"Whew...... Whew......"

Awakened from a long-lost dream, the mage gasped for breath, and after a while, he subconsciously wrapped himself in his thin pajamas and looked around at everything around him—it was dangerous, still in the carriage, still among the mountains and peaks, and everything he had just seen was just a dream, not a reality.

"Really, it's been too long to spend too many years in this body, but it's forgotten the former self?" Smiling wryly and laughing at herself, Monia retracted her whole body into the warm quilt, looking at her immature hands and slender and compact body with a little sullenness, "Time is really a terrible magical thing, and when the paradox of the ship of Theseus happened to me, it was really difficult to adapt. ”

Unconsciously distracted.

The so-called ship of Theseus paradox is actually nothing more than the paradox of when a ship named Tros is constantly updating worn and broken parts during its voyage until there are no parts related to the time it went to sea - at that time, is this a ship of Theseus or not? If not, then at what point exactly is the ship no longer the same as it was?

A paradox is a paradox because it is logically incomprehensible.

In his previous life, he was just a small mage of ordinary people, and his understanding of this paradox can only be called general, and it is not surprising that even the parts of it are fallacious. But at this moment, Monia, who thought of this fallacy, had a deep resonance, as well as ...... Deeper trembling.

- I...... What was the original name?

It wasn't until the cold sweat soaked the thin placket that she found a vague name in her memory—how many years had passed since the memories of her previous life were revived, a hundred years or two hundred years? Monia doesn't remember very well at this time, and even the life she used to live in addition to the game has almost faded away, and there are very few memories left of the memories that are still retained, and the only thing that can't be forgotten is her biological sister who has been relying on her.

That was probably the last concern she had there.

Tears unconsciously slid down her face and flowed into the softest part of the mage's heart—hundreds of years have passed, and even under the highly developed life sciences of the Federation, it is impossible for human beings to exceed the limit of eight hundred years old—in other words, even if she goes back now, back to that world, all she sees will be a haggard face that has gone through the vicissitudes of time, and it will only ...... It's just to add to the sadness.

Monia controlled her emotions and slowly adjusted her state - everything that has passed can never be returned, all she can do is grasp the present, no matter what...... The familiar and unfamiliar world on the other side is like the moon in the mirror in the water...... Untouchable.

I am...... Monia, Monia Kesridge.

Thinking so, the mage's faint eyes opened and closed slightly, and silently turned his gaze to the window.

The entrance was a pale yellow land, with steep mountains and peaks, and from time to time a few ox carts carrying a load of goods passed by, and the curious eyes of the passers wandered back and forth on the scars on the carriages, but when the hooded guards looked up in their direction, the good ones would always look away in time, and then run away as if nothing had happened.

"Have you arrived at the avenue?"

Although it was in a questioning sentence, but in an affirmative tone, Monia was only asking herself questions and answering herself to sort out the current situation—several days had passed since the departure of the elven mission again, and in that time the elven mission had not been attacked, and in the oppressive silence, the convoy had approached the summit of the mountains and the final destination of the trip.

As the royal capital of a country, even if the special geographical location of the top of the mountains does not mean that the transportation here is not too developed, after the hard work of generations, dozens and hundreds of generations, the road connecting this towering peak of the southern mountain range has been completely repaired, and the number of pedestrians may not be many compared with the capitals of other kingdoms, but there are many - Gable's ore industry and weapons industry are famous above Aarens.

The Elven Forest decided to make a mission to this country on the hills, not without the idea of reaching a long-term trade relationship with this country. The elven kingdom located in the forest area, limited by various factors such as population and geography, does not have the ability to develop its own mining and smelting industry, almost all the weapons and equipment used by ordinary elves are all trophies left by the human slave capture team, perhaps the quality is too good, but the shape of the weapon, the situation of the complete disability of the weapon, etc., can only be said to be unsatisfactory - in the absence of better supplementary means, it can only be used.

And through trade with the country of mountains, this problem can be solved very well, and at the same time, the medicinal materials and other materials of the elven forest can be circulated, promote economic prosperity, and take the first step in the economic and diplomatic aspects of the elven kingdom - and at the same time tell humanity that the elves do not intend to restore the glory that has passed, nor do they intend to shake the order established by humans, and will integrate into the human world with a positive attitude.

- Arrogant? Perhaps elves are naturally arrogant, but now they have no qualifications to be arrogant, and what they are seeking now is only the most basic rights and interests for survival and development.

However...... It also requires war.

All the elves can do is control the scale of the war as much as possible.

Even this mission was the best effort the Elven Forest had made - to get in touch with the top of the mountains, so that the military power Gable could remain neutral in this war, and at the same time, block the second route of the Church's troop march, and keep the scale of the war within the reach of an elf that could bear it.

Even if the power that the Church of the Gods can mobilize is not as good as before because of the shaking of the supreme authority of the gods, in the final analysis, the Templar army, which maintains a regular military force of more than 100,000 troops, is still the most powerful military organization on the continent, and it likes to have the terrifying background of sweeping through any force in the case of ensuring the smooth supply - the Elven Forest may not be inferior to any power in the human world in terms of war potential alone, but it is only so, if you let your guard down and let the Templar army complete the assembly, The tide of battle will turn into a one-sided slaughter.

Of course, in order to maintain the deterrence of other forces, the Church of the Gods will not put all its forces on the battlefield, plus the excessively long supply lines need to be protected, and the number of Templars who can be invested is thirty or forty thousand - this level of strength is quite amazing, theoretically it has the terrible power to destroy any country on the continent, but while relying on the Elven Mystery Lock for defense, it is not impossible to mobilize troops to raid the supply line and win the final victory.

The western part of the continent is, after all, the territory of the Church of Shinshin.

Even though it has not yet had the strength to fight with the Old God Church on the ground because of its short existence, the confrontation between the two major gods has basically taken shape, and the god war between the gods has just ended hundreds of years ago, and more than a dozen gods have fallen in this battle, and both sides do not plan to continue fighting for the time being-as the agents of the gods' will on the earth, the major churches will also maintain a certain degree of restraint in the situation.

The return of the elves is what the new gods recognize. Perhaps due to tradition and the obstruction of interest groups, at the very beginning of the battle, the churches affiliated with the new gods and their earthly parliaments watched the fire from across the strait for various reasons, but once the war escalated, once they were dragged into a protracted war, there was no reason for them to hesitate, so they could only wave their troops south-if the situation really evolved to this point, the top of the two churches were destined to have no courage to break the status quo, and the final result would only be a failure, and this kind of failure would be victory for the elves.

"But, ......victory," the mage murmured in a low voice, slowly shedding his disheveled clothes that had been soaked with cold sweat, raising his hand to summon a mist to wash his body, and after a while he dispelled it, he put on his inconspicuous coarse gray robe, concealed his pointed ears in the shadows under the hood along with his beautiful face, stretched out his slender and slightly pale five fingers, and gently closed them in a grasping motion, "We still need to take it." ”

Yes, the mission to the top of the mountains is the first step to victory, this ancient city standing between the peaks of the mountains is a symbol of the supreme power of the kingdom, if in the process of the visit can be understood and approved by the lord of the throne, not only can eliminate a possible strong enemy, but also can block a march route of the church army, a supply route, stifle a considerable strategic depth of the enemy, and grasp a certain initiative in the whole war.

A good start is essential for success.

Entrusted with such a heavy responsibility, all Monia can do is do her best and do the best she can.

Gently tugging at the brim of his hood, completely obscuring the expression on his face, the mage stepped out of the carriage and looked up at the sun that baked the earth to the scorching heat, and gazed gently at the ancient city that loomed between the clouds at the end of the road......

- The top of the mountains.

That's what the citizens of the mountains call the sacred city.

However, in the mage's perception, it is very different from what others see.

- Altex

Looking at this ancient city that towered between the clouds in an unreasonable manner, Monia Kesridge, no, the inheritor of the ancient bloodline named Monia Minerva Julius, felt the tremor that spontaneously arose from the body to the soul, and slowly uttered the name of the great existence stained here in an unprecedented tone of pathos.

Is that......

- King of the Earth, Song of Mountains and Rivers, Altex.

——One of the ancient beings born before the world, it is the guardian of the earth and the nurture of life.

- Also one of the twelve primordial elves, the eldest son of the will of the ether, and the last primordial elf.

— and there is His tomb. ps:Thank you for the reward from Fili Rose.,Although I didn't sign a contract.,But I really received this heart.,In fact, you don't have to give a reward.,As long as I can leave everyone's footprints after each update, I'm very content.,The economic benefits of this book so far are 0 (because I didn't sign a contract),I just want to share my story with you before I wrote it.,Everyone's comments are the best support for me.