Chapter two hundred and seventy-eight during the annual vacation in the winery
The bath is finished.
On the soft big bed in the master bedroom, Morgiana's face was full of lazy and intoxicating red, and her long golden hair was still wet with moisture. She was half-sitting on the soft pillow, leaning on Ryan's shoulder,
There was a touch of comfort in his tone: "So, the wood elf is coming to see you?"
"Yes, the wood elves sent their envoys, who are said to be the divinely chosen champions of Queen Islay Alaire - 'The Hero' Araloth and the famous wood elf prophetess Liv." Ryan sat on the bedside,
He took Morgiana's hand and smiled and said: "Winter Veil is not a festival for the wood elves, so I will take this opportunity to have the wood elves' envoy come to see me."
"Wood elves...I can't trust them at all now. If it weren't for the covenant with them, I would never be in this situation." Morgiana can feel that she is very relaxed. She likes this. Inside the room
Just her, and Ryan.
Two people can always talk more in private.
The snow scene outside is beautiful, but the Lake God Witch cannot enjoy it to her heart's content. She knows that Ryan has taken a risk by bringing her out for the festival. Morgiana can only hate her carelessness and the betrayal of the tree spirit, so when Ryan mentioned the wood elf's
At that time, she subconsciously expressed doubts and vigilance about the arrival of the wood elves.
"The tree spirits are tree spirits, and the wood elves are wood elves. We still have to make a clear distinction on this point." Ryan shook his head slightly: "The tree spirits and the wood elves originally had a cooperative relationship. I have already conveyed your matter to the wood elves.
King Orion and Queen Alaire of the Elven Forest, the wood elves said that Theresa, the branch shadow spirit, has disappeared long ago, but they will still give an explanation for this matter."
The wood elves are a group of autistic creatures, and the dryads rarely leave the Athel Loren forest. The outside world has no idea what is happening in the forest.
Morgiana's beautiful face was a little sad: "Sorry, Ryan, I rested for too long. I mean I don't hate staying with you, but it doesn't matter if I lie in bed like a burden all day long, waiting for you.
What happened? If I were here, Kasfann would never declare war on the Empire."
"Rest quietly, my Highness, it is very dangerous for you outside now. The vampires must be looking for you." Ryan interrupted Morgiana's complaint. He gently stroked the back of the Lake God Witch: "It won't be long.
, you can be back to your original state in three years at most.”
Three years? Still too long, Morgiana thought.
The Lake Witch had actually prayed to the Lake Fairy, and she admitted her fault. The Lake Fairy did not criticize her for anything. She allowed her and Ryan to continue their relationship in private, but she could never make it public.
Ryan arranged the pillows and quilts better and asked Morgiana to lie down. He held her hand: "Are you tired just now? Take a good rest. I'll go see how Orica and the others are doing with their dinner.
"
The Lake God Witch actually had something to say in her heart, but she felt that now was not the time to talk about it. She kissed Ryan gently on the mouth: "Go, by the way, come over and share a room with me tonight."
.”
"Is this an order?" Ryan teased, and the only answer he received was Morgiana's white eyes.
Seeing Ryan go out, Morgiana gritted her teeth secretly. She was being manipulated at will in the big bath. Although it was indeed very comfortable, back pain was unavoidable. The Lake God Witch once thought when she first received "purification"
She hoped that after she recovered, she would let Ryan forget what happened to her, but now her thoughts have been completely reversed.
Ryan closed the door and came out, and Amelia was standing at the door waiting for him. The little maid was wearing a narcissus-colored lady princess dress, paired with a white fox fur coat.
Wearing silk stockings and heeled princess shoes, her pretty face began to have a hint of maturity. When she saw Ryan coming out, she whispered: "Lian, the wood elf guests are here, and they are already downstairs.
.”
When the wood elves came, neither Morgiana nor Orica was suitable to meet with Ryan. Only Emilia was suitable to entertain guests with Ryan. The little maid specially changed into her best clothes.
"Amelia, you are so beautiful today." Ryan looked at his little maid intently for a while, then smiled and said, "Is this what Lidya Sulia bought for you?"
"Well, it's a graduation gift from Sister Lidya Su." Amelia turned around in front of Ryan, and the little maid was very excited: "I chose it myself."
"Follow me, Emilia, talk less and watch more." Ryan motioned for Emilia to follow him to the first floor to meet two wood elf guests.
The visitors were a man and a woman. The male wood elf wore a golden pointed antlered helmet, gorgeous lake green scales and a huge green handmade cloak. His long black hair was draped along his shoulders, and he had a handsome face.
With extremely strong self-confidence and self-esteem, a pair of black eyes are full of unruly spirit, and at the same time, the gaze looking at Ryan also contains some recognition and respect.
The muscles on this wood elf's body are streamlined, and Ryan can feel that his body is full of explosive power, and he can also feel a hint of danger from his body.
In a certain sense, the two people are similar.
It is said that every new moon night, Arallos will take his falcon to walk in the forest, looking for his beloved goddess-that is, Lilith. Thinking of this, Ryan wanted to laugh a little, and looked at Aralos with a confused look.
become complicated.
The female Wood Elf is wearing a long wood elf satin dress with blue patterns on a white background. She is holding a long branch with many willow branches. The willow branches on it are tightly intertwined. She has a slender horse face and thick lips.
The eyes are not very beautiful from a human perspective, but they retain the unique wildness and ferocity of the wood elves.
The most special thing is the hair of the female wood elf. Her brown hair was all tied up, and then tied into a braid nearly half a meter long at the back of her head, and then combed into a giant ponytail, which made her originally short.
The figure appears very tall.
"Hello, Your Excellency, Count Lion Malcador, I am Araloth, the divinely chosen champion of Queen Alaire, and this is the prophetess Liv. We are here to visit you and bring you the gift of Orion, the King of the Forest.
Greetings from Queen Alaire, I wish you good health and wish you a happy Winter Veil!" The male wood elf gave an equal courtesy to Ryan.
"Hello, Your Excellency Alaros, Your Excellency Liv, on behalf of all the people in the Earl of Glamorgan, I would like to extend my holiday greetings to the wood elves." Ryan stood up and nodded, and he answered Alaros in a proficient Elvish language.
Los's greeting: "Please take a seat!"
Seats and red wine and snacks had already been arranged in the lobby on the first floor of the wine castle. The two wood elves observed the luxurious human residence with some curiosity. They were both hundreds of years old, but they had only been out of the forest a handful of times.
"Thank you." Alalos' attitude was quite arrogant. Fortunately, he still had basic respect for Ryan. Even the autistic wood elves had heard of the power of human beings in front of him.
In Arallos' view, Ryan is the divinely chosen champion of the Fairy of the Lake, and he is the divinely chosen champion of Queen Alaire of the Forest. They have equal status and similar strength, so even the arrogant Arallos has put on a show.
In an approachable manner, he tried to speak to Ryan in a calm tone, but Ryan's Elvish language was too high-elven, which he didn't like: "Your Excellency, we are very sad about the Lake God Witch."
"Why did this happen? I want to know why the dryads left the forest, and why didn't you find out?" Ryan said in a bad tone: "I thought all the violent dryads had already left the forest in Islay.
under control.”
The female prophet Liv and Aralos looked at each other, and the female wood spirit took the initiative to speak: "We are here to explain this process. It is the 'Shadow Evil' Morgul, Your Excellency Ryan. At this time last year, the Sanctuary
The beast king, the shadow demon Gur, attacked the Athel Loren forest. At that time, due to the cold weather, most of the
The tree spirits all fell into a deep sleep, but at that critical moment we had to wake up some tree elders to fight with us against the attack of the beastman army. The tree spirit Theresa was also awakened at that time, and she was indeed with us.
battle, but after the war ended, she disappeared."
Alalos took over the conversation: "Later, in the Battle of Arden, we went through all kinds of hardships to defeat Morgul. At this time, Teresa had disappeared. We thought she would go to sleep somewhere, if not
According to Mr. Lane’s news, we didn’t even know that Teresa had left the forest and colluded with vampires to cause such a big deal.”
"So this is not your fault?" Ryan said with a sneer. He clenched his hands into fists, rested his elbows on the armrests of his chairs, and put his fists on his face: "We in Brittany respect and wood.
The elves have a covenant of non-aggression and mutual assistance. Her Highness Morgiana just went to negotiate with Elder Teresa and was eventually seriously injured by a sneak attack. Are you going to tell us now, Eslay, that this matter has nothing to do with you?"
"We have no intention of shirking our responsibilities! Mr. Ryan, please don't regard Eislay as a treacherous race!" Aralos said angrily: "Eslay said that he would give humans an explanation. We have a covenant with the tree spirits.
, we cannot interfere with the dryad’s own activities.”
It seems that as Francois said, in the forest, the wood elves and the tree spirits are actually in a cooperative relationship, and many tree spirits still do not accept the wood elves. Ryan frowned when he saw this situation.
The corruption of the entire world by Chaos is continuous and long-lasting. The dryads of Athel Loren were once a group of people who yearned for peace and kindness. However, thousands of years have passed, and amid the subtle corruption of Chaos, most of the dryads have
They have become violent and warlike, and many of them can no longer tell whether each other is a well-intentioned traveler or a malicious intruder. All creatures that invade the forest must be destroyed.
Even Dursu, the tree man elder who is friendly to the elves and is the kindest, has turned into a berserker who relies on instinct to kill and destroy enemies. He no longer embraces the elven society, and only regards the elves as his allies.
, fighting together to protect the forest.
Ryan knew that his limit was to ask questions. He could not represent the entire kingdom. The most he could do was represent himself and the Lake Fairy. Seeing the wood elf explain, he finally nodded: "Then I'll wait for your explanation."
"Queen Alaire was deeply sorry after learning about this. She sent us to apologize. This was indeed the wood elves' own negligence. Trade has brought us mutual benefit and solved many of our problems. Therefore... we brought this
, as our Winter Veil gift." Araloth said about
Ryan's attitude was very unhappy, but Alaire's divinely chosen champion realized that he could not rise up and revolt. The person in front of him made him feel dangerous. It took the wood elf decades to find a comparable person outside the forest.
A reliable and trustworthy trading partner, he will not let the efforts of his race go to waste.
The two wood elf visitors signaled their men to bring in a huge wooden box. They opened the wooden box and found many oak shells inside. These rubber shells were sealed and wrapped in silk. The rubber shells looked very big.
Ryan stood up and walked to the wooden box: "This is?"
"This is the berry wine that Queen Alaire personally brewed using the fountain of life and berries of the Age Oak. As long as the user drinks this berry wine, the user can heal any injury within three minutes. Remember, any injury!
Aralos said with some pride: "This is Queen Alaire's apology. The wood elves have never sold or given away such extremely precious things in any way. I believe this apology will satisfy Lord Ryan and make him happy."
The bad feelings between us have been wiped out."
Berry wine made from the berries of the Fountain of Life and the Age Oak?!
Ryan squinted his eyes. There were four huge oak shells inside the wooden box, which obviously contained four bottles of berry wine. At the critical moment, these were four lives!
"I feel Eislay's sincerity." Ryan nodded. Such a generous gift, he could not and would not ask for more.
"By the way, is the berry wine effective against the poison of the ancient tree spirit liquid that Her Majesty Morgiana was poisoned by?" While Aralos and Liv were around, Ryan asked the topic he was most concerned about.
If the berry wine works, Morgiana won't have to recuperate like this anymore.
"Uh... Sir Ryan, the poison of the ancient tree spiritual liquid... is also prepared using the berries of the Fountain of Life and the Oak of Ages..." Prophetess Liv said awkwardly: "It won't be effective. Also, berries
Wine is only effective on living people."
"That's it, Amelia, bring that up." Ryan waved his hand and motioned for his little maid to take out a small box: "Since our friend Eisley is so sincere, I will never let my friend
Suffer a loss."
Opening the wooden box, Aralos and the prophetess Liv also had uncontrollable ecstasy on their faces.
It's amber! High-quality large amber! There are seven or eight pieces of it!
With these ambers, the wood elves can transfer classes and train more elite troops through their own special rituals!
So everyone was happy to meet each other, and the wood elf visitors said goodbye with satisfaction. They couldn't wait to leave, and even declined Lion's invitation to have dinner together.
In the cold winter, the tree elves fell into a deep sleep, and the only ones who could guard the forest were the wood elves themselves. Now all they could think about was returning amber to the forest as soon as possible to expand their combat power.
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More than an hour after the wood elf left, Ryan and others were preparing to have dinner. A large, fragrant turkey was placed in the middle of the dining table. Several people were praying to the gods of their respective beliefs, thanking the gods for giving them food.
At this moment, a shrill cry came from outside the wine castle: "Help! Help! There is a monster!"
"What?!" The prayer process was interrupted, and Ryan and Olica hurried to the window.
In the dark night, inside the vineyard, a giant sphinx appeared in Ryan's eyes, and Durand, the person in charge of the wine castle, was being grabbed by its huge pliers.
"Click~" The pliers were clamped, and Durand's middle-aged and fat body was cut in two from the waist and fell to the ground, dying on the spot.
"Roar~ha~" The sphinx and manticore roared wildly, making a loud noise in the vineyard in the dark night. (To be continued)