The Death List Novel - Chapter 383
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At the beginning of the migration, Grand Elder Edeline had synthesized everyone’s opinions and crossed the two tributaries of the Aran River in the forest. By the time they were about to leave the Jondar Forest, they had essentially bypassed the Albard Delta and appeared on the golden plains between the Alan and Naga rivers.
Originally, the migration team wanted to cross the Naga River and avoid the Jondas Kingdom’s sphere of influence, but the south bank of Naga belonged to another human kingdom, the Kingdom of Shaya.
The Kingdom of Shaya did not hate the elves as much as the Kingdom of Jondar did. However, the Kingdom of Shaya’s national strength was not comparable to the weakened Jondas. The territory of Shaya was even larger than Jondas and Seth Patz combined. It was the largest and strongest human kingdom in the southern part of the Ferren Continent. It could even be called an empire.
Such a large human empire might not be so petty and send out knights disguised as thieves to attack the migrating troops, but they would definitely not allow a thousand-man elven squad to freely cross the border.
As long as the Jondas Kingdom did not gather a large army to attack the migrating troops, then a small number of knights would not pose a threat to the migrating troops, but Shaya was different. In the plains, they only needed to send out a heavy armor legion to annihilate all the Moon Fairies.
Therefore, the proposal to cross the Naga River directly in the forest was rejected. The Moon Fairy migration team could only choose to cross the golden plains and cross the river at the southern end of the Naga River at the central border between Seth Patz and Jondas.
Although this route required crossing the entire golden plains without any dangers, it still had some advantages. Once they crossed the southern end of Lake Naga, they would be less than a hundred miles away from the Anke Forest. If necessary, they could use magic signals to request the Anke Fairy Court to send an escort team.
The location Qin Lun had pointed out on the map was the ferry at the southern end of Naga.
“Ferrar, the Naga Lake ferry is indeed a dangerous place, but the Grand Elder wants to ask you about the first place the team might be attacked.” Elistine said in disbelief, “The golden plains are unguarded. You don’t think humans will give up attacking here, do you?”
“That’s right, I do think humans will give up attacking us in the golden plains. They have no choice but to give up!” Qin Lun turned his head and rolled his eyes at the elven druid, but he didn’t explain anything, causing her to get angry.
However, Elistine soon discovered that although everyone in the tent was discussing quietly, no one had spoken against Qin Lun. High Elder Adrienne and High Priest Meron, who were leading the group, frowned and did not say a word.
“Ferrari, it’s been a long time since we’ve gone out. Logically speaking, it should be based on your opinion, but … do you really think the Jondas Kingdom has declined to this extent?” Menon and Edeline exchanged glances and asked suspiciously.
Qin Lun secretly praised the two old fellows in his heart. They were indeed old and mature, and their reactions were much faster than a little girl like Elistine’s. His earlier judgment had a hidden meaning, that was, the human attackers weren’t strong enough to break through the Moon Fairy Migration Team’s perimeter defenses, so they had no choice but to attack halfway through the southern tip of Naga.
Qin Lun pondered for a moment before replying cautiously for the first time, “I don’t think Jondas’s official forces will participate in this attack. Instead, they will choose another target. The ones who will really attack us should be human mercenaries, thieves, dark organizations, etc. But these attackers are all small teams and cannot pose a threat to our current defenses.”
A trace of admiration flashed through High Priest Menon’s eyes. His long white eyebrows rose slightly like those of an old man. He looked at Grand Elder Adrienne beside him, and both of them revealed meaningful smiles.
The other target Qin Lun was referring to was the Jondahl envoy led by Prince Kris. The envoy went to the Anke Forest to obtain the World Tree Seeds. The route of the envoy was the same as the Moon Fairy migration team. They also avoided Elbard and chose to cross the river at the southern end of Naga.
The Kingdom of Jondas had sent the knights to attack the Jondar elves not only for their wealth, but also for their political purposes. As the ruler of the Ferren Continent, the human kingdom was vigilant towards the elves of the great forests in the country. If the elves in the forest were to live in harmony with humans, it would be fine. If they were like Jondas and Jondal, they would definitely not be able to swallow.
Ferren’s human kingdom belonged to an agrarian society. If they wanted to make the country rich and the people strong, they could not do so without a stable surrounding environment. The elves, on the other hand, were different. As long as the forest existed for a day, they would not lack basic means of subsistence.
The Jondar Elves could not leave the forest for a long time and did not care about the Jondas Kingdom. However, the Jondas Kingdom needed to be vigilant against the possible attacks of the elves.
In fact, many of the human caravans that entered the Jondar Forest every year to seek trade were spies and scouts from the Kingdom of Jondas. Back then, when the Elbard human lords attacked the elven caravan, they had their tips.
Why did the human lords do everything they could to prevent the Demon Cup Royal Court from obtaining new World Tree seeds? Wasn’t it because they wanted to drive the elves out of Jondal Forest? Whether it was Anke Forest or Evergathering Island, as long as the elves left Jondar Forest, the human lords of Jondas Kingdom were willing to pay any price.
Currently, there were two teams of elves walking out of Jondar Forest. Prince Kris was leading an envoy to obtain the World Tree Seed. The other was the Moon Fairy Tribe that planned to migrate to Anke Forest.
The human lords of the Jondas Kingdom couldn’t wait for the Moon Fairies to leave the Jondar Forest. How could they send out a large army of knights to break up the migration of the Moon Fairies and block their return to Jondar? Therefore, only Prince Corus’ envoy team, not the Moon Fairy’s migration team, would be attacked by the regular knights.
However, this did not mean that the Moon Fairy’s migration team would not be attacked at all. Although the regular knights of the Jondas Kingdom would not attack them, some small bandit groups, dark organizations, and mercenary groups would swarm over.
The impoverished migration team did not have much wealth, but the handsome Moon Fairies, regardless of gender, age, or age, were themselves a kind of wealth. The prosperous city-states of Ferren Continent had a great demand for elven slaves, and a large number of rich humans and nobles were willing to spend a lot of money on beautiful moon elves.
Since the small group of human attackers were here to capture the Moon Fairy slaves, they naturally wouldn’t fight against the three floors of the inner and outer floors, shrinking into a hedgehog-like migration troop. They weren’t the kingdom’s knights that were armed to the teeth.
The golden plains were unguarded, both for the Moon Fairies and the attackers. The elven ranger’s archery was extremely accurate, and the magic of the elven mages was not something a small group of thieves could withstand.
Therefore, it was very likely that the Thieves would not launch an attack on the plains. Only during the river crossing period would the migration teams have to move in batches and release their defensive formations. Only then would they hear the wind and fight to the death.
Everyone in the tent quickly understood what Qin Lun meant and began to discuss. Suggestions were made for possible attacks on Lake Naga.
For example, someone suggested setting up a trap to lure some thieves over and eliminate some enemies ahead of time. Some people suggested that when crossing the river, they should take the initiative to send rangers to engage the enemy and cover up the large army. Others suggested leaving behind high-level mages and priests to work together to create magic swamps to stop the attackers.
However, everyone knew very well that no matter what kind of proposal they made, once they were hit halfway through, losses would inevitably be incurred.
“Let’s call it a day. Everyone, go back and prepare!” Grand Elder Edeline pinched her nose and waved her hand in exhaustion.
Everyone in the tent bid farewell and left one after another. Only Qin Lun remained seated with his eyes closed. He had no intention of moving at all.
“Ferrar!” Elistine quietly pulled him twice without moving his eyes. He immediately rolled his eyes and knew that he still had something to say to Adrienne and Menon. He also imitated the young man’s appearance, observing his nose and heart as if he was meditating.
Soon, only Adrienne, Menon, and Qin Lun remained in the tent.
“Ferrari, do you still have something to say?” Adrienne and Menon looked at the young man and asked doubtfully.
Actually, the two of them had discussed it countless times in private before the meeting. However, the conclusion of each meeting was the same as now, and there was no better way. The barrier at the Naga Lake ferry was about to become a problem for the two old men.
“Elders, have you ever thought of dismantling the current defensive formation and turning the entire migration team into a loose snake formation, splitting the Rangers, Hunters, and even the mages and druids into equal parts?” Qin Lun’s eyes flashed as he slowly said.
There were three levels of the Moon Fairies, rangers and hunters on the periphery, elven cavalry on the middle level, elderly women and children on the inner level, and large horned deer caravans. It was an oval-shaped defensive formation with a certain degree of elasticity. It could be considered a very good defensive formation.
“How can this be? Dismantle the defensive formation. The human attackers won’t have to wait for the Naga Lake ferry to arrive. They will launch attacks one after another on the golden plains. The losses will only be greater.” Grand Elder Adrian looked at Qin Lun in surprise and shook his head repeatedly.
“Adrienne, let’s hear what Ferrari says first.” High Priest Menon frowned slightly and did not reject Qin Lun’s suggestion.
“The Hydra Formation is indeed more vulnerable to attacks, and the losses are greater than now. However, the attackers will also pay a high price. We are different from humans. Even elderly women and children have a certain amount of strength. Even if we only have bone arrows in our hands, we can still cause a large number of casualties to the Thieves.” Qin Lun said with a smile.
“But our goal is not to kill human thieves, but to give more elites the flexibility to enter the Anke Forest.” Elistine couldn’t help but interrupt.
“Yes, in order to allow more elites to migrate to Anke Forest flexibly!” Qin Lun narrowed his eyes and whispered, “Elders, have you forgotten that we are only the first tribes to migrate? There are more than 4,000 Moon Fairy compatriots behind us!”
“The current defensive formation may have allowed us to avoid losses in the golden plains, but it also forced the small group of attackers to unite and gather together to attack halfway across Lake Naga. At that time, we were not sure how much damage we suffered, but the casualties of the attackers were destined to be small.
As for the Thieves who had tasted the sweetness, they would definitely not let it go. They would only bring more pressure to the Moon Fairy Tribe that had migrated later. “Obviously, at that time, they will attract more and more greedy human thieves and dark organizations, and they will even become organized hunting teams because of this cooperation …”
“Stop talking, Ferrari, you and Elistine should leave first. Elder Adrian and I need to discuss this!” High Priest Menon looked deeply at Qin Lun and waved his hand to interrupt him.