"The meat of the old crow is old and tough, and it won't become tender even if it is stewed for any length of time. The smell is still fishy and unpleasant, making it difficult to eat... So, I removed the feathers from the captured old crow, buried it in the snow, and carved out an iceberg

Melon worms...Ice melon worms specialize in eating frozen birds and beasts. They can secrete a special mucus that softens the hard frozen meat and dissolves impurities and toxins in it, making the meat of old crows tender...

"

"The ice melon worms themselves are a rare delicacy, but unfortunately they have too little meat, not even enough for halflings to eat. The meat quality of the old crow has been changed, and when stewed with the ice melon worms, it will have a tender and delicious taste. I will mine it again

The stems of sunflower root, plus some dried mushrooms and nuts, are stewed in a clay pot with crow meat and ice melon worms, so that it will have a richer flavor... Mr. Nightingale, this can of winter crow and ice worm soup, I

After simmering it all afternoon, what do you think of the taste?"

In the wilderness during the snow season, food is the most precious resource. The Randall Expeditionary Army was worried about food supplies all the way. The halfling Qiqi was small and weak, so don't expect him to hunt a deer, even if he did

Even if they had this ability, they wouldn't do it. Minimizing the impact on the environment is the basis for halflings' mental invisibility. If they hunted animals that weighed more than half their own weight, it would take several days to regain their mental invisibility.

Crows and ice melon worms are ingredients that Qiqi can obtain. After his skillful cooking, they become rare delicacies.

Putting aside the habitual knowledge of human nobles for the time being, Qiqi's can of soup allowed Victor to enjoy the treatment of a halfling offering delicacies to a hydra lizard.

A wandering nightingale would not dislike crows and ice maggots. It can be said that this food was specially prepared by Qi Qi for Mr. Nightingale. It contains the halfling's ingenuity and sincerity and can touch the heart of the recipient.

Eating people is soft-spoken, and taking people is short-handed. The halfling adventurer's food dedication directly involves the mysterious spiritual level. Victor accepted Qiqi's bribe and his favorability increased greatly, unless X-3 was used to eliminate the spiritual problem.

Interference, otherwise there will be no subjective intention to harm the halfling.

The halfling has strange gray eyes, a round head and a round face. He is older than the Botian brothers, but he has the same cute appearance. He dances when he talks, making him articulate, lively and lovable. Victor can't help but think of the three of them.

Sylvia will definitely like the idea of ​​bringing halflings home with her halfling attendants.

Unfortunately, Bobo, Tiantian and Qiqi are not wild halflings. They have superb breathing techniques and extraordinary skills in hiding from sight. They can escape at any time. Even if Victor wants to find them, he will have to expend energy. He is not willing to

Waste the Rival talent on the Fool.

After touching Qiqi's head, Victor handed him a skewer of roasted venison and said with a smile: "I'm very satisfied with the thick soup you contributed... This is my reward for you, and you can enjoy the deer legs next to it as well."

.”

Qiqi, who is known as a gourmet, skillfully grilled venison while turning his flexible and clear eyes, aiming at the two bone knives that Victor placed on the mat, and asked curiously: "Lord Nightingale, can I see your bones?"

Knife?”

"Just take a look."

Putting the skewered venison on the grill, Qiqi picked up the bone knife and looked at it carefully. His eyes were shining and he shouted: "Wow, this is a bone knife polished with the leg bone of a level 6 ogre... Nightingale"

My lord, have you ever killed an Ogre Warlord?"

"Yes."

"Can I see your bow and arrows?"

"Can."

"Lord Nightingale, your arrow cluster seems to be the tooth of some ferocious creature, but I can't identify what animal it is."

"It's the sharp-toothed tiger fish in the swamp, a big and ferocious fish."

"Lord Nightingale, have you ever been to the Everglades? Have you seen the legendary Hydra Lizard?"

"Seen..."

Qiqi rolled his blue-grey eyes and worked hard to grill the venison, then ran back under the awning of the Silver Eagle Scout, stole a bottle of sweet fruit wine from the dwarf guard, ran back and presented it to Victor, and asked with gleaming eyes

Said: "Lord Nightingale, can you tell Qiqi your adventure story?"

The metal jug that the halfling brought over seemed to be the favorite of a certain dwarf. It was made of exquisite materials and exquisitely decorated, and the wine inside was also unique. Victor was not very interested in food and wine, but he took on the role of the wanderer Nightingale.

Mentality, he unscrewed the bottle cap, first smelled the aroma of the wine, and then took a sip, showing his emotions of satisfaction and nostalgia. After a pause, he began to tell the halfling about his experience of defeating many powerful opponents.

Victor did not talk about Nightingale's origins, but created a story background of a small group of wanderers forgotten by the Elf Empire struggling to survive in the giant forest. Victor Nightingale is a survivor of this group. He endured the loss.

In the cruel battle with the orcs, he gradually awakened the power of his bloodline from a wild elf wanderer with declining bloodline, and successively defeated the gnoll leader, the ogre warlord, the centaur captain, the furbolg elder and many others.

A powerful enemy, he gradually became a lonely and powerful moon elf wanderer.

Nightingale's equipment was crude and primitive, but it bore witness to his extraordinary achievements, adding a heavy weight to the story he told. Unknowingly, the Silver Eagle scouts crowded under the awning, gathered around the barbecue brazier, and listened to Mr. Nightingale.

narration while enjoying forest venison skewers.

After Victor finished telling the last battle story, the dwarf guards and elf warriors had eaten the two plump forest deer legs until only the bones were left.

Sharing food is an effective way to get closer to strangers. Victor doesn't care if the elves and dwarves eat up his prey. He wants to know more about the elven empire. Although Bobo and Tiantian have revealed a lot of information,

Those two little guys were just as playful as Bell, and they were always ignorant of the historical secrets of the Elf Empire.

The halfling Qiqi seemed to be older than the Botian brothers. He also had a place beside the general of Silver Eagle City. He should be a knowledgeable halfling adventurer who understood history. Victor asked directly in front of the Silver Eagle scout: "Xiong

Before I killed the strange elder, he claimed that furbolgs were allies of the Elf Empire, and that Freya's Tears could improve my bloodline... Can the Elf Queen of Alanta really do this?"

"No problem. Her Majesty the Queen is the highest-ranking Moon God Priest. She can perform the Sun Tree Blessing Ceremony. The other Elf Princesses are not as capable as the Queen." The halfling Qiqi waved his arms and said with certainty.

Victor made a gesture of silence and asked again: "What is the sun tree...?"

The halfling's open mouth could fit a pigeon egg in, and he exclaimed: "Mr. Nightingale, how long have your people been wandering outside? Have you even forgotten the sun tree?"

"Humph." Victor's eyes turned cold, he snorted lightly and stopped talking.

Seeing that Nightingale seemed unhappy, Qiqi hesitated and said: "Actually, I don't know much about the Sun Tree. I have to ask the elves... Olavi, Olavi, can you explain what the Sun Tree is?"

The tree elf popular archer twitched his long ears and looked at the other elf warriors for help, but they all looked at each other, their ears turned back, and they avoided looking at each other, all looking embarrassed.

"Lord Nightingale, actually we have never been to Alanta, nor have we seen the great Sun Tree..." Angelis Fengge explained in a very low voice.

The elves, dwarves and halflings present are all outstanding young warriors in Silvermoon City. They spend a lot of time and energy every day learning breathing techniques and war skills. Their average combat profession has reached the third or fourth level.

, but they have almost no achievements in knowledge. For example, "What is a sun tree?" they really can't explain the reason.

However, there is one exception among the Silver Eagle Scouts.

"Haha, you usually don't study, but now you've exposed your secrets." Aigero Graybeard laughed loudly at his companions, and then said to Victor: "Lord Nightingale, the Sun Tree is the first tree in the world. He gave birth to

The great moon goddess. At the beginning of the world, the creator Tyron Riel awakened from the chaos. He created the first batch of primitive beings to help him transform the world. However, the world was in darkness at that time, and the primitive beings could not tell the direction. They turned to their father.

Praying for light. Tyron Riel had no choice but to spend his last energy and transform into the sun god Frey, bringing light to the dark world."

"The sun god Frey is the incarnation of the creator Tyronriel. He hangs in the sky and towers over all primitive beings. However, the world is still not enough only during the day. The primitive beings began to complain that their work was endless, and turned to the sun.

The god Frey demands darkness and dormancy."

"The sun is the manifestation of light. How could Frey bring darkness? The originals were all lazy and sleeping, and chaos returned to the world. He incarnated as the giant snake Kabotis and cut the material world created by Tyron Riel in half. In the sky

Frey was anxious and angry, and threw half of his power to awaken the most powerful primitive - Mother Earth. The sun's rays shone on the ground and turned into the world's first tree. Frey's will was born from the sun tree.

Moon goddess——Freya. The sun became dim because of this and turned into a silver moon in the night sky."

"The goddess Freya adhered to the will of the Sun God, united with the Earth Mother and other primitive beings to defeat Chaos, drove Kabotis underground, and then the Chaos Serpent opened up the abyssal plane deep underground. The Moon Goddess called on the primitives to work hard to repair

In the world destroyed by the Chaos Serpent, the crack that tore reality gradually closed and turned into the largest river in the world. It is said that if you go downstream along any river in the forest, you can see the majestic river... uh

, It’s a pity that I have never seen that big river, and I don’t know whether it is true or not?”

The dwarf prophet stuffed another piece of roasted venison into his mouth and muttered vaguely. He was popularizing the myths and legends of the Elf Empire to the wanderer Nightingale, but he didn't know that Victor had already heard it from the halfling brothers.

I told you the exact same myth.

Eglo Graybeard finished the barbecue in his mouth and continued: "The power and will of the Sun God transformed into the Moon Goddess Freya, and she was able to walk on the earth. The Moon God united with the primitives to perfect the material world, but the Sun God in the sky

Gradually silent, the sun rises and the moon sets every day, and she will never talk to Freya again. The goddess feels lonely and misses Freya very much, until one day, the sun tree gives birth to a male elf, who is the son of the sun god Freya.

The second incarnation was a perfect existence that conformed to the laws of the new world. The goddess was very happy, thinking that this was a reward from the Sun God, so she became a partner with the world's first great elf, and together they reproduced the elves.

.”

Myths, the fictional origin of the world, naturally build momentum for the ruling class. The Church of Radiance, which has the right to speak about the human kingdom, also has its own set of myths and legends. The Lord of Radiance has replaced the role of the sun god Frey, the incarnation of the creator, even though the high-ranking knights

I don’t agree with the statement of the Shining Church, but among the people at the bottom, the myths promoted by the church are very popular.

Victor does not completely believe in the ordinary myths spread in the Elf Empire. It is at least inconsistent with the information in the rune crystals of the ancient alchemists. The ancient alchemists mentioned three creators: Tyron Riel, the Chaos Serpent and the Bird of Light, while the dwarves

Not only does the elven myth mentioned by the prophet not include the bird of light, but the sun god is also regarded as the incarnation of the creator, and the moon goddess is a deity created by the sun god, which invisibly elevates the status of the elves.

The mythical story told by Aigro is very similar to the version dictated by the halfling brothers, but Victor believes that the dwarf prophet must have something new to show off.

Sure enough, the dwarf prophet went on to say: "The Sun Tree is like the eternal sun and will never die... Actually, that is not the case. Its lifespan is only 360 years. Every 360 years, the Sun Tree will complete a new life, and the old one will be reborn.

The roots, bark, trunks, branches, and leaves gradually fall off during the life cycle and are replaced by new parts. During the process of rebirth, the power accumulated by Him can hold ten blessing ceremonies, but the most effective blessing is that of the Elf Queen

The ceremony held to select the successor... If Mr. Nightingale can participate in the inheritance blessing ceremony, he will be able to stimulate the blood of the high elves by the power of the sun tree, grow a pair of beautiful long ears, and his life span will be increased to more than 300 years.

"

"A lifespan of more than 300 years?" Victor asked excitedly.

"Theoretically, high elves have a lifespan of 360 years. In fact, no elf can live to the maximum lifespan, which is usually around 300 years old." Aigro said while arranging his beard: "The lifespan of high elves is generally longer than that of moon elves.

Long, they have a gentle temperament, and they are the only high elves who can improve their life levels through the moon tree and the sun tree. The elf queen or the elf princess are both fifth-level moon elves, but the big elves can reach level 6, 7, or even 8

Level... If Mr. Nightingale accepts the blessing of the Sun Tree, he might become an 8th level great elf."

Victor shook the wine bottle in his hand and asked casually: "Level 8...isn't there a great elf in Level 9?"

Egglo stared at the metal wine bottle with more than half of the fruit wine left. He swallowed and made a snoring sound. He shook his head and said: "This... it stands to reason that there should be a ninth-level great elf, but there is no record of this in the collection of Silver Eagle City.

Maybe there is something over there in Alanta..."
To be continued...