Chapter 173 Provocation
"***?!"
Even the usually gentle and peaceful Elder Shu couldn't help but swear at the scene before him.
Almost the moment they saw the cub clearly, the three elves all ran towards the Elf King in the pool without caring about their image.
"Cub?! Is this an elf cub?!!" Shu exclaimed in surprise.
God of Light, Goddess of the Mother! Not every awakening of the Mother Tree will bring new life. No elf cubs have been born in the elves for a hundred years!
And the green branch above your Majesty's head -
Shu looked at the sleeping elf cub for a while, then looked up at the vibrant branches. The surprise and relief on his face could not be hidden, and he only regretted that he did not have two pairs of eyes.
"Hey, little cub, let me see you, let me hug you too!"
Ta immediately handed the little cub to Shu as if it was hot.
The elders Ling and Ke gathered around the book, looking at the elf cub with smiles on their faces.
"Hiss, this little cub is so cute, much cuter than my brat when he was a kid..."
"The golden hair looks a bit like Your Majesty!" said K, the Elf King's number one supporter.
"Is that so?" Shu said, "His little body is soft and warm. The temperature of a mature elf is still too low for him. I am circulating magic power in my palms..."
"His eyelashes are so long. Can I touch his cheek? Are all elves so small when they are pups?"
"It's better not to—"
For fear of disturbing the little cub's sleep, the three men kept their voices very low, their hearts filled with fatherly love that had nowhere to go.
Ta moved his fingertips somewhat uncomfortably. The cub was taken away, but the warmth from his body seemed to still remain in his palms.
His calmness and composure over the years suddenly showed a crack, and he said in a deep voice: "Is this also the result of the calculation?"
Shu's mind was completely focused on the little cub. He didn't even raise his head when he heard him speak, and responded, "Obviously not. If I knew that a cute elf would be born today, I would definitely prepare everything the cub needs in advance!"
Ta was speechless, his eyes looking towards the branches of the emerald mother tree, and he inexplicably sensed a sense of loneliness in them.
Obviously the mother tree is the most important thing? What on earth are the three of them doing? !
Ta coughed twice.
The three elves didn't react at all, but still happily touched the little cub's hands on the left and feet on the right.
Ta coughed heavily twice again.
Now the three elves finally reacted, their eyes wide open, looking at him reproachfully.
The elder Shu even made the mouth shape to say "keep your voice down".
tower:?
He took the little cub back from the hands of the elder book. Although his movements were not rough, they were not gentle either.
The two elders Ling Heshu were immediately frightened and they were shouting loudly while trying to keep their voices down. The scene seemed extremely funny for a moment.
"Oh Mother Goddess! Your Majesty! You can't treat the little cub so rudely!" Ling frowned.
"Be gentle, Your Majesty, be gentle! Please don't wake the baby!" Shu said with his hands dancing.
The hard-hearted Ta was not moved by the cub at all. He handed the cub to Ke and said without any room for negotiation: "Take him down and place him anywhere you want first."
Ke took the cub in a panic, wanting to say something but stopping himself. There was a struggle between his conscience and his desires in his heart. In the end, his reverence for the Elf King overwhelmed his love for the cub, and he obediently took the cub away.
After getting rid of the little cub, Tamoyan breathed a sigh of relief, but when he turned around, he saw the two elders looking at him disapprovingly.
"Your Majesty, that little cub..."
Tower interrupted, "Does the mother tree's condition mean his blood is useful?"
The two elders looked at each other, and the relaxed and happy expressions on their faces slowly faded away.
"Yes." Elder Shu nodded solemnly.
The three elves' eyes all fell on the branch that didn't fit in with the surroundings.
"In my memory, even when the mother tree was awake, its leaves were not as green as they are now." Elder Shu suddenly said, "It's like a more powerful being has injected a new vitality into it."
"...But that was clearly just a small human race." Ling said.
"That's not an ordinary human. Is there any race on the Isaiah continent that can withstand the power in his blood? Not humans, not elves either."
Ling Mu Ran hesitated and asked, "Could he really be a descendant of the God Clan?
"Human spies said that there was a rumor in Braceside that Luyi Klein was a descendant of the angel race, but it was later confirmed that he was actually a guardian of the gods that were favored by the gods.
"The new Holy Son of the Holy See is also a God-favored One, and he has also experienced the miracles of a God's guardian."
"The Holy Son of the Church—" Shu thought for a moment, "Callisto?"
"That's the current Pope of the Holy See, right?" Ling spread his hands and said, "As for the Holy Son, I don't know either. You know I don't pay much attention to the Holy See. I only heard about the Holy Son by chance during a previous report."
The tower who had been silent all this time spoke up: "The new Holy Son of the Holy See is named Lant Hobbs. He is a human with a mediocre family background and has never made any splash in the Isaiah continent before.
"The last news from the Holy See is that this new Holy Son is no ordinary person. He is currently the only human besides Callisto who can cure the Black Death."
"The Black Death?" Shu frowned and asked, "Has the human race encountered another plague in recent years? Have I not paid attention to the outside world for too long..."
Ta shook his head slightly and said, "The changes in the outside world have been too great in the past two years. You are not responsible for connecting with the outside world, so it is normal that you are not clear.
"As for the plague, it has almost subsided. Whatever the Church and Callisto are planning, it has nothing to do with us elves."
Ta glanced towards the direction of the Holy City of Kadivan and said, "Callisto is a smart human. He knows what's going on and would never dare to provoke the elves."
"But now we are the first to break this balance..." Shu said worriedly.
Even though Lu Yi Klein is not a member of the Holy See, the mark of the Holy See on him is always extremely noticeable.
The elders have always been very strict about not touching Lu Yi without permission, out of consideration for his extremely complicated identity.
Lu Yi Klein has never represented just Lu Yi Klein as an individual.
Behind him stands the complex power group of the human race, and any move can affect the entire body.
The main ones are the newly emerged noble Klein family, the royal family represented by the newly victorious Queen Klein, and the old nobles. The Braceside Academy he attended is also a reserve force that the Magic Association pays great attention to and cultivates. There is also the always overbearing Church. The miracle on his baptism day almost nailed the label of the Church on him.
The nobles, the Magicians Association, and the Holy See are the three most powerful forces among the human race.
Lu Yi Klein's existence was too special. Even Elder Shu, who was always very foresighted, could not foresee what the consequences would be if they really attacked him.
He performed the elves' prophecy nine times, and each time the calculated leaf fragments fell into the empty phase.
The first rule of elven prophecy is that no more than ten things can happen, and no more than nine empty things can happen.
The elder was really hesitant in his heart, and even suspected that it was a wrong decision to initially tell His Majesty that Lu Yi Klein's blood might be the solution.
"The balance will be broken sooner or later." said Ta.
Shu wanted to say something else, but Elder Ling suddenly said in horror: "Look at the mother tree!"
They immediately looked toward the branch.
The emerald green branches and leaves flickered, and the light spots surrounding them were sometimes bright and sometimes dim.
In this uneasy flickering, the light gradually became brighter, and the frequency of switching between light and dark became faster and faster.
When it reached a certain critical point, the light suddenly burst out, an extremely strong light flashed by, and then it was completely extinguished.
The green branches and leaves are also moving towards the future at an extremely fast pace. In just a few seconds, they go through the life trajectory of turning yellow and withering.
The shriveled leaves fell one after another. The branch that was full of vitality half a minute ago suddenly turned into a dead branch and merged back into the dry mother tree behind it. No distinctive traces or signs could be seen anymore.
A deathly silence spread.
After a long while, the Elf King said in a hoarse voice: "Is this a failure?"
Shu replied in a hoarse voice: "No, we just succeeded."
"Why is the mother tree like this? Forget about a complete awakening period. How long has it been? Ten minutes? It's too short..." Ling murmured.
Shuman walked into the pool and picked up a fresh fallen leaf.
He held up the withered leaf, one side of which was dry and the other side was wet by the pond water, and silently used his magic power to replicate the extremely complex leaf veins.
"We still underestimated the power in the human blood." Shu said with difficulty.
"Not only can the elves not bear his blood, even the mother tree cannot bear it. In order to preserve the branches and leaves, it can only stimulate the birth of new elves. But even so, the remaining power still cannot be safely digested, which is why the new branches are short-lived."
After Shu finished speaking, he held the dead leaf and bowed deeply toward the tower.
"Your Majesty, we must change our plans."
They can't afford to offend this human race.
…
The protagonist of the question, Lu Yi, had no idea about the complicated thoughts of these elves.
He has always been strong inside, and he remained calm even after his blood was taken, and slept well as usual.
When I woke up and opened my eyes to see the lush green forest outside the window, I felt much better.
It has to be said that the air in the elven forest is much fresher and more beautiful than the air in the human city-state. In such an environment, even the birdsong sounds pleasant to the ears.
【“857?”】He called out casually.
【Chi～】857 said in a trance.
Lu Yi was choked up for a moment, and said speechlessly: […What medicine did you take wrong today? Did you watch a Qing Dynasty drama?]
Others brought in the emperor, but you brought in the eunuch, right?
[What?] 857 said angrily, [My setting today is the crisp lark in the Elf Forest!]
What kind of messed up Qing Dynasty drama is this?!
【“Oh!”】Lu Yi suddenly realized, 【“Sorry, this is the first time I heard a lark chirping.”】
[Hmph.] 857 was not satisfied with his perfunctory answer and asked angrily, [What do you want from me? You don't come to me for no reason!]
Lu Yi had long been accustomed to its strange habits, so he got straight to the point: [“Well, this is the case. I would like to ask this dear Mr. Lark if he has a map of the Elf Forest?”]
Yesterday morning, Bai dragged him to see the cocoa trees, and in the afternoon, Saman was sent away temporarily. He had no free time for the whole day, and the search for the map was also delayed.
Saman wouldn't be able to get back for a while, so Lu Yi figured that these two days might be his chance to move freely, so he prepared to find 857 to ask for a map early in the morning.
857 was also very straightforward and said, "Yes, 20 points, no bargaining."
[“Buy!”] Lu Yi waved his hand and directly transferred the points from the backstage.
857 smiled brightly, "Here comes my dear, please check the Elf Forest Map (latest version)! The map has detailed markings, green areas are safe, yellow areas are sensitive, orange areas are warning, and red areas are dangerous, dangerous, dangerous! 】
With such an extremely attentive attitude, Lu Yi didn't dare to imagine how much kickbacks it had received.
[“Alright, alright, I get it. Go ahead and continue watching your drama.”]
[Okay dear, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact 857~]
Without 857's chattering, Lu Yi concentrated on looking at the large map in front of him that only he could see.
He didn't notice it when someone was leading the way before, but when he saw the global map now, Lu Yi discovered that the elves' territory was a huge circle.
The big circle contains countless small circles, with arcs stacked one on top of the other, a bit like a scoring target used in shooting.
He should be at the outermost edge of the circle at this moment, occupying the largest area, which is the safest green.
The further inward you go, the smaller the area and the darker the color.
Inside the small red circle in the center is a bright red label.
——【Elf Tree (Mother Tree)】(Note: This is the place where the elves are most heavily guarded. The terrain is extremely complex. Be careful of illusions.)
Lu Yi cheered up.
Appeared!
In the elven worldview, the elven mother tree is almost bound to the elves!
As we all know, the two most common settings of the elves are difficulty in reproduction and the withering of the mother tree.
And in this novel, the elves have both of these settings!
Lu Yi suddenly started to daydream, and all kinds of bold ideas popped up in his mind.
My thoughts turned and finally fell into the memory of the original text of the novel.
In the original novel, the situation of this elf tribe is not very good.
Or really bad.
The mother tree has yet to awaken, and the entire elf tribe is extremely anxious and trying every possible way to wake up the mother tree.
They had imagined the situation to be extremely bad, but only the protagonist Xia realized that the mother tree was in critical condition and was on the verge of death.
In the end, it was the protagonist Xia who turned the tide, using his own blood, draining all his magic power, and even sacrificing his own lifespan to save the mother tree. He also gained the strongest friendship of the elves.
But the current plot line has already gone completely astray. Xia has never become the Son of God, let alone traveled to the Elf Forest to save the Mother Tree.
His butterfly wings blew away all the plots.
Lu Yi was silent.
He thought of the tube of blood last night, and wondered strangely whether he was forced to take the blame for Xia's role.
After all, the most famous God-favored One on the continent right now is not Xia.
Strictly speaking, Lu Yi is not the most famous. Saint Son Lant has come from behind and he has to rank second.
Lant is still rescuing people suffering from the Black Death in various city-states. He is surrounded by many people from the Holy See, so the elves will most likely not find an opportunity to take action.
Lu Yi offered the next-level option to their doorstep again. After all, they had nothing to lose by giving it a try.
Considering the Elf King's strange reactions and attitudes, everything makes sense.
Lu Yi figured out the key to this, and his already calm heart relaxed even more.
He is not against the elves, and he himself is not averse to helping, right? Lu, a helpful and enthusiastic good citizen, Yi thought so.
I just don't know when those elves are going to talk things out with him.
This matter seems big and serious, but it is not difficult to solve.
Now both sides are pretending to be stupid and ignorant even though they know the truth, which is just a waste of time.
If no elves come to find him today, Lu Yi will take the initiative to find the elves tomorrow to give them a hint.
Lu Yi had a clear plan, so he put away the map and prepared to go out for a walk.
He had just finished washing up when there was a knock on the door.
Lu Yi was a little surprised and thought that the elves were quite anxious.
But when he opened the door, the person standing outside was not the elf with pointy ears.
But it was Zorn who was still wearing the mask.
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