Chapter 374 (1/2)
The magic cup King's court covers an extremely wide area, which is no less than any big human city. The big lake used for camouflage outside basically belongs to the urban area. However, in addition to the spirit castle at the core, the tree houses of ordinary green elves are not so closely built, which looks like a villa manor with their own flower beds and orchards.
There are also buildings such as alchemy shop, forge room, tavern and Arsenal in the spirit court, but there is no trade market. The money of the elves is a kind of leaves carved like emerald, with the shape of the magic cup King's court engraved on it.
However, this kind of currency is only used in a small number of shops in the alchemy shop and forging room. Most of the transactions between elves are barter. As long as they can exchange what they need, elves don't care to let a compatriot take advantage of it.
The craftwork of the elves is excellent. The sword and armor are not only beautiful in appearance, but also of high quality. The alchemy potion and magic scroll are more refined. If these things are put outside the human world, they are all treasures and can be sold at a high price.
Despite the feud between the kingdom of jonidas and the elves of jonadar, in fact, many human caravans venture into the forest every year to seek business with the magic cup King's court.
The elves' court is vast and sparsely populated, but compared with the elves' population in other forests, the goblin King's court is already a lot. There are more than 15000 green elves and a small number of moon elves in the whole city. If we count the moon elves tribes around the forest, the population will exceed 22000.
More than 20000 people live in human society. That's a drop in the bucket. But elves are different. Even in the age of elves civilization, 22000 elves are a small kingdom.
Elves have strong individual ability. As long as there is forest, they don't worry about survival. Due to their long life span, most of the elves practice martial arts and magic, and they are equipped with sophisticated weapons. Their force is generally the level of human knights or elite archers, and magicians and druids are everywhere.
Twenty or thirty labors in human society may support a professional soldier. If they are well-trained elite archers and armored knights, they need at least hundreds of labors to support them. From this point of view, the force of the goblet King's court is not bad at all. If it pours out, the current qiongdas kingdom is not an opponent at all.
Qin Lun walked on the gravel path in the king's city, wandering around, observing the customs of the elves, while looking for his own lack of information. After a talk with Prince Keris, he has realized that there are still some changes in the current main plot, which have pushed the task of only a few schools to a whole level.
Maybe with the strength of the fortress team, he can still cope with the task at the rank of lieutenant colonel, but Qin Lun feels that he has to find out the secret inside and can't let it hide, otherwise the task at the rank of middle school may increase the difficulty.
This is not a game. The butterfly effect brought by the apostles has been working. The difficulty of the task scenario line will not be the same. If it reaches the critical point that the fortress team cannot cope with, it will be too late.
Qin Lun looked around at the lush scenery on both sides of the road. It was difficult for other plants to get nutrients in the world's root system, but the elves obviously had a way.
They carved out some well lit areas from the king's court, moved the soil from the outside forest into the king's court, and then put insulation under them, and planted various flowers and fruit trees. Although these plants are not tall and small, they are enough for ornamental purposes and fruit consumption.
In addition to the sprite tree house, as well as the flower beds and orchards that can be seen everywhere, there are many other buildings or venues in the sprite court, namely the arena. The arena is actually the place where the elves usually practice martial arts and archery.
As for the cultivation place of mages, they will not be in the residential area of elves and civilians. They will generally open up a place with protective covers for themselves and their disciples to avoid powerful spells damaging the surrounding environment.
These arenas are only used for martial arts and archery cultivation. Most of them are very large. The 50 step to 80 step range target sites suitable for human archers do not meet the requirements of Elven archers at all.
(one step in ancient times refers to twice the distance between two feet when walking, which is about five feet in the old system, and about one meter and seven in the present.)
The vision of elves is far better than that of human beings. The long bow made by elves is also very excellent. In addition, most elves have good affinity for wind elements. Their range is generally 200 to 300 steps. A few high-level archers who can add magic to their arrows can give them a legendary long bow made of dragon bone tendons, which can even reach seven or eight hundred paces away, comparable to the super sniper in modern society.
At this time, the sun just rose from the southeast, warm sunshine scattered in a green Elven King City, with a little bit of dew reflection. The fresh and humid air makes people feel relaxed and happy. In most arenas, there are some elves doing morning exercises. Even some of the young elves, who are not yet grown up, are whistling in the shadows of swords and swords.
The elves do not farm and raise livestock. Their food source is entirely from forest production and hunting, except for a small number of fruits and fruits. Flowers and honey, wild fruits, birds and eggs, stream fish, birds and animals, the rich production of qiongdar forest is enough to feed more than 20000 elves.This race is not as greedy as human beings. In addition to meeting the most basic needs of life, they even try to protect the animals and plants in the forest. Perhaps this is also the fundamental reason why they have become longevity and low reproduction rate under the evolution of nature. The forest will be hard to bear with too many people and no production.