"Identity is too sensitive... the Elf King?" Lago joked with a playful smile.
"What is the identity of the elf king? How could he come out to take risks alone? I really admire you!" Rick covered his face in frustration, but he didn't interrupt the topic, and continued, "The moon elves in the middle of the mainland are forming Have you heard the rumor of a Great Elven Court?"
"Well, there have been rumors about Baldur's Gate recently." Lago nodded. As a thief, it is his job to listen to news.
"A few days ago, it was rumored that the Sun Elf envoy, which had returned to the ancient road, had successfully returned to Yongju Island and signed agreements with various human cities along the Sword Coast. The route we have traveled, began to migrate to Yongju Island." Rick thought about it.
"Does this have something to do with the moon elves forming the Great Elf Court?" Lago asked strangely.
"Of course it has something to do with it. The moon elves are peace-loving. Since ancient times, they have always disliked the aggressive sun elves, and the sun royal family on Yongju Island has always been led by the sun elves, so they naturally don't want to go to Yongju Island." Rick shrugged, spread his hands and said, "Now that the moon elves have their own big elf court, they don't even want to leave the mainland and go to Yongju Island."
"But this will conflict with the Sun King's court on Evermeet Island, right?" Lago is not an idiot, as soon as Rick reminded him, he reacted, "The sun elves have always regarded themselves as high elves, and I am afraid they will not be willing to unify with them in the future. share the glory with the moon elf court."
"Yes, this is the key point, so the moon elves will naturally join forces in many ways, trying to persuade other moon elves on the mainland to join the mainland elf court that will be established in the future, and fight against the sun king court on Yongju Island." Rick said with a smile, " There are many large forests near Baldur's Gate, and I guess Feral is one of the elf envoys sent by these forests to connect with each other."
"In this case, the statement that Xifu has cooperated with him before is correct. As a Tethyr Chamber of Commerce president, it is normal to have some trade with the elves in the big forest near the Sword Coast." Lago cleared his doubts in his heart. He started to make jokes again, "An elf who can be sent by the elf court as an envoy is indeed very sensitive, maybe he is an elf prince!"
"That's also possible! However, I can't take my words seriously, most of them are guesses." Rick smiled and snatched the wine bag back, "Okay, go to sleep, and come to take over in the middle of the night."
The small chat between Rick and Lago was already partially close to the truth. And Qin Lun, who closed his eyes and rested in the tent, naturally didn't know that Rick was smarter than he imagined, and he actually guessed the main conflict between the sun elves and the moon elves in the future.
There was nothing to say all night, and when the sun rose again, everyone had already packed their luggage and headed towards the land of death again.
For the next two days, the road was calm, and the followers behind them seemed to have given up on following them. The devil's mouth was no longer seen in the sky, which made everyone's doubts disappear a lot.
Even Qin Lun thought that those thugs who planned to do something bad had retreated. After all, as Baldur's Gate's little-known blood-piercing mercenary group, its level of combat effectiveness was recognized by many mercenaries.
However, the lifting of the potential alarm did not ease Qin Lun's worries. At least it was the first time he experienced the feeling of irritability before getting accurate information from Elistine.
Perhaps under his influence, the group of people hurried on their way very quickly, and even arrived at the outskirts of the Land of the Dead half a day earlier than the scheduled time. At this time, exactly four days and three nights had passed since Qin Lun and others entered Toril.
When they arrived at the outskirts of the Land of the Dead, it happened to be night, and they took this opportunity to rest and plan to wait until dawn to officially enter the Land of the Dead.
"Huh..." In the pitch-black tent, Qin Lun suddenly sat up straight, his chest heaving unceasingly, beads of bean-sized sweat dripped down his chin, and the moon elf's natural bright silver eyes gleamed in the darkness glow.
Qin Lun covered his face and inserted his palm into the silver hair. He had a nightmare. What is different from the past is that the scene that appeared in the dream this time is not a mirror image of being with his sister Qin Mei when he was a child, but other familiar faces appeared for the first time.
Followers such as Didi, Frank, and Sif, killer companions such as Hill and Grant, other familiar apostles such as Kelly and Robin, as well as the elf elder Mafa Moria and the demon Elder Belushis et al.
Of course, this also includes many women who have had bonds with him, such as the innkeeper's wife Catherine, Fei Jie, Monica, Elisine, etc., and even the nurse Xiao Lian who hadn't seen him for a long time, and the girl who was pushed by him. Huffy the Iceberg Beauty is a pile of zombies.
However, these were not what surprised him the most. What surprised him was that those people who had never appeared in dreams since entering the Broken Starry Sky finally reappeared after so long.
In his dream, he saw those who had been killed by him, even including the survivors of Atlantis who were slaughtered by him during the battle for urban supremacy, the only remaining little girl, Mina, who was determined and hated The look on his face finally woke him up from his sleep.
When Qin Lun was conscious, he would often deliberately review his past experiences. This is a kind of hypnotherapy for mental patients, setting a memory point for yourself, and rebuilding the sober consciousness after insanity by deliberately reviewing the memory.
However, dreaming of someone who was killed by him again in his sleep seems to mean only one thing...
"Joy, are you still there?" Qin Lun softly called out to his other existence in his consciousness. Joey didn't answer him, and Qin Lun suddenly realized that Joey hadn't spoken to him for a long time since the world of Divine Comedy.
Realizing this, Qin Lun suddenly felt a bone-chilling chill, and muttered to himself blankly, speaking some syllables that others could not understand.
After a long while, a sigh finally came from the darkness, "Is it almost that time again? I hope I can find Elisine in time!"
"Filar, what's wrong with you?" Xifu, who was resting in the same tent, was finally awakened. He opened his eyes in a daze, and was startled by the silver-haired elf sitting cross-legged in front of him.
"Nothing?" Qin Lun forced a smile, his face was unusually pale, his silver bangs were wet with sweat, and pressed against his forehead, looking quite embarrassed.
"Are you sick?" Seaford asked suspiciously.
"I said nothing, go to sleep!" Qin Lun's attitude was a little rough, which made Xi Fu feel embarrassed, and scratched his head with a smile.
"Sorry!" Seeing his appearance, Qin Lun calmed down and sighed.
"Don't worry, we will find old housekeeper Mason, and Elistine and the others." Silver waved his hand and comforted him.
"Shut up!" Qin Lun was about to reply, but suddenly his face became serious, he pressed Xi Fu's mouth, leaned over and put his ears on the ground.
Xi Fu's eyeballs rolled around, and his movements were very obedient, and he touched the coat in the corner of the tent. After going through many adventures, he is no longer that fledgling rookie. Qin Lun's reaction is obviously because he heard a suspicious voice.
"Relax, it's still far from here. I'll go out and have a look." Qin Lun ordered softly, opened the tent, and walked out with his cloth bag.
"Qin Lun, what did you find?" Hill and Rand had already received Qin Lun's reminder on the team channel, and both came out of the tent.
"What happened?" At the same time as the three of them appeared, a figure flashed out from the shadows. It was the thief Lago who was in charge of guarding the middle of the night.
"Someone is spying on us from a distance!" Qin Lun looked vigilantly into the depths of the dark night.
Lago frowned and did not refute. In fact, he also instinctively sensed something was wrong. It's just that he is the only person on the night watch, and he doesn't dare to leave his post to conduct reconnaissance, and it won't help even if he wakes up the other companions now.
Except for him, neither Rick nor Winnie could chase the enemy at night like this. He hid in the dark just now, hoping that the peeper would not be able to resist sneaking into the camp, so that he would have a chance to catch the opponent. Unexpectedly, Qin Lun would find out that something was wrong, but it made him feel a little embarrassed.
"Now we have nothing to do with each other. The geographical environment outside the Land of the Dead is very complicated. I will find a way to follow it after dawn." Lago suggested cautiously without a smiley face this time.
"No, the other party should be an adventurer who is good at tracking. It may be a hunter. Let me solve it. We can't let the other party enter the land of death with us. It will cause unnecessary trouble for the subsequent search work."
Qin Lun's face sank like water. He was already in a bad mood, but now he was on the verge of breaking out.
"Are you sure?" Lago's eyes flashed, but he didn't refuse immediately.
He is not the stable Rick. Besides, even the knights once said that Qin Lun is not their employer, and the only person they really want to protect according to the contract is Xi Fu. Since Qin Lun volunteered, he would naturally not refuse.
"I don't know yet, but in the forest environment, rangers have more advantages than thieves!" Qin Lun smiled, walked to a big tree next to the campsite, put his palms on the trunk, and closed his eyes at the same time. The eyes feel carefully.
Sparse trees grew on the outskirts of the Land of the Dead, sparser than ordinary forests, but more trees than the wilderness.
The land is rich in rain, otherwise it would not have formed a swampy terrain. It's just that the long years of war have made it impossible to continue to build a normal animal and plant ecology here, and it has become a dead swamp over time.
The plants here are mainly aquatic shrubs and swamp banyan trees, which can only grow in the wet and poor soil. Both aquatic shrubs and swamp banyan trees have huge underground air roots, which can replace the air under the swamp water, avoid rotting, and can absorb the thin soil fertilizer in the swamp.
It's just that most of these aquatic plants can produce methane, and it is difficult for ordinary life to multiply and survive here, forming a unique swamp ecological environment.
Qin Lun did not exaggerate the facts. In this environment, hunters do have an advantage over thieves. Scouting ability is far more important than stealth talent. Only he can find out the hidden dangers that threaten the team.
"Found him!"
After a long while, Qin Lun opened his eyes suddenly, a cold lightning flashed in his eyes, stretched his body, and flung himself into the dark jungle like a big bird with his cloth bag in his hands.