Chapter 30: Twilight Forest (2)
Hearing what I said, Benjamin and Ai Xi quickly exchanged glances, as high-ranking people in this country, they knew far more things than Alan, theoretically it was impossible for Alan to know the crisis that the country was facing now, but Allen's tone of conviction that the future would definitely face danger made Benjamin feel a little abnormal.
"Hmm...... As the saying goes, be prepared for danger in times of peace, and maybe I have a way to deal with those people. Noticing their unusual expressions, I hurriedly covered up the past, and for me, the amorphous creature was the most difficult to deal with, but the humanoid creature should still have several ways to deal with it, and the anaerobic barrier was just one of them.
"Are you prepared for danger in times of peace... Well, in that case, I won't dissuade you either. Benjamin nodded and stopped persuading, although he had a good impression of the young man, but too much advice would be nosy.
"So...... Teacher, can you help us investigate...... It's now. Ai Xi glanced at Eren and hid a few of the words.
"Let's go. Benjamin nodded, then stood up.
"Mr. Allen, you can move freely in this area, and there will be guards stationed in some places, please forgive me for not entering. Princess Aishi said politely, and then followed Benjamin away.
At this time, Cialis walked in while rubbing her eyes, and the elf maid in the costume next to her immediately delivered the meal.
"Good morning, young master. Cialis yawned and said coquettishly.
"Good morning, thank you. Hurry up and have a bite to eat, and after that, let's go to the village. I smiled and rubbed Cilis's head, and she still didn't seem to wake up, and she didn't unexpectedly dodge.
Walking out of the tree house, sure enough, this house is built on a huge tree, each tree is made of vines of the suspension bridge to form a staggered path, along the branches, a vine down the line, it looks like it should be used for people to climb down the big tree, look out, many trees have various colors of wooden houses, most of them are primitive wood stacked together, it seems that it is just the moment for the elves to get up, or out of the middle of the wooden house or out of some elves with long ears.
Most of the elves have fair skin, long pointed ears, most of the hair is green, only a few are silver or blonde hair, the expression is arrogant and indifferent, the color of the clothes is still white, the elves advocate frugality, so except for a few nobles will embroider golden lines on their clothes, most of them are pure white robes.
As one of the creatures that have lived in this ancient land for the longest time, the elves have always regarded themselves as the custodians of nature, so they are born to look down on short-lived humans, dirty dwarves and rude orcs, in the oldest era, the elven aristocracy used these three kinds of people as slaves, of course, human beings quickly became strong with great adaptability, and united with the other two races to kick the elves off the stage of domination. Of course, the other two races are not fuel-efficient lamps, they both noticed the strong growth power of the originally weak humans, so in the later stage, it can be said that the elves, orcs, and dwarves united to fight against the human situation, but even in that case, the human race still maintained strong resilience, and finally became a situation of dividing the land and ruling the land.
Sliding down the vine down the tree, I saw that there were majestic trees all around, and a small deer came from the grass without fear, looked at us with moist eyes, and licked my finger curiously.
"It's so cute!" Cialis couldn't help but reach out and touch the fawn, and the fawn's comfortable eyes narrowed.
"Xiaomei, Xiaomei, where have you been. In the middle of the forest, an elven child sat on a stag and ran over.
"You are...... Aliens?human?" The elf child looked at us curiously, looking intently at our ears as if he felt a little strange.
"Hello, I'm Alan, and this is Cialis. Is this your deer?" I smiled kindly, and touched the fawn.
"No, I didn't raise it, I'm good friends with him, and only you humans think you can keep animals in captivity. The child seemed to dismiss our claims, and just rode around us on a stag and admired it in amazement.
"Kid, what are you looking at? Cialis wasn't angry, just looked curiously at the elven kids circling around them.
"I heard that human beings are nature's killers, animal butchers, ungodly and unfaithful, and I thought that human beings were all monsters with three heads and six arms and horns on their heads, but now they don't look special except for their skin and short ears. The elf child replied naturally.
"Ann, Ann, what are you doing again!" An elven middle-aged woman ran over from a distance, giving them an alert look.
"Hmph, short-lived. The elven woman cursed quietly, and pulled the somewhat bewildered child away, and the two deer scattered away.
I smiled helplessly and pulled Cialis away.
Walking straight along the path at the bottom of the Twilight Star Forest, because the leaves grow at the top, the field of vision is unexpectedly open, and from time to time some cute animals of all sizes come out to look at them curiously, and Hillis always takes the trouble to rub the little rabbit, touch the little fox and the like, and even see a big bear comfortably grinding its back with a big tree not far away. But the elves looked at them with disgust, even hatred, compared to the friendly animals, and even if some children like Ann approached them curiously, most of them would soon be dragged away by the adults, and they would be scolded by some short-lived species, rebellious slaves, butchers, and the like.
"Why are these people like this?" Cialis looked a little sad, although she was not pampered since she was a child, but most of the people around her treated her kindly, and this was the first time he felt the malice of the crowd in a village.
"The hatred of humans may subside a little after a few decades, but the hatred of elves can often last for a hundred years. I shook my head and said.
"Aren't elves a race of peace?" asked Cialis suspiciously.
"The peace of the elves refers to the peace between nature, animals and plants, and we are the ones who break the peace, that is, the natural enemies. Of course, in a way, elves are not unreasonable, but too extreme actions can easily lead to hatred.
"Breaking the peace?" asked Cialis.
"Humans burned trees to grow food, dwarves dug deep mountains to forge fine iron, orcs disdained nature, and naturally conflicted with the teachings of the elves, so the elves tried to change them by capturing the three races on a large scale and restricting their freedom. Of course, the final result failed, and the thirty civil war broke out, leaving no one of the strong of all races, and most of the land turned into no man's land. I said and shook my head, of course, the elves did not restrict the other races for the sake of nature, and the outbreak of the other races was not necessarily because of the hatred of the elves, it could only be said that it was an inevitable and sad war.
Hillis seemed to feel a little heavy, silent, I also casually enjoy the natural scenery, breathe fresh air, but still can't help but sigh a little, the elves advocate nature is good, and the long days have also cultivated many artists, many elf paintings and elf music are still popular in the upper class of human nobles, but in a way simplicity is monotonous, such a view for a long time I am afraid that it will also be aesthetically tired.
Suddenly, I noticed that a large area in front of me suddenly emptied, and the layers of trees suddenly disappeared in front of me, and I walked forward with Cialis, and there was a strange darkness in front of me, only a few small points of light were projected. When I looked up, I saw a layer of leaves like dark clouds covering the entire top, only some sunlight could pass through, and the top had actually begun to bear fruit, but although the fruits were small, they were obviously a little yellowish, and I looked closely, and saw that the leaves around me were also a little wilted.
"This big tree...... I don't feel very energetic. Cialis couldn't help but speak, and I noticed that unlike the trees in front of me, which exuded a sense of prosperity, the tree in front of me was undoubtedly a little dull, and even the air seemed to be a little stagnant.
"This tree is no ordinary tree, in a way it should be a god-like being. I said as I walked forward.
"Gods?" asked Cialis as she followed.
"It is said that the elves have a weapon called the elven ancient tree, the strong elves can wake them up to fight, legend has it that in the middle of the Thirty Years' War, the elves were defeated and retreated, almost lost even the twilight star forest, at this time the queen woke up a huge elven ancient tree, a tree resisted the strong of the three clans, until the three clans began to coax inward, the elves were able to relieve the crisis, but then the elves also seemed to lose their vitality and returned to a tree, but the elves were grateful for the great grace of this tree, so they called it a sub-god。 I explained.
"Huh. An arrow came at an inopportune time and passed between the two of us.
"You say that Lord Cang is a weapon, and the Elven Ancient Tree is our mentor, our companion, and you actually compare him to the rotten iron weapons you use to kill?"