Josiah took some time to figure out the structure of the Forgotten Land. The architecture here was more like a small town, a small town used as a refuge.
There was an observatory on the second floor of the Forgotten Land with an excellent view, but the observation equipment had been damaged, so Josiah could only borrow Hiri's telescope to look at the scenery outside the city walls.
Josiah used the telescope to observe Ino pushing a small wooden cart full of snacks to the edge of the Forgotten Land. With the help of a pop-up notice, it attracted two wild High Elves.
"What did you ask the holy tree to do?"
Sindonar and the man in black stood behind Josiah, while Hiri accompanied Ino to the periphery of the Forgotten Land to ensure her safety.
The High Elves all had a pair of eagle eyes, or rather... a high degree of telescopic vision?
They did not need the telescope to clearly see what was happening in the distance.
Sindonar immediately recognized Ahr and Leaf who had appeared at the edge of the forest.
Sindonar had no way of knowing why they had come to the Forgotten Land, but he could gradually feel the change in his body, which was hunger.
The man in black had been away from Assequero for a long time, so he was not that sensitive to hunger, but the other High Elves were different.
Hunger was a very foreign state to them.
"I just had your World Tree activate energy saving mode," Josiah said.
"Energy saving mode?"
Sindonar was already prepared to accept the change brought about by the holy tree's guidance, but this change came a little too quickly.
"I've communicated with your World Tree."
Josiah was glad that the World Tree of the High Elves could speak. The World Tree of the Frost Elves could only meow, and this cat language had to be translated by Taylin.
"Your World Tree is the power source for Assequero to float in the sky, and at the same time, it maintains the powerful magic shield around Assequero and... provides the energy you need to live."
It was difficult for Josiah to explain how the World Tree could have such a large amount of energy. The energy source that allowed the World Tree to grow, which was the faith of living creatures, was even more baffling to Josiah.
How could such a huge city float in the sky just by relying on the power of faith?
In the end, Josiah gave up on trying to figure out what the power of faith was, but stopping some of Assequero's functions was not a problem.
"In order for your World Tree to conserve energy, I've temporarily stopped providing you with energy. This means that you'll have to consume food for a long time in the future," Josiah said.
"Eating the remains of living creatures?"
Elder Sindonal glanced at the man in black next to him. The mask on his face prevented Elder Sindonal from seeing his expression clearly, but Elder Sindonal saw Ahr wolfing down a piece of cake in the distance.
"If this is the will of the holy tree …" Elder Sindonal could only slowly accept the abnormal feeling in his body.
Josiah continued to focus on the two High Elves, but at this moment, Hiri's voice rang in Josiah's ears.
"The city enforcement officers are really here!"
"I've already asked Ino to evacuate. Hiri, try not to come into contact with those High Elves."
Josiah also saw a group of High Elves rushing over from afar through a pair of binoculars.
"Where's the little wooden cart?"
"Leave it there."
Josiah observed the group of High Elves. This race seemed to be a matriarchal society. At least, there were unexpectedly many females in the patrol team.
"It's a pity to leave it there."
"You'll be able to eat cake in Noland to your heart's content, Hiri, right?"
"No... I mean, put some potion on the cake that can make people sleep or something."
"…"
While Josiah and Hiri were talking, Ino had successfully escaped into the Forgotten Land with Ahr and Leaf. The High Elves' patrol team had also arrived at the periphery of the Forgotten Land.
"There should be one or two that will take the bait."
Before Josiah could finish, a wild High Elf took the bait.
Unfortunately, this High Elf was Ahr, who had bitten the 'bait' before. She seemed to think that the 'bait' was a little too delicious, so she turned back to take another bite.
"Should we save her?" Hiri asked softly.
"Let's see how it goes first."
… …
It was that problem child again!
As the leader of the patrol team, Aurelia had sensed that someone had broken into the Forgotten Land ten minutes ago.
She immediately led the patrol team to the periphery of the Forgotten Land, and the first thing she saw was a familiar figure … Apprentice Priest Ahr.
"Ahr! Shouldn't you be in the Contemplation Hall?! "
Aurelia was still a step too late. When she arrived at the periphery, the other High Elf with Ahr, as well as a figure that looked like a human, had already run into the Forgotten Land. Only Ahr had returned midway.
Ahr did not seem to hear her. After finding the wooden box under the small wooden cart, he quickly began to put the cake that was placed on the cart into the wooden box.
Although Ahr was usually a little naive, she was not stupid. If she had time to answer the patrol's question, Ahr might as well pack a few cakes and run away.
"Ahr, you have forgotten the Elder Council's admonition. You have committed a grave sin by approaching the Forgotten Land without permission. I am arresting you in the name of the Council!"
Aurelian's voice sounded like she was gnashing her teeth.
She did not have a good relationship with this Priest-In-Training, and the reason was very simple … She had lost to Ah Er in the Priest-In-Training Assessment, and the most hateful thing was that she had lost in terms of talent, not personal effort.
Aurelia saw that Ahr still had no intention of responding to her. The anger brought about by this feeling of being ignored and despised made Aurelia take out a wooden arrow without a tip and aim it at Ahr.
The wooden arrow was engraved with a large number of silver-white inscriptions. Whoever was hit by the wooden arrow would immediately be bound to the spot.
She nocked the bow, pulled the string, and aimed.
Archery was the only ability that Aurelia was confident in defeating Ahr. She aimed the arrow at the apprentice priest's abdomen.
But the moment the arrow was about to hit Ahr, Ahr turned around and blocked the arrow with a magic barrier that overflowed from her left hand. While she was releasing the magic barrier, she also had a piece of cream cake in her mouth.
After easily blocking the attack from Aurelia, Ahr swallowed the cream cake in his mouth, then ran into the Forgotten Land with the cake that he had packed.
"Aurelia …"
Several fellow Elven Patrollers behind her watched as Ahr ran into the Forgotten Land, and for a moment, they did not know what to do.
"Wennern, go and tell the elders about this."
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