Chapter 399 New Journey: Nelin City

Chapter 399 New Journey - Nelin City

Valentin Kingdom, Nelin City,

Valentin Kingdom is one of the human kingdoms located in the south of Fanol Continent near the Navia Forest, and it is also a human kingdom bordering the eastern part of the Navia Forest.

Unlike the human kingdoms in the central part of the continent where wars and disputes have already ignited, the terrain of these human kingdoms bordering the Forest of Elves is undulating, mostly hilly, and there are not many areas suitable for human habitation.

Also because of the proximity to the Elf Kingdom, these kingdoms have not yet been involved in the war.

However, other regions are different. With the "good start" of the Kingdom of Fez, many powerful kingdoms have extended their greedy claws to the weak kingdoms around them.

However, so far, the war on the entire Fanol Continent is still in a controllable state.

After all, those big countries are all destroying the weak neighboring countries around them, and they are vigilant and alert to the kingdoms with similar strength.

This is the case with the Kingdom of Fez. During the period of digesting the Kingdom of Bertich, all the power has been taken back.

However, with the demise of those small countries and the disappearance of the buffer zone, conflicts between these powerful human kingdoms will be inevitable one day.

At that time, even these remote kingdoms will not be able to escape the impact of war.

But now, it is still as busy as usual with a somewhat peaceful atmosphere.

In the city of Nelin, on the wide stone road, the sound of horse hooves, wheels and pedestrians' footsteps interweave into a busy symphony.

The caravans are loaded with all kinds of goods. Some have just come out of the Elf Forest, and some have come from afar to this small town near the Navia Forest to purchase special products from the elves and forest products.

The endless caravans raise dust all the way, but they carry the breath of wealth and hope.

In the shops on both sides of the street, merchants warmly greet passers-by and display their goods.

Spices, medicinal materials and even various dried delicious fungi and fruits from the big forest are neatly stacked on the stalls.

But what attracts the merchants the most is the exquisite crafts, weapons and equipment of the elves, and even the magic props that emit various colors of spiritual light.

The sound of bargaining comes one after another, and the air is filled with a strong commercial atmosphere.

The overall area of ​​​​Nelin City is not large, and there are not many natives, but because it is close to the Forest of Elves, it is quite prosperous, and the merchants coming and going have crowded here.

Li Si, dressed as an ordinary adventurer, walked on the streets of Nelin City, watching the busy scene around with interest, and spent a silver coin to buy some fresh fruits.

Because the breath of life in the Forest of Elves is much stronger than that in the outside world, all kinds of fruits are sweeter and juicier.

Especially the jackfruit in Li Si's hand, as long as it is processed to remove the annoying mucus, the crisp taste and sweet taste of the flesh are quite tempting.

Some are similar to the jackfruit on Blue Star, and Li Si likes this fruit very much.

Many residents in Nelin City make profits by processing and providing this simple fruit and game to provide services to the caravan.

This city almost entirely relies on the trade between caravans to survive, so the residents are quite enthusiastic about outsiders.

When Li Si wandered around the city, he often saw people with long ears and thin bodies.

Some of these people were elves from the Elf Forest, but most of them were half-elves of human and elf blood.

Because of the pressure from the Elf Kingdom, the neighboring human kingdoms would not capture elf slaves at least on the surface.

Especially in the city, the city guards maintained an active crackdown on the elf slave-hunting team.

But that was all on the surface.

Many times in the underground world of these cities, the sale of elf slaves at illegal auctions was always a reserved item.

As long as they were not caught by the elves, the city guards often treated it as nothing.

Many times, there was some kind of connection between the lords of these cities and the slave-hunting team, and even worse, those lords were the behind-the-scenes operators of the slave-hunting team, secretly making huge profits and satisfying their personal desires through this channel.

As long as there was no direct evidence, the elves were somewhat helpless about this behavior.

After all, the bases of the slave-hunting team are all set up in secret places outside the city. Even if one of them is destroyed, the lords cannot be directly implicated.

Although many elves are angry about this, they still have to abide by certain rules and bottom lines.

Although the Elf Kingdom is powerful, the Fanol Continent is still dominated by humans. Both the legendary strongmen and the gods they believe in are much stronger.

Compared with the elves, the living environment of the half-elves is much worse.

Half-elves are closer to elves in appearance, with the same handsome appearance, but their lifespan is only half that of elves.

For this reason, humans regard half-elves as part of the elves.

But for the elves, in their concept, half-elves are a group of impure blood, and they do not accept these half-elves.

Even the Elf King's Court does not allow half-elves to enter, and looks at them with strange eyes.

Half-elves also have no way to get the baptism of [New Buds of the World Tree], thinking that they are not qualified to receive the gift of the World Tree.

Half-elves have good talents. So far, most of them live in human cities and the edge of the Navia Great Forest, mainly engaged in guard and mercenary work.

Later, the conflict between half-elves and elves became more and more intensified, and even caused a big storm.

However, Li Si is not very interested in these things now.

When he left the floating city, he had arranged the affairs of Port Danerlo in advance.

Mora and Bernal were in charge of various government affairs. Li Si stayed in the floating city for half a year without any major incidents, and the development of the territory was thriving. Li Si had nothing to worry about.

As for the safety of the territory, Uncle Joyce and other subordinates were there, so Li Si didn't have to worry about it.

So Li Si also started this journey to the Elf Forest with peace of mind.

Because of the requirements for obtaining [Natural Proof], Li Si did not use space teleportation and flying to hurry up, and chose to hike.

Generally, he traveled alone, and occasionally joined some caravans halfway to lie down for a while.

"Mr. Li Si, are you really not going back to Kema City with us?"

"I am willing to pay you three times the salary!"

A man in brown casual clothes said beside Li Si.

"Manager Charles, I don't care about those gold coins."

Li Si threw a Pomegranate into his mouth and said with a smile.

"My destination is the Kingdom of Bolin. It is impossible to return with the caravan."

"Is that so?"

Manager Charles looked regretful. After persuading Li Si for so long, he still didn't give in. It seems that there is no hope.

The caravan he was in started from Kema City in the former Bertich Kingdom and came to Nelin City for trading and purchasing specialties from the Elf Forest.

At the border of the Valentine Kingdom, their caravan was accidentally attacked by a group of silver-level hurricane wolves.

If it weren't for Li Si who passed by and took action, who knows what the final result would be?

Even if they could repel the attack of the wolf pack, it would be a miserable victory at best. Most of the ordinary guys in the caravan would definitely not be able to save their lives.

Charles knew very well that although Li Si had always shown the strength of the silver rank, his posture of lifting heavy objects with ease and his confidence meant that Li Si was very likely to be a gold rank.

Charles was very confident in his judgment. As the leader of the caravan, he was quite confident in his vision of people.

Although Li Si had some hidden noble aura, Charles did not think that this was a noble son who came out to see the world?

Just kidding, that night Li Si easily killed those extremely difficult and thorny wind wolves for the caravan. His sophisticated techniques and skillful skills were enough to prove that he was a well-deserved strong man.

He was not comparable to those nobles who were lazy all day and used all kinds of precious magic potions to pile up their strength.

Charles even had a feeling that he was not sure whether the guards of his caravan could escape from Li Si's hands.

It was also because of Li Si's joining that the subsequent journey of the entire Chamber of Commerce seemed somewhat calm, and they arrived at Nelin City safely and steadily.

This is why Charles invited Li Si again and again, knowing that Li Si's destination was somewhere else and the possibility of his agreement was very low.

Unfortunately, even the three-fold reward did not impress Li Si.

Charles could only give up.

"Then I wish you a safe journey, Lord Li Si."

Charles said regretfully, and then handed a delicate mahogany box to Li Si.

"This is my little gift, thank you for your help along the way."

"What is this?"

Li Si was a little curious, took it and opened it.

In the mahogany box, a gorgeous emerald green bracelet was quietly placed on the blue velvet cushion.

This slender bracelet should be a women's jewelry, which seems to be carved from emerald green jade stone. The green is lively and moving as if it has life.

On the bracelet, there is a circle of exquisite gold decoration, the decoration is delicate and vivid, the lines are smooth and elegant, and after careful grinding and polishing, it is extremely bright and gorgeous.

Under the sunlight, the golden patterns seemed to be lit up and glittered, and every outline and detail was clearly visible, as if a delicate golden scroll was slowly unfolding on the wrist.

This is the craftsmanship of the elves, and it is a treasure!

Li Si took a look and didn't feel anything special except for the exquisite appearance. It should be a normal elf ornament.

It should be suitable for Lisa!

Li Si thought about it and asked Charles with the box:

"What is this?"

"This is the best elf ornament the caravan received in Nelin City this time. I hope you like it."

Charles said with a smile. Although this ornament is very precious, it can't be compared with the loss that Li Si recovered for the caravan.

"Thank you then."

Li Si didn't care, and put it in the storage ring.

"Then I'll leave."

Li Si nodded to Charles and left.

Charles opened his mouth, but still didn't say anything to keep him, and walked towards the Chamber of Commerce with some frustration.

Although there is no hope, it's good to leave an impression with Li Si.

Only Li Si has a good temper, otherwise Charles wouldn't dare to get so close to him.

How about retiring or staying in the Chamber of Commerce when you go back this time?

Charles thought to himself that he had already accumulated enough wealth to live a worry-free life in the future, so why should he live a life with his head hanging on the belt?

Especially looking at Li Si's extremely young appearance and powerful strength, this feeling became stronger.

"Ah~"

Charles sighed for a long time, shook his head and left with a little interest.

On the other hand, Li Si didn't care about Charles's loss, he had more important things to do.

In Nelin City, in addition to the people related to the caravan, the most are the endless adventurers.

Naturally, the area and scale of the mercenary guild in Nelin City are much larger than other places, and mercenaries with different clothes emerge in an endless stream.

Unlike Cangguang City, many of the mercenaries here are elves or half-elves, and dwarves are rare here.

The Navia Forest is extremely rich in products, and all kinds of precious materials and plants are produced here, with a wide variety of species and numbers. In addition, there are many magical beasts living in the forest.

Although the elves are the masters of the Navia Great Forest, in a sense they do not care about other races obtaining various resources from the Great Forest.

The elves' philosophy is somewhat similar to that of druids. They believe that the forest is also a part of nature. Reasonable and moderate acquisition of resources and hunting of monsters will help maintain the operation of the forest.

What they oppose is the unscrupulous logging of the Great Forest and the invasion of elf towns by foreign races.

It was also later that humans began to capture elf slaves, and the relationship between elves and humans began to deteriorate.

Li Si looked around at the mercenaries resting and drinking in the mercenary tavern. Perhaps because of the existence of elf mercenaries, the appearance of mercenaries here is obviously much higher than that of other places.

But it is still a little worse than mine!

Li Si made a conclusion with deep conviction, and walked straight to the bar of the tavern.

"How can I help you?"

Behind the bar stood a well-dressed half-elf woman, with a delicate face with a hint of youth and charm.

Li Si threw her a mercenary information card, and then took the space ring and tilted it to the ground.

Hualalalalal~

Various magical beast materials poured down and soon piled up into a small mountain on the ground in front of the bar.

Various magical beast crystals, furs, claws and fangs exuded a faint magical aura, and the air in the entire area was even covered with a faint bloody smell.

The wolf fangs and claws containing wind elements of the Swift Wolf, the complete tiger skin and tiger whip of the Earth Tiger, and the precious eyeballs the size of a fingernail of the Thunder Sculpture

All in all, it is enough to see the large number of magical beast materials in front of us!

Hoo!

The abnormality in front of the bar immediately attracted the attention of all the mercenaries in the tavern.

"Who is this guy? Where did he get so many monster materials? Did he hunt them all by himself?"

"Is he the agent of a mercenary group? He looks unfamiliar?"

"Of course he is. Didn't you sense the magic fluctuations of those materials? The lowest ones are all silver-level!"

"Hiss~"

Li Si ignored the others' suspicions and pointed to the monster materials on the ground and said to the half-elf girl:

"Help me deal with all these materials. Remember to count the mercenary points."

"Don't think of anything, okay?"

"Also, ask your manager to come out. I want to buy some information."

Although Li Si's tone was not too harsh, the half-elf girl looked a little pale. She nodded repeatedly and said:

"Please rest assured, those things will not happen in the mercenary guild."

After that, the waitress hurriedly ran away to the back.

Li Si shook his head, sat in front of the bar, and asked for a glass of elf specialty fruit wine to taste.

Although he didn't care about the monsters he killed along the way for practice, his good habit of training made him unwilling to be cheated by others.

If it weren't for the fact that it took too much time to collect bronze-level monster materials and their low value, the amount of monster materials here would have increased several times.

Although Li Si looked harmless, his figure, against the backdrop of the mountain of monster materials, looked a bit mysterious.

So much so that the discussion of the mercenaries around them became quieter, and they involuntarily changed the topic.