Walking on the lakeside made of cobblestones, I used a small telescope to observe the surrounding environment from time to time. The sparkling blue water of the lake was so dazzling, and when I stood on a tall tree and used a telescope to observe the lake surface more than ten meters away, I could actually see

When we reached the bottom of several meters, the clarity of the lake was a bit too much, but the blurry scene deeper in the lake made me feel that the depth of the water in the center of the lake was probably beyond my imagination.

I didn't choose to camp at the landing site. After all, I didn't notice the details of the surrounding environment at all in the aerial view. There were footprints of wild beasts everywhere, and there were even a lot of fresh excrement. Such a lively area was not suitable at all.

It is suitable for living, so I had to look for other suitable places based on the lakeside structure in my memory.

An hour has passed since I arrived here, and the time now shows 10:20 am. I finally found a new preparation location about 5 kilometers away.

This is a boulder stand made of a large number of giant rocks. These rocks look very stable and there are no traces of large animals nearby. I took out my mountaineering pick and climbed up to one of the highlands composed of several giant rocks and reached the top.

Later, I discovered that the environment above was even better than I imagined. There were actually some unnatural caves on one of the boulders on the highlands. When I walked into the cave to observe its structure, I found that it was wider than I expected, but

There were no traces of artificial excavation. I suddenly thought of an apple that had been drilled through by worms. It looked fine on the outside but there were a lot of wormhole spaces inside.

Generally speaking, this place is very ideal as a temporary foothold. The exit on the other side of the cave is just above the lake, and the depth of the lake below is at least two meters visually, so it can be used as an emergency escape exit. And here

The only drawback is that after I climbed up, I discovered that there are many natural steps made of small stones on the other side of the highland. It can be easily reached from there. Maybe I need to take some precautions here.

After more than an hour of hard work, I surveyed the nearby terrain and finally completed the layout of this temporary settlement. The interior space of the cave is very comfortable, with good thermal insulation and air circulation. In this environment, I don’t need to be there at all.

I set up a tent inside and directly picked a clean location with a wide space and high above the ground as my residence. I simply folded up the tent canvas and spread it as a mattress and placed a sleeping bag. At the same time, I was also not far away.

A new ventilation opening was dug into a small crack with a mountaineering pick, and a simple campfire platform was built near the bed using the remaining gravel.

After finishing all this, I didn't rush to prepare lunch. Instead, I took out a compass, a notebook and a pencil from my backpack and started to draw a map of the forest. Relying on my memory, I drew the general shape of the lake, and then simply confirmed it.

After checking my location, I was currently located in the northwest of the big lake. The lake seemed to be much larger than I estimated. Then I drew the approximate scope of the forest and nearby human strongholds based on my memory.

It is estimated that my current location is about 20 kilometers away from the nearest village, and about 30 kilometers away from the nearest town.

"It's a bit of a mistake. 20 kilometers is not a far distance for hunters. Maybe it won't be long before I meet the aboriginal people here. It seems that I need to make some defensive preparations in advance."

I packed up my luggage, took out a small backpack, packed my notebook and other investigation equipment, roughly planned my route of action, and then got up and went out to investigate the nearby environment. For this reason, today’s lunch can only be one piece

Bland compressed dry food, which makes me feel a little unhappy.

It wasn't until evening that I dragged my heavy steps back to the camp. The results of today's reconnaissance revealed something strange. I searched a 3-kilometer area centered on the camp. Although I didn't find any potential threats, I didn't find anything either.

There were traces of large wild animals. The only harvest was a rabbit hunted and a fishing boat that had been abandoned for many years on a river beach. The mottled blood stains and decayed arrows on the boat made me feel a little uneasy, but I still

I brought back the fishing net which was still in good condition.

After returning to the camp, I skewered the prepared rabbits and roasted them on the fire. I also took the opportunity to draw a map. I no longer had the energy to think about safety measures. The only way was to use dense

The branches roughly blocked the position of the stairs.

"This will be my first night in the new world, and it's not too bad."

I cut off a piece of crispy rabbit meat with a knife, put it in my mouth and forced a smile.

"Not bad..."

In another forest further north from the forest where Erica is, there is a city built by the elves. For some reason, despite being in a forest, towering city walls and a wide moat are still built outside the city. There is nothing on the city wall.

illuminated but also dimly visible, the sentinels lurking in the shadows.

Although it has fallen into the night, the city is still brightly lit. For this group of elves, their rest time does not need to be as long as that of humans. Usually, just falling asleep late at night and waking up before sunrise is enough to recover.

After a long day of fatigue, this time period is still a lively time for the elves. At this moment, in a stone house in the center of the city, an elf with a special identity has just finished praying.

"Phyllis, have you finished praying? What did the goddess Severna say?"

A short elf girl came over and asked eagerly to the female elf who had just finished praying.

"How many times have I told you, my name is Diana, matriarch of Severin."

The female elf named Diana left the altar with the small statue and walked to a nearby table to sit down.

"But your name is Phyllis. Do you really hate your parents giving you a name?"

"I don't hate that name, but 'Diana' is my real name, so my full name is 'Diana Phyllis Argyle.' I haven't given up my name or family name."

"But how can there be such a long name in this elven clan? It sounds like a human name."

"Human beings are not all bad people. There are many people with high moral character among them, and of course there are also bad people with despicable behavior. It is not a good thing to generalize."

"Hmph, there aren't many good people around here anyway."

Diana did not intend to talk too much about this issue with the somewhat emotional elf matriarch. After all, this little elf country, far away from the traditional elf influence, has been bullied by the surrounding humans since its birth.

, the hostility towards human beings cannot be completely eliminated with just a few words, so I simply changed the topic.

"The oracle of the goddess Severna did instruct me to deal with some things, so I have to go on a far journey."

"Where are you going? Are you going to punish the bad guys again?"

"No, a new chosen one has arrived, so I want to pay a visit."

"Advent?"

"Yes. The other party is from another world."

"Human?"

"It should be."

After hearing the other party's race, the elf matriarch was obviously dissatisfied, but she was concerned about the other party's identity and did not dare to express it.

"Don't think too much. As a chosen one, there can be no evil people. After all, he is the mortal spokesperson of the goddess Severna. It is impossible to be chosen if his character is questionable."

"I'm just complaining, why can't there be another chosen one among the elves?"

"How many more do you want? There are only three chosen ones of the goddess Severna in the world, a human, an orc, and an elf."

"But this time it's a human. Now there are two humans."

"You are overthinking. God's chosen ones are not allowed to show favoritism. Although that human is in the human camp, he will not oppose the elves. It would be better to say that the group of idiots in the Principality of Michael are afraid of his existence.

I don’t dare to attack you openly. His deterrence on racial issues is more effective than Archduke Michael. As for this new chosen one, although the goddess did not explain the reason, I noticed it from her tone.

Some differences, she probably won't side with humans, or maybe she won't choose any side at all."

"Okay, I'll just target her. Where is she?"

"On the shores of the sleeping lake in the Selida Forest to the south."

"Isn't that the place where the 'Blue Dragon' sleeps? How could she get there?"

"Who knows, maybe she doesn't even know that such a thing is happening. Anyway, I'm leaving now, and I can also stop by Wellsk City tomorrow morning."

"What are you doing there?" The elf matriarch showed her deep malice again.

"Go and investigate why the caravan you sent there two months ago disappeared."

"Oh, thank you very much."

After saying this, the matriarch called in a few guards and ordered them to prepare Diana's luggage for the trip, while Diana looked up at the starry sky through the skylight with some worry.

"Erica...what kind of person would you be?"

In the early morning, I had just woken up from my sleep and was staring blankly at the group of unknown birds chirping under the vents. They were trying hard to eat the remaining compressed dry food residue I had eaten last night. I ate a whole bird last night.

I still seemed a little unsatisfied after the rabbit. It was probably due to the excessive physical exertion caused by the heavy exercise during the day. After all, I had not done any physical training for a long time. In order to prevent me from waking up hungry in the middle of the night, I had to take out another piece of compressed dry food as a midnight snack.

Unexpectedly, the leftover piece of compressed dry food actually attracted such a group of unexpected eaters in the morning. I observed these little birds for a long time and found that they were not afraid of life at all. It seemed that as long as I kept a distance from them, they would not

Overreaction.

This was the first time I had encountered this situation in my life. While I was drinking instant juice and watching the cute way they shared their food, I suddenly felt extremely happy. I simply broke off a piece of the compressed dry food for breakfast and kneaded it.

I threw it over. Although the birds scattered in alarm at first, it didn't take long before they gathered together and started feasting again. I watched them with a smile and then took out the towel and toothbrush after finishing their breakfast.

Washing up by the lake.

"Today is off to a good start."

I slept very comfortably last night. I haven’t felt the feeling of sleeping until dawn for a long time, not to mention that the bedding was just a simple sleeping bag. After washing up, I started planning today’s trip and continued to explore the surrounding environment and try to find something early.

I have to find a suitable settlement. I personally like this secluded lake, so I plan to find a suitable lakeside. Besides the scenery, the most important thing when choosing is safety, a location suitable for defense and with a safe evacuation route.

My understanding of this world is that it is a fantasy world with a medieval background, and its combat power is an army that mixes cold weapons and magic. Not to mention cold weapons, I don’t think those iron armors can protect against the impact of bullets. The only thing I feel is that there are

The threat is still magic. From the partial information in the few battles we have seen before, we can know that those magics are about as powerful as grenades. Some powerful magics are somewhat as powerful as 40mm grenades, but it is a pity that they have not been seen yet.

They have a range of more than 200 meters, and those who use magic are protected by a large number of guards. This basically means that they are very weak.

If you are fighting such an enemy, it is the best choice to give priority to killing those who use magic. After all, the effective shooting range of my current main weapon M1A is within 600 meters. Compared with the sniper rifle that can easily reach thousands of meters, this distance is not suitable for us.

For me, the difficulty is not very high. My past record of using a rifle to kill a target from a distance of 280 meters was only with an AK-108. So if I come back early today, I plan to do some shooting training nearby.

While I was planning today's trip, I was replenishing the M1A's magazine with bullets. The rabbit I hunted yesterday actually wasted 6 bullets. This was beyond my expectation, and I still feel distressed to this day.

"It seems like we still need to get along more."

Although I have long thought that it may take some time to adapt to weapons that I am not proficient in, the ammunition I carry is not very rich, so it is impossible to use it too much for training. In the past, this level of ammunition could only be used

It can sustain the consumption of one or two low-intensity battles, and it still has fire support, so saving ammunition has become a priority goal. My worst plan is that Severna will not come back on time, after all, she was late last time

for 15 years.

"Everything depends on yourself."

After preparing the weapons, I opened my notebook and looked at the temporary map. Based on the memory of the previous bird's-eye view and yesterday's reconnaissance, I could find the mouth of a certain river a few miles east, and there was a small delta plain nearby.
To be continued...