In East Fein, the Forgotten Forest is a peculiar presence.

It is essentially a northeast-southwest trending mountain range, like a giant Eastese dragon lying on the ground. The dragon's head poked into Alanis, the dragon's belly winding its way across Sachedon and Tangus, the dragon's tail turning to Norton, the dragon's back holding the barren and dry red sand of Redstone.

The 4,000-kilometre-long mountain range is not very steep, and there are several valleys and basins scattered in between. Since the Second Age humans marched eastward to develop East Fein, the neighboring humans have made unremitting efforts to turn this place into territory and fertile land, but no one has ever succeeded.

The dense forests here are always restored the next year, whether they are cut down or burned, and the castles are crumbling with trees, and the fields are swallowed up by weeds, and humans simply cannot gain a foothold here. The Druids and the Sorcerers had to believe the warnings of the Druids and the Wizards that the Forgotten Forest had a will of its own, and that it would not tolerate the encroachment of humans on its territory.

Although the humans have abandoned their attempt to occupy the Forgotten Forest, they have discovered another product of the Forgotten Forest, which is the Half-Elves. The will of the Forgotten Forest does not seem to shelter these half-elves, and humans can plunder them at will.

Half-elves can be found elsewhere, but they have long since lost their obvious elven characteristics and have become almost human-like, just like humans with dwarven and half-orc blood. The half-elves here still maintain the "elven pristine" with pointed ears, light pupils, and tall and thin bodies.

The Half-Elf slave trade, which lasted for several epochs, began, and through means such as looting, deceiving, and bewitching the Half-Elf tribes to kill each other, humans brought out countless Half-Elves from the Forgotten Forest, and also disintegrated the Half-Elf society in the Forgotten Forest, so that the Half-Elves were no longer closed and conservative.

Sharp-eared people either become slaves or roam the world as low-level adventurers, struggling to survive in the face of endless discrimination and oppression. Most pointy ears are voluntary, after all, it is better to live in the "civilized world" than to stay in the Forgotten Forest to live the life of a primitive man.

While acting as agents for the slave traders, the upper echelons of the Half-Elf tribe continued to learn the knowledge, culture, and social organization of humans, gradually evolving into noble lords. Relying on the packaging of "Elven Bloodline Inheritance" and "Elven Culture", they formed a loose autonomous alliance and maneuvered with the surrounding human countries, gradually establishing the autonomy of the Forgotten Forest as a whole in several epochs.

This autonomy was tested twice at the end of the Third Age and the Fourth Age......

One time was the Tudor Empire, but fortunately the Tudor Emperor seemed to have a special preference for the Pointy-Eared Ones, and did not take away their autonomy except for the necessary manpower.

The second time is now, starting from the Dawning War launched by Princess Theresia of Hadron, and the half-elves who are eager to use this war to change their fate have enthusiastically participated in the war, so that the half-elf nobles have to keep up with this torrent of history. After the Xibao Mutiny, the Dawning Empire was born, and Empress Theresia made a large number of low-level half-elves with the title of Imperial Knight rise through the political means of severely punishing the "royal party" and supporting the "imperial party", which seriously weakened the power of the old aristocracy, and also successfully established the Forbidden Forest Governorate, so that human rule went deep into the Forgotten Forest for the first time.

This does not mean that the autonomy of the half-elves is completely extinguished, in fact, the governors stationed by the empire can only take advantage of the contradictions between the old and new nobles to promote the empire's claims, and the specific affairs are still up to the half-elves themselves. Even Earl Sunstar, who plotted a conspiracy with Roydas, the "leader of the royal party", in the Westcastle incident, was not dealt with as harshly as humans. After being locked up for more than half a year, he paid a large fine and returned to the Forgotten Forest to continue his life.

"So, this is his revenge?"

In a valley in the Forgotten Forest, looking at the ruins and broken walls all over the ground, Qili's face turned pale.

She hadn't forgotten that she still had a grudge with this Earl of Sunset.

That was when Finn had brought his armor cluster to support Theresia and attack Valentine. Skywan Sunstar, who looked like the second ancestor, claimed that Tina's family was his slave and wanted to take her away or extort a large ransom, but was kicked away by Richie.

Now, she returns to the Raven tribe's colony with Tina, only to find it in ruins.

Tina wandered in a wasteland not far away, like a wandering spirit.

Her hand was pushing something in the air: "What about the door, there should be a door......"

She waved her hand and gestured, "Where did such a big door go?"

Kiri walked over and hugged her into her arms, stroked her back and said, "Cry out, no one laughs at you." ”

"I—I don't cry!"

Tina shouted: "I'm just weird, my home, my father's ashes are still buried in the backyard, how can I not find it......"

As he spoke, his shoulders shook, and his voice was staccato and broken: "And my mother, the ashes of my father and mother are mixed together, and a small tree has grown." ”

Then the whole body was convulsing, and Tina cried bitterly: "It doesn't matter if the home is gone, the tree is gone, woo woo......"

Sardar next to him also sniffled, although he didn't understand what his parents had to do with trees.

"There are no living people within a kilometer of the vicinity, and no corpses have been found", the chief of the cardinal guard, the Crimson Sanctuary Trizt listened to the report of his subordinates and reported to Qili: "Looking at the situation of the ruins, it should have been burned down three or four months ago, and the inhabitants here must have been relocated to other places en masse. ”

Trizt is also a half-elf, and most of the more than twenty people in the cardinal guards, intelligence bureau teams and commandos brought by Kiri this time are half-elves.

The bat, one of the few humans, reported: "Black whales are scanning settlements within a radius of a hundred kilometers, and after a while there should be results." ”

Qili's trip is not only for Tina, but also to prepare for the rescue of the silver dragon. Not only did they bring cardinal guards and intelligence officers, but there were also support units in the sky consisting of a black whale, two horn whales, a fin whale and four male sharks.

In order to be prepared, in the northeastern area of the Weeping Sand Sea, a thousand kilometers to the west, there is also a hammer team and a hell barbarian team on standby, and after receiving the signal, they can take the gray whale transport plane, which can arrive in an hour. Before that, the male sharks that took off from the Delta (Walker) air base should have arrived first.

If there is any other need, the entire air force of the Red Union and the separately formed Horn Whale unit can arrive in a few hours, and the various commando teams, including the hell barbarians, can be assembled in half a day at most, and arrive in the corresponding area to participate in the battle within a day.

The observation of the bats was much more detailed than that of the cardinal's guard: "From the analysis of the footprints of the scene, it is an army of about 100 people who gathered the inhabitants, as well as the hoof prints of the two-horned horse and the feathers of the griffin. ”

"This is certainly not the Dawning Empire's local legions or governor's guards, but the local private forces. It is impossible for the average nobleman to have a private armed force of this size, and it is very likely that the Earl of Sunset Star. ”

Qili thought for a moment, rubbed Tina's pointed ears and said, "Don't cry, we'll clean up whoever does bad things." ”

Tina lay in Qili's arms, already quiet, and shook her head when she heard the words, "You can't make trouble for me, you can come here to repay your wishes, we still have to be busy with business." ”

If Finney was here, she would probably have another series of yellow-filled mouth cannons, but unfortunately she had to sit on the Crimson Divine Throne to ensure that the divine power of the members of the Pain Department, who made up the majority of the Crimson Transcendentals, was not greatly affected.

"I made a pact with Romulus before, I have to launch an offensive to disrupt the Dawning Empire," said Kiri, "It's not your personal matter, it's a matter of both public and private affairs." ”

That's right, in addition to following Tina to repay her vows and rescue the silver dragon, another purpose of this trip is to ...... Trouble.

Tina was still hesitating, and Qi Li was relieved that her little pointed ears had become so sensible, so she heard her say: "In the future, you will definitely talk about me, how many points a bomb contributes, how many points a fish bone, and then I will have to work for you in the next life." ”

Feelings, she's settling accounts......

When the black whale sent the results of the composite scan of the surrounding area, Tina's pointed ears were erected high, and her eyes were red and she said, "If it was really that guy from Sunset Star who did it, how many bombs did he bring, and all of them were thrown on his head!"

The scan showed that more than 10 kilometers from the valley on the ridge, a bare area appeared in the woodland, distributed with a number of large and small deep pits, nearly 100 meters deep, as if every tree there had been dug up.

"That's the Mother Soul Tree......"

Tina fell to her knees weakly, tears welling up in her eyes: "What the hell did he do!?"

Before coming, Tina had already said that the Soul Mother Tree was a similar legend, and many half-elves who still paid attention to bloodline inheritance knew similar legends. In Qili's understanding, this thing may be the carrier of the will of the forgotten forest, and it may even be the branch of the World Tree left by the elves to the half-elves when they retreated, sheltering these half-blood descendants.

Only half-elves, they have to be pure in blood, and half-elves with certain "atavistic" talents can sense strange powers from the "soul mother tree", and for half-elves, their ancestors have been rendering the sacredness of the soul mother tree for generations, and no half-elf dares to do anything crooked.

The problem is, times have changed.

"Let's go check it out......"

Kiri tells the bat to continue to scout for clues and find the murderer who destroyed Tina's tribe, and she takes Tina, along with Trizter and a few half-elves, to the hollowed-out ridge on a float motorcycle.

Standing on the edge of a deep pit, confirming that it should be a towering tree, but it was uprooted by someone, Tina shook her head sadly: "No, I can't feel it at all......"

The other half-elves stood at the edge of the pit and let out a sad sigh.

Qi Li frowned, feeling that things were not so simple.

It's really the kind of soul mother tree with strange powers, how could it be dug up casually. Judging by the original legend of the Forgotten Forest, there should have been some kind of will in the entire forest, which could be attached to any tree, rather than a fixed number of trees.

Qi Li was a little annoyed that she didn't call Karin over, she had purified the branches and leaves of the World Tree, if any Soul Mother Tree was really a World Tree, or it was a branch, then Karin should be able to sense it very clearly.

It's a pity that Karin is buried in the affairs of the founding of the High Union, and it is too much trouble to call her here.

Wait a minute......

Qi Li suddenly thought of another thing, isn't she ...... now Elf?

There was a sudden impact from the ground, but it was not violent, and people even had the illusion of hearing cheers and cheers.

Bits of white seeped out from the bottom of the pit, floated slowly, and gathered around Qili, circling, floating and floating, as if dancing.

Really!

Qi Lixin said that there are really things related to elves left here in the Forgotten Forest, and running over by herself is equivalent to an activator!

More and more points of light surrounded Kiri, reflecting her brilliant and divine, and Tina and Trizter and the others subconsciously retreated, and looked at her with eyes full of admiration and admiration.

Trizter said with emotion: "It seems that His Royal Highness Qili is really Finn's last one...... Ahem, the last elf. ”

Whether internally or externally, the statement "Finn's last elf" is a smoke bomb thrown out, and everyone doesn't take it seriously, just thinking that Qili is a half-elf who has obtained the inheritance of the elf beauty god.

Such a big reaction now is not something that a half-elf can trigger.

Qi Li said in a helpless tone, "You found out." ”

When he said it, Qi Li was still longing, if you knew that Qi Li was Li Qi, you could also explain the past with just such a sentence, how good it would be.

The white light dots surrounded Qili, happily turning and bumping, and the slight warmth between the touches made Qili's mood brighter.

At the bottom of the pit, some force spewed out, raising a puff of smoke and dust.

A moment later, an emerald green vine poked out from the bottom of the pit, like a tentacle controlled by some will, and stretched out to Qili's side.

The end of the vine man bent into a semicircle, and stopped on Qili's chest and shook slightly, as if saluting.

Qili stretched out her finger and cautiously touched Fujiman.

The moment she touched Fujiman, Qili's body shook, and the light pupils that had been hidden revealed their original form, spewing out blazing silver light.

At the same time, the dark gold divine light also overflowed from her body, rendering her like a goddess in the kingdom of God.

The silver light in his eyes flickered violently, as if he was receiving a message.

After a long time, the silver light retracted its pupils, and Qili's fingers left Fujiman.

Qi Li blinked, returned to the color of a normal person's pupils, and nodded slowly and said, "It turned out to be you, the guardian ancient tree left by the elven goddess of happiness, Honoris. ”

"Was activated by the Ancient Covenant to sense my existence?"

She frowned slightly, sensing another will just now.

"No, I already have the inheritance of the goddess of beauty, Nir Serra, and it is impossible to accept the inheritance of Innocents. ”

She said to Vineman, "Can I use my role as Nilsera's spokesperson to temporarily freeze that ancient covenant? I want to see who activated it and what she is going to do." ”

Fujiman shook repeatedly, as if a person was nodding respectfully.

Qili stretched out her hand, this time not with her fingers, but with her hands to grasp Fujiman.

His eyes spewed out silver light again, and waves of powerful power swung out, causing Tina, Trizter and the others to continue to retreat, and if they didn't retreat, they would all have to kneel on the ground.

After a few more moments, Relly let out a weird laugh.

"What a coincidence......"

Qi Li sighed deeply: "So that's the case, I'll just say why the goddess didn't do anything when she saw the silver dragon have an accident......

"No, if the rumors of the appearance of the Void Dragon are true, the goddess is still behind the scenes, and his purpose is this covenant. ”

"Looks like I'm going to make him pay Madame...... No, I lost my seeds and lost my soldiers. ”

At least a thousand kilometers away, in the northern part of the Forgotten Forest, on a high ridge, Timmy thumped the trees and cried out in pain: "No! Why reject me!?"

She was already showing signs of madness: "I need strength!

Timmy walked from the afternoon to the evening, until late at night, and finally followed the invisible stream of breath to this strange woodland.

Here she finally felt at ease, and slept soundly all night, until the third day of the day, when she woke up.

When she fell asleep, she had a dream in which a strange "tree man" was talking to her.

The Treant said, "Are you here to fulfill the Ancient Covenant?

Then the tree man shook the branches and leaves, as if a human was shaking his head: "No, you haven't awakened yet, you haven't fulfilled your covenant yet, and you are eligible for inheritance. ”

What covenants and legacy, where did Timmy know, she only felt that the treants had what she needed. She rushed over to fight, but her body moved before she woke up, and found that she was about to molt in the sun.

This mysterious thing was nothing to embarrass for Timmy, and she used her prophecy spell to calculate it, confirming that she was not a dream before, and that a strange force had indeed contacted her here.

She hated that she had any prophetic power, which could not be used for the fate of herself, her relatives, and her people, but only for money.

She shook each tree, even opening her mouth to gnaw on the bark, wanting to continue the conversation with the tree man, or directly claim some inheritance from the covenant.

"Is it because I'm too lazy, because I'm not doing my job, and I can't become a dragon until now, that's why I have all this?"

She whimpered and cried, and sat on her knees weakly.

A nice man's voice suddenly sounded in his ears: "No, Timmy, it's just that you don't have confidence in yourself." ”

The voice said, "You can wake up now, if you make up your mind." ”

"Who am I......"

Timmy wasn't stupid enough to believe such an unknown person, and when asked about his identity, the other party was silent for a moment, and then confessed: "I am Losifus, the spokesperson of the goddess of business, and it was I who protected you and teleported you here." ”

"Is there any point in you going to the Hadrunde's lair and finding Li Qi of the Red Union other than to be his mount?"

"I'm sure you won't put your future and your hopes of revenge on someone else. ”

Hearing that the other party was the goddess of business, Timmy relaxed.

Then endless anger swelled up in my heart: "Why doesn't the goddess of commerce protect my father and not protect our family? And my older brothers and sisters and so many friends? Our Osquim family has served the goddess of commerce for tens of thousands of years!"

Lohiphus sighed compassionately: "Your Majesty Elsa is facing the Goddess of Order and the Void Dragon God, he has no power to protect the entire Osquim family, only you, you are the hope of the silver dragon." ”

Timmy didn't care about why the other party didn't show up, and held his head and said bitterly: "What hope do I have! I won't even change into a dragon!"

"As I said, it's just a small threshold, and if you put your mind to it, you can cross it right away," said Lohifus. ”

Timmy still had no confidence: "Even if I cross over, what kind of covenant, what inheritance, and what is it? Can I be the new god of the silver dragon? The old ancestor has not been able to keep our family, even if I become the god of the silver dragon, what can I do!?"

Lohiphus chuckled: "That's not just the god of the silver dragon, it's the inheritance of the elven goddess of happiness Honoris, you can get his priesthood of happiness." ”

Timmy let out a mocking sneer: "Is it so easy to become a god? And it sounds like this goddess of happiness is also very weak, what can she do?"

Nosiphus patiently said, "Of course it is not so easy, the priesthood of happiness is a fusion of the primordial priesthoods of exchange, self-control, and gratification, and it belongs to the faith of the elves. ”

"Even if you get these inheritances, because this is an elven faith that has been abandoned by the world of Fein, you will only become a witch, the kind of witch who has been made into a statue of a living person by the temple. ”

"But Her Majesty Elsa can purify you, as long as you have a faith contract and the law of trade from your soul, you can become a subordinate god under Elsa Majesty. It's not a problem for you, and as the president-elect of the Osquim Chamber of Commerce, you're incredibly gifted in business, and that's what you believe in, right?"

"After this, you can serve as the banner of Her Majesty Elsa's evangelism to the world, leading mortals to usher in a new era. When you defeat the goddess of order, won't you avenge the relatives of your family?"

"Don't forget who is the real enemy, not the Void Dragon God, the Goddess of Order who blames the Silver Dragon for the defeat and slanders you for colluding with the Crimson Lady. ”

"Why did he do this? Because to Him, the Red Dragon is his descendant, and your Silver Dragon is more closely related to His Majesty Elsa, so He must sacrifice your Silver Dragon, and the God of the Silver Dragon must sacrifice your House of Osquim. ”

The other party's words brought a terrible amount of information, which made Timmy subconsciously scratch his pink hair, and it took a while to barely digest it.

She still didn't understand the question: "Why me?"

Nosiphus laughed pitifully, "Because your mother is a half-elf, a half-elf with the purest blood that your father found with great difficulty." ”

"What's even more rare is that you are not an ordinary dragon man, you are an existence that completely integrates the dragon spirit in human form, you are one in a million lucky people, and you are also the best person to accept the inheritance of the elves. ”

"When the elves retreated from Finn, some of the elven gods left a lot of things, some left the kingdom of God, some left the blood of the gods, in short, they all left their own power in Finn. ”

"Don't think they're well-intentioned, they're just using Fein as a refuge to return to Fein when they have no choice in the future, so they must leave their mark in Finn's law of power. ”

"The Half-Elves have survived in the Forgotten Forest all over Finn, especially here. ”

"Elves have a good relationship with dragons, especially silver dragons. In order for the silver dragon to take care of these inheritances, the two sides made a covenant that allowed the silver dragon to borrow the power of the elves to pass it on when necessary, of course, provided that it had the blood of the elves. The existence of borrowing the inheritance is itself a continuation of the inheritance, and there is nothing to lose for the elves. ”

Nosiphus summed up in a solemn tone: "Timmy Osquim, since you were not born, you have been the preparation of the silver dragon to survive the era change and the dragon domain catastrophe. ”

"I ...... I don't believe you......"

Timmy sat on the ground, hugged his knees, and said bitterly, "But I can't find anyone to help, so I can only trust you." ”

She took a deep breath and said resolutely, "Okay, what are you talking about? Now I just want to be strong, I just want to be a dragon!"

Lohyphus chuckled lowly, kicking up a puff of smoke in the clearing in front of her, and then a pretty figure appeared.

Is that......

Timmy exclaimed, "Little Leaf!"

It was a small leaf that had turned into a human form, and she was spinning in place, shouting with her mouth open. But she was only about ten meters away from Timmy, but she turned a blind eye to Timmy, and she couldn't hear anything shouting.

Losifus's tone became extremely cold: "Kill her, devour her dragon spirit, and you will naturally become a dragon." ”

Timmy's eyes widened, and he froze like a statue.