The Swordsman of Faerûn

Chapter 126 The "Cowardly" Elf and the Supreme Hunt

The Moon Forest is deep and densely populated with complex terrain. William and the others had to abandon the big sled for transportation and replaced it with a simple small sled. Misha sat on it leisurely playing with her little pet, calling out to drag her from time to time. brother who was driving the sled, and then showed a sweet smile.

William's favoritism and doting on the little girl made Hellen feel very uncomfortable, so she resolutely refused to summon the big dog as a foot support, but Yasuna also fell into trouble at this time, facing the little girl's pitiful appearance, William could only personally Be a "sled dog".

The Moon Forest in front of me was dark and tangled, with a mysterious atmosphere, especially after turning a few mounds into a depression, the surroundings were so quiet that almost no sound could be heard, except for their own footsteps and panting .William, who was gradually slowing down, couldn't help raising his vigilance. He held the knife in one hand and held the sled belt in the other as he moved forward slowly. Finia, who cooperated tacitly, took off the Thunder Frost to protect the side of the sled. Protect on the other side.

As the leader of the Silver Moon Alliance, Hellen was supposed to lead the way, but now she is at the back. Although Helen does not have William's outstanding sense of crisis, the years of adventure life in the past have also given her With an unparalleled experience, she also found something wrong with the surrounding atmosphere.Helen ran a few steps to William and whispered: "William! Something is wrong! We may be in a bit of trouble!" The big wind and waves broke through a while ago, and a small group of lycanthropes in the Moon Forest really counted. Nothing, the only thing to pay attention to is to avoid being hurt by them.

William nodded and said nothing. He stopped suddenly, squinted his eyes and scanned the surrounding trees, and then stared at a giant tree in the distance with a sneer.Seeing this, Xi Lun and the others also looked at it curiously, but found nothing. The female mage asked, "What? What did you find?"

William nodded and took out a spear from the ring, stomped his foot and threw it suddenly, the spear turned into a black light and shot towards the trunk of the giant tree, with a "stab" sound as if it scratched something. , and then plunged deeply into the trunk.

A small area under the giant tree then appeared distorted. A humanoid creature wearing a strange cloak was squatting under the tree, but he didn't seem to realize that he had revealed his figure, and remained squatting there motionless.

For a long time, the figure under the tree remained motionless under the noses of the few people. William and the others also stared blankly at the same place, and Xillen, who couldn't hold back, asked in a low voice, "Why didn't you move? Could it be all of a sudden?" Did you shoot him?"

William shook his head and said, "No! That shot just now seems to have missed! It missed a bit!"

Helen, who had blessed herself with a protective spell, walked up to him and took a look. It was a girl, an elf with blond hair, green eyes and pointed ears, wearing a crimson-white invisibility cloak. She glanced at the elf who rolled her eyes, and turned to William. : "It's a moon elf! But it seems like a fool!"

Lin stared blindly at the throwing spear that almost brushed her eyelashes in front of her, her mind went blank, the sudden shock made her even forget the habit of shouting, she just stared blankly, thinking nothing No thoughts.When Yasuna's palm patted her shoulder, Lin suddenly screamed loudly and danced unconsciously, which startled William and the others.

Helen looked at it for a while and joked: "No! It seems to be frightened! William! When did you learn [Fear Art]?" Spells, no other spells at all.

After several consecutive spells similar to [Remove Fear] and [Stable Mind], the "silly" elf finally stopped screaming and trembling, and her eyes began to focus. When he was human, he let out a piercing scream again, and hid behind the big tree like a frightened deer.

Helen smiled slightly and said softly to the back of the tree: "Child! Don't be afraid! We are not bad people! Come out!"

After a while, the elf poked its head out from behind the tree and asked timidly, "Aren't you really bad people? You won't eat Lin?"

Before Hellen could answer, Misha jumped out from behind William, baring her teeth and threateningly, saying, "Misha will eat you! Bad elf! Misha will really eat you! Misha is a great dragon!" "

The moon elf Lin was startled by eating the little girl, "whoosh" and shrank back, hid behind the tree and said anxiously: "Lin is a good elf! Lin is the most obedient! Don't eat Lin!"

William couldn't help but look at the blatant "bully" little girl, especially her complacent appearance after winning a battle, but the little girl turned her face and tugged at the corner of his clothes, and whispered solemnly: "William! That The elf is a liar! She's not actually afraid of Misha!"

William's heart was moved when he heard this, he smiled and picked up the little girl, pinched her little cheek and said, "Misha'er is really getting smarter and smarter! Hahaha!" flower.

After Helen's persuasion, the "cowardly" moon elf Lin finally walked out from behind the tree timidly, and talked about her origins incoherently: "Lin is so scared! There are terrible monsters! They caught Lin Let Lin go again! Woohoo! They're going to eat Lin! It's terrible! Lin wants to go home!"

Helen frowned and asked again: "Lin! Where is your home? Let's take you home!"

Lin sniffled and pointed to the direction, "Over there! In a small wooden house by Moon Lake! It's beautiful! But there are monsters blocking the way! Lin can't go back by herself!" Howling, the elf screamed and immediately hid behind Hellen, looking around nervously, but William found that there was no fear in her eyes, but a strange mirth and hope flashed in her eyes.

Hellen turned to the others and said, "If my guess is right, they should be lycanthropes! According to Lin's description, they are conducting the 'Supreme Hunt'! But! Why are they holding this ceremony at this time?"

"Supreme hunting?" Helen didn't say anything about this kind of thing when he introduced the lycanthropy earlier, but it was only natural that William didn't understand.

The Supreme Hunt is a ritual and game loved by the lycanthropes who believe in the god of hunting Mara. These crazy guys who indulge their animal instincts and attack and abuse any creature that enters their territory have a special Name - People of Black Blood.The people of black blood are fanatical about supreme hunting. They will first kidnap an intelligent creature and release it into the forest, then hunt it wildly, and finally brutally kill the prey.

Although the clergy of Mara only require the Supreme Hunt once a season, the people of Black Blood usually kill one unfortunate person in this way every month. Under the attack of the elves, the lycanthropes here have rarely performed this kind of ritual, especially after a kind female human tiger-man Melna controlled the most powerful tiger-human tribe, the two sides have already A consensus was reached.

(End of this chapter)