Princess Claudia was very anxious about the life and death of the old Count of Destini, and Adrian on the side saw it clearly, and he volunteered to go to the Earl's mansion to find out.

Some people in the church who were familiar with the situation told the princess that the Earl's Court might have collapsed, and the news weighed on the princess like a thousand pounds, so that she was even ready to brave the wind and rain to go and check it herself.

Bishop Mirière, Madame Charlotte and others hurriedly persuaded her: "You are the only heir to the kingdom of Destinipe, and the current situation is unknown, so you must not act arbitrarily. ”

Tarren Crawford also motioned to Albert with his eyes, asking him to appease the princess. On the one hand, Xiao Ah complained that the princess ignored him, and on the other hand, he also expressed doubts about whether the old earl could survive. The building he was in was connected to the Earl's Palace, and the building had collapsed, and the Count was bedridden, so the result was certainly not optimistic. He didn't know how to tell the princess, he couldn't tell her the truth, wouldn't that add fuel to the fire?

If Adrian hadn't taken the initiative to ask for help, he really didn't know how to deal with this dilemma.

The elven ranger Krees took advantage of the opportunity to share his opinion with Xiao A, and he thought that the earthquake was not like a natural disaster, and it was likely that some people were deliberately responsible. Although Albert did not disagree openly, the disdain in his heart was clearly expressed in his tone.

Krees knew Xiao A's thoughts, and in order to strengthen his persuasive power, he specially brought out some things that the elves had recently experienced that could not be humanized to outsiders: "Many werewolves in the Danse Forest have gone crazy and become very dangerous and terrifying. I was patrolling the northwestern part of the forest, but I stumbled upon a few vampires, which were supposed to be nocturnal, but the dense forest vegetation provided them with good shelter. I followed them all the way, trying to understand the ins and outs of them, but then I didn't know what strange things happened, and I felt like I had completely lost my sense of self for a while, and I felt like I was being carried on by someone, all the way north, and when I was able to make my own decisions, I happened to run into you who were about to plot to seize Mandunkou. ”

"These things are indeed peculiar, but is there any necessary connection with the earthquake just now?" Albert still felt that Krees's imagination was too rich.

"Your Highness, the few guards on the mouth of Mangdun who wear cold crystals on their waists are definitely not ordinary people, and they can ignore my special arrows made from the oily substance secreted from the roots of the old oak tree, which shows that the way they cast magic is different from the common ones on the Bodi continent. You polymathic monks of the Tamborance Empire are good at casting spells with the power of your own cultivation, and we elves and others are good at using the energy of nature, such as cold crystals. Although the medium is different between the two, the nature of the magic that comes from them is almost the same. There must be something wrong with my arrows that can disable all of this magic, but it can't work on those in Kentan. Either their magical nature is very different from ours, or there is an even more jaw-dropping secret behind them. ”

Albert nodded, he was deeply touched by the incident, after all, it was for this reason that Kagong had stumbled.

Krees struck while the iron was hot and continued: "Your Highness, the merchant who was interrogated by the military advisor Talon reported that he was working for a fellow named Philip. These three words Philip are well-known to our elves, and he opens his mouth to say that he is His Majesty the Emperor, and he is closed to the Tamborance Empire, trying to use them to suppress us so that his logging team can do the work. Although I can't be sure that the name mentioned by the merchant is the one we hate, I have a good degree of certainty based on my instincts. Now this sudden earthquake has disrupted everyone's plans, and the city of Birti has been severely damaged, and it is estimated that the Mangdun Pass will also be hit......"

"Yes, that's where I wonder. Let's take 10,000 steps back, even if the other party has the ability to cause an earthquake, but this will also affect themselves, which seems to be a bit more than worth the loss. ”

"Your Highness, Count Destiny's army is all in the city, and your army is all stationed outside the city walls, but they are only a small pass on the side of Kentan, this deal is still a good deal!"

Albert patted his head and asked Tarun to find a way to find out about the situation of the garrison outside the city. In fact, the two Crawford brothers thought much earlier than Xiao A, and they had already learned the latest news outside the city through their own precautionary channels while Krees was chatting privately with His Highness. Fortunately, the walls of Birti were still strong, not as slag as the Count's Palace, and although the earthquake was severe, the outskirts of Birti were hardly hit hard. The well-trained troops were also very good at dealing with sudden disasters, which was very reassuring to the people of Albert and the Duchy of Borot.

When Tarun learned of Krees's idea, he put forward his own unusual opinion: "I think that even if this earthquake is a man-made disaster, it is definitely because of a third party. ”

"A third party?" both Albert and Kreese felt a little novel.

"Your Highness, if you think about it carefully, if we and the Kentan Kingdom are both defeated, who will benefit the most?"

"You mean the Cortéx Neo?" Albert immediately guessed the name.

"That Neo's previous actions have already shown that he has a backbone, and then he insisted on going out of the city to join the people he brought for various reasons, and we didn't embarrass him too much for the sake of the overall situation. Tarun is still very satisfied with Xiao A's growth.

"But how could this Kotés cultist have such great ability, if it were really him, not to mention us, even the entire Bodi Continent combined would not be his opponent!" Albert said with a look of trepidation.

Bishop Mirière had already settled the affected population, and he had his own opinion on the earthquake: " As His Highness said, if someone really has this monstrous ability, then he is not a citizen of God, but what General Crawford said is not completely impossible, our prophet Cyril had the ability to destroy the world, and his relics helped the first Pope of the Tamborance Empire, Clement, to successfully repel the attack of the northern barbarians Dessert, so that the city of Roma remained peaceful for hundreds of years. ”

Krees suddenly patted his head at this time, but under the collective gaze of everyone, he did not speak.

They were very curious and asked him what he had in mind.

Krees smiled at first, showing disdain for his own idea, then shook his head and sighed, making others think that he was a little afraid of the idea.

After all, Albert is the leader here, he tidied up his clothes, and put on a very serious posture to insist that the elves say it, Krees couldn't refuse, so he had to slowly speak as if he was facing a great enemy: "Your Highness, everyone, our elven race is sparsely populated, and this is known to the world. But if you want to talk about the reason, I'm afraid there are few people who really understand. Some say that it is because of the perennial war with the dwarves, some say that it is because of the laws of nature, because our elves themselves have a longer lifespan, and the natural reproduction is relatively slow, and there are some more outrageous rumors, I will not give examples one by one. I would like to say that the entanglement between us and the dwarves is very distant, and back then we were all over the continent, and there were no less than the humans now. We still have dragons on our side, and although the dwarves can defeat ten with one, this also shows from the side that the number of our elves is still very large even in the time of the world war. After so many years, and almost in a state of peace, how is it possible that the population does not rise but falls? As for natural reasons, we elves have not lived a long life recently, but have lived a long life since the beginning of history, so this argument is also untenable. ”

Everyone was very curious about the mysterious elves, so they all listened attentively with bated breath. Bishop Mirière interjected unexpectedly and said to Krees, "Your Excellency, if the chronicles of the Vane Empire are not wrong, I do know something about your elves. ”

The Bishop said. Krees didn't care, and even looked a little relaxed.

"The world war between the elves and the dwarves was intermittent for more than a hundred years, and in the end both sides were overwhelmed, and although no binding armistice was signed, in fact everyone tacitly ended this inconclusive struggle. At that time, the human race was still relatively weak, the elves occupied the southern and central parts of the Bodi continent, and the dwarves were entrenched in the remote mountainous areas of the north and west. The political system of the elves is similar to that of our Tamborance Empire, where the queen is equivalent to the emperor and the elders are similar to the duke and earl. These elders have the right to nominate queens from among themselves, and the queen's rights cannot be hereditary. It is precisely because of this that it led to the tragic end of the elven race. After the external threat of the dwarves gradually disappeared, the elders fought each other for power, and the elven queen became a puppet, and there was no way to restrain these careerists with real power and land. After years of fighting, the elves formed a situation of separation between the east and the west, and the elves in the west slowly died out due to various reasons, and some of the remaining people disappeared and became lost in the history of the elves. ”

"Your Excellency is right. Kreis admired Mirière's erudition, adding, "The Lost are what we call them, and the remnants of the western elves have retreated to the ground and lived in the dark. They fought against the dwarves who had been living underground for a while, and after a period of desperate fighting, they succeeded in taking possession of the magpie's nest and became the de facto owners of the underground palace. In order to make up for the lack of population, they will go up to the ground every once in a while to capture our elven kind. Strange to say, those elven compatriots who were taken underground not only became dark on the outside, but also unrecognizable on the inside. They are selfish, fierce, cunning, and often even bring out strange creatures from the ground to fight us. These lost are a disgrace to our elves, a scar we don't want to uncover!"

Everyone was dumbfounded, and Albert and Talen Crawford looked at each other, and they said in unison, "Could it be that these so-called lost people are the real culprits of this earthquake?"

Find out what happens next, and listen to the next breakdown.