Another Life: Elf Archer

"I will keep your kindness, advice and encouragement in mind. I will never betray your trust or let you down."

Nian Nian, who had just finished shaking hands, flicked his wrist as if throwing away a rag, but he couldn't get rid of the goosebumps all over his arms:

"No, no, no need. Things here have nothing to do with me. I'm neither a dwarf nor do I live here. When the world is in chaos in the future, I can just go into the Jesus Forest and watch the excitement. I won't worry about it. .”

The respectful dwarf prince Rudolf managed a dry laugh and tugged on his collar uncomfortably.

The person who had been so earnestly educating himself on how to implement his beliefs and find new vitality for the dwarves seemed to be the elf in front of him who looked disgusted and wished he could get rid of his burden immediately.

The clothes commonly worn by civilians are not that soft, especially the cuffs, collars and elbows. In order to prolong their service life under constant wear and tear, they are often thickened. These thickened parts are rougher for Rudolph. It was like being shackled, which made my wrists and neck hurt.

Originally, Fern also prepared high-quality clothes and accessories for His Royal Highness, but Rudolph insisted on sharing the joys and sorrows with everyone. Even the stretcher Fern had worked so hard to make was given to a certain person who had his leg broken. The miners now only have a commoner suit and two legs, and plan to walk with everyone to a new settlement.

According to the intelligence from every year, the big cities in the western part of the Dwarf Kingdom have been overwhelmed by the news of the war. For the time being, only some remote small towns on the east side are still relatively stable, and these small towns with relatively insufficient resources are not satisfied with the big cities. Exploitation, Prince Rudolf's supporters also come from these places.

When he left, although he lost his noble status and many years of management in the royal capital, he also had more freedom and no longer had to please those nobles for the sake of balance.

only......

"The backbone of the dwarf kingdom has always been us knights, warriors and craftsmen."

The day before, when visiting Rudolf every year, Dulcinea felt worried after listening to every encouragement given to the prince.

Naturally, these backbones cannot all be players, but players are scattered among these three professions and have considerable influence on the situation. It may not be easy for Rudolph to fight against the Dwarf King.

Niannian also admitted: "Indeed, in terms of fun and immersion, there is a huge difference between opening up territories and reclaiming wasteland."

Dulcinea pursed her lips.What Nian Nian means is that for players, confrontational activities such as war are always more attractive.

This is the truth. She is actually very excited about the upcoming large-scale confrontation. She spent a lot of time and money raising Xiaoxuehua, isn't it just to become a master that all players will envy?

"There are always some who are not interested in fighting, are lazy, or have some compassion for others in the middle of the war. You don't have to be so pessimistic." Niannian comforted him.

"In addition to optimism and confidence, we have no better way to deal with it now." Rudolph also advised.

Dulcinea raised her eyes, looked at Rudolph, and curved her tight lips: "In terms of personal charm, I still like you better."

"It's my honor." Even though he was half-lying down to rest, Rudolph still gave a gentle gentleman's salute.

"Although it is only for a short period of time, it is also an honor for me to be your highness's bodyguard."

Dulcinea knelt down on one knee, put her right fist on her heart, and said seriously.

Rudolf's smile froze for a moment, and Nian Nian had already helped Dulcinea up and said with a smile:

"I wonder if you are quite envious of the human race's knight matching game?"

"Yes," Dulcinea nodded vigorously and said longingly, "I also want to have a beautiful princess who I can swear allegiance to, go through fire and water for her, and she will shed tears for me."

"cy" Dulcinea stared at Nian Nian with bright eyes.

"Sorry, my princess is over there."

Nian Nian stretched out her hand and Dulcinea glared at Qi Youfeng fiercely, but was ignored by the man without understanding.

"The relationship between the two of you is really good." Rudolph looked on in amusement and said with a smile.

Nian Nian and Dulcinea both felt that Rudolf was right in his praise, and both felt that this man was really good at talking, and he must not be defeated so easily.

......

After seeing off the dwarf prince and the survivors of Cherbourg who were escorted by Dulcinea, Nian Nian and Qi Youfeng also set foot on the road to the City of Usher.

Trekking, trekking through mountains and rivers, the dwarf kingdom located deep underground naturally does not have so many mountains and rivers, but has more turbulent waves.

"There are no hotels or restaurants open here."

The two walked from the east to the west of the city. Except for the recruitment office, they could no longer find a warm and open door. Even the wells in the city were covered with sheds. As long as anyone approached, the guard responsible for guarding would have an ax in front of him. , I will not let you go unless you tell me a reason why you have to drink water.

This was the fifth town they passed through, and the two of them wanted to stop here, eat something and have a good night's sleep.

"Who wants to entertain guests when we are almost hungry?"

Qi Youfeng found a random step and sat down, nibbling on the dry food that had not been touched for a long time.

Nian Nian took off his mask and took out a handful of stone flowers. Qi Youfeng hid reflexively. Seeing Nian Nian lowering his head and eating with relish, he felt more and more that this piece of dry food was difficult to chew.

"Where did you two come from and why are you eating in public?" Several beggar-like dwarves quickly gathered around and accused them sharply.

"Because we are hungry, because we have food to eat." Nian Nian didn't even raise his eyelids, not surprised.

"Sister, sister," a child got in between the beggar's legs and knelt down in front of Nian Nian, "I'm hungry too, I have no food to eat."

"Oh." Nian Nian slowly licked his fingertips, raised his hand and pointed, "There is food in the recruitment office."

"Why are you so vicious? People like us are just going to be cannon fodder."

The beggars said angrily, reaching out to grab Nian Nian's hood.

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A captivating light of the sword stopped the offending movements of these people. Qi Youfeng turned his backhand, the back of the sword turned into a blade, and a thin blood line appeared on the beggars' wrists.

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"These people run really fast." Niannian commented.

"Bullying the weak and fearing the strong," Qi Youfeng retracted his knife, "It's better than what I encountered in the last town. I risk my life for stuttering."

"That's because the beggars in the last town were real beggars. These beggars... I can't tell, they don't seem to be so hungry that they are shameless."

Along the way, the two of them summed up the three levels of hunger:

Hungry, hungry to the point of shamelessness, hungry to the point of death.

"Seeing that the guards here are still doing their jobs faithfully, the situation doesn't seem particularly bad." Qi Youfeng swallowed the mouthful of brown rice with difficulty and started thinking about water from the well.

"Are you going to rob?" Nian Nian asked, tilting his head.

"I want to ask you, do you want to play?"

Qi Youfeng still stuffed himself with dry food, no matter whether it was delicious or not, as long as it could fill the numerical gaps.

"The order in this town is pretty good, but it's troublesome to play."

Nian Nian looked at the expressions of passers-by on the street. He was a little sad and at a loss, but he was not panicked yet, nor was he wary of treating all living things as enemies.

In the last town, the last town, that was the expression they saw most.

Everyone is a weakling, huddled in the streets and alleys looking for anything that can fill their stomachs, while the real strong ones have already forcibly collected all the food and resources, and sit comfortably in big houses to enjoy them.

"I thought the Dwarf King would take some measures to maintain domestic stability." Qi Youfeng said.

The Ruby Archduke's stabilization measures were managed in a silent manner. It's just that the Dwarf King didn't have the foresight of the Archduke. Why didn't he even have some quick wit and iron-blooded skills?

"Maybe there is some special reason why he lets each town handle it for the time being. Maybe he is waiting for these people to get hungry so that they can work for him or raise poison to eliminate the old, weak, sick and disabled who can't survive."

In fact, with each passing year, this more and more confirmed her suspicion, and she became more and more satisfied with her active cooperation.

If you have time, why not go to Adam to ask for some bonuses?

"If we let it go like this, players don't have to worry, for now." Qi Youfeng said.

Compared with civilian NPCs, the players' force value is indeed enough to ensure that they have enough food and clothing, but there are also strong and weak players. In a period when internal conflicts have not yet been completely transformed into external conflicts, who knows whether there will be What kind of game version of the Law of the Jungle is coming out?

Speaking of which, when did the Dwarf King officially declare war?

"We all come from a modern civilized society, and we will not lose our morals and principles just because of things in the game." Niannian replied seemingly confidently.

"Well," Qi Youfeng saw her expectation, "not necessarily."

"Well, not necessarily, anything can happen."

Every year he ate all his food reserves, put on his mask, got up and wrapped himself tightly in his cloak.Qi Youfeng also collected the dry food, shook the residue to the ground, and looked at her questioningly.

"I don't have anything to eat either. Let's go to the next town to grab some."

"it is good."

......

Overall, Nian Nian was very sensible and well-behaved along the way.

In those towns that have fallen into chaos, she will quickly integrate into them, single out the big household with the most food and hit them.

If it's an NPC, just kill them with blood and threaten them. If it's a player, just stay at the resurrection point and have a good discussion. After eating and drinking with Qi Youfeng, leave. At the same time, help the angry weaklings with directions and give those towns a chance to redistribute resources. .

The weak eat the strong, the strong wield their knives at the weak, and the weak wield their knives at the weaker. Every year, they consider themselves stronger, and of course they don't bother to compete with beggars for food.

Fortunately, they specifically chose small towns to travel, and coupled with Nian Nian's talent as a thief and Qi Youfeng's experience as a bandit, there were occasional stumblings, but it was still a good time.

In those towns where order still exists, Nien Nian and Qi Youfeng will become the most law-abiding and good citizens, neither adding fuel to the fire nor secretly stirring up trouble, coming and leaving quietly.

At this time, everyone was generally more concerned about their own affairs. The two tall aliens did not attract too much attention. They approached the border smoothly and were able to leave the dwarf kingdom soon.

"I have been to this place before. Many mercenary groups are active here. Generally speaking, there are many players."

At the end of the long queue entering the city, Niannian and Qi Youfeng leaned together and talked in low voices.

"It feels like a big city," Qi Youfeng raised his head, looked at the long-lost blue sky and white clouds, and sighed, "I finally got out."

"This is the closest dwarf city to the City of Usher, and it is also the only large city built on the ground in the dwarf kingdom. There are many semi-underground small towns along the border." Nian Nian introduced.

"The closest to the City of Usher, that is, the closest to the humans and elves."

Qi Youfeng roughly knew the layout of the continent, and quietly observed the dwarves, humans, and a few elves in front and behind, guessing that they were all players.

"The dwarves are adjacent to the two human principalities. This used to be Eggberg. I guess it is also the most likely place where a war will break out first."

Nian Nian came close to him and bit her ears, and nodded to the few elves who looked back at her. Unfortunately, half of her face was hidden under a black iron mask, and the other half was also covered by a hat. Did the elf see clearly?

"I hope we can leave here and go to the City of Usher before the war breaks out." Qi Youfeng sighed as he celebrated the new year.

"Ah."

Queuing was boring. There were many people like them quietly discussing the upcoming war. The pair in Nian Nian were not out of the ordinary, and she estimated that the elves would not pay attention to her.

Soon, more war-related discussions reached Nian Nian’s ears:

The dwarves are setting up their troops on the border of the Principality of Eggberg, and a flying island is wandering on the border;

The Principality of Tecklenberg, which openly declared war on the Holy Church, recently sent a special envoy to Eggberg to discuss cooperation in fending off the enemy;

The northern neighbors who were loyal to the Holy Church also sent envoys to Eggberg to discuss cooperation in fending off the enemy;

Eggberg, who suddenly became the most popular person, sent people to the City of Usher to request the surrender of the Duke who ran the auction house.

Gloating and laughing every year.

It must be wonderful to see the Duke being roasted on the fire.