That's a fake elf

Under the scorching sun, the shadows of the trees on both sides of the forest path left dark shadows on the road.

The cicadas in the forest seemed to be tireless and were still making noisy calls, making the guards who were already sweating due to the hot weather even more upset.

As a gust of breeze blew by, the branches beside the road began to tremble, and the shadows on the ground also spread their teeth and claws.

Suddenly, the traveling caravan stopped.

"Why stop?"

Seeing the ice-cold wine spilled on his clothes, Sinai in the carriage opened the door angrily and questioned the guard commander.

"The road ahead is blocked by a fallen tree." The guard commander trotted to Sinai's carriage on horseback. Looking at the wine stains on his gorgeous clothes, there was an imperceptible sarcasm in his eyes.

"The tree fell? Then move them away quickly, don't waste my precious time." Looking at the towering trees on both sides of the road, Sinai had a doubt in his heart.

It stands to reason that these trees are deeply rooted in the ground. How could they fall down for no reason? This is a bit unreasonable.

"I had them towed away."

"No, you go in person. I want to see the team leave here in the shortest possible time. Otherwise, you will have to wait to be sent by the Duke to the Zhuode Grassland to fight the barbarians after you return."

Seeing that the guard commander seemed to be still treating him openly and secretly because of the druid thing, Sinai suddenly roared angrily.

"Yes."

Although he felt a little resentful that this businessman was dictating to him, he could only endure it when he thought that this was the merchant working for Grand Duke Remiel of Vastia.

"You, you, you, and all of you, come with me!"

"Yes."

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The guards who were working hard because of the hot weather suddenly changed their expressions after seeing the expressionless guard commander, and looked like they were working with all their strength.

Seeing these guards who were passive and slow in their work before, but now they are working hard in front of him, as if they are working seriously, the guard commander is also furious.

"You still dare to be lazy, don't you want to join the guard? Just tell me if you don't want to join. I can tell Master Sinai after I go back that you feel too tired under him and want to go to the front line to fight the barbarians in the north. "

The suffocation he received from Sinai was instantly vented on these subordinates.

Upon hearing this, the guards immediately used all their strength to drag the oak tree more than ten meters high.

The barbarians mentioned by the guard commander are the nomadic tribes on the Zhuode grassland in the north. They do not engage in production and live in pursuit of water and grass. Every year they go south to plunder.

The Kingdom of Peliano, the Kingdom of Griffin, and the Kingdom of Hrest will all be invaded, and even southern kingdoms like Vastia will be affected.

Only the Principality of Fanasil in the Moonsong Forest in the east and the Shasha Empire in the southern desert could remain unscathed.

In order to weaken the power of the nomadic cavalry in the north and reduce the increasing number of noble knights and mercenaries in the country, kingdoms on several continents selected so-called pioneer knights and lords to go to the north to fight the nomadic tribes.

Those who went to the northern Zhuode grassland, unless they established castles and bases, would never get any support from the kingdom. Therefore, most of them lived a very difficult life, not even having wine or women.

In the eyes of mercenaries and soldiers, a place without wine and women is simply hell.

"Do you feel that this big tree is getting heavier?" A guard who was so tired that he didn't drag the giant tree for a long time asked his companions beside him, sweating profusely.

"It seems to be a little bit."

"Wait, why did this tree move on its own?"

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Leon, who was hiding in the forest with everyone, saw the guards all dismounted and took off their leather armor and equipment one by one. They were sweating profusely from trying to move the giant tree, and a mocking smile appeared on his face.

He called Phil and Ellie to bring these big trees to the ground deliberately, in order to force all the light cavalry to dismount and carry them.

You must know that he and the people around him walk on two legs. If these light cavalry are allowed to mount their horses and run away, it will be difficult to catch up.

"The time has come, let's do it."

"Are you kidding? Can we do it with just a few of us? They are all professional mercenaries who have retired from the army. None of them are lower than us. There are seventy or eighty of them!"

Neither Heliste nor Gao Shun spoke, but Ellie's eyes widened in disbelief.

"Do you think I asked you to blow down the big tree on the road just to block the road? Just watch carefully."

After saying that, Leon waved the "Senan's Staff" in his hand, and a large amount of mana was transformed into surging vitality through magic, and poured into the dozen huge oak trees.

After being stimulated by a large amount of vitality, more than a dozen giant trees emitted green light, transformed into huge tree men, and launched an attack on the mercenaries.

The guards who were caught off guard did not expect that the giant tree that had fallen to the ground would suddenly turn into a tree man. They didn't even have time to put on their equipment, and they were all in a mess.

Some people were in panic and were trampled to pulp by the tree people. Some people tried to pierce the tree people's bodies with swords and spears, but in the end they were in vain and were slapped to the sky.

Seeing the dozen huge tree men marching towards them, the riders finally obeyed their inner fears, cut the ropes tied to the tree men, and mounted their horses to escape.

"Don't run, don't even run, protect the carriage and cargo... I told you not to run!"

The guard commander, who was a heavy cavalryman, slashed away the rider who was trying to escape on horseback with one sword, with a look on his face that he wanted to devour.

"Fuck you, why don't you run and wait to die?" A rider who had taken away his horse and weapons and was about to escape angrily said to the guard commander.

But the next second, his head was pierced by an arrow, and he flew away from the horse and fell to the ground.

Sinai, who was hiding in the carriage, saw this scene and collapsed to the ground in fear, with yellow liquid flowing out of his trouser legs.

Some smart guards discovered that the archers in the forest seemed to only shoot at those who escaped from their horses. They immediately picked up the shields and spears on the ground and fled towards the forest.

In their opinion, the tree people were huge but moved slowly. As long as they entered the dense forest, they would be completely safe if their bodies were hindered.

But before they could rush into the forest, a figure in black tights appeared behind them, neatly wiped their necks with a dagger, and then disappeared into the shadows.

This scene made the guard who originally wanted to run into the forest be so frightened that he never dared to go near the woods again.

At this time, there were tree men in front and mysterious archers and assassins ambushing them behind. The entire escort team suddenly fell into panic.

With no way to retreat, the guards could only choose to obey the guard commander's words and surrounded the carriage with weapons.