Lin Qian didn't expect her to attack suddenly, staring down at the other party's indifferent eyes with wide eyes, as if looking at an emotionless grim reaper.

The height difference between the two was a bit much, and Salandis's raised right hand was like a sharp sword, piercing through the clothes on Lin Qian's chest from bottom to top without hindrance, and then continued to push inside, until her fingers felt a pain, and a golden light briefly blinded her eyes.

Smack!

A book fell from Lin Qian's chest, and with it, the golden light vanished, and Salantis suddenly felt a force temporarily suppress her, making it impossible for her to launch the next attack.

"What is this?" Salantis was stunned, this was the first time she had taken the initiative to ask a question.

Lin Qian came back to his senses, picked up the illusion magic book on the ground and ran, and a group of magicians immediately stood behind him, ready to attack Salantis at any time.

"Do you know what you're bringing to the elf clan by doing this?" Lin Qian was a little annoyed, just now he clearly felt the killing intent in her eyes, she really wanted to kill herself.

Salantis didn't answer his question, her eyes fixed on the book in Lin Qian's hand, which was something she didn't understand.

"Answer me!" Lin Qian was a little disgusted with this "willful" princess, everyone knew what to do as an elf princess at this stage.

"Your question is not valid, what happens in the future is unpredictable. Salandis replied coldly, still in her slightly hoarse voice, as if the entire elven race had nothing to do with her.

Lin Qian didn't have the patience to entangle with her in words anymore, and ordered: "Seal her for me, find a prisoner car, and put her in!"

Salantis didn't resist, because she knew it was futile, once Lin Qian escaped from her killing range, she would lose her chance forever, and it would be impossible for her to escape unscathed.

The conversation with the elf princess broke up unhappily, Lin Qian held his breath, but he didn't dare to do anything to the person who almost killed him, he didn't want to provoke the elf clan, there was no need to destroy the friendship between the two sides because of one person. At this time, Meryl came to him again and reminded him that it was almost time to leave, and Lin Qian suddenly asked angrily, "What if I choose to be treacherous and not help you?"

Meryl did not panic in the slightest, and seemed to have a countermeasure, and replied calmly: "Her Majesty chose to cooperate with you because she wanted to eliminate the elder faction because she disagreed with the elders politically, and if you don't keep her promise, she is willing to put aside her prejudices with the elders and join forces to attack you." ”

"Let go of prejudices, what misunderstanding did they have? Just because they killed the original elf king?" Lin Qian was joking, of course he didn't care, but he was quite interested in the affairs of the elf clan.

"This ......," Meryl thought for a moment before she said slowly, "if the queen agrees to the Elder's request, then she will always be a puppet." ”

Lin Qian knew more or less about the elf queen's absurdity from Meryl's mouth, and knew that she was a woman with a strong desire to control, even her own daughter, since she was not under her control, she simply threw her out as a bargaining chip. And to make her let go of her desire to control and be willing to become a plaything in the hands of the elders, from this point of view, Lin Qian's value is not small.

"Say, what do you need me to do, how many people do I need to bring over?" Knowing enough information, Lin Qian began to talk about business.

Three days later, the Phantom King of Ten Thousand Soldiers also came to Mercenary Town, he didn't say too much this time, he followed Lin Qian as a loyal bodyguard, escorting Lin Qian towards the Endless Forest, accompanied by more than 2,000 magicians, and the princess in a closed prison car. Bidding farewell to the three ladies and Elena, who didn't say a word, Lin Qian embarked on the road to the elven kingdom alone, and he really felt a little nostalgic when he said it.

Meryl led the way, riding a rather large tiger, a beast she had re-tamed after the beast had gone berserk, and her strength was level eight, but it could only be used as her mount. Lin Qian and his party also rode various mounts, all of which were captured by the elves from the forest to be strong men.

"What is the approximate population of your elf clan?" Lin Qian asked casually as he was bored on the road.

"Probably hundreds of thousands. ”

"So little, how many of them can magic?"

"Everybody can except the newborn baby. Meryl mentions this with some pride.

"Because of talent?" Lin Qian thought that the magic talent of human beings was already good, but compared to the elven clan where everyone could magic, it was still a big difference.

"Yes, we learn magic very quickly and easily. ”

"But your magic came from the South Seas," Lin Qian was a little strange, "shouldn't they be the gifted owners of natural magic?"

"Maybe this is the gift that the elven goddess has given us. Meryl looked up at the forest, slightly distracted.

"Elven goddess?"

Lin Qiandu was particularly sensitive to the mention of the word god, and especially added the word "female", which made him wonder what this had to do with the female god he was exploring.

Meryl said with some reverence, "She is the eternal faith of our elves, who gave us the gift of magic and created a wonderful world in the forest for us. ”

It is hard to imagine that this politician who facilitated Lin Qian's deal with him would have such a devout faith, and Lin Qian also had to admire the methods of this so-called elf goddess.

"Is there a legend about her?" Lin Qian wanted to know more about this.

"Why do you ask this?" Meryl also found Lin Qian's interest and asked curiously.

"I just want to help you determine whether this elf goddess exists or not. Lin Qian half-jokingly.

Meryl's face suddenly turned unpleasant, she tried to calm her emotions, and said, "You'd better not make such a joke in our clan, not everyone believes that you are not malicious. Meryl's legs were clamped, the giant tiger under her crotch roared, and she rushed forward, leaving Lin Qian with a stunned face.

Angry? Is it because I have blasphemed her faith? Lin Qian blamed himself a little, he should never joke about such a thing, especially when the whole clan is a believer.

The Elven King's Palace is in the depths of the Everfree Forest, or rather in the very heartland, near that mysterious valley. The other clansmen lived around the Elven Palace, only the Elders in the southwest were far away from the political center, and they were on the side close to the sea, and even Lin Qian suspected that they still didn't know about the existence of humans.

For several days, Meryl walked far ahead and didn't say a word to Lin Qian. When she reached the vicinity of the palace, she suddenly stopped, got off her mount, and shouted to Lin Qian, "Don't you want to know if the elf goddess exists?

"Look?" Lin Qian carefully played with the word, could it be that the so-called goddess was actually a real person?

With this in mind, Lin Qian also got off his mount, let the team wait in place, and followed Meryl along a straight stone path.

That's right, it's the road, the road that is paved by hand in the forest. Because the trees here are so hard that it is necessary to create a passage to build a road, that is, to eradicate the trees in the path, so the project must be very hard.

"How did you cut down these trees?" Lin Qian knew that even if he used magic, it would be difficult to leave traces on these trees.

"At that time, we could only tame beasts and magic, so this road was all carved out by manpower. Meryl said.

"How is it possible?" Lin Qian looked at the smooth stone road under his feet, what kind of faith was needed to make those elves use artificial power to slowly "grind" these iron trees.

"This is the faith that the goddess brings to us, and you will not understand it. Meryl walked very carefully along the road, and her footsteps were soft, lest she disturb the goddess.

Lin Qian became more and more curious, could he really meet the so-called elf goddess, instead of just meeting her in his imagination.

The road was very long, and they were halfway up, so Lin Qian didn't know how much distance he hadn't walked.

"It's almost there, don't talk anymore. Meryl warned.

As soon as Lin Qian looked up, he saw a strangely shaped building in front of him, like a sacrificial altar, where the elf goddess lived?

When I got closer, there was not a single house around this altar, and there was an open space in front of it, on which many men and women of the elf clan knelt on the ground and prayed silently, ignoring Lin Qian and Meryl.

They were kneeling and praying not to a real person, but to a large white jade statue of a veiled and cloak female elf figure.

It turned out to be a statue! Lin Qian couldn't help but be a little disappointed, did he have to come and see this kind of sacrifice to the so-called goddess in person, but he obeyed Meryl's instructions and didn't say a word.

Meryl saw Lin Qian's disdainful expression and knew what he was thinking, and whispered, "Look at the top of these people's heads." ”

Lin Qian followed Meryl's gaze, these people had colorful hair and pointed ears, nothing abnormal.

"Look closely, above their heads. Meryl whispered again.

Lin Qian's gaze moved upward, and he finally noticed a trace of strangeness - there was a trace of white smoke floating above the heads of these people!

What are these white things? Lin Qian wanted to ask, but because of Meryl's explanation, he had to suppress his curiosity and look in the direction of the smoke and fog, it was the statue, but the statue...... Why is the upper body white jade, but the lower body is like ...... It's like a real person!

She ...... Is she alive?" Lin Qian asked with a shudder after all.

"Yes," Meryl said in a daze, looking at the white dress that fluttered in the wind on the lower half of the statue, "We are contributing the power of faith to help the elven goddess recover from the statue, and when she is completely unsealed, we will see the living goddess." ”