The purple-striped griffin landed in a dense forest silently. Irina walked down the griffin's back slowly. A faint golden light flashed under her feet, and she appeared in the Tree of Life's tree hole that was heavily surrounded in the next instant.
The Tree of Life automatically sealed the tree hole after Irina left, and didn't allow anyone to enter, including Sally, who was sitting cross-legged outside the tree hole.
"Little tree, I'm back," Irina said with a smile.
The glowing branches swayed around Irina happily as if they were welcoming her back.
"Keep a low profile, keep a low profile. If that old witch Helena knows I'm back, I'll have to leave again." Irina pressed her hand down to signal the Tree of Life to be quiet.
The Tree of Life that was originally happy immediately quietened down. Only a few branches approached Irina and rubbed her hair gently as if to express its joy.
"Alright, I'll come and see you more often. Be good," Irina said dotingly as she reached out to touch that branch.
After comforting the Tree of Life for a while, Irina said seriously, "Alright, now I need you to help me wake up Her Majesty. I need her help with something very important. This concerns the survival of the elven race, or rather, the survival of the entire Norland Continent."
After the elven queen went into seclusion, there was no news about her. She didn't give any response or instructions even when many major events happened in the elven race. This made people puzzled, and many rumors spread.
Some said the elven queen was dead, and Helena became the actual ruler of the elven race.
Others said the elven queen went into seclusion to cultivate, and handed over the elven race to Helena.
Irina could confirm that the elven queen wasn't dead. She was in a deep sleep due to unknown reasons. Even she couldn't wake her up, so she could only ask the Tree of Life for help.
The branches of the Tree of Life swayed gently.
"Even you can't wake her up?" Irina frowned. It seemed like the elven queen's situation was worse than she had expected. After a moment of silence, she said, "Then do you know how to establish a connection with the Goddess of Life? It's a connection that's deeper than life magic. We need her help."
"Ding ~"
As the branches swayed, the melodious sound of wind chimes suddenly rang out.
Irina subconsciously closed her eyes. In a trance, she seemed to see some scenes flashing through her mind like a painting, as if a vast history was unfolding before her eyes.
She saw the elves building a city in The Wind Forest. She saw the elves fighting bravely to drive the demons out of the forest. She saw the cruel and bloody racial war, and she saw the elves living in the forest without any worries …
This was a flashback history.
The Elf Clan had once been a powerful deterrent, but they had also been oppressed because they were weak. However, they had never given up on their pursuit of freedom.
And in this vast history, the Tree of Life was like a stabilizing needle, forever standing in the center of The Wind Forest, witnessing the development of the elves.
Finally, the image froze on top of a pile of ruins.
It was a stretch of black scorched earth, with almost no green plants to be seen.
Even the cruel racial war did not bring about such a terrible end to The Wind Forest.
A beautiful elf with long silver hair appeared on the wasteland and planted a seed with her own hands.
Irina knew that it was the Tree of Life.
And that beautiful elf with long silver hair should be the Goddess of Life.
It was just that the elf's appearance was a bit blurry, and only her outline could be seen.
"So, you really are the hope planted by the Goddess of Life, and you have protected the elves for countless years." Irina murmured. She had heard a lot about the Tree of Life since she was a child, but when she saw the history it had witnessed with her own eyes, she was still extremely shocked.
The image gradually faded, leaving only a boundless white space.
Irina was in the middle of it. Looking around, it was empty and lonely.
"Where is this?" Irina asked aloud. Her voice seemed to travel very far, but there was no response.
She did not panic. The Tree of Life could not hurt her.
But she did not know why the Tree of Life let her see the history of the elves' rise and fall, and then brought her here.
"Irina."
At this moment, a weak voice suddenly sounded from afar, but it also seemed to be right next to her ear.
"Mother!" Irina's eyes lit up, and then she asked nervously, "Where are you? How are you now? Why do you sound so weak? "
"Don't worry, I'm fine. Looks like the Tree of Life has connected our minds. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to talk to you directly."
"Did Helena do something to you?"
"This has nothing to do with Helena. It was my own choice. Even though the elves won the racial war back then, I also suffered a few serious injuries. I went into seclusion to recover from those injuries. "
"Do you know what happened in The Wind Forest during this time?" Irina pursed her lips.
"Yes, child. You made the right choice, just like how we chose to rebel back then." The Queen's voice was filled with gratification and praise.
"You and Helena established all of this, and I'm overthrowing them. Even so, do you think I'm doing the right thing?"
"During this period of seclusion, I've reflected on it. Back then, we chased away the demons to avoid being oppressed and enslaved by them, but we established a system to enslave our own people, and turned ourselves into detestable people. Perhaps our original intention was good, but this was indeed a very stupid and laughable decision. What's even more laughable is that in the past 100 years, we've gone further and further down this wrong path. We didn't dare to turn back and correct ourselves because we were afraid of collapsing. "The Queen sighed.
"But you didn't stop Helena." Irina frowned.
"I can't leave now. I'm trying to break through to a higher level. This concerns the future of the elves, or rather, the future of the Norland Continent."
"You already know about the existence of the Great Old Ones?" Irina asked in surprise.
"The Great Old Ones?" The Queen was puzzled, but her voice soon became more urgent. "Are you talking about that terrifying monster that once disrupted the order of the continent? An indescribable thing with a body as huge as a mountain? "
Irina's eyes lit up, and she nodded. "Yes, we found its sealed head. It was a huge octopus head that was hundreds of meters tall. However, it was about to break through the seal, and 10th-tier power wasn't enough to kill it completely. It couldn't even cause any threatening damage to it. So, I returned to the forest to seek help from the Goddess of Life or the Goddess of Light. "
"The Great Old Ones really exist …"
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