Chapter 517: Anna ...... Don't cry
The calm of the Forest of the Wind was shattered, and the smoke of gunfire rose everywhere, leaving behind a desolation after the demons and orcs crossed, as if to foreshadow the end of the elves.
Some elves tried to escape from the Forest of Wind, but the world outside the forest was even more chaotic, and the entire Nolan Continent was already mired in endless war, and a race war swept the entire continent, and no race could stay out of it.
Just when the elves were desperate, the elven queen and the high priestess Helena were born like saviors, the elven queen has great strength and military talent, and she takes the lead in every battle, leading the improvised elven guards, forcibly blocking the orc and demon alliance from the elven holy land, and has been recognized by the tree of life.
At that time, the elf queen was the goddess in the hearts of all elves, and was enthusiastically chased by all elves.
In addition to the powerful starry sky magic, the greatest contribution of High Priest Helena is to re-raise the hearts of all the elves when they are in fear, and encourage more elves to become warriors in order to protect the Wind Forest, pick up bows and arrows and magic wands, and expel the invaders.
Joshua also became a warrior and fought to protect the Forest of Winds.
He had slain orcs and demons, and had been wounded in battle, but he snuggled up to each other in desperate situations, fought at the Queen's orders, and always seemed to see hope and victory ahead.
This protracted race war came to an end a hundred years ago, and the elves, after paying a terrible price, also left most of the invading demons and orcs in the Wind Forest forever.
On that day, Lord Helena signed a peace agreement with other races in the City of Chaos, and the elves legally owned all the sovereignty of the Wind Forest.
A carefree and free life seemed to be able to return to the Forest of Winds, at least that's what Joshua thought, as did many of the elves who fought in the war.
High Priest Helena then returned to the Forest of the Winds and began to reward the elves who had contributed to the Race War, giving them money and territories.
All this seems to be understandable, and everything they did in the war deserves this, and even better.
But Joshua felt that all this was a little sour, there were no gold coins in the elves back then, there were no official positions, everyone was equal, there was no territory, and all places could be freely passed.
So after thinking about it for three days, he refused the reward of High Priest Helena for a piece of territory, and like many elves, he chose to leave the Forest of Winds and start traveling the continent.
In the Nolan Continent back then, the racial war had just ended, and all races were cultivating and recuperating, except for the territory of demons and orcs, other places were basically unimpeded and not dangerous, so the elves who were wandering outside gradually forgot about the war and started a new life.
Joshua's knots were untied during the journey, and he met many people and fellow elves who were also on the road, and sometimes traveled with them, and lived a leisurely and comfortable life.
However, such a day was broken more than twenty years ago, and some demon and orc gangs appeared on the Nolan continent inexplicably targeting their wandering elves, and the lone elves were caught and thrown into a low iron cage, imprisoned in a dark cellar, and the dark age seemed to have reappeared, causing a panic among the elves.
An elf returned to the Forest of the Winds to ask for help, but was left in the forest and was no longer allowed to leave.
The elves no longer have the right to leave the forest freely, and the great families have divided the entire elven clan equally.
More and more elves disappeared inexplicably, and then the major families in the Forest of Wind had more and more elven minions, who were branded with magical imprints and were not allowed to leave the territory range.
Joshua found out about this twenty years ago, when he went to see a friend, but his friend's home was left in shambles, and he found a line under the rock, the couple had been captured by demons and orcs.
Later, he met an elf who had just escaped from the forest, and he said that he had seen the couple in a large family of elves, but the male elf had broken one of his legs and had become a slave at the lowest level.
This incident had a huge impact on Joshua's psyche, and after the end of the race war, it was not the other races that posed the greatest threat to the elves, but the new nobles of the forest.
The nobility of the elves, a ridiculous and pathetic existence.
He couldn't understand how those guys could bear to do such a thing to the elves who had fought side by side and gave almost everything to protect the Wind Forest.
But what could he do? Voluntarily returning to the Wind Forest will also lose their freedom, and the elves who have been labeled wanderers and forsakens have no right to speak.
Therefore, the wandering elves continue to wander like frightened birds, enjoying the freedom that does not know when it will come to an end, and uncompromising is the last insistence on freedom.
More and more elves disappeared, demons and orcs hunted down elves all over the continent, and the number of mercenary groups became more and more arrogant.
This continued until six years ago, when Princess Irina ran away from home from the Forest of Winds and began to travel the continent, and then a mercenary group targeted her.
As a result, it was wiped out.
And that's just the beginning.
One mercenary group after another was wiped out under the magic wand of the elf princess, the roles of cat and mouse were reversed at this moment, and those once arrogant mercenary groups began to flee all over the continent, just to avoid being found by the princess who admired the annihilation.
For the wandering elves, Princess Irina is like Her Majesty the Queen who was born in the Dark Ages, appearing as a savior, destroying the evil mercenary group, rescuing the imprisoned elves, and winning the fanatical love of the wandering elves.
Under the blow and deterrence of Princess Irina, half of the mercenary group was wiped out, and the rest were also disbanded and dormant, not daring to do anything to the elves again, and returned freely.
Joshua first met Princess Irina five years ago, when he was mortally wounded in a demon battle while trying to help an elven couple.
In desperation, Princess Irina and the man with the heavy sword descended and wiped out all the demons with a wave of their hands.
It's just that the couple has died at the hands of the demon in order to protect their daughter, leaving only a little elf less than a year old.
Irina healed his injuries and then gave him the child and asked him to help raise it, and the child was named Anna by her.
Princess Irina returned to the Wind Forest three years ago, and since then there has been no news of it, and those dormant mercenary groups have reappeared to continue to hunt down wandering elves, and life has become difficult again.
Joshua took Anna to many places, depended on each other, and tried to teach her to be a free and kind spirit, she was his only sustenance and hope, for her, he could give everything to protect, including life.
"Grandpa...... Grandpa ...... "Joshua, whose soul was about to dissipate, suddenly heard a mournful call ringing in his ears.
"Ann...... ......Joshua struggled to open his eyes, slowly raised his right hand and put it on Anna's face, shook his head and said, "Don't cry." ”