Another Life: Elf Archer

"You, do you know Yu Tao?" Nian Nian was stunned for a moment, then as if he suddenly remembered something, he raised his hand and touched the top of his hair.

A pink heart-shaped petal was twisted between her fingers. It was the meeting gift that Yu Tao had given her.

"It is indeed her aura." The giant gray wolf also cast its gaze on the petal in Nian Nian's hand, with slightly complicated emotions in his tone.

"How did you know her?" Nian Nian couldn't help but ask.Can't Yu Tao only move around the Hidden Flower Valley?And that barrier also blocks outside creatures from entering, right?

"I knew her a long time ago, before she transformed." After the giant gray wolf said this, he changed the subject, "Since you are her friend, I will not embarrass you today, nor will I make it difficult for you. Others, but I want you to pay me with this petal.”

"This..." Nian Nian was a little reluctant to part with the petal in her hand. After all, it was a gift given to Yu Tao when they first met.

Especially now that Yu Tao has entered the cycle of life and death again, the old memories of meeting her have been washed away. As a unilateral memory holder, Niannian really doesn't want to hand over the petals that witnessed her encounter with Yu Tao.

Speaking of which, are Zimo and others so important?I asked myself a question every year.

Nian Nian pinched the petals into the palm of her hand and looked at Zi Mo.

Zimo smiled at her at this moment, his smile full of carefreeness and trust.

However, his brothers were a little nervous. They all stared at Nian Nian intently, as if a few chains were coming out of their eyes to lead Nian Nian to make the choice they wanted.

Nian Nian clutched the petal and looked at the giant gray wolf: "I can't give this petal to you. Yu Tao is gone. This is the only connection I have with her, so I am very sad." Feel sorry."

The giant gray wolf just listened to her silently. When he heard "Yu Tao is no longer here", a few very human expressions appeared on the face of the ferocious beast, like a sigh, but also like relief. .

Nian Nian blinked his eyes to make sure that he had seen correctly, which was indeed a relief.

As if he had understood every year's doubts, the giant gray wolf seemed to be planning to explain, but what he said came out of his mouth was——

"I will not force you to hand it over, but I will not agree to let others leave without a corresponding price."

"So we still have to use force in the end?" Nian Nian said helplessly, and she had already put the petals into the storage crystal.

At this time, between the fingers of her right hand were four feather arrows glowing with green light, all of which were already placed on the bowstring.

And among these green arrows, there was a bone-white arrow suddenly mixed in. The dull arrow tip exuded a cold feeling, facing the eyebrows of the wolf not far away from Nian Nian.

The giant gray wolf stared at Nian Nian without saying a word, but its sons and grandsons had silently surrounded Nian Nian, baring their fangs at Nian Nian.

"Wait!" Like a thunder on the ground, Zimo's voice suddenly sounded in the tense forest. The volume was so loud that it instantly attracted the attention of all the living creatures present.

Zimo came over and faced the leader of the demon wolf - the giant gray wolf - and said:

"I said, have you made the wrong debt collection target? We have to settle our own debts no matter what, right?"

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Nian Nian leaned against the trunk of a big tree, playing with a short wooden arrow in his hand, while casually listening to the movements of Zimo and others not far away.

"You don't care anymore?" Simil slowly floated down from the tree and landed next to Nian Nian.

"Since he doesn't want me to take care of him, I'll just leave it alone." Nian Nian shrugged.

The meaning of Zimo's sudden voice was also very simple. He didn't want to owe Nian Nian any more favors, so he hoped Nian Nian would stop intervening.

He said that he would definitely not give up any of his brothers as "tolls", and he believed that the demon wolf did not like the casualties caused by unnecessary battles.

So he arranged a battle with the demon wolves very arrogantly, and it was a head-on group battle.

Unexpectedly, the demon wolf leader agreed to Zimo's challenge after thinking for a moment.

"Are these wolf cubs full of food? They even engaged in a fight." Nian Nian shook his head and said, "And Zimo, does he trust the monsters of these demon wolves too much?"

In terms of strength, compared to Zimo and others, the demon wolves will naturally have the upper hand. Even if they really swarm up and bite Zimo and others to death, it is not impossible - especially without the containment and rescue of Nian Nian. after.

But now they had to make a fight with Zimo, and they had agreed that they could only lightly injure the opponent, and were not allowed to intentionally seriously injure the opponent, let alone kill the opponent.

The people on Zimo's side do have a killer's heart, but they don't have enough strength. The wolves, on the other hand, have both the strength to kill and the motive to kill, but now they can only obey the order of the head wolf. kill.

Zimo never thought about what if these wolves regretted it halfway through the game?

Although it was certain that the giant gray wolf would not participate in this battle, if it got interested in the fight and insisted on getting involved, Zimo would have no choice but to admit defeat, right?

"Zimo is not stupid. Although he said he doesn't want you to interfere, he is still taking advantage of your power." Simil said calmly while looking at Zimo who was mobilizing before the war.

"Huh?" Nian Nian tilted his head in confusion.

"If it weren't for your force to deter them, those demon wolves might not have agreed to such a civilized act of asking for a fight; if they hadn't known about your friendship with Yu Tao and noticed that Yu Tao had some relationship with this wolf, Zimo might not have He would propose a child's play method like asking for a fight."

"It is precisely because of you that Zimo dares to do this, and the wolf will agree to do this. You see," Simil tilted his head slightly in the direction of Nian Nian, "Even if you don't need to actually do it, you still It played its due role.”

"...I suddenly want to turn around and leave." Nian Nian curled his lips.

"You won't." Simil said firmly, "You already felt unworthy of Zimo when you refused to exchange the petals before. Now you will never leave him behind, let alone watch him helplessly. What fatal injuries did he receive during the battle?"

"He knows this, and the wolf should also be aware of this, so there is a rule of 'no serious injury or killing of opponents'."

"Alas," Nian Nian looked helplessly at the sky, "How come you two can guess my thoughts so accurately?"

"Because it's all written on your face." Simil looked at Nian Nian's suddenly frozen expression in amusement, "You're really good when you're pretending, and you control your expression well, but other times..."

Nian Nian stretched out his hand to rub his face, and then rubbed his face: "It seems that I have to pay more attention to my facial expressions in the future."

"It will probably be a little difficult." Simil added, "Everything here is dominated by consciousness, and your expression is the external expression of your heart."

"Unlike in reality, where physical memory can unconsciously show some habitual expressions - for example, a person who is used to a toothy smile will always put on this smile unconsciously, no matter what he is thinking at the time - there are also nerves in reality Delaying this phenomenon can make some people's facial expressions half a beat slower."

"Controlling your expression here is like controlling those arrows while being distracted. Once you relax, your thoughts will be captured and presented as they are at the same time. The data transmission speed is very fast. of."

"What?" Simil wanted to explain in detail, but when he saw the look that Nian Nian was looking at, he couldn't understand her thoughts.

"I just suddenly thought of how many 'unnecessary' existences you have created." After a glance, Nian Nian withdrew his gaze and said a little lightly, "Even the expression of the wolf is very vivid. It seems that its inner heart He’s also made to look like a human being.”

Simil was silent for a moment and exhaled slightly: "These existences are meaningful and are not unnecessary."

"The meaning...is it meaningful to them or to you?" Nian Nian whispered as he looked at the wolves playing in the grass in the distance.