Early morning.

A dimly lit woodland in a forest somewhere on the White Sturgeon Island.

No one was in sight, only the sound of muffled conversation could be heard.

"There's a dead end ahead. If we keep going down this road, we'll all die!"

This voice is very young.

"Of course I know this, but I really can't do anything about it. That guy not only holds my life in his hands, but also the lives of my entire family!"

The second one had a deep voice.

"It is a soldier's destiny to die in battle. I can disregard my own life, but my family, especially my little daughter, who has just learned to walk, I really...really...ah~~~~"

There was a deep sadness and helplessness in the long sigh.

The young voice sounded again.

"So, you are going to drag the lives of nearly 5,000 members of the entire tribe to destruction just because of the fate of a small family?"

"You are such a disappointment. You are not worthy of the title of Son of the Forest, let alone the hero of the tribe!"

The deep voice was irritated.

"It's easy for you to say that. If it were you, would you be willing?"

The young voice sneered.

"If it were me, I wouldn't have been fooled by that guy from the very beginning!"

"He does have powerful magic, but his methods and character are not worthy of the title of prophet."

"Now, I have to remind you that you can certainly hesitate because of the fate of your family, but the Baron has already issued the Edict of Return to Peace. Your pathetic coalition is about to collapse."

"At this time, if you don't stand up to save the tribe's fate, then you will be completely abandoned by other people in the tribe who want to survive!"

"By then, you and your family will still die. After their death, their souls will be cursed by countless people in the tribe, and their corpses will be trampled on by the people in the tribe as the foundation for dancing."

After these words were spoken, the forest remained silent for a long time.

Finally, the owner of the deep voice said, "I can't betray him openly, and I won't join forces with you to deal with Heg. But I can tell you some news about him."

"Don't push me, this is the limit of what I can do."

"Okay, go ahead."

The forest returned to silence again, but this time it only lasted for a moment.

"At the beginning, we found some strange stone tablets with many mysterious symbols written on them."

"We didn't understand it, so we didn't take it seriously."

“He couldn’t understand it at first.”

“But everyone else gave up, but he didn’t. He kept thinking about it, and then one day, he suddenly gained terrifying power.”

The young voice listened carefully.

“Is that slab big?”

"Yes, it's huge, about as tall as two people, and very heavy. It's in a cave at the top of Longmian Snow Peak."

"There is a large patch of snow lotus at the entrance of the cave. It is easy to find."

"Oh, I know that cave."

"That's good to know."

"So, if we want to fight him, we have to find a way from the stone slab?"

"I don't know. Maybe."

After a pause, he added in a deep voice: "Even now, the Heg tribe still firmly follows him. Andosha is even more of a fanatical madman. He firmly believes that the prophet can destroy all enemies on the island."

The young voice sneered: "But the princess is not from the island, she is from outside the island."

"It's no use. You can't reason with a madman, can you?"

"That's right. The only way is to destroy him."

After a pause, the young voice continued, "I know you are still hesitating, but I must remind you that the forest elves' fear of the Baron is quickly overwhelming their fear of him."

"Perhaps most of the forest elves are still hesitant now, but Ted's son is an ambitious and strategic man. He is a hero of the human race, just like you are a hero of your tribe."

"He will never give his opponent a chance to breathe. His next card is about to be played!"

"And by then, the fear of the prophet will become insignificant. And by then, when you sleep at night, you must be careful not to be chopped off your head by your tribesmen!"

The owner of the deep voice was still hesitant: "Don't force me, I'm very confused now, I don't want to do anything, I just want to have a good sleep."

"Okay Phoenix, you're a fucking coward!"

"Whatever you say, at least the trees and mountains won't laugh at me. They will silently protect us forest elves. I don't believe that the baron can overturn the Dragon Sleeping Snow Peak."

After saying this, a rustling sound of footsteps was heard in the woods. The sound gradually became smaller and finally disappeared.

Another figure appeared behind the bushes. It was Igonini, the son of the forest from the Igo tribe.

He looked at the direction where the Nalin hero Phoenix was going away, sighed softly, turned around and followed the same path back to his tribe's cave in the mountains.

Soon, he met his grandmother again and reported the situation to her truthfully.

The old lady with snow-white hair was silent for a moment, then sighed and said, "Ah, it seems that I overestimated Phoenix, but no matter what, we now know the existence of the mysterious stone tablet."

Igonini said softly, "Grandmother, Andosha of the Heg tribe has always been a shrewd fellow who would not easily go to extremes, but this time he is like a madman."

"He is almost the most powerful warrior of our Linjing clan. Even if the lives of his entire family are threatened, he would not be manipulated like this. So why is he doing this now?"

"Did M'Bahat poison his soul?"

The old forest elf woman shook her head and said, "Our forest elves' souls are blessed by our ancestors. M'Bahat doesn't have the ability to use this kind of soul poison. Otherwise, given his character, he wouldn't have used it on Andosha but not on Phoenix."

This convinced Igonini.

The old woman narrowed her eyes, and her still clear amber eyes also showed a hint of confusion.

"I suspect that M'Bahate must have mastered some powerful assassination methods, and Andosha believes that he will be able to successfully assassinate the baron and the princess."

Assassination and beheading are currently the only means to reverse the defeat.

Igonini was slightly startled when he heard this: "Grandma, do you think it can succeed?"

"It must be very powerful, but it must be very troublesome to use. It may not even be effective against the Baron, otherwise M'Bahát would not have allowed the Baron to live until now."

"Grandma, what should we do?"

The old woman thought for a moment and said, "You go out first and guard the cave entrance. Don't let anyone in. I want to take a nap."

Some odd answers, but Ignoni did it.

Because he knew that what his grandmother meant by taking a nap was trying to contact the goddess in her dream.

This may not necessarily be successful, because the goddess sometimes ignores people, but it is better than doing nothing.

Inside the cave, the old forest spirit woman took out a piece of wood, threw it into a small stove nearby and lit it.

"Melchilina~~Melchilina~~Melchilina~~~"

I kept reciting and reciting, and gradually fell into a dark dream.

After an unknown amount of time, the old woman felt a slight light flash before her eyes, and then she found herself sitting in a warm, dark, enclosed cave.

There was a flickering bonfire in the middle of the cave, and in the darkness where the bonfire could not reach, a slightly blurry figure was sitting on the ground with legs curled up.

"Sally, what do you want from me?"

The figure began to speak, it was a young woman's voice, several times more pleasant than the snowbird in the forest.

The old woman immediately knelt up straight, clasped her hands in front of her belly, and saluted the figure seriously.

"Goddess, I am very sorry to disturb your sleep, but I have to come because the situation on the island is very critical now."

"Hey, Mbahat said it was critical three months ago, why is it still critical now?"

The goddess sounded confused.

The old woman immediately said, "Because M'Bahate did not carry out your will. He did not restore the balance of power on the island as he said, but completely destroyed the balance."

The blurry figure moved, from sitting lazily with legs curled up to kneeling upright: "Did something big happen outside?"

"Yes, Goddess, M'Bahat used some immoral schemes to kill Baron Ted."

“Oh~~~~”

The goddess seemed very surprised: "Ted, that bad-tempered baron, is he dead?"

After a pause, she continued, "But this shouldn't be a big deal, right?"

"The human lords always like to have wild ideas, and they always die in various accidents. Doesn't Ted have a son? Let him come back and continue to be the baron."

The old forest spirit Sally sighed softly: "Yes, Ted's son is back and intends to avenge his father."

"Ah~~~ M'Bahát did a terrible job. He only needed to shock the enemy, but why did he stir up new hatred instead?"

The blurry figure moved again, supporting his chin with one arm, seeming to be in distress.

"But I heard that Ted's son doesn't have much talent. He shouldn't be able to complete his revenge, right?"

The old woman Sally smiled bitterly: "Goddess, the rumor is wrong, very wrong."

"In fact, Ted's son is an extraordinary hero. Less than half a month after returning to the island, he has already pushed our Linjing clan to the brink of genocide."

"Ah? Is it that serious?"

The goddess once again expressed surprise: "I have only slept for three months. Has it become like this in three months?"

Three months ago, a forest elf named Mbahat complained to her that the forest elves were being oppressed more and more harshly by humans and their lives were becoming extremely difficult.

At that time, he was crying and begging her to help him.

She felt really sorry for him, so she helped him.

As a result, three months later, there was still no peace on the White Sturgeon Island. Not only did the condition of the Lin Jing not improve, but it was even on the verge of extinction.

This. This. This is really outrageous.

It seems that she must understand the situation carefully, otherwise the fire will definitely burn her.

"Sally, tell me what happened in the past three months, especially what happened after Ted's son returned to the island. Tell me everything you know."

The old woman Sally was waiting for these words, and immediately told the goddess everything her grandson had found out.

The goddess also listened very carefully.

When Sally finished, she changed her position and propped her chin up, commenting softly, "I really didn't expect this."

"As for Ted's son, he is indeed extraordinary. Let me take a good look at him."

As they were talking, the campfire in the cave began to jump.

Gradually, the flames outlined clear light and shadows on the fire, which was an aerial view of the Crescent Castle.

The light and shadow gradually moved downward, and the castle gradually became larger and began to show more details.

Just when we were about to see the patrolling soldiers' faces clearly, an accident suddenly occurred!

'Beep~~Snap~~'

The firewood in the campfire suddenly jumped violently, the originally steady flame suddenly shook violently, and the clear light and shadow disappeared in an instant.

Then, the campfire went out and the cave was suddenly plunged into darkness.

The darkness lasted for a long time before it was once again dispelled by the rekindled bonfire.

Sally knew something was wrong.

Because she saw the goddess stand up, walk out from the shadows in the corner, and reveal half of her body outline.

Although it was only a small outline and the specific appearance was still not clear, I could already feel the peculiar temperament of the other person.

There is a hint of loneliness and sadness in the elegance, like a snowbird that has lost its wings, or like a former darling abandoned by the god of time.

This was the first time that Sally had a vague glimpse of the goddess' appearance. She couldn't quite tell whether she was a human or a forest elf. After all, the two races didn't look that different. She just felt it was extremely shocking.

A thought suddenly popped up in my mind: "It turns out that life can be so beautiful."

But the goddess obviously had no time to pay attention to the thoughts of an old forest elf woman. She stared at the rekindled bonfire for a long time before she retreated back into the darkness and turned back into a blurry figure.

"Sally, I can't control what happens on this island anymore. You forest elves can do whatever you want."

"Goddess, why?"

"This son of Ted is not an ordinary human hero. He may be a candidate for the true king of Weilan Giant Island. In the future, he may be a big man who will hunt the world."

After saying this, the cave, the campfire, and the blurry figure disappeared together, and Sally's eyes fell into complete darkness.

No one knew how long it had passed before the old forest elf woke up from the cave, her amber-gold eyes showing deep shock.

"Why would a baron's son, a candidate for the True King of Weilan, still hunt the world?"

She didn't understand, but she knew that although the goddess didn't take charge of things, she never lied. Since she said so, there must be a reason for her to say so.

If the other party's vision is the Lord of Weilan, then the small island in front of him is just a small stepping stone under his feet.

The fate of those who stand in the way is certain to be reduced to ashes, but if they obey or even follow, then it will be a completely different story.

After some thought, the old forest elf woman named Sally had made a clear decision in her mind.

"Igonini?"

She shouted out the name of her eldest grandson, who would be the next heir to the tribal leader.

"I'm here, Grandma."

"To Crescent City!"

(End of this chapter)