In the south of Eslar continent, there is the Silent Forest.
"Whoosh!" A long arrow with white tail feathers flew past the tall trees at high speed, drawing a beautiful trajectory in the air. The sound of a monster falling to the ground after being struck by an arrow could be heard in the grass in the distance.
A clumsy grizzly bear parted the thick grass on both sides and ran out of hiding. It jumped and ran towards the shot monster.
A strong young man strode out of the hidden grass. He had just shot an adult spotted black panther in the Whispering Forest with one arrow. This explosive magical beast could easily kill a level 4 monster. However, there was no complacency on the young man's face, as if this was nothing more than normal.
A hearty laughter echoed in the forest: "Letoz, your arrow skills are still so sharp."
The sturdy young man known as Laitos didn't look back. He replied in a cold voice: "You are not bad either. You walked fifty steps beside me before I noticed you."
"Haha..." the hearty voice came again, "I, Ivan, am really happy to be praised by the 'King of the Jungle'." There were about half a person in the tall grass separated by a man about 30 years old, wearing black spots. A young man wearing leopard fur clothes strode out.
Laitos did not look back. He knew just by listening to the voice that the young man in his thirties was Ivan, known as the "Jungle Fox".
Laitos frowned. Last time, this guy deliberately bought magic cores and furs from various tribes, and then sold them to several merchants who came to purchase them at high prices. With this change of hands, he made at least 50% more. Do you really think you don't know if you have so obviously violated the oath you made when the tribes formed an alliance
Thinking of this, Letos asked with some disgust: "Ivan, we don't belong to the same tribe, why are you coming all the way to my hunting ground?"
Ivan said mysteriously: "In more than a month, a competition will be held in the imperial capital of Fernando City. How about it? Are you interested?"
Laitos shook his head and said: "I'm not interested in those. I care more about how to kill more prey and provide food for my people."
Ivan said: "If I were to simply participate in some competition, would I, the Jungle Fox, go?"
"Oh." Laitos was intrigued by Ivan's words, and he asked, "Tell me, what aroused your interest."
Ivan said: "This is what interests me the most. The champion of this Royal Athletic Competition can choose from three choices. The first is to serve in the military. There is no need to elaborate on this. Neither you nor I know how to do it." Think about it; the second is to get a territory; the third is to have the emperor fulfill one of your wishes. Laitos, isn’t the thing you have been thinking about day and night just taking advantage of this opportunity?"
Laitos asked, "How did you know?"
Ivan said: "To be honest, some time ago, several businessmen came to our tribe and purchased a large amount of magic cores and furs..."
Laitos added lukewarmly: "No wonder you were running around during that time. You took away at least 90% of our tribe's inventory."
Ivan smiled awkwardly and said, "Isn't it because someone paid a high price? It's not too much for me to make a difference, right?"
Laitos said: "Since your price is quite reasonable, let's forget about it and continue talking."
Ivan wiped the sweat from his head. Although Laitos had his back turned to him, when he talked about the merchants coming from the tribe just now, he clearly felt the murderous intent revealed by Laitos.
Ivan knew that Laitos was dissatisfied with him getting rich behind his allies' backs. When the seventeen tribes in the Silent Forest formed an alliance for survival, they agreed with each other to unify the price of selling Warcraft cores and furs. I went too big this time, which indeed caused dissatisfaction among many allies.
However, this was not the time to explain this matter. Ivan said carefully: "Laitos, I learned from those businessmen that today is the 200th anniversary of the empire's victory over the undead army, so the emperor specially issued this Reward, I hope the Royal Athletic Competition can attract more participating teams, so... "
"So you came to me?" Laitos asked, "What are your plans?"
Ivan said: "Don't you think that we live in the forest all year round, isolated from the outside world, and even if the prices for selling magic cores and furs are unified, our lives are getting harder and harder year by year? I have been thinking about it in the past few years, I think the main reason is that we didn’t go out, so we had to buy too many daily necessities from unscrupulous merchants. We doubled the price of the magic core, but those guys increased the price of the daily necessities we needed. three times!"
"If we can win this Royal Tournament, we can get a piece of land right next to the Whispering Forest. We can build it into a prosperous city, and we can engage in the Warcraft core and fur business across the entire continent. . To avoid being exploited by unscrupulous businessmen."
"That's a good idea, but do you think building a city is that easy?"
"Of course it's not easy. It requires money and manpower. But even though there are many difficulties, it can be done once and for all, isn't it? Isn't this what you have always been thinking about? You don't even have time to spend with your most beloved woman. In recent years, you have walked farther and farther into the Whispering Forest, going deeper and deeper. Why? Aren’t all the monsters on the edge of the Whispering Forest almost gone? But this is not the way to go. Don’t forget, our ancestors once We are warned that there is a clan of elves living deep in the Silent Forest, and our long-term hunting in other people’s territory will sooner or later be a very troublesome matter."
Laitos was silent, as if he were a statue.
Ivan knew that his words had impressed the young man in front of him who was called the "King of the Jungle". He continued: "I have already thought of the candidates, including your good friend Ham, Haz and Sergey. Man, the five of us are enough to form a team. As long as we work together, I don’t believe there will be any team that can compete with us.”
Laitos turned around, and a handsome face appeared in front of Ivan. Laitos nodded and said: "Okay. I promise you, but during the time I am away..."
Ivan rushed to say: "The money I got by using the price difference last time is enough for your family of dozens of people for 2 years. Of course, everyone who participates in the competition will get a not-so-small amount of money. This money is enough." Our family lived a carefree life until we won the rodeo championship.”
"It turns out you had a premeditated plan."
"Haha, don't forget my nickname. The name may be wrong, but the nickname is not. Did that ancestor say this?"
Letos ignored Ivan and whistled.
The clumsy grizzly bear dragged the spotted panther, whose skull was pierced by an arrow, out of the grass and slowly walked into Laitos.
When the grizzly bear came to his feet, Laitos patted the grizzly bear on the head, bent down and picked up the spotted panther, and said to Ivan: "Come to my house tonight, and we will discuss it carefully."
Ivan was very happy to be invited by the King of the Jungle. This was the first time. He jumped up excitedly and said loudly: "Haha, if that guy Haz knew that he would be invited by the King of the Jungle, he would definitely regret not following me. Come together. This time, we will definitely win the championship, Fernando City, we are coming!"