"The flesh of the old crow is old and tough, and it can't be stewed for a long time, and the taste is still fishy and smelly, and it is difficult to eat...... So, I removed the old crow I caught, buried it in the snow, and hooked up an ice melon insect...... They can secrete a special mucus to soften the hard frozen meat, and also dissolve the impurities and toxins in it, which can make the meat of the old crow delicate......"

"Ice melon insects themselves are a rare delicacy, but unfortunately they have too little meat to eat for half a human being. The meat quality of the old crow has been changed, and the stewed soup with the ice melon worm has a tender and delicious taste, and I then dig the stem of the sunflower root, add some dried mushrooms and nuts, and put it in a clay pot to stew with the crow meat and ice melon worm, so that it will have a richer taste...... Mr. Nightingale, I stewed this jar of winter crow iceworm soup for an afternoon, what do you think it tastes like?"

In the snowy wilderness, food is the most valuable resource, and the Randall Expeditionary Force stops and stops along the way to worry about food supplies. The halfling Kiki is weak and weak, don't expect him to hunt a deer, even if he had the ability, he wouldn't do it. Minimizing the impact on the environment is the basis of mental invisibility for halflings, and if they hunt animals that are more than half their own weight, it will take several days to regain their psychic invisibility.

Crows and ice melon worms are the ingredients that Kiki can obtain, and after his skillful cooking, they are transformed into rare delicacies.

Putting aside the habitual cognition of human aristocracy for a moment, Kiki's pot of soup allowed Victor to enjoy the treatment of a halfling offering a delicacious meal to the hydra lizard.

The solitary wandering nightingale does not dislike crows and ice maggots, and it can be said that this food was specially prepared by Kiki for Mr. Nightingale, and it has the ingenuity and sincerity of a halfling, which can touch the heart of the recipient.

Eat people with a soft mouth and take people with short hands. And the food dedication of the halfling adventurer directly involves the mystical level of the mind. Victor accepts Kiki's bribe, and his favorability greatly increases, and he does not have the subjective intention to harm the halfling unless he uses X-3 to eliminate mental interference.

The halfling Qiqi has gray-blue eyes, a round head and a round face, and is older than the Bo Tian brothers, but he is also cute in appearance, and when he speaks, he will dance with his hands, and he seems to be articulate and lively. Victor couldn't help but have the idea of bringing all three halflings home, and Sylvia would definitely like the halfling squire.

Unfortunately, Bobo, Sweetie, and Kiki are not wild halflings, they have mastered the magic of breathing and the extraordinary skill of hiding their sights, and they can escape at any time, even if Victor wants to find them. He didn't want to waste his rival talent on Rigoletto.

Touching Kiki's head, Victor handed him a skewer of roast venison and said with a smile: "I am very satisfied with the thick soup you offered...... This is my reward for you, and the deer leg next to it is for you to enjoy. ”

Kiki, known as a gourmet, turned his flexible and clear eyes while skillfully roasting venison, aimed at the two bone knives that Victor had placed on the mat, and asked curiously, "Lord Nightingale, can I see your bone knives?"

"Just look at it. ”

Putting the skewered venison on the grill, Qiqi picked up the bone knife and looked at it carefully, and exclaimed with a twinkle in his eyes, "Wow, this is a bone knife sharpened with the leg bones of a Rank 6 ogre...... Lord Nightingale, did you kill an Ogre Overseer?"

"Yes. ”

"Can I see your bow and arrows?"

"Yes. ”

"Lord Nightingale, your cluster of arrows looks like the teeth of some ferocious creature, but I don't recognize what it is. ”

"It's the sharp-toothed goby in the swamp, a big ferocious fish. ”

"Nightingale, have you ever been to the Swamp? have you ever seen the legendary Hydra lizard?"

"I've seen ......"

Kiki rolled his blue-gray eyes, barbecued the venison, ran back under the canopy of the Silver Eagle Scout, stole a bottle of sweet fruit wine from the dwarven guard, and quickly ran back to offer it to Victor, and asked with a twinkle in his eyes, "Can you tell Kiki about your adventures?"

The metal flask brought by the halfling seemed to be the beloved object of some dwarf, and the materials were elaborate, the ornamentation was exquisite, and the wine inside was also unique. Victor had little interest in food and wine, but he took on the attitude of a wanderer's nightingale, unscrewed the cap, sniffed the wine, and then took a sip, showing satisfaction and nostalgia, and paused, and began to tell the halfling about his victory over many powerful opponents.

Victor does not talk about the origin of the nightingale, but creates the background of the story of a small group of wanderers forgotten by the Elven Empire struggling to survive in the Giant Wood Forest, and Victor Nightingale is a survivor of this race, he endured the pain of losing his people, and in the cruel battle with the orcs, he awakened the power of the bloodline step by step from a wild elf wanderer with a declining bloodline, and successively defeated many powerful enemies such as the leader of the gnolls, the ogre overseer, the centaur centurion, and the elder of the bear monster, and gradually became a lonely and powerful moon elf wanderer.

Nightingale's equipment is crude and primitive, but it bears witness to his extraordinary exploits, adding a heavy weight to the story he tells. Before they knew it, the Silver Eagle scouts were crowded under the canopy, around the barbecue brazier, listening to Mr. Nightingale's narration while enjoying the venison kebabs.

By the end of Victor's last battle story, the dwarven guards and elven warriors had eaten the legs of the two fat forest deer down to the bone.

Sharing food is an effective means of getting closer to strangers, Victor doesn't care that elves and dwarves eat up his prey, he wants to know more about the elven empire, although Bobo and Tiantian have revealed a lot of information, but the two little ones are as playful as Bell, and they always don't know anything about the history of the elven empire.

Halfling Qiqi looks older than the Botian brothers, and he also has a place next to the Silver Eagle City general, so he should be a halfling adventurer who is knowledgeable and understands history. In front of the Silver Eagle Scout, Victor asked directly, "Before the Elder Bear Monster was killed by me, he claimed that the Bear Monster was an ally of the Elven Empire, and also said that Freya's Tears can enhance my bloodline...... Can Elanta's Elven Empress really do that?"

"No problem, Her Majesty the Empress is the highest-ranking Moon God Sacrifice, she can hold the Sun Tree Blessing Ceremony, and the other elf princesses are not as capable as the Empress. Halfling Qiqi waved his arm and said with great certainty.

Victor made a gesture of silence and asked, "Sun Tree...... What is it?"

The halfling's open mouth could hold a pigeon's egg, and he exclaimed, "Mr. Nightingale, how long have your people been wandering outside?

"Hmph. Victor's eyes turned cold, and he snorted faintly and stopped talking.

Seeing that the nightingale seemed to be upset, Kiki said, "Actually, I don't know much about the Sun Tree, so I'll ask the elves...... Olawe, Olavi, can you explain what the Solar Tree is?"

The Dryad Archer shook his long ears and looked at the other elven warriors as if asking for help, but they all looked at each other with their ears turned back, avoiding each other's gazes, all of them looking embarrassed.

"Lord Nightingale, we have never been to Elanta, nor have we seen the great tree of the sun......" explained Angles Winge very quietly.

The elves, dwarves, and halflings present were all the outstanding young warriors in Silvermoon City, and they spent a lot of time and energy every day learning breathing techniques and war skills, and their average combat positions reached the level of three or four ranks, but they had little achievement in terms of knowledge. For questions like "what is the sun tree", they really can't say why.

However, there is one guy among the Silver Eagle Scouts.

"Haha, you don't usually study, but now you're all exposed. Aglow Greybeard laughed loudly at his companion and said to Victor, "Lord Nightingale, the Tree of the Sun was the first tree in the world, and it gave birth to the great Goddess of the Moon. At the beginning of the world, the creator Tyron Riel awoke from chaos, and he created the first primordial life to help him transform the world. However, the world was in darkness, and the primordial beings could not see the direction, and they prayed to their father for light. Tyrone Riel had to spend the last of his spirit and incarnate as the sun god Frey, bringing light to the dark world. ”

"Frey, the sun god, is the embodiment of the creator Tyron Riel, who hangs in the sky above all primordial life. However, the world was not full of day, and the primordial beings began to complain about the endless work of the primordial beings, and asked the sun god Frey for darkness and dormancy. ”

"The sun is the manifestation of light, how can Frey bring darkness? The primordials were lazy and slept, and Chaos returned to the world, incarnating the serpent Capodis to cut the material world created by Tyron Riel in half. The heavenly Frey was anxious and angry, and threw half of his power to awaken the most powerful primordial of all, Mother Earth. The sun's rays shone on the ground and became the world's first tree, and Frey's will gave birth to Freya, the goddess of the moon, from the sun tree. As a result, the sun dimmed and turned into a silver moon in the night sky. ”

"Goddess Freya, in accordance with the will of the Sun God, united with the Earth Mother and other primordial beings to defeat Chaos, driving Kapotis underground, and then the Chaos Serpent opened up the abyss plane deep underground. The Moon Goddess summoned the Primordial to work to repair the world destroyed by the Chaos Serpent, and the crack that tore through reality gradually healed and became the world's largest river. It is said that if you go downstream along any river in the forest, you will see a majestic river...... Uh, it's a pity that I haven't seen that big river, and I don't know if it's true or not?"

The dwarven prophet shoved another skewer of roast venison into his mouth and muttered indistinctly. He was popularizing the myths and legends of the Elven Empire to the Wanderer Nightingale, unaware that Victor had heard the exact same myth from his halfling brothers.

After eating the roasted meat in his mouth, Aglow Ashbeard continued: "The power and will of the sun god incarnates Freya, the goddess of the moon, and is able to walk on the earth, and the moon god unites with the primordials to perfect the material world, but the sun god in the sky gradually falls silent, and every day the sun rises and sets, and the moon rises and sets, and he no longer speaks to Freya. The goddess felt lonely and missed Frey very much, until one day, the Sun Tree gave birth to a male spirit, who was the second incarnation of the Sun God Frey, a perfect being in accordance with the laws of the New World. The goddess was delighted, believing that this was a reward from the sun god, and married the world's first elves, and together they gave birth to the elves. ”

Myths, imaginary world origins, naturally want to build momentum for the ruling class. The Glorious Church, which holds the right to speak in the human kingdom, also has its own set of myths and legends, and the Lord of Radiance has replaced the role of the sun god Frey, the incarnation of the Creator, although the high-ranking knights do not agree with the Church of Radiance, but among the people at the bottom, the myths promoted by the church are very marketable.

Victor doesn't fully believe in the ordinary myths and tales circulating in the Elven Empire, and it is at least different from the information in the ancient alchemist's rune crystal. The ancient alchemist mentioned the three creators of Tyron Riel, the Chaos Serpent and the Bird of Light, and the elven myths mentioned by the dwarf prophets not only did not have the bird of light, but also worshipped the sun god as the incarnation of the creator, and the goddess of the moon was a god created by the sun god, which invisibly elevated the status of the elves.

The mythical story told by Agello is much the same as the version dictated by the halfling brothers, but Victor believes that the dwarven prophet must have something new to tell.

Sure enough, the dwarven prophet went on to say, "The Tree of the Sun is like the eternal sun, which never dies...... Actually, no, He only lived 360 years. Every 360 years, the Solar Tree completes its rebirth, and the old roots, bark, trunks, branches, and leaves gradually fall off during its life cycle and are replaced by new ones. In the process of his rebirth, he can accumulate ten blessing ceremonies, but the most effective blessing is the one that the elven queen chooses to perform...... If Mr. Nightingale is able to participate in the Inheritance Blessing Ceremony, he will definitely be able to stimulate the blood of the High Elves by the divine power of the Sun Tree, grow a pair of beautiful long ears, and increase his lifespan to more than 300 years. ”

"More than 300 years of life?" asked Victor with some emotion.

"High elves theoretically have a lifespan of 360 years, but in fact, no elves can live to the limit, which is generally about 300 years old. Aglow straightened his beard as he said, "Elves generally live longer than Moon Elves, they have a gentle temperament, and they are the only High Elves who can raise their life level through the Moon Tree and the Sun Tree. Like the Elven Empress or the Elven Queen Maiden, they are all fifth-order moon elves, but the great elves can reach the 6th, 7th, and even 8th ranks...... If Mr. Nightingale accepts the blessing of the Sun Tree, he may be able to become an Rank 8 Elf. ”

Victor shook the wine bottle in his hand and asked casually, "Eighth order...... Don't you have a 9th-order elf?"

Aiglo stared at the metal bottle with more than half a pot of fruit wine left, swallowed and snorted, shook his head and said, "This ...... It stands to reason that there should be a ninth-order elf, but there is no record of this in the collection of Silver Eagle City, maybe there is a ...... on the side of Elanta."

Victor nodded, handed the bottle to the Graybeard Dwarf, and asked, "What about the Moon Tree?"

"Thank you, Lord Nightingale. Eglo thanked the nightingale with rare politeness, took the wine bottle, took a beautiful sip in the envious eyes of his dwarven compatriots, and said with a happy smile: "The seeds of the sun tree can grow the moon tree, and the moon tree can absorb the power of the silver moon, and it can also hold blessing ceremonies, but it cannot be compared with the blessing divine power of the sun tree...... In addition, moon trees die naturally, and their lifespan is generally no more than 1500 years, and when the moon tree is dying, the city-state council must ask Elanta for new solar tree seeds. ”

"If the city-state fails to plant a new moon tree, the city-state will soon die out, and the inhabitants of the city-state will have to migrate to other city-states. In the process of collective migration, elves, dwarves, halflings, and forest centaurs will always be reduced to wanderers. ”

"According to my teacher, the Elven Empire was once extremely powerful, and the Elven city-states were spread across the Endless Forest. However, due to the outbreak of war with the evil human city-states, the Elven Empire gave up the territory of the city-states outside the Endless Forest...... I guess it was during that time that Mr. Nightingale's people lost contact with the Elven Empire and became wanderers...... Oh, by the way, Mr. Nightingale said earlier that you live in the Giant Wood Forest. ”

“...... What is the Giant Wood Forest?"

Victor glanced at the dwarf and did not speak. Aglo patted his head in annoyance and exclaimed, "Well, I shouldn't be talking too much...... Dwarves always can't control their big mouths, and Mr. Nightingale will get used to it later. Where did we just go?"

Victor said lightly: "I want to know the ...... of the Black Blood Demon"

"What?"

"Two days ago, when you encountered the Black Blood Serpenttail, you talked about the Black Blood Demon. ”

"Is there one?" said Aglow, who looked to the left, his fellow dwarves shaking their heads in unison, indicating that they hadn't spoken, and to the right, the elven warriors nodding, their pointed ears catching Angel Wind Song and Elus Moon Song talking about black blood.

Graybeard shrugged his broad shoulders indifferently, took a sip of fruit wine, and said, "The black blood mongrel is a real mongrel...... I'm not kidding, it's written in ancient books that the Abyssal Demons are black-blooded mongrels who kill lives, eat flesh raw, and then become stronger...... In the distant Dark Age, the stinking high goblins helped the Abyssal Demons invade the material plane, and the black blood of the Chaos Serpent flowed through their bodies, but compared to the intelligent races of that period, the black blood demons were weak...... The dwarves of the Dark Age are all 4-meter-tall sons of the hill and wield the power of fire and lightning, the elven warriors are 3-meter-tall ancient moon elves who wield the power of water, wind and nature, and even the ancient halflings who have just appeared in the world are fearsome assassins. Black Blood Demons do not have the slightest advantage over the Ancient Elven Empire, but when they eat their victims, they change their form and can simulate part of the bloodline power of their victims...... The more you kill, the more you eat, the more you eat, the stronger you get, these are the black blood mongrels. ”

Victor's heart moved, and he asked in a deep voice, "Like an alien creature?"

"Not exactly. Aiglo shook his head and said, "The form of the alien creature is unstable, it only has instinct but no intelligence, and its lifespan is short. And black-blooded mongrels can live for a long time, they still have wisdom, as long as they eat a smart head, they will become smart, and they will not become stupid if they eat a stupid head. ”

"I've heard that there are black-blooded mongrels in the forests near Elanta, but there aren't many of them. Elanta's Silver Moon Council has taken steps to make everything okay as long as they don't give the black blood bastard time to grow. ”

Victor pondered for a moment and asked, "Do you think those black-blooded snaketails are demons?"

"I don't think so, if they were demons, they would have become very powerful demons in this forest of ancient trees with no opponents. "They look more like the undead, but the undead that appear naturally only have a fleeting will...... I don't understand how they came to be like this, and I guess there must be danger waiting for us in the ruins of the Temple of the Azores. ”

Victor's mind raced, and he thought of a lot in an instant. The Spirit King was once banished to the Abyss by the Ancient Behemoths, perhaps he was contaminated by demonic black blood, or he took the initiative to seek the black blood mystery of the Chaos Serpent. From the perspective of the characteristics of black blood, there are similarities between the black blood of demons and the extremely extensive bloodline transformation of native humans.

Could it be that the origin of the law of the primordial bloodline came from the Chaos Serpent Capoteus?

If this hypothesis is true, it can explain why the Abyss Demon targeted the Ancient Alchemy Empire, and also explain the cause of the Wizard Blood Sacrifice War.

Although the Protoss of the Bright Bird line was still shrouded in fog and could not join the knowledge puzzle built by Victor, he followed the idea of black blood and suddenly realized that the goal of the Ant-Man Empress might not be to seize the elemental rune crystal of the No. 7 Alchemy Tower, but to demonize!

The laws of the Tyrone world are being tightened, not allowing too powerful beings to appear within the world. In the final analysis, this is a matter of adapting to the laws of the world, and the black blood of demons has the characteristics of adapting to the laws. If the Ant-Man Empress only fused the elemental rune crystals of the Alchemy Tower, she would still not be able to get rid of the shackles of the Alchemy Empire, and once the Ant-Man group is demonized, they will gain true freedom, and the Ant-Man Queen will also inherit the legacy of the Spirit King and become an existence similar to the ancient gods.

Wrong...... The memory crystals of the ancient alchemists said that the Light Bird Protoss had severely injured the Demon Monarch and purified his soul fire. The Demon Sovereign's severed soul fire is most likely the source of the Alchemy Tower's soul fire...... In this way, the demonic Ant-Man Empress fusing the elemental rune crystals of the Alchemy Tower is tantamount to stealing the power of the Demon Monarch...... Or is that Demon Monarch about to be resurrected?!

Victor stood up, his expression was deep, and he said without any strange emotion: "I'm going to rest, I'll leave here early tomorrow morning to track down those human aliens." You can stay, or you can go with me...... Think it out for yourselves. ”

Elus Yuege also got up and said decisively: "Lord Nightingale, we have already discussed, we will go on the road with you tomorrow...... And you have the right to put forward your opinion on action, we are like companions?"

Victor's gaze swept over every elven warrior, dwarven guard, and halfling Kiki present, and finally landed on Elus Yuege's face, smiled slightly, stretched out his finger and touched her hand: "We are companions." ”