When the sky was slightly bright, the carriage finally came to the junction of the Blackwood Forest and the Blackwood City.
Caroline got out of the carriage with the luggage in it.
This is a post station outside the Blackwood Forest, since Caroline's family reached an agreement with the elves of the Blackwood Forest hundreds of years ago.
The post station around the Blackwood Forest has developed into a small-scale exchange. The elves use some special herbs and ores to exchange some magic machinery or other novel things with humans.
The current time is in the early morning, and some humans and black wood elves can still be seen in this inn.
"You can return to the manor, you don't need to follow me."
After Caroline gave this order to the coachman of the carriage, she walked into the Blackwood Forest alone with her suitcase.
The reason why this forest is named "Black Wood" is not because of the color of the trees, but because the trees in this forest are too large, and the trunks of almost every tree are as thick as the legs of a 100-meter-high giant.
It was a wrong choice to walk into this forest in the early hours of the morning. There was no lighting equipment, and the huge vegetation around blocked the sunlight. Carroll could only rely on her own memory and walked along the road built by the elves. in the dark.
But soon after, the fungi growing in the forest gave off a shimmer of light, as well as the light from some elemental creatures similar to fireflies, so that Caroline could barely see the road ahead.
"Stop... human."
A voice sounded in front of Caroline, and three black wood elves with bows and arrows in their hands came out of the shadows. Two of the black wood elves aimed at Caroline with long bows. The bowstrings had been drawn, and the arrows were ready to go. It is possible to shoot through Carroll's body.
The hostile appearance of these black wood elves made Carroll very surprised... Although the black wood elves will not allow humans to step into the depths of the forest, they will only discourage those who have entered the forest by mistake to leave, and only those who do not listen The unreasonable people persuaded will be entertained with long bows and arrows.
The elf guards who had been following Carolrie wanted to show their stature and let the three rude fellow clans retract their bows and arrows, but it didn't take long for the ground to suddenly tremble slightly.
"Calm down, she is the human daughter who serves the Narushi..."
An aged but steady voice sounded behind the three black wood elves, and a huge brown bear appeared behind them, along with the brown bear was another black wood elves who seemed to have entered old age.
"But Elder Sephard, we shouldn't let a human step into the forest under the current situation."
"The holy tree Narushi accepted this human daughter, it is the priest of Narushi, and it is also one of our members."
The elf elder known as Sephard patted one of the elf youths on the shoulder before they put away their bows and arrows and their hostility.
Elder Sephard and the huge brown bear walked in front of Carroll.
"Sephant mentor."
Caroline bowed to the aged black wood elf. He could be said to be the wisest elder in the history of the black wood elf. It was he who led the black wood elf to establish a communication hub with humans.
"Carole, you've grown up... the last time you saw you, you could hide in Et's hair."
The elf elder looked at the black swan, and the growth rate of human beings is indeed unimaginable for the elf family.
"Sit on Et's back, and Frey can come with you if you're tired."
Elder Sepphan stroked the fur of the brown bear beside him. This huge brown bear is a magical beast inhabiting the Blackwood Forest. When the elf elder was young, he became a partner with this giant bear. This relationship has continued to this day.
"Um!"
Caroline reached out and stroked the bear's wet nose, then climbed up the bear's back with her elf guard.
With this brown bear named 'Et', Caroline enjoys the feeling of traveling in a soft bed on the road...
About ten minutes later, the darkness around the Blackwood Forest was gradually dispelled. Instead, more and more plants with different lights appeared in the forest, and the sky was also full of light-emitting insects. .
Every time she visits the territory of the elves, Caroline has a feeling of being in a fairyland...
After arriving at the place where the black wood elves lived, the brown bear lay on the ground, and Caroline and her elf guards stepped on the slightly damp ground with their luggage.
Sadly this wonderland experience didn't last long.
A roar, enough to pierce anyone's eardrums, suddenly resounded throughout the entire black wood elves, and the terrifying sound waves turned into substance and impacted the area.
The brown bear named Ette immediately stretched out its furry claws to block Caroline and her elf guards... The surrounding leaves were scattered and fell to the ground.
Carroll covered her ears, still feeling suffocated by something grabbing her heart.
Dragon... This is the only thought in Caroline's mind. Only a creature as terrifying as a dragon can make such a roar.
But fortunately, the brown bear blocked most of the shocks for Caroline, otherwise Caroline would likely be deaf during the time she stayed in the Blackwood Forest.
After the roar ended, the brown bear rubbed the wet nose against Caroline, who was hiding in its arms, as if to confirm Caroline's condition.
"I'm fine..."
In order to express her gratitude, Carole took out some candy and other snacks from her luggage and fed it to the brown bear, who swallowed it directly with the package.
"Elder Sepphan, what's wrong with the Brass Dragon...?"
Carroll's elf guard walked out of the protection of the brown bear and came to the elder elf. She had lived in the Blackwood Forest for so many years, and she had never heard such a terrifying roar from that brass dragon.
There was also an extremely violent aura in the roar.
"The guardian of the world tree has some strange disease."
Elder Sepphan glanced around, and the black wood elves living here were worried because of the roar of the brass dragon.
"The disease is gradually eroding its sanity... We are trying to find a cure, but the results are not ideal, so now we can only communicate with it constantly, hoping to make it maintain its sanity, but the recent effect is getting more and more weak."
"Weak? Isn't that brass dragon particularly fond of talking?"
Caroline's elf guard Frey had seen the brass dragon, and if she had to judge it, it was the type of "you will die if you don't chat with others", whenever it met a new human, or any intelligent one. Creatures babble about a whole bunch of weird questions with each other.
"The words of the elf elders could not arouse the guardian's interest."
Elder Sephard sighed. The elves of the Heimu family live in this forest all year round. There are few young elves going out, and the knowledge of the old elves only stays in the world around the Blackwood Forest. There are also books exchanged from humans.
These experiences and knowledge were memorized by the guardian of the World Tree, which is far older than the elves, that is, the brass dragon, and such an old topic certainly could not arouse its interest.
"Elder Sepphan, I think I can have a pleasant conversation with that brass dragon."
At this time, Caroline made a request to Elder Sephard with proper language and etiquette, but her elf guard still ignored the "camera" that Caroline was hiding behind her.