Wizard Immortal

Chapter 267 Smuggling

In the dense forest, there is a rough, simple path.

A group of people were walking along the path.

This is a very complex group, including not only elves, but also orcs and humans, and even rare half-elves.

Adir and Balana were walking among them, but they were both wearing black robes and walking silently, so they didn't look too conspicuous.

Walking along the road, looking at the long road in the distance, Adir's face was calm as he quietly followed the few elf guides leading the way.

This is a small smuggling group, and it's the route that Balana found for Adir.

The elves are extremely xenophobic; with the exception of a very few, very few people are allowed to enter the true territory of the elves.

As for the cities surrounding the Silver Mist Forest, they were merely built by the Elven race for trade purposes and are not part of the Elven race's core territory.

Few people are qualified to enter the Silvermist Forest, so over time, people naturally start to think of other ideas, such as smuggling themselves in.

Apart from the few elves leading the way, everyone else in the group in front of them was an illegal immigrant.

These stowaways had different purposes, but the most important one was to secretly establish trade relations with some elven tribes.

In addition to the supreme royal court and a few great nobles, there are actually countless small elven tribes among the elves.

These small tribes are usually oppressed by the elven nobles who are directly under their command. The vast majority of the tribes' output is collected by the nobles at extremely low prices, transported to the few cities for trade, and then sold at extremely high prices to merchants who come here to do business.

In this process, the nobles naturally made a fortune, but the oppressed small tribes did not have an easy time. Over time, some small tribes secretly established contact with stowaways, bypassing the elven nobles and selling their own products.

Although this method often results in prices being heavily discounted by outside merchants and involves significant risks, the profits are undoubtedly much higher. Therefore, many small tribes secretly do this.

Besides merchants who wanted to secretly establish trading posts, another major group involved in smuggling was the slave-hunting groups supported by nobles.

In the Silver Mist Forest, elves are naturally worthless, but in the human world, elves are symbols of beauty and are all considered valuable.

If you're lucky enough to capture a few elven nobles whose ancestors had royal blood, you'll be rolling in money. Wizards who want to conduct related experiments will buy them with magic stones.

Thinking of this, Adir slightly raised his head, glancing to the side out of the corner of his eye.

According to the Moon Elf's keen senses, several people were following Adir at a distance, carrying a strong life force; they were mostly apprentice knights.

At the center of the seven or eight apprentice knights, there were two beings with the strongest vitality. At this moment, they looked like ordinary people, but their temperament was very cold and their aura was very strong.

Both of them are knight-level beings. Although they are not considered strong among knights, some details show that they are true warriors who have experienced countless battles.

Without a doubt, this group is very likely a slave-catching gang. Judging from the fact that all the members are apprentice knights, they must have a powerful background, possibly with connections to a noble family.

Adir did not want to delve into this matter.

Given his current strength and status in the Black Wizard Alliance, if he were willing to negotiate with the elves personally, entering the Silvermist Forest through legitimate means would not be difficult.

However, in that case, he would inevitably attract the attention of many people. At the very least, as an elder of the Black Wizard Alliance, he would be extremely prominent as he walked, and might even be received by several elven nobles.

But doing so would not only be against Adir's character, but it might also be detrimental to the purpose of his visit.

"Let's go in and check on the current situation of the elves before deciding on our next course of action."

As he walked along the road, looking at the lush vegetation in the distance, this thought flashed through Adir's mind.

Logically speaking, the complete version of the Moon Goddess's Sacrifice, as a high-level meditation method exclusive to the Moon Elves, is most likely in the hands of the Elven Royal Court.

However, the situation of the elves is also quite complicated now.

Before coming here, Adir had visited some wizards who knew about the Elven race and had a rough understanding of their current situation.

Hundreds of years ago, the Elven royal court had already begun to decline. It is said that not only was the power of the lower elves constantly being usurped by several high-ranking elven nobles, but even the bloodline of their descendants was said to be much weaker than before, thus their power continued to decline.

Although the Elven Royal Court nominally still rules over all elves, in reality, the power of the various noble families is no less than that of the Royal Court; they are merely nominally subservient.

To obtain the elven heritage under such complex circumstances, a thorough understanding of the situation is necessary.

After walking for a while, birds gradually flew through the woods in the distance, bringing with them a burst of birdsong.

"Who!!" A startled cry suddenly came from ahead.

A figure flashed past among the grass and trees, causing the elf leading the way to change his expression drastically and shout out.

They exchanged a glance, then simultaneously drew their elven longswords from their waists and walked slowly forward with sharp eyes.

"Nobody here?"

Upon arriving at their destination, looking at the spacious, empty room, they were both puzzled and relieved: "It must have been some kind of wild beast..."

Behind them, at this moment, Adir raised his head and looked in a certain direction in the distance.

In his mental perception, several figures were running wildly in the distance, and at a very fast speed.

"There are five in total, and they are all true knights..."

Standing there, he gazed into the distance and murmured to himself.

"What's wrong?"

From the side, Balana's concerned voice rang out.

She looked at Adir's face and asked with some concern.

"It's nothing."

Shaking his head, Adir didn't say anything more, but he had already prepared himself to leave.

The area in front of them was already within the territory of the Elven race. At such close range, the sudden appearance of several knights fleeing in a disheveled state did not seem like anything good.

Since those few were fleeing, it means there must be someone chasing them nearby, and their strength is likely even greater than that of the knights.

Thinking of this, Adir shook his head inwardly, glanced at the team in front of him and Balana who looked somewhat bewildered beside him, and said nothing more.

After the previous incident, they encountered no further problems and arrived at the next camp smoothly before nightfall.

There were several simple wooden huts, and behind them were piles of dried firewood, making the place look somewhat like a logging camp.

Upon arriving here, the elf guides who had led the way spontaneously started a fire to cook soup, while others took a nearly rusty wood-chopping axe and walked to the side, seemingly preparing to chop some firewood for the next time.

Soon, a bowl of steaming hot soup was served, with some wild vegetables and breadcrumbs added. It tasted pretty good.

As night fell, outside a few relatively large wooden houses, Adir sat alone on a white stone, quietly watching the moon in the sky.

The bright moon hung high in the sky, casting strands of silvery moonlight that shone on Adir, casting a long shadow.

The low chirping of insects often came from the nearby grass and trees, and occasionally the low howl of wild animals.

Sitting on the white stone, Adir even saw several wolves pass by, each over a meter tall, with a sinister glint in their eyes.

Upon seeing Adir, the beasts did not approach him on their own. Instead, as if sensing something, they all left Adir's vicinity on their own.

"You're out too."

Sitting on the stone, at a certain moment, Adir opened his eyes and spoke without turning his head.

Behind him, a girl dressed in a black robe stood, seemingly unconcerned by his words: "Your senses are still so sharp."

"Aren't you going to rest?"

Adir looked at Balana and said, "I'll be fine here."

"I don't want to live with that stinky bunch of people."

Seemingly a little bored, Barana countered with, "What happened to the orc who kept watch with you before?"

"I hypnotized them and sent them to other people."

Adir remained expressionless and spoke calmly.

Under the silvery moonlight, his appearance changed somewhat.

In order to avoid attracting attention, he had altered his appearance by using the jade mark on his body to make himself look like an ordinary human.

Now, his appearance has returned to what it was before.

His black hair was loose, and his appearance was extremely handsome. His pure eyes were looking at the bright moon in the sky. A calm and peaceful aura gradually emanated from his body, which made Balana, who was standing next to him, stunned.

However, she quickly realized what was happening and looked at Adir in front of her, and couldn't help but sigh: "You don't look like a half-elf at all, but more like an elven noble with noble blood."

She looked at Adir's handsome and delicate face, and his slightly pointed ears, and sighed with some envy.

"Perhaps."

Adir remained noncommittal and said nothing in response to her words.

Strictly speaking, after converting to moon elf blood, he is no longer a half-elf, but a pure-blooded elf, and his appearance has changed drastically as well.

The characteristics of the elves became much more pronounced, even under the suppression of the emerald mark. They looked different from ordinary people, and were almost too handsome.

However, Adir didn't care about this.

Seemingly sensing something, he silently stood up, looked in a certain direction in the distance, and remained silent.

Meanwhile, in several wooden houses in the distance, an accident is also taking place.

(End of this chapter)