Chaos Crown

Chapter 160, The Way of the Elves (Second update!)

The race of elves can be said to be favored by many people. Even the remote elf subspecies like snow elves can live up to 750 years old, and it is not a problem for the powerful to live to more than 900 years old.

The body of the elves will not age, that is, although they will die, their bodies will not appear old and weak. After each elf is 600 years old, there will be some other signs that show that they are beginning to grow old, such as hair The color changes, they can no longer rest through meditation, they are more eager to return to the kingdom of Avandor, or there are obvious changes in the pupils of the eyes, but they will not decline in energy, limbs, and organs like humans, even if the elves are already in When they were dying, their appearance was at best that of a human in their 30s, and they were still very energetic.

Many long-lived species will feel tired of the long life, but the children created by Corellon, the king of elves, do not feel so. For them, every contact with the natural world is a novel experience, so they can use it every day A sunrise is a pleasure, listening to the songs of the birds as if I saw it for the first time, and feeling the morning dew falling on my feet.

For elves, there is always something new to learn, new forest paths to explore, and new friends to spend years with.And when friends separate, go on a journey or engage in a long-term job, after reunion, there will be a period of running-in to rebuild friendship.

Elves almost never know the meaning of boredom—they view their life experience as a necessity as much as eating.

"What you love is your life."

—Famous quote from an Elven Empire merchant who was assassinated by a drow assassin
Because of their long lifespan + love of life + sufficient energy, elves always have plenty of time to learn every skill in life. Compared with humans, elves grow at the same speed as humans before the age of 15, and when they reach After the age of 15, humans at the age of 18 will be considered adults, while elves will not fully grow their body organs until they are around 25 years old.

Even so, an elf at the age of 25 will not be considered an adult. The age at which an elf is truly recognized as an adult by an elf society is - 100 years old. An elf is not truly considered to have come of age until skill and artistry have been achieved.

Visual art is the favorite art of elves, and the love for beautiful things is rooted in the heart of every elf.

Aaron took advantage of this.

So, to sum up, with a long lifespan, love of life, and everyone mastering almost all the necessary life skills, the elves advocate freedom very much. Although they live in the elf community, for them, personal The needs are undoubtedly higher than the needs of the group. They value self-expression and their own freedom, and regard it as the bottom line that they are not allowed to challenge.

"You anthropologists once asked us elves a question, that is, 'freedom' is precious, but compared with life, we are willing to sacrifice freedom." Evanna folded her arms, and the snow elf sister seemed to think that she had finally found a place worth communicating with. She said in a very contemptuous tone: "But you humans almost never think about this problem, that is, a person without 'freedom', you would expect your life to be guaranteed?"

"We elves understood this truth very early on, that is, when a person needs to choose between 'freedom' and 'life', they actually have no choice at all."

Evanna's words made Aaron and Eleanor nod subconsciously. These words are in line with Su Lun's teachings, and the Silver Virgin also taught his followers in this way.

The opposite is Bane.

"Tsk, when you are not free, there is a high probability that you will not have life." Disma held the grass seeds in his mouth, and the second senior shook his head nonchalantly: "If the price of living is losing freedom, then I would rather die, I hate a pair of self-proclaimed noble hands pressing my head and telling me that this is all for my own good, because it means that my life is no longer my own, just a slave."

"That's right, you humans always hope to create a Leviathan to protect you, but in the end the Leviathan will deteriorate, and in turn become a symbol of the devil restricting your freedom and encroaching on your privacy." Leierta also said: " And this is what we elves try to avoid, so we have so many subspecies, so many kingdoms..."

The brothers and sisters of the snow elves said that the elves are not without kings, leaders, or kingdoms, but the elves' natural yearning for freedom and individualism are incompatible with centralized power. The elves' leaders may be elected, passed down by blood, or It was a member who demonstrated his powerful ability in the war, or came to solve a major crisis.

As far as elves are concerned, they generally do not object to people who become community leaders through various means, but they are not obliged to force the "minority to obey the majority" to be forced to accept the leader's management. They can choose to stay or leave .

Therefore, when the elves' community expands to a certain scale, similar problems will appear in almost all communities - the competition for leadership and the differences in community development. At this time, the elves will not be forced to obey a small number of factions Mostly, they will leave the community with a candidate who fits their ideas, find a new community, and establish a new settlement.

Therefore, the race of elves will always be divided. Only by constantly splitting can they maintain the greatest combat effectiveness and the most passionate enthusiasm for life. But if they make any attempt to build a centralized empire, the answer is a pile of replies.

The five crown wars are elves trying to build a multi-dimensional empire. The result is that the sky is full of stars, and the gathering is a lump of flying. Several kingdoms have been fighting each other for years. Countless elves have died, but they can’t reach an agreement, and they are unwilling to fight each other. compromise.

The elf archmages even tried to work together to release a high-level super-ring magic link Avanduo, and the result was the same reason that the country was torn apart.

From the snow elves, Aaron is learning about the living habits and culture of elves. He couldn't help but glance at Eleanor with interest. Miss Priest is also a half-elf, but she doesn't have such an obvious tendency to freedom.

"I have lived in a half-elf community since I was a child, Aaron, and... after that incident, I came to live in the church of our Lord." Seeing Aaron looking at herself with teasing eyes, Eleanor couldn't help it Justified: "I will not be like what they said, as long as I feel that there is a disagreement, I will leave."

"Hehe~ This is just the characteristic of our elves. We never asked you humans to be like us. The lifespan of your humans is too short. You can't master all the necessary skills of life before the age of 100 like our elves. , and can’t have enough time to think and learn like us, maybe it’s a good thing for you to find a great shepherd and leader, you need a guide.” Evanna said in a contemptuous tone.

Her meaning is very simple, that is, you just need to be low-level reptiles, and don't touch our high-level civilization.

Her arrogant attitude made almost everyone in the team frown.

As mentioned earlier, because of the extremely cruel living environment of the snow elves, they tend to mix in the camp.

They always like to provoke each other, and by provoking each other, they can kill on the grounds of "you have a way to die".

Aaron thought to himself who is the real advanced civilization?
He moved a little bit to subdue these two snow elf archers.

But before subduing these two snow elf archers, he had to find a way to shake their hearts and let them know the power of chaos.

So arrogant and rude, it's time to teach you a lesson!

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During the rest of the journey, Aaron didn’t bring up any topics. The only thing that made him feel a little uncomfortable was that although Eleanor shared the bed with him, she didn’t want to make out with him. very strict.

A few days later, Evening Star arrived.

At this time, a large number of troops have gathered around Evening Star Town. At the end of winter in early February, a large number of camps have been built outside the town, and gray-green tents are connected from here to far. At the corner of the mountains.

The Arabel Restoration Army is gathering!
In addition to Ms. Raul's main army and the many adventurers recruited, the assembled army also includes various forces of various religions and nine streams, many famous alien races, wizard groups from Waterdeep City and other places, and various mysterious organizations such as the Harper Alliance , Emerald Garden, Waterdeep Mages Guild, Cormyr War Mages Guild, Knights of the Three Gods of Justice, Lathander Dawn Knights.

It is even said that Ms. Lauer invited Searle's red robe, because everyone opposed it.

Many knights from the Purple Dragon Knights were also invited to form a knight force.

Of course, Ms. Millman-Raul’s Falcon Legion and Phoenix Legion are the most elite. Both legions have only 500 members. The former is trained from Cormyr locals and Arabel refugees. Wearing iron-inlaid leather armor, equipped with a shield, short sword, helmet and hand crossbow.

All members of the Falcon Legion are apprentice-level professionals. Most of them are fighters and trustworthy Cormyr local humans (there are also a small number of half-elves). They are ready.

Ms. Raul’s trump card, the Phoenix Legion, is the latest formation of her original legion after many recruitments and replacements. Every soldier in this legion has experienced wars, and many of them have experienced the loss of relatives in the Goblin War. The pain of friends, their hatred for orcs has surpassed everything, their purpose is only one, and that is revenge!
Financial resources from the major churches armed the soldiers of the Phoenix Legion to their teeth. Most of them were equipped with chain mail to half body armor, uniformly equipped with fine steel shields, iron helmets, refined weapons, and two companies Send heavy crossbow.

Thanks to the generosity of the Lucky Lady Timola Church, with the support of the Three Gods of Justice and the participation of the Lathander Church, there are dozens of hoplites wearing full-body fine plate armor, with only a pair of eyes exposed and arms covered Equipped with gauntlets of Uzi - the latest creation of dwarf artisan Foujal.

These super-heavy infantry are Ms. Raul's biggest hole card.

When Aaron arrived at the camp and showed Ms. Lauer's warrant, a lazy guy appeared immediately.

"Aaron! My good brother, you are finally here~"

The magician Samir of the Harper Alliance appeared from nowhere. He gave Aaron a big hug and said with a smile, "Oh, and Miss Eleanor! Welcome~ welcome! I thought you guys not coming!"

"Isn't it time yet?" Aaron hugged Samir, and he said with a smile: "Ms. Lauer said that it is enough to report before February 2th."

"Hey, that's not okay. I know you're coming, but I asked Ms. Lauer to ask for a house for you. If you don't come, the suite will be given to someone else!" Samir patted Aaron on the shoulder with a smile. One click: "Thank me!"

"Thank you." Aaron's eyes lit up, and he subconsciously glanced at Eleanor.

Eleanor patted Aaron lightly in embarrassment to say it later.

"Follow me." Samir, Disma, and Maximian all greeted each other, and looked at the Snow Elf brothers and sisters full of doubts. Say hello.

Embarrassingly, he stretched out his hand for a long time, but the two snow elves didn't shake hands with him, but just replied hello in Elvish language.

"I want to tell you that the camp is not peaceful recently, because many people have come, so there are various conflicts." Samir shrugged and said he didn't care, and he led a group of people towards the camp.

Aaron immediately noticed that a tall, handsome, dignified and elegant man in a high-end noble hunting coat was standing on the side of the road waiting for the quartermaster to register. The most striking thing about him was a pair of Luxurious eyes with metallic texture.

"Asimo people are the descendants of celestial beings and mortals." Samir said with a smile, "Don't mess with them, or Brahma angels may come down and kick your ass."

"The descendants of mortals and celestial beings? Interesting." Maximian glanced at Aaron, and his cousin clasped his hands together: "I think Aaron may have some common topics with him."

"I, forget it." Aaron shook his head again and again.

"Dwarves, dwarves, and a githzerai." Samir pointed in another direction, and said to several aliens who were arguing about the quality of the goods: "Oh, and a group of half-orcs came to the camp recently. , everyone is strong, challenging others everywhere, you better be careful."

"Half-orc? What kind of bastard dares to act wild in this kind of place?" The snow elf Leierta said contemptuously: "Don't think that bastard has nothing to do with one-eyed eyes. Let's see how I beat him down."

"Hey, don't tell me, these half-orcs don't seem to believe in one-eyed eyes, they seem to believe in something very new." Samir was still waiting to say something when he heard a loud noise not far away. roar.

"Who else???!!!"

"Okay, do you want to go and have a look?" Samir said helplessly.

"Why not?" Aaron became interested. He felt that the power of Khorne was stirring in his body.

"Ok."

A group of people came to a large arena in the middle of the camp, and saw a blood-red body, a tribal battle flag with a long blood sword pattern on his back, and a strong half-orc with a two-handed long knife roaring. He stretched his whole body His muscles and the brass-like luster flowing on the surface of his skin shocked the audience around him.

In front of him, a fire elemental fighter was being stepped on the ring with the soles of his feet, and he sank hard into it.

"Who else?" The half-orc continued to growl, and pointed his long knife around the auditorium: "Who, come to fight?"

Aaron's expression in the crowd became weird.

Orcs?
wait... this guy isn't...

Ok? ? ?
　The second update!The third update is estimated to be relatively late!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)