Chapter 1: Forest of Elves
The Elven Forest was named in the last fifty years, and before the elves established a settlement here, the forest was called the Southern Forest because it was located in the southwest of the continent. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info After the World Tree in Uggtrasil was burned to the ground by Leyvadine, this forest in a remote corner of the continent became the largest forest area in Aarens.
In the process of human pursuit, some elven remnants fled into the depths of the jungle with the fire of civilization. The high gods do not care about the life or death of these mortal spirits, and it is inconvenient for humans to move in the deep jungle, so these elves have become one of the lucky ones who avoid the endless pursuit of humans.
As early as the middle of the Second Age, many elves who had fled the outside world made the Southern Forest their destination. Over time, there were more and more elves in this forest, but every elf who was still alive could not forget the horror when the World Tree was burned, so the elves in the southern forest never considered recovering the country.
Until the emergence of the new gods, the god war between the two major god systems ended with the victory of the new gods, and the old gods who had destroyed the elven civilization retreated to the east, and the southwest of the continent was almost under the control of the new gods. In this way, the elves came up with the idea of recovering the country, and after a certain amount of communication with the SBC Church, this plan was gradually implemented.
Of course, for human beings, there is a great deal of ambiguity in this gradually. The preliminary work of the Elven Restoration took nearly a hundred years, and the slow progress caused no one to realize the unfolding of the Elven Restoration Work. After all, human beings have become accustomed to the status of continental hegemon and are accustomed to thinking about problems with their own concept of time. After the elves revealed their tone of recovering the country, the human intelligence department had a sudden feeling of enlightenment after comparing the intelligence materials of the past hundred years, but unfortunately it was too late at this time. The preliminary work of the elves to restore the country is basically over, and a considerable part of the elves on the continent have moved to this forest located in the southwest of the continent, and only a small part is scattered all over the continent.
Monia is one of those small ones. When the news of the elf's return was confirmed, Monia was in a critical period of learning spells, and naturally she couldn't leave the mage academy. But it wasn't until she became a low-level mage and came to this elven forest that she was extremely embarrassed to find out......
"Sister Monia, road idiot, Liel said disdainfully." (Hey, sister!) That's what you said! ๏ผ
Of course, once again, the lost mage was complained about by the elven sisters, only this time, there was only a cold and even inorganic voice in her ears. Lil, who was the most talkative, could only stay quietly on the sidelines, jumping up and down around her sister, although the excitement along the way was unabated, but the lack of such a chatterbox was still more or less boring.
"I'm not a road idiot," Vana is not a suitable person to talk to, but the fact that she is not a road idiot is something she must defend. Although Monia claimed so, when she was stared at by the two little girls, she couldn't help but turn her head away with a weak heart, and her cheeks were slightly red, "It's just...... Once or twice a while. โ
"Once or twice?" (I've only entered the forest twice!) ๏ผ
Star, keep staring.
"That's because of the lock...... Well, well, I'll admit I'm a road idiot. โ
In the end, Monia had no choice but to admit the "truth", counting today, they had been lost in this elven forest for three days. Leaving the Relic Forest and climbing over the Salzer Mountains, after a few twists and turns, they entered the Elven Forest from the northerly mountains, and then ...... And then there was no then......
They have been lost until now.
Monia had good reason to believe that there was also a Lost Barrier in the Elven Forest, otherwise it would be difficult to explain why they would have been lost in the forest for three days. Even if she is really a road idiot, Fana and Liel are real elves, and even natural nobles among elves, and they can't even ask for the exact direction when they use the language of nature, and nine times out of ten, the space of this forest is disturbed by some force.
As a matter of common sense, this speculation is also plausible. As the new home of the elves, the Elven Forest must take adequate protective measures. In such a vast forest, building a puzzle lock is the perfect means. Although there have always been very few archmages who have approached the Legendary Realm, the elves have not only started to manage this forest in the last hundred years, and it is possible that the chain that guards the forest is a legacy left by their predecessors.
It's just that there's no need to make it clear to them, even if Fana and Lil have mage qualifications, they can't become mages in three days, and they can't understand it. What a mage needs is not only talent, but also the accumulation of time, whether it is the enhancement of spiritual power or the growth of knowledge, it is not an overnight achievement. They still have a long, long way to go......
Of course, so do I.
As Monia cheered herself on, she couldn't help but prick up her hooded ears to hear the sound of grass and trees in the distance: it didn't feel like the wind blowing leaves, but like the sound of the big cats running through the woods like the big cats of the pastโlight and thin, but real.
What will it be?
There aren't many big cats that live in the forest, and if you add the forest where the elves live as a prefix, the answer is coming.
โโIt's the Moon Guard.
The group of huntress riding the Jungle Panthers was one of the highest military units of the Elven Empire during the First Age, and the Moon Guards were the guardians of the Sanctuary of Elune, the Frost Moon, one of the twelve primordial elves. As the blueprint for the first elf to be created, the elves revered this lady only below Ygtrasil, and was almost revered as the mother goddess of the elves. As the guardians of her Temple, the Moon Guard's combat power was only below that of the World Tree Guards guarding Yggdrasil in the First Age.
If the elves really restore the formation of this guard completely, except for the knights of the major churches and the trump cards of various kingdoms, no army can stop this ancient army that has reappeared today.
With a faint sense of anticipation, Monia waited for them to come.
Yes, they.
The Jungle Panthers are a species blessed by Elun and possess a combat power close to that of the lower professions, and only pure women approved by the Moon Goddess are eligible to ride on their backs. After the fall of the primordial elves in the Outlands, it was naturally unrealistic to get Elune's recognition, but neither elves nor jungle panthers were conformists, and there was not so much to care about in the moment of life and death.
If it weren't for the fact that the Moon Guards were still composed only of women in her previous life, Monia wouldn't have been surprised to see a group of male elves. While the creator of the Frost Moon was as cold as her creation, the male was the thing she hated the most, and there was no one.
"Who are you?"
Under Monia's gaze, a heroic female knight leaped out of the forest with a toned black panther, fixed firmly in front of them, and asked in an unkind tone in the common language of humans.
It's not that the female knight is unkind, but Monia and her party have been hiding their pointed ears with their hoods since they left the relic forest - three shadowy, sneaky guys wandering in the woods, how suspicious they look. If it weren't for the fact that they were too short to believe that they were bad guys, the female knight might have done it without saying a word.
"Hello, may the light of the Silver Moon bless you, Guardian."
Monia said in Elven language, pulling Fana and Liel to bow slightly to the female knight, and then pulled her hood back to reveal the symbol of the elves, the pair of pointed ears.
"A newcomer?" The female knight looked at the three of them in surprise, and then frowned deeply, "What about your parents?" โ
Monia didn't answer her question, just hung her head silently.
The female knight didn't know the past of the three elves in her infancy, but from the deep buried heads, she could roughly imagine their experiences, and in the time she was a forest ranger, although she didn't see many such situations, there were a lot of them, and every elf who came to the Elven Forest basically had a sad and unbearable past.
"It's okay, it's all going to pass." The female knight's eyes gradually softened, and she looked at them with a gentle gaze, "This will be your new home, come with me." โ
Monia didn't speak, taking Fana and Lil's hands and following behind the female knight.
"My name is Lajuana, and I'm a forest ranger." The knight introduced herself and patted her partner who was walking beside her, "This is Luciella, the sister who will be with me for the rest of my life." I wanted you to sit on it, but I guess the three of you are a little crowded...... By the way, can you tell me your names? โ
"Eugarina Star, next to Eugariel Star." (Wow!) Why can't I speak! ๏ผ
Fana replied in a cold, near-inorganic voice.
"Star? It seems to be an old surname......" The female knight raised her head and thought for a moment, then shook her head and moved her gaze to Monia, "What about you?" Little sister. โ
Little Sister ......
The mage frowned imperceptibly, this was her biggest sore foot. But helplessly, the growth period of the primordial elf is so long, and she will have to maintain this ** Lori body shape for the foreseeable future. After a slight adjustment of her mind, she replied, "My name is Monia, Monia Kesridge, and I am a mage. โ
Keith Ridge ...... Wish? Is there a surname? Lahuana muttered to herself, and suddenly her expression changed, "Little sister, what did you just say, what are you?" โ
"A mage."
Monia nodded naturally.
"Little sister, it's not right to lie." Lavana stretched out her hand and wanted to touch Monia's head, but the mage deftly dodged her, "You're only so big, how can you be ......"
The knightess's voice stopped abruptly, and she could see a cluster of blue flames burning silently above Monia's fingertips.
ps: This chapter is not very well written, I originally wanted to tear it down, but after thinking about the time, I decided to upload it
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