Arthur and the others walked into the Elven Mother Tree for the first time after entering the Elven Kingdom.

A part of the hollow at the base of the Elven Mother Tree has been converted into an Elven Palace. The vacant space may be less than a tenth of its diameter, but it is still a space larger than the Terran Palace.

There are no other foreign objects in the palace except for the high platform and simple tables and chairs made from the mother tree itself.

The whole huge palace appeared empty and ethereal.

Arthur gently stroked the walls of the palace with his hand, and there was a rich life energy flowing from it, which was part of the Elven Mother Tree.

Arthur finally accepted the mission of the Great Elder, and aside from the risks of the mission, the opportunity to enter the Elven Mother Tree alone was something that the Terrans could not seek, and Sino and Joan joined the mission almost with the mentality of exploration and curiosity.

On the east and west sides of the elven palace there is a spiraling downward staircase, which is the entrance and exit of the elves into the underground part of the mother tree.

The Grand Elder Therrani only sent Arthur and them to the entrance of the stairs, and the back and down routes were led by Elf Ollie as a guide for Arthur and them.

Ollie and Hino were at the front of the line, Spence was at the back of the line, and Arthur and Joan were in the middle of the line. Because he was worried that Arya would have no one to take care of after the few people left, Arthur and the others took the girl with them.

The staircase is very spacious, and every 10 meters or so, there is a piece of illuminated fluorescent stone set on the cave wall, which illuminates the surrounding environment very clearly. If it weren't for coming down from above, no one would have realized that they were actually in the body of the Elven Mother Tree, and they were going deeper and deeper into the ground.

After walking for a long time, I don't know how many miles deep into the ground, the whole team was silent.

"You look nervous?" said Shino, who suddenly tapped Ollie on the shoulder.

Ollie shuddered, "Where?"

Shino smiled, "Your actions have been exposed, tell us, are those insects called tooth eaters really that scary?After all, you have so many high-level elven warriors, and there is no point in the number of them under absolute combat power." ”

Ollie smiled wryly, "Tooth eaters are indeed very difficult, and there are some small monsters that are also dangerous in addition to those insects. ”

"You mean monsters, not monsters, and that means there's something else underground?" Shino keenly caught the loophole in Ollie's words.

Ollie had to admit it.

"It seems that you Grand Elder Thranyi didn't tell us the truth, those monsters are what he really wants us to deal with, right?"

"Yes and no. ”

"What do you mean?"

"We elves do have to remove worms every once in a while, but those bugs are outside the mother's body, and in the process of killing insects, we will definitely encounter those little monsters. ”

"What the hell are those monsters you're talking about?" asked Joan, curiously behind her.

"I'll know when I see you. Ollie replied with only one sentence, and no matter how much Shino and Joan asked, they would not say a word more.

After a little further down, a passage suddenly appeared in the passage that stretched parallel to the first floor, and Ollie continued to lead the group down as if he had not seen it.

As you continue to walk down, there will be such a passage leading to other directions at regular intervals, and at one point you will encounter several elves coming out of one passage.

Joan finally couldn't help but ask curiously, "Where do these passages lead?"

"A place that leads to the elves. Ollie explained with a blank face.

"Where do you belong?"

"That is, the burial place of the elves after they die. According to the tradition of our elves, after all elves die, their bodies return to their mother's arms and become part of their mother. Then wait for the next chance to conceive and be reborn. ”

Arthur instantly figured out that the dead elven corpses would be buried under the roots of the elven mother tree and become the nutrients of the elven mother tree. It's just that the elves never understand this burial in the same way that the Terrans do.

Ollie continued: "For elves who wander or die in the outside world, the ultimate wish is to return to the arms of their mothers. ”

Arthur suddenly thought of the elf Iraya, who had already made up his mind to return to Sauron Gorge sooner or later, and if his bones were still there, he would definitely send him back!

Luoli in the back stopped talking, and from his increasingly nervous expression, you could guess that they were getting closer and closer to their destination.

The downward road is no longer one, but begins to fork, one after another, and I don't know how many roads lead to the bottom. And the elven warriors who were guarding began to appear on the road, every two people, and every hundred meters, there was a group of guard warriors. Looking at the direction they were guarding against, it was clear that the danger was coming from underground.

The further down the passage became, the narrower it became, and in the end it could only accommodate one person, and even then it soon came to an end.

What appeared in front of him was a pale green curtain of light, like the canopy of a tree on the ground, which was the self-protection of the elven mother tree.

"Let's go out, there's still some distance down there. Ollie was the first to emerge from the light curtain.

After Ollie, Shino, Arthur, Joan, and the others wore out one by one.

Arthur passed through the light curtain and kicked into the air and fell straight down, it turned out that the light curtain was suspended in the air, and Arthur fell directly. Arthur's first thought was not to perform a glide, but to hug Arya who came out with him tightly.

With a thud, Arthur's back slammed to the ground. Fortunately, the ground was only seven or eight meters high from the position where they came out, and this height did not cause any damage to the physique of a fifth-level martial artist at all.

When Arthur got up from the ground, Joan was also getting up from the ground with her teeth bared, and the magician's body was enough to choke from the fall.

When Arthur looked up, he was completely shocked by the scene in front of him!

I saw thousands of thick roots floating in the air, and these roots were gently swinging like the tentacles of an octopus, because the pale green light outside the roots formed a green sea composed of floating tentacles.

Arthur: They can't tell which whiskers they're coming from?

Arthur knew that these were the roots of the Elven Mother Tree, but the only thing he didn't understand was how the space he was in was formed, shouldn't all the roots be rooted in the soil?

"Where are those tootheaters you were talking about? Why didn't I see that!" Joan poked Elf Ollie, who was standing there stupidly.

"We're standing on the nest now!" said Ollie, with a cry.

"Where's the nest?" Joan stomped down with her foot twice, only to feel soft.

Joan's body shook suddenly, and it felt as if the ground around her was lower than her own.

No, they're rising!

Joan slowly lowered her head, and cold sweat flowed down instantly.

They were standing on a hill of ants that were constantly being raised, a mountain of tooth-eating ants!