In the center of Leahim, the Tree of Life, a Warcraft eagle that was a little smaller than the giant eagle Angola, carried several elves on its back, and flew towards the canopy of the Tree of Life.

The eagle came to a stop on the canopy platform, and several elves on the back of the eagle jumped down, it was the previous elven guard captain and his team, they looked serious, and walked towards the "Plains of Eden", located in the canopy of the tree of life, the only authority in Leahim.

The Courtyard, the "Plains of Eden", is the place where the elves of Leahim can live for a long time and is closest to the origin of the Tree of Life, and it is also the only place where the elven capital is relatively peaceful and free of struggle, and the only part of the land related to domination.

Even if the elves have neither nobles nor commoners, which the human kingdom uses to distinguish hierarchies, in any case, when the spiritual realm has not yet reached a certain level and does not belong to the existence of the "cluster consciousness" race, the elves still need a supreme authority to lead them.

The courtyard, located in the center of the canopy of the Tree of Life, is one such place, which is spontaneously shaped by the branches of the Tree of Life to resemble a natural miniature landscape.

The branches of the trees change their form and are spliced together to form rocks, and the special ability of the Living Tree allows it to change its own wooden branches, so that they can form a earth-like existence while still retaining the vitality of plants.

In the center of the canopy of the Living Tree, there is a passage to the interior of the Living Tree, which is also a secret known to only a few beings within the Elves, and this courtyard is actually born for this passage.

Therefore, this courtyard, known as the "Plain of Eden", looks more like a valley, and the recess in the center of the valley leads all the way to the passage into the interior of the Tree of Life.

A number of treehouses are dotted around, connected by stone paths of varying sizes, around a domed building made of white masonry in the center, where the elven elders meet, which at first glance seems to be out of place with the surrounding landscape, but on closer inspection it blends well with the landscape of the valley.

The spring water flowing from the branches of the tree of life flows down the valley from high to low, and the fountain of life, which has the power to heal and purify, spreads abundant vitality into the courtyard of this valley.

The captain of the elven guard and his men arrived at the entrance to the courtyard, where several elves in pale silver armor were stationed.

The silver-helmeted elves stationed at the entrance to the "Garden of Eden" were not carrying the short bowed curved knives commonly used by the elven rangers, but rather heavy two-handed swords and bows with large bows as long as a man in length.

Their strength is divided, all of them are at the level of a great knight, and one of them looks a little old, more than a thousand years old, his strength is already a legendary realm, and his strength is very well converged, like a bow that rounds an arrow, powerful but not sharp.

"Captain of the Elven Guard, Thorin, I have spoken to the elders through the Tree of Life, and I have been approved to enter the Plains of Eden, please let me go. ”

Thorin, the captain of the elven guard, explained his intentions to the silver-armored elves who were much stronger than him.

The Silver Armor Elf nodded slightly, without saying a word, the ground shook slightly, and there were some huge thick trees beside these Silver Armor Guards, and at this moment one of the huge trees shook, and the legs of the root system broke through the ground and stood up.

The huge vitality aura swept around like a substance, making the elven guard captain feel slightly suffocated.

The several giant trees around here are actually old enough war trees, their life levels have jumped under the influence of the tree of life after reaching the apex of the creature such as the tree of life, breaking through the limits of the race, the rank of these war ancient trees is legendary, and it is also the existence of the real guardian of this tree of life.

Fortunately, these legendary-level tree spirits still retain their natural gentleness, and the reason why this ancient tree of war stood up was only to confirm that the elven guard captain was approved.

Reciting the secret words of nature, a glowing green illusory oak leaf flew up from Thorin's hand and floated towards the massive body of the Ancient War Tree, leaning against it before merging in.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Although the leaf was too small for the War Tree, its contents were already perceived, and the huge wooden arm made a gesture of please amid a roar, signaling that Thorin, the leader of the Elven Guard, could enter the "Plains of Eden".

The Silver Elves no longer blocked their way and stepped aside, watching Thorin enter with the rest of the team.

Walking into this natural courtyard, Thorin led his team to one of the wooden houses scattered in the valley, the elders did not stay here all the time, but there must be two elders or more stationed there, this time, the elder he had agreed to report the information in advance was none other than Ziggy's old friend, Gwen.

The door to the treehouse opened automatically as the elves approached, and Gwen was already sitting at the wooden table in the treehouse, waiting for them to arrive.

"Sit down, tell me all the information and speculation you've gathered about this incident."

Ge Wen said softly, motioned for them to sit down, and informed him of the news they wanted to report this time in an orderly manner.

"Yes."

Thorin responded, sitting across from Elder Gwen, pausing slightly to gather his words.

"You already know what happened in the area where the elven guests lived, this is our serious mistake, I won't say more, this time I have come to tell you some information, because of some personal doubts and suspicions, although, it may be that I am suspicious."

Thorin carefully outlined what he wanted to say.

"There's nothing wrong with this caution, just say, I'll analyze it carefully."

Gwen nodded, not saying much.

"This kind of accident that happened in Leahim has been more than ten years ago, an elf polluted by the void killed several of its friends, and in the past ten years, there has been no case of an elf accidentally dying in Leahim, so this matter itself has some problems."

"What makes me suspicious is that the one who attacked our guest's existence was a plant life, and it used the forbidden art of life diversion when it killed the orc."

As Thorin spoke, he reached out and motioned to one of his team members, who took out a magic crystal, activated the photo on it, and projected the ugly and misshapen twisted wood spirit restored by the black cat Ann in front of the elven elder Gwen.

“……”

Elven Elder Gwen carefully observed the Twisted Wood Spirit, not saying anything because of its disgusting and ugly appearance, just quietly waiting for Thorin to continue with the message he wanted to convey.

"And what makes me feel most wrong is that the magic circles embedded in the giant trees and growing with these trees, as well as the branches that extend from the trees of life and provide security for Leahim, are completely unobserved, and this is what really makes me feel uneasy."

Thorin continued, telling the story of what he felt was most wrong.

There was a brief silence in the treehouse, and after Elder Gwen confirmed that Thorin had finished everything he had to say, he nodded slightly.

"Very well done, your sharpness and caution have helped a lot, the diversion of life, coupled with the nature of being ignored by the circle and the tree of life, I already have some suspicions, I will immediately do some investigation, you should know the recent situation in the Origin Forest, what you have discovered, let me find some connections between this matter and the recent situation in the Origin Forest."

"Then please!"

Thorin stood up and spoke earnestly to Gwen, before leaving the treehouse with his teammates.

The door to the treehouse closed, and Gwen closed his eyes, thought for a moment, got up in his chair, pushed the door open, and walked out of the house, walking down the valley of the "Plains of Eden" towards the center of the canopy of the Tree of Life.

"Life Diversion ......"

As he walked, Gwen chewed on the name, most of the elves only knew that life diversion was a forbidden technique, but they didn't know where this forbidden technique came from.

Life diversion, a technique that directly concretizes the slightly abstract concept of life force and then violently absorbs it, is forbidden by the elves because of its too powerful lethality and the benefits it can bring, and only some of the older elves and some elves or foreign druids are left who master this technique.

The reason for its ban was not the point, what Gwen really cared about was the origin of this spell, the Tree of Life.

It is a spell learned and imitated from the Tree of Life, just as the Tree of Life absorbs the magic, sunlight, and other energies of this realm, and transforms them into life force.

The same is true of the diversion of life, except that the source of life force is changed to the life of the person being cast.

"If you just use the diversion of life, you don't need to think about it, but ......"

As Gwen descended deeper into the valley, the stream of the fountain of life beneath his feet guiding his way, his thoughts still contemplating, pondering the meaning of the message Thorin had told him.

"It will not be detected by the magic circles that live in symbiosis with the giant tree, nor will it be detected by the branches of the tree of life itself, and as a plant life, it can use spells from the tree of life without being taught......"

Muttering to his mouth, Gwen's figure suddenly blurred and disappeared into the valley, and he pierced through a maze placed in the "Plains of Eden" and entered the passage to the interior of the Tree of Life.

Entering this passage to the interior of the Tree of Life, Gwen gently touched the wooden wall of the passage with his hand, feeling the abundant vitality coming from the wall of the passage, which had entered the interior of the Tree of Life, and the body of the Tree of Life itself was composed of this passage.

"What is happening to you these days, and if my guess is true, what made you do this."

Ge Wen followed the passage, and the deeper he went into the interior of the Tree of Life, the more abundant and concentrated the life force that was smeared in the space, until it solidified to the point that a droplet of life force similar to liquefied magic formed in the air, and Ge Wen stepped into an open space.

The space is full of faint green points of light, illuminating the space located inside the Tree of Life, and in the center of this space inside the Tree of Life is a pool of clear and translucent blue waterhole, and the liquid in it is all liquefied vitality.

Gwen walked to the side of the pool, squatted down, and immersed his hand in the pool, a warm feeling came, and the abundant vitality was gently injected into his body through the pool, filling his already not too tired body to the best state.

Gwen closed his eyes, although he only immersed his hand in the water, but when he closed his eyes and seriously experienced the feeling of being surrounded by life force, the life force that gently surrounded him, gave him the illusion of returning to his mother's arms, or perhaps, this was not an illusion in itself.

Although the elves now reproduce in the same way as humans, all elves know that their origin is these three life trees on the continent, and the original body of these three life trees is an incomparably large world tree, and the earliest high elves were born from that world tree.

For all elves, the Tree of Life is their mother, and the pool connected to the core of the Tree of Life is no different from the bosom of the mother.

In the past war with the Abyss, which affected the entire continent, in order to defeat the Abyss, but also to prevent the destruction of the World Tree near the Abyss itself.

The High Elves somehow integrated themselves into the World Tree, and the World Tree split into three and became three Trees of Life, moving their huge root systems to move and root in three different locations on the continent, thus creating the three Elven Capitals, including Leahim.

Gwen opened his eyes and looked under the waterhole, where a long spear with an intricate wooden structure sank silently at the bottom of the pool, and a golden halo flickered on it, one of the elven holy weapons, the Source Spear Casimir.

Its state also indicates the state of the tree of life at this time, when the vitality is abundant, this holy weapon will be smeared with soft golden light, and there is no moment to extinguish, but the state of this moment indicates that the tree of life is constantly absorbing life force, filling the void of unknown sources.

Gwen and the Elven Elders had actually discovered the problem some time ago, and they had been investigating the source of the vacancy, but they were not High Elves and did not have the ability to communicate with the "Silent Mother", so the question of what that vacancy was was still undecided.

Combined with the vacancy of the vitality of the Tree of Life, as well as the various messages conveyed to him by the Twisted Wood Spirit by the team leader, "will use life diversion", "be ignored by the circle and the tree of life", and "gain vitality".

Gwen reluctantly identified the source of the twisted wood spirit as their "mother" Tree of Life itself.

"Why are you doing that......"

"Is it because of the dwarves?"

"The agreement forged during the Battle of the Abyss was itself for our friendship and for the sake of victory in the war, but it seems that they are now using it in a direction that should never be used."

Ge Wen muttered, his expression gradually becoming serious, and a little dangerous light flashed in his pupils.

"They must be stopped, before the situation deteriorates in a direction that we could not have predicted......"