Alien world

Chapter 1112 34. Forty Thousand Years of Glory
"Hey-whoosh! Hey-whoosh! Hey-whoosh!"

Annan's eyes were still following the strange convoy blocked by the treetops when a sharp shout was heard again at the end of the intersection.

Is there anything more powerful?

Annan looked in the direction of the sound and first saw dozens of giant rats carrying a heavy wooden bed coming closer and closer.

They shouted slogans and followed the two rows of gray-haired rat priests in front of them to the intersection.

On the wooden bed with curtains, there was a huge rat lying vaguely. It was as big as a mountain of flesh, and its body was covered with golden decorations that penetrated the curtains.

Annan's eyes narrowed, becoming increasingly confused.

"What's going on? Why did the Elf King's Court invite even the ratmen..."

"These filthy creatures have never been invited to the elves' celebrations in the past." Aliana's voice sounded from the side. Compared with the ratmen, she felt that Annan was much more pleasing to the eye.

"I don't think this is a good thing... You guys are changing too fast. Radical changes will cause divisions within the tribe... Hmm? Ariana?"

……

A few minutes later, Annan was taken back to the training hut.

As soon as he landed, Annan protested loudly to Aliana: "I am the Lord of Free City, the future ally of the Royal Court, and the friend of the Elven Elders. You don't even have a little respect for me!"

Ariana walked out without saying a word, without even closing the door.

Recalling what he had just seen and heard, Annan closed the door, returned to the rattan bed, and began a day of meditation.

The Aldo Forest has a different kind of beauty at night.

The cool moonlight shone into the deep forest, vaguely outlining an outline on the treetops not far from the training hut.

Even a new human could see it. How come Ariana, the other elves, and the elders couldn't see it?

Someone in the royal court was fanning the flames... But she was just an instructor. She just followed whatever the elders told her to do.

Early in the morning, Annan ended his meditation and walked out of the hut.

Ariana seemed to have arrived earlier and was standing in the open space with dew on the ends of her hair.

Annan took out a handkerchief and handed it to her, but she ignored him and said, "Get ready for training."

The training started quickly and it was not boring at all. After all, Annan only had to keep shooting.

After finally hitting the 10-meter target ten times in a row, Annan clenched his fists and said, "I think I have mastered the technique!"

How many steps does it take to become a ranger? Step one, have a bow and arrow. Step three, draw the bow. Step three, shoot the arrow.

"Well, you have already learned the basic archery, now try to advance." Aliana said nothing, took Annan's children's bow, pulled out two arrows from the target, put them on the bow at the same time, and shot.

Dodo——

Two arrows hit the center of two targets several meters apart almost at the same time.
Annan stared blankly for a few seconds, then came to his senses and said, "This is not difficult. I have a good friend who can look in different directions with his two eyes."

Ariana pulled out three more arrows and drew the bow without a second thought.

Dodododo——

"Don't even mention three. I have a good friend who has eight eyes. Eight!"

This time, Ariana only pulled out three arrows and only nocked one...but after shooting, she quickly shot two more arrows in succession.

Annan was stunned by the scene: the third arrow hit the second arrow, the second arrow hit the first arrow, and the first arrow screamed and nailed to the bull's eye of the farthest target, with its tail feathers still trembling. "Instructor Anna, I suddenly feel that there are still many things I don't understand about basic archery..."

Ariana's lips curved up.

After finally getting through the day's training, Annan waited for Irilanze in the evening.

He didn't ask what the elf mentor had done: "Which force was that group of people with skeletons yesterday?"

"A certain evil cult force...Annan, stay away from them."

"understood."

The next group of ratmen seen was the Rat King of Clan Thrane.

The Ratmen have a strict hierarchy. At the top is the god of all clans, the Great Horned Rat. Then there is the only High Priest of each clan who can talk directly to the Rat God. Below that are the Rat Kings who rule the Rat Nest, the Ratmen elders, and the priests.

The Imperial Alliance's interim victory at the Northern Wall was the elimination of a rat king from the McKeon clan.

"The Elven Court has even invited the rat people... What do they want to do?"

Irelanze shook her head, indicating that she didn't know either.

"Can you contact Taidel?" Annan asked again. After getting a positive response, he said, "Please bring her a story for me."

……

"Once upon a time, a new mayor came to a small town. Witnessing the poverty and lifelessness of the town, he was determined to reform it: give porridge to the poor, find jobs for the unemployed, and provide shelter for the homeless. But his actions aroused the dissatisfaction of the rich in the town. Because only when the town was so half-dead could he continue to plunder and amass wealth to strengthen himself."

"But the rich man didn't want to have a direct conflict with the mayor, so he sent people over to cause trouble. He mixed in with the poor and said there was sand in the porridge when they were distributing it, inciting the poor to overturn the soup kitchen. People from outside came in to recruit workers, mixed in with the unemployed and deliberately became lazy, dragging down the reputation of the town. As soon as the homeless moved into the house, someone took the house deed to complain."

"Finally, the new mayor was driven away. The town returned to its former tranquility: poor, lifeless, and reaped by the rich."

In a green tree house in the core of the Elven Royal Court, Irelanze finished the story.

Taidel raised his head, and fine silver hair slid down his shoulders: "What else did he say?"

"Gone."

"I understand. Tell him not to worry. The Elven King's Court has been glorious for 40,000 years, and there will be no disagreement over such a small matter."

When saying this, Tedel had the pride that all elves have.

You humans are the darlings of the new era, but we also had a glorious 40,000 years. Over the long years, we have experienced and seen everything.

……

Irilanze brought the news back to Annan, who shrugged his shoulders, saying that he had done everything he could.

Elder Taidel might be right. The elves are arrogant, but they have the confidence to be arrogant. Not to mention the Elven Court, if the Free City can exist for a thousand years, Annan will also be proud to fly.

In a blink of an eye, Annan had been in the training hut for a week.

During the day, he practiced archery and learned etiquette, and at night he followed Irelanze to the entrance to watch the delegation. Annan noticed that Aliana was always by his side, but she would not show up when Irelanze was around.

Annan also maintained a certain tacit understanding with her: Ariana didn't care if Annan sneaked out at night, and Annan would not go near the tree house to contact other elves privately.

Tasting the last fruit that Aliana brought him, throwing the peel into his mouth without wasting it, Annan clapped his hands and said, "Can I end the training now?"

"It's over once you pass the test."

(End of this chapter)