Volume 2: Elf Kingdom Chapter 23: Fateful Encounter (1)

It was late at night on the tenth day of Luova's stationing at the border between Dandelion and the Desert.

The trees at the junction of the desert and the forest are arranged like an arithmetic sequence. The forest faces the desert, from high to low, row upon row. From the tallest fir forest, to the lower groves, to the bushes, and finally to the sparse grass roots, tenaciously rooted in the hard sand and gravel. Beyond that, there is only endless desert.

For Lova, who stood on the top of the fir tree and looked from top to bottom, this terrain combined with her eyesight that could see fine needles a hundred meters away made it possible to detect any potential danger. Even in the dark night, relying on the dim moonlight, she could easily observe everything in the distance.

It's just that this is already the tenth day that Lova came here. Except for several poisonous snakes that emerged from the sand and were pinned in place by bows and arrows, it can be said that she found nothing.

"Phew!" A falcon flew across the sky. Lova raised her bow and put it down again. For her, falcons, creatures that can help her catch poisonous snakes and won't attack elves, their Existence can only be beneficial and harmless.

But, that falcon just now seemed to be golden?

"Lova, there's something going on here!" A crisp bird call interrupted Luova's thinking. This was the code word of her elf hunter, who reported the news to her commander, Lova, by imitating the sound of birdsong.

"Everyone, focus!" Lova also gave the order to her men who were standing sentry throughout the forest in the same way as the code words of birdsong.

"It seems that I don't have to stare at the sand anymore?" Lova laughed to herself, and after skillfully checking the status of the weapon at hand, she quickly ran towards the direction designated by the elf hunter!

What Lova didn't know was that in the clouds that Lova couldn't sense, the golden falcon also quietly followed in the direction Lova left.

And on the other side of the border...

"I never thought even leaves were so delicious!" After many days of traveling in the desert, George finally saw the forest and almost burst into tears with excitement. Of course, he also wanted to squeeze out some tears, but after the experience After being exposed to the sun for several days, George couldn't even squeeze out a few drops of urine, let alone tears.

Jumping up and down, George rushed to the bush closest to him, reached out and grabbed the branches, plucked the leaves from the branches and stuffed them into his mouth. Even though this was only the edge of the desert and the forest, the leaves were still there. Some were yellowish, and in George's mouth, the leaves in his mouth were as tender and delicious as the meat steak. The juice brought out by chewing the green leaves finally restored some life to George's dry esophagus.

George, who was chewing leaves selflessly, did not expect that there was a group of spectators above his head, gaping at his crazy behavior.

"Is this a... human?" A bird chirped from a big tree.

"It's not human. Humans don't eat leaves." There was another bird song.

"Which humanoid creature survives by eating leaves?"

"I don't remember such a creature. There is no leaf-eating humanoid creature in the encyclopedia in the royal court... Could it be an unknown species from the desert?"

"The light is a bit dark. I want to see if this creature is male or female. Is it handsome enough?"

"You are crazy about handsome guys!"

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"Shut up and load your bow, we're in trouble!"