"You mean, you want me to take General Lena back to you?"
"We know that you saved General Lena from the underground city.
But Xu Lai Your Excellency, General Reina is an elf after all, and we are willing to pay General Reina a reward that satisfies you."
The beautiful elf standing in front of Xu Lai was respectful. He bent down respectfully, revealing the snow-white and deep ravine of the beautiful elf.
However, Xu Lai, who had no shortage of beauties to accompany him, did not get lost in the charming ravine, but said dullly:
"A reward that satisfies me? Do you think I imprisoned her, or am I enslaving her?"
The female elf quickly shook her head and said: "Sorry, of course we didn't mean that, we just wanted to thank you for rescuing her. "
Xu Lai said dissatisfied: "Ms. Reina has already given me enough thanks. I appreciate your kindness, but it is not necessary and I will not accept it. "< br>
“Aren’t you going to listen to our thanks?”
The female elf still did not give up.
Xu Lai shook his head and said: "No matter how much the thank you gift is, it is not what I want. In that case, why should I think about it?"
The female elf was indifferent to Xu Lai's words and was minding her own business. said:
“According to the default principle of this world, when one force is willing to pay the ransom, the other party must not use any reason or excuse to stop it.”
Xu Lai narrowed his eyes and said : "If I remember correctly, this default rule seems to be only for prisoners, right?"
The female elf nodded: "Yes, so our Majesty the Queen is willing to pay the price for General Reina Double the ransom in gold coins and give you a hundred sacred unicorns as a thank you.”
The Sacred Unicorn is an advanced form of the Unicorn Divine Beast, equivalent to a human level 8 knight. It is one of the most powerful warriors in the Barrier camp besides the Fairy Dragon.
The Elf Queen is willing to offer a hundred heads at a time. This is just the initial offer, so her sincerity is quite sufficient.
"I heard that your barrier is in full swing against the undead?"
The female elf said sadly: "Yes, the undead invaded the Eastern Empire and us at the same time.
< br>The death energy carried by the undead is too dangerous for life
Wherever they went, there was no grass, and many elves had already died on the battlefield.
But the most terrifying thing is more than that. We not only have to fight the undead, but also fight our former companions who have risen again.
The elves fight less and less, but the undead fight more and more. No matter how many times we defeat the undead, their strength will only get stronger and stronger, while the elves become weaker and weaker.
We can no longer bear any more sacrifices, so Her Majesty the Queen begged me to take General Reyna back no matter what.
Dear human lord, I know it is unfair to you. General Rena is also obliged to serve you.
If you feel that this compensation is not enough to satisfy you, I and all the elf sisters in the mission are willing to stay and serve you.
I know that General Lena is good at fighting, but not outstanding in appearance. "
Xu Lai was stunned for a moment subconsciously, and then looked around. The entire elf mission was not very large. In addition to more than a dozen guards, there were nearly 20 women of various types.
< br>The 20 elves all look like fairies walking out of paintings. Even among the elves, they should be considered top beauties.
The key is that they still use the word "serve". Hints were given to Xu Lai.
No, it shouldn't be considered a hint. Looking at the cool outfits they all wore today, this was no longer a hint, but a clear statement.
No man would be tempted by such conditions.
Especially Xu Lai is a man who is very interested in women.
Elves have long pointed ears, which are far more sensitive than humans.
The elf, who was hanging his body low, could clearly feel the heartbeat of Xu Lai's instant erection even if he didn't use his eyes to see but just listened with his ears.
It's a pity that Xu Lai admits that he is lustful, but he will never admit that he is dirty.
"Leina may not be particularly outstanding in appearance.
But she is not a commodity, and I will not use her for any transactions.
You are not here If you want to discuss it with me here, why not go to Reina? As long as she agrees to go back with you, there will be no obstruction from my side."
The elf hesitated to speak. How could she not know that in this matter. On the other hand, Rena's will is equally important.
As long as Reina can be persuaded, the worst case scenario is to leave directly first, and then find a way to repay Xu Lai's help later.
But if Reina could be persuaded, would she be willing to compromise her innocence and the innocence of so many sisters?
The elf's big, bright eyes suddenly became obscure, and Xu Lai instantly understood what the female elf meant.
“It seems that you have been in contact with Lena before.”
The elf messenger lowered his head again and said: “Sorry, we didn’t do anything else without your consent, but we didn’t do anything else. , I just want to catch up with General Lena.”
Xu Lai shrugged: "Don't worry, as I said, Reina is not an object to me.
She is a living person and has her own friends. In this regard, I will not Interfering with her.
You don’t look like friends now.”
The elf said bitterly: “We did have a little quarrel with General Lena, but we believe it. , As long as you are willing to let me go, General Reina will definitely return to the elves."
"With all due respect, with your elves' current situation, it is useless for Reina to go back. >
No matter how strong she is, she can only block enemies from one direction. The combat effectiveness of the undead troops is not very strong to begin with.
They are strong in that they do not need any supplies, there is no loss of morale, and they can fight indefinitely, and the more they fight, the more they fight.
Waging a protracted war with them is really the stupidest thing to do.
If I were an undead and couldn't break through from one side, wouldn't I be able to break through from the other side?
Anyway, I have a lot of people and I am not afraid of death. I can attack them from all directions. ”
The elf messenger had nothing to say immediately. He just hesitated to speak, but didn't know how to argue.
“So, it’s useless for you to just take Reina back. She is a human, not a god.
If you really want to defeat the undead, the first thing you should do is to cut off the undead. "The undead don't need to eat, what supplies do they need?"
"Of course it's the corpses. If the undead don't have corpses, there won't be any dead ones. How dare they do that?" It’s such a waste.”
The elf messenger said helplessly: "To put it simply, there are no priests in the barrier camp, so the bodies of important people can only be preserved through holy water.
But now, the demand for holy water among you humans is also very high, and we can buy it Even less."
"Don't you burn the corpses?" Xu Lai asked in surprise.
The elf frowned and said: "The damage caused by fire to the forest is unimaginable. The elves have been trying to prevent and control flames for thousands of years. How can we light fires in the forest ourselves? Moreover, the creatures in the barrier are very harmful to corpses. They all took it very seriously and allowed us to destroy the bodies ourselves, completely betraying our faith.”
Xu Lai also said helplessly: "Did you let your comrades and companions turn into immortal monsters?
After their death, their bodies will still be used by the undead, and they will also be desecrated by the undead. , is this respect for your beliefs?”
The elf messenger was silent again.
Xu Lai shrugged helplessly and said:
“I’m really sorry, Qingfeng City can’t live without Reina now. If you insist on letting me go, I can only say sorry.
But the barrier and the empire are allies, and the elves are also my friends.
No matter what, I should help you.
I can't do anything else, but with holy water, I can still support you a little bit. "
Holy water Xu had exchanged it for many high-end ones before he came. The therapeutic effects of ordinary holy water are useless to people with extremely high health points like them.
Ordinary soldiers have priests. Responsible for healing, low-level holy water has no special use except for distributing it to civilians and soldiers
But in addition to purifying evil, holy water also has therapeutic uses, and its value is at least higher than that of a healing potion with the same effect.
"Apart from holy water, do you still lack any other resources?"
The elf messenger's face turned red and said: "We still lack a lot of steel. The recent war has made our arrows The arrow consumption is huge.
In addition, we still lack crystals. The advancement of advanced troops requires a lot of crystals.
In addition, healing bandages, healing potions, energy stones and various other things. Spell materials are in short supply.”
Xu Lai was speechless for a while and said: "Don't you have any reserves before?"
The elf messenger said embarrassedly: "We were too negligent before and were not fully prepared."
< br>As immortal species, it’s not that elves are unprepared, but their long lives have allowed them to develop the habit of procrastination.
Even if there was no preparation at the beginning, when the invasion of hell demons and undead just started, it was still too late to prepare.
However, although the order of the Elf Court was issued, the efficiency of the elves was really unsatisfactory.
When a superhero like Reina was captured, the elves would have been imprisoned by Moriel for more than 50 years without actively rescuing her.
After Xu Lai rescued the people, these guys wanted to ask for them. If Xu Lai didn't care about his allies, he would have wanted to slap these people in the face.
"You make a list to see what specific things you need. Later I will ask Wei Yihong to go look for it in the warehouse.
I must explain to you in advance that I also need these things. There is a need, so I can only support you partially.
In addition, I don’t expect you to return these things, just treat them as my contribution to Reina and the barrier.
If there is an opportunity in the future, I hope we can continue to exchange supplies and open commerce with each other.
Your elves’ leather armor, magic equipment, bows and arrows, and fruit wine are all very popular products. "
The elf messenger bowed again and thanked:
"Of course, before I came, Her Majesty the Queen told me that a lord who can train a phantom shooter must be our elf clan friends.
Her Majesty the Queen is definitely willing to exchange information with you. If it is convenient for you, can you help us train some phantom shooters? ”
Xu Lai glanced at her silently, and finally said helplessly: "If you have time, you can, but the number will not be too many, and you have to queue up."
The elf messenger nodded and said: "This is what we should do Yes, on behalf of all the lives in the barrier, I would like to thank you for your help, respected human lord, Your Excellency Xu Lai.”
After sending away these elves, Xu Lai still couldn’t relax, because there are still people waiting to meet him. He meets.
Behind the elf messenger were the representatives sent by the Tower Mage Council.
Their purpose is also very simple, just to trade with Xu Lai, open the teleportation array to each other, and form an alliance to help each other.
Relying on the propaganda of several great magisters in the tower, Xu Lai now has a bit of reputation in the tower, but this reputation only spreads among the high-level people.
Thanks to Xu Lai and the others, they completed the cleanup of the abyss passage, leaving the hell army on the other side of the tower without a stable rear supply.
Relatively speaking, among the three major camps of the Light, only the tower is currently the easiest.
The city occupied by the Tower Tower has basically been reoccupied by the people from the Tower Tower.
The devil, who has established a foothold in the Western Empire, has found a way to extend its hands into the territory of the tower for the time being.
Therefore, the tower is just making plans for the future, which can be regarded as starting preparations in advance.
"Of course there is no problem. I suggest that we exempt each other's caravans from taxes to promote more transactions between us."
Go to the tower, It must pass through the Northern Empire.
Based on Xu Lai's relationship with the Northern Empire, most cities should be able to pass, but the distance is extremely long, and even Xu Lai's own caravan is unwilling to be sent out.
In this way, the transaction between the two parties will most likely use teleportation arrays and space items.
Mutual exemption from tariffs will undoubtedly greatly reduce the transportation costs of merchants and facilitate transactions.
Xu Lai only proposed to exempt the opponent's caravan from paying taxes when it was in his own camp, but did not say that the tax would still be exempted after the caravan brought the money back.
In short, everyone makes money, but each of them makes less.
But if we can increase more trade by making less money, and use quantity to improve quality, it will be beneficial to both parties.
Xu Lai has no reason not to accept such conditions.
The first item of mutual assistance between the two parties is for Tower to find a way to help Xu Lai connect to more Tower cities and help him expand the teleportation array.
And Xu Lai provided deep sea crystals and dragon materials for the mages in the tower to study.
With Tower House, neither of them wanted anything from each other. Instead, they talked very harmoniously and quickly reached various cooperation agreements.
When it comes to dealing with the elves, Xu Lai is quite helpless.
But when he received the Eastern Empire envoy, he became a little more angry.
Xu Lai would never have thought that the Grand Duke of the Eastern Empire would actually send someone to persuade him to surrender.
Xu Lai didn't know what the other party was thinking. Even if Xu Lai had to join one empire, he would have to choose between the Western Empire and the Northern Empire.
Asking him to surrender to the Eastern Empire, which was thousands of miles away, Xu Lai really suspected that the other party's brain was squeezed by the door.
What's even more outrageous is that the envoys from the Eastern Empire are expressing that their Grand Duke is willing to confer Xu Lai as an earl.
But the price is that Xu Lai must attack the opponent with 3,000 war horses, 7,000 pack horses, and a total of 10,000 horses, and that’s every year.
In exchange for this, the Eastern Empire protected Xu Lai and gave him the legitimate title of earl. (End of this chapter)