Chapter 249 - Meeting With Ans (2/2)

roland played an irreplaceable role on the way.

the temporary houses built with mud to stone could keep them safe from rain and storms. only the seasoned travelers knew how comfortable it felt to have a roof above their head.

when they pa.s.sed urganda, roland’s unhindered communication proved useful again.

naturally, the language of urganda was different from hollevin’s.

although betta was capable of language proficiency, he could only cast it five times in a day, and its duration was shorter than roland’s.

after roland cast the spell once, it would be effective for most of the day.

more importantly, unhindered communication allowed them to read too.

so luckily, they did not turn dumb and deaf in urganda.

one other thing made all the members of the team feel that it was really the right decision to have roland in their team.

three days earlier, they had to pa.s.s a river when they crossed the border of urganda. unfortunately, due to a storm a few days before, the river had surged and collapsed the bridge. though the river was no longer as turbulent as before, it was still impossible for the players to pa.s.s without a bridge.

also, there were only four days to go before the deadline.

they couldn’t afford wasting their time here.

hawk suggested that margret carry the team across the river one by one, but then margret burst into fury, changed into her dragon form, and whipped hawk with her tail.

hawk was flung a dozen meters away. thankfully, he was st.u.r.dy enough and not badly hurt.

margret would’ve kept beating him if schuck hadn’t stopped and appeased her. finally, she changed back to her human form.

a dragon would only let her knight ride her. n.o.body else could be on her back. it was a matter of principle.

hawk hadn’t been clear about it before. after schuck explained it to him, he apologized to margret and schuck.

when n.o.body knew what to do, roland stood out.

using up all his magic power, he created a bridge of ice above the river with a span of more than a hundred meters.

because the current was still quite rapid, the ice bridge had to be tough, which was even more exhausting.

thankfully, roland made it in the end.

the players reached the other side of the river, followed by a few particularly bold convoys.

after crossing the border of urganda, the players arrived at the elf forest.

it took them two days before they found the rendezvous they agreed upon.

in front of them was a dense forest. the air here was damp, warm, and comforting.

this place was a boundary between the prairie and the forest. their feet were buried in the green gra.s.ses, and unknown flowers bloomed around them.

emitting a faint fragrance, the white and red flowers attracted colorful b.u.t.terflies to them.

they waited for a long time, but n.o.body came. when they were puzzled, they noticed a black spot drawing near from above.

the stranger landed before them about three minutes later.

it was a male elf, who had a green ponytail, watery eyes, and crescent-shaped eyebrows.

those were the features of a pretty girl, but the stranger was a male elf.

all the humans lightly gasped.

this male elf could be described as gorgeous from every perspective.

in roland’s eyes, this elf was even more beautiful than antis. he was almost on par with the queen in moonlight in terms of appearance and aura.

the elf was rather cold. he eyed everybody as if they owed him three hundred gold coins, but it did not affect his attractiveness at all.

“you’re the golden sons who are willing to take my mission?” the elf looked around and then fixed his eyes on betta. “mr. human, would you like to introduce yourselves?”

betta was slightly surprised, and so were the rest. why would the elf think that betta, instead of hawk, was their “leader”?

roland thought for a moment and realized that it must be because of the characteristics of the divine n.o.ble.

in the eyes of the npcs, betta was a n.o.ble, and as his level increased, he would become more and more like one.

betta remembered his cla.s.s features too. he smiled and said, “who we are doesn’t matter as long as we can complete your mission. you must be ans, right?”

ans nodded.

betta asked again, “can we know the details of your mission, so that we can make pertinent preparations?”

“not a problem.” ans looked at everybody with his hands behind him, before he nodded and said, “you should prepare. please follow me.”

he led the way, and everybody found that wherever ans went, the gra.s.ses would split apart in advance, as if they were making way for him.

elves were indeed the children of nature.

ans took the team into the forest. after a few minutes, they reached a lodge next to a lake surrounded by dense trees.

the lodge looked small from the outside, but when they got in, they found that it was rather s.p.a.cious.

it was furnished with wood, emitting the aroma of trees.

ans asked everybody to take a seat. he closed his eyes for a while, then opened them and said, “actually, i’m not a conservative. i belong to nature’s wrath, an organization of the radicals.”

[1] a fictional character who plucked a willow to demonstrate his strength.