Chapter 609 - Great Disparity (1/2)

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Hence, Lin Li was even more cautious after seeing so many elven Legendary powerhouses. However, he wasn’t surprised to see them. After all, although the Haiga Mountain Range restrained the nature magic of the elves, it wasn’t difficult to have a few non-nature magic Legendary powerhouses here.

Back at the auction of the Time Consignment Store in Roland City, the branch-like piece of debris of the stars—Rebirth—was speculated to have belonged to the Legendary elven mage who specialized in fire magic. People saw this elven mage as an outlier among the elves. However, who would know if he was really an outlier in the Elven Kingdom?

Why did these elves appear here? Were they here for the ruins of the t.i.tans too? Lin Li couldn’t help but question it. He turned to Cheyenne, but saw Cheyenne look back at him with inconcealable bitterness.

Evidently, those elves were related to the Dark Blade judging from how Borg was behaving. If those elves were the Dark Blade’s ally, the Tower of Dusk and Malfa Family would be put in a disadvantageous position. The Dark Blade was already very strong themselves. They had three Legendary powerhouses and a greater number of elite fighters here than the Malfa Family. If these elves were to join in, with those legendary-level elves… Cheyenne’s heart sank to the lowest point.

It could be said that the Malfa Family wouldn’t escape being ma.s.sacred even if they collaborated with the Tower of Dusk if those several elven Legendary powerhouse were to attack. Moreover, the young president of the Tower of Dusk didn’t seem to be trustworthy judging from his actions these days. He would probably be the first to escape if they were to start a battle.

Borg conversed with those elves for a while before flying back to his team. He then came towards Cheyenne and Lin Li. He just told them that the elves had agreed to let the team into the forest.

Cheyenne knew that he could only continue given that they had come thus far. After all, it was impossible to back out now. If he revealed even the tiniest hint of his intention to retreat, the Dark Blade would definitely attack the Malfa Family. However, Cheyenne could see that those elves didn’t seem to be close to Borg. Judging from the elves’ personalities, most likely they had struck some deal with the Dark Blade, and were only using them for the sake of their interests.

“Master Felic, what do you think…” Cheyenne turned to ask Lin Li about his opinion and—more importantly—to confirm his att.i.tude. After all, Cheyenne didn’t want the alliance with the Tower of Dusk to be affected by the appearance of the elves. Within the three factions, only the Tower of Dusk didn’t have any past grudges with the Dark Blade. Thus, it was the only faction that could back out now without the Dark Blade having other thoughts.

“Master Cheyenne, you can decide,” said Lin Li in an unconcerned tone. The elves had inherited the High Elves’ arrogance while they had inherited part of their blood. They might have some connections with the Dark Blade, but they would never put the Dark Blade on equal level as themselves. Thus, it was too early to say they were the Dark Blade’s ally at the moment.

Under the lead of those elves, the adventurer team consisting of three factions entered the forest cautiously. Even those from the Dark Blade didn’t dare to relax after seeing their leader converse with the elves.

n.o.body spoke on the way. Even Borg, who had talked to the elves, didn’t look to be at ease now. As for the elves who led the way, they didn’t even look at the human team. They were totally uninterested in this adventurer team that could defeat any other in the entire Breezy Plains.

In the forest, the elves had already set up their campsite. Compared to the neat human campsites, the elves’ appeared to be more casual. However, anyone with sharp eyes would realize that the power contained in the elves’ campsite wasn’t decreased by its casualness at all. With just the power from the campsite, it was enough to deal with a sudden attack from Legendary magical beasts.

However, Lin Li knew that this campsite wasn’t the best the elves could set up. Due to special reasons, the elves couldn’t use Nature Magic which they were good at here. Hence, this campsite wasn’t a true elven campsite, though it possessed some elven characteristics.

If it was somewhere else, where Nature Magic wasn’t constrained, Tree-men would be hiding behind those tall trees when the team had entered the forest. Although Tree-men didn’t match the Trees of War, those Tree-men would certainly be at least level-17 or 18. With their camouflage merging into the environment, they would be the most suitable defenders of the campsite.

The elves could also use Nature Magic to grow all kinds of attacking magical plants and s.h.i.+eld the campsite with vines or build a little hut with wild plants. However, all these couldn’t be seen in the campsite in the Haiga Mountain Range. Although the fences of the campsite seemed to be made from vines too, they had been created using a magical tool judging from their energy waves. The tents used were also clearly brought by the elves, and not made on the spot with Nature Magic.

On the outskirts of the campsite, the number of elves gradually increased. There were even families of elves near the center of the campsite. It was definitely a rare sight for the human adventurers team. After all, elves were extremely uncommon in human nations. If it was just one or two elves, people would admire them. But now that there was such a big group of them, the team only felt nervous.

The large group of human intruders entering the campsite didn’t evoke any intense reaction from the elves at all. The elves would peer at the human adventurers at most, not even stopping what they were doing. Even those elves who seemed to be chit-chatting casually weren’t shocked with or curious about the human adventurers at all.

This wasn’t because the elves were well-trained and disciplined, but rather because they were scornful of the human team, and didn’t want to waste their time looking at them. As for those who were having casual conversations with their peers, they didn’t think it was worth stopping for these humans. When they occasionally scanned the human adventurers, it seemed as if the sky was looking at the ground or an elephant looked at an ant.