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Kerryben closed his eyes, the hard needles of the silvercrown wood ringing in his ears, the wind passed through the dense forest, the silver flowers of the silvercrown wood fell from the branches and landed on the tip of his nose, the king of the jungle sneezed, stretched his limbs, sat up from the branch, brushed away the sparse new leaves in front of him, and the bright sunlight covered his face and body like gold.

Looking down from the top of the tallest silver-crowned wood, you can see the royal court of the elves, the Starlight River winds through the whole white stone buildings and dense forests, and flows into the valley, the cracks of the Ash Ridge maple and linden trees have accumulated for a long time in spring and summer, and the torso has long been filled with honey, and the fish that feed on fallen leaves in the river also bring a sweet smell- In anticipation of winter, a new colony of otters is busy on the banks of the river, their parents, strangely having the same white face as an otter thousands of years ago, and having the same fat belly and happy family as it.

And the same cheekiness.

The elves have long learned how to cook fish soup without a fishy smell and grill small dried fish, but as soon as the fish soup boils and the dried fish is burnt, a group of otters of all sizes will come unexpectedly, they will erect their bodies, their claws held in front of their chests, and their black beanie eyes are full of longing, but ......, "Don't feed it!" Ilda exclaimed, "They are so fat that they can't see their feet!"

Think about it, how many elves and half-elves there are in Gray Ridge, no matter how many otters there are, it is only the number of ten fingers, maybe one elf only gives a few spoonfuls of fish soup, and one elf gives two or three small dried fish, but it adds up......

Kerry Ben laughed, and Ilda glared angrily, who didn't know that it was the King of the Jungle and his friends who started first.

The angrier she became, the more Kerry laughed, Ilda, the first elf to be born after their return to the Silvercrown Forest, and he vividly remembered that when Cremar was invited to gently pick up the young life and give it its name, they almost uncontrollably let tears fill their eyes, and they didn't forget......

"Shouldn't you be patrolling the woods today?" asked Kerryburn.

"Shouldn't you be on business either?" Ilda put her hands on her waist, "You're leaving it to Calebrill again!"

"It's my job to get everyone to do what they love and are good at. Carey said with a cheekiness that was almost indistinguishable from an otter.

"You can't always do that," Ilda grumbled, "you've taken Uncle Cremar badly, and he's lost everything to Salil now." ”

"We have high hopes for them. Kerry said solemnly, in exchange for a pouting from Ilda.

And at this moment, in the brilliant morning light, in the chirping of otters, a silver winged ship rose from the far side, the wind from the whistling plains lifted its wings, and with the help of magic runes, the one hundred and twenty-foot long ship landed lightly on the banks of the Starlight River like a huge white swan.

"Cremar!"

A slender figure descended from the winged ship, and Kerry embraced him tightly.

Today is Ilda's birth day, and it is also her coming-of-age day, just like what every elf has to go through, she is the most carefree and happy today, Cremar has not left his Crefa for nearly a hundred years, but he also accepted her invitation - he even brought a gift, it is a astrolabe that elves often play with, five hundred and seventy-six sons, very simple, the rose compass is only made of brass, no Mithril, no gems, but Ilda still loves it, she keeps opening it, folding, opening, taking out the chess pieces inside, "Look!" she said in surprise, "and my name is still in it?" but...... Who is Fenway?"

The soul of the other world was shocked, this was another relic of Ilda, and he often took it out to play with, but the small mechanism in it can only be understood by elves, so Ilda opened one of the chess pieces at once, and engraved in the base of the chess pieces were two intertwined names - Ilda, Fenway.

"My ......" his memory was suddenly pulled back into the past: "Two...... Friend. ”

"Are they lovers?"

“...... Yes. ”

"They must be very much in love. Ilda said, "Fenway, the name once belonged to a venerable king. She pondered alone for a moment while holding the chess piece, and as if she had inadvertently remembered, she asked, "What about Salil, didn't he give me a gift?"

"Sorry, he's busy. Said the soul of the other world.

Ilda's emerald green eyes dimmed.

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"Saler hasn't forgotten, has she?" asked Kerribben, looking at Ilda's distant back.

"Nope. "But we all know very well - Salir is not just a half-demon, his father is also the Eommy King Grazt. ”

Although he knew that it was impossible, Kerry couldn't help but complain: "When the god Io reset this plane, why didn't he simply forget about the bottomless abyss?"

The soul of the other world said dryly, "That's his creation, we hate demons, devils, but for the original creator, they are all the same as us, maybe better than us." "In any case, it wasn't the devil or the devil who betrayed him in the end.

Kerry Ben also showed a strange expression, and after a moment, he said in a low tone, "I didn't expect him to end up doing this. ”

The soul of the other world was silent for a long time: "He is a respectable existence. Although Io was angry, disappointed, and struggling, in the end, he chose to give up on himself and merge with the law, rather than really let everything be destroyed with him.

What had been abandoned by him was restored, the kingdom of God was revived, the abyss reappeared, the dragon's spine mountains once again jumped dwarven flames, the sound of hammers sounded, the people of the Dragonfire Islands and coastal countries can often see the small figures of the dwarfs, the Silver Crown Forest and the Emerald Forest Island are still elves (although they are no longer divided), and of course, there are also pesky goblins, orcs, giants...... Monsters and beasts, even dragons—fortunately, they are still beasts lacking in reason and intelligence, and the ancient dragons have only a thin bloodline that survives among the warlocks.

And humans, in the time that an elf has grown from a baby to adulthood, are enough for them to occupy the land once again.

As their footsteps slowly passed, they conquered the ice, the desert, and the mountains...... The gods gradually regained their grip on power, but they soon discovered that although Io had assimilated into the law, they could not do whatever they wanted, and in addition to still needing countless beliefs to stabilize themselves, they also had an abominable overseer.

It's hard to say if it's a gift or a revenge, Kerry thought.

However, when their old friend, the god of thieves, Glenn, came to "visit" this old friend, the look was indeed indescribable, and according to him, the other gods, including the god of conspiracy, Shirek, who feared that the world would not be chaotic, did not want to face Cremar for the time being...... Afra was pleased, and humanity received many favors from the new god.

"But maybe I'll go out on a trip at some point. The spirit of the other world said, "It's not just about leaving Krefa. ”

"You want to go home. Kerry said plainly.

"Yes," said the otherworldly spirit, "it was once so close to me. ”

"It's going to be quite a long journey. Carey Ben said. When the soul of the other world made that difficult choice, the last trace of his connection to the original plane was doomed to destroy Io's wrath.

What he was going to do was to have a mortal fish for a piece of sand in the vastness of the ocean.

"Nothing," said the otherworldly soul pleasantly, "it's not that I haven't walked that path, and I've always had company." ”

"He must be in a bad mood. Kerribben chuckled, contrary to the otherworldly soul, the Lich Cremar wanted nothing more than to get rid of this burden as soon as possible and become a formidable skeleton again...... It's a pity that the god Io isn't that kind, well, or they don't have anything to complain about, the only thing thankful is that they can now decide who is in and who is in the table by their own will.

It's just that the Lich is rarely found in the Silvercrown Forest, the Emerald Grove, or in some peaceful place: "So that those stupid boys think that the Lich are good old people to be trusted?" he said so harshly, and then sank into the Sea of Knowledge—the Otherworldly Soul admits this, so few people associate him with the withdrawn Lich except those who knew his identity early on.

Perhaps in a few hundred years, even the existence of Krefa will be blurred—there are very few people on the main physical plane who can remember them now. Berdwin, Leona, McGee...... These mortal bodies had returned to the earth long before the cataclysm, Glenn had become the god of thieves, Memmy had become his servant as his wife, and Adel had been summoned by Rosada, the god of morning light, to go to the kingdom of God, and Kerry would get tired one day, and they would send him away with a smile and turn around to find his way home.

In the end, it's just us, the soul of the other world, who says to another soul in the sea of knowledge.

"That's right. Said the lich.

The otherworldly soul laughed, and he stood up, greeted the sun, and walked into the dense forest.