Chapter 140 Middleman

Andio stood by the window of the bedroom on the fourth floor, looking at the soldiers pouring out of the company camp in the distance, feeling anxious and slightly uneasy.

If I remember correctly, the direction in which the soldiers were heading should be the group led by the Oriental woman Liu Jindai.

The task of Liu Jin's team was arranged by him through cheating, and he deliberately sent them to the woods to cut firewood.

He didn't know why he did this, he just took money to do things.

Yesterday, a student came to him and asked him to help him operate it secretly. He also gave him twenty gold coins. Andio didn't think much about it. He happened to be short of money recently, so he agreed directly.

This kind of thing was very common, and he didn't doubt it. It had happened occasionally before. It was because these noble students looked down upon each other and wanted to use him to cause trouble for each other.

Thinking of this, Andio suddenly hurried back to the desk, took out the group roster, and turned to the column for Liu Jin's group.

The moment he saw Sauron written on it, his expression instantly turned extremely ugly.

He stood in front of the table in a daze. When he woke up, he immediately packed his luggage and walked out the door after a while.

It was completely dark by this time, and there was no one else outside except the burning torches on the roadside.

After Andio pondered for a moment, he walked towards Highland City. Just as he reached the gate of the farm, he saw several soldiers blocking the intersection.

Seeing this scene, the ominous premonition in his heart became stronger. After hesitating for a few seconds, he finally stepped forward.

"Stop! This place is temporarily blocked and no one is allowed to pass."

As soon as Andio took a few steps, a soldier spotted him and quickly raised his gun to warn.

"I'm a teacher at Noble Middle School. There's something urgent at home. I need to rush back immediately." Andio's face was flushed with anxiety, and there were dense beads of sweat on his forehead.

"Go back!" The soldier was unmoved.

"Brothers, I really have something going on at home, please be accommodating." Andio took out his money bag and handed it over, and the gold coins inside made a pleasant sound when they collided.

"I say it for the last time, go back!" The soldier on the other side drew out the sword from his waist and approached him cautiously.

"Okay, okay, I'll go back." Andio raised his hands and stepped back.

After leaving here, he wandered around the other exits of the farm, and finally returned to his house in fear.

The entire farm has been completely cordoned off.

…

Lu He said hello to Liu Jin and Kath.

Then he led the half-elf into his bedroom under the complicated and contemptuous looks of the two people.

Lu He opened the door, walked in, went to the desk and poured a glass of hot water. After taking a sip, he sat on the chair and looked at the anxious half-elf in front of him.

"May I have your name?"

"I...my name is Selya." Selya's voice trembled slightly.

The half-elf didn't know when she put on the mask again. Although her expression couldn't be seen clearly, Lu He could still feel strong uneasiness from her light green pupils.

"Am I that scary?" Lu He said speechlessly.

"No...there is." Selya was very nervous. She nodded instinctively at first, then quickly shook her head after realizing it.

She was really afraid. This fear seemed to come from the depths of her soul, making her unable to restrain herself at all.

Lu He smiled, put down the tea cup in his hand, stood up and walked to Selya.

Seeing Selya who was shaking all over and with tears in her eyes, he reached out his hand and gently stroked her hair, releasing energy bit by bit from his hand to soothe her emotions.

Feeling the warm breath coming from the top of her head, Selya gradually calmed down the fear in her heart and slightly returned to her usual calm state.

She peeked at the arm next to her from the corner of her eye, and could clearly see the lines of the muscles on it.

Lu He gently opened the green gauze mask and pinched her pointed and thin ears.

Selya's jade-like face was quickly dyed pink, and she lowered her head deeply, not daring to look any further.

Lu He pondered for a moment, then lightly scratched his fingernail under his earlobe, and a drop of blood fell on his fingertips.

This drop of blood is not much different from human beings, except that the color is slightly lighter, and there is no smell of blood, but a slight smell of grass.

Lu He returned to his seat, looked at the drop of blood, and carefully analyzed the components in it.

He wanted to find out from the blood some of the extraordinary properties of the extraordinary race of elves.

It's a pity that he doesn't have magic power now, nor does he have the tools to analyze blood. He can only see that the most special thing in this drop of blood is a natural particle: the Heart of Ilúvatar.

In addition, the concentration of this kind of energy particles in the blood is very rare. He thinks it must be due to the half-elf.

Bang bang bang!

A sudden burst of gunfire outside the silent window interrupted Lu He's thoughts.

He raised his head and saw Selya still standing obediently in front of him. He couldn't help but smile, pointed to the wooden stool next to him and said: "Don't be restrained, sit down."

Selya sat down quietly.

She was also tired. She was chased by the big man for several times in the woods today, and was finally caught because she was exhausted. Otherwise, she would not have been caught up.

Lu He wiped his fingers with a tissue, then turned his head and looked at Selya with interest, and said, "Introduce yourself, your life experience, origins and purpose."

"I..." Selya was silent for a few seconds, and when she was about to speak, she was interrupted by another gunshot outside the window.

"My soldiers are dealing with the bad guys in the farm. You are not a bad guy, don't worry."

Lu He saw that the half-elf's expression was still a little panic, so he continued to comfort her:

"You are my person now. No one dares to hurt you except me, and no one can hurt you!"

Selya forced herself to squeeze out a smile, and deep in her heart she was complaining, am I afraid of these rubbish soldiers holding fire sticks? I am afraid of you.

But she still pretended to be very moved, organized her words, and began to explain her origins.

"Thank you, sir. My name is Selya, and I come from a half-elf tribe in the Dawn Forest."

"Dawn Forest, is it the forest southwest of Xiangmu City?" Lu He asked.

He knew some of the industries of the Soros family. The family had a spice processing factory in Xiangmu City, which purchased some raw materials from the Dawn Forest and sold them to the south of the empire after processing.

"Yes, it's that forest." Selja nodded. "Your family is very powerful there."

"Well, go on."

"I have lived in the Dawn Forest with my tribe since I was a child. The climate there is extremely changeable and the environment is very harsh. In addition to the exotic beasts, there are other races living in the forest, and they are constantly fighting each other for limited resources."

"In addition, humans continue to invade the Dawn Forest to collect spices and big trees, squeezing our living environment."

"Our tribe lives very hard in it. The number of tribesmen is getting smaller and smaller every year. Last year, the tribe leader was forced to choose to cooperate with a human noble under the pressure of survival. They provide us with the necessities of life, and our tribe will send tribesmen to serve them."

Selja became depressed as she spoke. She thought of her parents, her tribesmen, and her current situation, and tears welled up in her eyes again.

Lu He poured Selja a cup of hot water and felt that this half-elf was very pitiful.

But there was not much sympathy. The war between different races was so cruel.

For the sake of profit, reproduction, and so-called glory, humans must squeeze the living space of other races, not to mention that they are in an absolute advantage.

If humans had not liked internal fighting since ancient times, and internal disputes had never stopped, he estimated that all kinds of alien races in this world would have been wiped out long ago.

Look, isn't there a human noble who chose to cooperate with the half-elf tribe for the sake of profit?

And he was bullied.

"Which noble in Xiangmu City?" Lu He asked.

"Savoy family, I followed you because of the order of Elijah, the patriarch of this family."

Selya did not hesitate. She did not feel guilty about betraying her allies at all. Instead, she hated Elijah.

In addition to being lustful and always wanting to take advantage of her, Elijah was also very cunning.

She worked for the Savoy family for a year and only exchanged one month's food for the tribe. If she didn't know the price of human goods, it would be fine, but since she learned the specific situation, she felt that she had lost a lot.

The tribe's monthly rations are worth about 500 gold coins, which is 40 gold coins per month.

But Selya learned that the market price of an ordinary high-level knight attendant is 100 to 200 gold coins per month.

And she is not only a high-level knight attendant, but also has special skills, so the hiring price must be at least 200.

The difference of at least four times was earned by Ilya, the cunning middleman.