New Century Kitchen Warrior

Chapter 188: Back to the beginning of the story, let’s take a look at the performance of the human-machine team

"Happy 19th birthday!" The elf girl laughed and hugged another elf, kneading her cheeks with her butter-covered fingers. "Oh, that's great. I heard that the elves' equipment will be fully upgraded starting this year. You are so lucky. I heard that this equipment will allow the elves to no longer have to worry about the human world. We can go out and play together in the future."

"Hmm" Loya said absentmindedly.

Go out and play?

For her best friend Roxie, who is over 180 years old, she can go out and play after waiting for a while, but Loya is just 19 years old this year, so she will have to wait a very long time if she wants to go out and play.

How boring, Loya thought.

You know, the education of the elves is very boring.

First of all, the thing that must be done every day is to read books. However, there are very few real books in the big forest. The elves who are traveling outside bring back knowledge and then spread it to new elves with illusion crystals. In a sense, the elves have been stealing knowledge from the outside world.

But Loya thought that these were useless. As smart as she was, she had seriously thought about what was the most important thing in life. She found that if people wanted to live well, they had to live and could not die. If they died, they would not be able to live anymore.

She also discovered that people would die if they were killed by monsters, and people would die if they didn’t eat.

Then the only thing a person needs to stay alive is to be able to kill monsters and then eat their meat so that they won't die. So Loya thinks that what she needs to learn is how to kill monsters and process their meat until it's edible.

It’s just that the elves are not allowed to eat meat.

So what? I must try what this meat tastes like when I have the chance.

Loya thought that there was really nothing wrong with her theory. Once she had mastered the core concept, she could venture into the human world.

But it would take too long. The daily lessons were just about learning writing, arithmetic, geography, history and the like. Loya could learn them, but she really didn't think there was any point in learning these things. She just found them boring.

Hearing that the courses in the advanced class were different, Loya hesitated and asked Roxie the question she had asked many times.

"Xiao Qian, just tell me, what are you guys learning recently?"

Among the elves, the teaching of higher-level courses is kept secret from young elves.

When she was Loya's age, Roxie also questioned this rule and was curious about more advanced courses, but now she has understood that if you know too much at a young age but don't have time to go deep, you will have the illusion that you are omnipotent, and you will suffer.

After nearly two hundred years of inheritance of the elves' lessons, Roxie was able to clearly recognize her own strength, and then realized her own insignificance, and thus always remained cautious and humble.

But on the other hand, the weaker a person is, the more arrogant he will be due to his ignorance.

However, looking at this best friend who has a mature body. Although she has no breasts, she is indeed mature for an elf, Roxie thought about it and decided to reveal a little about the content of the elective course.

She cupped her hand over her mouth and whispered.

“I am receiving sex education.”

"What?" Luoya didn't understand.

"It's about body structure and stuff." Roxie's face was a little red, but she still looked serious. "You'll know when the time comes. Although I signed up because I was a little interested in it at first, it's actually a very serious and important course. It talks about girls' bodies, boys' bodies, how real babies come from this world, and so on."

Roxie gently pressed her belly and sighed softly, "Then you will know that life is a miracle, and so is love. In the future, I don't plan to ask for the seeds of the elf mother tree. I hope to create life with love. I think this is the reason why most elves decide to leave the forest."

Taking serious courses and walking out of the forest, Loya understood.

You mean you still have to continue the class and draft the paper?

In fact, Loya had sneaked a peek at the advanced class and saw that the elves were already learning magic, shooting magic all over the place, looking so cool.

Luoya wanted to learn that, but she couldn't stand the boredom of so many prerequisite courses.

So Luoya chose to run away.

After eating the vanilla cake given to her by her best friend, the birthday party for only two people ended. Roxie said goodbye and hurried to the mother tree.

The reason why there are only two people is, on the one hand, because Loya's popularity is not particularly good, and on the other hand, today is the Mother Tree Planting Festival, which takes place once every five years. Almost all the elves in the entire forest have come to watch the fun, and at festivals like this there will always be slave traders coming to harass, so even the elves' defense forces are concentrated on the Mother Tree.

If you want to escape, now is the time.

Luoya thought about it and first ran to a remote tree house.

The stupid elf Hephis lives here. She is the most unpopular elf in the entire elf community.

After all, which elf born in the big forest would be born to love playing with fire? And she was indeed as stupid and clumsy as a sloth.

But the elves couldn't do without her. On the one hand, it was because she was the only blacksmith in the tribe. On the other hand, it was because the witches liked her and needed her to deal with them every time.

She tiptoed into the tree house and suddenly there was a hissing sound from the iron stove, which startled her and made her let out a small scream.

"Who is it?" After the scream, a simple voice came from the inner room.

"I, I, I am a graduate this time and I am here to get my equipment." Luoya responded.

She was a little nervous. In fact, all the graduates in this batch had left last month, so it was a bit ridiculous for her to give this title.

However, a moment later, she heard Hephis's relieved voice again.

"I see. You are reluctant to leave your hometown and want to leave after the Tanesuke Festival."

"Yes, yes, yes." Loya answered immediately.

"That's great. I want to join in the fun, but I have so much work to do. Sorry, I complained to you by mistake. Go inside and get the white bark package," Hephis said. "Also, I have a personal matter that I hope you can help me with. If you find any books on forging or good forging tools when you travel, could you please bring them with you and sell them to me when you return home?"

"Okay, okay, okay." Loya answered immediately.

She saw the bark packages lined up in a row and opened one to take a look.

An iron sword, a dagger, homemade healing medicine from the elves, a tent sleeping bag, a map, a few large silver coins and some change.

Luoya searched the bags one by one, took out all the big silver coins and stuffed them into a bag, which she then carried on her back.

In the education that the elves received, stealing is not allowed.

But Luoya thought that this was not stealing, she just picked them up from the ground.

More importantly, Loya has a core principle in her mind: if you want to live, you cannot die, so having money will definitely allow you to live a better life. She knows all this. In the human world, this small piece of metal is very important, and even when trading with witches, this thing is needed.

Just as she was about to retreat, she saw another row of things, a row of very small bags that could not hold anything, like a wallet.

Wallet? Loya leaned over and took it out again.

There was no money. Nothing at all. But soon Loya discovered that this small bag contained much more things than she had imagined. This was her first time touching a storage bag. There was no magic lock. She felt what was in that space and was stunned for a moment.

“This bag is”

"Oh, I forgot to tell you," Hephis said cheerfully, "There is a very powerful alchemist among the witches. She can make very powerful potions. It seems that they are having a carnival recently, so storage bags are sold very cheaply. Storage bags are very convenient and powerful magic props. They can store a lot of things. They also contain special potions that they specially developed to help us. The red potion can make us hide our ears and turn them into round ears like humans. The green potion can fix the shape." Then her tone became more serious, "If it is difficult for you to live in the human world as an elf, you can consider drinking a bottle of red potion to try it out, but no matter what, you must think carefully before deciding whether to drink the green potion. If you drink that potion, there will be no way to get rid of it."

It turned out to be a very convenient and powerful magic item storage bag, used to store things. Loya understood.

This thing is great.

Loya tried it and found that the space inside was quite large. There was no need to carry a backpack. She directly put the backpack in, and then sucked the other bags in.

She tried to put other storage bags in, but this bug couldn't be fixed.

Loya sighed.

When I thought about my brave journey to the ends of the earth, I felt a little uneasy with the supplies I had on hand.

It would take a long time just to walk out of the forest, and there was no place to sit or sleep in the open air.

Eh.

Loya took away a few benches from Hephis's house.

How can we have benches but no table? The table was taken away as well.

Isn't there a bed here? Why do you need a tent or a sleeping bag?

There were tinkling sounds coming from inside from time to time, and the temperature in the room was getting higher and higher. Luoya looked around and found that it was almost time, so she turned around and ran.

She sneaked to the edge of the tribe.

Logically speaking, even if it was a festival, there should be at least two scouts squatting on a tree to guard it, so Loya was nervous all the way, and only breathed a sigh of relief when she left the edge of the tribe.

Freedom is right before your eyes.

However, Loya did not completely give up her vigilance. This was not the first time she tried to escape. She had succeeded before, but was immediately arrested. This was her first time taking advantage of the excitement of the Tanesuke Festival to escape. This was the most promising time. On the other hand, if she was caught this time, she would never have such a good opportunity again.

It would be nice if there was a vehicle.

'Strong luck'

Oh, it really exists.

Not far away, Loya found a carriage hidden in the bushes.

There were two naked elves lying on the carriage.

Hey, isn’t this the scout sister? Why are you sleeping here without any clothes on?

Luoya ran subconsciously, but after running a few steps, she turned her head and found that the two scouts were sleeping soundly and had no intention of chasing her. Luoya approached and pinched their heads, but they didn't respond.

Oh shit, they're injured. Loya then discovered that there was an arrow stuck in the thigh of the two elves. She hurriedly pulled the arrow out, and then saw blood spurting out of the thigh, and she hurriedly inserted the arrow back.

Loya, who rarely saw blood, was terrified.

There were other things on the carriage, including nets, bows and arrows, strange potions, and several backpacks filled with various small props.

Pick up, pick up, pick up.

Luoya hurriedly put all these things into the storage bag.

Soon the storage bag was full, but Loya pulled her belt, revealing a circle of storage bags hanging on it!

She took all the storage bags from the Hephis family.

The convoy hiding here was completely wiped out by Loya, except for one thing that Loya could not take away.

She didn't have time to worry about such trivial matters for the time being. She fed the two scout sisters some medicine and helped them into the nearby bushes. She then untied the carriages and kicked the horses away.

At last she boarded a carriage which had been left for her.

I rode away.

It was difficult for a carriage to pass through the big forest, but along this road Loya was surprised to find that there was indeed such a small road that could barely allow a carriage to pass. She did not dare to delay and galloped all the way.

I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but Luoya always has a bad feeling, as if someone is staring at her from behind, but she can’t see that person.

Driven by fear, she rushed to the edge of the forest.

If they drive a little further, even if they walk out of the forest, then Loya will truly face this world.

Loya took a deep breath and felt an urge to shout out loud. The unprecedented sense of freedom made her excited.

Let's take a final break here.

She got off the horse and returned to the carriage. There was only one last thing on the small cart, which the storage bag could not take away. Only then did Loya realize that it was a small plant-like monster with a trumpet-shaped mouthpart and a pair of arm-like branches and leaves.

Oh, Nadori.

It was another illusion. Loya felt that this little thing vaguely revealed disdain and contempt for her.

However, a plant-type monster of this size would not harm people, so it didn't matter if it was used as a potted plant. Loya ignored it and began to search through the storage bags one by one.

The most numerous items were bows and arrows and small throwing knives, as well as ropes and unlit torches, and a small dozen magical parchments.

Several sets of assembled cages and matching shackles.

What the hell is this? It's useless. Just sell it.

Then there are the things taken from Hephes.

Two bottles of potion, one red and one green.

Luoya tried the red one first.

It tastes sweet and my ears feel hot after drinking it.

She rubbed her hot ears and found that the pointed part was indeed becoming rounder.

She tried the green bottle again.

"vomit."

A disgusting smell rushed into her nose. She covered her chest with her hands and pulled over Nedori, who was looking at her with disdain, and used her as a spittoon to spit the medicine into her.

(End of this chapter)