"Captain, they have already passed!" Robin quietly added a thief.
The thief was not Lull, but a member of the Lost Apostle. Robin nodded lightly, indicating that he knew, and then turned his gaze to the fortress team, and found that Longer also appeared beside Stark, and was softly reporting back.
It was already the second day after coming down from the Alamere Mountains, and their current position was very close to the Mir Forest. It's just that the direction of progress is not towards the forest, but going north along the edge of the forest.
At noon today, the thieves who explored the road ahead of time discovered the mercenary team that was riding towards the Alamer Mountains. They should be the rescuers that the dwarf who asked for help had invited from the Mir Forest.
The envoys, who had expected it for a long time, avoided the group sideways. Of course, the apostles did not tell Mileras and the dwarves all this. Anyway, Mileras had already made up his mind not to go to the Mir elf court, and if they met with the Mir elves again, it would be of no benefit except to attract the apostle team whose mission was robbed.
As for tasks such as reporting to the Elven Court, it is enough for Mileras to send an Elven Ranger. In fact, the Sun Elf prince and the old dwarf had already asked about it this morning. It's just that the main road is facing the sky, and the teams of the two sides may be staggered. Mileras can't blame the apostles for this.
By the time the rescue team from Mill Forest arrives at Iron Star Castle and find out what happened, the envoys may have already left Calimshan. Even if there is an apostle team in the team, there is nothing they can do.
Maybe that team will see that other apostles have robbed them of the main plot, and even get information about the Sun Elf envoy from the Elf King Mir. But without the guidance of the plot, it is difficult to find them from the vast crowd. This is not because they are not capable enough, but one of the very few limitations of the apostles themselves.
Instead of going north to search for their envoys aimlessly, the apostle team in Mill Forest might as well pick up some hidden missions in Mill Forest or Calinshan. Since Broken Starry Sky's guide didn't work, they must be given some compensation tasks.
The team went north again for some distance, and Mileras turned back to look for him.
"If Mill Forest didn't send a rescue team, then we must have missed it." Mileras said helplessly.
"Then what are you going to do? Do you want to turn around?" Qin Lun secretly laughed, saying that it wasn't that he missed it, but that the group of mercenaries under you didn't intend to meet the Mir elves at all.
"Don't look back, just send a messenger to the Court of the Mire Elf." Mirelas said nonchalantly, then glanced at Elisten, and asked with a suppressed smile, "What about you, Feral, what do you want?" Don't send anyone to the court of the Mir elves."
Seeing Mileras looking at her, Elistine rolled her eyes expressionlessly. Ever since she was tricked by the Sun Elf Prince at the edge of the Anker Forest, the Elven Druid has never given him a good look.
However, upon hearing the content of Mileras' words, Elistine glared at Qin Lun angrily. When Qin Lun came out of Anker Forest, besides Stark and others, there was only one Ellistine following him. If she wanted to send a messenger to Mill Forest, it was naturally her.
"Thank you for reminding me! But, no need." Qin Lun twitched his lips and looked at Mileras with contempt. This kid has absolutely no good intentions. He knows that Elisten will not leave, but he deliberately came to see him making fun of him.
"Hey, then don't say I didn't warn you!" Mileras ran away with a smile.
As the team marched, an elf ranger and a dwarf left the team in two directions. The elf ranger went to Mir Forest, and he will return to Cormanthor Forest by himself after finishing the work. From the ancient road to Calimshan, more than half of the distance has been traveled, and someone really needs to report the news.
The dwarf is going to the stronghold set up by Snow Peak Castle at the junction of Calimshan and Sethpeights. Dwarves are different from elves. The travel of elves in Faerun is very troublesome, and many cities are not friendly enough to them.
Seeing a handsome and beautiful elf, most human beings will be tempted, coaxing, poisoning, intercepting, and doing everything possible. In a human city full of malice, it is almost impossible for a purebred elf to walk an inch. Unless you have been sleeping in the wild, or taking shelter of a mercenary group, no matter how high your force is, you will become a slave sooner or later.
Dwarves are different. From the perspective of human aesthetics, no matter how handsome a dwarf is, it looks so ugly. Moreover, dwarves are hot-tempered and powerful in force. Many of them have a forging skill and are the best candidates for mercenaries and blacksmiths, so they are very popular among humans.
Although most dwarven tribes choose to avoid human cities like the elves, the elves live in seclusion in the forests, while the dwarves live a life of peace in the mountains and hills. But the dwarves still set up strongholds in various human kingdoms to collect intelligence information from the outside world.
Not long after the two messengers left, Mileras came to him mysteriously to consult with him again. However, this time, when he explained why he came, Qin Lun immediately shook his head like a rattle.
"No, even if Xuefeng Castle is willing to provide us with griffins, there are more than 20 of us now, how can we sit down!" Qin Lun expressed his firm objection, "Mirelas, have you ever thought about removing a griffin? With food and clean water on their backs, there can only be two people at most, and more than twenty people need at least one squadron of griffins. Neither Tethyr nor Amn will allow so many air warriors to fly across the border."
"If there are only seven or eight people, what about three or four griffins?" Mileras said falteringly, his eyes dodging a little.
"You want to leave Robin and Stark behind?" Who is Qin Lun? When Mileras mentioned it a little, he understood, and immediately curled his lips dumbfounded, "How dare you tell them that? Don't believe Kelly will tear your mouth apart."
"But... aren't they mercenaries? When they were in Iron Star Fort, they had already taken a lot of gold coins and treasures, so they don't have to take any more risks, isn't it good?" Mileras asked a little strangely.
Qin Lun sighed, and thought that if he was an ordinary mercenary, he might be willing to terminate the employment contract at this time. The question is, are Robin and Stark ordinary mercenaries
Of course, he couldn't tell the truth to Mileras now, and he had to find a suitable reason for him. After thinking for a while, Qin Lun said seriously: "Mirelas, do you feel that Captain Robin and the others have fulfilled their duties along the way?"
"Well, although they sometimes make their own decisions, they are still very responsible for the employment tasks. At least in the first few times when they encountered danger, they would stay and share weal and woe with us instead of running for their lives." Mileras said without hesitation Said.
"Then before you contact Captain Robin and the others, what do you think of the mercenary group dominated by humans?" Qin Lun said lightly.
Mileras pondered for a while, then frowned. He was a smart person, so he quickly understood the meaning of Qin Lun's words, "Filar, you mean other mercenary groups on the mainland, Not as loyal and reliable as Robin and Stark?"
Qin Lun smiled slightly, shook his fingers and said, "Mirelas, you must know that whether it is the Lost Mercenary Group led by Captain Robin, or the Fortress Mercenary Group led by Captain Stark, before they are hired, They are all mercenary groups carefully selected by the Elf King Comanthor and King Testier.
If we terminate the employment contract with them now, where will you hire such a good mercenary group after we arrive at Baldur's Gate on the Griffon? If you meet someone unkind, your Ancient Path may end forever at Baldur's Gate. Or do you think you have a better eye for seeing people than the two great elf kings? "
"Well, you're right, I was wrong!" Mileras touched his nose in embarrassment, and asked tentatively, "Then we... still walk through Tethyr and Amn according to the original plan. ?”
"The original plan was to go to Calimport!" It's good that Mileras didn't mention the original plan, but when he mentioned it, Qin Lun got a bad face, and was put on by the Sun Elf Prince. He is still very upset.
"Hehe... The weather is so nice today!" Seeing Qin Lun's unkind expression, Mileras laughed twice, and ran away bouncing around.
In fact, after Mileras put forward the new "Ancient Road" plan in Iron Star Fort, the troubles caused to everyone are not only the change of mission nodes, but the troubles in daily travel are actually more cumbersome.
We must know that according to the original plan, we will advance one station at a time, and the envoys can get rest and supplies in elf courts like Mir Forest every once in a while. No matter what the moon elves or the rulers of the human kingdom secretly think about the migration of the sun elves, at least they will never embarrass the sun elves envoys on the bright side, and even protect them within a certain sphere of influence.
However, this change in the plan of Mileras means that before reaching Baldur's Gate, they not only have to face all the dangers along the way independently, but also have to eat and sleep in the wild all the time, and cannot enter any big cities. The only benefit might be making the Zhentarim lose track of them again.
Originally, after changing his plan, Mileras wanted to go back to Sespetz through the seaport at the eastern foot of the Alamer Mountains, and then enter the Snowflake Mountains and Giant Plains, bypassing Tethyr and Amn directly, but It was finally rejected by everyone.
The reason is also very simple. Although we don't know where the Zhentarim will pursue, everyone believes that this dark organization, which is based on controlling trade routes, should now have its eyes all over the seaports of the Lake of Steam. Looking back this time, he was definitely throwing himself into a trap, thinking that he didn't die fast enough.
Fortunately, being kind is Mileras's strength. Except for grand strategy, he has always pretended to be a puppet in other things.
In fact, everyone didn't know that Mileras' temporary decision really saved them from a disaster. At this time, in an underground tavern in Calimport, a group of men in black robes were rushing ahead of them, waiting for the arrival of the Sun Elf envoy.