Chapter 29: Goodbye
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Charlotte and Claire didn't know where Devany lived in Ifrett, but it was difficult for them to guess what was heavily guarded and ornately decorated. Aside from the necessary stealth spells, the two tried to avoid using the rest of the spells to alarm the defenses within, and when they came to the Ifrit Center complex, they slowed down to investigate Daphne's location along the way.
The palace complexes of the forest elves are different, they are not much different from the outer building complex, the only difference is that they are located at the top of the central mother tree, and the path along the way is integrated with the elven mother tree, like the folded trunk of the mother tree, and there is no trace of man-made evidence.
If the biggest difference is that this kind of guard is extremely strict, and the greenery and flowers are more artistic than the rest of the place.
It wasn't until they climbed the complex that Charlotte and Claire realized that the entire Ifrit was built around the Mother Tree. The palace complex is located on top of the mother tree, and the outer buildings are located between the mother tree and the rhizome, the veins of the rhizome form a natural wall, and divide the whole city into several areas, between which there is no obvious gap between the rich and the poor, and the Ifrit is divided more like a functional area.
It's hard to see any signs of people in the city, but if there is not the slightest human influence, then it is a godsend.
Charlotte and Claire weave their way through the palaces, but their luck is not enough, and until the middle of the moon, the two of them still can't find Devine's place in the Mother Tree palace. Even though a few suspicious areas full of flowers were selected, all but one of them were not inhabited by the owner.
Eventually, the two set their sights on the uninhabited palace hut, but waited all night until the sky was about to turn white before they learned a piece of information from the small talk of the shift guards. Devany does not reside in Ifrit, and the current queen seems to have sent Devany west to deal with the trolls who are fighting back.
Charlotte and Claire glanced at each other, and had no choice but to leave Ifrit and turn to the west of the Flower Forest without stopping.
This trip didn't go any further, and when the two arrived at the elven station, they happened to encounter an encounter between the forest elves and the trolls, which ended in an old enemy. The elves of the encounter were victorious, and the forest elves cleaned up the battlefield, using druid spells to turn the corpses of the trolls into forest nutrients and collect the corpses of their companions.
Trolls are humanoid monsters that are about two and a half meters tall, and they have considerable intelligence, excellent magic resistance, and extraordinary strength. It is said that before the elves chose the Flower Language Forest as their stronghold, the trolls were the original masters of the forest, and the two races have been fighting each other for thousands of years because of territorial disputes.
Although the elves have always had a great advantage, the trolls are like weeds that cannot be cut clean, and they always challenge the elves after accumulating enough strength. The contradiction between these two races is familiar to almost everyone in the world of Stee.
The sneaking duo infiltrated the camp with a group of well-armed Elven guards, dressed in silver armor made of unknown materials, which not only looked lightweight, beautiful, but also surprisingly powerful. The two had arrived in the vicinity before the end of the encounter, and had seen a troll smash a giant mace with barbs on a member of the guard, who had only suffered minor injuries from the impact.
Charlotte thinks it's likely to be the Elven ace unit, the legendary Court Guard, and that's exactly what happened. This team was the strongest guard in charge of guarding Daphne, and after explaining to his subordinates, the captain of the guard went straight to the handover task in the center of the camp.
Daphne is on the list.
Charlotte and Claire didn't dare to get too close, and only vaguely heard the words exchanged between the two, including 'Helm Empire', 'troll', 'support', etc. Although Charlotte is the Grand Duke of Icewind Castle, he has little interest in these contents, and he and Claire patiently wait for the captain of the guard to finish his report and plan to show up to communicate with Daphne, but there is a long-lost pleasant voice from the account.
"The lifeless rat outside, do you want Princess Ben to find you out herself?"
Claire and Charlotte glanced at each other, the former with a wry smile in his eyes and the latter with surprise in his eyes. Although Claire is not specialized in illusion, she has received Sylvia's orthodox education, and her attainments in illusion are much higher than those of ordinary necromantic legends. But it was easily detected by Daphne in this way, which really surprised the two who mistakenly thought that they were many more than Daphne.
Thinking about it this way, I'm afraid that Daphne has also become a legend.
The two of them no longer concealed their figures, and pushed open the curtain and entered. Daphne saw the two of them and seemed to realize that she had miscalculated one of them, her pale golden pupils revealing obvious surprise and annoyance.
The three of them looked at each other for a few seconds, and Daphne sneered, "I thought it was a rat who dared to peep at me in the camp, it turned out to be two madmen from Icewind Castle and the Far North!"
Thinking about the next action, Charlotte couldn't fight back as usual for a while, but Claire squeezed out a stiff smile and said hello, "Hey! Daphne, long time no see." ”
Devany glanced at Charlotte, who was silent, and seemed to be even more angry, she clasped her hands on her chest, her waist was straight, and she snorted softly in her nose, "It's been a long time, the last time we saw each other was ten years ago, right? At that time, he was still a twenty-year-old and energetic little mage, but now he has become a middle-aged uncle of the Soul Seat." Oh no, even ten years ago you looked lifeless. ”
Claire shook her head with a wry smile, in fact, he and Devany were not familiar with each other, and the biggest intersection between the two was teaming up to fight the enemy in the incident of burning on the water.
In the blink of an eye, ten years have passed. Young people who were once full of ideals are now dominant, and if it weren't for Devany mentioning it today, Claire would not have remembered what she looked like ten years ago.
What was once an inconspicuous splash in the multiverse has now become a monstrous wave that can change the course of history. No, it should be said that the plan they are going to carry out now, if successful, will be enough to change the multiverse.
And now this plan is missing a crucial part, which is the star princess Daphne in front of her!
"What?!" Seeing that the two of them didn't answer for a long time, Devine became more and more angry, revealing that disdainful sneer, "I haven't seen you for ten years, you shouldn't suddenly want to renew your comradeship with me, right?"
She deliberately didn't look at Charlotte, completely taking the Grand Duke of Icewind Castle for air. Charlotte who dared to ignore it like this is probably the only one in the world, right?
In the end, he was ashamed, even Claire, who had always been calm, was a little hesitant, and he was determined before he was going to open his mouth to bring it up.
But before that, Charlotte, who had made up her mind, showed a bitter smile.
He said softly to Daphne, "Long time no see, Daphne. How are you doing?"
Devine's eyelids trembled slightly, and after a long time, she snorted coldly, "I thought you were dumb, Grand Duke of Ice Wind Castle, Chief Master of the Secret Rite!"