Chapter 51 What is that hobby?
The Noldor elves are not so easy to capture.
Although they do not know magic, their archery and martial arts have been honed to an extremely terrifying level over thousands of years of life, and almost every Noldor elf is a top warrior.
Even those Noldor maidens who looked like girls were all skilled forest rangers - most of them might be a hundred years old, but they would maintain their youthful appearance for hundreds of years.
On the plains, perhaps humans could easily overwhelm the small number of Noldor elves with their massive cavalry.
But in the vast primeval forest, cavalry was useless, and almost no one could resist the powerful archery and ghostly agility of the Noldor elves.
The slave-hunting teams died in the forest in large numbers, becoming fertilizer for the Long River Forest, making the flora and fauna of the forest more lush and prosperous, and forcing the Noldor elves to hide deeper.
Afterwards, the human kingdom formed large armies several times to try to clear the Changhe Forest, but in the end they were all wiped out and no one was left.
From then on, the attitude of the Noldor elves towards humans became extremely fierce.
They began to actively attack any human who appeared in the Long River Forest. Anyone who dared to enter the Long River Forest and encountered the Noldor elves would almost without exception be shot and killed silently.
After leaving countless lives behind, this forest, which was even more vast than the territory of Changhe Town, became a forbidden area for humans. Unless one had an armed force of a certain scale, no one dared to pass through here.
Therefore, the Long River Forest is now also called the Noldor Forest.
This name actually represents a kind of compromise and concession of mankind - it is an acknowledgement that the Noldor occupy this vast forest.
But some human desires cannot be changed.
Until now, elf slaves are still an expensive commodity with a limited supply, and wealthy nobles from all over the world have always been offering exorbitant prices to buy them.
Where there is demand, there will be suppliers. Nowadays, there are still many slave-hunting teams targeting elves.
But few people succeeded - if you average it out, capturing an elf girl often requires the lives of hundreds of people, or even more.
"My lord, please don't think about attacking the Noldor elves... This is more dangerous than declaring war on all countries directly."
Leon shook his head: "I'm not that stupid... If the Noldor elves have the skills of Lisadiran, then such forces must be regarded as allies instead of enemies."
Leon doesn't dare to attack Nodo, he doesn't have the ability to do so now...
Those Noldor warriors have hundreds of years of life. Even if the elves admire art and don't like to practice martial arts, after so many years, their proficiency is probably not lower than mine...
As for Risadilan, Leon felt that he was inferior to him in archery skills - he really didn't aim well when he hit the piece of barbecue.
If I hadn't accidentally injured an inconvenient part of his body, I might not have been able to defeat him.
"Sir, we are leaving the forest soon. If we don't delay, we should reach our destination tonight."
Logistics officer Leslie came to report that they seemed to be not far from the village.
We passed the outskirts of the forest safely and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
But at this moment, there was movement ahead.
Summer, who had been acting as a scout in the front, ran back and said, "There's fighting ahead!"
Klose reacted quickly. He stopped polishing the swords, jumped off the carriage and handed over Leon's sword.
Then they began distributing weapons to everyone.
"I'll go take a look first."
Sarah stopped Leon who was about to drive his horse forward, and rode ahead to check the situation.
So positive?
Has your temperament changed?
Li Ang felt that Sarah seemed a little different from before.
However, working actively is a good thing, and the lord likes employees who take the initiative to take on work the most.
"There are more than a dozen people in front, they seem to be the elite of the Ebony Gauntlet Knights."
Sarah returned quickly and gave advice very efficiently: "The Ebony Gauntlet is a regular order of knights who have always hated the Noldor elves. My lord, we have too many wounded now, so it's best not to have any conflict."
Li Ang nodded and walked forward a distance, pushing aside the branches that blocked his view.
On the road ahead, the sound of fighting had not stopped. Several knights with fist emblems on their breastplates were besieging a Noldor elf, surrounded by many people holding heavy crossbows.
Several knights did not use swords, but hammers, and their attacks were very measured, it seemed that they wanted to capture the enemy alive.
The elf was quite skilled, but he seemed to be injured and had no sword in his hand. He could only use his bow to block high and low attacks and had no ability to fight back.
That's Risa Dillan.
But now he looks a bit miserable. His right hand was probably hit by a hammer and he seems to have no strength.
There was also a crossbow arrow stuck in his leg.
Plus his butt...
No wonder he couldn't run away. It seemed that he couldn't run far last night. After all, he must have been affected by the Snake Heart Stone.
Judging from the current situation, it is estimated that Lisadilan will soon become a prisoner of the Ebony Gauntlet Knights.
No, I have to rely on this guy to find out who is behind this!
Got to get him into my own hands...
Li Ang thought about it and rode out.
"My fellow knights...why are you attacking my slaves?"
Several Ebony Knights looked over in unison.
Two heavy crossbows were also aimed at Li Ang.
One of the knights with a cape on his armor even dropped his hammer and drew his sword.
"Your slave? What do you mean?"
The knight in the black cape was probably the leader of this team. He looked Leon up and down and asked, "Who are you, sir?"
"Leon Griffin, local lord. You shouldn't attack my property at will! If you don't want to be thrown into prison by me, release my slaves and get out of here!"
Li Ang took out the noble badge, with a proud look on his face, looking like a dandy young man from a noble family.
"I have not heard of any lords around here... Are you saying that the Noldor elf is your slave?"
The knight leader looked back at Lisadilan, then turned back to look at Leon and the long convoy behind him, and no longer pointed his sword at Leon.
Leon waved the Noldor sword in his hand: "What? Are you doubting a noble ? Are you going to duel with me?"
"Klose!"
"ha!"
Several strong men holding big swords stepped forward and stood in a row behind Li Ang.
A dozen crossbowmen knelt behind them, taking aim.
After experiencing two battles together, these people have already cooperated very well.
“No, no, no…” The knight sheathed his sword and stretched out his hands to indicate that he did not want to fight: “I am not doubting you, sir! We are the Knights of the Ebony Gauntlet. We were just maintaining the road nearby and accidentally ran into this Noldor Elf…”
It was obvious that Leon had a lot of people on his side, and the outcome of the fight was hard to predict. Moreover, a conflict with a noble lord would be difficult to resolve, so the Ebony Knight did not intend to take action.
Li Ang raised the Noldor sword in his hand and gestured, then continued to deceive: "You have recognized the wrong person, he is my slave! Give him back to me and get out of here, I can treat this as a misunderstanding!"
The Ebony Knight looked at the curved sword in Leon's hand, then looked back at Risadiran, seeming a little hesitant.
"Lord Leon, save me!"
Lisadilan was undoubtedly a smart guy. When he saw that Leon had given him a way out, he immediately shouted, even with a little cry in his voice, and his expression was quite sincere.
The Ebony Knight looked at Lisadilan again, his eyes gradually moving to the elf's still tightly clamped legs and buttocks, and then he suddenly realized.
He sighed and waved his hand, signaling his men to make way.
The Ebony Knight grinned at Leon and gave him a sincere admonition: "Noldo is not trustworthy, my lord... I have no objection to your hobby... But even if you love him, you should not let him go free at will..."
Anson was confused and asked Sarah quietly, "What hobbies is he talking about? I don't understand a word he said..."
"Ahem...don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask!"
Sarah curled her lips helplessly.
