Deep and lonely, yet thriving, Esoloron was enjoying the peace that was hard to come by.
In the middle of summer, everything was flourishing and growing without end. Elk leaped through the forest and birds sang in the shade of the trees.
Inside the Starlight Furnace, the fire on Val's Anvil never stopped burning. That's right, Lord Dess, who shared the same name as Leon's Ranger Commander, was waving his Divine Hammer to forge a weapon, making ample preparations for the upcoming battle.
On the shore of summer, banquets were being held one after another. Unlucky guests were invited by the Wood Elves and Forest Soul Essences to drink the Wood Elven Fruit Wine. These guests would quickly fall asleep and be sacrificed to the Tree Spirits to satisfy the desires of these vicious creatures.
The Moonspring Forest maintained its tranquility. Moonlight shone over the entire forest and streams were everywhere. The Wood Elves walked in the streams and waterfalls while the Chanters sang the name of the Goddess of Mist, Ladria.
Silent Night Canyon, Heaven's Scar, Heart of Winter, Wild Forest, Ashen Hall, Withering Lands, Forest of the Deceiver, and Pine Cliff. Other than Pine Cliff, which was located southeast of Esoloron and was the other entrance to the forest from the Black Mountain Range, there were frequent wars. The other territories had enjoyed a decade of peace.
To the Wood Elves, who were absolute isolationists, this was the best. The outside world had nothing to do with them. They could quietly close their doors and live their lives. If there was a need, look, the Knight King Laing next door had helped them upgrade their small store into a large supermarket. If there was any need, they could purchase and negotiate with the Olivier Conglomerate.
It was worth mentioning that Olivier was already over 60 years old. To humans, he was a bona fide old man. However, the Wood Elves couldn't bear to see him die because he was very useful. Not only did they arrange for a Lost Tracker and two Wild Forest Rangers to protect him, they also gave him a twig with Alaier's divine power. Olivier's body was parasitized by the twig and he lived through life and death to prolong his life. The Wood Elves allowed him to live for another 20 to 30 years, giving him time to nurture a successor.
Thus, Aralos, who sat on the throne of the Tarsyn Kingdom and was second only to the King of the Forest Ao Laing and Queen Alaier, could understand why the wood elves were so vehemently opposed to sending troops and participating in this matter.
It was as if a long war had finally ended, and everyone had just returned to the forest for a comfortable vacation, only to have their annoying distant relatives provoke them again. There was only one word to describe it: annoying!
But Aralos was different. As one of the rare "fighting" and "young" Forest Lords, he was really worried about the safety of the Eternal Queen.
After a few hours of meeting, the Forest Council was temporarily adjourned. Aralos walked out of the vast and deep Council Hall and looked at the Asoloren Forest, the home of the Wood Elves.
The forest that had been transformed by the ancient sage was bathed in a thick fog. The lush crowns of the Era Oaks covered the sky and the intertwined forest paths. The light of guiding stones was faintly discernible in the dense fog, and the flowing streams were rugged and unpredictable.
The King Forest was full of vitality. Aralos noticed that the ancient Treant Dursu was standing in front of the ancient trees. Every ancient tree could be traced back to the beginning of the ancient sage's creation. Most of them had fallen into an eternal slumber, and the vicious Zoya and the forest fairies were whispering terrible curses and resentful whispers in Dursu's ears to keep Dursu angry.
The Grey Eagles were gathering below, waiting for the end of Aralos' meeting. Hundreds of Forest Guards and Eternal Guards were patrolling around the King Forest. Laing's wild cavalry was running around, waiting for the King of the Forest to blow the horn that symbolized the wild hunt. War dancers were dancing in the open space in front of the Magic Hall and praising the name of the God of Deceit, Loik. Of course, there were also the figures of the Wild Forest Rangers and the Forest Rangers. They were carrying out an eternal watch, just to protect the home that they shared with the Forest Elves.
Aralos breathed in the forest air with infatuation, enjoying the peace that the forest brought to him. Everything seemed to have become eternal.
"My champion, do you think we should rescue Alizarah?" Queen Alaier flew out of the Magic Hall, and Yisha's incarnation asked her champion, "You just voted for it."
"Your Majesty, I always feel that it's not good if Aisley doesn't participate in this matter … After all, the Eternal Queen is related to you." Aralos considered his tone and said, "If Aisley does this, Her Majesty Alariel and Finnuba …"
"Since the vote has been taken, then I have nothing to say." When Alaier heard Alizarah's name, her long, insect-like eyebrows trembled twice, as if she disapproved of Alariel's daughter. "Besides, if the matter had just happened, we might have been able to use the roots to catch up with it. But now … it's too late."
"Your Majesty is right. It's too late." Aralos sighed.
When the Giant Eagle flew to inform the Wood Elves, it was indeed too late.
In the end, only one Giant Eagle managed to escape from the annihilation of the High Elf and Dwarven envoys.
The Giant Eagle immediately flew to the Sea Gate, trying to seek help from the King of the Sea Gate, Bernoff Dragonhammer, and his elite Dwarven army.
However, there was a problem here. No one in Sea Gate understood the language of the giant eagles. In the entire old world, only the wood elves and a very small number of nature druids or amber (beast) wizards knew the language of the giant eagles.
The Giant Eagle and the Dwarves talked for a long time but still couldn't understand what happened. In the end, the Giant Eagle could only get some food from the Dwarves, and then intermittently flew across half of the Old World to find the Wood Elves. When the Wood Elves deciphered the Giant Eagle's language, the little Queen had already been captured for weeks.
When the Dwarves did not receive any news from the envoys, they had already sent people to investigate. Soon, the entire Eternity Peak was plunged into grief. There were only about 160,000 Dwarves in the entire Eternity Peak. What did it mean to lose an army of 1000 Dwarves?
If it were to be converted into Karl-franz's Rek territory, it would be equivalent to the Empire's standing army of 40000 Dwarves being wiped out in a single day! This even included the Emperor's own generals and a portion of the Rek Guards.
"The Asur will definitely send a large force to rescue their little Queen. As for the Humans, we have already informed them." Aleil nodded. "Don't let anger control you, my champion."
Nagashza was too far away. Where was this huge Specter Citadel located?
It was located in the south of the Roof of the World. If one were to set off from Azeroth, the distance would be twice that of Azeroth.
"Now, our attention should be on guarding against the more violent Orcs and the possible invasion of the Mogul." Aleil concluded the matter. "My champion, this is your duty."
"Yes."
The King Forest Council thus came to an end.
The news of the Wood Elves quickly reached the Empire's palace.
When Karl-franz received the news, his head was about to explode.
Year 2520 of the Empire's calendar was another year of disaster.
After the great victory at the Black Fire Pass in April, what did the Emperor's Empire experience?
At the end of April, there was a drought in the north of the Empire. Many embankments in the Upper Tarabek River collapsed, and Ostmark and Tarabek were severely affected.
In May, there was another riot in the central mountains. The Cult of Chaos was active and bewitched the noble Countess Claudio of the Hawk Territory. Kurfürst Hildebrand formed an army of three thousand people and besieged the Countess' castle for more than a month before capturing it.
In June, there was a great famine in Nord. It even reached the point where husband and wife ate each other. The profiteers of Marienburg took the opportunity to raise the price of food and hoard it. Laing of the Knight King's Kingdom was not around. Queen Suria decided to take out three million pounds of food from the Church of the Fairy in the Lake to relieve the food pressure.
In July, a large plague of locusts ravaged the Auster Territory. Many farms had no harvest.
In August, the Rek River overflowed. Many villages downstream were destroyed by the flood.
The plague was rampant, and strange fevers ravaged the Empire. The patients all had high fever, headaches, and severe muscle and bone soreness. Some patients had skin rashes and bleeding symptoms.
The Emperor had just received news that the legendary Sawtooth Horn Tribe of the Orcs had formed an alliance with Stellin's kin. The Razor Chariots, Chaos Eggs, and Large Horned Beasts were led by the supreme Orc King, One-eyed Kazak, and the Orc Warlord, Groz Man-Eater. They destroyed five villages and towns along Midden Avenue, killing tens of thousands of people. By the time Boris arrived, the Orcs had already retreated deep into the forest.
Of course, Brittany wasn't without incident. First Marshal Berchemund personally led the army to destroy the Orc Beasts near the Arden Forest. The famous legendary Orc Horned Beasts, "Koroka Dismembered", participated in the battle. Both sides had a huge battle.
Duke Berchemund was too good at dealing with the Orcs. After the military reform, the quality of the Brittany army was much better. With the help of Morgiana and the Lake Goddess Witches and the Sacred Grail Guards, the Orcs were defeated and hid in the Arden Forest again.
Then there was a problem. The Emperor looked at the battle report and grabbed his hair.
How many Orcs were there in the Old World's forest?
Alberich Hauter Anderson, the Grand Duke and Kurfürst of Steyr, reported again that this year, as many as six tax collecting teams had entered Sylvania and were declared missing. Among them, the last two tax collecting teams even had a battalion (400 soldiers), which carried a lot of firearms and were accompanied by a battle priest, two witch hunters, and seven or eight vampire hunters, and were led by six Raven Knights who were familiar with Sylvania. However, there was still no news from them after they entered Sylvania for a few days. Kurfürst Alberich was half requesting and half warning, hoping that the emperor would pay attention to the cursed territory of the Imperium.
You look for me for everything, right? You ask me to solve all your problems, right?
Now, you have to tell me that the High Elf Eternal Queen has been captured, right?
Karl-franz was going crazy.
The Emperor's chief foreign affairs minister, Baron Steergau Amadeus Menken, and the Empire's foreign affairs ambassador, Countess Metternich, were standing opposite the Emperor. They were also deeply worried about this news.
"It seems that the people of the forest don't intend to let us stay out of this. 1000 Dwarves. Solgrin is going to bleed again." The Emperor put down the news sent by the Wood Elves. He leaned back in his chair and couldn't help but laugh. "There are too many things to worry about. I don't even know which ones to deal with first."
"Your Majesty, the Wood Elves revealed this news to us. There is a deep meaning behind it." Amadeus said seriously, "Obviously, they were attacked when they passed by the Dwarves' territory. It was the Undead who attacked them. It has nothing to do with us. However, the Wood Elves must send the news …"
"This question is not easy to answer, Your Majesty." Countess Metternich hurried over. Her usually elegant clothes were stained with a lot of dust.
"Mm, yes, Countess Metternich." Karl-franz gestured for the two to sit down. The Emperor looked out of the window. Brunswick was still very hot in August. "The Wood Elves gave us a multiple-choice question."
"It's very simple. We can change the multiple-choice question into a fill-in-the-blank question." The Emperor didn't hesitate. "Men, immediately send someone to deliver this letter to Brittany. Give it to the Knight King's queen, Suria, who is now regent. Tell her that the Knight King's Eternal Queen, Alissanda, has disappeared. Also, make a copy of the same message and send it to Nur. Isn't Frey very concerned about the little queen's whereabouts?"
"Yes!"
A few days later, in the Old World, the central part of Brittany, the Knight King's Kingdom, Laing's Duke's Castle, south of the Chalon Forest.
Suria and Morgiana, who were in charge of guarding the Knight King's Kingdom, received a letter from Emperor Karl-franz.
"The Eternal Queen has disappeared?" In the office hall of the Duke's Castle, Suria and Morgiana sat opposite each other. The Knight King's Queen held the Emperor's letter in her hand, her brows furrowed.
"Talleyrand, take a look." Suria's exquisite and beautiful face was a little hesitant. She wasn't in a hurry to give an evaluation. Instead, she handed the letter to Talleyrand.
"Your Majesty, and Her Highness." The High Elf, Brittany's Chief Foreign Minister, Talleyrand, leaned on his walking stick. Cripple secretly glanced at the two most powerful women in the Knight King's Kingdom.
After a short frown, Suria closed her eyes. The Knight King's hands were interlocked on the table, as if he had understood something. Morgiana impatiently propped her elbows on the table, the heels of her fish-shaped high heels under her long skirt tapping lightly on the ground.
"Your Majesty, and Her Highness, the Empire has kicked the ball to us. I think the respected Emperor of the Empire must have not thought about how to deal with this matter, so he wants to see our reaction." Talleyrand glanced at the letter. Cripple nodded slowly. "This is a very troublesome matter. Whether we send reinforcements or not, it seems to be the wrong answer."
Before Suria could speak, Morgiana impatiently said, "Why do you say that?"
"Because … if we don't take the initiative to rescue, then is it wrong for us to invite the little queen to visit Brittany, or is there a problem with our chivalry?" Talleyrand smiled. "And if we send reinforcements, then is there a problem with the reaction of the three guards of the Wretched Lands, or is it because we feel guilty and take the initiative to think that we are responsible, so we make up for it?"
"Yes, that's what I'm worried about." Suria nodded slightly. The Knight King thought for a moment. "Talleyrand, how will the High Elves react?"
"Assur will not ignore the fact that the little queen has been captured. Logically speaking, the War Lord and the Eternal Queen will definitely send a large number of troops to rescue Nagashza." Talleyrand nodded. "Then, whether we plan to participate in the rescue or not, in the eyes of the High Elves, humans are wrong. I understand Assur's way of thinking. Not participating is a great responsibility, and participating is a symbol of our initiative to admit our mistakes. No matter what choice we make, we have already taken the original sin."
"Yes, that's why I was about to ask your opinion." Suria nodded gently. The Knight King's bright blue eyes stared at Cripple. "Now that Laing is not here, Talleyrand, he left you to me. I need your help in many diplomatic matters."
"Yes, madams. I will definitely do my best for the interests of the Knight King Kingdom!" Talleyrand immediately bowed. "Can you give me a few minutes?"
"Of course." Morgiana nodded slightly.
Cripple asked for a glass of red wine. He held the wine glass, leaned on his cane, and walked around the office three times.
"Emperor Karl-franz changed the multiple-choice questions into fill-in-the-blank questions and kicked the problem to us." Talleyrand smiled. "Madams, I have an idea. Please consider it together."
"Oh?"
"Why don't we change the fill-in-the-blank questions into question-and-answer questions and kick the ball directly to the High Elves?"
"What do you mean?"
"If we do this …"
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