After sacrificing the heads of hundreds of faceless men and almost the same number of hairless hyenas, the so-called godsend in exchange is definitely worth the money.
If the Jinxiangye can be taken over completely, it will undoubtedly be a happy event for Dane.
The arrival of the Golden Fragrant Leaf almost solved the urgent problem he was facing in many ways. First of all, there are a lot of materials on board, not only including gold coins, but more importantly, other resources that can be identified by the system as needed for building buildings or recruiting troops, such as gems and crystals. The number is not very large, but at least it can solve some of Dane's current needs. For example, after harvesting these materials, he can completely build the moon well that has been delayed for a long time.
In addition to materials, that is the population. There are more than two hundred elves brought by the Jinxiangye. If these elves were integrated into Auriel City, then Auriel City would immediately transform from a ruined place with only a few dozen people, not even a village, into a truly valuable territory.
Especially those rangers on the ship. Dane roughly counted them. There were about sixty rangers led by Patience, almost the size of a squadron. And judging from their appearance, they are all capable fighters. At least, the mercenaries under him are no match for these rangers. The only ones who can fight these rangers are the sword dancers. But it's a pity that there are only less than forty sword dancers in his hands, and two teams are still receiving training from Lancelot in the War Garden, and they haven't left the army yet.
In other words, once a conflict breaks out between the two sides, these elf rangers may cause greater losses to Dane's territory than those faceless men.
Of course, these elves were not enemies, and they were a group of people who followed the so-called divine revelation and came to join him. The leaders of the two elves, Cecilia and Patience, also showed him great respect. But he still vigilantly went through these things in his heart, and there was only one reason: these elves were a bit strong, but if they had any second thoughts, Dane had almost no way to suppress them well.
This was Dane's worry, but there was no bad look on his face. There is no other reason. Although there are risks, the benefits are large enough. If he can really digest the entire fleet, from population to wealth, then the strength of his subordinates will be greatly improved in an instant.
Challenges and benefits go hand in hand.
With a little worry secretly in his heart, Dane still showed enthusiasm. Many of the people gathered around have already dispersed. The people who were originally guarding the pier were looking forward to a colorful miracle, but when they saw that it was just an elf ship, they felt more or less confused. There were some disappointments. At this time, the only ones left near the pier were some elves from Aurelia.
The elves still welcome the arrival of their compatriots. On Comilla Island, there were nearly 200 mercenaries and 200 new slave girls, but the number of elves was always small. Originally, the elves could only welcome a small number of compatriots who were guided from other worlds from the tower of the divine guidance tree every week. How could there be a chance to see a whole boat of elves at once
Therefore, these elves who came to Aurinadu first were very enthusiastic about the fellow elves who had fled. Although there were not many people, each of them found a few compatriots, or helped carry luggage, or help take care of the children. After a while, the two sides got along very well.
Dane and Asrael walked beside Cecilia and Patience, leading them towards Aurinadu while chatting casually.
Cecilia's attitude in front of Dane was quite respectful, which even made Dane feel a little uncomfortable. During the conversation between the two, Cecilia had almost no reservations about why they left Nancy's court, how many hardships they experienced on the road, and how they received the divine revelation to come to Comilla Island. , all said out.
Patience on the one side was a little anxious. Although there was a divine revelation in front of her, and there was an authentic Xiluo priest like Eslor next to Dane, and she happened to be the owner of Comilla Island, there should be no doubt about it. This confirms the identity of the envoy mentioned in the revelation.
However, even so, Pei Xinsi always had some worries in her heart. After all, Dane was just a stranger to her—a human being! It is difficult for her to give her trust unreservedly like Cecilia, especially when there are more than two hundred survivors on her body as a burden, she dare not believe it easily A stranger is gone.
Seeing that Cecilia sold everything on the Jinxiangye so honestly, Patience was really worried. She gave Cecilia several winks in a row, and even took advantage of Dane and Asrael's inattention, and gently tugged at the sleeve of the high priest, just to make her pay attention . However, Cecilia didn't know whether she really didn't understand or didn't care, so she didn't pay attention to her at all.
Patience felt a little depressed now, she couldn't really keep Cecilia from talking in person, could she? Especially when they had just set foot on the island and were counting on Dane to give them shelter, that was too unreasonable. So, she could only follow behind everyone sullenly, and continued walking with a little resentment.
But, after a while, most of this resentment in Patience's heart was forgotten: she saw Aurelia.
To be honest, Patience has always been skeptical about what the revelation said, that on this barren island, there will really be a species like the tree of life, which is like a miracle of the creator. However, when she walked on a barren land for a while, a small forest suddenly appeared in front of her eyes, and in the middle of the forest, a towering giant tree towering into the sky stood in it, she couldn't help it. I don't believe it.
As long as you are an elf, you will not admit your mistake, this is indeed a genuine tree of life without a doubt!
More than two hundred elves wept with joy, and after they landed on Comilla Island, they bowed down for the second time. The first time it was for Dane, it was because of Cecilia's leadership; this time for Aurinadu, there was no one to take the lead. . Even Patience, who has always been preoccupied and not very religious, knelt on the ground and shed tears as if she saw her mother she hadn't seen for a long time.
Where there is a tree of life is the destination of elves.
—————
planting fields~