I Ascend To the Throne of God with Arcane Magic - Chapter 399

Chapter 399 A new journey—Nelin City

 Valentine Kingdom, Nelin City,

The Kingdom of Valentin is one of several human kingdoms located in the south of Fanor continent near the Great Navia Forest. It is also a human kingdom bordering the eastern part of the Great Navia Forest.

Unlike the human kingdoms in the middle of the continent that have been ignited by wars and disputes, the human kingdoms bordering the Elf Forest have undulating terrain, mostly hilly terrain, and there are not many areas suitable for human habitation.

Similarly because of their proximity to the elven kingdoms, these kingdoms have not yet been involved in the war.

But it was different in other areas. With the Kingdom of Fes making a “good start”, many powerful kingdoms extended their greedy claws to the surrounding weak kingdoms.

However, so far, the war on the entire Fanor continent is still in a controllable state.

 After all, those big countries are invariably annihilating their weaker neighbors, and are on guard and vigilant against kingdoms that are close in strength.

 The Kingdom of Fes is like this now. During the period of digesting the Kingdom of Berdych, it has recovered all its power.

However, with the demise of those small countries and the disappearance of the buffer zone, one day conflicts between these powerful human kingdoms will be unavoidable.

By then, even these remote kingdoms would not be able to escape the impact of war.

But now, it is still the same place as usual, busy but with a somewhat peaceful atmosphere.

In Nelin City, on the wide stone road, the sound of horse hooves, wheels and pedestrian footsteps interweave into a busy symphony.

The caravans were loaded with all kinds of goods. Some of them had just come out of the elven forest, and some came from far away to come to this small city near the great Navia forest to buy special products from the elves and forest products.

 The constant traffic of caravans raises dust along the way, but it carries the breath of wealth and hope.

In the shops on both sides of the street, merchants warmly greeted passers-by and displayed their products.

Spices, medicinal materials from the big forest and even various dried and delicious fungi and fruits are neatly placed on the stalls.

But what attracts the most attention of merchants are the exquisite handicrafts, weapons and equipment of the elves and even the magic props that exude various auras.

 The voices of bargaining were heard one after another, and the air was filled with a strong commercial atmosphere.

The overall area of ​​Nelin City is not large, and there are not many indigenous people. However, because it is close to the Elf Forest, it is quite prosperous, and the place is crowded with merchants.

 Li Si, dressed as an ordinary adventurer, walked on the streets of Nelin City, looking at the busy scene around him with interest, and spent a silver coin to buy some fresh fruits.

 Because the breath of life in the Elf Forest is much richer than in the outside world, all kinds of fruits are sweeter and juicier.

Especially the Pomelo fruit in Li Si’s hands. As long as the annoying mucus is removed after treatment, the crisp texture and sweet taste of the fruit pulp are quite attractive.

 Somewhat similar to the jackfruit on Blue Star, Li Si likes this fruit very much.

 Many residents in Nelin City make profits by processing and providing such simple fruits and game, and providing services to caravans.

This city relies almost entirely on the trade of caravans to survive, so the residents are quite enthusiastic about outsiders.

When Li Si was wandering around the city, he would often see thin people with long ears appearing.

 Some of these people are elves from the Elf Forest, but most of them are half-elves who are a mixture of humans and elves.

 Due to the pressure from the Elf Kingdom, the neighboring human kingdoms, at least on the surface, will not capture Elf slaves.

Especially in cities, the city guards have maintained an active attack on the elf slave-catching teams.

 But that’s all on the surface.

  Many times in the underground world of these cities, the sale of elven slaves at illegal auctions is a reserved item.

As long as the elves don’t get caught, the city guards often pretend that this is not the case.

 Many times there is some kind of connection between the lords of these cities and the slave-catching teams. What’s more, those lords are the behind-the-scenes operators of the slave-catching teams. Through this method, they secretly make huge profits and satisfy their personal desires.

 As long as there is no direct evidence, the elves are somewhat helpless about this behavior.

After all, the slave-catching team’s strongholds are all set up in secret places outside the city. Even if one of them is destroyed, the lords cannot be directly involved.

Although many elves are angry about this, they still have to abide by certain rules and bottom lines.

Although the Elf Kingdom is powerful, the continent of Fanor is still dominated by humans, and both the legendary powerhouses and the camps of the gods are much stronger.

 Compared with elves, the living environment of half-elves is much worse.

 Half-elves are closer to elves in appearance. They are equally handsome, but their lifespan is only half that of elves.

 For this reason, humans regard half-elves as part of the elves.

  But for the elves, in their concept, half-elves are a group with impure blood, and they do not accept these half-elves.

Even the Elf Royal Court did not allow half-elves to enter and looked at them with strange eyes.

Half-elves also have no way to get the baptism of [World Tree Sprouts], thinking that they are not qualified to receive gifts from World Tree.

Half-elves have pretty good talents. So far, most of them live in human cities and areas on the edge of the great Navia forest, mainly working as guards and mercenaries.

 Later on, the conflicts between the half-elves and the elves became more and more intensified, and even caused a big disturbance.

However, Li Si is not very interested in these now.

 When he left the Floating City, he had already arranged all the affairs of Dan’erluo Port in advance.

Mora and Bernal were responsible for all government affairs. Nothing major happened during Li Si’s stay in the floating city for half a year. The development of the territory was also prosperous, so Li Si had nothing to worry about.

As for the security of the territory, Uncle Joyce and other men are here, so Li Si doesn’t have to worry about it.

 So Li Si started the journey to the Elf Forest with confidence.

 Due to the requirements for obtaining the [Natural Certificate], Li Si did not use space teleportation and flying skills to rush, but chose to travel on foot.

 Generally travel alone, occasionally joining some caravans and staying for a while.

“Mr. Li Si, are you really not going to return to Kema City with us?”

 “I’m willing to pay three times the amount to hire you!”

Beside Li Si, a man in brown casual clothes said.

“Charles is in charge, I don’t care about the gold coins.”

Li Si threw a Pomelo into his mouth and said with a smile.

“My destination is the Kingdom of Paulin, and it is impossible to return with the caravan.”

 “That’s it”

Manager Charles had a look of regret on his face. Li Si didn’t relent after trying to persuade him for so long. It seemed like there was no chance.

The caravan he was in set out from Kema City in the former Kingdom of Berdych, came to Nelin City to conduct transactions, and purchased specialties from the Elf Forest before returning.

At the border of the Valentine Kingdom, their caravan was unexpectedly attacked by a group of Silver-level Storm Wolves.

If Li Si, who was passing by, hadn’t taken action, who knows what the final result would have been?

Even if the attack of the wolves can be repelled, it will only be a miserable victory at best. Most of the ordinary men in the caravan will definitely not be able to save their lives.

Charles knew very well that although Li Si had always shown the strength of the silver level, with his effortless posture and confidence, Li Si was probably a gold level existence.

 Charles is very confident in his judgment. As the leader of the caravan, he is quite confident in his vision of people.

Although Li Si has some hidden aura of nobility, Charles does not think that this is a noble child who came out to see the world?

Just kidding, that night Li Si easily and freely killed those wind wolves that were extremely difficult for the caravan. His experienced techniques and skillful skills were enough to prove that he was a well-deserved strong man.

  It is simply not comparable to those nobles who spend all day in idleness and use all kinds of precious magic potions to increase their strength. Charles even had a feeling that he was not sure whether he, the caravan’s guards, could escape from Li Si’s hands if they joined forces.

It was also because of Li Si’s joining that the subsequent journey of the entire Chamber of Commerce seemed a bit uneventful, and they arrived at Nelin City safely.

 This is why Charles invited him again and again, knowing that Li Si’s destination was somewhere else and the possibility of agreeing was very low.

 It’s a pity that even three times the reward did not impress Li Si.

Charles could only leave it at that.

 “Then I wish you a safe journey, Mr. Li Si.”

Charles said regretfully, and then handed an exquisite mahogany box to Li Si.

 “These are some of my little thoughts, thank you for your help along the way.”

“What’s this?”

Li Si was a little curious, so he took it and opened it.

I saw a gorgeous emerald green bracelet quietly placed on a blue velvet cushion in a mahogany box.

This slender bracelet should be women’s jewelry. It seems to be carved from emerald green jade stone. The green color is as lively and moving as if it were alive.

 The bracelet is inlaid with a circle of exquisite gold patterns. The patterns are delicate and vivid, the lines are smooth and elegant, and after careful polishing and polishing, it is extremely bright and gorgeous.

Under the sunlight, the gold patterns shine as if they are all lit up, and every outline and detail is clearly visible, as if a delicate golden picture is slowly unfolding on the wrist.

This looks like the craftsmanship of the elves, and it is one of the treasures!

Li Si took a look at it and found nothing special except for its exquisite appearance. It should be a normal elf jewelry.

 It would be a good gift to Risa!

Li Si thought for a while, took the box and asked Charles:

“This is?”

“This is the best elf jewelry the caravan has received in Nelin City this time. I hope you like it.”

Charles said with a smile that although this ornament was very precious, it could not be compared with the loss that Li Si had recovered for the caravan.

 “Thank you then.”

Li Si didn’t care, turned his hand and put it into the storage ring.

 “Then I’ll leave.”

Lee Si nodded to Charles and left directly.

Charles opened his mouth, but still didn’t say anything more to save him, and walked towards the Chamber of Commerce’s headquarters in a somewhat dejected manner.

 Although there is no hope, it would be good to leave an impression on Li Si.

 Only Li Si has a good temper, otherwise Charles would not dare to be so close.

 How about retiring or staying in the Chamber of Commerce this time?

Charles thought to himself that he had already accumulated enough wealth to enable him to live a worry-free life in the future, so why should he continue to live a life with his head hanging on his belt?

Especially looking at Li Si’s extremely young appearance and strong strength, this feeling became even stronger.

Charles let out a long sigh, shook his head and left with some lack of interest.

 On the other side, Li Si didn’t care about Charles’ loss. He had more important things to do.

In Nelin City, apart from the people related to the caravan, the most numerous people are the endless stream of adventurers.

Naturally, the area and scale of the mercenary guild in Nelin City are much larger than those in other places, and there are endless mercenaries wearing different clothes.

 Different from Bright City, many of the mercenaries here are elves or half-elves. As for dwarves, they are rare here.

 The Great Navia Forest is extremely rich in products. All kinds of precious materials and plants are produced here, and there are many types. In addition, there are many magical beasts living in the forest.

　　Although the elves are the masters of the great forests of Navia, in a sense they do not care about other races obtaining various resources from the great forests.

The elves’ philosophy is somewhat similar to that of the druids. They believe that the forest is also a part of nature, and that reasonably and moderately obtaining resources and hunting monsters can help maintain the operation of the forest.

 What they opposed was the bottomless logging of the great forest and the invasion of elven towns by foreigners.

It was only later that humans captured elven slaves that the relationship between elves and humans began to deteriorate.

Li Si looked around at the mercenaries who were resting and drinking in the mercenary tavern. Perhaps because of the existence of elven mercenaries, the appearance of the mercenaries here was obviously much higher than that of other places.

 But still a little worse than me!

Li Si made a conclusion with deep understanding and walked straight towards the bar of the tavern.

 “How can I help you?”

Standing behind the bar is a well-dressed half-elf woman with a delicate face with a hint of youthfulness and charm.

Li Si threw her a mercenary information card, then took the space ring and tilted it to the ground.

 Hurrah la la la～

All kinds of Warcraft materials poured down and soon piled up into a hill on the ground in front of the bar.

  Various magical crystals, furs, and claws of various magical beasts exude a faint magical aura, and the air in the entire area is even covered with a faint smell of blood.

 The wind wolf contains the fangs and claws of the wind element, the complete tiger skin and tiger whip of the earth tiger, and the precious fingernail-sized eyes of the thunder eagle.

Zero and zero total, it is enough to show the amount of Warcraft materials in front of you!

 Coax!

 The abnormality in front of the bar immediately attracted the attention of all the mercenaries in the tavern.

“Who is this person? Where did he get all these Warcraft materials? Did he hunt them all by himself?”

“Could he be an agent of some mercenary group? He’s very unfamiliar, right?”

“It must be so, haven’t you sensed the magic power fluctuations of those materials? The lowest ones are all silver grade!”

Li Si did not pay attention to the surprise of others, pointed to the Warcraft materials on the ground and said to the half-elf girl:

“Help me deal with all these materials, remember to count the mercenary points.”

 “Don’t give me any little thoughts, you know?”

“Also, ask your stewards to come out. I want to buy some information.”

 Obviously Li Si’s tone was not too harsh, but the half-elf girl’s face was a little pale, and she nodded repeatedly and said:

“Please rest assured, those things will not happen in the Mercenary Guild.”

 After saying that, the girl waiter hurriedly trotted away towards the back.

Li Si shook his head, sat in front of the bar, and ordered a glass of elf specialty fruit wine to taste.

Although he didn’t care about the monsters he killed due to practice along the way, his good power leveling habits made him unwilling to be cheated by others.

If it weren’t for the time-consuming and low value of collecting bronze-level Warcraft materials, the number of Warcraft materials here would have doubled several times.

Although Li Si looks a little harmless, for some reason, his figure against the background of the hill-like monster material seems a bit mysterious and unpredictable.

 So much so that the discussions among the surrounding mercenaries were muted, and they involuntarily changed the topic.

 (End of this chapter)