. Don’t fight hard, you will be hurt. It’s not worth it to reach people.”
The warning from the leader of the Elf clan is actually very correct. Although this is just a game-like ability test for the Elf King's subordinate Elf tribe, this test is actually not safe at all.
Although Wang Ting knew that the Elf tribe would come to steal the seeds, the tribal leaders could not inform Wang Ting when they wanted to steal the seeds, so that the guards there would not kill them. This is obviously impossible. And because the guards of the royal court need to protect the secret warehouse, the guards will not hold back without knowing who the visitor is. In other words, the Elf people who come to steal things will definitely keep their hands off the guards and will not actually kill people, but the guards will not hold back on the people who come to steal things unless you take the initiative to stand up and admit that you are here to participate in this event. He stole the game, otherwise the guards wouldn't show mercy. However, if you tell the guards who you are, no matter whether the guards catch you now or not, at least they will know that someone is invading, and in this case, you will not be able to take action at all. Therefore, the only way to successfully steal is to act stealthily and not let the guards know that there is an intruder, so that you can get the things. In this case, the intruder needs to risk being killed at any time to perform the task. Of course, if you have already obtained the seeds, you will be relatively safe during the retreat, because after the guards discover that the warehouse has been stolen, they will know by looking at the stolen items that it is one of their own who came to do that game mission, and subsequent pursuits will not be possible. I'm dead.
In any case, we need to take risks before entering the warehouse to get the seeds. Of course, in my opinion, the main risk may be that Avis takes risks. With my defense, even if those elves really kill me, it is probably difficult to kill me. At most, they will only make me suffer a little.
After the Elf leader warned us, I had a brief discussion with Ives about the invasion, and then we decided to postpone the invasion at midnight today. It's afternoon now, and the Elf King's Court in South America is quite far away from here. It will be almost night by the time we arrive. At that time, we can use the night to sneak into the royal court. Although elves also have very good night vision, elves are generally not nocturnal creatures after all. Therefore, although their eyesight is very good at night, the guards will inevitably become sleepy. In addition, the night body can also play a camouflage role, which will be an excellent help for our invasion.
After I decided to take action, I let Avis lead the way, and then moved towards the royal court. On the way, I contacted the guild and briefly explained to them the contents of my Elf Clan Leader's negotiations. As for the rest of the matter, I planned to let Kristina be in charge of contacting them. Anyway, she also participated in the Elf Clan's mission before, so she and the clan leader were already acquainted. Communication shouldn't be a problem. Of course, Kristina only serves as a liaison here, and specific matters still need to be decided by Jinshan Yinhai and Rose.
Although Wangting is far away from this elven city, we don't need to walk there. First teleport to the teleportation array of an elf tribe near the royal court, and then leave the tribe and go deep into the jungle. After walking through the woods for a while, we finally saw the outskirts of the royal court, but it was already past eight o'clock at night.
In fact, it was teleported from the previous Elf City to the village here. Including the time it took us to walk to the teleportation array, it took us less than ten minutes in total, and these few hours were completely wasted in the jungle outside the village. The reason why this section of the road took us so long is entirely because there are too many elves here.
If we were planning to wander around the Elf King's Capital, then we could complete this journey in just twenty minutes, but since we were going to steal things, and I'm not an Elf. So if you walk over like this, the target is too obvious. This is not good for our theft operation, so we need to enter the royal capital without being discovered. but. Because the Elf Kings are located in dense forests, the view outside their city walls is very narrow. If it is an ordinary city, just setting up a few watchtowers on the city wall can meet the needs of city defense. But because the Elf Kings are all in the dense forest, you can't see anything except a dense canopy of trees when setting up a watchtower. Therefore, the Elf clan had no choice but to use artificial observation methods for prediction. This so-called artificial lookout is to set up a large number of reconnaissance posts in the surrounding dense forests, once a situation is discovered. These reconnaissance posts can use a variety of methods to report to the royal capital, which functions as a watchtower in a general city.
However, this feature can make us miserable. Just to avoid these reconnaissance posts, we took countless detours along the way. As a result, the journey that could be completed in twenty minutes ended up taking several hours!
"There are really enough guards outside the Elf King's capital!" After finally bypassing the elf cordon, I said to Avis who was leading the way.
Ives is also sweating all over his forehead now. Although he is an elf and is very familiar with elf detection methods, there are too many sentry posts in the woods. Such an exaggerated and dense sentry, even though he knew all the investigation methods used by the elves, still made him confused. There were several times during this period, if it weren't for the surprisingly good effect of my shadow shielding ability, he would have been almost discovered by the sentry. Although we can also stun the sentries and hypnotize them so that our whereabouts will not be exposed, this is a safety hazard after all, isn't it? Therefore, we are now trying our best not to be discovered without being discovered.
Although I had discussed the defense situation of the Elf Capital with Ives before coming to the Elf Capital, when I actually saw the Elf Capital, I still found that the previous plan seemed a bit too simple. Originally, I planned to arrive at the royal capital in the middle of the night, invade at night, and then evacuate with the seeds before dawn. But now after seeing the royal capital, I suddenly discovered that according to the defense settings of the royal capital, if we can reach the vicinity of the secret vault before dawn, we will move quickly. In other words, if we continue to invade like this, we will probably be trapped in the royal capital after dawn tomorrow.
"Why didn't you tell me that the Elf King is an island before?" Looking at the Elf King on the other side of the cliff, I asked Avis with some complaints.
In fact, before I actually saw the Elf Capital, my impression of the Elf Capital was a human city built in the forest. The reason why I have such a judgment is, firstly, because I have heard that all Elf Kings have city walls before, and secondly, because the Elf Clan Chief of the Elf City told me that the Elf King Capital It is built in a dense forest. Because of the above two pieces of information, I think that the Elf King is just like a human city built in the forest. However, in fact, the Elf King is not just an out-and-out Elf city. And it is also an elven city with walls.
Normally, elves' cities have no city walls, and even the boundaries of some elves' cities are not obvious at all. Anyway, elven cities are made of trees, and forests are also made of trees, so many elven cities and forests are directly connected. Even the elves in the city themselves can't figure out where the city boundaries are. .
However, this Elf King's capital not only has a city wall that separates the city from the surrounding forest, but what's even more terrible is that there is a circle of sinkholes on the periphery of this Elf King's capital.
The area where the Elf Capital is located is actually much higher than most areas in the Amazon jungle. From the elven village we teleported to before to where we are now, the road has actually been going uphill, just because the slope is very gentle. So I didn't pay much attention to it. It wasn't until I saw the cliff in front of me that I realized that the terrain had been rising.
The entire area around the Elf King's Capital is actually a flat mountain, and the Elf King's Capital is actually located on a mountain peak. However, it is not known whether it is artificial transformation or natural formation. The mountain peak where the Elf King's capital is located is not directly connected to the surrounding slopes. Instead, it first dives downward at a nearly vertical angle to the height of the mountain foot, then a circular valley surrounds the mountain peak, and then rises upward at a vertical angle to form a cliff directly connected to the top of the surrounding hillside. This is the terrain of the entire Elf King Capital. Its effect is equivalent to digging a moat around the Elf King Capital. The only difference from the moat is that the valley in the Elf King Capital is more than a hundred meters deep, and the king The edge of the mountain where the capital is located is more than a hundred meters away from the top of the hillside on our side. What's even more annoying is that there is a gap of more than ten meters between the mountain where the capital is located and our side. In other words, the height of the foundation where the royal capital is located is already more than ten meters higher than the ground here. Taking into account the span of more than 100 meters, even the Titans can't even think of jumping over it. Unless you can fly, there are only two ways to enter the Elf King's capital. One is to take the teleportation array. The second is to honestly take the rope bridge connecting to the Royal Capital.
Although there are more than a dozen rope bridges composed of plant vines on the edge of the cliff between the Elven Capital and the valley, and there are more than a dozen large and medium-sized teleportation arrays inside the Elven Capital, we cannot use any of these passages.
Not to mention the teleportation array. That thing is basically like flying on an airplane, and real-name registration is a basic requirement. It's almost impossible to get out of a place like that. Although the remaining rope bridge is better than the teleportation array, it is also very problematic. The rope bridge is so long. The surrounding area is unobstructed, so it is impossible to walk on it without being discovered. Moreover, because the cable bridges are very narrow and the bodies are softly connected, even if I get on the bridge invisible, the vibration of the bridge deck will still reveal my position. Therefore, this cable bridge is an isolation barrier. It is impossible to sneak across these cable bridges without being noticed. Moreover, even if an army storms here, if you try to rush over, you will definitely suffer heavy casualties. After all, there is no shelter at all on the more than 100-meter rope bridge, and there is no place for you to dodge on the narrow rope bridge. If you charge hard, the opponent will suffer heavy casualties. As long as a few bed crossbows are placed on the opposite side, the bridge deck can be completely blocked.
This kind of terrain where one man is in a barrier and ten thousand men can't open it is simply a natural fortress. Before, I thought that infiltrating into the Elf King was a very simple matter, but I didn't know that I would encounter such a big trouble before I even entered the city.
"Avis, are these the only rope bridges around here that can pass? Is there no other entrance?"
Avis said with some difficulty: "This royal city was not like this at all. The canyon in front of us was originally a gentle hillside. The canyon you see now surrounding the royal capital is the six Dharma Gods of the original clan. The elders worked together to cast large-scale magic to force it out. The reason why they put so much effort into creating such a circle of canyons was to prevent outsiders from infiltrating into the royal capital? If the original designers had left such a ring in the royal capital, If there are other entrances, then why go to all the trouble of creating such a circle of canyons?”
After hearing what Ives said, I was completely desperate. Avis made it very clear. This circle of canyons is designed to prevent thieves, so there is no other way to pass through this place. However, how are we going to get in if there is no other way? Do you have to dig a hole yourself? But I have already left the pioneers and rosevines, two magic pets that are good at digging holes, at the construction site of the new city to dredge the underground river. Where can I find magic pets that can dig holes? You can't come back again, can you?
"Avis. After you elf kings set up this kind of seed-stealing game, has anyone ever succeeded?"
After hearing my question, Avis immediately said: "Some people have sneaked into the royal capital, and they have touched the vicinity of the secret vault. But so far, no one has actually obtained the seeds."
"Then do you know how those people got in?"
"No." Ives shook his head and said: "They are all elves, and they can enter through the rope bridge with great swagger. For them, entering the restricted area inside the royal capital is the real start of the infiltration mission, but you are not our elves. Members of the group will definitely be monitored once they enter the royal capital with legitimate reasons, and they will no longer be able to carry out theft missions."
"I'm dizzy. I should have prepared a bottle of transformation potion first!" At this point, I sighed helplessly: "Damn it, my magic pet of the illusion department didn't happen to be around, otherwise he would have just disguised me as It would be much easier for the elves to sneak in! This damn valley. How on earth are we going to get there?"