Chapter 648 Alice's Decision!
Inside the palace of the sacred forest elves!
Alice was wearing a long dress made of purple silk inlaid with gold threads. She was sitting on the throne with a golden crown engraved with inscriptions and inlaid with various exotic gems on her head. Below her stood dozens of elven ministers of different ages.
"Meet Her Majesty!"
These dozens of elven ministers managed to stand firmly on both sides of the hall, then they all knelt on one knee and bowed their heads to salute Alice respectfully.
"Get up!"
Alice's cold voice came from above. If Gervis saw his cheap wife at this time, he would be surprised that his cheap wife's temperament had changed again.
Although Alice is as cold and aloof as ever, there is now an indescribable aura mixed in with her coldness. In short, the goddess has become even more goddess-like, making people feel that she is even more unattainable.
In addition, if you use perception to explore, you can also find that Alice's cultivation is unexpectedly unfathomable.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The elf ministers below bowed respectfully again, then stood up and looked at Alice together.
Being stared at by dozens of people, Alice remained calm. Her delicate thin lips opened and closed slightly as she spoke to the people below.
"Just yesterday, the Beastmen sent a messenger to deliver a message from the Beast King, saying that the Beastmen have reached an agreement with the Humans and are preparing to deprive the Goblins of their right to a passage!"
Wow!
"Your Majesty, the orcs and humans are betraying each other!"
"Yes, the goblins also paid a heavy price for resisting the undead. If it weren't for the various tools they invented and the various fortresses they built, we wouldn't have been able to organize a defense line against the undead so quickly!"
As soon as Alice finished her words, several older elven ministers below spoke up and began to denounce the shamelessness of the humans and beastmen.
Two hundred years is enough time for humans and orcs to forget a lot of history due to birth, aging, sickness and death, but for many elves it feels like it was just yesterday, especially when all the races of the entire Holy Continent fought against the catastrophe together, formed an alliance, and fought fearlessly.
Now that the goblins are weak, their passage quota has been directly deprived, which reminds the elves of their own experiences.
Before the catastrophe, the elves also had quotas for three passages, but now they only have one quota left.
"Although the actions of the beastmen and humans are treacherous, they are powerful. Not to mention the goblins, even the elves cannot influence them!"
Alice knew that her people were angry, but what could they do? Although the elves still had the arrogance they had in the past, the decline of their strength was a fact.
"Now that the matter has been settled, the Beastmen and Humans proposed to use this deprived spot for us to compete for among the three parties. The messenger sent this time is to inform us to participate in the competition for this spot!"
"The date for the competition has been set. It will be held in exactly one month. The location of the competition will be the City of Hope of the Human Race Holy Alliance!"
"So, today I called all the tribesmen here to discuss this matter!"
"Your Majesty, are you planning to send someone to compete for this spot? But doing so is too dangerous!"
"Yes, Queen, the location of the competition is in the heartland of the human race. The human race is cunning and shameless. It is too dangerous for our people to go there."
After Alice finished speaking, some young elves showed some anticipation in their eyes, but most of the older elves frowned and expressed their concerns.
The elves themselves have always been a precious creature coveted by humans, because both elf men and women are very handsome and beautiful. If they send people to the human heartland, if some accidents occur, they will be out of reach, especially now that the elves are weak.
This is not because they are worried that humans will completely swallow up the elven delegation. After all, the consequences of this are something that humans cannot afford. The elves also have their last bit of resources, and when the time comes, both sides will be destroyed, and the orcs will definitely benefit.
However, if the human race were to abduct one or two, or four or five members of the delegation, then as long as the elves acted cleanly, the elves would have to suffer in silence.
This kind of thing has happened before. Once, the human race and the beastman race wanted to deprive the elves of a quota. The elves sent an envoy, but in the end, not only did they fail to get the quota back, they also lost two members of the delegation.
Because there was no evidence, such things naturally ended up in nothing.
"I know you have a lot of worries, but have you forgotten that the decline of our elves is not only due to the sparse population, but also has a lot to do with the loss of passage quotas!"
"Although this quota was taken from the Goblin Tribe, it is precisely because of this that we must fight for this passage quota. This will not only strengthen the strength of our elves, but also prevent the humans and beastmen from getting what they want!"
Although the passage to the Land of God's Fall does not restrict the number of people entering and exiting, the size of the passage is very limited, and its diameter is similar to that of the gate of a human city.
Therefore, facing the elves' population of millions, such a channel is naturally not large. If there is one more channel, the throughput of goods and personnel will naturally increase.
And another point is that once the passage to the Land of God's Fall is fixed, it will not change for a thousand years.
It’s not so bad among the human race, because there are many city-states with well-developed roads, making it convenient for people to go to entrances and exits.
However, millions of elves are scattered throughout the sacred forest, and having only one entrance will inevitably cause many of them to need a long journey to come or return.
It would be different if you had two channels at the same time.
Both the first and second problems are easy to solve.
For example, for the first question, one channel can be used for people to enter and exit, and the other for goods to enter and exit, which can greatly increase the throughput.
If you only want to solve the second problem, you can separate the two channels and place them in two different areas of the elves to facilitate the entry and exit of the tribesmen.
In short, the more channels there are, the more benefits there will be.
And the reason why Alice thought of competing for the quota was actually for Gervis's ministers.
If there is only one channel, and it belongs to the elves, and the elves themselves do not have enough, then even as the queen, I cannot help them at the expense of the interests of the elves, because doing so may very likely provoke conflicts between the elves and Gervis's men.
But if there are two channels, I can have the final say on such matters, and it will not cause any big waves among the elves.
After hearing what Alice said, all the elves below remained silent and did not say anything.
They naturally understood the benefits of having an extra channel, but faced with the shamelessness of the humans and beastmen, they were simply powerless.
Seeing that the tribesmen below didn't say anything more, Alice continued.
"Your worries are not unnecessary. I have thought about this matter, so for the safety of my people, I will go there in person this time, and I will also bring human knights with me. I believe this will ensure the safety of my people!"
"What? Her Majesty the Queen is going there in person?"
"Your Majesty, you can't take any risks!"
"Your Majesty, please think twice!"
Alice's words again aroused the noise of the elves in the hall.
"I have made the decision on this matter. Prince Olde will personally escort me this time, so there is no need to worry, my fellow tribesmen!"
Alice's tone at this time was very firm, leaving no room for any rebuttal from the ministers below.
Prince Olde is Alice’s old Earl father. Now Alice’s father’s injuries have been completely healed using the Fountain of Life. He can be said to be the strongest master in the entire elf race.
Of course, the name of Prince Alder comes from the title of the former queen, who is the sibling of Alice’s father, so he was originally a prince of the elves.
Even if Alice has become the queen of the elves now, his title will not change.
Hearing Alice's firm tone and the protection of Prince Olde, the elves below fell silent again.
"Then this matter is settled. You go down and select strong young men from your tribe to follow me to the City of Hope. This must be completed within a week."
"Because the competition will be held in a month. Although the beastmen have already said that they can guarantee our safety in their territory, we don't have much time."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
The elven ministers below immediately responded, bowed respectfully, and then retreated.
“Lina!”
Alice called out after the hall was cleared.
"Your Majesty, what do you want?"
When Lina heard Alice's call, she quickly came out from the corner.
Now that Alice's identity has changed, Lina's name has naturally changed as well.
"How many times have I told you to call me Miss when no one is around! Your Majesty is feeling uncomfortable all day long!"
Alice, who was alone with Lina at the moment, no longer had her previous majestic aura. She rolled her eyes at Lina, who had first been a personal maid, then a castle housekeeper, and now the head of the palace.
Although her father has returned, Olde now only focuses on training for the sake of the elves and no longer puts his energy into government affairs.
Therefore, the burden of Eurasia and the elves fell on Alice, making her feel very stressed, especially at this early stage.
If the elves and Gervis's men were not extremely loyal, Alice might not be able to fully control the situation.
"Hehe! Yes, miss!"
Lina knew that her young lady was now more tired than before, so she giggled and changed her address very obediently.
Even the way he called her before was just to tease his lady and make her happy.
"Go and arrange the supplies needed for this trip to the Holy Alliance!"
When Alice heard Lina's name, she whispered with satisfaction.
"Yes, young lady! But young lady, there is not much money left in the palace. Even the gold coins we brought from Rose Castle are not much!"
Lina agreed at first, and then hesitantly gave a reminder.
"Well, it's okay. There's no need to waste too much time on this trip. I believe that after this period of time, when the grapes are ripe in large quantities, we won't have to worry about the gold coins anymore!"
After Alice became the queen, she found that the elves had been living a closed life for many years and had become extremely decadent.
Many of the tribesmen lead a primitive gathering life in the jungle. Although such a life is worry-free and enough to fill their stomachs, over time the elves will inevitably become as uncivilized as orcs.
Alice saw this and naturally could not let this happen, so she took out the money she brought from Eurasia and built a new gathering place and roads in the sacred forest.
Such expenses were naturally not small, and they consumed most of the Jones family’s capital in an instant.
On the contrary, the humans brought from Eurasia made a lot of money from wine, so Alice didn't have to worry about it.
Of course, all this is only temporary. Countless grape vines have been planted in the sacred forest, and Alice has sent a large number of elves to take care of the vines.
Whether the grape vines are inside or outside the elf worm space, they can grow better and mature faster than ever before.
As long as this large batch of wine is brewed into wine, Gervis's men and the elves can share the earned gold coins, and then they won't be so tight on money.
(End of this chapter)
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