In the following days, Sun Ran went hunting in the forest every day.
For the safety of the village, Sun Ran did not go too far every time, and Mengsa, who had weak magic power, stayed in the village to deal with possible accidents.
Every time he hunted, Sun Ran would go out in the morning and come back at noon at the latest. Each time he would bring back a beast weighing at least 200 kilograms.
Every time he went out, he never met any elves.
This is normal. Although the elves are powerful, they are not many in number. There are only about 50,000 elves in this forest. Most of the time, they live in villages and rely on the elf farms to provide most of their food.
Not often.
After five days in a row, the people in the village were busy smoking the endless meat into dried meat every day. With the wild vegetables and fruits collected by the women and some fish caught, the village had accumulated nearly half of the meat.
Monthly rations.
In these five days, in this small riverside village, Sun Ran also confirmed his unshakable leadership position.
In the evening five days later, after Sun Ran had dinner, he started practicing martial arts in a secluded place on the river beach according to his previous habit.
Not far from him were Mengsa and the only five young men left in the village. They were also practicing martial arts, taught by Sun Ran.
Sun Ran practiced by himself for a while and felt that he was almost ready, so he went to the side and began to correct everyone's movements.
"I learned orthodox elf martial arts, which are more agile and not very suitable for us humans. So I made a lot of changes based on my own experience. What you are learning now is my martial arts. Once you practice it, you will be as powerful as me.
!" Sun Ran encouraged.
When he said this, everyone, including Mengsa, worked harder and harder. They used to do wild things, and when they encountered elves, they were in danger of death. There was no room for resistance. Now that there are regular martial arts to learn, they all fought hard.
Practice on the ground.
After watching for a while, Sun Ran admonished: "Don't train so hard at the beginning, slow down a little. Let your body adapt, and do it step by step! Don't train to death!"
"From now on, we have to eat meat every day. We have to eat enough to be strong. We are the only men in the village, so we must be strong!"
"Don't raise your legs so high. Do you want someone to kick you in the balls? Lower your legs!"
"Don't hit the stick so hard. Hold it back a little and leave some room for maneuver."
"Drop your arms a little, and don't expose your chest and ribs. It's better to hurt your arms than your heart."
"Lower your chin, hold it back, don't let the werewolf bite your neck!"
………
After admonishing and correcting everyone's movements, Sun Ran said to Mengsa, who was the best in training: "Practice for another two hours, not less, but not more. After practice, take a good rest."
"Yes, leader!" Mengsa nodded in admiration.
Sun Ran turned around and returned to his shack.
In the room, Jasmine was sewing animal skin clothes under an animal oil lamp. When she saw him coming back, she raised her head and smiled sweetly at him, then continued busy with what she was doing.
These days, her complexion has improved a lot, her face is rosy, her cheeks have gained some flesh, they have become rounder, and she looks better.
Sun Ran took off his animal skin clothes and lay down on the animal skin bed. He no longer wore those elf armors. This was not a bad thing, but it showed his attitude of completely breaking with his past slave life.
"Jasmine, stop being busy and go to sleep." Sun Ran said.
"It's just a little bit better," Jasmine said.
Sun Ran stopped urging her and closed his eyes to sleep. Tomorrow he would go out and visit the Fire Demon Lion's lair. Mengsa knew the location of the lair and had already told him the specific route.
He just hoped that the elves hadn't discovered the Demon Lion's lair yet. If they discovered it first, then he would have no choice but to grab the magic crystals from the elves... Thinking of this, Sun Ran tightened his grip on the broad sword in his hand.
After lying there for a while, he felt the oil lamp being blown out by someone, and the shack became dark. There was a soft rustling sound, and then someone lightly covered him with an animal skin. After a while, an exquisite body appeared.
She got in and carefully curled up next to him.
Sun Ran stretched out his hand, pulled Jasmine into his arms, and then continued to sleep with his eyes closed.
I've had enough trouble in the past few days, I have something big to do tomorrow, and I have to recuperate my body and energy tonight, so I have nothing to say all night.
Early the next morning, Sun Ran put on Jasmine's newly sewn animal skin clothing, carried an elf bow and a short broadsword on his back, and set out as before.
When they arrived in the forest, Sun Ran followed the route pointed out by Mengsa and moved forward at a normal speed, trying to maintain his physical strength as much as possible.
He had been climbing along the trees unhurriedly for more than four hours. He had already traveled more than sixty kilometers and was still about ten miles away from the Fire Demon Lion's lair. Sun Ran's ears suddenly twitched, and then he immediately
Hiding the body among the dense branches.
After a while, he saw about twenty elves wearing delicate light green armor climbing up the trees.
The leading elf is Lu Xiping, and behind him there are Trini, Elisa, etc., all of whom are skilled at the Moonlight Town outpost, and even Love, who hates humans extremely, is also there.
They quickly climbed among the trees and passed by Sun Ran without noticing him. Then they quickly moved away. Looking at the direction, they were heading towards the fire demon lion's lair.
"Yes, they must have discovered the hiding place of the Fire Demon Lion and are going to kill the lion. Lu Xi Ping was originally at the outpost and has come here now, so they should already know the news about my disappearance. What happened today
...It’s hard to say.”
He must get more flame magic crystals. Only the fire demon lions in the forest have this thing. If the elves kill the demon lions, they will definitely dig up the crystals, because Sivana is a great arcanist and she needs this thing for alchemy.
When Lu Xiping and his party left, Sun Ran pondered for a while and finally followed them.
The elves were very fast, and after half an hour, the elves saw a small valley.
Lu Xiping raised his hand to make a stop gesture, then waved his hands left and right, and elves climbed up to both sides of the small valley.
When the elves took their positions, Lu Xiping stood on the tree, opened his bow, and shot an arrow towards the mouth of the valley.
An explosion appeared with a "bang" sound. This was a specially refined explosive arrow.
"Roar~~" A roar as loud as thunder suddenly appeared in the valley. After a while, a nearly six-meter-long fire demon lion with glowing red eyes rushed out of the valley entrance to check the situation.
As soon as it appeared, the vital parts of the body were immediately covered by a wave of extremely precise arrows.
"Puff, puff, puff," the sound of more than a dozen arrows hitting the flesh rang out. The fire demon lion's eyes, mouth, nose, and entire head were hit by arrows, almost turning it into a hedgehog.
Facing the deadly sneak attack from the elves, it let out a helpless howl in its throat, rolled to the ground, and died.
After that, six more lionesses and lion-headed cubs ran out. Each one was easily killed by the elves in the same way.
The entire fire demon lion group was easily wiped out by the elves.
Lu Xiping waved his hand to the elves and shouted: "Come down and dig out all the magic crystals. The lord is of use."
Saying that, he was about to jump off the tree.
At this moment, a hardwood arrow pierced through the branches quickly, making a sharp whistle. It flew past Lu Xiping's neck, and with a 'duh' sound, it was deeply nailed to the tree behind him.
Lu Xiping was shocked and turned pale. He instinctively reached out and touched his neck. There was no blood, but there was a burning pain.
"Be careful! There are enemies!" he shouted. He quickly ran behind a tree and hid.
The elves suddenly felt as if they were facing a powerful enemy, and they all looked for places to hide.
"Who is attacking?" Lu Xiping shouted.
There was no response, only the sound of the trees blowing in the wind.
"Come out if you can!" Lu Xiping shouted again.
Still no response.
Lu Xiping thought for a while, made a few gestures to the other elves, and then carefully poked his head out from behind the tree.
"Whoosh", another arrow flew out of the dense forest. It was very fast, and it still flew past Lu Xiping's neck, leaving a new blood mark on his neck.
Lu Xiping hurriedly retracted his head and touched his neck. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead. Wiping his neck once might be a coincidence, but wiping his neck twice showed his miraculous archery skills. The other party didn't want his life, they just wanted to drive him away.
He figured it out, but the other elves didn't understand. They immediately opened their bows and shot arrows in the direction of the arrow.
"Swish, swish, swish" more than a dozen sharp arrows flew into the dense forest, and there was an "aggressive" sound of hitting the trees, but there was no scream, which meant that the opponent had already hidden.
Lu Xiping shouted again: "Who are you?"
This time, a response came from the forest: "Leave the Fire Demon Lion and leave!"
The voice was hoarse and suppressed, as if it had been deliberately changed. When Lu Xiping heard this, his body was shaken and he said incredulously: "It's you, Sal, is it you?!"
In this forest, there are only a handful of people with this kind of archery skills. It just so happens that his missing disciple Sal is one. Now he deliberately changed his voice and spoke. Obviously, the other party was afraid that he would recognize him. Thinking of this, Lu Xiping thought of Sal.
you.
In the dense forest, Sun Ran smiled bitterly. Elves are hard to deceive. He didn't hide it anymore and said directly: "It's me, Sal!"
"You..." Lu Xiping couldn't understand why the simple and honest slave in the past became like this. Before this, he had always thought that Sal was deceived by the half-elf and something happened, and he felt uncomfortable about this for a while.
"You traitor!" This was Love's voice, with strong anger.
"You lied to us, you kept pretending to be stupid!" This is Trini.
"Since I was a child, I have been hiding for so long, and I have learned a terrible martial arts before showing my true face. Sal, you are really amazing!" Eliza smiled bitterly, with admiration.
"Sa'er, do you think you can make us give up the Fire Demon Lion with your own strength? Don't even think about it!" Lu Xiping said angrily.
"Lu Xiping, I've let you go twice, and there won't be a third time." A voice came from the dense forest. It was very arrogant, but people had to pay attention to it.
Those two arrows just now could indeed easily take away Lu Xiping's life.
Sun Ran didn't do this because he didn't want to make things too serious. Simply stealing the fire demon lion's magic crystal and killing the elf were completely different things.
The former can only form an ordinary grudge at most, and this kind of fighting between you and me happens every day in the forest. The latter can make the elves use all their strength to fight to the death.
Now, he cannot withstand the full force of the elves' roundup.
Lu Xiping touched the blood marks on his neck and softened his tone slightly: "Saer, if you come back with me, the lord will forgive you for your mistake. She was very sad when you disappeared before."
"Do you want to go back and be a pet? I, Sal, am a human being, a free person, not a slave! Let alone a pet!" The voice in the jungle was filled with strong anger. This was the slave's declaration of independence.
"How did you come up with such an idea? Who misled you?" Lu Xiping was puzzled. This Sal had been living in the castle and had a simple experience. Logically speaking, he shouldn't think this way.
"When I was five years old, when she, Sivana, ordered you to kill that smart child, I knew clearly that I am a human and you are elves. We are rivals and cannot be friends! I
I can survive in the castle until now only because I am not a threat to you, just because I have been pretending to be stupid!"
Lu Xiping was speechless.
Elisa came to his side and advised: "Commander, let's go back first. If there is a conflict, we may be able to kill him, but we will also suffer heavy casualties."
"But the magic crystal..."
"I will explain it to my cousin." Elisa said.
"Okay." Lu Xiping nodded and shouted: "Saer, I hope you don't regret today's decision!"
"This is not a decision I made today, it was a decision I made when I was five years old. I have never regretted it!"
"Okay, let's go!" Lu Xiping waved his hand, and a group of elves left.
