To the north of Storm Castle and south of Elemental Castle is a vast forest, except for a few plains with Morning Star Castle, Storm Castle, Dusk Castle and other places inhabited, most of the area is actually uninhabited, and this forest is collectively known as the Ancient Forest. The Twilight Forest and the Twilight Star Forest are actually connected together, but they are only so different for the convenience of travelers. The Twilight Forest is famous for its abundance of magical beasts and adventurers who target them, and the Twilight Forest is another story.

"Your eyes are like the sun about to set, you can't wait, the twilight star that shines first in the sky, you are so proud, even the dazzling sun, the falling twilight can't hide your light. I whispered it.

"What a beautiful compliment, who said that?" said Cialis wistfully.

"A great hero of the Empire's Thirty Civil Wars, said Hamilton, the Knight of the Dead. When he led his army to attack the Elven Forest, the Elven Queen at the time, Emlen, led her people to resist the invasion. It is rumored that Hamilton fell in love at first sight when he saw Cowen, and when the two armies faced off, he rode out alone and said that to the elven queen. I said, peeking at the old man's expression, and I saw that the old man was a little uncomfortable when he heard this story, but it didn't stop him from telling this story.

"What an infatuated person, what about the result?" Hylis clasped her hands to her chest, looking yearning.

"Ah, I was killed by random arrows. I shrugged my shoulders and said.

"..."Chillis looked at me speechlessly.

"The two armies confronted each other, riding alone, the elves are specialized in wood magicians and marksmen, and it would be fools not to take advantage of such a good opportunity. I said as I looked at Hillis as a matter of course.

"Ugh... It would have been a beautiful story. Hylise sighed.

"Of course, that's what we write in our books, but that's another story. I smiled.

"First of all, Hamilton, the Knight of the Dharma, as you can tell by his nickname, is a serious, upright, law-abiding man who can even be called stubborn. He's not one of those bards singing love songs on the streets. And he has been through a hundred battles, such a person would go out in front of the two armies without warning?And although there are many strong people on the elf side, there are four ninth-order marksmen and two ninth-order wood mages in that place, and they attack at the same time and directly bombard him?" I shook my head.

"You mean—" Hylis hesitated.

"I didn't say anything, but you can notice an interesting detail, the Elven Queen who used Twilight Star as the name of the Elven Forest even though there was a suspicion of a conspiracy, and Hamilton's descendants named the castle they belonged to as opposed to Twilight. I said, and the old man in front of me sighed imperceptibly.

"So Queen Aewen and the Hamilton Knight—" Hylise said with her mouth covered in disbelief, apparently thinking of the most likely cause of the incident and the end of the tragedy.

"Perhaps, politics and war have always been intertwined with all kinds of conspiracies, and no one can escape this, not the hero Hamilton, and of course not the queen of Ewen, their positions are doomed to their outcome. I sighed, I don't know what the truth is, but even now, after many years of the Thirty Years' War, there is still a majority of indifference and hostility between elves and humans, and dwarves, not to mention the period of the Thirty Civil War, during which humans, dwarves, elves, and orcs fought fiercely, and the final result is also conceivable, humans live in the plains, dwarves live in the mountains, elves live in the forests, and orcs return to the southern wilderness.

As he spoke, the road came to an end.

The loess road came to an abrupt end in front of me, and the front was occupied by dense woods, with only an overgrown path in the middle. The old man calmly dismounted, patted his horse in the direction of the original road, and I looked at Cialis and dismounted.

"This is... Twilight Forest?" Chillis hesitated for a moment, according to the traveler, the Twilight Forest is a place where elves live, the forest is luxuriant, the sun shines through the shade of the trees, the tree houses are scattered on it, cute little animals are interspersed among them, and beautiful elves wander under the trees and sing their praises. The forest in front of me was densely packed, completely blocking the sunlight, and the vines were interspersed, eerie and quiet like a ghostly land.

"No, this is supposed to be the Misty Forest, and it is rumored that anyone who wants to visit the elves must go to the Misty Forest, and all malice will be excluded from the Misty Forest, or stay in the Misty Forest forever. I said what I read from the book, since the elves were kicked out of the position of the master of the continent, all the elves, except for a few small settlements, have shrunk into the twilight forest, and the originally crowded continent, because of this war, even the human beings with amazing reproductive ability have not been able to breathe, there are still many empty old castles and abandoned villages in the plains, not to mention the elves who grow slowly and have difficulty giving birth, although they seem to be confined to the twilight forest, but in fact the elves only occupy a small part of the twilight forest。

"But here... There is no fog. Hylise said hesitantly. The forest in front of you may be eerie, but it is certainly fog-free.

We looked at the old man, the old man pondered for a while, and walked directly into the path without replying, and we could only follow helplessly.

Walking forward for a while, the old man lightly manipulated a fist-sized fireball, the fireball continued to float back and forth in front of the old man like a living thing, and you could feel the amazing heat emitted by the fireball without getting close, and the plants and trees it touched were turned into ashes in an instant.

"Is this using magic as fuel... And this kind of usage..."This long-lasting and incredibly hot combustion method is obviously not the effect that can be caused by the elements in the air, of course, if it is hydrogen or acetylene, etc., it is a fuel that can be burned and the temperature is extremely high, but it is one thing to be able to burn, and stability is another, it seems that the old man is a bit like directly imagining magic power as a stable and efficient fuel, of course, it is not excluded that there is the possibility of collecting flammable gas in the air to reduce the consumption of magic power.

"Hmph. The old man seemed to notice that I was observing his fireball, and he snorted arrogantly, and the speed of the fireball dancing increased a little.

And so, as we walked down the winding path, the air of the forest seemed to freeze, the sunlight was completely obscured by the towering trees and dense vines, and rarely, the whole forest was lifeless, there did not seem to be a single animal, and I kicked away a pile of rotten leaves, and there was not a single small insect in it. This scene made me frown, if there are no animals in the forest, it is understandable, maybe they are hiding due to some factors, but it is not normal to even have insects, this is not a normal ecological cycle.

"Hey. He was about to turn his head and call the old man who was opening the way in front of him, when he suddenly found that there was a white mist in front of him.

I looked around, and not only was the old man who was driving the way in front of me gone, but even Cialis, who was not far behind, couldn't see anyone.

At this time, in the central area of the Twilight Star Forest, an upper area that occupies the entire central area of the towering tree, the old man sat on a wooden chair in the treehouse, and next to him sat a female elf with a noble temperament, fair complexion, long pointed ears, and a white delicate jumpsuit, and on the other side sat a dull-looking Xilis.

Cialis originally followed behind Allen, and then the old man suddenly appeared beside him, and made a gesture of silence, and then the white mist suddenly shrouded him, and when he came back to his senses, he was in front of a beautiful treehouse, and in front of them was a delicately dressed, beautiful and noble elven nobleman, seeing them suddenly appear, the elven nobleman did not show any surprised expression, but just introduced them into the treehouse. There are not many decorations in the treehouse, except for a few paintings that are obviously homemade, and a few fluorescent insects flying in a few lamps on the wall, and the whole house exudes a natural beauty as if it were formed as a whole.

"Hehe, stinky little ghost, let you demolish me, I can't get off the stage, aren't you very smart, now it's up to you to do it. The old man smiled and took out a crystal ball from his pocket, put it on a black cloth, and placed it on the small wooden table in front of him.

"Old man, what are you...? Cialis nodded to the elven nobleman and asked politely, at this time he also guessed, presumably it was Eren who debunked his illusion and made him feel that he couldn't get off the stage, so he had this move, otherwise the strongest man of the dignified magic country would need to be down-to-earth.

"Hey, are you going to participate in the assessment of the United Academy, this assessment is actually combat-oriented, I have already seen your actual combat ability, I think it should be more than enough to pass the assessment, but although this kid is very smart, but the actual combat ability is unknown, if the actual combat ability is not good, it means that our magic association to participate in the assessment is not a shame for the old man." The old man waved his hand and explained, of course, there are reasons why it is pleasing to the eye and Alan is not pleasing to the eye, but this does not need to be elaborated.

"Teacher, do you want to take him as my junior after you have worked so hard to assess him?" said the elf lady with a smile as she poured two glasses of water from a wooden cup for them.

"Thank you, I'm Cialis, may I ask who you are?"

"Hello, I'm Aixi, the fourth daughter of the Elven King, and the Phantom Master, a student of Lord Benjamin. Aiki smiled and saluted.

"Ah... So you are Lord Benjamin? Hylis said to the old man.

The old man looked at the respectful saluted Celis and felt a burst of pleasure, he has been suffering since he came to this remote area, first went to the tavern to find an old friend to catch up, accidentally was poured down, rushed to the dusk forest, but found that the baby granddaughter was beaten into a coma by a group of miscellaneous pieces that did not know where it came from, and gave the granddaughter a drink?? After the potion, he originally planned to appear at the last moment to save everyone, but the enemy was inexplicably put down by two children, and the most important thing is that he couldn't see the reason. I was going to use illusion to test the arrogant imp a little, but I was actually seen through. Until now, if you want to introduce yourself, you have to rely on the mouths of your own students, after all, the phantom controller or something, it's still too shameful to say it by your own mouth.

"Hmm... If you don't accept students to see this kid's performance, don't worry, this is just a small test, and it won't hurt that kid's life. Benjamin nodded haughtily at Cialis, then pointed to the crystal ball. "Let's see, this crystal ball can show the image of the kid in the forest. 」

Ciris, who was reassured, hurriedly sat down and looked at the crystal ball intently, and Ai Xi on the side also looked curiously, her teacher is not crazy, and if she can care about a person so much, then this person must be different from ordinary people.

"This kid... What is this kid doing?" The image slowly appeared, and only Benjamin screamed in anger or surprise.