CHAPTER 472: In The Know

In the underground world, the dark elves reigned supreme. But when they emerged to the surface of the Profound Continent, they became prey for humans.

The beauty of the female elves and the skill of the male elves with enchanted weapons proved a great temptation to humans. On the Profound Continent, there was never a shortage of hunters who specialised in capturing elves, especially the female elves that the nobility loved.

This beautiful dark elf named Kroely was actually a virgin among the dark elves, who had an innate tendency to be wanton, which piqued Han Shuo's interest. As soon as they left the underground world, Han Shuo asked, "Kroely, why did Shialan and the others want to give you to me as a gift? Did they threaten you?"

Kroely was terrified and fell to her knees before Han Shuo and said, "Master, you are a benefactor of the dark elves. It is my honour to serve you."

Han Shuo gestured with his hand and did not ask any further questions. However, throughout the entire journey, he still had doubts in his heart. He always felt as if he already knew Kroely. But after long, careful thought, he was still certain that he had never met her before.

"Bryan, I'd like to have a few words with you alone!" After emerging from the underground world, the patriarch of the dark dragons, Gilges, suddenly spoke.

Han Shuo stared blankly for a moment before nodding. Then he said to Kroely, "Leave us for a moment!"

Kroely glanced at Gilges, then replied respectfully, "Yes," and distanced herself from the others. With Kroely gone, Gilbert put down the cage that held his grandfather. After glancing off into the distance at Kroely, Gilges furrowed his brow and said, "Bryan, I sense something's wrong with this dark elf. I sense a familiar odour coming from her body."

When Gilges said this, Han Shuo jumped and shouted in surprise, "You felt that too?"

I don't know why, but I noticed that when we were in the tunnel earlier, that dark elf kept surreptitiously sizing me up. It was as if she wanted to harm me," Gilges said in a low voice, his eyebrows still furrowed. Soon after, he seemed rather embarrassed and admitted, "But maybe it's because I've gotten old, overly sensitive!"

Han Shuo didn't think so. The older you got, the more details you would notice and the more insights you would have that young people usually did not have. As for this Kroely, Han Shuo himself had sensed that something was wrong with her from the beginning. And now, with Gilge's warning, he was on alert.

Looking at the slender, elegant, lovely dark elf standing in the distance, Han Shuo couldn't help but carefully release his consciousness to slowly sense the aura around Kroely. Indeed, there was none of the lewd taste that female dark elves were usually tainted with.

However, when Han Shuo truly sensed with his consciousness, he still felt that Kroely was indeed somewhat atypical. It was precisely because her aura was so different from that of an ordinary dark elf that Han Shuo felt suspicious. If he were to close his eyes, based on his other senses alone, Han Shuo would never consider her to be a dark elf.

As Han Shuo slowly watched Kroely with his consciousness, the patriarch of the dark dragons, Gilges, muttered to himself, "This is actually quite puzzling. Although I've lived in the underground world for many years, I haven't had much contact with dark elves. Only Adele, whom we imprisoned, spent a relatively long time with us. Why do I get a familiar taste from this young dark elf?"

""Grandpa, you must have misunderstood. I knew that Adele too. She had a promiscuous taste. You could tell at a glance that she was a slut. But this Kroely feels pure and clean. If it wasn't for her dark elf appearance, I would have taken her for a forest elf," the dark dragon Gilbert interjected.

Han Shuo was startled. His eyes shone as he looked deeply at Kroely, who was standing at a distance. He wore a pensive expression.

"Alright, let's stop discussing this!" Han Shuo suddenly interrupted and waved at Kroely who was standing quietly far away. When Kroely came over, he said with a smile, "We have some business to take care of, and it's not appropriate for you to come along. Here, take this crest and go to Brettel City. With this, nothing will happen to you while you are in Lancelot's Empire."

"Master, but I don't know the way. What if someone catches me in the Dark Forest?" Kroely looked timidly at Han Shuo, seemingly losing her head in fear.

"From here, just head north all the way. After two days you will reach the Valley of Sunshine. If you run into any problems, take my crest to Trunks and tell him that you are my servant. You are a dark elf, so don't worry about your life even if you are captured. With this badge, my friends will let you go, and my enemies will keep you alive to blackmail me. In short, you won't die! Be at ease!" Han Shuo reassured her.

After Han Shuo was granted the title of Marquis, he naturally received a complete set of emblems that represented his identity as a noble. This coat of arms, which had a beautiful escutcheon on it, was an identity mark exclusively for Han Shuo. It even contained a magical imprint that no ordinary person could forge. And of course, those with the ability to forge wouldn't do such a thing senselessly.

Kroely looked worriedly at Han Shuo. Although Han Shuo appeared polite and friendly on the surface, his manner of speaking was determined. She knew that as a mere servant, she was in no position to discuss terms. Even if Han Shuo were to kill her on the spot, that would be her fate. Therefore, this sharp-witted Kroely could only take the badge. She weakly replied, "Yes, Master. Your humble servant wishes that there will be a chance to meet your lordship again!"

"Certainly!" Han Shuo confirmed.

After Kroely left, Han Shuo chuckled grimly, "You're going to play this trick on me? Those dark elves must have been tired of living!"

"Bryan, what's going on?" The patriarch of the dark dragons, Gilges, could tell from the start that something was up, and now he could not resist asking.

"On Kroely, I felt the aura of those dark elves who worship the evil goddess Rose. I was nearly killed in a sneak attack that I believe was the work of the so-called Spider Goddess Rose. It seems that this Kroely is making another attempt to attack me," Han Shuo told Gilges darkly.

Gilges was very shocked by Han Shuo's bitter experience, but he did not ask any further questions. He knew that if Han Shuo didn't talk about certain things, it would be inappropriate for him to ask about them.

"Let's go!" Han Shuo instructed Gilbert and left for the cemetery of Death.

But in the end, after careful consideration in his heart, Han Shuo did not bring the dark dragons to the cemetery of Death. Although Han Shuo believed in Gilges, the patriarch of the dark dragons, there was more than one dark dragon in the cage. Han Shuo could not be sure that none of them would reveal the location of the Cemetery of Death at any time in the future.

Although the Cemetery of Death was indeed surrounded by a mighty boundary, and there was absolutely no way to open it without the Skeleton Staff, nothing was always absolute. Han Shuo didn't believe that the boundary of the Cemetery of Death was all-powerful. Otherwise, those evil necromancers who had conducted their research there all those years ago wouldn't have suffered such devastating losses from the encirclement and extermination campaign against them.

Therefore, Han Shuo did not bring the entire race of dark dragons to the Cemetery of Death, but placed them in the forest troll village and returned to the Cemetery of Death alone.

For the past few years, the forest trolls had lived under the rule of the dark dragon Gilbert. The forest trolls had long regarded Gilbert and Han Shuo as the messengers of their god, Datara.

The Valley of Sunshine wasn't far from the Dark Forest. When Trunks was fighting for control of the Valley of Sunshine, he even used the forest trolls' powers through Gilbert. After that, the forest trolls and Trunks had established a good relationship. Some of the forest trolls even moved to the canyons surrounding the Valley of Sunshine to work with Trunks.

After taking control of the Valley of Sunshine, Trunks' band of mercenaries grew richer and more powerful with each passing day. In his quest for revenge, Trunks had put all his efforts into strengthening himself. With Han Shuo's support behind the scenes, Trunks also established good trade relations with various races of the underground world, including the dark elves and lizardmen.

Through his dealings with the underground world over the years, Trunks had made impressive profits. With the introduction of Han Shuo, Trunks became the dwarves' second best friend. By giving away large amounts of goods and supplies, Trunks received large amounts of bladed weapons from the dwarves.

With Gilbert's help, the Valley of Sunshine and the forest trolls became close allies. Trunks provided the forest trolls with weapons, armour, and food. Using the strong intelligence network he had in the Valley of Sunshine , he provided the forest trolls with the trade routes of caravans that were either disloyal or disobedient, so that the forest trolls could carry out raids.

After experiencing a round of inhumane torment, Trunks, who was hardly a benevolent person to begin with, became even more ruthless and determined. Over the past few years, with the help of Han Shuo, Brettel City, Phoebe, Emily and the others, Trunks had taken complete control of the Valley of Sunshine.

Together with the Soul Destroyer mercenary group, the forest trolls, the dwarves, the lizardmen and even Janet's bandit group, Trunks, with the Valley of Sunshine and the edges of the Dark Forest at his centre, has become a powerhouse that no country would dare to underestimate!

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