Chapter 21 Chapter 17 Meriky's Approval

From the moment when Pike Stone Shoulders yelled a long "噫", and then with the help of Talasher, stepped on the back of the Pegasus Mu Miao that landed in the forest, Talasher discovered that he The guy with the green beard was quite fond of it. "Hee hee hee." Pike smiled.He also winked at the Pegasus several times as he followed Tarasher away. They had been flying most of the day, and the light of dusk was fading away. "You get along well with Mu Miao?" Tarasher asked. "Hee hee hee," Pike replied. "Well, there's something else. I hope it makes you happy too," said the elf.

Pike looked at him curiously. "We're approaching the home of a great ranger, now deceased," Tarasher explained. "It's called the Monch Forest, a sacred place shrouded in magic." Pike's eyes were so wide they seemed to fall out of their sockets. "Have you heard of it?" "Yup." Tarrasher smiled, and the wind led him across the mountain path, the whirlwind lapping at their bodies through the trunks of the pine trees.It was not long before they were outside the inverted cone of trees and piled stone walls, which looked as though Monterey the Ranger still lived and tended among them.Powerful magic pervaded the space.

For all Tarasher wished he knew, the last occupants of the woods were nearby.Years ago he had brought Drizzt Do'Urden here to judge this extraordinary dark elf.He and Innovindi both thought that a similar test might be suitable for Pike Stoneshoulders as well. The two walked in the woods, admiring the solemn setting and the simple and beautiful design of the ranger cabin. "So you and your brother are attending the coronation of Bruenor Warhammer?" Tarasher was at a loss for words.He knew that Yinuo Wendi was also interrogating the other brother of the two brothers in the Moon Forest at this time.

"Yes." Pike said happily, but he was obviously a little embarrassed, and he jumped up and down, scratching his head and scratching his head. "Then you are very familiar with King Bruno?" "Yeah." Pike agreed. He stopped suddenly, stared at the elf and blinked a few times. "So-so," he corrected with a shrug. "You don't know him well?" "Unfamiliar." "That's enough to say... what's his name, Cadley?" "Yup." "Understood. Then tell me, Pike," Tarasher said, "how did you have such a druid..."

His voice trailed off as he noticed that Pike's attention was suddenly diverted, his eyes wide open, following the direction of the dwarf's gaze, and Tarasher immediately understood that the dwarf hadn't listened to his question at all.For beyond the woods on the other side stood the strongest and noblest horse-like creatures in Toril.Its powerful legs are strong enough to kick a giant's skull, and its straight horn can penetrate two people standing back to back. are doing. Pike raised one arm above his head, fingered forward, thinking it was his horn, and began to hop all over the floor.

"Stay still, dwarf," Tarasher warned, wondering how the noble and deadly creature would respond. However, Pike didn't seem nervous at all, but yelled excitedly.The dwarf jumped out of the path, tripped over the fence that surrounded the woods, and ran at the rare beast. The unicorn pawed the ground and neighed, but Pike continued to charge forward as if nothing was wrong. Tarasher couldn't laugh or cry, considering how foolish he was to bring the dwarves.He ran after him, yelling at Pike to stop. As a result, when Talasher climbed over the stone wall, he stopped first.A pie in a small clearing was standing beside the unicorn, stroking its muscular neck.The unicorn was a little dazed, still stamping its hooves, and it didn't chase Pike away, nor did it show signs of leaving.

Tarasher sat on the wall with a smile, and he nodded, very satisfied with the scene. Pike stayed with the noble unicorn for a while longer, then the creature turned and galloped away.The dwarf, surrounded by magic, floated back from the other end of the little clearing, so softly and delicately, as if his toes didn't touch the ground at all. "Are you happy?" "Yup!" "It seems to like you." "Yup!" "You know about the existence of Melika, right?" Pike grinned almost to his ears.He reached into the pocket of his coat and pulled out a pendant with the head of a unicorn, the symbol of the goddess of nature.

Tarrasher had seen another man wearing a similar necklace, but Pike's was carved from wood, and the other was carved from the bone of an Icewind Dale bullhead. "King Bruno, wouldn't you be happy to see others worshiping that goddess in your own council hall?" Tarasher asked him, directing the conversation in a direction that he thought would be rewarding. Pike looked at him curiously. "After all, he's a dwarf, and most dwarves don't like Merikki." "Pfft." Pike waved mockingly at the elf. "You think I'm wrong?" "Yup."

"I have heard that in his council there is a servant of the goddess Melikai," said Tarasher, "and that is where he was trained by the ranger Monterey. He is a very extraordinary being, like Pike Stoneshoulders is just as extraordinary." "Drizzt Durden!" Pike yelled.Although it took Tarasher a moment to decipher the out-of-pronunciation name, he nodded in agreement. If the unicorn wasn't proof enough, Pike's knowledge of Drizzt should be. "Yes, Drizzt," said the elf, "I saw a unicorn for the first time when I brought him here. The unicorn liked him too."

"Hee hee hee." "Here we shall pass the night," said the Elf, "and we shall return to your brother as soon as the sun rises." The idea seemed acceptable, and to Pike Stoneshoulder it pleased him.The dwarf ran off and searched the whole wood, and soon found two hammocks. Surrounded by the magical atmosphere pervading the Monchi Forest, the two spent a cozy evening. "He knew Drizzt Do'Urden," Talasher had said when he and Innoventi met the next day to discuss their observations of their unusual dwarven brother. "Ivan, too," Innovindi confirmed, "In fact, Drizzt Do'Urden and Bruenor's adopted human adopted daughter, Catti-brie, is the link between Cadley and Mithril Hall. Ivan, Pike and Cadley learned everything about Bruno from those two."

"Pike firmly believes that Drizzt will join Bruenor," Tarasher said darkly. "If he goes there, we'll know what Alifen is doing physically and mentally." A haze flickered across Tarasher's eyes, and he looked down at the ground.The life and destiny of Alifane Tutherel is the saddest and darkest story of the Moon Forest.Alifane died that fateful night half a century ago when she was still a child. That night, the dark elves crawled out of their tunnels and descended in front of the moon elves celebrating the moon night.Everyone was slaughtered except Alifane, and if it weren't for the uncharacteristic generosity of that drow—Drizzt Do'Urden—the little girl would have suffered the same fate.Drizzt hid her under the body of her mother, whose blood stained her body as though she, too, had been wounded. When Talasher, Innovindi and the other moon elves realized the righteousness of Drizzt's righteous deeds and gradually began to trust this extraordinary dark elf, Alifen still hadn't recovered from that moment of shock.The carnage left her horrified, even by the best efforts of her hired priests and mages, and pushed her down another path that would have exhausted her adult life: killing all the drow, Kill Drizzt Do'Urden. When Drizzt crossed the Moon Forest, the two had met face to face. At that time, Tarasher and the others tried their best to keep Alifen calm and did not cut Drizzt's throat; more likely What's more, he didn't die under his scimitar. "You mean she will show her identity and approach him?" Innovindi asked, "So it seems that it is our duty to warn Drizzt Do'Urden and King Bruenor of the elves who are allowed to enter Mithril Hall." ?” Tarasher answered Innoventi's first question with a shrug.A few years ago, Alifen disappeared from the Moon Forest without warning.They had tracked it down to Silvermoon, where she had hired a swordsman as a sparring partner, because he met the requirements for proficiency in the dual weapons common among the drow. Many times they had come close to finding Alifen, and she always seemed to be one step ahead of them.She disappeared, simply gone, and her trail grew colder and colder.The two suspected mage intervention, such as teleportation spells, but none of them admitted to it.To tell the truth, money was spent and energy was spent. They didn't even find anyone who admitted to seeing Ai Lifen. The pursuit stalled, the elves hoped, and they still hoped—that Arifin killed Drizzt, ending her lifelong search for Drizzt.However, Talasher and Innovindi suspected that this was not the case at all.There was no reason for Alifen to take up arms, only smoldering hatred, and a thirst for vengeance that the elves had never known before. "As neighbors, we have the responsibility to warn King Bruno." Tarasher replied. "We have a duty to the dwarves?" "Just because of Ai Lifen's relationship, if she still thinks about the matter of violating moral guidance." Innovindi chewed on his words, then nodded in agreement, "She believes that if she kills Drizzt Do'Urden, she will be free from the tragic scenes that accompany her. She will fight back against all drow's expectations Live in Drizzt's death, to avenge her family." "But if Drizzt was warned and she revealed who she was and what she wanted, he'd kill her," Tarasher said.Yinuo Wendi was one of them. "Perhaps this is the most merciful way." The female elf whispered, looking up at Talasher.The latter's face was tense, and his eyes narrowed reluctantly. However, under Yinuowendi's simple logic, his expression relaxed. He understood that Ai Lifen, the complete Ai Lifen, had died in the wilderness as early as that night when the moon was shining.Her faded life was finally ruthlessly shattered by alienation. "I don't think Ivan and Pike are the candidates to deliver such an important message to King Bruno," said Innoventi.Tarasher's disheveled expression brightened a little, and he even squeezed out a smile. "It is very likely that they will mess up the news and trigger a war between Mithril Hall and Moon Forest." He forced a smile. "Boom!" Innovindi imitated Pike perfectly, and the two elves laughed loudly. Tarasher turned to look at the northwest sky, even though the setting sun in the west was still glowing pink under the cover of clouds, his laughter still lingered.Alifane was over there, maybe she was dead, if not there was nothing he could do to save her.