Who says knights can't backstab

Chapter 698: The Sea Peach Clan
It is rumored that the large forest stretching between the mountains and rivers next to Amasir is the last favor given to this world by Nora, the god of nature. It extends to the northernmost place where the wind and snow are extremely cold, and there are large expanses of snow growing there. Cedar is an extremely important material for the barbarians in the north.

And to the south, the Adelaide Sea can't stop the growth of forests, and they plunge into the water in large areas, where they transform into new and unique forms:
mangrove forest.

People suspect that perhaps the land where they are now should have been under the sea, because there are many near-shore areas in the Adlai Sea, and the water is so deep that it is impossible to know where the seabed is.

The area where the mangroves grow is precisely in such a place where the seabed is unclear.

This is also the home of the only elf clan living near the sea.

One of the Elf Gold Three Heroes, the clan "Natural Storm" Jenny belongs to, the location of the Sea Peach Clan.

Mangroves are generally composed of three kinds of trees, "sea peach wood", "red willow wood" and "raw fish wood".Although they are called mangroves, the appearance of the three kinds of wood has little to do with red. Only by peeling off their bark can you see the purple wood inside.

The part of them above the water is high and low, the high one can be about 15 meters, while the low one is only one meter.Most of their tree bodies are underwater, and they are washed extremely smooth by the gentle water flow, like white jade or ivory, which can be easily carved, leaving beautiful purple-red lines.

They can't touch the unreachable seabed, so the area where they take root is actually on the large corals that grow horizontally from the cliffs in the sea-these corals called "rock corals" seem to have grown here for countless years. For thousands of years, a large "land" was abruptly constructed in the sea water.

The roots of the mangroves are rooted in this rocky coral. Human scholars do not know how these mangroves absorb nutrients and how they stand firmly in the coral.

After all, this is the territory of the forest.

The war horses shrouded in black flames stepped on the dark brown soil and passed through the tall black forests on the bank.The young marquis led the elite team he had selected, advancing in the dark forest.

They set out from Rock Fort, and they didn't walk on the plain in front of the people of Ao San Emma, ​​but chose the path in the forest.

The total number of this team is only a hundred people, and they went into battle lightly. They walked like flying under Cyril's "Infinite Wind Island", quickly crossed a large forest, and came to the territory of the Haitao clan, which is further east than Hylia. where.

"stop."

Cyril spoke, and the elite soldiers behind him all stopped.

Among these elite soldiers, there were no generals of the Siliki Army that he was familiar with. Those important generals needed to stay on the frontal battlefield to face the Ao San Emma people.

Following his order, a strange laughter suddenly sounded in the silent and dark forest in front of him—it didn't sound like a "laugh" sound that living things could make, it seemed like something was rubbing against each other, but that sound The rising and distorted tone made everyone feel as if they were being ridiculed.

But Cyril didn't panic in the face of such a sudden laughter, he reached out and patted the trunk of the nearest tree, and said loudly: "Hey, stop rubbing your roots there, elf of the Sea Peach Clan What? You haven't told them I'm coming, have you?"

The burst of "laughter" disappeared immediately, and the tree that Cyril slapped shook, and then two dark and long roots were pulled out from the miraculous soil, and they rubbed back and forth like rubbing hands, making a sound It was similar to that laughter, but sounded quite aggrieved.

And amidst the friction, an intellectual female voice resounded in the darkness ahead.

"Zachary said he'd gone and yelled—"

The faint blue magic light bloomed, intertwined into a pattern of branches in the darkness, connected end to end, and turned into a bright magic circle, slowly rotating in midair.

With the rotation of the magic circle, the darkness in front of everyone's eyes gradually disappeared:

The night lights up.

The original dark forest trees have been replaced by vine-covered trees with shiny green and bright blue leaves, like the strings of lights hung in front of houses during human festivals, illuminating a long access.

"Jenny." Cyril looked at the slim elf girl who walked out of the bright light, "Isn't Aris with you?"

"Aris?" Jenny, who was wearing a veil, let out a chuckle, "Marquis Adrian, have you forgotten that Aris took his favorite Pegasus to your human territory to train cavalry, Haven't been back yet."

"Ahem, ahem—" Cyril coughed to cover up his embarrassment.

I almost forgot that Jenny's sweetheart went to her territory as a "coolie" a few months ago, happily training the newly formed Pegasus cavalry unit of the Siliki Army every day.

However, Cyril estimated that Aris should have come to the vicinity of the Rock Castle by now, presumably two of the three golden elves will meet soon.

"Are you guys ready?"

"Of course." Jenny raised her head. "You came too late. The elders of the clan have repainted those old ships three times. After polishing, they look like new ones."

"Why does it sound like you guys are more active than me?" Cyril laughed, but Jenny answered affirmatively: "Of course, you don't know how noisy those people from Santa Emma are—their big boats are ten miles apart. It can be heard in the sea, and the coral polyps protest with us."

"Don't talk about anything else, just come with me - tell your subordinates not to talk casually, don't touch randomly, our clansmen don't like being disturbed by humans."

Cyril turned his head, and the soldiers behind him also heard the elf's words and nodded.

Afterwards, they followed Jenny into the Sea Peach Clan.

This forest lightway seems to be a passage specially opened for them. On both sides, you can see rows of exquisite huts and small courtyards made of wood, and elves shuttle back and forth among them.

At the end of the lightway, there is an existence that every elf tribe will have:
tree of Life.

The tree of life of the Haitao clan doesn't look huge, and the height of its crown from the ground is not as exaggerated as other trees of life.Most of Siliki's soldiers have a certain understanding of the tree of life, and when they saw this tree of life, they were quite indifferent.

But when they got close, they were immediately taken aback:
In their eyes, the dwarf tree of life is actually just the top part of the tree of life.

They couldn't see clearly from a distance, but when they got closer, they immediately found that the crown of the tree of life was no different from that of other clans, and what was under the crown was not the road, but the water——

This tree of life is actually located in a large lake, and most of it is below the water surface.

Cyril looked at the big lake in front of him. Its water surface was too calm. Without additional light sources, it was impossible to see that it was a lake from a distance.

And Jenny has already stretched out her long staff, and said rudely to the soldiers: "Okay, all the soldiers of the Marquis of Adrian, now stand by the lake and line up, and nothing will happen later. quasi-moving-"

The soldiers cast suspicious glances at Cyril, who nodded and said, "Do as she says."

So the elite soldiers formed a long line and stood by the lake. "Natural Storm" Jenny held up her long stick in front of her chest, and then hit the ground heavily——

"Wow!"

The tranquility of the lake was broken in an instant, and there were countless cracking sounds in the water that was still very peaceful a second ago, and huge water bubbles flew up one by one, smashing towards these soldiers.

Before the soldiers had time to panic or dodge, or even scream, they were hit by these blisters.

When they were about to struggle in the water bubbles, they found that their actions were not restricted in any way, and their breathing was still normal-these water bubbles only had the outer wall of water, but the inside was empty, and it would not affect their spirits at all. breathe.

"Okay, let's all go into the water!"

Jenny didn't care about the emotions of these soldiers, so she swung her staff horizontally, and nearly a hundred water bubbles rolled sideways in unison, leading the soldiers into the lake, and soon sank into the lake. Under the water, it disappeared.

She easily swung the long stick like a melee stick, and then looked at Cyril: "What about you, Marquis Adrian, do you need a blister?"

"No need, I'll just go into the water myself."

Cyril rejected Jenny's proposal, gathered his coat, and then plunged into the water.

He saw those water bubbles sinking rapidly in the dark lake water, and he followed these water bubbles and swam down.The thick trunk of the Tree of Life was tens of meters away from them, like a shadow in the lake water, but it gave people a strange sense of security.

The speed of the water bubbles sinking was very fast, and they quickly sank to the root of the tree of life, and as they sank further, Cyril suddenly heard a "boo" in the water——

It was like the peeling sound when the pillar was slowly pulled out of the water, and after this sound, the water around him disappeared.

He was in the air all of a sudden, and quickly smashed down—but this did not scare Cyril. He stretched out his hand and waved it flatly, holding up a gust of wind, and by the way, those soldiers who were at a loss after breaking out of the water and the bubbles burst They supported each other and fell slowly.

Finally, they stood on a solid level ground.

The ground under his feet was not land. Cyril stomped his foot and found that it had a texture similar to that of a stone and was extremely hard.

He squatted down to take a closer look. The ground was milky white. After careful observation, he could find that the ground was not a smooth slate, but had countless small white particles filled with many gaps in the middle, like small fruits densely dotted with branches. .

"It's rock coral."

Jenny's explanation sounded above his head, and Cyril looked up, only to see a large snake turned into water being stepped on by Jenny, piercing through the membrane that separated the air from the lake water, sending the elf mage to them forward.

"Rock coral, the pillar for the existence of mangroves." Cyril responded, "I've heard of it."

"Then you see it now, it's something that other elves can't see."

Jenny's tone was full of pride. She spread her arms forward and let everyone's eyes look forward——

In front of him, there was a white road made of rock coral, without any feeling of narrowness, just as wide as the plain of Amasir.

And on this white coral plain, large tracts of mangroves grow in it.Only the lower half of them remained in this layer, and the elves hung dark yellow lighting stones to illuminate the underwater space.

The soldiers couldn't help but gasp in amazement, and one of them whispered, "My Lord, Nora, is this a miracle of nature?"

"This is the gift of nature that Nora gave us, human beings." Jenny said, "Okay, hurry up, after driving away these Ao San Emma people, there will be some opportunities for you to see."

They continued to walk forward quickly, and along the way they could see formations of elves arranging their equipment. Most of them were wearing wooden armor made from mangroves. The armor has the same effect, but because it is made of aquatic wood, it is not afraid of ordinary flames, and it is better than the wooden armor of the Dai Lan family's private army.

Cyril glanced at it roughly, and the number of elf soldiers assembled on this piece of white coral plain had already exceeded 2000—this is a very large number for an elf clan, which means that the Sea Peach Clan has no plans for this time. , without reservation.

"My lord." A soldier behind him finally made a doubtful voice, "We asked you so many times along the way, but you didn't say anything, so you can tell us now..."

"Although this question is presumptuous, elves, do elves really have the ability to fight at sea?"

Cyril glanced sideways at the soldier, and asked, "Is it a very strange thing for an elf to own a warship?"

"But don't they all live in the forest?" The soldier puzzled, "They all live in the forest, why do they have warships?"

Cyril sighed: "What's your name?"

"Rubin, my lord, my name is Rubin."

"Rubin, after the war is over, copy the geography of Amasir a hundred times and hand it to Atzke." Cyril clapped his hands, leaving the soldier Rubin with a bewildered expression, and quickly followed On Jenny's pace.

The white coral plain stopped abruptly under their feet.

In front of him seemed to be the world of the seabed again, a drowsy one, and a huge sea monster could be vaguely seen swimming in it.

"Right here?" he asked.

"Yes, it's here." Jenny responded, and then raised her staff again:

There was a rumbling sound in the sea water.

Those sea monsters realized that something bad was about to happen, and hurriedly twisted their bodies to avoid it, but there was no time at all—a larger figure jumped out of the deep water below, knocking them straight out.

Cyril stared straight ahead and saw clearly the real body of the giant emerging from the dark sea:
Bow, mast, hull.

It was a huge warship.

The warship of the elves.

(End of this chapter)