The floating giant ship flew slowly above the clouds in the sky at an extremely low speed.
Several wizards belonging to the Crimson Family walked on the deck, leaning against the side of the ship, silently looking down at the looming magical continent beneath them.
With their strength, coupled with the blessing of the eagle eye technique, they can easily penetrate the thin layer of clouds and directly observe the strange natural landscape and various jungle creatures of Jialan Continent.
It's just a pity that the elves they want to find are not as easy to find as humans. Humans like to cut down the trees near settlements to build tall and strong camps and buildings. So at night, they only need to climb up and take a look, following the
When the lights are lit, you can naturally find human villages and towns.
But the elves are known as the race closest to nature and the most protective of the forest. They almost never cut down trees, but naturally place their villages and towns on those particularly tall and strong ancient trees.
The tree house is where the elves live.
After night falls, the elves rarely light open fires. In addition, they live in deep mountains and dense forests, so it is difficult to find them by candlelight.
And like Greem and the others, flying high in the blue sky, looking from a distance, everything is lush green, undulating forest sea, it is more difficult to find a trace of variegated color. In this case, if you want to
Finding an elf village with the naked eye is simply a dream.
So, when you get here, if you want to find the elves, you can only sneak into the forest, learn to jump up and down like the elves, and find the needle in the haystack in the vast forest!
"Taymo, can you recognize the terrain here? Before starting the battle with the Elf King's Court, I hope to hide this floating giant ship first. Can you recommend a place?" Greem briefly glanced at the greenery.
The lush and stretching forest asked the half-elf guide.
Of course, Greem could not completely trust this guy who joined halfway. While waiting for his answer, Greem also silently called up the topographic map of Jialan Continent in his mind and compared it with the long and broken coastline in front of him.
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It seemed that it had been a long time since he had smelled the magical atmosphere in the magical forest. The half-elf Taimo suppressed his excitement and lay on the side of the floating giant ship silently examining the forest sea below him.
"If I remember correctly, here...this should be the white cliffs on the south coast of the west coast. The most obvious sign here is the white cliffs standing high on the edge of the coast."
Following Taimo's pointing, Greem saw a sliver of white on the edge of the cliff in the distance.
"This is the area near the west coast with the most complex sea conditions, the densest reefs, and the least suitable area for large ships. Therefore, in this area, the probability of us encountering the Elf King's patrol will become extremely small." Taymo held his hand again.
Pointing to a certain direction in the forest sea: "Going in that direction from here, you can find an elf village in about seven days. Sorry, I was talking about the time it takes to travel through the forest sea. As for riding this... this big guy, maybe
It only takes half a day to arrive..."
"Elf Village..." Greem pondered for a moment, shook his head and said: "It is not suitable for us to contact the elves prematurely, but we need to find a suitable place to stay first. Taimo, are there any large-scale settlements in this west coast area?
Metal veins or mines or something?”
"Metal mine caves?" Taimo opened his mouth in surprise: "There seem to be many in the middle of the Magic Forest, but on the west coast..."
The half-elf lowered his head and thought for a moment, then gestured uncertainly: "It's about a 16-day journey to the north from here. There seems to be a rat mine there. As for whether there are metal veins in it, I don't know!"
"Then go there first!" Greem immediately issued the order.
After a while, the floating giant ship lifted up again, dived into the clouds, and flew quickly north along the coastline in the direction indicated by the half-elf.
After the behemoth-like floating ship completely disappeared, two elves wearing green woven grass and vine clothes emerged from the lush canopy of a tall ancient tree at the edge of the forest sea.
Two elves, one male and one female, stared at the place where the metal monster disappeared, their eyes filled with unconcealable horror.
"What are those? Are they another scary monster created by witches?" The female elf's voice trembled, obviously she had not gotten over the fear just now.
"It doesn't matter what it is, we must pass the news of the metal monster back to the village as soon as possible. Maybe Grandpa Wenge can tell us the answer..." The male elf made a decision immediately.
"Well, let's go..."
In the blink of an eye, the two elves disappeared into the canopy behind them.
Strangely enough, in just a blink of an eye, their figures blended into the forest, making it difficult to follow their tracks.
One day later, news about the appearance of a terrifying metal monster spread throughout every elf village on the west coast.
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Skaven Mine.
The 16-day itinerary mentioned by Taimo was only a day and a night on a floating giant ship.
If it hadn't taken 4 hours to determine the location of the mine entrance, Greem and his party would have arrived here faster.
The Ratman Mine, as the name suggests, is hidden in a dense forest, with only a dark mine entrance sloping upward, and a large Ratman tribe living inside.
The elves are a tribe that pays great attention to personal appearance and neatness. It is difficult to let them work in dark and humid mines that do not see the sun all year round, even if they are killed. Therefore, the forest elves and the rats in the mines
People reached an agreement, and the rat men surrendered a certain amount of ore to the forest elves every year in exchange for the right to reside in this mine.
Therefore, there is not even half an elf to be found in the Skaven Mine. The only people living there are intelligent Skaven who are less than one meter tall, can walk upright like humans, and use various precision tools.
The skinny bodies of these rat men couldn't afford to wear the heavy armor and stomach. They just put a metal cap on their head, then lit a thick candle on it, and used this weak light to freely shine in the dark and humid mine.
Activities in the cave.
The weapons of the Skaven miners are basically some shovels and pickaxes. Some stronger Skaven warriors may also be equipped with "powerful" weapons such as iron swords and spears.
According to Taimo's description, Greem could tell that the most powerful rat-man leader among these rat-men was only at level 1 strength. The rest of the rat-men warriors and miners were either high-level apprentices or quasi-witches.
And he's still the kind of trash with no elemental power and only some cunning and little tricks.
For such rubbish, Greem didn't even bother to send out precious wizards, so he only assigned a goblin technician to rush in with five shooter-type magic weapons.
Greem and others found a slightly flatter place outside the mine to set up tables and chairs. After just two cups of hot tea, the battle inside the mine ended.
Nearly 200 ratmen, including the rat king, were all caught in one sweep and smashed into sieves by the metal projectiles of the magic weapon. As for the metal crossbow arrows fired by the ratmen hiding in the dark tunnels, neither the strength nor the attack power were enough to deal with the magic weapon.
The thick metal body outside the body.
So after their strength was completely crushed, the archer magic weapon easily slaughtered the entire rat race.
The goblin technician brought back four or five pieces of ore mined deep in the mine.
Greem picked up a piece of ore, weighed it in his hands, and then raised it to his eyes for closer inspection.
"Dip, after testing, the ore is an ordinary ore, containing 11 mineral components, and the rest are waste materials with no use value... It is estimated that the mineral components of the ore are as follows:"
"Luotie Mine 142..."
"Peridot 327..."
"Pyroxene 286..."
"..."
"The proportion of metal components is less than XXX, and there is no mining and smelting value..."
After a long list of mineral components, the chip also gave the final evaluation result.
The grade of the rat mine in front of us is not high, and what supplies the elves the most are low-level magic materials such as topaz, peridot, and agate. These things are of some value to the elves, but for those who are eager to
For Grim, who had laid down a solid foundation, it was useless.
After continuously testing several pieces of ore brought out by the goblin technician, Greem waved his hand in disappointment, and everyone boarded the floating ship again. The ship's bow turned and flew towards another mysterious mine in the distance at high speed.
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It can be said bluntly that in order to find a suitable metal vein as soon as possible, Greem has been desperate. Anyway, this is still on the edge of the magical forest. The army and power that the Elf Kingdom can project are limited, and it is not enough to scare them.
hinder their actions.
And in five or six days' time, the coalition composed of the dark witch and the pale witch will arrive in Jialan Continent by boat. At that time, they will become more eye-catching and easier to capture targets.
Presumably at that time, the Elf Kingdom was more willing to send its elite army to encircle and suppress them, instead of leading a group of Elf troops to chase after the giant floating ship.
To be honest, with the strong ships and giant cannons, Greem has long disdained the armies of the secular world. The only ones who can make him worry about them are those elemental users and the terrifying powerful elves.
But now Greem is leading the floating giant ship just to circle around the edge of Jialan Continent, and has not made any move to kill the elves. In addition, they still turn around and fly back to the vast sea from time to time. If Greem were replaced with
As the current elf commander, I’m afraid I don’t know how to deal with this inexplicable metal monster! (To be continued)