There is a huge cross standing in the sky.

The slanting sunlight casts long shadows on the ice sheets, and the crosses pierce the bleak clear sky. Everyone opened their eyes wide to look at the desolate ruins, and a crow with black feathers and red eyes flapped its wings from the cross, the first beast they saw after entering the Northern Continent.

"That's ...... The Emerald Tree?" muttered Jonah.

"I'm afraid so, Lord Jonah. "The unicorns and elves are crying, and they feel the grief of the waves of magic. ”

If you look closely, you will find that it is not a hand-carved cross, but a tall ruins that happen to form a horizontal and vertical structure, and the surface of the ruins is dead gray, like a sculpture made of limestone. As the Pitchfork's companions slowly approached, the Emerald Tree grew taller and taller, and suddenly it went dark before their eyes, and the setting sun was hidden behind the ruins, and the world was filled with the shadow of the Silent Giant Tree.

"What is this?" Hannah bent over and picked up a tuft of dust. The ground was covered with thick ashes, and the boots made a slight cracking sound when they rubbed against them. There was no sign of snowfall here, and the chaotic fluctuations of magic were evident to everyone from within five hundred yards of the Emerald Tree, and the air currents in this space swirled upwards, sending the heat extracted by the giant tree from the lava lake deep in the center of the earth to the sky, creating a warm and dry environment.

Danny patted his trouser leg and said, "It looks like it's on fire, if you burn the whole forest, you will definitely leave so much ash." ”

"The forests of the Northern Continent were destroyed as early as the Second Ancient War, how could the ashes be left to this day? Stewart's contemporary head of the house replied mercilessly.

"I don't mind, sister. Danny Stewart shrugged gracefully, "As the richest man in the Endless Sand Sea, I won't be as knowledgeable as a poor man like you, you can't guess how much valuable things I found in the ruins of Ringolpant, those thorn elves are really rich! Bactria's Tempest 'buys it back, re-organizes the Stewart Express Company, and then buys Edward Schmidt's wrecked ship, and makes that kid kneel on the deck every day to pack up the cables, hahaha......"

Jonah looked inquiringly at the knight, and Elliot stopped talking, smiled wryly, patted the unicorn's head and stepped forward.

Walking through the thick ashes, the group marched towards the root of the ruins. Sibi stood on horseback and looked ahead from the knight's shoulder, and exclaimed, "What a big broken log! Was there a city here that was burned down together?"

"No, little grasshopper, the Emerald Tree is not a city, it is a habitat for elemental elves. He stretched out his hand and pointed to the huge cross: "The top floor is the altar of Sadie, the god of ice and snow, which is the main god of the worship of sacred magic creatures, and on the second upper level are the Supreme Council of Elemental Elves and the First Archon's Mansion, the former is the power center of the elemental elves, and the latter is the administrator of all other divine magic creatures, in short, the elemental elves like Little Girl are managed by the Supreme Council, and the unicorns, northern elves, and grasshoppers with half-elf blood are all managed by the First Archon." Below the secondary level is the trunk of the Emerald Tree, made up of tens of millions of magical creatures clinging to the tree. Of course, there are many more magical creatures inhabiting the Emerald Tree, and its dozens of square miles of dense foliage are the original and final home of the world's divine magical creatures. ”

Sibi pursed his lips and said, "I'm a human being!

"Wait a minute. Jonah spoke suddenly, gesturing for everyone to stop, "There's a movement on the communicator." He took the silver egg out of his bag, crouched down and carefully placed it on the ground. The silver egg vibrated violently, and while rolling around on the ground, a voice came out intermittently: "...... Leave...... Elf ...... Fifth ...... If it's too late, be sure to ...... Danger! Danger!"

"This doesn't work at all! When I get back to the endless sand sea, I'll buy a hundred and put them at home, and I won't smash any of them. Danny chirped.

Silver Egg's message was repeated three times, and then fell silent. A line of letters and numbers appeared in the ashes on the ground, and Jonah quickly took out a pen and paper to record it, and asked back, "Did anyone hear the message clearly, and what is the meaning of this string of numbers?"

"The mention of the word 'elf' made us a little concerned. Elliot mused, "Elves are the oldest and most powerful of the elemental elves, having given birth to six elves before the ancient wars, but all of them have been lost after the great war. If there were elves still alive, it would be shocking news to the world. As for the numbers......"

Hannah said, "It's the coordinates." This is a common Terra code coordinate used by hunters, explorers, and navigators to mark locations on a standard continent map of one to three million. If I have a map, I can try to find the coordinates. ”

Jonah slapped his head: "Map, yes!" He took out the "Geographical Estimation of the Northern Continent" and spread it out on the ground, unfolding the map attached to the title page of the book, each of which had a similar topographical map of the continent, even the Northern Continent, which was full of unexplored and inhospitable areas. The map is spread out to a full five yards square, and the scale happens to be one to three million, which happens to be commonly used. Hannah drew a few auxiliary lines on the diagram, and after a simple calculation, she pointed out a black dot with charcoal: "That's right." ”

"Nothing. Sibi wondered, "What does a blank slate mean?"

"There are also no unexplored areas recorded in historical documents. Elliott drew his sword and pointed to the map, "Look, the Emerald Tree is represented by a green circle, and that's where the ruins are recorded in historical sources. The red triangle represents the villages and towns, the red squares are medium-sized cities, the red circles are large cities, and the corresponding green ** shapes represent the remains of villages and cities. ”

Hannah said, "It's less than 10 miles from the Emerald Tree, it's very close, and they didn't take advantage of the clear weather to hurry up, so it means that this location has what they're looking for, doesn't it?"

Jonah nodded: "It's close, it's only three hours away." ...... Eli, wouldn't it seem unconscionable if I asked to continue my journey after dark?"

The Rose Knight smiled and said, "Since you asked like this, it proves that you have already made a decision in your heart, and we will respect your decision." ”

"Thank you. The boy turned to his friends, "I'm sorry, everyone! If I don't catch up with them tonight, I'm afraid I'll be left behind tomorrow." We set off overnight after a rest and dinner at the Emerald Tree. ”

"I don't agree!" Danny immediately shouted, "What if the snowstorm comes again in the middle of the night? Catch up with the good weather for a few days, and you think that the great thing about the Northern Continent is nothing more than that? I have heard that the most powerful ice storm can freeze people into ice lumps in an instant, and there is not even a shelter on the road, and it is dark that I can't tell the direction, and I don't know where to flee, this is obviously an act of looking for death!

"Ah, coward!" cried Sibby, "why don't you just dig a hole and get into it?"

Danny Stewart put his backpack on the ground and sat on it: "Anyway, I'm not going anywhere today, I'm going to hurry, and I'll talk about it tomorrow at dawn!"

Jonah looked left and right in embarrassment, and Hannah turned around and said, "Let's go, set up camp and eat, leave him alone, he'll catch up anyway." ”

The contemporary head of Stewart's house walked away with a big gun, the knight chased after him with the grasshopper, Jekong followed without saying a word, and the astrologer touched the back of his head anxiously, "That, Danny, I ......"

"Let's go, just leave me alone!" the Stewart man crossed his arms and yelled, "Leave me alone!"

Jonah could only bow and turn to catch up with his companions. Hannah whispered, "Don't worry, don't look like you're always very angry, in fact, Danny is as timid as a groundhog, and he doesn't dare to stay alone in a dark place." As soon as it gets dark, he'll catch up. ”

The young man smiled bitterly: "That's ......"

As the sun set, the five of them finally reached the root of the Emerald Tree, and from this angle they could no longer see the width and height of the ruins at all, only a high gray wall towering in front of them. Since there was no wind and the temperature was not low, Elliott announced that he would camp in place. The Pitchforks quickly set up their tents and lit a campfire, and Hannah looked around, returning to find traces of the Dragons' camp, but the fire was already cold, and they should have been on their way early this morning.

"I'm going to take a look. Jonah jumped to his feet, "Maybe you'll find some clues." ”

"We'll come with you after dinner, Lord Jonah. The knight dissuaded, "Dinner is about to be ready." ”

It was completely dark. As the flames rose and the jerky rolled in the pot to give off a rich aroma, Sibi, who was leaning on Jonah, suddenly exclaimed, "Look!"

Looking in the direction of her finger, the Emerald Tree actually emitted a crystalline glow in the firelight, red, green, gold, silver, purple, and orange points of light flickering on the surface of the ruins, like countless elves blinking curious eyes. "The same goes for this dust!" Sibby cried again, and his companions lowered their heads, and saw that the thick dust on the ground also emitted brilliant starlight, and Jonah picked up the brilliant dust and gently lifted it, and suddenly the night sky was dyed in ten thousand colors, like countless fireworks blooming in front of them at the same time.

"Wow...... That's great......" The grasshopper sighed intoxicatingly, tugging at the hem of Jonah's coat.

"Is it a mineral or a fragment of metal?" Hannah wondered, spilling splinters of crystalline debris.

Jonah's expression was very serious, "Eli, you already knew, didn't you?"

"Yes, Lord Jonah. But we can't say it. ”

"These ...... It's all fragments of elven corpses. ”