Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 126 Are mad dogs roaming the mountains?

"Capels are a species that can only be born in winter fog, so they are sometimes called fog elves. They have the ability to control cold air, and can use the black fog on their bodies to move silently in the shadows and hunt wild beasts. If judged by human standards, every Capels has the strength of at least Sequence 9."

“Oh.” Alice curled her lips upon hearing this. “That seems quite weak. When Fialli transformed into a night elf, she was already at the level of Sequence 6, right?”

So far, all her standards for judging combat effectiveness have been based on this young reporter.

"Night Dires are indeed very powerful," Shaymi whispered to the travelers, popularizing some common sense about xenomorphs. "But if the Karpels are deployed in groups, they can work well together and be even more difficult to deal with than Sequence 6 Night Dires. Because you never know how many of their kind are hiding in the shadows nearby when you face one Karpels."

These words made Metien shudder. He looked around fearfully. As expected, he felt a chill piercing his bones from the shadows of the treetops, the darkness of the raised tree roots, and even the obscurity of the bushes. It was as if a monster with a deer's head and a human body was hiding among them, silently, capturing every suspicious movement with its scarlet and cold eyes, waiting for the moment to launch an attack.

"In short," Shemi concluded, "Kapells are a species that would be very scary if they became enemies. However, their prey usually only includes wild beasts in the mountains and forests, and they will not take the initiative to attack humans."

But the current situation does not seem to be the case.

After the first wave of attacks failed, these Capels did not attack again, as if they were shocked by Saint Shalia's mysterious methods and did not know how to deal with it. However, the atmosphere of tension still spread in the forest, tightening everyone's heartstrings. Alice had quietly grasped the cassette in her palm. If the other party had any intention of attacking again, she would immediately start the game console and teach these ungrateful guys a lesson.

The frost-covered tree trunks exuded a slight chill, and the ice crystals scattered all over the sky froze the fallen leaves on the ground. Several unknown small insects fled hurriedly from the frost-covered area. It was the first time to see the solidification of frost and ice in the winter in the Sosen Mountains. It could be considered a unique experience in a lifetime.

"It's not a big problem." Xie Mi was very confident. "The aliens usually don't attack the fairies. Their grudges are only against the night watchmen who drove them out of the city, and then they take their anger out on humans. What does it have to do with me?"

"Well!"

He launched an attack as soon as the disagreement occurred. If he attacked Xie Mi, this little goblin with a combat power of less than five would definitely not be able to escape.

The little goblin flew to a place only three or four meters away from the Capells. No conflict broke out. The two sides launched a friendly exchange, negotiated on some minor frictions that occurred between them, and fully exchanged views on the premise of respecting each other's wishes.

"Ah this!"

His sentences were intermittent, as if a piece of music was cut off one section at a time, with blank spaces in between for recollection and reflection.

"Are you okay?" Metien was a little worried: "They seem to be in danger."

"Yeah, didn't I tell you that?" Shemi said in a serious tone, "Unlike the dwarfs, leafmen, and gray boots we met before, Capels can learn human language, just like us travel elves. This may be because their physiological structure is somewhat similar to that of humans."

"Why don't you think about what you said before?" Alice looked at the unreliable little goblin with a kind look and a forced smile.

"What is this?" Alice was surprised: "Is Capels talking?"

Although this sounded like a betrayal, it was the truth, so everyone stopped trying to persuade him and let Shemy fly over alone to communicate with the Capels who had just spoken. Of course, they didn't completely let down their guard. At least, preparation before the battle was essential.

Xie Mi, knowing that he was in the wrong, shrank his head and said hesitantly, "It seems that they were once guests of the hotel. How about I go over and negotiate with them? Maybe we can avoid a fight?"

In human terms.

Protected by his brother, Metien didn't even dare to breathe, and quietly put his hand on the dagger hanging on his belt. Although the Plant Bane was only effective against plants, it was still a weapon after all. If it really came to a critical moment, could he also bravely stab it out and help everyone a little?
At this moment, from the direction where the ice arrow had just flown, a low, difficult, and somewhat awkward voice suddenly came from the obscure black fog: "Are you the fairy from the hotel?"

"Why did you attack us?" Xie Mifei stood in the air, hands on hips, and asked confidently, "We didn't do anything!"

Capels, who had a deer's head and a human body, shook his head and replied in his not-so-fluent Breton: "Humans are hateful. We are far away from our homeland and expelled. This is revenge."

"You can't just beat people up when you see them! Humans are different from each other!" Shemi pointed at Linge and his group, "It was the night watchmen who drove you out of the city, and they were guests of the hotel. They have no grudges against you, but were attacked for no reason. Are you really going to get angry?" Capels shook his head again, "No, there is no difference. Cunning, humans, disguise, deception. You, don't trust, for sure, conspiracy."

"You are so simple-minded, do you know what conspiracy is?" Shemi expressed doubt. "Besides, they drove away the pathogenic rats in the garden and protected everyone's safety. In this regard, it is impossible for them to be in cahoots with the Night Watch, right?"

"It is, like this."

It seemed that this reason could convince the other party more, so the dark red eyes on the deer head flickered, and then he turned to face Ling Ge and others, slowly stretched out his ferocious palm like a beast's claw, pressed on the remaining horn of the deer head, and bowed his head slightly: "Fight against the cult, respectable people, we, apologize for the attack just now."

As the intermittent words fell, other Capells suddenly emerged from the shadows nearby where one could sense the chill spreading. They were wearing robes of black mist, and imitated the leader's actions, stroking their horns with their hands and lowering their deer heads, apologizing to these brave men who united with the cult to fight, and expressing their respect.

“Oh my god!” Alice was shocked. “So many!?”

A quick glance revealed that there were about ten Capels surrounding them. With this number, even if they activated the cartridge of "First Fantasy: Four Warriors", it would be hard to say who would win. As for the cartridge of the action game that Alice had planned to play, she was still a little short of completing it - really, just a little short of it.

Ling Ge also raised his eyebrows, somewhat glad that he had listened to Shesta and Shelia's advice and brought the goblin Shemi along. If it weren't for the hotel's relationship, today's incident might not have been resolved peacefully.

"It's good to know you're wrong!"

Shaimi made a great contribution and waved his hand triumphantly, forgiving the reckless behavior of Kapels on behalf of Linge and others. What happened in the past should be forgiven. All they had to do was to be a good person in the future, no, be a good outlier.

A possible conflict was avoided, and then the two sides chatted for a while. The leader of Capells probably asked Shemi about the recent situation of the inn and hoped that the little fairy could help him. He also conveyed his greetings to her eldest sister and second sister, and said that if he had the chance in the future, he would definitely visit the inn to seek life experience from his predecessors, etc.

That's right, in front of the proprietress Shesta who is over 300 years old, even the leader of the Capells is just a junior. It is said that this unfluent Breton language was taught by the proprietress when he was a guest in the hotel, so he showed such respect in his words.

After the greetings, he was about to leave. No one tried to stop him, but Alice kept mumbling, "Is it just a matter of an apology? Wouldn't it be reasonable to give her some compensation?" She was immediately covered by Metien's mouth, telling her not to talk nonsense anymore.

The concepts of aliens are different from those of humans. Just like the traveler fairies will stay for free to guests passing by the hotel because of their nature, Capels also thinks that an apology is a sign of resolving misunderstandings. As for what to do if the other party does not accept the apology? Then he can only return to the way of fighting...

Although they can learn human language, aliens cannot learn human values ​​and unspoken rules.

In short, the leader of Capells was about to leave with his people, and it seemed that they were heading towards the outskirts of the mountains. This reminded Shemi of the dwarfs, leaflets and gray boots he had met before. It seemed that these aliens were also migrating in groups and leaving their original places of residence.

Even the powerful Karpeles is like this, could something have happened to Yamauchi?

She quickly stopped the leader and asked him the reason, but he told the little fairy a shocking news: "You, don't know, do you?"

"It seems that the cult has taken action."

"The Scales of Order, Silver, Rabid Dogs."

"Wandering around in the mountains."

"It's everywhere. It's dangerous."

"We need to escape."

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)