vrcanaries Chapter 345: The Dark Elves' Diet Changed by God
Chapter 345: The Dark Elves' Diet Changed by God
The dark elves spent more than fifty years building urbanization in the underground caves of the Moon Sea Breath.
At the beginning, under the leadership of Iris, the dark elves spent a lot of money to eliminate the surrounding underground creatures.
Including a tribe of kobolds, petrified lizards wandering in the stalagmite woodlands, and a group of gray dwarves who rashly barged in.
Since most of the dark elf exiles were not high-level fighters, even though Iris spared no effort to protect them, they still lost several hundred people.
It was not until more than ten years ago that Iris learned from somewhere a set of technology for mass production of God's Favored Ones.
Since then, this group of miserable dark elves have gradually acquired the combat capability to resist the underground threats.
This is why most professionals in the city are divine magicians.
According to Nimia's very proud claim, there are at least eight hundred dark elf sorcerers in Breath of the Moon Sea, if not a thousand.
Among the remaining combatants, the majority are still mages and other types of spellcasters.
In a sense, the dark elves, who inherited the civilization of the high elves, also inherited the spellcasting talents of their predecessors.
But as the city expanded, the dark elves began to encounter thorny problems.
There was a food shortage, a severe food shortage.
Since the purge began, animals that could be used as food have been frightened away by the dark elves and dare not approach, and some edible plants have become increasingly scarce.
The dark elves who originally lived underground mainly ate fungi that grew in the underground world.
The main meat source is underground beetles that are kept in captivity in the city.
In the past, the city of Mosobran had the protection of the Spider Queen Rose, and could raise giant sword spiders to act as predators to help the dark elves hunt outside.
Iris, who has lived in the main material plane for nearly 20,000 years, has absolutely no affection for exoskeleton arthropods such as insects.
She simply could not accept herself or her family eating insects or training them as hunting dogs.
Therefore, a considerable portion of the dark elves' diet was taken away.
Fortunately, Elise brought some dark elves and began to plant some low fruit trees on the surface of the Moon Sea Breath, allowing the diet of these dark-skinned short people to begin to return to the era of the high elves.
But this did not solve the problem of food shortage at all.
Those fruits, which are not very filling, cannot even feed a quarter of the population.
"The first thing to solve is the most important thing, which is eating..."
Ivan sat behind a pile of books, rubbing his swollen temples.
Lian, who couldn't calm down, had already run outside the temple to have fun.
These dark elves, who were about the same height as her, were relatively easy to communicate with, although they often used sign language that she could not understand.
The dark elf was also very happy to play with this immature half-elf.
It is unknown whether he wanted to make a good impression on Lian's mother, Lady Iris, or whether the short half-elf is indeed very popular.
The only one who stayed behind to accompany Alvin in scratching his temple was the orc Kong Er.
It’s not that he doesn’t want to go out for a walk, but the group of dark elf girls outside all have faces as disastrous as Nimia’s - the key is that they are not wearing enough.
Kong Er knew a little about the dark elves. He knew that this race possessed terrifying dark vision, and could see the heat energy radiating from the surface of living organisms in a pitch-black environment.
According to Blue Star's understanding, it is the same principle as thermal night vision goggles.
This two-dimensional orc doesn't want to be watched on the street because of the huge heat radiating from some unspeakable parts of his body.
He simply stayed next to Ivan, pretending to be oblivious to what was happening outside, and peeked at the dark elf girl in the temple through the gaps between the books.
"Food... Kong Er, how do you think these mushrooms grow underground...
Empty ears? Empty ears?
Hey! Nimea, there's an orc watching your—"
Before Ivan could finish his words, Kong Er turned around and slapped the pervert's mouth.
"What are you looking at me for?"
The 1.40-meter-tall Nemia poked her head out from behind a pile of documents.
She was looking for information about edible fungi nearby for Alvin.
"I was just looking at the information you have there, Miss Nimia."
Whenever Ivan heard Kong Er speaking in this weird accent, he couldn't help laughing.
Breaking free from the orc's big hand, Ivan tilted his neck, also poked his head out from behind the documents, and spoke to Nimia who had not yet figured out the situation.
"Where are the mushrooms that the dark elves eat grown?"
"Planting?"
Nimia, who has a mature face but the height of a loli, is obviously a little confused.
“We don’t know how to grow mushrooms…
Moreover, these mushrooms are everywhere in the underground caves. Do we still need to plant them?"
"If the mushroom production is really sufficient, then you won't be short of food!"
"Eh? That seems to be true..."
"Take me to where the mushrooms grow."
Ivan stood up and stretched hard.
“Who knows, this problem may be easy to solve…”
Nimia still hadn't come back to her senses. She looked at Ivan with a dull expression, then looked at Kong Er with a dull expression.
The latter was trying hard to straighten his chest and suck in his stomach, trying to behave like an elegant gentleman.
……
Elise sat in a booth at the top of the temple, crossing her legs in an indecent manner.
The goddess was supporting her chin with one hand, and the fingers of the other hand were scratching the table, making an uncomfortable noise.
"I don't know what's wrong with Xiling...
Corellon, that old man, shouldn't make things difficult for her...
Creatures in the mortal world all say that grandparents are close relatives, but I don’t know if it’s true…”
After muttering to himself, the true body of the god suddenly looked up at the top -
To be precise, her divine perception was locking onto a group of approaching creatures.
“Um… is it them?
How did this species of creature appear here?"
Iris stood up, a short bow appeared in her hand without warning, and then she walked towards the exit at the top of the temple.
That is a secret passage leading to the surface.
At the same time, on the surface, a team wrapped in cloaks had just crossed the turbulent Miral River and landed on the Breath of the Moon Sea from the south bank.
“Miss Larrel, is your friend really here?
Here... down here... we can sense...
This is a place where gods dwell..."