456. Once Upon a Time in Halkala
On the afternoon of the 19th, Rand and Ben Kaul arrived at the Forest Palace with Thapara and Agni, and Rand was also caught off guard by the fact that his family had a property of this size in the Great Forest hundreds of years ago.
"This is the only stronghold of the legendary Human Empire in the Great Forest?" Ben Kaul and Arvinne, both of whom were born and raised after the Second Fall of the Galloping Horse, had never been here, as the Forest Pavilion had been the property of Halkala since that destruction.
"Such a large palace was built by our galloping horse ancestors?" Rand was also curious.
"What do you think, is your Padmira palace so comfortable?" Saranir's eyes were almost glancing at the sky, "This is the dowry given by the Oak Clan to Halkara, the Wood Elves provide the Galloping Horse Kingdom with a stronghold in the Great Forest, and the Galloping Horse Kingdom provides a large number of magical products for the Wood Elves, and the entire transaction has been carried out since Halkala left the palace until the Night Kira City is broken." ”
"No wonder, I just said that if this is our family's craft, Night Qicheng should not be broken by the orcs."
Rand followed the legendary elf to the garden, and when he saw the high-grade beech Entes, he could only sigh at the tenacity of life.
"Is this someone attacking the Forest Palace?" Rand is a little confused.
"This is when the Qicheng City was broken on Chinese New Year's Eve, and Halkala took a group of elves and half-elves to counterattack back from the Great Forest, but met an orc army halfway and almost didn't come back" Saranir shook her head, "Otherwise, why do you think the empire has always recognized her as a member of the Galloping Horse family?" ”
"My ancestor has ever done such a thing?" Listening to the feats of the wood elves back then, Rand couldn't help but admire, "Then why didn't she follow the God Emperor's army to counterattack back then?" I've heard that the Empire organized two small-scale counteroffensive attempts? ”
"To be precise, there was only one counterattack organized by the empire after the destruction of the Night Qi City, and the real purpose of that time was also to rescue some royal family members and the descendants of the more important magisters, the second time you said was the time of the Halkala organization, she set off from this palace with a group of elves and half-elves, preparing to plan the empire's action."
When it comes to history, there will be more elf legends, after all, she is a witness, "but her luck is really bad, after going north, she happened to encounter a large-scale orc reinforcements, and was directly blocked in the mountain pass." ”
Rand also felt a little pity, but from the legendary statement, he found a blind spot: "Since it is a strategy, why not attack at the same time as the imperial army?" Isn't there coordination on the Empire's side? ”
"She slept during the Empire's counterattack," the legend shook his head, "Even when the Empire attacked, she didn't think she could really respond, so she wasn't specifically notified before leaving." Don't blame the officials of the empire at the time, who would dare to hand over the flank to her, a high-level who had never been on the battlefield and specialized in cultivating demon plants? ”
“…… Well, that's true, it's a miracle that she wasn't overwhelmed by the orc army."
"Actually, I was about to be surrounded that time, didn't you see that the Guardian Tree Guards were beaten like this?" Saranir's face was full of helplessness, Halkala had no concept of combat at all, and was besieged by orcs as soon as he got out of the big forest, and was almost left in the galloping horse plain, but at that time the orcs were very reckless, chasing and chasing into the big forest, 6 beast gods and more than 2,000 orcs never went out. After that, the orcs no longer dared to enter the forest, and Halkala did not dare to talk about a counterattack.
Since then, Halkala and the Galloping Horse family do not owe each other, and there is no dispute, the Forest Palace is the summer residence of the royal family, only the kings and elf families know about it, so it has completely become the residence of Halkala, and the most important property of the Galloping Horse Royal Family, the Galloping Horse Fund, the wood elves never cared.
Lante, who knew the history, sighed, "If the Marquis of Fiat knew that my ancestors had such an estate, he would definitely move his family here." ”
"Actually, he knows, the Galloping Horse family has intermarried with various elven clans, and there are more private properties and relatives than you think, Fiat, as the actual manager of the Galloping Horse family, naturally knows more than you.
However, the elves are relatively incompatible with the sea elves and water demons, and since the Fiat family has completely settled on the seaside, whether it is with the dragons of the dragon or the elves of the forest, it can be regarded as a complete break. ”
"Then I will have to recognize the ancestor of Halkala even more," Rand was very pleased, and also bent down to pick up the yellow stone on the ground, "These are amber?" ”
The yellow stone on the ground is not as crystal clear as the jewelry, but has a rough skin, but the texture is relatively soft, and after the wind blade gently scrapes off the skin, it reveals the light blue magic pattern structure inside, which is a natural magic ore left by high-grade plants.
"You're a descendant of the Galloping Horse? The new owner of Night Qicheng City? Entes asked slowly.
"Yes, hello Entes, I'm Rand Galloping Horse, thank you for everything you do for the Galloping Horse family!" Rand still has a lot of respect for Entes for being able to sacrifice himself to protect Halkara.
"I'm here to protect the princess, I've been blessed by her since I was a child, but unfortunately now I'm unable to act" At the mention of Halkala, Beech Entes was a little excited, and the swaying branches made people worry about his state.
"Alright, I'm here, don't talk yet" Halkala hugged the giant tree and looked back at Rand, "Rand, is there anything you can do about it when Entes is like this?" ”
"I think from the perspective of life mages, I'm afraid it's difficult for me to do more," Rand was a little embarrassed, just now the life mages present are high-level Halkala, mid-level Fireflies, Tierney, Kaye and the two-headed stegosaurus, as far as Rand is concerned, this bit of life magic was still taught by the arbor fairy Liel back then.
"But from the point of view of the magic pattern, I'll do my best" At this moment, the amber on Rant's right hand has completely changed, under the heating of magic, the original internal structure is changing, a new nourishing magic pattern is forming, Rand who is holding the sword of the magic net in his left hand found a dark wound on Entes's body, and without hesitation, he pasted the amber on his hand to the hole.
"How does it feel?" Rand was able to detect in the magic net that the part that originally leaked magic was getting better because of the amber blockage, but the actual situation still wanted to hear how it felt when it was a tree.
"I don't feel it, there are too many wounds"
"Then plug it all," Rand looked carefully at the huge beech in front of him, there were hundreds of similar holes all over the trees in the magic net, and the magic in his body was like fine sand constantly leaking out of these small holes, "You help me pick up more amber on the ground, I have to do some delicate work"