There was no doubt that the World Tree Vera would be liberated.
The World Trees like Vera, Chloe, and Lahti were suppressed by the Elven Kingdom and could not protect too many elves. At most, they could protect about 500 elves. To protect a large tribe of over 10,000 elves like the two Ancients, they would need many years of growth.
Even if there were elves who had not been blessed and could become members of the Divine Wood Guards, it was destined that there would not be too many of them. This meant that the Divine Wood Guards of the Donbas Kingdom guarding Vera would be very impressive if there were close to a thousand of them.
However, in reality, there were not that many elves in the territory of the World Tree Vera. The total number of elves killed and captured was only 377. The alliance army used 5,000 elves to attack the 300-odd elves who had lost their geographical advantage. It was just as the Ancient Fasnath had said. If they did not win well, they would be buried in the roots of the Vera as fertilizer.
In the end, the Wood Elven alliance army finished the battle in one morning. There were no casualties on their side. It could be considered a beautiful victory.
Although the post-battle treatment was a little confusing, it was reasonable if one thought about it seriously. The Donbas Kingdom became the guardian of the World Tree Vera again and joined the alliance army. The surviving elves of the Divine Wood Guards were expelled from the Donbas Kingdom. Those who died were dead. No one was resurrected, even if it was possible.
However, the Donbas Kingdom that joined the alliance army was much more humble than the Amelan Kingdom. Perhaps it was due to the crown prince who was curious about everything. He, who had a strong desire for knowledge, was able to put down his pride and humbly ask for advice from others.
This made the wood elves who had come into contact with him sigh. He did not seem like the rash youth in the rumors. They were not stingy with answering his questions, even if those things were as common as air and water to the elves who did not live in the royal family.
However, the greater gain should be from the two remaining Elven Kingdoms that controlled the World Tree. They finally responded with official letters of credence. One side sent out griffin knights, and the other side sent osprey knights to send letters of credence. Looking for these two flying magical beasts to send letters was similar to the concept of an 800-mile express in ancient times. In modern times on Earth, it was also the concept of a time-limited registration.
One of the Elven Kingdoms expressed an attitude of full cooperation and even included a map of the location of the World Tree that they had. The allied forces could send people over at any time. No matter what they wanted to do, the local Divine Wood Guards and the kingdoms they belonged to would cooperate.
Their only request was that they hoped that the high officials of the alliance army could mediate and continue their cooperative and symbiotic relationship with the awakened World Tree. After all, to the Elven Kingdom, losing the supply of materials from the World Tree was equivalent to cutting off all of the kingdom's healing elixirs.
Not to mention those that could prolong life and preserve youth. The reason why the Elven Kingdom was able to survive despite being surrounded by human kingdoms was because of the healing elixirs made from the World Tree's materials. These medicines maintained the combat strength of the elven army and effectively reduced the number of elven casualties in the war.
Freeing the World Tree might cause a decrease in production, but it was better than cutting off the supply. As for the Resistance Army, they continued to occupy and suppress the World Tree that they controlled. A team of a thousand Elven Emperor's bows was enough to shatter any elves' delusions. How proud they were of the history of the elves and how much they worshipped the heroes who were once active in the history of the elves was how shocking the sight of a thousand bows was.
And this shock was, of course, extended beyond the Elven Kingdom. Let's not talk about that for now.
What really puzzled and interested a certain someone was the second letter of credence. It came from the Belzinsh Elven Kingdom in the north. The content was … a request for help.
According to the description in the letter of credence, the World Tree that the Belzinsh Kingdom controlled had been seized by an unknown enemy a long time ago. The Divine Wood Guards stationed there had been killed, and they were still unable to recover it.
In the dimensional gap, on the opposite side of a certain someone's Secondary Plane Tower, which was also the high seat space of the Turtledove Alliance, Andre Pryor, the Elven King of the Amelan Kingdom, was invited here for the first time. The reason was, of course, the letters of credence he had received from the other two Elven Kingdoms.
Also present were His Majesty King Ridan III of the Pajathaime Kingdom and Crown Prince Hake Maki of the Donbas Kingdom.
As a member of the high seat of the alliance, of course, Lin sat firmly on the long chair behind the circular table, receiving the envious gazes of the elves. He was completely unaware of it himself, carefully reading the official letter of credence from the Belzinsh Kingdom.
As for the other high seats, although there were animal-shaped ones, they did not need eyes to read things. Naturally, they did not need to put on an act of "reading" the letter in front of them. Although only Lin was reading the letter, the high seats could still know the content.
The elven language was considered a relatively difficult language in the land of mystery. Some people even thought that it was more difficult than the dragon language. This was because the dragon language only had language, but the elven language included words. In other words, learning the dragon language, as long as one could listen and speak, one would be qualified. Learning the elven language, in addition to listening and speaking, one also had to be able to read and write. In terms of requirements, the elven language was indeed more difficult than the dragon language.
Relying on the various programmed functions of the Secondary Plane Tower, translating the elven language was not a problem. For a certain someone, the most difficult part was to understand the different styles of writing of the elves. Elves from different regions would show the style of their respective regions of birth. Different elves would naturally have different handwriting.
At times like this, Lin could not help but admire Qin Shihuang. Writing a book was truly a magnificent feat that would be immortalized through the ages.
In short, this letter of credence from Belzinsh was looked up and down for a long time. Just when the other elves or the World Tree thought that the human had seen something in it, Lin asked, "In the end, the king of Belzinsh did not know who or what the enemy that attacked the World Tree was. Then, is the World Tree still there? How has it changed? Did they send people to reclaim it after that? Or did they give up on treatment until today when they had the chance, so they directly asked for our help? "
After a series of questions, the ancient Yuktrasir shook the eight wonderful fruits on the withered branch slightly and said at the same time, "I can only answer the first question. I am sure that Gaius is still alive. However, no one knew what the exact situation was. As long as he closes his mind, we cannot contact him. "
Now that the first question was answered, Lin could not help but look at King Andre Priel, who had brought these two letters of credence. The old elven king felt that it was a pity that he could not bring the messenger here. There were many things that he did not know, but he still replied, "As far as I know, the messenger who sent the letters of credence said that the Belzinsh Kingdom sent several punitive teams, but no one could return. No one knows what happened to them, including the Divine Wood Guards who were originally in charge of guarding the World Tree. It was precisely because the losses were too heavy that they did not make these things public. It was not until the allied forces began to liberate the World Tree and displayed sufficient strength. They could neither resist nor hand over something that no longer belonged to them, so there was this letter asking for help. If Your Excellency wants to know more details, I can't tell you. I have already told you everything I know. "
Such a statement was reasonable. But it was so reasonable that it made a certain someone feel that this was a trap. Even if it was not deliberately designed by the other party to trick them, a matter that the elven kingdom could not solve was thrown to them just like that. That feeling was like ten thousand grass mud horses galloping across the grassland.
Tapping his fingers on the table, Lin Xiang thought about the various possibilities behind this matter. It was just that there were too few clues, and it was impossible to come to a conclusion no matter how he thought about it. Even more irritated, he scratched his messy hair. At this moment, he saw the road map of the World Tree, Gaius, that had accompanied the letter of credence from the Belzinsh Kingdom. He simply got up and said, "I'll go check out the situation first." With that, he disappeared in a flash.
The kings and the crown prince were somewhat unaccustomed to the mage's swift and decisive actions. After all, not everyone would dare to leave right in front of them. However, the big shots present who had real weight in their words did not have any objections to the mage's actions. What kind of treatment would they get if they spoke up? None of the three noble elves thought of trying.
Ridan the Third more or less had some friendship with Lin, so he did not care about this. Andre Pryor still remembered the tragic state of his own Divine Wood Guards, so he did not dare to make a fuss. Although Hake Markey was the crown prince, the two kings before him had not spoken, so it was not his turn to speak. Therefore, he wanted to make a fuss, but there was nowhere to make a fuss.
Just as the three elves were each wondering or secretly criticizing, the man who had disappeared appeared again, changing into a travel-worn appearance. The huge strange head in his left hand was directly placed on the circular table by him. At the same time, he put the strange and strange short dagger in his right hand back into the scabbard under the cloak on his left shoulder.
All the elves and the World Tree present craned their necks to look at the head that had been brought back. The more they looked at it, the more they felt that it looked like something.
Lin brushed his messy hair and did not keep them in suspense. He said directly, "Gaius's territory is now under the control of a demon. He doesn't look like he's sleeping or sealed, but he didn't come out to see me either. After I confirmed that it was the demon, I was ready to leave, but this demon caught up to me with his talent. I wanted to say that I came back empty-handed. Empty words can't win anyone's trust, so I cut off his head and brought it back as evidence. You don't think that I just casually found a demon's head and cut it back, but in the end, I was still lying, do you? "
"A demon." The sudden appearance of creatures other than humans and elves caused all the beings in the high seats to ponder over the possible reasons behind this. Fasnath asked even more directly, "Then this time, Gaius is being controlled by a demon. Or are these demons attracted by him in the first place? "
Lin was shocked when he heard this and asked, "The World Tree can also attract demons?"
"Otherwise, how do you think the Mystic Lands are connected to the Abyss?" The Ancient Fasnath replied.
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