In the deepest part of the Whispering Forest, in the central conference hall of the elven settlement, several huge and strange fireflies emitted milky white light to illuminate the space in the middle of this huge ancient tree hole. The lengthy meeting began in the afternoon and continued until this time.

During the meeting just now, there was an explosion and a crash, and after sending scouts to reconnoitre, they found that the magic explosion outside the barrier and an evil stone golem rushed into the barrier, and the magic power on it was dissipated by the barrier, and it turned into an ordinary pile of stones again.

The results of the reconnaissance also made the conclusions of the meeting even more powerful.

Elder Clan stood up and decided, "The accident just now has made it even more certain that the effect of the Great Sunwell Enchantment is still irresistible, and no amount of mana can work in the Whispering Forest. Although the deterrent effect of the barrier to humans has been reduced a lot, after many times of clearing people who enter the forest, they should have been afraid. So we're just going to keep it as it is. “

"The current situation, so we've been discussing it for so long, and nothing has come to fruition?" the elven girl Lua stood up, looking a little excited. "I would like to reiterate my suggestion once again: in the current situation, we should communicate well with human beings and solve problems together. Although the evil aura emanating from those stone statues outside the forest cannot be felt by humans, it is clearly placed by the dark forces peeping into the leaves of the World Tree, and many ignorant humans still worship it. We have to do something, and it's best to make it clear to them with the help of human power....."

"That's enough, we've vetoed all of that. Another elven elder coldly interrupted her. "That stupid and vulgar creature has its beliefs manipulated by others. Do we need to explain anything to them? And we don't need the help of vulgar humans. No creature can compete with the Deadwood Guardians in direct melee combat, let alone with our help and the Unicorns. We have been using this method of guarding for tens of thousands of years, and we can deal with any kind of enemy. “

Lua looked anxiously left and right at the elders, her silver hair flowing with her. "But things are different now. Without the two World Tree Leaves, the Sunwell's deterrent effect on humans is almost non-existent, and it is only a matter of time before they invade our forests. ”

"To guard against this, all the deadwood guards are concentrated next to the Sunwell, and absolutely no one can steal the leaves of the World Tree. ”

Lua let out a long sigh, glanced at all the elven elders present, and said in a helpless voice, "Why do we have to wait here for the problem to happen and not take the initiative to solve it?" Compared to the cold expressions and tones of the other elves, she seemed to be the only living creature in this ancient tree hall. This strong emotion was all the more alive in her beautiful appearance, even if it was anxious and helpless. "Even if we don't have to deal with humans, we can temporarily expand the range of the Deadwood Guards and let them get out of the forest to destroy those evil stone statues. ”

Elder Crane lightly vetoed: "This is absolutely impossible. You won't be unaware of the rules of the clan, and neither we, unicorns, nor the Deadwood Guards can leave the Whispering Forest without permission. The last time you left was a special case within a special case, and you can't do it again. ”

"Rules. Lua's tone and face became as cold as the other elves, but it was her own expression and not the common face of the other elves. "I vividly remember that the last time the human with the leaves of the World Tree escaped, he was already seriously injured, and it turned out that our rules helped him a lot, allowing him to slowly escape under our noses. It was our rules that made us lose the leaf of the World Tree. ”

This time no one answered, and all the other elves maintained their cold, indifferent countenances. After a while, Elder Crane said coldly, word by word, "Rules are rules. That is the code that Marfa, the god of all things, has laid down for us. ”

"If rules become constraints, then there is no point. Lua looked around at her compatriots, her eyes full of helplessness shining with bleak beauty. "I've left the Whispering Forest to see outside, and I've realized that we're too rigid and conservative. We have always regarded ourselves too much as to be in the company of other races, and as a result, humans have only regarded us as a small number of eccentric races and ignored our voices, and even the inferior orcs, just because they have built a powerful nation, have to change their attitude to recognize their status and establish relations with them. We must unite with our fellow citizens in the forests of Tulaone so that our race can have a place in the distribution of power on this continent. Otherwise, all that awaits us can be..."

"Be careful with your words and actions. Lua. Elder Crane looked at her coldly. "You see, that's the point of the rule that we are not allowed to step out of the Whispering Forest, and your mind is already on the verge of danger under the temptation of the outside world. The great Marfa said that the pursuit of strength and progress is the prelude to the beginning of depravity and destruction. ”

"I'm not denying the teachings of the great Marfa, but the present situation ......"

"I declare the meeting closed. Elder Crane interrupted Lua lightly, but very thoroughly.

The elven elders stood up together and streamed out of the chamber. Lua and Elder Crane walked last.

"Do you know how many nations and races have been wiped out in the past tens of thousands of years?" Elder Crane's tone didn't seem so cold when there were only two of them. "That's all due to the pursuit of power and the pursuit of progress. The pursuit of power inevitably leads to the loss of self-control, and the pursuit of progress leads to mutual struggle, and the two continue to develop alternately, and the final result is inevitably destruction. Our isolation and conservatism are the very essence of our people's peaceful life here for tens of thousands of years, an immutable part of our civilization. ”

"But now the situation is different......"

"It doesn't matter what the outside is different, we just have to do what we have to do. Elder Crane patted Lua on the shoulder and said softly. "Go back, stop thinking about it. ”

Lua silently walked back to her ancient tree. Walking into the treehouse at the top of the tree, it seems to be an extension of this suffocating feeling, and even the house is filled with a nasty smell.

She sat on the bed where the vines grew and weaved on their own, and felt very depressed. She was just about to get up and go out to breathe, when suddenly a sense of danger came over her, it was not a hallucination caused by her mood, but a real smell of burnt mixed with another smell in the room, a human odor.

She slammed into the doorway, but the smell immediately swooped down and knocked her to the ground. One hand covered her mouth and nose, and the other clasped her slender hands together, and the body pressed against hers.

Lua struggled desperately, but to no avail, as if she had been pinned to the ground, she could not move at all.

"Don't move, don't make a sound. I'm here to discuss something very important with you. The man's tone seemed to be more anxious than Lua's. "Don't make a noise, if you call someone else I'll just run. That's not good for everybody, what I'm going to say is about your own safety, about the statues out there. Do you understand? ”

Lua nodded. The hand covering her mouth loosened, and seeing that she really didn't scream, he slowly let go of her.

"How dare you come here?" Lua stood up and took a hostile step back. She could already tell who this person was by her voice. But for some reason, there was a burnt smell on this person's body.

"Listen, I have something very important to tell you. The Necronomicon Guild, or the Servants of Darkness as you call them, will attack the Whispering Forest at noon tomorrow. The statues outside the forest are the ones they have placed there to deal with you. ”

"You make things clear. Although this criminal that the whole elf clan had dreamed of catching was right in front of him, the words that came out of his mouth carried more weight. With a wave of her hand, Lua flew out of her palm with a magical firefly for lighting, illuminating the treehouse with a small light. Only then did she see that the person in front of her was disgraced, and his clothes were burned to tatters, and even his hair was not spared.

Thankfully, thanks to the fluctuations of the Sun Well at the edge of the Whispering Forest, Asa was able to use a fireball spell to stop the necromancer's thunderbolt. However, the concussion and flames from the explosion also caused him to suffer a lot of injuries, and he fell into the depths of the forest from mid-air and made him dizzy. Luckily, the forest was filled with the fluctuations of the sunwell, and the greatly effective healing technique immediately restored him.

The deadwood guards that were originally ubiquitous in the Whispering Forest did not appear, and it seemed that something was indeed going on here, Asa thought for a moment and walked towards the elf's residence.

At the beginning, he just planned to solve this heresy by dividing it by two, but he didn't expect that there was such a big conspiracy as the Necromantic Guild hidden behind it. He now felt nothing but horror.

Although he is now the minister of the Imperial Mission, although he holds the thousands of men and horses in his hands, but things have developed to the point where he has now, and it is indeed as the necromancer said, there is no power to return to heaven. Tomorrow at noon, at least five thousand devout believers will be food for those gargoyles. Then the gargoyles will attack this place, killing all the elves and taking the leaves of the World Tree.

At first, he even wondered if he was going to go out and reveal his identity to the two necromancers, telling them that he was the alternate member that Vidnina had invited to join. But he quickly sensed from the conversation between the two necromancers that Vidnina seemed to be very assertive in the Necromantic Guild, and although she had said 'invite you on behalf of the Necromantic Guild', maybe the others didn't agree with her representation, so he went out like this purely to find death.

What's more, even if he walked out and joined the group and became a comrade to the two necromancers, he would never be able to convince them to stop the project. This is a joint project of all members except Vidnina, and it will never stop because of the kindness of one of his newcomers, which is not even as good as bullshit.

If there's one glimmer of hope, it's to try the elves' luck in the Whispering Forest and see if they can join forces. After all, the necromancers were the ones they were dealing with in the first place.

But he had already experienced the stubbornness of the elves, and most of the criminals who broke his promise and stole the leaves of the World Tree and escaped would not believe any of his words, and he would only be entertained by an overwhelming rain of arrows. Now that he no longer has the robe of the Ghost King, he will never dare to risk turning into a hedgehog to walk into the elven station in the open. After much thought, he quietly reached out to Lua. Of all the elves, she was the only one who seemed to be able to communicate.

After listening to Asa's story, Lua thought for a moment and said coldly, "Why should I trust you? I believe in a despicable human who has broken his oath? How do I know that you are not sent by the servants of darkness to exercise your schemes?

Asesir language. This expected question was too much for him to answer. After a pause, he sighed helplessly, looked at Lua heavy but calm, and said, "That's all I can say." Believe it or not, you can only believe it. ”

Lua didn't speak, but looked at him. In the faint light of the magic fireflies, a pair of eyes carved out of the most precious gems by the most ingenious artist and another pair of bloodshot eyes, covered in dust and scorched marks, silently confronted each other.

After a while, Lua finally spoke, whispering, "Even the legendary dragon can't compete with the divine power of the Sunwell. Any foreign mana in the Whispering Forest will be nullified, and no matter what magic they use, the evil golems will never be able to enter it. We don't have to worry at all. ”

"I don't know if they'll be able to get into the forest. All I know is that those necromancers are definitely smarter than me, and smarter than you. They're not just going to scare you with those gargoyles. Asa patiently explained the solution to Lua. "Actually, it's very easy for you to solve this matter, as long as you appear in front of the believers, tell them what the forest is all about, show them the deadwood guards, and make them understand that all the gods of nature are nonsense. ”

"Do you think we're going out of our way to come out and explain to those stupid humans, and then show them the Deadwood Guards like exhibit goods?"

"If you don't want to explain, then you can simply command the Deadwood Guards to take out the gargoyles, who have been outside your forest for months. Why do you all just wait for the problem to happen and not take the initiative to solve it?"

"Neither we, nor the unicorns, nor the Deadwood Guards, are to leave the Forest of Whispers without permission, this is the rule that the great Marfa has set for us. Lua felt strange that she had said these things to the elders in the meeting herself, and now she was going to copy them and refuse them. This strange feeling that had never been seen before unconsciously changed into an unprecedented expression on her face.

The answer was extremely angry, but the expression of the elf girl in front of him made Asa stunned, and the anger could not be released. In the faint light, although the smile had a bit of a bitter taste, it was enough to make anyone stop thinking.

Asa didn't say anything more, and after a moment of silence, he spoke slowly, "I will lead the army to destroy those stone statues by noon tomorrow." Whether you're here to help, or are you going to be killed and turned into zombie skeletons in these rat-hole-like tree holes with those ****** stinking rules, see for yourself. ”

With that, he turned and slipped out of the treehouse, sliding down to the ground without a sound, and in a few leaps he was completely integrated into the trees.

Lua sighed as she watched the figure disappear from the tall treehouse. It's not that she doesn't believe it, it's that she knows the elders won't believe it.

As soon as a hint of fish belly white appeared in the sky, the mansion of the magistrate was slammed.

The magistrate struggled to get up from between the two prostitutes, annoyed. He was under a lot of pressure to deal with Lord Chincha these days, so he found two prostitutes last night to relieve the pressure of the job, and now it was the time to sleep the sweetest and sweetest after being tired, but he was woken up by this rude noise.

There was a cracking sound, as if the door had been broken by such a knock, and then there was a commotion from the people outside. "What people. "What a bold man, I don't know if this is the home of the magistrate. The noise approached the door of the magistrate's chamber with the cries of some of the men, and then there was another bump, and a man rushed in like a mad bull, and the two closed doors flew out and slammed into the wall with the momentum of his rush in as if they were made of paper. The man was in tatters, as if he had just escaped from the furnace, and even his hair was charred, black ash on the other, and dirt and moss. The two prostitutes on the bed screamed in fright.

The magistrate thought that the heretics had begun to attack and wanted to take him to sacrifice the flag first, and he was about to bury his head under the bed, but this person grabbed him and pulled him up.

The man shouted in his face, "Go and gather all the troops in the city that can be assembled, and bring me all the men who can be used." ”

The magistrate of bitter gourd finally calmed down and recognized this madman-like man as Lord Chincha who had gone out to investigate the infidels. Hurriedly nodded and agreed: "Yes, the lower official will dress up immediately." As soon as the morning dawns, we will immediately dispatch people. ”

"Put on your pants and give it to me right away. The magistrate's emaciated body was almost shaken apart. With one kick, Lord Chincha kicked out a subordinate who had mustered up the courage to rush in from the outside to save the magistrate. "Even you have them all with you. ”

"Yes, yes. The magistrate's voice seemed to have nothing to do with his own wishes, but was simply shaken out. "What are we going to do, sir?"

"Get me out of the city, block all the roads that lead to the forest of the god of nature, block me up. I will give you another three thousand soldiers to command, and no matter what means you may use, you will not be able to send the heretics to the pilgrimage that takes place at noon on the edge of the forest. ”

"Your Excellency. There are tens of thousands of heretics, how do you tell me to stop them? "The magistrate's bitter gourd face was so bitter that it almost dripped. "If we interfere with their activities, they will use force. ”

"I said, I don't care what you do. Bitter Melon could almost hear his bones rattling and his eardrums bursting. "Anyway, I'll take my troops to their holy place at once, and if I see thousands of people rushing towards them at noon, I'll use your head as a night pot, you know?"

"Got it, got it. The bitter gourd's voice seemed to be crying.