In fact, the "ghost group" had already discovered the other party's existence when the Elf sailing ship was still at the end of the field of vision.
Raymond and the others looked like survivors who had encountered a shipwreck and were stranded on an isolated island. They were about to wave and ask for directions, but when they saw the densely packed pursuit of more than a hundred black and shabby sailboats behind them, they immediately gave up the idea.
Obviously, this was not a passing elf sailboat, but one that was driven here in a panic.
But after discovery, they couldn't avoid it.
The "ghost group" is now in a very embarrassing situation. They are trapped on this floating island and cannot go anywhere.
They can see each other, and obviously the other party can see them.
If you control the "Golden Ghost" to jump away from the island now, you will be discovered immediately.
Fortunately for the elves, it is said that they love peace and don't like killing. Even if they don't know each other, there is probably no danger.
But the guys on the boat who were chasing the high elves didn't look so easy to offend. They all had animal heads and human bodies, and their eyes looked fierce. They obviously didn't look like humans, but more like "monsters".
"What on earth are those monsters chasing the elves?"
Raymond suddenly had a very bad feeling.
"Orcs?"
He frowned as he looked at the names of the humanoid monsters displayed on the system.
This is an "unknown creature" that has never been seen in the game. They look like humans and have limbs, but their skin is hairless brown like goblins.
Their heads have all kinds of strange shapes, including fish scales, feathers, animal hair...
Almost all animal forms can be found in this group of monsters, including birds, beasts, insects...
There are teeth on the abdomen, mouthparts on the tail, octopus tentacles... all kinds of strange things, like a combined monster made of Warcraft and humans.
But they all have a face that is not ugly and makes people feel very disgusted at a glance.
Uh... It's the kind of feeling that at first glance, you are ugly to the depths of your soul.
...
Raymond and the others were hiding on the Golden Ghost, praying that this pursuit would not affect them.
But just by chance, the elf sailboat that was in a panic flew straight towards their floating island, and then landed at a speed like a crash. There was a "crash" of wood chips, and the wooden boat was on the small boat.
It was smashed to pieces in the open space of the town.
Then, after this group of elves made a "hard landing", the entire floating island was surrounded by those black sailboats.
After the dust cleared, dozens of high elves with pointed ears and blue eyes rustled out from the ruins of the shipwreck.
They have exquisite facial features, fair skin, and slender figures. Even if they are so embarrassed, they all exude a poet-like elegance. The men are handsome and handsome, and the women are graceful and soft, and they all look very eye-catching.
"It's not that bad..."
At this moment, Raymond had no interest in watching those beautiful elves who appeared to be walking out of exquisite two-dimensional wallpapers. Instead, his eyelids twitched.
He felt that the elves might have regarded this town as their last fortress and wanted to use street fighting to deal with the pursuers. And coincidentally, this floating island was the only one nearby with a solid building that could be used as a stronghold.
As if to confirm his idea, just after the group of elves disembarked, a female elf who seemed to be the leader shouted loudly: "Everyone enter the town to find bunkers and prepare for positional warfare! Even if we die, we must let those dirty
Dirty Orcs pay the price!"
The violent crash just now left the panic on the faces of this group of high elves still not dissipated. But when they plunged into the town, they were suddenly stunned by the sight in front of them.
Because, they discovered the "Golden Ghost".
Although this steel toad was simply disguised by the building, it still looked very abrupt and incompatible with the surrounding environment.
"Captain, look, there is something strange there..."
"It looks like an iron toad?"
"Then there's still white smoke coming out of the toad's mouth... isn't it a living monster?"
"Everyone, be careful, it may be an ambush from the orcs!"
"..."
Each of these elves held bows, arrows and wands, aiming at the "Golden Ghost", as if they were about to take action.
On the other hand, Raymond and others on the ship were a little surprised.
They were extremely surprised to find that these high elves did not recognize this kind of steel steam ship?
Although the shape of the "Golden Ghost" is a bit weird, anyone in the Endless Sea can tell at a glance that it is a steel steam ship!
But the elves in front of them were like seeing an "alien spaceship", and they had no idea what the Iron Toad was.
Colin looked a little weird and muttered: "Captain, our ship seems to be regarded as a strange thing..."
Anna turned her eyes, showed a thoughtful expression, and analyzed: "It is estimated that the elves have been isolated from the world in the secret realm for countless years. They may not even know that the human world has developed a steam civilization, so when they see us
That's why the ship is so strange..."
Nicole said with a look of disbelief: "I just paid special attention to their ship equipment and found that the artillery equipped on their sailboat is actually... the most primitive gunpowder energy iron cannon?"
"It should be because it is isolated from the world. It still maintains the style of the ancient mythological period."
Raymond nodded, remembering an introductory line about the elves in the game, and added: "It is said that the high elves love poetry, music and literature. They are a legendary, romantic and advanced intelligent race. As for technology,
They think it is something that only vulgar craftsmen like dwarves would tinker with. Probably, after being isolated from the world for so many years, they have never thought about developing technology..."
Hearing this, everyone's faces showed a hint of surprise.
Only this explanation sounds reasonable.
At this time, Colin asked again: "Captain, what should we do now?"
Obviously, now we are not wondering why the technological level of this secret realm is so backward, but rather how to solve the current dilemma.
After a pause, Colin suggested again: "The artillery systems of the black sailboats surrounding this floating island are also very backward. Although there are enough in number, they do not pose much of a threat to the 'Golden Ghost'. If there is an artillery battle, we have
Absolute advantage. However, the only trouble is that their ships can fly..."
"Artillery battle?"
Upon hearing Colin's suggestion, a flash of light flashed across Raymond's eyes, and he was thinking of countermeasures in his mind.
Because the distance was very close, he could clearly see the faces of the high elves in front of him. They all looked young, and they even had a childish look in their eyes.
It can be guessed that these elves should not be too old.
Moreover, what surprised Raymond even more was the strength of these high elves.
With his powerful perception, he clearly sensed the "qi" of these dozens of elves. The strongest one, a female elf called the captain, was only at the level of a human Transcendent Sequence 5 or so.
Moreover, not only the elves in front of him, but what surprised Raymond even more was that the tens of thousands of "Qi" floating on the more than a hundred ships surrounding the floating island were not strong!
In perception, the strongest aura is only around the level of a human Sequence 4.
More than 90% of other Qi's strength is only at the low level of sequence 8 or 9...
There was no abnormally strong presence in his perception, and Raymond breathed a sigh of relief.
In truly large-scale wars, low-level supernatural battles are a common phenomenon. A battle like the Kingdom of Giants begins with top-level supernatural beings directly participating in hand-to-hand combat, which is truly a special case.
I always hang out with some top-level bosses, and the level of emergencies I encounter are ridiculously high.
Now that he encountered a "normal" war, Raymond almost thought it was another dead end.
Looking at it now, if they really have to fight, their chances of winning are not small.
After thinking for a while, Raymond made a decision.
He said to everyone: "Get ready to fight! We want to save those elves..."
The captain gave the order, and the other members of the "ghost group" had no objections and responded: "Yes, captain!"
The orcs on those black sails are hideous and look like "monsters". This battle is definitely inevitable.
Moreover, the ultimate goal of Raymond and the others coming to the secret realm this time, whether it is the [Moon Stone] or the ancient dwarf common language, they have to go to the elves to seek help.
Helping these elves now is helping themselves.
.......
While Raymond and the others were hiding in the "Golden Ghost" to discuss countermeasures, the elves outside were not idle either.
In the eyes of this group of high elves, this world full of demons is either the elves or the enemy!
They couldn't tell the origin of this huge iron toad, so they decided to try it with an arrow first.
At this moment, the female elf captain raised her hand and pulled out a gleaming blue feather arrow from the quiver on her back, then put it on the bow and aimed at the Iron Toad.
Seeing them being targeted, Anna warned: "Captain, we are being targeted!"
"Is this a magic feather arrow?"
Raymond looked at the increasingly brighter magical light on the arrow, and immediately realized that the elf captain in front of him, who was around Sequence 5, was quite powerful. The power of this arrow might even threaten high-level transcendent beings.
Archers and musketeers have similar professional characteristics. They rely heavily on equipment, and the equipment's bonus to combat effectiveness is very high.
The bow and arrows in the female elf's hands were of extraordinary quality, at least a gold-level bow.
As for that arrow, it was probably a high-level alchemical magic arrow.
The "Golden Ghost" is made entirely of super-strong black titanium alloy and cannot be penetrated by ordinary magic artillery. It is impossible for an arrow to cause any damage.
After all, Raymond plans to save these elves, so it would be bad to cause any misunderstanding.
Relying on the bravery of an expert, he teleported and appeared in front of a group of elves.
He was very confident that even if a bow and arrow were pointed at his head, this group of elves with the highest sequence 5 would not be able to hurt him.
But Raymond didn't expect that as soon as he appeared, he was not attacked, but all the high elves gave him a very strange look. Uh... I guess it was like watching "orangutans" in the zoo.
...
"Is this a human?"
"It seems... I have seen an introduction to humans in ancient books. Doesn't it mean that the last human civilization in the north was wiped out by the demons thousands of years ago? How could a human suddenly appear here?
"
"Everyone, be careful..."
"..."
A being who was not an orc suddenly appeared in front of them. Although these elven warriors were very defensive, they were not in a hurry to take action.
Jiliguala, obviously they were communicating in High Elvish, but Raymond didn't understand what they were saying.
Raymond tried to ask: "Hello...do any of you speak mainland China's lingua franca?"
Listening to his words, the group of elves began to whisper again.
But obviously, no one understands mainland lingua franca.
"Eh...he's talking, he doesn't seem to be a half-orc with low intelligence?"
"Perhaps they are high-level demons who are good at transformation?"
"But if it's a high-level demon, he should arrest us..."
"..."
Communication was hindered by language, and the two sides were at a stalemate, and the atmosphere was a bit awkward for a while.
Raymond saw that the vigilance in the eyes of these elves had not diminished at all, and he also guessed that the way he spoke was wrong.
When encountering a stranger on the battlefield, it is natural for the elves to be cautious.
After thinking about it, he took out the lucky pendant around his neck (note: [Elven Token (Legend)]). This was the token left to him by the Elf Prince Ige, and it was considered part of the medical fee.
Sure enough, after taking out this thing, the faces of the elves finally softened. There were more doubts and surprises in their eyes.
"Oh my God, it's the breath of the Divine Tree of Life..."
"This is the token of our elves!"
"How can this human have this thing... Is he a friend of our elves?"
"..."
The female elf captain watched Raymond take out the pendant, and the bow and arrow aimed at his forehead finally moved away.
She asked in High Elvish: "Human, where do you come from? And how come you have the tokens of our elves?"
Raymond still didn't understand what she was talking about, but the current situation simply didn't allow them to waste time here.
At this time, he thought of a quick way to solve the problem.
Without any hesitation, a beam of spiritual power burst out from his eyes, and he directly used [Arcana·Infinite Dreamland] to forcefully pull the female elf into the eighth level of spiritual dreamland.
The super mental power of the "Shenyou Realm" made the other party in a daze without any room for resistance.
The scene around her suddenly changed as she watched, and the female elf captain was very frightened at first. After she discovered that her partners and weapons were no longer around, a look like something like this appeared on her delicate and flawless face.
Panic like a frightened deer.
Damn it, he is indeed a high-level demon who can confuse people's hearts!
She didn't understand that she had been hit by the opponent's spiritual spell. At the same time, she felt a sense of fear in her heart. With such a powerful spiritual power, I'm afraid that even their team together would not be able to match this high-level demon!
The atmosphere was extremely tense for a moment, but before the female elf captain could embarrass her or wait for something terrible to happen, the strange human on the other side spoke.
"Hello, my name is Raymond. Now, we can start learning to communicate in each other's language..."
Female elf."???"
Fortunately, the female elf can understand "Runas", a common language in ancient times.
Raymond built a small blackboard in his dream, and then the two began to communicate in "Runas" while learning each other's language pronunciation...
...
"Do you know His Royal Highness Prince Ige and General Meng Ge?"
"Yes!"
"You said... from another world?"
"Well... I can't explain it at the moment. But you can roughly understand it this way..."
"..."
Time passed by and the two of them were alone in the dream for nearly a month, but only a moment passed in reality.
The high elves were originally an extremely smart race with high IQs and strong learning abilities. Now that Raymond has the [Photographic Memory] passive, the communication between the two went quite smoothly.
Even so, Raymond also wanted to complain that High Elvish is definitely the most complex language in the world!
Those beautiful-sounding pronunciations are a nightmare for beginners' tongues. The "baby sounds" at the suffix of the word can make people's tongues tie up if they are spoken faster.
However, it is not in vain for Raymond to waste a month of his life learning Elvish.
He got along well with this female elf named "Yasrema" and successfully raised her favorability level to "friendly".
Through communication, Raymond also learned that she was the captain of the Elf Queen's third guard. This time, due to the war, their team was dispersed by the large army of demons, and then they were chased here.
As for the orcs I saw... they were the lowest level cannon fodder among the demons.
They only have a murderous and cruel instinct, and have no intelligence at all.
The reason why they have been hunting for so long is because they want to capture this elf team alive and then take them back to "create" higher-level intelligent demons.
Yes, these "orcs" are all manufactured.
They are "artificial monsters" cultivated using the limbs of various monsters, infused with demonic energy and culture vessels!
As for the origin of the demons...
Yasrema said that in this world (secret realm) there is a place called "Rosei Volcano", where the body of an ancient demon god is sealed.
Then because the seal was broken, the demonic energy leaked, and high-level monsters were born. Then the high-level monsters created those low-level monsters, and began the countless years of tug-of-war with the elves...
(Narrator: It sounds a bit like the pure-hair tribe’s Demon Island seal.)
As for the high elves, they have been fighting against the demons for countless years, preventing the demons from destroying the world (secret realm).
But the recent situation is very bad...
The elves have low fertility. Although their combat power is generally stronger than that of the demons, they have been consumed by the demons for countless years, and their numbers have become smaller and smaller. As one goes, the demons use special instruments to create orcs, and they are gradually fighting in the war.
It has the potential to crush...
This time the demon army attacked, it was their Queen who led the elven warriors to launch a general attack, which meant a life-and-death battle...
...
Orcs have poured into the island like a tide, and war is about to break out.
Returning from the dream world to reality, Yasrema and Raymond looked at each other and nodded, like old friends who have known each other for many years.
Raymond said: "Let's get on the boat first, because it will be too late to go back."
"Um!"
The female elf captain looked at the human in front of her with a strange look in her eyes, but she didn't waste much time and called her friends around her: "Everyone join the merchant ship with our human friend, he is here to help us!"
Someone hesitated: "But... Captain, do we want to believe this strange human being?"
Yasrema shouted sternly: "It's too late to explain, please get on the boat with me first!"
"Yes, Captain!"
Although everyone didn't know what happened that made Captain Yasrema choose to believe in this "human" in an instant, the elven warriors did not hesitate and followed Raymond as they approached the "Golden Ghost"
”.
When the hatch was opened, this group of high elves, who usually claimed to be knowledgeable and knowledgeable, discovered that the steel toad in front of them... was actually a steel steam battleship?
For a moment, everyone's expressions were very exciting.