Accompanied by Luo Xia and Bone Dance, Moon left Stormwind and headed for the dark blue forest on the side. An hour later, we finally came to a small hidden castle, which was the city of Moon's inheritance.

The nearby guards had already discovered Moon and his party, elves, eyesight is naturally good, nothing to say, Bone Dance and Luo Xia's outfits are also very recognizable, this storm leader only has Moon by his side with a maid of the demon race. Without saying hello to anyone, the group walked in directly.

As the group went deeper, Jixiang City also showed its differences, or the differences in guards. The dark elves patrolling outside the city are all light leather armor, carrying long bows, short knives across their waists, and there are several dark elf mages on the lookout tower, to put it bluntly, this is the standard dark elf aristocratic armed configuration.

However, the guards inside the castle are completely different from the dark elves outside, the heavy armor spear and heavy shield --- the Annihilator, the light armor long shield with a double-headed blade --- spellbreaker, the chain mail with a round moon blade --- the Warden, and the leather armor with a dual-wielding blade --- the Demon Hunter. These are the secrets of Moon, the secrets of the city, the moon energy is a dark elf warrior.

Naturally, traditional archers are essential. There is no shortage of magicians to carry on to the city, but compared to all dark magicians, there are many moon energy mages, wind, fire, water, earth and poison, and a few can be found in each department, but there is no one in the light department.

A few minutes later, Moon was outside the council chamber that belonged to the small castle, and as he stood in the doorway, he heard a lecture coming from within, a loud voice that didn't sound very good-tempered. Although this council chamber is not as large as the space on the other side of Stormwind, it is just as magnificent, except that one wall looks a little new, and it doesn't fit in with the others.

"Okay! I know that many of you don't understand the current situation, and it is not excluded that some of you are aware of the situation and take the initiative to find it, from now on you just need to remember that the next choice will be your life and death. At this point, you still have the right to 'choose', so choose whether to stay or leave. Gert Firewood roared.

"Well, to add, those who choose to leave will be executed immediately, anyway, you won't be able to 'turn into a butterfly', and being exiled will also be a death, since the result is the same, naturally you will not be allowed to take the secrets here out alive. Give you three breaths time to think clearly. Galt smiled, adding in what he thought was humorous the fact that the elves were creepy.

Unexpectedly, the nearly three hundred dark elves in the hall did not cause any disturbance after hearing Gelt's words, which had to make Gelt look at it differently, these guys still have a strong psychological quality.

After three breaths, no one chose to leave. This was expected by the Gelts, if nothing else, and the temptation of the city to be shown to them was too strong relative to the outcome of mortality. Few unawakened people are able to refuse.

"Good!" Fortunately, the person in charge of cleaning was more conscientious, and if there was dust in the door frame or something, it was estimated that it would also be shaken down by Gelt's loud voice. "Now that you have made your choice, from now on, the previous you are dead, and then you will be given a new name and everything that has been past will be thrown away from me. From now on, your life, everything you have will belong to only one person, and that person is Moon Black!"

"After the first lesson, there will be an oath-taking ceremony to prepare mentally. Gert paused deliberately, "Now, there's your homeroom teacher!"

An old dark elf who looked a little thin was supported by his assistant, from the corner of the hall to the middle, and before he could speak, he sat down tremblingly, and before he could speak, Gelt's loud voice rang out again, "Fuck, applause, what are you doing! No one has taught you even the most basic etiquette!"

It seemed that he had become accustomed to the style of Gelt, and the old man of the head teacher was not surprised, and after the scattered applause dissipated, the not loud voice became the only main theme in the council room. Moon, who had already crept into the hall, sat in the corner, listening to the old man tell him about what he couldn't be more familiar with, what they needed to know, a brief history of the Dark Elves.

This underground world, called Hidden Lan, means the last home in the Dark Elf language, is located underground in the continent of Dolan. 1,300 years ago, the Dark Elves were driven to this Hidden Lan by the Terrans.

Two thousand three hundred years ago, there were countless races on the Dolan Continent, the common ones were dark elves, dwarves, orcs, humans, succubus, fishmen, etc., and there were many uncommon ones, lizardmen, naga, blood, demons, dragons, mermaids, etc., all races were basically based on their own races, occupying a fixed realm, and living.

At this time, no one in the dark elf clan can open the melee talent, as if they were born like this. On the other hand, the bow and arrow and magic talent of the dark elves are unmatched, almost every dark elf is a natural archer, and the proportion of magicians in the population is also several times that of other races.

With a long-range advantage that other races can't match, even without a melee class, the Dark Elves once dominated the Dolan Continent and established the country as the Black Yao Empire.

The dark elves are haughty and close to nature. In the course of their rule over the entire continent, there was almost no massacre of alien races. Conversely, after the Dark Elves established the country, they only retained absolute ownership of all forests, and the other territories were given to other races through sharing.

This may seem unreasonable, but the Dark Elves did it anyway, because at that time, only the forest could provide space for the growth of Elf Fruit (the food that the Dark Elves consumed energy), and the Dark Elves in other lands were not used to it, and there was no way to grow Elf Fruit.

Moreover, there is a two-way teleportation circle of dark elves in every forest, they can support at any time, withdraw from any forest at any time, and the military radiation range is quite large. According to legend, as long as the Elf King's lineage continues, this teleportation circle will not fail, complex terrain, powerful long-range fire coverage, and unique mobility. This has created a unique way of ruling the Black Yao Empire.

In particular, the rule of the dark elves is still very arbitrary, except for the necessary tribute, there is no other burden on the various races, and the exploitation of other races is not serious, and even sometimes, the materials that the dark elves need are not valued by other races, and even treated as waste themselves, so the contradiction is not strong.

In this way, the rule of the dark elves lasted for a thousand years. The imaginary eternal life, 1,300 years ago, was overthrown by the Terrans, and the Terrans completely invalidated the teleportation circle of the Dark Elves through unknown methods, and then took advantage of the gap that the Dark Elves' strongholds could not support each other, and mobilized superior forces to defeat them one by one.

It was impossible to assassinate the Elven King at that time, and in the final decisive battle that took place in the Wasteland, the Elven King also showed up to organize a retreat. As for the method by which the Terrans disable the teleportation array, it is still unknown.

The Dark Elves relied on the stubborn resistance of the forest, and although the various tribes could not support each other, they were not completely powerless. Moreover, other races on the continent were either grateful for the help of the dark elves, or participated in the war for their own interests, and this war undoubtedly evolved into a world war that covered the entire continent and included many races.

The Dark Elves were eventually defeated by the sheer superiority of the Terrans, and the remnants of the army were driven by the concentration of human forces into the Ancient Gate in the Wastelands, where no one knew the consequences of entering.

In the face of the ruthless butcher's knife of the human race, there is no life. The dark elves finally chose to escape from the door to try the nine deaths, so they came to this underground world, this hidden orchid, and lived a life without daylight. And the human race, after naming the dark elves as the Heavenly Demon Clan, ruled the Dolan Continent with the power of great victory.

It is worth mentioning that at that time, the chief archmage of the dark elves, Elishan Deep Blue, did not know whether she had foreseen the result of entering the Ancient Gate in advance, and before entering the door, she used her magic to imprint the starry sky on her robe, which was the --- starry sky robe hanging on the top of Moon's bedroom. Countless starlights ignored the magic beneath them, and their flesh and blood collapsed, holding a full moon in the center.

Alysanne Navy, the mother of Moon Black and the companion of Storm Black. Moon is only 99 years old now, and the Great War took place more than 1,300 years ago, because at the beginning of the war, Elisanne used her unparalleled magical skills to transfer the soon-to-be-born Moon out of her body and seal it, so that she could personally set foot on the battlefield and do her best for the survival of her family.

Elisanne's magic was too large and the seal was too complicated, and the Duke of Storm tried everything he could to finally break the seal 99 years ago. That's why Duke Storm is now over a thousand years old, while Moon is only 99 years old when his mother has long since died.

This hidden orchid is dangerous and abnormal, resources are scarce, countless powerful demonic beasts wander among them, countless plants that the dark elves have never seen grow everywhere, and the elf fruit that the dark elves rely on to feed on is unable to survive in this underground because there is no sunlight, and they are unable to absorb the magic power in the elf fruit They are gradually falling into a desperate situation.

With the reduction of the inventory of elf fruits, in the end, the dark elves could only rely on hunting demonic beasts, supplementing them with the magic power in their flesh and blood, and cooperating with countless plants that were only identified at the cost of their lives to feed on whether they were harmful or not, and came to a strange forest, this thorny plant, in which the fruit has the same magic power as the elf fruit, relying on this plant, the dark elves were finally able to survive, and the elf king named this plant Black Yao, which not only does not forget the glory of the past, but also means the rebirth of a clan.

What happened with it caught the dark elves off guard. There is nothing wrong with eating this black fruit in small amounts, but over time, the dark elves' bodies will gradually change, and this change will be fatal for mages and archers, because they will lose their ability to perceive other elements, and can only perceive dark elements and arcane elements (pure magic).

This means that even if they don't lose their talent for elemental resonance, they will only be able to use dark magic and arcane magic in its purest form. This is definitely a fatal, huge blow to the non-dark mages/archers among the dark elves.

To become a magician, one condition is to perceive the elements, or elemental affinity, first of all, you must be able to feel a certain elemental energy in the world, and the second condition is resonance, you have to be able to resonate when you perceive the elements of each system, and you have to be able to resonate, so that you can have the ability to gather and cross the magic power in the body and the elements you perceive, and materialize it into a magic skill for its use.

The dark elves still have no choice but to suffer the consequences silently, elemental perception and elemental resonance are important, but in the face of survival, how can it be worth mentioning.

The dark elves were based in the early days of the Black Yao Forest, and the scope of their control was very limited, and there were powerful demonic beasts wandering around, and there was no way to drive away the demonic beasts, so there was no way to expand the control area of the Black Yao Forest, and the output of the Black Yao Fruit was extremely small.

In the end, the Elven King led the only twelve remaining Great Magicians and the three Demon Arrow Saints to wander near the Black Yao Forest with his wounded body, and wiped out all the demonic beasts coveted by the dark elves. At the price, only three of the twelve great magicians remained, and none of the three magic arrow saints were spared.

After that, the Elven King handed over everything to the Imperial Council and fell into a deep sleep, while the Dark Elves recuperated in the Black Shine Forest. With the passage of time, the dark elves who have the ability to open up and protect the Black Yao Fruit have gradually mastered the power of the empire, so under the Imperial Council, several nobles have gradually emerged, and Storm Black has been able to double cultivate dark magic and arcane magic because of his extraordinary magical attainments, double cultivation of dark magic and arcane magic, and for the dark elves to gain a foothold in the underground and fight with the elf king, he deserves to become the first grand duke of the underground Black Yao Empire, stationed in the southeast frontier, and holds nearly 1/4 of the empire's territory.

Everything is based on the premise of survival, and everything becomes simple and crude. Dark elves who have not detected any talent after birth are classified as unawakened, and can work and then exchange labor for food, naturally, the food will not be black Yaoguo. Those who have not awakened any talent at the age of 100 will participate in the butterfly trial, and those who refuse to participate in the butterfly trial will be expelled from the country and exiled for life.

Those who only have the talent of bows and arrows are classified as ordinary civilians, who can join the army and work in agriculture (to maintain the production of black yao fruit for the great nobles).

As for those with magical talents (dark element/arcane perception, dark element/arcane resonance), the children of the nobles are cultivated by their own families, and the children of commoners are cultivated by the empire. After that, the treatment will be determined according to the ability, assessment results, etc.

Everyone knew in their hearts that with the Dark Elves bringing the entire Black Yao Forest under the control of the Black Yao Empire, the production of the Black Yao Fruit had reached its peak and was fixed, but it was still not enough to support the consumption of all the Dark Elves. The Butterfly Trials of the Unawakened are just a measure to weed out the non-essential population.

There is also no awakening of any talents, but the descendants of the big nobles, the small nobles, and the commoners are not treated exactly the same. For example, Moon Black and Duke Storme Black could write directly to the Imperial Diet to take care of the matter, while the descendants of some ruined minor nobles and commoners had little choice but to participate in trials or be banished.

The dark elf clan has difficulty giving birth, and the population is not too large, and now this butterfly trial policy is still implemented without objection, it can only be said that contradictions can be seen everywhere, and there may be objections, but they have not been heard.

Moon listened to the old man's mouth while listening to the head teacher's old man's mouth, and he was absent-mindedly sleepy. He ordered Stone's special messenger to send to the Imperial Diet to bring an extra letter, a letter from which he had asked for a fief.

According to imperial regulations, the children of the Dark Elf nobles who have the right to inherit do not need to be canonized, but only need to divide suitable land from the existing territory to him after reaching the age of three hundred as a territory.

However, if you are under the age of 300 and want to own your own territory, or if you want to own another land outside the family's original territory, you also need to pass the Butterfly Transformation.

What Moon is doing now, and what he wants to do in the future, needs a territory that is justified and belongs to him, although the Deep Blue Forest is named after Moon's mother, Stone's partner, and Storm also regards it as his own property with absolute strength, but if the Imperial Council can't think of it one day and gives it to other nobles as a fief, Storm and Moon have no room to refuse without rebelling. Just in case, Moon had to justify it in his own hands.

Just like Storm had reminded him before, he would take a maximum of nine people with him in the Butterfly Trial, plus just ten of himself. The fewer people you bring, the higher the evaluation of completing the trial, and the more benefits you can get. Thinking of this, Moon smacked his lips, and had to say that this rule of a group of ten really reminded him all the time and everywhere that the importance of his background.

The descendants of a big nobleman like Moon, if it were in other families, from a utilitarian point of view, there would hardly be a patriarch who would waste manpower and material resources to work for a descendant who needed to participate in the butterfly trial, of course, there are exceptions, it is said that a certain great nobleman in the northwest of the empire, there are children in history who continue their lives with color, and the current head of the family has formed a luxury escort team for him, and he can easily complete the trial and come back alive.

If it is a small noble, or a commoner family, most of them can't afford to pay a bounty to hire a powerful magician, and how many people of the same level form a team? The difference between one "waste" and ten "waste" is just that.

Storm was worried, mostly because Moon had mentioned in his letter to the Imperial Council that he would never hire any of his father's Stormlord guards, or the Stormwind's money. In fact, Moon is also a little unsettled now, and there are few people, and he doesn't dare to use the moon energy of the city to be an elf, impulsive!

Twenty years after the completion of the previous city in the Deep Blue Forest, Moon collected a large number of unawakened people, because he found that the blue grass of the Deep Blue Forest could effectively act on the unawakened, and with his mother's notes and Luo Xia's understanding of fighting spirit, Moon developed a new power system--- Moon Energy System. As the key to the lunar energy system, bluegrass is regarded by him as a key protection and research object. Now in the city, there are nearly a thousand warriors and about three hundred mages, and behind them, there are victims who are several times this number, no way, the experiment is needed.

Moon started out just trying to find a way to get himself out of his identity as an unawakened person, so he began to study hard from the time he was sensible, studying various texts and notes left by his mother. As a result....now that he is well-read, he also has a group of guards who are loyal to him, but he is still a pure unawakened person, and he still has no talent, and yes, Moon does not have the power of the lunar energy system that he has created.

Originally, the moon energy elves in the city were his greatest confidence, but he didn't dare to use them now, first, those were unawakened, and they were going to be turned into butterflies and banished. Second, the notoriously proud of the Dark Elves can sometimes be understood as stubborn and traditional, and no one can guarantee what the authorities will do with this new thing.

Just as he worries about what the authorities think of Jijicheng, Moon worries about his own guards. With strength, there will be desire, will fight, will grab, the average life of the dark elves of nearly a thousand years makes these twenty years like a snap of a finger, but after a little longer?

Now those who have the right to speak are powerful magicians in the empire, but suddenly somewhere, some new forces with strength have jumped out, and they are melee abilities that the dark elves did not have before! Vested interests usually do not let the emerging class share the power in their hands, and after reading his mother's various notes in the past eighty years, Moon did not dare to easily provoke this contradiction.

The cranky Moon smiled self-deprecatingly, everything was based on the fact that he couldn't be killed, with his current situation, without the protection of Luo Xia and Bone Dance, it is estimated that he will not survive the second episode, which is really miserable.

The optimistic Moon is always good at self-comfort, and almost instantly threw this melancholy to the ground, because he thought of the past 1,300 years, and other races have been driven down by humans one after another, elves, always be optimistic, the so-called no comparison, no harm, the so-called schadenfreude, harm others and not themselves, although I am not doing well, but seeing other people are not doing well, I suddenly feel better?

Driven down one after another, there are allies of the former Dark Elves, allies of the former humans, and neutral races. However, this hidden orchid is too big, big enough to easily accommodate creatures that don't belong here, and under the pressure of survival between various races (magical beasts, resources), they live a peaceful life despite conflicts.

Gradually, this underground gradually formed a country with the seven major races as the main core, the Black Yao Empire of the Dark Elves, the Nasha Tar, the Demon Clan's Demon City, the Succubus Clan's Love Nest, the Blood Clan's Thorn Fortress, and the Orc Clan's Flame Rift, all of which coincidentally, except for the dark elves, the forces of the other races have adopted the power composition model supplemented by their own races and other small races, in addition, with the gradual strengthening of exchanges between countries, some people of all races who are dissatisfied with their own countries have survived in the cracks of various forces, and several neutral cities have been formed over time。 Moon had only heard of a few major forces and neutral cities, after all, in order to survive the second episode, he had to study hard, and he didn't have the time and ability to get out of the Storm Lord.