The correct way to open the elf

Chapter 164 Ignorance is not a crime

It feels great to overcome scientific challenges. Clarence, who "invented" the periodic table of elements on the Green Continent, can testify to this. So can Theodore, who has been tortured by difficult mathematical problems on Earth thousands of times but still treats them like his first love.

Feng Yu hopes that these magicians can fall into the pit of science as soon as possible, rush forward, and enjoy the pleasure of science.

Human harassment tactics drove away the elves who had lived in the Elf Forest for generations, and also gave rise to many organizations that made a living in the Elf Forest.

Among them, small-scale adventure groups range from a few to dozens of people, while large-scale mercenary groups range from hundreds to tens of thousands of people.

After tens of thousands of years of development, human civilization on the Green Continent has long discovered the drawbacks of the feudal system. In the absence of external threats, the powerful nobles who have their own military forces are the biggest cancer of human civilization.

With the destruction of the first dynasty, the Eagle Dynasty, the wars between human royal families and dynasties, and between royal families and nobles have never stopped, and royal power has also changed rapidly.

It was not until the largest Brocade Royal Family and Moran Royal Family unified the north and the south and established the Brocade Empire and the Moran Empire, with the Green River south of the Fertile Plain as the border, that a situation of confrontation between the north and the south was formed.

The royal families of the Brocade Empire and the Moran Empire, which had their own military forces and eventually gained power, naturally knew the drawbacks of the aristocratic feudal system. They relied on powerful military force to forcibly reform this system.

Nobles can only own a small number of knights according to their rank to protect their own safety.

The city also formed a form of mutual restraint among the nobles, the city lords and the army directly under the empire.

Only then was a relatively peaceful environment achieved within the two empires, and the economy was able to develop.

The unofficial force of the mercenary group is actually more like an escort agency. They are supervised by the empire and pay taxes to the empire according to their size. Their main source of income is escorting caravans. Later, they gradually developed into an armed commercial organization integrated with the caravans.

Of course, the reason why this kind of unofficial armed force has always existed is mostly because the large mercenary groups are supported by great nobles or even royal family members, and it is a way for these people to gain wealth.

Since the Human Empire invaded the Elf Forest, these mercenary groups, because they were not official armed forces, became the biggest black hand of the two empires reaching out to the Elf Forest.

The wealth represented by the abundant natural resources of the Elf Forest is also what drives these mercenary groups crazy.

Mainly composed of large mercenary groups, supplemented by small adventure teams and individual adventurers, these civilian forces of the two empires became the nightmare of the elves, and later a bunch of interest groups based on the Elf Forest were derived.

However, humans’ greatest advantage is also their greatest disadvantage: there are simply too many of them.

Faced with the situation where one third of the elves had fallen forever, they were defeated in Maicheng and the entire tribe made a strategic transfer and fled to the uninhabited Longyue Forest.

After that, the Elf Forest not only became the main source of income for the mercenary organization, but also created many small teams and individuals.

This is the case with the Teutonic Mercenaries owned by Humphry Teutonic.

The Teutonic Mercenaries were founded by Han Fuli's father, a somewhat legendary adventurer. His team had made great harvests in the Elf Forest many times, and also dealt a heavy blow to the covetous eyes of their own kind. As a result, they rose to prominence and established the Teutonic Mercenaries.

People make mistakes and horses stumble. Old Teutonic was not a god, so it was impossible for him to remain so glorious forever. He eventually disappeared in the Elf Forest, the place that made him famous. He died at the hands of no one, whether it was nature or others, and nothing was left of him.

People who often hang out in the Elf Forest know that disappearing in the Elf Forest, where the forces are complicated, actually means death, and most of the time, it means death at the hands of one's own kind.

But so what? Life must go on, and the Elf Forest is still the fastest way for them to gain wealth.

The young master, Hanfrey Teutonic, took over from his father and led the mercenaries into the Elf Forest again.

Han Fuli, who was taught by his father since childhood and grew up in a mercenary group, did have some abilities. The Teutonic Mercenary Group regained vitality in his hands and even expanded.

However, the good times did not last long. As I said before, the number of humans was too large. There were too many mercenary groups and small adventure teams like the Teutonic Mercenaries who had no trade routes or other economic sources of their own and relied solely on the Elf Forest to make a fortune.

The Elf Forest only relies on a small amount of resources to support the elves and the halflings who later settled there, but it cannot satisfy the needs of the two great human empires and a human civilization of more than 300 million people.

The Elf Forest went from being a fertile forest to a barren forest, and eventually became a source of raw materials for producing wood. What came with it was not only the rapid decline of profits, but also the disbanding of countless small mercenary groups and adventure teams.

Without their own trade routes and workshops, a mercenary group with no background like the Teutonic Mercenaries could not escape the fate of being disbanded after the Elf Forest was developed.

Han Fuli himself also thought about being a second-in-command and taking on some small jobs under the big mercenary group, but in that case, his men would not have to deprive him of another layer of benefits, and they could directly go to work under the big mercenary group.

With nowhere else to go, Han Fuli turned his attention to the largest city near the Elf Forest. Although it had been divided up by various forces, he still managed to sneak onto the goblin caravan's airship by pretending to be an imperial spy and at a great cost.

Han Fuli did not say that he was a spy, but his generosity and extraordinary help still caused the goblins to misunderstand him. After severely killing the imperial spy, the goblins once again played the tricks they played in the Misty Moon Forest. Ignorance is no blame.

Ignorance is no fault. Although you elves all have your own personalities, you are still reasonable, so the goblins are fearless.

This is indeed the case. Even though Cattail City issued a document, it still couldn't do anything to the goblins. As long as they no longer carry humans in the future, they will still be Cattail City's trading partners.

But this made things difficult for Humphrey, who had placed his bets on Cattail City.

The anticipation of riding on the goblin airship, the amazement when seeing the exotic Cattail City, the nervousness while waiting for the elves' reactions, and the joy and excitement of impending success when the elves did not reject him immediately.

Unexpectedly, he met Feng Yu, who liked to create a persona. A ban not only made him a laughing stock among the goblin merchants, but also pushed him to the edge of the abyss.

He seemed to have seen the Teutonic Mercenary Group being swallowed up by a large mercenary group and his own miserable life ending in depression.

(End of this chapter)