Heart of the Castle

Chapter 331 The Spirit's Courage and Hiko's Discovery

Li Wei is definitely not a greedy person, but after hearing Si'er's words, his heart still skipped a beat. "Four... knight," the young lord found his voice after a few seconds, "Remember just now, you said that the little elf was never willing to lose his freedom, and even surrendered to me superficially in exchange for being here The right to live here is also not willing." He tapped the top cover of the box with his fingers in doubt, "This wealth is enough for you to exchange for a large piece of fertile land from any lord, instead of an abandoned mine pit, why are you now instead Would you like to give it to me?"

"This is not the same, Your Excellency." Si'er said to Li Wei seriously: "Just now you were the lord of the Arthur Kingdom, and I was the leader of the free little elf tribe; now you are the lord, and I am a vassal. Free The leader of the goblin tribe cannot bow to the lord of the Arthur Kingdom, because that would make him lose his precious freedom, but the vassals must pay taxes to the lord, because this is his duty."

Then he picked up a mithril bar from the box, with a mixed expression of sentimentality and contempt on his face, "I know this is very valuable in the human world, but little elves can't buy anything with this." Si'er's mouth It seemed as if he was chewing on the bitter memories that were hard to swallow, "If the little monster takes this out, it will only attract countless greedy robbers, and even bang bang bang can't curb their greed."

Li Wei nodded. He had to agree with Si'er. In fact, it is impossible for most human beings to understand the difference between goblins and goblins, and the high value of these mithril and silver is enough to make many people who are not strong enough People are tempted. "Now you don't have to worry, Four Knights." Li Wei assured him: "You now belong to the knights who swear allegiance to the Griffin Banner. This is your knight fief, and your wealth and territory are also subject to the laws of the kingdom." You can keep these mithril and silver, because this abandoned mine pit is not of such high value."

Si'er's answer was to shrug his shoulders easily, "Your Excellency, no matter it's mithril or silver, it's worth nothing to little monsters." His fingers tapped on the mithril bar, making a crisp and sweet sound, "This thing is softer than fine steel, and it's light. It can't be used as a weapon. If it's made into armor, it's too heavy for small spirits. The only reason I decided to collect them instead of throwing them away as garbage , just because they are afraid that they will attract greedy eyes."

"Those misers should really listen to you, Knight Four." Li Wei pondered for a moment, and replied, "Okay, I accept these things, but as compensation for the value, I will ship you a batch Food and daily necessities, what do little monsters like to eat?"

"Ah, that's a lot." Si'er turned around two times happily, "Little spirits are not picky eaters, wild fruits on trees, fish in rivers, wild vegetables on the ground and small animals, we eat everything, what? Nothing is wasted." He closed his eyes and recalled, "But when it comes to favorites, it should still be spirits, which can make our thinking more active and make greater inventions and creations! Your Excellency, we Want strong wine, the stronger the better."

"It's actually strong wine..." Li Wei smiled wryly at this unexpected request. There was a lot of waste in his territory, especially the cultivated land was looted by demons and wars, and the barrenness was very serious.In order to prevent a shortage of food supply, he specially announced a ban on alcohol to all villages, farms, and manors in the territory. It is strictly forbidden to use food to brew spirits. Only bran and wheat bran can be used to brew poor-quality light beer, or—— Villages with vineyards - where wine can be made.

Fortunately, the prohibition of alcohol did not affect the heart of the castle. The spirits stored there are still quite considerable. Li Wei nodded in agreement with Si'er's request, and immediately made the leader of the little monster go around happily.

"What a good human lord, the little elf is willing to serve such a good human lord." Si'er grinned and said with a smile on his face, "The little elf learned a lot when he was in the Tower of Secret Rhymes. Is there no place that needs little monsters?"

"What do you know?" Levi asked.

"That's a lot." Si'er replied quite proudly, "Forging, planting, compounding potions, and alchemy, little monsters are good at it."

Seeing the dubious expression on Li Wei's face, Si'er showed hurt eyes, "Your Excellency, don't you believe in the power of small spirits?" He waved his hand vigorously, "Then follow Si'er, Si'er will let the Lord Your Excellency, take a look at the skills of the little ghost."

While they were talking, they left this secret warehouse. When their footsteps gradually disappeared into the tunnel, those little spirits in ragged clothes and expressionless faces gathered silently and hid in the shadows again.

Li Wei's gaze failed to catch their traces, but they could not escape the sight of the probing technique. "The defense here is really tight." Li Wei sighed and said to Si'er: "But those little monsters, I mean, unarmed little monsters, can they protect the safety of the secret warehouse?"

"Better than those tin cans under your command." Si'er replied very confidently, "They will use their lives to defend the warehouse, or everything the tribe needs them to defend."

"A warrior among the little monsters?" Li Wei didn't feel offended by Si'er's tone, because he already knew the straightforward character of the leader of the little monsters, and he didn't think he was talking nonsense. "Why don't they have one of those homemade muskets... I mean, the kind of weapon every goblin has?"

"Oh, you mean this." Si'er pulled out a delicate and small iron cylinder from behind him, and handed it to Li Wei, "Every little monster has this weapon, we call it Thunderclap Crack!"

Li Wei needed to take a deep breath to suppress the sudden smile: "Good name, very vivid." He bit his tongue and praised, "But these weapons don't seem to be so..." The young lord paused , thinking about whether saying this would hurt the self-esteem of the leader of the goblins, "...safe and reliable."

"That's right," Si'er took back the iron cylinder sadly, "It turned out not to be like this, when we were in the Tower of Secret Rhymes." He complained, "The master magician will only let the little elves do this, let the little elves do it." That, but don’t let the little spirit monsters get in touch with the most critical formula of Honghonghong, the little spirit monster’s own configuration of Honghonghong is a bit unsafe.”

Li Wei thought of the little ghost screaming in the black smoke when the fire was fired just now, and nodded very vigorously in agreement.

"So in order to protect themselves, the little monsters can only invent a safer and more reliable weapon than this." Si'er explained, "A weapon that only the bravest and fearless warriors in the tribe can use."

Li Wei carefully recalled the appearance of those little ghost warriors, but he didn't find anything that looked like a weapon. "Fourth Knight, what kind of weapon are you talking about?" He asked curiously.

"Didn't you see it? It's the big package that the warriors are carrying on their backs. It's full of booms!" Si'er replied, "It was invented by a hero in the tribe. I remember his name was Tally, and in honor of his invention and sacrifice, these tribal warriors were named Tally Squad."

Cold sweat slid across Li Wei's forehead, and the young lord didn't know what to say for a moment.What Si'er said just now, "Defend with life", he thought it was an exaggerated rhetoric, just like what many knights said when they accepted the task.However, what he didn't expect was that these little spirits were actually planning to use their lives as weapons to defend their tribe.

"For the sake of freedom and the interests of the tribe, every little monster, including me, has no fear of life and death, so..." Si'er smiled meaningfully, "The Miyun tribe has come all the way, and the evil lord's greedy black hands are ahead , behind us are the pursuers sent by the evil mage, we were able to come here with courage and sacrifice."

Li Wei listened in awe. Although Si'er was only half the height of a human, his courage was no less than any human knight. "You are a true knight." The young lord said solemnly. "I should give you a real knight's manor, not this desolate abandoned mine."

"Small elves don't need a big manor, this abandoned mine is very suitable for them." Si'er replied with a smile, "Your Excellency, as long as you allow the little elves to hunt and pick fruits freely nearby, that's enough."

Li Wei was about to answer, but his steps suddenly stopped, because a stone-like voice suddenly sounded in his ear.

"Please wait a moment, Your Excellency the Contractor, in that direction, I sense my fragments!"

This is the voice of the alchemy giant Xiang Yan!
Li Wei looked in the direction indicated by Yan, and saw a passage winding and extending straight into the depths of the darkness. Even the scope of the probing technique was far from being able to detect the distance. "Four knights, where does that hole lead to?" Levi asked, pointing to the passage.

Si'er hesitated for a moment, "Your Excellency, that's...well, it's okay to tell you, it's the nursery for little elves."

"Nursery?" Li Wei was stunned by the unexpected answer, "Little ghost?"

"Can't little spirits have a nursery?" Si'er replied angrily, "Your Excellency, you can't tell the male and female of little spirits, right? Whoever brought you to see me just now, But the famous beauty of the Miyun tribe!"

"What? A big beauty?" Li Wei opened his mouth wide, "Is there any difference? I see that all the little elves... are about the same in size."

"What! You human beings look about the same!" Si'er jumped up and said, "For example, your lord, you and that tin can, if you don't wear different clothes, it would be hard for me to recognize them."

"This... I apologize." Li Wei replied with a wry smile. It seems that it is really not easy for races to find the differences between each other's individuals. "By the way, Four Knights, since that's your nursery over there, then... will there be something different? For example, some obsidian fragments?"

"Shards of obsidian?" Si'er blinked his eyes and replied, "There are no fragments in the nursery, but..." The leader of the little elves said in a low voice, "Your Excellency, there is an artifact there!"

(End of this chapter)