Marienburg is bustling. When night falls, when all the towns retreat into silence, Marienburg begins a night of carnival. There is a constant flow of carriages and endless merchant ships. The city's firelight dyes the sky.
Colored in dark red, in this city that never sleeps, nobles and wealthy businessmen are arm-in-arm, and sexy dancers are dancing enchantingly in the tavern.
Allyria only felt that all this was so disgusting and dirty. She bought a ticket to Norsca with five gold crowns. Since the gold was stolen from slave traders, Allyria did not dare to
She took a regular ferry and was afraid of being searched by city guards. What she bought was a ticket on a smuggling ship. These ships were usually used to sell dog meat, loaded with river fish, but what they sold might be wine or other valuables. Of course.
, it is essential to bribe local officials, otherwise, if the guards really want to investigate, there will still be few people who can hide it.
Elyria is not interested in the corruption and darkness of these empires at all. All she wants is to go to the north, the Norsca Peninsula, and track the traces of Chaos there. Even the crew of the smuggling ship laughed at the pride of this wood elf.
And self-righteousness. But Alyria didn't take it seriously. She didn't bother to deal with these humans at all. In their eyes, the wood elves saw their evil thoughts and desires. The ragged sailors and crew members, including the captain himself, would
Stare at her with those lustful eyes.
If it weren't for the purpose of tracking Chaos north, Aliria would never have boarded the ship. She stood on the deck coldly, hoping that the boat would reach its destination quickly.
"The wind and waves in the Claw Sea are very strong. Beauty, you should go to the cabin to rest. When you get to the open sea, the waves will wet you."
Aliria stood on the deck, and the captain of the smuggling ship came over to chat with him with a smile. He accepted the wood elf's money, but if possible, the old captain wanted to accept her even more. But Aliria showed it to him
There was only disgust and hatred. She looked at the sea coldly, not even willing to look at the human captain.
"There is no need to think about it for me. You should consider how to get the ship to the other side of the strait faster. One day in advance, I will give you one more gold coin, and three days in advance, I will give you three more gold coins."
Aliria replied coldly without turning her head.
"I understand that if everything goes well, I will try to be as early as possible."
The old captain with yellow teeth said with a smile.
"By the way, why are you going to the Norscan territory? It is covered by wind and snow all year round, and there is no grass growing. There are only barbarians and giant beasts. The reason why the empire does not establish a base there after every raid is because it is too disgusting.
The climate there is too cold and worthless."
The old captain chattered. He stood next to the wood elf and chatted to pass the long and boring time at sea.
"You can't control this."
Aliria returned coldly and turned around to enter the cabin. There was really nothing to talk about with an old man who smelled of fish and alcohol.
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Dong dong dong...
Aliria was awakened by the sound of crashes. She turned over, opened the door a crack, and found that the group of people from yesterday was no longer in the cabin. Instead, there was a group of heavily armed city guards.
The Marienburg guards wearing iron armor and holding sharp swords walked domineeringly into the warehouse and inspected the cargo of the entire ship. Through the crack in the door, Aliria could hear the quarrel between them and the captain. At the same time, these guards were
They violently overturned all the goods and took out the valuables in the cage one by one. Some soldiers even took the "stolen items" as their own on the spot.
"Ser Tarry and I are old friends, and all the cargo on this ship has been inspected!"
The old captain yelled and cursed these rude and rude soldiers. But the soldiers seemed unmoved, and the captain of the inspection team looked at the old captain with contempt. He picked off the captain's hat with his rapier and put it down.
He examined it in his hand.
"Phyllis, your business has been good in the past few years. You have made a lot of money, right? How about it? People should not be too greedy, otherwise it will make people uncomfortable. You should know that even if we leave the Rick River, we
I can still catch you."
"Sir and I are..."
"Don't mention Mr. Tali again, he is the one who asked me to come to you. You haven't paid the money for last month yet!"
The captain of the guard looked at the captain of the smuggling ship with disdain. His face was filled with indifference and numbness. Aliria knew that the captain of the guard had done this secret collection of payment countless times.
"Damn! I have to wait until I finish shipping this batch of goods before I can give them to you!"
The old captain cursed angrily, but the inspection team obviously did not give him a chance. Under the order of the guard captain, the crew members were arrested one by one. They searched every room, and Aliria reacted in advance. She put the gold coin bag
Hanging on the waist, he climbed over flexibly and climbed out of the window, then grabbed the wooden strips of the ship's board and clung to the outside of the hull.
As an excellent wood elf wanderer, this matter is nothing to her. As long as she is willing, it is no problem to kill an entire team of human guards. But this is not necessary. She is originally a horse.
If Limburg's wanted criminal kills another group of guards now, he will definitely attract the absolute attention of the city's mayor. It's better to do less than to do more. He can escape anyway, so he doesn't want to make a fuss again.
After several guards checked the room and found nothing, they walked out. Aliria returned to the cabin. She knew that the smuggling ship might not be able to leave the port. She could only find another way.
In the evening, when the cargo ship stopped at the outer port of Marienburg, Aliria also disembarked. Some guards noticed her, but when they were about to step forward to question her, Aliria in a cloak was already running quickly.
Out of their sight.
Wandering alone in the forest was not a problem for Elyria. For hundreds of years, she wandered in the forest of Athel Loren and hunted countless foreign beasts alone. Although the forest outside Marienburg is dense, it is more dense than
Now, the forest where the wood elves live is still dwarfed.
In the dark night sky, the stars are obscured by thick clouds. It is quiet here, but not absolutely quiet. No matter how far away from the city, the light and heat radiating from Marienburg always seem to affect the forest. Even if humans cannot sense it, Ellie
But Ruiya can. Her hearing and various senses are extremely sensitive. No small movement in the forest can escape her ears.
Under the shadow of the moon, Aliria sat silently on the canopy of the tree. She missed home... To be precise, she thought of the Athel Loren Forest. Although it had remained the same for thousands of years, it was still orderly and full of vitality. And outside
The world is full of darkness and evil all the time. This kind of evil is something you can't see or touch. Sometimes an ordinary-looking farmer stands in front of you, but you don't know whether he has been corrupted by chaos. People's hearts are fickle,
This is a rule that Aliria has concluded over the years. At least, those humans are not trustworthy.