0p0 Chapter 131: The Forest of Elves and Seinor's Actions
Chapter 131: The Forest of Elves and Seinor's Actions
Since the gods in this world really exist, it is natural for sects to emerge that believe in them. These sects are spread all over the world, spreading and collecting faith for their respective gods.
Generally speaking, the headquarters of a sect is established in a certain country, but there is an exception, that is the Holy Light Sect. The Holy Light Sect is the most powerful of all sects, and has a huge gap with other sects. The headquarters of the Holy Light Sect is not in a certain country, but a country where all the people believe in the God of Light, Yeleni. It is called the Holy Kingdom, which is located in the East Continent Human Nations Union and is one of the most powerful countries among them.
Seinor came from the Holy Kingdom. Originally, he was just one of the branch presidents of the church in the Western Continent. One day in a dream, he met the god he believed in and was blessed. His god also gave him a task, which was to instigate several countries to conflict with the disaster clan, the larger the scale, the better.
Faith makes people foolish. After receiving the mission, Seinor was extremely fanatical. He did not think about why the God of Light, who was always known for his kindness and gentleness, would order such a war-provoking thing. He only thought about how to complete the mission perfectly.
He found the Kingdom of Silan, where faith was most deeply rooted in the Western Continent, and contacted the king, promising that after the matter was accomplished, he would be able to ascend to the Kingdom of God.
For a mortal, ascending to the kingdom of God to enjoy endless life and glory of God, even the king of the Silan Kingdom could not resist this temptation, which led to the meeting just now.
In order to ascend to the Kingdom of God, the King of the Silan Kingdom is ready to sacrifice everything.
As for the Disaster Clan, they left the Dragon Hunting Team alone for several days, and Ronnie found that they still had no intention of revealing any information. Seeing this, Ronnie waved his hand and planned to reduce their food so that they would not starve to death, and used magic to transform their cells into a dark and silent environment.
In Ronnie's previous life, no one had ever stayed in a silent room for more than a day, not to mention that the dragon hunting team was chained and could not use any magic. Now there was hunger and darkness, and any of these three was unbearable for any normal life. Any normal person would be under great mental pressure in this environment, and I believe they would collapse soon.
Even though the dragon hunting team were not all ordinary people, after just one day, Turner, as the captain, was the first to lose his patience. Fortunately, he could still hold on, but that kind of environment was simply not a place for a human to stay, and he didn't know the current situation of his companions. Considering their safety, Turner finally compromised.
Ronnie looked at Turner, who was brought over by Neo and looked extremely haggard, and chuckled softly.
"What? You can't bear it anymore. I thought you could hold out longer. But since you've already compromised, tell me the purpose of your dragon hunting team coming to the Disaster Clan."
Suddenly thinking of something, Ronnie couldn't help laughing.
"Don't tell me that your dragon hunting team wants to hunt me. If that's the case, then I won't have to worry about my fun in the second half of the year. I just need to think about you from time to time."
Listening to the sarcasm in Ronnie's words, Turner sighed deeply. With just one sentence, he could conclude that Ronnie was a dragon with a very bad temper. Now he was regretting why he had to come here with Ike.
But no matter how much he regretted, he couldn't change the result. Turner took a deep breath and looked at Ronnie.
"As a legendary dragon hunting team, we still have certain assets. We are willing to spend money to redeem ourselves."
Hearing this, Ronnie chuckled twice and then stretched out a finger.
"Okay, one million gold coins and I'll let you go. If you don't trust my credit, you can sign that contract witnessed by the gods."
The purchasing power of gold coins in this world is still very high. If it were an ordinary small country, it might not be able to earn one million gold coins a year. But after all, there are two seventh-level powerhouses in their dragon hunting team, so it should not be difficult to come up with one million gold coins.
However, Ronnie overestimated them. Although the dragon hunting team could get a lot of money after killing the dragon, and they would accept commissions like other professionals when they were free, they needed to maintain and repair their equipment and buy disposable items. Even if they were all strong, the expenses would be higher. All these factors added up, Turner could not afford so much money at all. At most, he could only take out hundreds of thousands of gold coins, which was also the severance pay for their team's disbandment in the future.
As for the wealth accumulated by the dragon after killing it... Turner said that the dragons they killed were all poor, and they didn't have much money except for themselves. And the rich dragons usually had many followers under their command, and they couldn't defeat them at all.
When Turner explained the situation, Ronnie couldn't help but curl his lips.
"We are so poor that we can't even come up with a million gold coins. How can we be called a dragon hunting team? We have been a caravan and earn more than a million gold coins a month."
Ronnie shook his head and sighed, his contempt fully revealed in his words.
"Forget it. I'll just follow my previous plan and sell you all to the Jichuan black market. With your strength, you should be able to sell for 800,000 gold coins. If you add in the price of your elf, 1.22 million gold coins should be a sure thing. The equipment you have is rubbish in my opinion, but it can still be sold for a little more money."
As he spoke, Ronnie seemed to have convinced himself, and he hammered his palm and said, "It seems okay when I think about it this way."
Turner, who listened to Ronnie talking to himself the whole time, couldn't help but twitch his eyes. He even felt that what Ronnie said made sense. He was inexplicably moved. What was going on?
Shaking his head to dispel the idea of selling himself for money, Turner said, "Although we can't come up with one million gold coins right now, I can make up for it. As a legendary dragon hunting team, we have made a lot of friends. Even if I have to lend it to you, I will make up the money."
Hearing this, Ronnie nodded in satisfaction.
"Okay, I don't care what method you use. As long as the money is in place, I will release your companions. Before that, sign a magic contract just in case."
Looking at the drafted contract in front of him, Turner signed his name after checking that there was no problem, and then he looked at Ronnie again.
"Now that the contract has been concluded, shouldn't I find a better place for my companions? I don't want to find that my teammates have been tortured into madness after returning."
"No problem." Ronnie agreed readily.
After Turner was released, he prepared to return to his hometown, where he had the money he had saved over the years. At the same time, he was also thinking about how to collect the one million gold coins.
He suddenly thought of something and couldn't help squinting his eyes. If he really couldn't get everyone together in the end, he could only use that trick. Although the risk was a bit high, there was a high possibility that a dog-eat-dog situation would occur in the end. He could then take advantage of the situation to fish in troubled waters, or at least rescue his companions in the chaos.
On Ronnie's side, when Tina was preparing the ransom, he also had his men remove the mentally torturous environment for the other members of the dragon hunting team and informed them of their captain's choice, with the exception of the elf Ike. The reason was, of course, that he was going to earn two ransoms.
Looking at the elf in front of him, whose whole body strength was restrained but whose eyes were still extremely determined, Ronnie chuckled.
"Your name is Ike, right? You look to be only over 200 years old. A seventh-level elf as young as you must have a high status in the Elf Forest. Although I don't know why you are mixed up in this dragon hunting team, the Elf Forest will definitely be willing to pay a high price for you."
"Don't even think about it! The proud elves will never surrender to a dragon like you!"
Hearing this, Ronnie gave a playful smile.
"You make nice statements, but the Elf Forest will still be willing to pay a large ransom for you. Do you think you are worth 500,000 gold coins?"
"Asshole! *&%￥%!"
Ronnie was not moved at all by the string of Elvish curse words.
And even if Ronnie didn't take him for ransom, the goddess of nature who had already set her sights on Soros would definitely ask the elves to cause trouble for the Disaster Clan.
After that, Ronnie sent a magic letter to the Elf Forest.
As for Turner, after leaving the Disaster Clan, he borrowed money from people he knew and sold his team's savings.
After all, their dragon hunting team is quite famous in this western continent. Even if he didn't want to, his act of borrowing money everywhere also spread the situation of the dragon hunting team.
This news was also known to Seinor, who had just returned from the Kingdom of Riestina and the Kingdom of Dolok, and used magic to control the kings of these two countries.
After hearing the news, Seinor immediately realized that this was a great opportunity. He didn't care about the dragon hunting team. In his opinion, that group of people was just so-so. But with the help of the elves in the dragon hunting team, he could further provoke conflicts between the Elf Forest and the Disaster Clan.
Coupled with the combined forces of over one million from the three countries, Seinor felt that this was simply the blessing of the God of Light.
No matter how powerful the dragon of the Disaster Clan is, it will not be difficult for him to deal with it with the blessing of the gods, not to mention the elves. The remaining Disaster Clan will definitely not be able to withstand the crushing of millions of troops.
The outcome is decided! This is a sure thing!
As expected, when the elves in the Forest of Elves learned that Ike had been kidnapped and a ransom was demanded before he was released, the elves who had always looked down on other races became furious and planned to send troops to destroy the Disaster Clan.
Faced with such radical behavior of her people, the Elf Queen felt that something was wrong, but she did not raise any opinions. It was just a giant dragon's force. Even if its strength reached the eighth level, the Elf Forest, as the most powerful force in the Western Continent, would not be able to deal with it easily, if not easily.
It just so happens that the Goddess of Nature's messenger on the mainland is also in the Forest of Elves during this period. He is an eighth-level strongman blessed by the Goddess of Nature, so there shouldn't be any accidents.
The Elf Queen came to the headquarters of the Church of Nature and found the spreader in a garden.
He was dressed in a light and fitting light golden robe, with a handsome face. He seemed to be one with nature, exuding a tranquil and peaceful aura, attracting birds to land on him and play.
"Lord Detra."
Although the Elf Queen is the king of the elves, she is extremely respectful to the messenger of the Goddess of Nature. After all, the elves all believe in the Goddess of Nature, and it is natural for them to be respectful to the representative of the Goddess of Nature in the world.
"It's you, you don't have to call me sir."
"You are the propagator of the goddess of nature. If I disrespect you, it is disrespecting the goddess."
"You've become particularly serious since you became queen."
Seeing the Elf Queen's attitude, Detra felt helpless.
"I still like you when you were a kid, lively and cute."
"After all, I am now the queen of the Elf Forest, so I have to be more serious."
Detra, who didn't want to dwell on this matter, waved his hand and said, "You must have something to talk to me about, right?"
Hearing this, the Elf Queen also told the story of Ike.
After listening, Detra touched his chin.
"I know that kid Ike, he's very talented, but he's a little too young."
As he spoke, his expression became a little strange: "Can I understand this matter this way? Ike joined the dragon hunting team, and then was captured in the territory of the giant dragon called Calamity Wing. Then Calamity Wing did not kill him, but wanted to use him for a ransom?"
"Yes."
Seeing that the Elf Queen agreed with him, Detra was speechless.
"Ike wanted to hunt people, but he failed and was captured. He is not capable enough, which is nothing to say. But they didn't kill him, they just asked for a ransom. For a seventh-level elf, a ransom of 500,000 gold coins is not too much. Do you still want me to go over and destroy them? When did our elves become so barbaric?"
Hearing this, the Elf Queen finally realized what was wrong. Yes, that was it. She had been led astray by those old guys before. They were clearly in the wrong, but they still had to use force. If this were to get out, the reputation of the elves would be ruined. But now that things had come to this, there was nothing she could do.
After listening to her story, Detra frowned, obviously unhappy.
"Those old guys have been high and mighty for too long, corrupted by power and turned into barbarians, completely forgetting the pride of the elves."
Detra is about 7,000 years old this year. Even among the immortal species like elves, several generations have passed away at this age. In the past, he did not intend to participate in the internal affairs of the elves, but he was really angry about the self-humiliation of the elves' high-level officials this time.
Just when he was considering whether to clean up those old guys, the Elf Queen spoke up and told him about the oracle issued by the Goddess of Nature and that she was the one who sent Ike to investigate the Disaster Clan.
"If this is an oracle from the goddess, I'd better go there in person. This way I can suppress those old guys who can't see themselves clearly and prevent them from doing anything that damages the image of the elves."
After saying that, Detra turned and left, adding one more sentence at the end.
"Go and inform those old guys later that I have taken over this mess. Tell them to step down gracefully as soon as possible. If they still can't let go of the power in their hands, then I don't mind helping them to do it myself. After all, even you, the queen, should have nothing to say if I take action."