Ten minutes later, there was a row of ships that appeared in the distance.
"We're here."
Xu Yi and the two elders stood up and went to the harbour to wait.
Ten minutes later, the steel fleet that had sailed from the distant western sea slowly entered the port.
The first large transport Magic Ship that entered the harbour stopped and a small figure flew out, landing in front of Xu Yi.
"Sir chairman, I'm back!"
Xu Yi laughed and squatted down to look at the other side.
"Hey, Lumi, should I first congratulate you for finally seeing your clansmen?"
Lumi's eyes narrowed into two crescent moons as she gave a strong nod.
"Un!
Sir chairman, I really have to thank you. I never thought that I would finally see my clansmen one day! "
Xu Yi nodded with a faint smile before looking up at the deck of the large transport Magic Ship.
"Then where are your clansmen?
Are they already here? "
"I'll call them down." Lumi waved her hand and returned to the Xinfei Magic Ship.
Xu Yi stood up and smiled as he watched Lumi fly up, feeling happy for Lumi in his heart.
Since the halflings of her tribe had all died, Lumi had been the only one left in the Sines for several hundred years, so the loneliness in her heart could be imagined.
Now that she had finally followed the New Flyer's fleet to the legendary new continent and had even found the existence of the halflings on this new continent, the joy in her heart could be imagined.
Two months ago, when Xu Yi received the news from the Demon Cloud Continent, saying that the exploration team had found a tribe of halflings on the Demon Cloud Continent, Xu Yi was actually a bit surprised.
After all, the halflings leaving the Sines to live on the new continent was just a legend. No one was certain that the new continent really existed and no one was certain that the halflings could smoothly survive on the new continent.
Therefore, although Lumi insisted on exploring the endless sea with the New Flyer exploration fleet because of the rumors left by the tribe, even if they really found the Demon Cloud Continent, Xu Yi didn't have much hope.
Who would have thought that they would actually discover the existence of other halflings. This allowed Lumi to fulfill her wish of finding her own people hundreds of years ago. Xu Yi was also very happy.
From a personal point of view, Xu Yi and Rumi had a lot of conversations about magic research and the history of the halflings. Xu Yi really liked this cheerful, lively, and cute female halfling who looked like a little girl.
From an official point of view, almost every halfling was a natural-born Master Magician. They had their own research system in magic theory, and at the same time, they had a special hobby of researching magic tools and equipment.
Just Lumi alone was of great help to the New Flyer. Now that they had found a group of halflings, if they could take them all in and have them work for the New Flyer, there was no doubt that it would greatly increase the strength of the New Flyer in magic machine research.
So no matter how he looked at it, Xu Yi was very happy to see this result.
Of course, other than Lumi and the halflings she had found on the Demon Cloud Continent, the most important ones were the elves that the exploration team had found on the Demon Cloud Continent.
After waiting for a while, the large transport Magic Ship came down from the dock. A group of elves who looked different from the elves that Xu Yi had seen on the Sines came down behind the person in charge of the fleet.
Elder Elucía and elder Lisanya beside Xu Yi were clearly surprised when they saw these elves before coming forward to greet them.
However, it was different from what Xu Yi had imagined. The two sides were like people who often met each other and were very calm. After greeting each other and confirming that they could speak the same language, they began to talk like they were very familiar with each other.
Xu Yi had known the elves for a long time, so he knew that this was a characteristic of the elves. They required themselves to be as calm, noble, and elegant as possible at any time, not allowing themselves to be the slightest bit panicked.
This characteristic couldn't be considered good or bad, but Xu Yi wasn't used to it. So he left elder Elucía and elder Lisanya to talk to the elves from the Demon Cloud Continent while he looked at the group of short halflings that were like human children that came down from the ship behind the elves.
Unlike the calm faces of the elves, these halflings were already making a ruckus before they even got off the deck. If someone who didn't know what was going on saw them, they would probably mistake them for a group of noisy human children.
When they came down from the deck and stepped onto the dock, they became even more noisy.
There were even some halflings that flew into the air and looked around, looking like they had discovered a new world.
"Sir chairman, he is the representative of the clansmen that came this time. You can call him Dantland."
Lumi led over a halfling that looked no different from a human child, but his hair and beard almost reached his calves, and his face looked like an old human man.
Seeing Xu Yi looking at him, the halfling old man named Dantland bowed slightly and said in a muffled voice, "Hello, respected human leader, I am Dantland.
Because I am the oldest, the clansmen who came with me this time chose me as their representative.
If you have anything to say to us, you can come to me directly. "
Xu Yi nodded, thinking that these halflings weren't as unreliable as they seemed on the surface. They even knew to choose a representative to negotiate with him.
"Hello, elder Dantland, my name is Xu Yi. I believe that Lumi has already introduced me to you on the way here."
"Yes.
Lumi said that you are the chairman of the New Flyer. I also know that your company produces magic machines? "Dantland looked at Xu Yi, his small eyes shrouded by his beard showing a curious light.
"I have experienced a few of the magic machines produced by your company in the hands of your exploration team. I must admit that they all have very magical effects."
"Thank you for your praise." Xu Yi smiled.
"But elder Dantland, you halflings have a long history of research in magic tools and magic machines. I believe that you have your own unique understanding of these things.
If we can cooperate and research together, it will definitely be helpful to both of us. "
Dantland chuckled, "It seems that you humans are still the same.
Don't worry, Lumi and the people from your company have already explained it to us on the way here.
I know that you want to get something from us, but don't you think that it is too early to talk about it? "
Xu Yi shrugged, "Of course, this time I invited you here through Lumi to let you have a tour first.
As for whether anyone is willing to stay and help us or cooperate with our company, isn't that up for discussion? "
Dantland looked at Xu Yi with a surprised expression.
"You are very frank, human. You are different from the humans I have seen before."
Xu Yi immediately grasped the key point in his sentence.
"Elder Dantland, you mean that you have seen other humans before?
So there are humans on the Demon Cloud Continent?
Are there many humans on the Demon Cloud Continent? "
"I don't know." Dantland shook his head.
"The last time I saw a human was more than a hundred years ago.
At that time, humans were very rare on the Demon Cloud Continent. I don't know how they are now. "
"Is that so?" Xu Yi frowned slightly.
The exploration team of the New Flyer has explored the Demon Cloud Continent as far as nearly a thousand kilometers from the west coast of the Demon Cloud Continent. Along the way, they have found the Halflings, Elves, Goblins, and the rarest Lizards on the Demon Cloud Continent. However, they have never encountered a single human.
However, whether it was the Dragons, Halflings, or Elves, they all said that there were indeed humans on the Demon Cloud Continent, but they did not occupy the majority of the Demon Cloud Continent.
This discovery made it impossible for Xu Yi's original plan of contacting the human kingdoms of the new continent and taking over the human market on the new continent to be the first to be implemented.
Humans seem to have no control on the Demon Cloud Continent at all, so how could the New Flyer discuss with the human kingdoms how to develop the Demon Cloud Continent?
After thinking about this, Xu Yi quickly put on a smile on his face and asked another question.
"Elder Tran, my subordinates should have already mentioned this to you and your clansmen. This time you came all the way from the Demon Cloud Continent, so our company wants to announce this to the public, letting the entire Sines Continent know of your appearance.
The answer you gave before is that you need to think about it, but now I want to know your answer. "
Trond stroked his long beard and fell into contemplation.
After a while, he slowly nodded and sighed, "Let's do as you say and announce the news.
We Halflings don't need to hide, and I also want to know how many of our people are on this continent.
Lumi has always refused to believe that she is the only one on the Sines, and I don't believe it either.
Perhaps with the power of you humans, we will be able to confirm this result. "
Xu Yi looked at Lumi on the side. Seeing her nod vigorously, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
In fact, in order to explore the possibility of other halflings on the Sines, the New Flyer has been publicizing the news of Lumi's existence to the public.
With the New Flyer's growing reputation on the Sines, this news should have spread throughout the human world by now, and should also have spread to the ears of the other races on the continent.
However, for so many years, there has never been a second halfling. Even if there were several news about the halflings, it was later confirmed to be false.
Thus, Lumi being the only halfling on the Sines could only be the only explanation.
Lumi, Trond, and the other halflings who came from the Demon Cloud Continent still didn't give up, but Xu Yi was basically sure that they still wouldn't get the result they wanted.