Chapter 784: Stupidity (6)
"I don't know," said the otherworldly soul honestly, "I haven't thought about it yet, I ...... I still have a lot of work to do, and I don't have time to take care of it for the time being. "It has longed to go back since the first day it has been here, and now that desire has had to be postponed, it still does not feel that it will choose a woman or a man to be a companion here, and it is obviously irrational and immoral to have an intimate and long relationship with a person when it does not know when it will completely dissipate or leave this place forever, it even rejects the concubines that people give them, the lich out of boredom, and the spirit of the other world thinks that it should not use another person's body so casually- But when it explained that, the lich scoffed - of course, they didn't need women, not even food and water, but as a model citizen of a country you know, the spirit of the other world pretended not to hear, and it was a bit of fun, right?
"So," Lucieu reversed, "what form of love and marriage do you approve of?" she asked earnestly.
This otherworldly soul can give answers, in the other plane, it has been longing for such emotions and connections, after the most important memories have been destroyed, it cannot be specific to the individual, but the most important points that cannot be given up can still be extracted, "trust, respect and ......" it said: "mutual support." Then it saw the elven girl smile happily, as if it had peeked into something that could change its fate, and by the time it realized that it might have done something wrong, Lucieu had already left, and her departure was so crisp that it didn't even give Kerriben a chance to say goodbye to him.
This made Kerry frown, it stands to reason that Eloch, who was next to Lucie, was also an elderly and polite elf, and such rash behavior was not within his tolerance.
In order to dispel the vague uneasiness in their hearts, the souls of the other world cast a spell, and they saw Eloch and Lucieu in the moonlit water, Eloch first discovered the traces of the spell, and Lucieu waved a small hand at them after being reminded by Eloher, they did not look like they were coerced, nor did they look like they were confused by some spell, and in the end Kerry could only have attributed the matter to the routine willfulness of a child. About five days later, they received a letter from Alva's disciple from Pilllands, informing them that Eloch and Lucieu, who had recovered their identities, had left Pills.
Their destination is undoubtedly the Emerald Forest Island, home to the Elves of Eyya.
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Emerald Forest Island is embedded in the sea like a flawless oval blue ring, and the dense forest on the island is so dense that even if you look down from above, you can't see where the royal court of the elves is located - the edge of the forest island is a slender sand that shines like a star, showing a soft mint colorβ The sand is mixed with countless tiny peridots, outside of the forest island, peridot is also a precious gemstone, not only the nobles are happy to wear it, it also has a very important place in the laboratories of spells and warlocks, even if the largest peridot here is no bigger than a fingernail, but here there seems to be endless sand, if the merchants from the outside world can be allowed to enter here, they don't need to exchange anything with the elves of Aya, as long as they can take enough sand to make them crazyγ
Unfortunately, Lynn Island has not been allowed to enter by humans since thousands of years ago - the demigod Lich Edair, who had tasted the Forest's Locks when he was just a dragonborn. The range of the Lost Lock not only covered the entire Tim Island, but also stretched out to the sea for about a thousand feet, and even a giant dragon could not launch a surprise attack on Tim Island from such a distance, let alone humans. Eloch and Lucieux traded a sloop with the merchants of Cape Fortress, this ship was sixty feet long, literally, with only one mast, and it served almost only as a transit and a short distance in Pillland, a small boat like this was not suitable for entering the sea, but for the elves of Eyya, even if they were given a turtle shell, maybe they would be able to ride it back to Lynn Island.
The ship was a bit like the winged ship of the Singer elves, with a narrow hull, a cocked bow and a snow-white triangular sail, which seemed to fly lightly on the surface of the sea when it was stirred up by the sea breeze.
Lucieux sat on the slender bow of the boat, her black hair straightened by the wind, and she was a little delighted to be homeβ In fact, her travels under the supervision of the verbose Eloch did not leave her nostalgic, and she longed to be alone, proud and free, to roam the land like a bird or a breeze, but she had to admit embarrassedly that she did not have the qualifications and abilities, and if the first time she fell into the hands of a slave trader, it could be said that she was not an adult, and she lacked knowledge of humanity, then what happened to the abominable mage of the walled city was a clear reflection of her incompetence- She even dragged Eloch down.
If there is something deeper, there may be a stronger anxiety and longing, Lucieu has planned and deliberated in her mind, she has not slept peacefully for several nights, and the story of the human maiden and the Grand Duchess has always echoed in her ears, and what she has seen and heard at the peak of the arrow has strengthened her resolve. What important role can a ranger, a warrior, play in the plans that Cremar needs to carry out now? Look at Kerryben, look at Adele, they certainly have their own professions, but the place that can really help Cremar is still in government affairs and the situation, but this is something that Lucieu can't interfere with, the Emerald Forest Island is originally much more closed than the Silver Crown Jungle, among the elves, of course, there will be no intrigues and intrigues due to power, intrigues, she has no experience, and she has no corresponding talent, but she is not useless, as her mother's only child, like the child of Ingwe, the king of the Silver Crowned Jungle, Kerry Ben, she is destined to become the next king of the Emerald Forest Islandγ
It was only because Lucieu was still very young that the education about the heir had not yet begun, or more correctly, for Ingway, that his sister the Lord of Lynn was too cautious and spoiled because she had obtained the child too late, and at least, his Kerry had not let Perrant or any other elves follow him on his first travels. Originally, if this plane could remain as calm as before, then in the next few hundred years, the Lord of Emerald Forest Island would be able to slowly teach her this, after all, Kerry had been wandering the outside world for a long time before she could become the reliable and credible ranger she is now, but now......
As they went out to sea in the morning, Lucieu could already see the faint outline of the Emerald Grove Island as the golden light faded and re-revealed the tender green of the new leaves, and she could not help but stand up, and at the tip of the bow, which was no more than ten fingers wide, the elven girl was like a thin-legged bird perched on it. Lucieux turned her head with joy, and when she wanted to share her cheerful mood with Eloher, she was startled by Eloher's expression.
The look on Eloch's face was not hideous, nor obscene, it looked almost the same as usual, and Lucieu didn't know how to describe it, she could only say...... When she looked at Eloch, it was as if she had been bitten by a thin, cold pit viper, her heart tightened suddenly, and there was darkness before her eyes, and for a moment she thought she had fallen into the abyss of death, her hands and feet were paralyzed, then unconscious, but only for a moment, she was back in the bow of the dhow, and the sun shone on her and Lucieu, and there was only a small shadow under their feetβ If it had been Kerribben, Adair, Cremar (whichever one), or Glenn had been accustomed to vigilance and caution, they would not have let go of this suspicious sight. But Lucieu thought she was in a very brief hallucination, and she didn't even try to find the cause, the source, or anything, but even if she did, what happened next no longer allowed her to think further.
They ran into the Lost Lock.
The Emerald Forest Island's Locks are all longer than the Silvercrown Forest, and while they are not human, they will be weakened and crumble over time, but they will only become more and more powerful if they are carefully maintained. But the fears and threats they give are all in the face of non-elves, just like the original setting, the elves, whether it is Aya or Singh who later left Lindao, when they touch the lock, they only feel a soft warm touch, like a returning wanderer being embraced by his mother, but in front of Eloch and Lucieu, they fall into the confusion of riots for no reason- Suddenly, they sailed from the sunny, mirror-calm sea into the land ruled by hurricanes and waves, they could not see the sky, they could not see the sea, when the dhow was sent into the sky, they looked down, and could only see the waves like wolves waiting to be devoured and the whirlpool as deep as the eye sockets of a skeleton, Lucieu was fixed in the cabin by the strange vines summoned by Eloher, she barely raised her head and looked up, I don't know if it was because the light had become dark, she felt strange to such Eloch.
Eloch stood beside the broken mast, which had been broken in the first place, and the sails and ropes were missing, and Eloch pressed one hand on the mast, and in the other he held a long knife that Lucieu was also unfamiliar with, this knife was much longer than an ordinary sword, almost as long as a grown man, and the weight of the knife itself and the center of gravity that was too far away were a big problem if the average person wanted to use it, but only this long knife could split the wavesβ If a wave roars and topples from above, intending to capsize the ship, he will cut it open, and if it is the other way around, if the ship encounters a whirlpool, his long knife will also point at the surface of the sea, and the breath and power on it will disperse the hollow sea mausoleum at once, and for those waves that try to push the dhow towards the reef or the two phases, Eloch's long knife will change to a beat, and in a single stroke can throw the whole boat in the direction he wants.
The sea blurred Lucier's eyes, and the blows were too intense to make her breathless, but she wanted to tremble uncontrollably when she occasionally looked at Eloher, she couldn't understand why she was frightened, and confusedβEloch had a beautiful face and a long body like every Eyar elf, but until this moment, he was simply genderless to Lucier, a guardian, an elder, a stubborn fellow who was not very likableβ But in the midst of the storm, he seemed to glow, and it was impossible not to look at him.
The elves' fear of the cold and heat is not as strong as that of humans, even when the snow has begun to fall in the north and the south has begun to get cold, Eloch is still wearing only the clothes of a ranger, that is, a long undergarment, trousers, boots and tunics, they have been completely soaked under the sea, but they do not look embarrassed, but have a kind of beauty formed by defects, and Eloch's long black hair, which was originally neatly tied with a headband, like every Eya elf, glows in the sun with crow blue and sapphire blue, but when the light is so faint, it is closer to Cremar's hair color, the kind of black that only existed before the dawn of the starless moon, and I don't know if it was the relationship between the black hair, his complexion was pale, but what made Lucieu's heart palpitate the most was that there seemed to be a raging fire in his eyes, he stared at the riotous sea, his nose dilated slightly, and his lips opened, revealing sharp teeth......
Was it an illusion, Lucieu fainted the next moment, and when she awoke, she was already lying on the emerald sand of Lynn Island, and Eloch was half-kneeling beside her, watching her intently.
"We ......"
"We are now on Emerald Grove Island. Eloch replied.
"Lost Lock......" Lucieu remembered the disaster that had befallen them: "What happened to Lost Lock?" Could it be that their dhow was hiding some ill intentions? Could it be a druid?
"Maybe it's because something went wrong," Eloch guessed softly, "You see, there have been dead magic zones and chaotic magic zones in many places recently, and we may have unfortunately encountered related accidents, but it's okay, my child, we are still accepted by the locks." β