In the course of the conversation, the group learns the reason why the "Fallen Elves" bought wood from the humans of Robia.

Because the two elven races of "dark elves" and "forest elves" really don't cut down living trees, but this is not a constraint for them, but out of inner respect.

"That's ...... so"

Everyone suddenly realized, and this made Kizmael a little puzzled.

"Why do you care about this?"

Kizmer asked as she ate, she had always been very straightforward, and she would ask any questions directly, which may be the reason why she and Asuna had a good relationship.

"Because we've discovered a secret, a secret about the Fallen Elves."

Asuna replied dryly, catching her companions a little off guard, although they did intend to tell Kizmer, but was it appropriate to say so?

"Fallen Elves?"

Kizmer paused, his face became serious, and Jeresa, the affairs officer on the side, stood up directly.

"Are there Fallen Elves on this level?"

Jeresa, the officer, asked before Kizmail, looking shocked and worried.

"That's right, and they're preparing to attack here."

Kirito took the words, and as soon as he said this, the ministers Jeresha and Kizmer were shocked.

"Impossible, this Jofer city is surrounded by lakes and cliffs, it can be said that it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, from ancient times to the present, not only goblins and orcs, but even the army of forest elves cannot attack it, those fallen elves don't even have ships, how dare they come to attack the city?"

Jeresa shook his head with a serious face, he didn't believe that the "Fallen Elves" would dare to come here to do something stupid about the siege.

"It's easy to defend and hard to attack, but your defense is pretty lax."

Ling Ze complained, in his opinion, there were too many holes in the defense of this walled city, and the "dark elves" inside did not have any sense of prevention, and seemed to firmly believe that no one would be able to break through their impregnable "Jofer City".

"Uh... It is undeniable that the garrison has indeed become quite lax, because they have repelled the forest elves several times, and the forest elves who build cities on land have almost no ships, so every battle is a victory in which we have a unilateral advantage, and it is understandable that the warriors will feel lax. ”

The clerk was a little embarrassed, but he frankly admitted the fact that he had lax defense, and he was quite sober.

"Hmph."

Kizmer snorted coldly, she seemed to be dissatisfied with this, which made Jeresa smile bitterly.

"Actually, it was better, but since the priests came, the atmosphere in Jofer City has become more and more relaxed."

The clerk Yeresa whispered, as if he was afraid of being heard by the priests, and there were priests eating at the table not far away.

"Those guys can say that walking in metal armor is harsh, so don't wear metal armor in the castle. There's that kind of guy here to point fingers, and it would be strange if Jofer could get nervous! ”

Kizmer said angrily, but he didn't say anything, it seems that the priests are indeed very status.

"Good guy, it smells like a prison army......"

Ling Ze complained in his heart, the situation of the "Divine Officials Supervising the Army" and the "Eunuch Supervising the Army" is really not too much different.

"That's why you're wearing a dress all the time?"

Asuna suddenly realized, she had just seen that although this dress was very suitable for Kizemail, she did not seem to wear it voluntarily, and she had always behaved very uncomfortable.

"yes, it's not for me, is it?"

Kizmer shook his head, "I know."

"Of course not, but it's better to wear what you like, because what clothes aren't you wearing for your comfort?"

Asuna hurriedly waved her hand, and her statement was heartily agreed by both Kismael and the commissioner, Jeresa, and it was clear that the priests were not very popular here.

"In fact, the secret we have discovered is the secret of the ship, and the Fallen Elves are secretly building the ship."

Ling Ze said directly, it seems that the "natural danger" that "Jofer City" relies on is the big lake outside, because the "forest elves" and "fallen elves" as enemies have a ban on "not cutting down trees", so they can easily resist the enemy by relying on the big lake.

However, once the enemy has ships, the lax defense of "Jofer City" will make the city easily captured.

"What?! Shipbuilding?! ”

Kizimer and Jeresa exclaimed at the same time, as if they had heard something terrible, but from the perspective of the "dark elves", the fact that the "forest elves" and the "fallen elves" could build ships seemed really surprising.

So, Ling Ze handed over the explanation to Kirito and Asuna, and it took five minutes for the two of them to tell the general story of the matter to Kizmer and Jeresa.

At this time, their mission was also updated, and it seems that Kizmer and Jeresa can be considered "proper people".

"It's urgent! Let's put the meal on hold for a while! Come with me! I'll take you to Lord Jofelis! ”

The clerk Yeresa said in a hurry, and Kizmel was not calmer than him, this news was really too exciting for them.

Ling Ze and the others stood up and were taken all the way to the fifth floor of the castle.

Climbing up the central staircase, they were stopped by two armed guards, the elite knight Kizmer and the castle officer Jeresa, but there were so many of them that the guards allowed only three to follow them.

Everyone didn't waste much time, and Ling Ze, Asuna, and Kirito followed Kizmer and Yereza up to the office on the fifth floor, which was a fairly spacious office.

Strangely, the curtains of all the windows here were drawn, and the entire office was shrouded in unnatural darkness.

In the depths of the office, there is a heavy table that should be about three meters wide, made of polished ebony wood, although the elves can't cut down trees, but the trees that fall naturally can be used and processed, so this exquisitely made ebony table is obviously an extremely precious item in the elf world.

There was an oil lamp on the table, shimmering on the unfinished materials and inkwells, but the light of the oil lamp did not shine on the inside of the table for some reason, and the person sitting on a large chair behind the table could only see a faint silhouette in the dense darkness from the outside.

"Your Excellency Jofelis, I'm sorry to disturb you at the office, because I have something important to report to you."

Kizmael first put her right fist on her left chest and nodded in salute, making a dark elf ritual before speaking, and the clerk Jereza did the same.

"Jeresa, Kizmer, before I hear your report, tell me why three Terrans are following you."

From behind the desk, there was no intonation of voices, no distinction between youth and old age, male and female.

"I was about to report back to you."

Jeresa bowed his head and said, then he motioned for Ling Ze and them to take out the "letter of introduction", Kirito stepped forward, and after saluting with the same movement, he respectfully handed the scroll up.

Sticking out of the shadows was a slender hand, and Jofelix took the scroll, and with a touch of his finger it evaporated, and the parchment was immediately fluttering open.

"Oh, I see, the warrior who helped recover the first key."

After saying this, Jofelix put the scroll in the drawer of the table, and then Ling Ze and the others received a reminder that the task was completed, and the reward for the task was a ring, the ring was a very fine silverwork, and the part of the seal was engraved with the familiar dark elf symbol of horned flutes and scimitars.

"Take it with you, as long as you don't betray us, then the soldiers who stayed in Slava will treat you as their own, remember, provided you don't betray us."

The strange voice then came, informing Ling Ze of the role of their ring, of course, the effect of the equipment itself is also very good, this ring called "Lyusla Certification", the effect is an agility bonus, and a slight increase in skill proficiency The increase rate is a very good equipment.

The attributes of the ring are very good, but unfortunately, one hand can only be equipped with one ring in SAO, and it is impossible to be the "Lord of the Rings", at most two are equipped.

"So what do you have to report to me?"

Jofelix then asked, and that's when the "Castle Master" buoy finally appeared, which showed "Viscount Jofelis, Dark Elves".

"Lord Jofelis, according to the information of our Terran friends, our enemy, the Fallen Elven General Nolza, has descended to the fourth layer."

Kizmail replied solemnly, and at this time, the city lord, Viscount Jofelis, finally had a strong emotional reaction, and his/her outstretched hand slammed on the table.

"Is this indeed information that cannot be ignored?"

This time, Viscount Jofelis's voice was a few degrees colder, and it looked like there should be a holiday between this General Nolza and him/her.

"Does that villain have any poisonous plans this time?"

Sure enough, Viscount Jofelis's next words proved this, and he/she really didn't have a good impression of that General Nolza, and it could even be said that he had a clear dislike.

"They're building ships, and they're ready to snatch the key, and if nothing else, they're going to attack us."

The "Emerald Key" was sent to this castle for safekeeping, and the "Fallen Elves" apparently aimed to open the "Sanctuary", so their first target must be this "Jofer City".

"Did they even get involved?"

Viscount Jofelix pondered for a moment, as if in thought.

"Do you know how many ships the Fallen Elves have built?"

This question was obviously asked to Ling Ze.

"There will be no less than twenty ten-seater boats."

Ling Ze replied, which surprised Kirito a little, because they didn't know how many ships those woods could make, at least not in the quest prompt.

"That's my prediction, but there will only be more ships, not less.

Ling Ze continued, he judged according to the number and capacity of the boxes, a wooden box barely fit two people, and there were hundreds of wooden boxes there, to say the least.

Viscount Joferis's hand struck the table again with a "titicaca".

"Looks like that bastard from Nolza has paid for it this time."

Viscount Jofeliz was a little surprised, obviously he didn't expect that there would be so many, and there were not so many ships in "Jofer City".

"Your Excellency, although I don't question the strength of the soldiers in the city... But for the sake of caution, let's send the first key to the upper level along with the second key sealed on the fourth layer. ”

Kizmer's words were actually a bit "blunt", although she said that she did not doubt the combat effectiveness of the soldiers in the city, but the meaning of these words was obviously questioning.

"This is indeed a good proposal, no matter what, we can't let the key be taken away anymore, but the original task of our Leusthra clan is to prevent the six keys from gathering in the same place, if the first and second keys are sent to the upper level, there will be three keys on the fifth layer, and sending them up layer by layer is not the solution."

Viscount Jofelis groaned for a while, and finally rejected the proposal, and in the face of Viscount Jofelix's statement, Kizmer did not say anything more.

"Well, Lord Castle, may I ask? What happens when the six keys are gathered? ”

Asuna, who had been silent, suddenly opened her mouth, and as soon as she opened her mouth, she asked about something that everyone had always been very concerned about, this matter didn't even know about Kirito, a closed beta player, but he had completely run this series of tasks down, and even then he didn't know.

"Asuna ......"

Kizmer was a little flustered, as if she felt that Asuna's words were offended, and she made a gesture to apologize for Asuna, but Viscount Jofeliz waved his hand.

"It's all right, Kizmail, and since we've agreed with them, it's okay to tell them about it.

However, I can't give you a definite answer to this question, because even I, who has been the lord of Jofer Castle since before the earth was cut off, only knows part of the legend of the secret key, and only our Majesty the Queen can know all the stories... Or, perhaps, even His Majesty does not know the real truth. ”

Viscount Jofelis's words made both Kizimael and Jeresa immediately look terrified, as if Viscount Jofeliz had said something terrible.

"I'm sorry, I lost my words."

Viscount Jofelix himself was aware of this, and he/she had clearly accidentally said what was in his heart.

"Is this queen so powerful?"

Ling Ze complained in his heart, but he just questioned it in private, and the three "dark elves" of Jofelis, Kizmail, and Jeressa, had to behave like this, which made people wonder whether this was because Queen Leutlah's prestige was too high, or because it was too fierce.