Chapter 272: Three Rules
Outside the Elf Gate, Aurelia leaned against the door frame with her sexy legs crossed. She was motionless, her hood lowered, as if she were asleep.
Chen Ran walked over from a distance and stopped at the door. “I’m here.”
“You’re late,” Aurelia pushed off the wall and straightened up.
“Just five minutes. You’re too bored,” Chen Ran didn’t waste any words. He walked out the door and headed straight for the Emerald Forest.
“Our time is tight. You must learn to grasp it,” Aurelia’s tone seemed a little unhappy.
Chen Ran didn’t care much about the female elf’s performance. “Meaningless saving of time won’t bring you anything more. How to use it is what needs to be considered. In fact, none of your three clans has succeeded so far, right?”
Aurelia snorted. “If you don’t have any sense of tension, how can you get things done? If you don’t even have this awareness, you are not worthy of being my teammate.”
Chen Ran laughed. “Heh, respected Miss Elf, did I cry and beg you to be my teammate? If you are so unwilling, go by yourself. I’ll go complete your so-called mission alone. I’ll be responsible for any result, okay?”
For this elf who always picked bones in an egg, Chen Ran had no thoughts, not even a bit of anger. Time had honed his skills to be smooth. At least he wouldn’t be angry at will, which would only make the situation worse.
If he didn’t like her, he would just ignore her, even if the person opposite him was a top-quality mature lady.
Aurelia said, “This is Lord Moon Woman’s intention. She must have her reasons for doing this. Since she asked me to go with you, success or failure, I will do my part.”
“Alright,” Chen Ran turned around and said solemnly, “Now, please shut up, respected Lord Aurelia. I don’t know what persecution humans have brought you… But at least I haven’t done anything wrong to you. Don’t always pull a long face, as if I owe you money.”
Aurelia raised her eyebrows and said unhappily, “Don’t you want to master the druid transformation method quickly? If you want to complete the mission, listen to me and do your part.”
“I know what I should do. But you’d better not tell me what to do,” Chen Ran smiled strangely. “Since you insist on treating this as a transaction, why can’t I cooperate with the other two clans? The druid method is not owned by the Light Elves. If I have a better way to get the Elf King’s Staff, why must I stick my warm face to your cold butt, right?”
“You!” Aurelia’s tone faltered, and she said angrily, “Despicable human, I can’t figure out why Lord Moon Woman let you participate in the mission with us. I’m ashamed to be in the same group as you!”
Chen Ran ignored her and walked toward the Emerald Forest on his own. “If you want to complete the mission, you’d better put away your arrogant attitude. I have no obligation to look at your cold face. If you understand this as what teammates deserve, I don’t care for such a teammate.”
At this point, Chen Ran suddenly stopped, his tone carrying a hint of playfulness. “Either go back and tell your Lord Moon Woman to change to a docile and cooperative elf ranger to team up with me, or be obedient on this trip. I can’t afford to carry a great god like you. This way, the possibility of completing the mission will be higher. What I’m doing now is completely for the sake of Elder Famar. Call me shameless if you want, this is the character of me, a scum human.”
Aurelia was rendered speechless by Chen Ran’s words. She finally realized that no matter what she said, the words in her mind were still mostly shameless and despicable. Remembering that she had indeed been mostly wrong along the way, she suppressed the various rebuttals she was about to make and finally endured a step. “Okay, I choose the second option. I hope Lord Moon Woman and Elder Famar didn’t misjudge you.”
“I didn’t ask you to think highly of me,” Chen Ran said heavily. “If you want to be my teammate, do at least a few things.”
“Which ones? As long as they are not too excessive, I can agree.”
Chen Ran raised a finger. “One, I don’t like a female elf who pulls a long face all day long. This will affect my appetite and mood. You’d better smile first to improve my bad impression of you before. Actually, I’m very easy to fool.”
Hearing this, Aurelia was silent for a moment, took a deep breath, raised her head, and suddenly put on a silent smile with her head tilted. Her ears twitched at the same time. In that instant, Chen Ran was really electrocuted by those cute long ears…
He hadn’t expected that this female elf in a green cloak could have such a charming attitude, completely matching the elf girl in his imagination…
It turned out that cold girls and cute things were just a difference in mentality.
Although this smile only lasted for a few seconds, it returned to its original stiffness.
“Satisfied?”
Aurelia said coldly, and her tone was indeed more proper than before.
“Okay,” Chen Ran nodded in satisfaction. His attitude toward this female elf who could correct her mistakes also improved a bit. He began to raise a second finger. “Second, except for listening to you on some common sense issues, I will be responsible for combat command. I started in this line of work, and I understand the best timing for various battles better. You can doubt it, but please wait until I make a mistake.”
“Okay,” Aurelia nodded. “I can accept this too.”
Chen Ran began to raise a third finger. “Three… Huh, I haven’t thought about it yet. It seems my requirements are not as high as I imagined. Just those two for now.”
Aurelia snorted and said while walking, “I also have a request.”
“Say it. I’m still very humane.”
“Just don’t disappoint me.”
Leaving such a meaningful sentence, Aurelia quickened her pace and walked forward on her own, quickly pulling a small distance from Chen Ran.
Chen Ran behind her chuckled, shook his head, and followed.
Emerald Forest, one of the secret realms of the Elf Clan.
Here, various powerful creatures were everywhere, and the danger level was even greater than that of the Black Swamp. The trees here were exceptionally tall, each over a hundred meters high, and were even called the Forest of Divine Trees.
Of course, the tallest was the largest Eternal Tree in the forest, which was even six or seven thousand meters high, and the diameter of the widest part of the trunk was at least several hundred meters. It was the deserved number one divine tree on the continent.
The Eternal Tree constructed this magical land of Avalon. It was said that its roots even grew deep underground, spreading to the entire Avalon. The elemental spirits on the inland sea outside Avalon were all energy breathed out by the roots of the Eternal Tree, endless, protecting this pure land of the Elf Clan from invasion by foreign races.
Chen Ran looked up and gazed at the Eternal Tree through a hillside. That towering scene was magnificent, giving people an urge to worship.
If not for the obstruction of mist and peaks, this world’s number one divine tree could be seen from every corner of the Elf Clan.
Of course, this had nothing to do with Chen Ran’s plan. In fact, since the start of this mission two days ago, there had been no clue about that flickering colorful pillar of light.
But it was still early. It would take some time to enter the depths of the Emerald Forest. He believed that no one had entered the depths of the inner forest so early. And the time for the Elf King’s Staff to sleep again was at least a week away.
As soon as this mission was released, the three elf tribes immediately became lively. This competition for the Elf King was related to the “future” of these face-saving elves. Even Famar said that these struggles for leadership were inevitable in the Elf Clan. The reason why this happened in the Elf Clan was partly due to the Moon Woman, because she always thought she should be the next successor to the Elf King, as she was the only daughter of the previous Elf King. But the other two tribes didn’t buy it at all, and neither accepted the other.
If the three elf tribes united, he believed that there would have been a conclusion about the ownership of the Elf King’s Staff long ago.
Aurelia walked over from behind and said to Chen Ran, who was looking up at the natural scenery, “Next, we will enter the high-risk area. I advise you to maintain the druid transformation state at all times. After all, transformation takes some time, and you can’t deal with some sudden dangers.”
“Thanks for the reminder, but I know what I’m doing.”
After two days of understanding, although the relationship between Chen Ran and the elf woman Aurelia was still average, they had at least learned simple communication, and there was at least a little basic cooperation.
What surprised Aurelia was that according to the direction Chen Ran was traveling, their group had not encountered any substantial obstruction. In the past few activities, at about this time, they would have encountered at least a few encounters with ordinary magical beasts in the Emerald Forest. Although they wouldn’t be injured, it would definitely delay some time.
And this time, she unexpectedly found that she had arrived inside the Emerald Forest earlier than a group of her companions.
She was very curious about Chen Ran’s intuition, but she didn’t ask any nonsense.
“This time, go this way.”
Chen Ran pointed out a direction and began to walk there.
What frustrated Chen Ran a little in these two days was that he hadn’t found a single Blood Essence Fruit yet.
Every time he rested, Chen Ran would release the Light Bird spell. Besides scouting the way, he would look for Blood Essence Fruits in some suitable terrains. This was also the reason why he had maintained his human form. In beast form, a series of priest skills couldn’t be used, except for the special skill Instantaneous Movement.
Never ask for help. Although Chen Ran had promised to find the Elf King’s Staff, he didn’t necessarily have to listen to the Priestess of the Moon. As long as he ate enough Blood Essence Fruits, at least he wouldn’t be threatened by anyone. If he obtained the Elf King’s Staff again, he would at least have an absolutely justified tone to challenge others. If that didn’t work, he would let someone else be the Elf King, depending on who performed well.
Chen Ran did want to help the Elf Clan, but this was mainly for the sake of Elder Famar. Obtaining the highest benefit at the lowest cost was Chen Ran’s consistent principle. If that “respected” Lord Moon Woman made him unhappy, he might even consider using the Elf King’s Staff to get more benefits from the other two tribes.
I’m not easy to fool.
