Chapter 055: Alien Invaders
This is a pirate ship from the island of Breedhekley. On board are fugitives wanted by various countries on the continent, self-depraved villains, notorious necromancers, and cunning thieves.
Driven by the promise of huge profits, they took risks, robbing merchant ships and even risking their lives by poaching on Mermaid Island and Dragon Island. After their exploits were complete, they disguised themselves as merchants and ventured into ports around the world, colluding with underworld traders to sell the stolen goods.
After selling the stolen goods, underground black market traders would resell them to auction houses across the mainland, making a fortune. Every few years, baby mermaids and dragons would appear at underground auction houses, providing a fresh source of goods for those wealthy and powerful individuals who enjoy hunting for novelties.
Ever since the Fairy Forest was sealed off, the underground auction house hasn't auctioned fairy pups and elf pups for a long time.
Therefore, the powerful people had to settle for the second best and turned their attention to the dark elves who were of the same clan as the white elves.
Ten thousand years ago, the current Dark Elf King rebelled against the Elf Kingdom, took away part of the mother tree, and transplanted it to the land where the Dark Elves live today.
This land was polluted by the power of darkness, barren and barren. After the mother tree's branches were planted, they nearly withered. The Dark Elf King poured more dark power into it and successfully revived it.
After taking root, the mother tree branches out and quickly produces the first batch of fruits.
These fruits grow extremely fast and mature in fifty years. The elf cubs born have blue-gray skin, silver-white hair, and blood-red eyes, exactly like the dark elves that have been eroded by the power of darkness.
The birth of cubs represents the continuation of the race.
The dark elves quickly settled down in this area adjacent to the orcs.
Because the mother tree has a strong reproductive capacity, the cubs are born one after another, which adds a burden to the dark elves who are already short of resources.
Dark elves lack emotions, have violent and cold personalities, and are not as gentle and caring towards their young as white elves. After their infancy, they leave them to fend for themselves.
In order to survive, the cubs learned to fight for resources from a young age, and would start fighting at the slightest disagreement, excluding those who are different from them, and had no sense of companionship.
Those isolated cubs became targets of poachers.
Although the dark elves have grayish-green skin, they have delicate facial features and a slender and well-proportioned figure, making them rare beauties.
Some powerful people on the continent particularly like to keep dark elves.
When a cub is lost, the dark elves don't send warriors to retrieve it as the white elves or goblins do. In fact, they regard the poached cubs as the products of the survival of the fittest.
Roald is such a dark elf who was stolen since childhood.
His luck was better than that of the average cub. At least he was not bought by some perverted and powerful person to do dirty things. The necromancer in the pirate group saw his talent and took him in as his apprentice.
A hundred years later, he reached the level of a junior grand wizard, and boarded the "Black Star" with the necromancer who taught him. Together with the pirates, they burned, killed, looted, and committed all kinds of crimes.
He possessed excellent navigation skills, was invincible at sea, and made countless contributions to the pirates. Every time the Black Star went out, it successfully poached young mermen and dragon cubs.
This time, after they robbed the Mermaid Island and the Dragon Island, they did not go to the mainland to sell the stolen goods as usual. Instead, they turned around and sailed into the Saint Bash Sea, heading towards the Fairy Forest.
Poaching mermaids and dragons was too easy for Roald and had lost its challenge. In order to seek excitement, he persuaded the pirates on the Black Star to go to the Goblin Forest and poach goblins.
At first, the pirates disagreed.
For thousands of years, countless adventurers with the same ideas as Roald have entered the Fairy Forest one after another, and none of them have escaped, either dead or injured.
Some people tried to take advantage of the situation and sneak across the sea by boat, but they also ended up in failure.
The seas surrounding the Elf Kingdom and the Fairy Forest are shrouded in thick fog year-round. Any ship entering the fog will have its navigation equipment malfunction.
The crew members inhaled large amounts of mist, which could cause them to faint or even die.
In addition to the fog, there are also a large number of terrifying sea monsters lurking around.
Except for a few that escaped, most of the lost ships were sunk to the bottom of the sea and became food for sea monsters.
Roald ignored everyone's objections and insisted on going to the Fairy Forest.
He was very confident in his navigational abilities and magic, and was able to find his way even when surrounded by fog.
With him at the helm, the Black Star sailed unhindered across the vast ocean.
When the pirates were hesitant, the necromancer stepped forward and made the final decision.
So, the Black Star sailed through the wind and waves, plunged into the thick white fog, and instantly lost its way.
The captain panicked and yelled, but Roald stood motionless at the bow, calmly navigating for him.
The Black Star bumped along all the way, miraculously avoiding countless reefs and was about to break through the fog.
Under the moonlight, the fairies were working hard to collect star herbs, completely unaware that there was a pirate ship in the sea, stealthily approaching the fairy forest.
The three adult goblins grew to large sizes, squatted on the grass, and collected the fruits with ease, while the five underage goblins had to work much harder than them and had to rest for a few minutes after collecting for a while.
Kumandi is more efficient than the four children.
He was very skilled. He inserted the shovel into the soil and kicked it with his foot, and a whole Star Spirit Grass was dug out.
Shu Li also wanted to dig up each one, but unfortunately he was unable to do so.
He is not strong enough.
The shovel was inserted into the soil, and no matter how hard the feet pushed, it would not move. The shovel had to be held with both hands, and the whole body had to be hung on it, pressing down, and using the principle of leverage to pry up the Star Spirit Grass.
The other three little goblins each showed their magical powers, pulling, tugging and pressing, and occasionally making encouraging sounds of "Hey yo, hey ao", and finally dug out one.
Unconsciously, the moon moved from the east to the west. It was late at night and the goblins were exhausted. They almost fell asleep while digging.
Once, Shu Li dozed off while hanging on the handle of a shovel. When Kumandi passed by, he found him hanging there motionless. Thinking that something had happened, he hurriedly patted his back. Shu Li opened his eyes in a daze and looked at Kumandi blankly.
"Go and rest!" Kumandi said to the four sleepy children, "It's late, you should go to bed."
"But..." Shu Li hesitated, "I only dug up twenty trees!"
Dixie: "I have nineteen."
Angel: "I have eighteen."
Budno: "I...I have thirteen trees."
The difference was quite big, and the fat boy blushed.
"That's enough," Kumandi said. "You should always do things within your capabilities. Too much is as bad as too little."
Seeing Jingjing's stern face, the four little fairies obeyed, put away their shovels, dragged their tired bodies, and flew into the tent staggeringly.
Shu Li didn't even bother to wash her face. She just lay down on the blanket and fell asleep in seconds.
The three friends are similar to him, and their sleep quality is enviable.
Anna looked into the small tent with a gentle look in her eyes. She picked up the small blanket and gently covered them with it to prevent them from getting sick due to the cold night.
Seeing Kumandi still working hard at digging the grass, Xier said to him, "You should go to sleep too!"
"No need." The young goblin stuck the shovel into the soil and said in a steady voice, "I know what I'm doing."
Doing tasks is a way to hone your will.
He knew his limits, and when he was really tired, he would rest without Xier reminding him.
Xier knew Kumandi's character very well, so he mentioned it once and said no more.
Half an hour later, the moon hid in the clouds, the Star Spirit Grass showed signs of withering, and the fairies finished their collection work.
The harvest was good this time, and the three adult goblins were very satisfied. They packed up their things and urged Kumandi to go to bed.
"Bang--"
Suddenly, a loud noise broke the silence of the night.
The explosion sounded like a giant being hit, startling the goblins so much that they pricked up their ears and went into alert.
"What's that noise?" Anna asked.
They had come here to collect hundreds of times and had never heard such a strange loud noise.
Ivy looked towards the sea, frowned and asked, "Could it be a sea monster?"
There are many high-level sea monsters in the waters of Saint Bash. In order to compete for territory, they often fight each other. It is not impossible for the fight to start from the bottom of the sea and move onto the beach.
Xier's expression was serious. "I'll go take a look."
Whether it is a sea monster or something else, it is full of strangeness and must be investigated thoroughly.
The sea near the Fairy Forest is shrouded in mist, blocking countless invaders, but it cannot stop certain gifted individuals who try every possible means to break through the blockade, pass through the mist, and reach the coast.
This is why, every once in a while, elves or fairies take turns patrolling and expelling outsiders.
"Be careful." Ivy warned.
Xier nodded, flapped his wings, and flew towards the shore like lightning.
"Kumandi," Anna said to the young fairy beside her, "You go and watch over the little boy."
"Yes." Kumandi flew into the tent, sat down at the door, entered a meditative state, and recovered his strength as quickly as possible.
The four little ones were sleeping soundly and were not woken up by the loud noise at all.
Xier flew to the coast, hiding his fluorescent wings behind him, and landed lightly on the branch of a tree on tiptoe, looking around calmly.
The moon half showed its face from behind the clouds, casting a silver glow and illuminating the beach.
Xier looked closely and found a huge stranded ship.
The huge ship had suffered a collision, its bow was completely destroyed, its mast was broken, and its sails were tilted, half submerged in the sea.
This is not the first large ship to enter the sea fog.
There have been ships stranded on the beach before, but most of them were in tatters and the crew members were eaten by fish, with no complete body left.
The hull of the ship in front of us is basically intact. After some repairs, it can definitely continue to sail.
Xier restrained his aura, lowered his presence, and almost merged with the trees.
After waiting patiently for a moment, there was indeed movement on the boat.
Dozens of black shadows jumped off the boat with nimble movements, holding scimitars and shields in their hands and forming a well-trained formation.
Two more black shadows jumped off the boat, walked to the front of the humanoid formation, spoke a few words in the common language of the continent in a low voice, and then walked quickly towards the forest.
Xier's eyes were sharp and his face was cold.
The two guys in the lead, wearing gray robes and holding magic wands, were clearly the notorious necromancers!
Invader!
Unexpectedly, some invaders broke through the Elf King's fog array, landed unharmed, and attempted to enter the Fairy Forest.
He would never allow them to go beyond the line.
Xier picked a leaf and whispered a spell. A ball of light wrapped around the leaf and rushed towards the amethyst tree like a meteor.
The fluctuation of magic attracted the attention of the necromancer.
The leading wizard stopped, raised his magic wand, and pointed at the tree where Xier was.
Xier frowned, not expecting the other party to discover his hiding place so quickly.
He took out a bow from his storage bag, condensed an arrow with magic power, aimed at the leading necromancer, and shot an arrow without hesitation.
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