Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Need for Change and Allies
For a long time, the relationship between elves and humans was not friendly. It's always been a bit strange though, as elves seem to be easy to get along with in every way.
As we all know, the elves are handsome, beautiful and elegant, and their personalities are simple and kind, and the elven civilization is far more ancient than that of humans, and even the church is not hostile to these pagan races, and even in the traditions of many places, the elves are still very respected. In addition to some arrogance and self-righteousness, of course, this is often a kind of complacency about the culture where they live for tens of thousands of years, and they don't seem to find anything difficult to get along with. Even because they are stunningly beautiful and handsome from a human point of view, they should not only be easy to get along with, but also attractive.
But maybe it's because it's so attractive, so the relationship with humans is so bad. An elegant, beautiful and rare female elf is a superb plaything in the eyes of the powerful, worth a thousand gold. It is said that there are also people with special fetishes or female elites who are also very interested in male elves. And since a thing is worth a thousand dollars, it is absolutely impossible to get along with people.
Something worth a thousand dollars is naturally flocked to it, and some people dig out their hearts to catch it. Therefore, the focus of all elves is either extremely secret or heavily guarded, and the elves who walk in human society are very rare, and there are even fewer humans who can have a relationship with the elves. As a result, few people know the size of the elven settlements in the forests of Turalea. In addition to the fact that there was indeed a teleportation magic array, some people said that it was just an elven village of a few hundred people, and some people said that it was two or three thousand.
Helika and Isis really wanted to make a very detailed and thorough battle plan, but under this vague intelligence, even the best strategists were not able to catch it. Although Isis also asked, but for some reason, the client who should have enough information did not tell them much about the details of the forest. And the few thieves sent to the tentative operation last time only showed their faces in the elves' residence, caught a few female elves and then ran around under the rain of arrows, without having the opportunity to inspect the details of the elven village, and after coming back, they could only draw a small part of the appearance inside according to their memory.
Although those female elf captives must have checked the situation better than anyone else, the elves are also known for their stubbornness, even the torture masters of the Shenmuhi thieves are not sure what they can ask, and it is still a valuable commodity, and Helika really can't bear to watch the ** flesh and blood flying almost the equivalent of gold coins.
In the end, Helika made a bold and savage plan based on some of the existing circumstances. Then, with the three scrolls in hand, and the ability to gather all the manpower in the land, completely occupy the Tulaone forest.
However, if only Helika could know for sure what was going on in the forests of Tulaone. He wouldn't have had such intentions anyway. Even the mysterious client who gave him the three scrolls never thought of him to occupy all of Turalone. Because the forest of Tula Leone is the largest elven concentration on the entire continent, it is not an elven village with only a few hundred thousand people, but an elven city with a population of tens of thousands. There are no tall buildings here and there like human cities. That's because the elves are close to their own culture and architecture, which gives the thieves who come here a few times the illusion that it's not very large.
Someone actually cracked the barrier of the forest, and a few elves were taken away, and Turalone was also extremely chaotic during this time. The elves had been living peacefully for hundreds of years, and the elves' horror and anger were self-evident, just like a peaceful and serene girl who was playing in the water in the pool in her garden, but suddenly found someone salivating with a murder weapon in her hand.
The elven elders were not unresponsive, and during this time they had secretly sent someone to Erathia to inquire about the whereabouts of the captured elves. The news had returned, and the elders immediately began to deliberate, but the content of the discussion was not limited to this incident.
"According to the information returned, several of the compatriots who were captured have indeed been sold as slaves and goods. An elven elder said with a calm face. "Those men belong to one of the largest and most vicious bands of thieves in Elasirai. ”
"It's just a gang of thieves, how could it be possible to crack our barrier with that kind of thing?" an elven elder pointed to a pile of small objects on the conference table, which were two scraps of paper and some ashes. It is the remains left behind after the use of the magic scroll. "This kind of magic scroll is extremely exquisite, and since it can break the barrier, it must use a large number of star fragments, and there are only a handful of people or organizations on the continent who can make such scrolls. How could it be some thieves?"
"But the information that came back was absolutely reliable. The previous elven elder said with certainty. The elves who can enter and leave human society are the elite of the clan. Both martial arts and brains are impeccable, and they are absolutely comfortable in human society.
Turalone is completely different from the Forest of Whispers, where the elves are still conservative and arrogant, but they are not pedantic. Because there is no perfect barrier as the Sunwell Boundary, they must learn to protect themselves. Although they do not have the perfect political and military structure of human countries, they will at least do what they have to do.
"Since the intelligence can't be wrong, the scroll can't be wrong either, and there is only one result to be deduced. The elven elven elder sighed and said. "It's never that simple. ”
Most of the elven elders here are hundreds of years old, but only this one looks old. The elves are elegant and handsome in appearance for most of their lives, and if they can see aging from their appearances like this elven elder, it means that the elf is either about to die, or has some other special reason, such as practicing special magic, or overwork.
"Elder Lloyd, your judgment and mind are the best of us, what do you think is going on? An elven elder asked the oldest-looking elder.
Elder Lloyd coughed twice and replied, "I'm not sure what it is, but I know we'd better take action as soon as possible. ”
"Do you mean to urge us to form an alliance with Erathia, but there is no precedent for this even in the history of elves for tens of thousands of years, and our noble elven race does not need to compromise or ally with humans......"
"I didn't say we were going to make an alliance with Elasi. I'm just saying that what we need now are allies, what we need is change and help. Elder Lloyd said lightly. "Everyone knows what happened in the Whispering Forest. We alone cannot deal with the dark ones who peep into the leaves of the World Tree, and we must seek help and change. I have a vague hunch that what happened this time might be a prelude to something to come......"
An elven elder hesitated and said, "The great Marfa said that a peaceful and unaltered life is the true way to permanence, so I have always advised that other elves should not know what happened in the Whispering Forest, so that they can still live in peace and tranquility." Are we really going to bring them into the turmoil of change now?"
"In the face of turmoil and change, there is no hope for you to stick to the old dogma. Doesn't the results of the Whispering Forest tell the truth?" Lua stood up and looked at the other elders. Probably because of the life and death test she had experienced, her expression and voice had a sense of power that other elves did not have. Although she was still a child at the elf's age, her special identity and experience were enough for the people to become the most important member of the elders.
When Cedros sent Lua in, the Elven Elders learned what had happened in the Whispering Forest. The holy land in their minds was destroyed in one fell swoop, and the clansmen and the forest turned into a scorched earth, and if it wasn't for Lua's mouth, they wouldn't have been a bolt in the sky anyway, but the sky was shattered, and the elders didn't even intend to let the other elves know about it.
Although it is much more open than the people of the Whispering Forest, but after all, the elves are still elves and the elders who are used to living a peaceful life are at a loss for these changes, only Elder Lloyd, after some discussion with Lua, suggested that the current elves need to seek the help of allies, and at the same time change the seemingly arrogant but actually low-key posture of the elves, and stand on the stage of the continent from a racial perspective.
While this proposal may be effective, it is really difficult for elves to do. So it was delayed again and again, until this time.
"The current situation is urgent, and if it drags on any longer, something more serious may happen...... "Lua was saying, as if to verify the words, when a European alarm bell suddenly rang.
The alarm bell was sounded by the elves who were in charge of guarding and monitoring the magic circle. The elders quickly rushed to the side of the magic array.
One of the functions of Turalion's magical enchantment is to permanently reveal the movement of the entire forest. The image formed by the magic circle shows that the light points of the outsiders are moving towards the center of the forest. There were not many people, and there were two places, one for five people and the other for a dozen or so people.
"Gather all your men and prepare for battle. Quick, fast. In the nervous voices of the elven elders, the news of war readiness quickly reached the ears of each elf.
There was no one in Turalone who could not fight, and the elves had no such thing as old and weak, women and children, and ten thousand elven archers who were enough to serve as snipers in the human army were quickly put into position, waiting for the enemy who had thrown themselves into the net.