World Tree Garden.

The color of the sky, as dark as ever—there is no sun, no moon, no stars, only a few scattered lights reflected in the hollow sky, and under the illumination of the light flames, the dark jungle is even more strange and inexplicable, and walking in it gives people a rather uncomfortable feeling.

Monia and the gloomy Esvetta were walking on the forest path at this time, this was their assigned patrol task - counting that they had been on duty in the courtyard of the World Tree for seven or eight days, and there were two shifts a day, one shift was four dawn hours - as for the evening, the Yuktrasil Guard did not arrange a mage's house, and they could only drag their tired bodies through the half-dimensional gate again, enjoying the feeling of a time and space reversal spatial disorder.

"That's bad, here." Almost conventionally, Esveta sighed, she felt completely broken compared to Monia's great adaptability - she couldn't find a place to read comfortably in a half-plane where there was no day or night, almost shrouded in eternal darkness. What's worse is that every day in front of the gate of the half-plane plane, the mage's physique is far inferior to that of the warrior, and it is a miracle to be able to have a good mental state after being tossed like this - of course, the little mage should be excluded.

"Hmm......" Monia agreed with her - she didn't care much about the half-dimensional gates she had to cross every day, what really bothered her was the boring of the job - she was basically repeating the same work every day, it was even more mechanical than mechanical labor, and she really couldn't think of what motivated the core members of the guard to stick with it day in and day out other than her faith and duty.

"But fortunately, I specially checked with the seniors of the nursing enchantment that our mages and guards are not subordinate, but will only be assigned to help occasionally - the next time I come to this place will probably be decades away - the new generation of mages should also grow, and I can be lazy in the ancient tree of knowledge again." Esvetta's mind is full of laziness and slackness, but this is also common to most elves, and she is only one of the worst.

"Really?" Monia continued on the topic, "The guild should make amends, it's a rather torturous errand after all. ”

"I didn't ask in detail, but I heard that it was quite rich." Esveta replied - Actually, the mage felt that it was not a wrong choice for the elven girl to come here, forcing her to leave the book and force her to communicate with others, even if there was still a long way to go, but there was some progress - at least, she and the mages who kept the barrier running smoothly were now very good, and it was only a matter of time before they became friends.

"That's good." Monia looked at her and nodded.

"By the way, Monia, what about the two little ones in your family, you and Lahuana are both early and late home." This is the end of the previous topic, Esvetta is a rather talkative child after leaving the book, and the conversation goes on and on, "It's a bit inappropriate to let them follow you, right?" ”

"There's no way around that." Monia spread her hands helplessly, "After all, I can't rest assured of them, no matter how mature they are, it can't change the fact that they are still children." ”

"Speaking of children...... Elf Girl looked at Monia with a look that she felt dangerous, "Little Monia isn't much older than Lil, is she?" ”

An accent was added to the word "small".

"I'm not small," Monia jumped up at once after being poked in the sore foot, "at least more mature than Vita!" ”

"Yes, yes...... Monia is very mature......" The elf girl smiled and bent down, simply gesturing the height of the little mage, "So mature, right?" ”

Really...... Esveta...... It's better to stay in the ancient tree of knowledge......

Monia thought a little depressed and decided to retract her previous thoughts. On the other hand, she couldn't help but remember her height problem—according to the physiological development cycle of the primordial elves, she would probably have to wait until thousands of years later if she wanted to grow taller...... Height or anything has nothing to do with immaturity...... She didn't mind, didn't mind at all...... It's true! Don't mind at all......

The sound of gnashing teeth.

Resentment is resentment, and Monia will not neglect her duty because of this. On the contrary, in such a bad mood, she desperately hopes to find someone to vent - but unfortunately, this is the Elven Forest, the World Tree Courtyard, and it is almost impossible to find a human without eyes.

Monia knew this, but she just thought about it, just looked at it subconsciously, and didn't report any special hope herself—but just this look, her expression suddenly froze, and then showed an incredible expression.

As far as the eye could see, there was indeed a human.

Is that......

Esvetta turned her head, noticed the expression on the mage's face, and asked a little strangely, "What's wrong?" ”

Then she saw the mage open his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but suddenly she felt a trance, and there was only a whispering sound in her ears, and her vision became more and more blurred, and the whole person swayed......

What the hell is this?

The world is spinning......

"You're really good enough to sneak in here." Monia said, holding the elven girl before she fell to the ground completely, then gently lowering it, leaning back slightly like a female leopard protecting her cubs, glaring at the approaching figure - the human in front of her was clad in gray robes, and her face was obscured by a hood, which was not really visible - but this disguise did not make her unrecognizable that this creature was the same intruder who had invaded the Ancient Tree of Knowledge and nearly killed her.

"I still need to thank you," the gray-robed mage said, and although he said words of thanks, he didn't feel even the slightest bit of gratitude, "If it weren't for the coordinates of this place that were laid on your body earlier, we really wouldn't have found this half-plane so easily." ”

"Really?" Monia instinctively wondered about the intruder's method of invasion, and when she was inexplicably transferred to the Yuqtrasil Guard, but now was not the time to wonder, so she asked, "Isn't your purpose the Codex of Yugtrasil?" Why did you come here, why did you find me, our relationship should not be good. ”

"The Book of Ten Thousand Laws? That's just an add-on. The intruder didn't seem to care about the existence of the mage in the slightest, and said, "What's more, thanks to you, I don't think I have much chance to comprehend the true meaning of the ether and go further...... So, guess why I came to you? ”

"It seems that the archmage is not so broad-minded...... Monia sneered.

"There's no way, being played by a middle-level mage can be called a shame in my life, and this field must be found no matter what." The intruder paused, ignoring the sarcasm in the little mage's tone, and continued, "Well, I'm going to kill you like this, or let's have a fair duel—at least, this friend of yours can live." ”

"Your Excellency Archmage really likes to bully people," Monia's gaze lingered slightly on Esvetta's body, then raised her head, met the other party's cold eyes, and said in a mocking tone, "A 'fair' duel between an archmage and a mid-level mage?" What a whimsical proposal. ”

For the word "fair", she is particularly heavy.

"You have the right to refuse." The archmage responded, his tone cold.

"But I don't dare say no." Monia said word by word, and then changed the subject, "If I promise a fair duel with you, can you guarantee Esvetta's safety?" ”

"That's nature," replied the archmage, "and she's of no use to me, either alive or dead. ”

"Really?" Monia was noncommittal and continued to ask, "Then I would like to ask if I can use spell items in this fair duel?" ”

"Feel free." The archmage held out his hand and made a gesture of please.

"Okay," Monia asked, nodding in a long tone, "I have one last question......

The Archmage listened.

Then Monia suddenly took a stride, pulled out the short sword at her waist, and rushed forward!

"You guy!" The archmage was caught off guard, and only had time to open the mage's shield with one hand, and looked at the little elf in front of him with angry eyes, "With such a savage way of fighting, do you really deserve the title of mage?" ”

The blade of the dagger collided with the invisible barrier, creating dazzling sparks.

And then—very abruptly—the dagger vanished along with the figure of the little mage.

This is......

Discord Space Jumping?

The gray-robed archmage's mind didn't turn for a moment, just staring blankly at the empty front. When he came to his senses, he stomped his foot indignantly, his eyes wandering back and forth between the place where the little mage had disappeared and where the elven girl had studied, and finally let out a long sigh - no matter what, he couldn't do such a shameless thing as swallowing the words he had just spoken.

(Tricked.) ）

A voice came to his head, and of course he knew who the owner of the voice was, but the more he did this, the more he could not tolerate the fact that he was being tricked to be exposed in the eyes of this old friend.

(No, it just makes the game more interesting.) He retorted, but there was still a clear laugh in his head.

- What a shame.

He thought.

PS: The title of the Resentment Club is from Mystery Story, and it's a pretty good book...... Well, it's a pity it's a tj...... I won't say I can't come up with a title......