"High Priest, don't you agree with Feral's suggestion?" Adeline asked with an ugly face, "Even if there is a loss at the Naga Lake Ferry, the clansmen can understand it, but letting go of the defensive formation means It is very difficult for everyone to accept the voluntary abandonment of part of the tribe.”
"You can tell them to give up resistance if there is no time to rescue them, and we can send a caravan to redeem these people in the future." Menon's voice was a little hoarse, and his words were a little vague, as if protruding from clenched teeth Same.
"You and I both know what will happen to those people who are captured by humans. Compared with this, they would rather die in battle." Adeline shook her head sadly, "The casualties will be heavy, even if everyone can understand, But this sacrifice..."
"The casualties of the thieves will be heavy. Since the scattered thieves have gained something, they will no longer be united, and they need to send people to guard the prisoners, so as to guard against the thieves who fail." Menon Yue As he spoke, his eyes became sharper, his tone became firmer, and his aged body was as straight as a gun, exuding a menacing aura.
"As long as there is an internal strife, the bandit organization will not be able to cooperate sincerely next time. The heavy casualties will shake their determination, thus making the subsequent migration team smoother. Our sacrifice now is worth it."
"Mr. Menon, please don't do this!" Adeline begged bitterly, her heart getting heavier.
High Priest Menon looked at the elven archmage in front of him, shook his head and sighed, "Adeline, do you know why I never support the descendants of the royal family in the tribe to compete with the Greenleaf clan for the elven throne?"
Great Elder Adeline was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head blankly. The elf mage is the current leader of the tribal elders, and the high priest Menon is the former, and he is also Adeline's teacher. When Adeline was young, she once persuaded Menon to resist the Devil's Cup Court and not to back down in everything, but Menon refused.
Menon was very old, and he was the only remaining elf of their generation, almost a generation older than the elders of all the moon elf tribes. In the eyes of other elders, Menon is a kind and kind mentor, but his temperament is too gentle, and he is too weak to the oppression of the magic cup court.
Perhaps because of this reason, Menon finally retreated to the second line and handed over the position of leader of the tribal elders to Adeline. However, the old man is still the spiritual leader in the eyes of all the moon elves. If he insists on going his own way, Adeline will not be able to stop him. What's more, the two major elf tribes who migrated at this time, among them, the Moon Shadow tribe is Menon's own tribe.
"Do you also think that I am too weak to fight against the Devil's Cup Court?" Menon laughed at himself, sighed, and said softly, "It's not that I don't want to take back the elven throne of the Devil's Cup Court, but that the tribe Among the descendants of the royal family, there is no descendant who can become the king of the elves."
Menon took a deep breath, looked at Adeline, and said quietly: "I have always been jealous of the green elves, why do they always have young people who can take the throne, but none of you has born a man with a strong personality?" The king of the king, even the elf queen!"
Adeline's face turned pale, and she retorted softly with some dissatisfaction, "If you take the initiative to sacrifice your clansmen, you are considered a king, so I'd rather not be some kind of elf queen!"
"As long as this kind of sacrifice is worthwhile, the king must do it instead of doing it willfully, just like King Testir had to choose to give up five thousand moon elves for the sake of fifteen thousand green elves." Menon's tone gradually turned cold, "Adeline, whether you like it or not, the Moon Shadow Tribe will give up their defense tomorrow and form a long formation of snakes, and the rangers and cavalry will also be divided equally."
Adeline didn't speak again until High Priest Menon left the tent. She knew that she had no choice. If the Moon Shadow Tribe didn't cooperate, there would be insufficient guards, and she could no longer stick to the defensive formation. Once encountered a sudden attack, it is not as flexible as the Long Snake Formation.
After a long time, a sigh came from the tent. Adeline knew that Menon's choice was correct, but she couldn't accept it.
Whether it is Qin Lun's proposal or the persistence of High Priest Menon, they all advocate sacrificing the ego to fulfill the ego. Just as Orientals like to watch a movie called "Assembly". And Adeline advocates not giving up and not compromising, hoping that the big self will take care of every individual, just as Westerners like to watch a certain movie called "Saving Private Ryan".
Both ideas are actually correct, but under the current life and death of the moon elves, it is obvious that Qin Lun and Menon's decision is correct. As Menon said, whether Adeline is willing or not, she can only choose to accept it.
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The boundless ears of rice on both sides of the road undulate like waves in the breeze, which is refreshing and refreshing!
This kind of rice called "Golden Wheat" is harvested twice a year. Except for the first month when the new seedlings are planted, even the leaves are golden yellow at other times, setting off this plain like a sea of golden wheat waves, which is also golden. The origin of the plain name.
The grains of golden wheat are full, and the yield per mu is very high, almost twice that of ordinary rice. In view of this, the Golden Plain is not only the granary of the Jondas Kingdom, but also has spare capacity to provide the Sespeits Kingdom in exchange for other necessary living materials.
There is only one downside to this type of rice, which is very demanding on water and climate. The Faerun continent is so vast, and only a few areas have the conditions to grow it. The golden plain between the Alan River and the Naga River is one of them.
After the moon elves' migration team walked out of the forest, they had changed from the original defensive formation to the long snake formation. The two leaders, Adeline and Menon, finally adopted his suggestion. More than a thousand elves, men, women, and children, were spread out in a two-kilometer-long strip area, winding like a fat long snake. Twisting and twisting, gradually swimming to the west.
From time to time, Qin Lun raised his head and looked at the two sides of the team. Red and black targets and silver clocks appeared alternately in the pupils of his eyes.
The number of peepers hidden in the golden waves of wheat has been increasing in the past two days. Not only Qin Lun, but almost every elf in the team felt the undisguised greedy gaze. These darlings of the jungle are far more powerful in sight and perception than the voyeurs sent by the Thieves.
"Maybe I shouldn't have given that idea to two old guys!"
Qin Lun endured the disgusting gaze projected on him, feeling slightly regretful in his heart. If he was still in Handan prison, the prisoner roommate who gave him such a look would basically turn into a skeleton angel that night for the coroner to appreciate the next day.
"Forget it, it's important, Joey's hobbies should be put aside for now!" Qin Lun muttered in a low voice, unloaded the oak longbow behind his back, and took out a fine iron long arrow from the quiver behind his back and put it on the bow. , with a flash of black streamer, a scream sounded in the distance of Mailang.
Accompanied by Qin Lun's smooth piercing arrows, Elistin beside him jumped up and turned into a huge falcon soaring into the sky, turning into a black dot in the sky in the blink of an eye. Immediately, the Elf Druid jumped down from midair, caught a dancing peeper in the wheat waves, and threw him down from midair viciously, turning him into a ball of minced meat.
After cleaning up the peepers around him, Elistin flew back to the team, intentionally or unintentionally flapped his wings fiercely on Qin Lun's head before landing, the strong wind blew the young man's skin sorely, making him helpless for a while.
Ever since the Elf Druid learned that the two elders had adopted Qin Lun's suggestion, he hadn't given him a good look and hadn't spoken to him for several days.
"Elisten, do you want to know why we haven't been attacked by human thieves these days?" Qin Lun suddenly smiled and asked the elf druid beside him.
Elisine gave him a hygienic eye, turned her head and ignored it, but after a while, she turned her face again, wrinkled her nose and snorted coldly. It's like saying "Speak, I'm listening!"
Qin Lun sighed, and explained slowly: "From the edge of the forest to the ferry at the south end of Naga Lake, we will have to walk for about seven or eight days. Because the team disbanded the defensive formation, most of the clansmen did not feel safe. They both You have to hurry, and you have to be alert to the attack that may come at any time, and your physical strength will be exhausted very quickly.
Most of the human thieves and dark mercenaries have rich adventure experience. They are waiting for the moment when we are exhausted, and at the same time, they are testing the weak links of the team through continuous monitoring. So in the first few days of the journey, they will not do anything. In the next few days, it is estimated that it will not be so easy. "
After Qin Lun finished speaking, there was another embarrassing silence between the two of them. Just when he thought that Elisten would remain silent like the previous few days, the inaudible words of the elf druid came from his ears.
"Can our sacrifice now really make the migration of the clansmen go smoothly?"
Qin Lun's eyes flashed, but when he turned his head, he only saw the back of Elisteen's head, as if what he just said was just a young man's hallucination.
However, he didn't mind, and said to himself: "If you don't pay, how can you get any gains? The sacrifices of the two tribes of Yueluo and Yueying are very important sacrifices for all the Jondal moon elves."
"Of course, it's the same for me and the Fortress team!" Qin Lun looked up at the group of lost newcomers not far away, and added inwardly.
The reason why Qin Lun gave Adeline and Menon this idea was actually due to his own considerations. Although he and the fortress team took over the side mission of "Moon Elf Migration", at most they would only cover this migration operation. Whether the next two batches of Moon Elf were dead or alive had no effect on them.
If the Moonfall and Moonshadow tribes suffer heavy casualties, it will also affect their quest contribution and reduce the final quest rewards, which is not worth the candle.
After Qin Lun suggested this idea to Adeline and Menon, Nicole questioned it in the team channel, but the second-level magician of the "Fortress" was quickly persuaded by him.
Qin Lun's reason was simple, he was using part of the rewards from this mission in exchange for the opportunity to weaken the Lost Newcomers Group.
Under the current circumstances, if these moon elves still maintain the original defensive formation, then the sun elves envoys will always be at the core of the team. Not only are there two layers of protection from elf rangers and elf cavalry, but there are also elf archmages and high-level druids around them.
Even if there are human dark organizations or high-level assassins hired by other elves, I'm afraid they will be difficult to get. The Lost Newbies didn't suffer any losses, so how could Prince Mileras hire other mercenary groups.
After arriving in Anker Forest, is the Fortress team going to watch this major plot line slip away from under their noses
However, it was different now. Without the inner and outer layers of elf rangers and elf cavalry, elf mages and druids were equally divided among the entire team of snakes. The Sun Elf Envoy and the Lost Newcomers must face the potential high-ranking assassin alone.
According to the characteristics of this plot line, from Jondal Forest to Anker Forest, it is impossible for the Sun Elf Mission to remain safe and sound. When it comes to dangerous missions, they are far more difficult than majors.
Qin Lun never believed that Kelly, a violent woman, could completely cover the entire Sun Elf mission group. Once the newcomer group lost personnel, Prince Mileras felt threatened, and the nearby fortress team waited for the opportunity to participate.
This is Qin Lun's real purpose for giving Moon Elf this idea!