"Freedom should be above everything else. We should not be restrained or persecuted.
"This is what the elves should pursue.
"Power, wealth, desire … When the elves choose to pursue these things, you are the real rebels."
Irina's voice was not loud, but it clearly traveled into the ears of every elf in The Wind Forest.
The elves present gradually quietened down, and a thoughtful look appeared on their faces. Some elves even looked ashamed.
"She really does resemble Her Majesty back then …" A hint of nostalgia flashed through Helena's eyes as she thought of some people. She thought of Her Majesty, who had gone through thick and thin with her people in that war-torn era.
Back then, under the Tree of Life, they had an argument about freedom.
In the end, she was the one who convinced the queen, and the concept of family began to appear in The Wind Forest.
What was freedom?
That night, she had said to the queen, "How can you talk about freedom if you don't have power?"
Even now, she still insisted on her beliefs and ideas. However, standing here today, she did not want to repeat those words to Irina.
Maybe she was really old.
Or maybe it was because Irina was still as stubborn as a young girl. She was not the queen who had experienced hundreds of years of racial wars. Since some principles did not make sense, there was no need to say them again.
As for the freedom of those wandering elves, what did it have to do with her?
The freedom she wanted was the freedom in this forest, the freedom to keep the enemy out of the forest.
The distance between the forest and the enemy was the freedom she insisted on.
The servants and slaves locked in cellars, prisons, and rooms, and the soldiers guarding the most dangerous borders also heard Irina's words.
Tears flowed out from the corners of their eyes, slid down the glaring carvings on their faces, and dripped onto the ground.
"Rebels."
What a disgusting word, but it was carved on their faces.
Back then, they or their ancestors sacrificed their lives to protect The Wind Forest, and that was how the elves gained a foothold on the Norland Continent.
After the war ended, they chose to leave this place where their comrades and loved ones were buried. They went far away to find their own freedom, and used their wandering to forget those days of blood and fire.
Then, they waited for the butcher's knife from their clansmen.
Overnight, all the elves who left The Wind Forest were seen as traitors. The demons and orcs who had invaded The Wind Forest and massacred the elves were entrusted by the elves to pick up the butcher's knife again.
The elves who wandered freely all over the continent were brutally besieged and killed. Those who were lucky enough to survive were tortured in all sorts of ways. They were either sold off at various underground auctions or sent back to The Wind Forest to become the slaves of various large families.
This was the downfall of the wandering elves.
The helpless elves had hoped that the kind queen would put an end to all this.
But it didn't happen.
The Queen seemed to know nothing about it and had never even expressed any opinion on the matter.
Or rather, this was the Queen's order.
No elves knew, because for the past few decades, Her Majesty the Queen had almost never appeared in front of the elves after the annual ceremony.
The influence of the major families was growing, and in order to satisfy their desires, more and more mercenary groups were capturing elves. Their actions were also becoming more and more rampant.
Faced with the large number of mercenary groups, the wandering elves were almost defenseless.
They were escorted to The Wind Forest and labeled as traitors and dark magic casters. They were forced to undergo the so-called baptism of the Water of Life.
The beautiful elves were chosen as personal servants, while the ordinary and old elves were engraved with the word "traitor" on their faces and became slaves.
The Elven Code set layers of shackles on them. The strict hierarchy suppressed them at the bottom level. They were powerless to break free, and they didn't even dare to struggle.
Perhaps there were elves who took pity on them and gave them a helping hand.
And the most famous one who had done the most was Princess Irina, Wu Yi Wei.
She wandered the Norland Continent and targeted mercenary groups. In just a few years, she annihilated countless mercenary groups. She killed so many demons and orcs that they were terrified, and disappeared without a trace.
Her appearance was like a ray of light in the hearts of the wandering elves.
They had even begun to fantasize that if she became the queen of The Wind Forest one day, all of this would come to an end, and they would be able to cast off their identities as slaves and embark on their journey again in search of freedom.
However, just three years ago, Alex was killed, and Irina also disappeared.
The mercenary groups that had been in hiding for a long time appeared again, and continued to hunt down wandering elves in a frenzy. The ray of light was snuffed out, and everything returned to darkness and despair.
However, two months ago, Irina appeared again.
First, she killed Schubert and forced the queen to amend the Elven Code. Then, she killed Cobil of the Guidance Mercenary Squad and released all of the captured elves.
Her words had spread throughout The Wind Forest, and they had been touched by her words.
It turned out that there were still elves who understood their hearts. There were elves who still remembered the teachings of their ancestors, and knew what the elves were truly pursuing.
"What's that?" Meg, who was searching for ducks on Warden Lake, turned toward the direction of The Wind Forest with a hint of surprise in his eyes.
Right at this moment, two brightly colored ducks suddenly flew up from the nearby reeds.
"I've finally found you!" Meg's eyes lit up, and he swooped down onto his griffin before grabbing onto the neck of one of the ducks.
The Red-top Tricolor Duck was as fat as a swan, and it had a red head with three different colors smeared all over its body. As expected, it was extremely hideous.
"Ah Zi, turn around and go to The Wind Forest," Meg instructed in a grim voice as he strapped the duck onto his griffin's back.
…
"Nonsense!" Borg's enraged roar jolted everyone out of their reverie.
All of the family leaders wore complex expressions on their faces, but they were extremely determined. No one was going to make them give up on the power and status that this power could bring them.
What Irina wanted to do was to turn all of this upside down.
As such, she was their enemy.
Borg looked at the elders seated in the elder seating area with a solemn expression, and said in a deep voice, "Elders, the family leaders and I propose to remove Irina from her position and cripple her magic power. Please make a decision!"
"The Bellman Family is requesting that Irina be removed from her position!"
"The Earhart Family is requesting that Irina be removed from her position! Punish her severely! "
…
One family leader after another spoke up, requesting that Irina be removed from her position. This included both the eight major families and normal small families, but almost half of them were requesting the removal of her position.
Irina looked at all of the elves with a derisive sneer on her face.
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