"Boss, Luke and the others are fighting with humans."
Before Sherlock could sort out the sudden pile of information in his mind, a half-elf hurried over and shouted anxiously.
Of course it was him who was calling the boss.
Back in the first year of the Vale Era in history, Sherlock's identity was a half-elf druid attached to the elves, leading a team of more than 2,000 people and responsible for patrolling the southern part of the Cormanthor Forest.
Luke is one of his team captains, and of course he is also a half-elf.
Although the specific time point cannot be determined yet, it should not be too far away from signing the Valley Agreement at this time.
At this juncture, any conflict between humans and elves may lead to further intensification of the conflict between the two communities, thus affecting the signing of the treaty.
Thinking of this, Sherlock couldn't help but frowned: "What's going on?"
"A few humans were secretly cutting down trees. When Luke found out, he stepped forward to dissuade them. Then they started arguing and started fighting." The half-elf who came to report briefly described what happened.
"Where are they now?" Sherlock asked.
"Gao Yue!"
In the actual timeline, Gaoyue is the capital of Deep Forest Valley and the second town with the largest concentration of humans, elves and half-elves on the continent of Faerûn, second only to Silvermoon City in the North.
It's just that this city only has a history of more than three hundred years. Now, it should be just a tree-lined path adjacent to Gonghu Forest.
Strictly speaking, Gaoyue is the southernmost part of the Cormanzo Forest, and further south are the two human kingdoms of Cormyr and Sembia.
This special geographical location means that this place will not be too peaceful.
Because of the problem of deforestation, conflicts between humans and half-elves are staged here almost every day.
In most cases, the half-elf patrols will choose to drive away the humans;
Occasionally, when I encounter someone with a bad attitude, I just give them a little punishment and let them suffer some physical pain.
But this time, when Sherlock and his people rushed to Gao Yue, they found that the situation seemed a bit unusual.
Several human corpses were already lying on the bloody grass, and the remaining ones were all seriously injured.
But even so, they still did not back down. Instead, they attacked the well-equipped and good-looking half-elf patrol members more and more crazily, as if they had a huge grudge.
Black silk stockings!
Dozens of vines shot up from the ground, and under the control of Huayedi, they wrapped around several people who were fighting.
The humans were imprisoned in place, and the half-elves were pulled back to Sherlock and the others.
"Don't let these humans die." Sherlock warned Huayedi, then turned around and asked: "Luke, what's going on?"
Luke breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he was one of his own, and said angrily: "How dare these humans cut down the sunset tree!"
There are many types of trees in the Cormanzo Forest, but the most common three are oak, sunset tree, and moonglow tree.
Oak trees have the fastest growth rate, the largest number, and the lowest value. It doesn't matter if humans occasionally cut them down.
However, the Sunset Tree and the Moonlight Tree were carefully cultivated by the Sun Elves and Moon Elves, and they contained rich natural power and were not allowed to be touched by others.
Once human logging is discovered, the patrol must be severely punished.
"Even if it's Luo Sunmu, there's no need to kill them."
"We originally just wanted to teach them a lesson, but who knew they would actually..." Luke gritted his teeth and said, "Call us 'No-Majs'!"
‘No-Maj’ originally meant mixed-race, but in the human settlements around the Cormanthor Forest, it was specifically used to refer to half-elves, which was a very insulting term.
Hearing this word, the patrol members around him couldn't help showing a hint of anger, and some even couldn't help but curse.
With Luke's explanation, Sherlock gradually understood the cause and course of this conflict.
First, these people cut down the Sunset Wood and were discovered by Luke's team.
Then during the dispute, those humans made rude remarks, which angered Luke and other half-elf patrol members, so both sides took action.
However, the equipment and strength of the half-elf patrols obviously overwhelmed the human side, so even though Luke and the others showed mercy later, six people on the human side still died.
There is no problem with this logic, but Sherlock obviously won't just listen to Luke's side of the story.
Just as he was about to go over and interrogate the humans over there, dozens of arrows suddenly fell from the sky.
Hurricane bombardment!
Sherlock stretched out his right hand and twirled his palm into the air. A violent air flow appeared out of thin air and shattered all the arrows that were fired into pieces.
"Boss, human reinforcements must be coming." Luke reminded hurriedly.
"There are quite a few people coming." Sherlock took a cursory glance at the crowd rushing out of the woods. There were about a hundred people.
A conflict involving hundreds of people was no longer a small matter, and this time there was blood and people died.
Facing such a large battle, several half-elf patrol members began to panic.
"Boss, what should we do?" Luke suggested, "How about we run away first."
"No, later you just have to insist that these humans were the first to provoke, and you just fought back in self-defense." Sherlock waved his hand, calmed down the emotions of several team members, and then walked forward alone.
At this time, the person has been killed, and running away is undoubtedly the stupidest thing to do. It is tantamount to confirming one's murderous behavior, and at the same time giving up the right to explain to the opponent.
"Kill these half-elves and avenge your brothers!"
With each shout, hundreds of humans rushed in front of him.
Most of these humans are warriors, thieves and rangers, and most of them are below level 50. Only the leading bald man holding a two-handed ax is a level 57 gladiator.
This is also the reason why Sherlock dared to come forward alone.
Natural transformation·Dragon form!
The fastest humans were about to wave their weapons when they felt a shadow suddenly fall, and saw a dark black dragon with fire all over its body looking directly at them, with a ball of black flames in its mouth.
It's about to spurt out.
"Get out of the way!"
Without the need to be reminded by those in front, the moment they saw the Black Flame Demonic Dragon, everyone stopped charging and fled to the side.
The breath of the dragon!
Under Sherlock's restraint, the black dragon flames formed a long and thin straight line and burned along the space left by the humans.
The flowers, plants and trees on the path, and even the soil on the ground surface, were instantly burned to ashes.
With this kind of power, it would be easy to burn people to death.
However, if these more than a hundred people were directly burned to death, the conflict between humans and elves in the Deep Forest Valley would inevitably be intensified, and it might even affect the neutral attitude of the Deep Forest Valley towards the elves.
Therefore, Sherlock's magic dragon breath was more intended to have a deterrent effect.
You can't run away, you can't kill, and certainly you can't be cowardly.
Only by showing absolute strength can others be afraid and make them willing to calm down and listen to your explanation.
"Humans, do you want to start a war?" Sherlock pinned the highest-ranking gladiator to the ground with his claws and roared in a low voice.
The bald man couldn't move and could only shout loudly: "If peace is built on the blood of the people, what's the harm in provoking a war?"
"Peace really shouldn't be built on blood, but it won't be built on chaos either." Sherlock waved his hand, and the first few humans were dragged up.
The bald man thought it was another simple felling incident, and immediately defended, "The Cormanso forest belongs to all life living here, and we are cutting down trees just to survive."
"Do you need to cut down the sunset tree in order to survive?" Seeing that both parties had calmed down, Sherlock loosened his claws and transformed back into his half-elf form: "Not to mention, they also insulted our half-elf clan."
"Impossible, they..." the bald man exclaimed.
"Nothing is impossible. You humans have always been so greedy and arrogant." Sherlock pressed forward step by step: "If you don't believe me, you can ask yourself."
"Fuck you, the Cormanthor Forest does not belong to the elves, let alone you 'No-Majs'. I can chop down as much as I want." However, before the bald man could ask, those who were bound by the vines
The human started yelling: "Kilz, kill these 'No-Majs' and avenge your brothers."
This scolding actually confused both sides.
Sherlock originally thought that the other party would make some quibbles or simply deny his crime, so he was specially prepared to provide evidence. Who would have thought that now this person would just blow himself up and put the evidence in front of everyone.
As for the bald giant Childs, he undoubtedly had an even bigger headache.
If this is really the case, legally they cannot hold these half-elves accountable.
What's more, now that people are fighting for their own good, they can't beat them.
When you shout "No-Maj" and "avenge your brothers" at the same time, aren't you pushing them towards a dead end?
Sherlock stopped Luke who was about to take action and spoke again: "My patrol members repeatedly tolerated for the sake of human friendship, but they did not expect that what they got in return was more vicious revenge. In desperation, they accidentally injured several people."
I am extremely sorry for this, and we are willing to make a certain degree of compensation for this."
"Bah, blood is repaid with blood. Sooner or later, we humans will occupy the entire Cormanthor Forest, and then ask your master to take you dogs back to Evermeet Island."
At this moment, Childs really had the urge to strangle these people to death. You can just say this in private. If you say it in front of others, something will really happen.
Immediately, he no longer held the responsibility for this incident, took Shylock's gold coins and left with the person and the body.
Sherlock finally persuaded the humans to retreat, but the patrol members on his side started making trouble again.
"Boss, it's obviously mankind's fault, why do we have to apologize?" Luke said angrily.
"Then you are absolutely not wrong?" Sherlock asked.
"of course not!"
"Then do you know what the consequences will be if this matter is brought to the Elf Council?"
"I..." Luke still wanted to argue, but paused but couldn't continue.
In fact, even the patrol members knew the result even if he didn't say anything.
In the past thousand years, the elves seem to still be maintaining the glory of the Crown Period, but in fact they have long been in trouble internally and externally.
Internally, the four races of sun elves, moon elves, wild elves, and wood elves are at odds with each other, and there are even dark elves who are causing trouble in the dark.
Externally, the powerful human race continues to encroach on the territory of the elves.
So at this time, if humans are stronger and really use this matter to attack the elves, the Elf Council, which is unwilling to expose this illusion of strength, will most likely push these half-elves out to appease humans.
Why are they so sure?
Because this is not the first time this has happened.
"I really don't understand. We have the magical talent of elves and the creativity and learning ability of humans. Why should we be caught in the middle and suffer." Luke smashed the long sword into the ground.
"That's right, I would say it would be better if they started fighting."
"It's so good. If there's a fight, we won't be at the front."
"I think they will have to fight sooner or later, or let's go."
"Let's go, where can we go? Our relatives are still here!"
…
Listening to the complaints of his men, Sherlock learned more about the signing of the Valley Treaty.
This agreement not only eased the conflicts between humans and elves, it also had a profound impact on the situation of the half-elves.
Humans, elves, and half-elves, these three races have actually occupied the stage of Faerûn for most of the future.
And this may be the reason why the Valley Concordat has such an important position in history, and is even used as an epoch.
Sherlock was still looking forward to being able to participate in such an important historical process, even if it was only in a special copy.
The Book of Truth immediately responded to his expectations.
