The next day, under the scorching sun.
A caravan appeared on the east side of the Dark Forest.
There were dozens of black-armored knights riding warhorses in front and behind the caravan. At the same time, a few luxurious carriages were emitting dense magic fluctuations. They came from human mages.
The flag of this caravan was embroidered with a golden Bauhinia.
"Head Commander Conrad, our lady would like to see you!”
The petite maid lowered her head, not daring to look up at the knight sitting on the back of the warhorse.
"Pay attention!"
Conrad roared.
He was a middle-aged man with a full beard. He wore a black heavy armor and a knight's sword at his waist. He was tall and muscular.
Hearing his words, the surrounding knights did not dare to be careless because this was the dangerous Dark Forest.
Conrad rode his warhorse to a carriage.
"Miss Nicola, what's the matter?”
The curtain next to the carriage was pulled open by the person inside, revealing a very beautiful young girl's face.
"Honorable Head Commander Conrad, I just want to ask, how long will it take for us to reach the territory of the nature elves?"”
" If nothing goes wrong," Conrad said," we'll reach our destination in three hours at most.”
"I can't wait to enter the territory of the nature elves. Their home is the most beautiful place in the entire Holy Continent," Nicola said with anticipation.”
Conrad shrugged.
He was a Retribution Paladin, and he was only interested in battle and the sword in his hand.
" Commander Conrad," Nicola suddenly asked softly," is the news of the unicorn appearing in the Dark Forest reliable?"”
" A mercenary saw the unicorns enter the Dark Forest with his own eyes," Conrad said." The Marquis sent me to follow the caravan to capture them.”
"Legend has it that unicorns are the partners of the nature elves," said Nicola."If we capture those unicorns, it will definitely cause dissatisfaction among the nature elves.”
"Miss Nicola, you don't have to worry.”
" The nature elves have lost their former glory," Conrad said with a faint smile." Even their elven king and many elven elders disappeared mysteriously a year ago. The current nature elves no longer had the ability to protect themselves. Perhaps it would not be long before this race would be completely extinct.”
" The elves are a very beautiful and kind race," Nicola said sadly." It would be a pity if they went extinct.”
Conrad pursed his lips.
In his eyes, no matter how beautiful an item was, it could not compare to a high-grade knight's sword.
Nature elves?
They were destined to disappear in the long river of time and become the history of the Holy Continent.
"Miss Nicola, enjoy your life in the elven territory for the next two days," said Conrad."This might be our last deal with the nature elves.”
"Why do you say that, Commander Conrad?" asked Nicola, puzzled.”
"I received news that there's a powerful mercenary group in Sapphire City that has designs on the nature elves," said Conrad. Behind them stood many nobles of Sapphire City.”
There was a pause.
"Miss Nicola, you know that the nobles like the beautiful nature elves very much. If they could buy a female elf slave, they would be very willing to pay a huge amount of gold coins.”
"They won't succeed!”
"When the Elven King was still around, they didn't dare to have any ideas about the nature elves," said Conrad. However, now that the nature elves had lost the protection of the Elven King, it was difficult for them to resist the greedy mercenaries and nobles.”
"Honorable Commander Conrad, you're a 9th rank Great Knight and have great power. Even my father trusts you very much. You can definitely protect the nature elves.”
Conrad shook his head.
"Miss Nicola, I am a Retribution Knight! It was better to leave the matter of protecting the nature elves to the Guardian Knights. Although not every Guardian Knight could abide by the teachings, it was better than letting the nature elves fall into the hands of those nobles.”
Nicola fell silent.
Conrad was a grand knight of the ninth step and the leader of the Mamma Knights. Although she swore loyalty to her father, she did not have the right to order Conrad to do anything. If it weren't for the unicorn appearing in the Obscure Forest, Conrad wouldn't have appeared in the caravan.
Time passed quickly.
Under the protection of many knights and mages, the merchant group successfully arrived at the periphery of the nature elves 'territory.
"Sir Knight, there is something very strange.”
"What is it?"
"The closer we got to the nature elves 'territory, the fewer magical beasts we encountered. Up until now, we haven't seen any magical beasts. Not only the magic beasts, but the gnomes who were as timid as mice had also disappeared.”
"It is indeed strange!"
Conrad looked in the direction of the nature elves 'territory.
As he approached the territory of the nature elves, he felt like he was being spied on at all times. The mages sitting in the carriage also felt the same. However, to their surprise, no perceptive magic could detect what kind of creature was spying on them.
"Could it be the nature elves? However, the nature elves were clearly so weak now!”
Just as Conrad's face was filled with confusion.
The forest not far away suddenly shook, as if a large number of creatures had appeared.
" Attack!" Conrad roared." The magical beasts are attacking! Defend!"!!”
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