Elf Kingdom: Game of the World Tree

Chapter 146: Chapter 145: Are You Really Not Bandits? (Requesting First Subscription!)

“Are these people really my kin?”

“Are they really elves?”

Watching the players looting the spoils of war greedily, Nightingale felt her understanding slowly crumbling.

*Thinking about their bloodthirsty demeanor just now… her heart began to pound.*

“They…”

“Are they really the reinforcements that Wood mentioned?”

*This… doesn’t it just look like a group of elves who are more like bandits?!*

Nightingale admitted that her own character was quite rebellious, considered rude even among elves. Elegance and refinement never really matched her.

But compared to these bizarre elves…

*Nightingale felt she was downright sophisticated, wasn’t she?!*

“Right, where’s Wood?”

“Where did Wood go?”

Nightingale hurriedly looked around…

Finally, she spotted Box Lunch’s figure in the tower.

Box Lunch, having defeated the mercenaries with his teammates, already returned to the tower.

A line of human gear hung on him, and he was still searching for the loot dropped by his recent target…

Nightingale: “…”

*He… he’s picking things up too?!*

The Elf Girl’s eyes widened.

Fortunately, Box Lunch’s expression remained calm, even when collecting gear. Unlike the other players, he showed no manic expressions. It seemed as if nothing could fundamentally disturb him…

Or rather, he was someone who could remain calm under any circumstances.

Seeing Box Lunch not acting as crazily as the others made Nightingale feel considerably relieved…

Box Lunch seemed to notice the girl’s gaze and paused his actions.

He stood up, looked in Nightingale’s direction, and then slowly walked over.

Seeing Box Lunch approaching, Nightingale’s younger siblings instinctively retreated into the shadows…

Box Lunch: “…”

He noticed Nightingale and the others staring at the human gear on him with a bizarre look, stayed silent for a moment, and explained,

“These are spoils of war.”

After speaking, he added,

“We’ve won, you’re safe now.”

Upon hearing his words, Nightingale’s expression turned quite complicated.

She glanced at the players still picking items from the crates, chuckled awkwardly, and curiously asked,

“Are they… your companions? Are they… really elves?”

This was a serious question…

Because these guys… were just too weird!

Looking at the team members crazily picking items and the Black Dragon greedily guarding its treasures, Box Lunch remained silent for a moment, then nodded.

Nightingale: “…”

She took a deep breath and asked curiously,

“Then, then, you all… haven’t you been provoked into falling into banditry?”

Box Lunch: “…”

After a moment of silence, he said,

“Thieves and bandits are pretty much the same.”

Nightingale: “…”

*Damn that Wood!*

…

The players fully exhibited the locust-like traits of the Fourth Calamity.

Aside from the treasure taken by the Black Dragon, the remaining items were divided between the Mengmeng Committee and Box Lunch’s combat team.

Little Xian Miao took a fancy to those peculiar seeds resembling grains, along with spices and magic materials, while Box Lunch’s team mostly chose gear and food.

In no time, the goods were divided among them.

Viewing the players’ actions from Mairrel’s perspective, Eve felt embarrassed,

“So brutal… If you didn’t know, you’d think they were a group of maniacal bandits impersonating elves.”

It seemed… there needed to be measures to restrain the players’ actions when necessary.

*It was too cringeworthy, really too cringeworthy.*

Without the constraint of morality or other rules, these players only saw profit, completely disregarding their image…

Eve had no doubt that if one day the players officially appeared in Segis World, with their potential chaotic operations, they would soon be labeled as evil by all intelligent beings.

Wait… come to think if they were called evil, it wouldn’t actually be incorrect?

After all, the Fourth Calamity’s slogan wasn’t just for show.

However, while Eve didn’t mind raising a batch of goons and fodder who enjoyed killing and looting, considering the perception of native elves and the image of the World Tree…

Hmm…

If necessary, sometimes it would be better to have them restrained.

At least… the players’ frantic looting seemed to have scared the native elves.

As an important source of Divine Power, Eve still wanted to preach!

She didn’t want to truly become an Evil God…

Through Mairrel’s eyes, Eve saw Nightingale hiding in the shadows with a few young elves…

The Elf Girl’s face was filled with complexity.

The young elves looked at the players with undisguised fear in their eyes.

The little ones huddled together, shivering.

With their long lifespans, elves matured mentally much later than humans.

So although these young elves were not actually young, in reality, they weren’t significantly different from children of similar age except for having longer memories…

They were truly frightened.

Sighing in her heart, Eve used her Divine Power to send a system message.

In an instant, accompanied by a beautiful system sound, all players involved in the mission received a new notification,

“Ding—”

“Hidden mission: Rescue the elves completed.”

“All players involved in the mission receive 5000 experience points and 500 contribution points.”

Seeing the system notification, the players rejoiced,

“Mission accomplished!”

“500 contribution points? Not bad, not bad!”

“Ding—”

“New Scene: Rivendell Unlocked”

The system notification continued to flow.

With the system’s gentle chime, new scene music also began to play.

This track was also one Eve had selected from the legacy. Unlike the previous tune, this piece of elven music carried a sense of profound heaviness and antiquity, as if depicting a lost world, perfectly matching the imagery of Rivendell.

This piece was titled ‘Distant Memories.’

It was said to be composed by an elven composer from the Silver Era for the fallen Titan Civilization during the Giant Era…

Upon hearing the new background music, the players’ eyes lit up,

“The new scene music is nice!”

“‘Elf Kingdom’s’ music has always been great, I really like it.”

“Me too, me too!”

As they discussed, another new system message appeared in front of them…

“Ding—”

“You have triggered a hidden mission: Guiding New Companions”

“Mission Description: You have successfully rescued the elves, but they have yet to accept you. As servants of the Goddess, you decide to guide them back into the embrace of the Mother Goddess.”

“Mission Objective: Gain the rescued elf NPCs’ recognition and bring them back to Feilengcui”

“Extra Mission Objective: Rekindle the elf NPCs’ faith in the Goddess”

“Mission Deadline: Unlimited”

“Mission Participants: Unlimited”

“Mission Rewards: Experience points, Contribution points”

“Extra Mission Rewards: Exclusive Title ‘Natural Preacher'”

“A new mission?”

“Whoa! There’s an exclusive title? Is it a hidden reward?”

The players all raised their heads, excitement on their faces,

“Elf NPCs? Where are they?”

“I think in the dungeon…”

“No, the captain has already rescued them, look over there!”

In an instant, all the players looked towards Nightingale, who was speaking with Box Lunch.

Nightingale shuddered and instinctively stepped back as she felt all those gazes sweeping over her.

And then… she saw these odd elves becoming excited again,

“It’s a new NPC lady!”

“Wow! There are even some little lolis and shota!”

A bunch of people stopped what they were doing and swarmed over…