The clear sky flew ahead, and the air swept across her ice crystal wings, the water vapor condensed into ice flowers and pulled two white lines of snow at the wingtips. To the south, beyond the hectic sea route of Angry Waves City, is the empty deep sea.

The trip to the Emerald Forest was a temporary idea, because I received a letter from Dale yesterday evening.

Ever since she knew of the existence of the Magic Spring, Dale had been searching for traces of the Magic Spring. To this end, she has gone deep into the depths of the Emerald Forest several times to investigate.

During a recent investigation, Dale discovered a very strange creature. It looks like a snail, but it is very large, and the snail shell on its back resembles a small house. It roams the forest, and its power can easily knock down a towering tree and swallow it up in a matter of minutes.

After Dale found the giant snail, she watched from the sidelines for a month.

The giant snail's range of motion spirals clockwise through the center of a circle, clearing all trees and shrubs it encounters, and lush grass will soon grow in its passes. When the giant snail has organized a territory with a diameter of about 200 meters, it will return to the center of the circle in the same circle.

Then there will be a lot of villains in the meadow.

Here's how Dale describes the villain:

They were knee-high, dressed in clothes woven of blades of grass, and armed with "spears" made of sticks and sharp stones. They spend most of their time hiding in spiral grasses, and those dense grasses that are taller than them are the best shelters.

Sometimes the villain will go out hunting. They are skilled hunters and can easily hunt small animals such as rats. But for the Emerald Forest, which is full of all kinds of large beasts and transcendent creatures, the power of the little people is still too weak.

I saw them try to kill a python, but for them, the python was too big.

After being swallowed by the python, the other villains ran back to the spiral grass in panic. I was hiding in a big tree outside the meadow and saw these little people gathered around the giant snails...... I don't know if I should continue to call it a giant snail, because it hasn't moved since it returned to the center of the circle, and the snail shell seems to be empty from a distance.

The little people were singing and dancing around the giant snails, as if to complete some kind of sacrificial ritual.

Then the next day I saw a special guy appear among the villains. He was extremely agile, like a nimble squirrel, wearing improvised bone armor and a sharp bone knife as a weapon.

This particular guy followed the group of villains to find the python he met yesterday, and soon the python that a group of villains couldn't deal with was killed by that special guy.

After another two days, the villain, who was out hunting, met a timberwolf. The wolf had some wind-attribute skills and killed the villains, and even the villain in the bone armor could only escape.

The same thing happened again, the little people sang and danced around the giant snails, and the next day they had a mage.

The lone wolf served as their dinner.

In my observations, I found that whenever the villains encounter prey that they cannot deal with, they will hold a sacrifice ceremony around the giant snail, and the next day they will add strong companions to their colony. There were bone armoured villains, mage villains, and later I saw cavalry riding badger pigs and a combination of leaves that resembled the flying of giant praying mantises.

Finally I had to put an end to my observation of this strange colony, as they discovered me and rounded me up. I escaped, but didn't dare to go back and continue to observe, afraid that something terrible was waiting for me the next day.

In the letter, Dale recounts her discoveries in the Emerald Forest, and tells her natural science mentor, Makatina, about her findings.

"Professor Makatina was very nervous when she heard my discovery, and she went to meet with the dean of the Jade Magic Academy, and soon the academy issued a notice of closure.

The Emerald Court sounded the call of the call, and the entire forest was filled with elven warriors riding griffons and pegases. Many of the mentors of the Jade Magic Academy accepted the call of the Elven King and went to the Elven Court to assemble and standby.

Miss Sunny Sky, I'm a little scared, what the hell is something terrible that I found? ”

The giant snail and mysterious villain that Dale found are the reason why Clear Sky temporarily decided to go to the Emerald Forest.

During the ancient wars, the Emerald Forest was a vassal civilization of the Dragon Kingdom. The elves learn powerful magic from the dragon and fight for it. During the war, many famous and powerful heroes were born in the elves, and there are many remnants of ancient wars in the Emerald Forest.

At the end of the war, the dragon kingdom was left to its own devices, and the Emerald Forest became independent from the dragon's control. At the time of the rapid rise of the Terran civilization, the civilization from overseas was integrated to form a branch of the Terran civilization with its own characteristics.

The modern academic system constructed by the human civilization has been almost completely studied by the Emerald Forest, including archaeology.

And because of the general longevity of elves, the forest elves restored the emerald forest in ancient times much more than humans.

In the excavation of ancient war relics, the archaeologists of the forest elves have discovered a strange race that can be considered a flash in the pan.

This race is named the Headhunters.

Headhunters are a group that resembles an ant colony social system. The lowest level of headhunters resemble worker ants, they hunt and forage for food; Then there is the hunter, who is responsible for hunting prey that the headhunter cannot deal with; Then there are the hunters, who are responsible for finding hunting grounds and arranging habitats for headhunters and hunters.

The top is the Queen of Headhunters.

The villain that Daile saw was the lowest-level headhunter of the headhunters, the giant snail was the hunter, and the bone armor villain, the mage villain, the weasel hog cavalry, and the leaf mantis were all hunters.

The Headhunter is hiding underground.

What Dale saw was just a headhunting camp, which meant that there were more headhunting camps in the entire Emerald Forest. They connect to their mother nest in an unknown place through tunnels, and the headhunter catches prey to feed the headhunter mother, who breeds more headhunters, hunters, and hunters to expand their territory and hunt more prey.

This is expansion without any limits.

When the elves of the ancient times sensed that the headhunters were allowed to expand, they would kill all living creatures in the Emerald Forest. Therefore, the elves drew troops from the ancient battlefield and went all out to kill the headhunters. The war was so fierce that the elves even had to call in dragons to come to their aid.

In the end, the Headhunter Queen was hunted by an elite team of heroes, and the headhunters perished, and the forest elves also paid a very heavy price for it.

No one knows how the headhunters appeared, and like other powerful species that appeared during ancient wars, they seemed to pop out of nowhere.

This is also the reason why Dale found the headhunters and made the Emerald Forest so nervous. This time, the Emerald Forest is not a vassal of the Dragon Kingdom, and there is a high chance that it will not receive support from the Dragon Kingdom.

I don't know how big the headhunters have become.

"Do you know how headhunters appeared?"

In the Spirit Starry Sky, Luke asks Clear Sky about the origin of the Headhunters.

"Why are you asking me this question, as if I knew?" The clear sky flew around the crescent moon, landed on the crescent moon, and said to Luke with a smile: "The steppe elves and the forest elves are far, far away......"

Luke looked at the clear sky and said, "Because your smile betrayed you, you must know something." ”

"Oops, I can't fool you now." Qingkong said helplessly: "The origin of the world is the abyss and the starry sky, and when the world system is seriously unstable, the influence of the abyss and the starry sky on the world becomes more and more obvious.

Some of the energy from the abyss and the starry sky will take on a tidal spillover, inevitably giving rise to some powerful transcendent beings.

The World Tree is a spillover point, so it can spawn Treants, Petal Spirits, and release Seeds of Hope.

The headhunters were born because a spillover point of divine power in the Emerald Forest was too active. ”

"Magic Spring!"

"That's right!" Shaking his legs, Clear Sky continued: "Don't expect me to answer more, I only know the reason why the headhunters appeared, and as for what they are, I know as much as you do. ”

Luke said: "Since the headhunters are generated by the overflow of the magic spring's divine power, does it mean that if you find the magic spring, you can find the headhunter mother." ”

"That's right!" Qingkong was surprised and said, "Why didn't I think of it." If it weren't for the Magic Spring's active transfer, the Headhunter Queen would not have left the Magic Spring's range.

Looks like I'll have something to do soon! I don't know what kind of hunter the headhunter queen will breed for me. ”

The anticipation of the clear sky made Luke think of the ability to hunt the Empress.

In addition to her strong fertility, another of her abilities is to breed hunters who specialize in dealing with strong enemies according to the strong enemies she encounters. Once the Hunter has finished the hunt, the Queen of the Hunt will breed more of that type of Hunter.

This is the terrible thing about the headhunters, as long as the queen is hunted, the headhunters are the existence that can continue to grow stronger as the enemy's strength increases.

If the forest elves can't win quickly in the face of the headhunters, they are very likely to be wiped out.

This is also the reason why Luke divided the clear sky controlled by his divine sense and hurried to the Emerald Forest.

Seeing that the clear sky was in high spirits, Luke said, "Okay, let's follow the old rules." I'll leave the fight to you, and I'll take care of the rest. ”

"I just like to see the way the clear sky belongs to you here, it's so charming, I can't learn how cool it looks."

Luke grimaced and said, "I don't think so...... Every time I control Clear Sky, I have to imply that I forget myself and the gender of Clear Sky. If I could be given another chance to create a character, I would pinch a tall, muscular man. ”

Clear Sky flew up to Luke's approach, and said almost face to face, "Then you're facing a tall muscular man now." ”

Luke's brain made up the picture, and in an instant he realized that he was in the clear sky again.

"You continue to enlighten here, there is still a long voyage waiting for me, goodbye......"

"Goodbye!"

Luke leaves the spirit starry sky, and the clear sky flies back to the moon, merging with the moon to become one.

The sun lit up by Luke's arrival dimmed, and the starry sky that was hidden by the sun shone brighter.

After a full day's flight, the coastline of the Emerald Forest appeared on the moonlit sea, and soon the Emerald Court was seen.

The Emerald Court is the capital of the Emerald Forest, and its status in the hearts of the forest clans is equivalent to that of the Moonlight Court in the hearts of the barbarians in the Western Realm. Ruling the Emerald Court is this generation of elf king Shamrock Garret, also known as Garrett XVII, or Shamrock King.

The Emerald Court is divided into two parts, and the old town maintains its traditional appearance, with elves living in treehouses, which are connected to each other by ropeways woven with rattan ropes and suspension bridges. However, there are very few elves living in the old city now, and most of them are old elves who can't keep up with the pace of the times.

The young elves love the new town. The new town has high-rise buildings made of antique trees and tree houses, streets with foliage street lights, and promenades connecting high-rise buildings. There are abundant materials, convenient transportation, and many novelties from overseas.

There is also a special area in the new town, which is the Emerald Port area. This is the only open entry and exit port in the Emerald Forest, and it is also the only heavy industrial area set up by the elves who attach importance to environmental protection.

The port area is full of cars and trams, and the chimneys of factories emit sparkling black smoke all the time. Ships of all kinds come and go in the busy port, and the coal-burning steam engines are constantly emitting pollutants.

It's not just the forest elves who work in the port area, people from all over the world have brought all kinds of vices that make the port area of the Emerald Court as filthy and evil as the ports of other places.

Arriving at Clear Sky in the Emerald Forest, she doesn't want to reveal her identity too soon, so she chooses to sneak into the harbor area with Jenverny and Shelley, disguised as passengers who have just disembarked from a cruise ship.

The black dragon Bali is free to move, and it is too easy to find a hiding place in the Emerald Forest.

The hundred-year-old Jenverni was visiting the Emerald Court for the first time, wearing a maid's dress in the old-fashioned style of the Golden Shield Empire, wearing a puffed hat, dragging a large suitcase in her hand, and her eyes couldn't stop looking around.

And asked the clear sky suspiciously: "Qing...... Miss, although you can see a lot of elves here, the environment doesn't look much different from the port of Angry Waves, and even worse than the old port of Angry Waves, which is completely different from the elven harbor I imagined. ”

Clear skies go ahead.

Shelley followed one last vigilantly around, occasionally showing his gun to ill-wishers. However, the prestige of the Black Mamba does not work here, but instead attracts a few whistles because of its charming legs.

"Shelley, just follow me normally." The clear sky reminded Shelley, and then explained the difference in the port area to Janverny, and finally said: "From a sociological point of view, the environment here is the inevitable product of the elves receiving the radiation of human civilization, and it brings advanced things and inevitably brings bad things.

But the elves have always had a clear boundary for the absorption of human civilization, and when you really enter the Emerald Court, you will see the elf world you want to see. ”

(End of chapter)