Chapter 20 Elven Ruins
Watching Geralt leave with the two young men, Wayne actually felt a rare sense of relief.
It has been almost two years since he came to this world. There are always people around him who he needs to worry about, and he has always needed to hide his abilities.
This is the first time I feel free and at ease.
He turned around and looked at Toluvel beside him, and said with some familiarity:
"It's getting late now, Toluvel, let's go to where you live and talk about the commission." "
I'm still a little curious. , How do you live in the cave?"
The female elf frowned when she heard this. Wayne's suddenly familiar attitude made her a little confused, but after all, there was a commission to be completed by this demon hunter, so it was Not too fussy.
After giving some instructions to the elf archers on the tree, she ordered them to continue hiding. After guarding the entrance, she signaled Wayne to follow her and led the way into the cave.
This is a cave similar to a stalactite cave. There are countless cone-shaped stalactites on the roof of the cave. The entrance is not large, but the internal space is quite wide.
Wayne followed Toluvel. The female elf held a torch in her hand, which she took down near the entrance of the cave. With some light coming from an unknown source, she walked in a zigzag manner along the way. A maze of complex routes.
Finally, we followed an underground river more than one meter wide, passed through a beautiful huge arch, and arrived at a building that resembled an elven underground ruins.
The space here is very large, and the structure is similar to the banquet hall in the palace. Four huge stone pillars connect the floor and ceiling, supporting a huge space.
"This is where we will live temporarily."
Toluvel pointed in one direction in the hall, where there were several burning bonfires, and around the bonfires were erected a dozen different tents, large and small.
Some elves and dwarves were sitting by the campfire to rest, talk and work. They were men and women, old and young. Most of them were wearing simple clothes and had haggard expressions. They should be ordinary civilians.
Wayne even saw a few short halflings standing by the iron pot next to the campfire, stirring a huge spoon and cooking food.
"They are all poor people who have been persecuted by humans, lost their loved ones, had their property taken away, and cannot survive in the town."
Toluvel had no expression on his face and just spoke calmly.
"We took them in, taught them to fight, taught them how to survive in the forest." "
But the king's soldiers are still hunting us, trying to kill us all."
"We can do nothing but resist."
Listen. Wayne was somewhat silent as he listened to the female elf's narration. In the world of demon hunters, elves, dwarves, halflings and other non-human races have always been the targets of persecution.
Thousands of years ago, the Iron Sheidi elves kindly took in the human refugees who wandered into this world due to the convergence of celestial bodies. Along with this race, there have been cleansings and massacres. They were forcibly killed from a huge race that had ruled the continent for thousands of years to a minority race now.
Wayne did not have the ability or leisure to interfere in the affairs of the inhuman race. He skipped this topic and asked while observing the surrounding ruins: "
This ruins looks very big, but you all live in this hall.
" Did you give us the commission to help you clean up this ruins?"
Toluvel nodded, resting his palm on the iron sword at his waist. He did not hide anything, but said directly: "
That's right, Hunter Demon."
"This is the elf ruins we found by chance. Although it is in a dark underground environment and is inconvenient to live in, it is at least private enough to have a shelter from wind and rain for us to live." "But this place is already here
. It has been abandoned for too long, and there are already many monsters living in the ruins."
"Several of my warriors have been damaged by the monsters here."
"You are demon hunters and experts in dealing with monsters. That's why I want to entrust you to help us clean up the monsters here." Wayne nodded and did
not agree immediately, but began to observe the situation of this ruins.
The history of this ruins is obviously quite long, and many places have been damaged and destroyed due to the baptism of time. However, from the exquisite murals and beautiful statues that can be seen everywhere here, we can still see the strength of the elven civilization in the past.
Through dark vision, Wayne discovered that there were four gates connecting to other places in the hall where Toluvel and others lived.
In addition to the huge arch through which they entered, there was another stone door that had been sealed by stones and mud. The other two were guarded by dwarves and elves holding weapons and torches, obviously to guard against attacks by monsters. .
However, Wayne has already taken on Misha's missing person mission today. Even if he takes on the elves' ruins mission again, he won't get any rewards.
Therefore, he just casually observed in the hall and said to Toluvel:
"I can help you clean up this ruins, Toluvel."
"But it is already very late now, we demon hunters Before fighting monsters,
you must be fully prepared." "So, please help me find a quieter place so that I can prepare for the battle." "
When I meet up with my companions tomorrow, After we have negotiated the remuneration issue, we will start your commission."
(End of Chapter)