"A village?"
Luo Hao looked at the scene ahead and couldn't help asking in a low voice.
The curly white thorns flowed on the ground like a condensation, flashing with strange and twisted light, like the twilight of the forest, everything was dead, and it turned into silent crystals.
After leaving the fortress, the Qihai Brigade left the fortress, it took four hours to arrive in this area. Fang Zhui, on the side, was closing the cover of the pocket watch and looking at everything around him with a silent look.
Luo Yu was using his magic power to test. He wrapped the object like a plumb on his index finger, and the ruby ​​pointed at the ground without shaking it.
The etheric pulse flow is already very weak.
Death is like an epidemic, like a shadow passing through the forest. After everything withers and silences, everything disappears. The ash disease spreads with this as the center, turning the Holy White woods into a dead land.
Everyone walked forward, stepped on the broken glass, making a rustling and crisp sound, which seemed particularly clear and weird in the withered woodland - flowers seemed to bloom on the crystalline trees, and crystal-shaped petals opened one after another, and a road stretched from between the trunks.
The ground is like burnt glass, which flows again after melting, and then solidifies, layer by layer, and looks like lava.
Even though I have seen too many similar scenes elsewhere, this place is still particularly creepy. The crystal woodland is not dark and desperate, and even has a hint of strange beauty.
But it is this silence beauty that seems to strangle people's throats and make everything unable to make sounds.
"How could it be...how did it become like this?"
Tianlan sighed in a low voice.
Miss Poets have also visited this holy woods.
It extends from the foot of the Silver Mountains to the Weiyu Garden. When the autumn sun shines in the golden woodland, the tall trees reflect the holy light.
The Holy White Woodland is therefore named, and the elves also call it the autumn woodland, with oaks mixed with fir trees extending to the edge of the subsandra.
And now, this is the center of the Gus disaster area.
Melfina didn't say a word either. This is her homeland, so her feelings would be deeper.
But Fang Yu noticed that the elf princess was trying hard to restrain her emotions. She just didn't know when the smile had disappeared from the other side, and she just pursed her lips tightly.
They walked through the path, and the center of the woodland was the ruins of an elf village. The once exquisite white vaults are now only broken tiles and ruins, and the patterns of the past can still be seen on the burned beams and pillars.
But everyone can still see the towering hall, and now only half of it is left, and the surrounding tree houses are hidden among the gray woodlands, and the remaining bodies of the settlements are nestled in the dying hills.
Everything is dead.
Just like that ancient fable, an elf king longs for eternity to the saints, and the saints respond to him. Therefore, he was transformed into a magnificent gem, witnessing the end of time in eternal waiting.
That is the origin of the Tirian gem, which is inlaid on the front of the elf crown to remind life not to seek unreachable things. Of course, it is just a legend, but everything at the moment is reality.
"Eternity is decay," Melfina murmured to herself. She looked back at Fang Yu, not forgetting the other party's answer to her.
That answer was considered a test. Fang Yu passed her test, so the two sides had a foundation for cooperation.
"Your Highness, what did you say?"
"Mr. Ed, just call me Melfina, or call me my last name, Miaoxing." The name comes from the surname of the mother clan, which is considered a cultural custom of the elves.
But Fang Yu had heard of this surname. This was not the name style of the Saint-Bai, but more like...
"My mother is from Evan Quinn," replied Melfina. "To be honest, I am a distant relative of your Princess Brian. Of course, this kind of kinship has been quite weak several generations ago."
Fang Rong realized that this kind of kinship was the source of the great princess' sense of crisis. She was the eldest daughter, and she was more suitable for taking over the throne of the elf than Alsana in terms of identity and ability.
But Tirian's elves are so xenophobic that even locals like Ailin Tiexin, who are from the Holy Whites, are excluded. The elves nobles in the autumn forest obviously do not want to accept an elves king of alien blood.
Melfina shook her head, "I didn't say anything. Life is short. Even the elves have the moment when they return to the holy tree. We believe in the goddess of nature, and naturally, there must be a balance, so life and death will be twins and together. But the opposite of death is not necessarily alive. Death is eternity, and eternity is decay."
Fang Yu couldn't understand.
Melfina didn't expect a mortal with a short lifespan to understand these, but this crystalline forest has explained everything, "Mr. Ed, it's said that the death of apoptosis caused everything. What do you think?"
Fang Zhu did not answer.
Although logic tells him that everything has other internal reasons, he cannot speak anything about the three goddesses, so he has no evidence to prove everything, and he cannot say it is from his own guess.
Besides, there is no point in just proof. He must find the solution to the problem. He has a faint feeling that a hand behind him is pushing them to solve all this.
That hand may have come from that business lady.
What is her plan?
Is it related to the image I saw not long ago?
Merriel and Aljen returned from the front and sent back the words of the marigold. She and the lark had already gone ahead to investigate. Alisa took them with her to try to get the Second Group to participate in some more complex tasks and grow up quickly.
The three military candidates were also accompanied by them. The girl's ID was Icarus, whose real name was Li Qing'an, and one of the two men was Zhou Tong and the other was Luo Wu, who was considered Luo Hao's family.
"Captain, that village?" asked the blonde young man, Arjen came over and asked.
Fang Zhu looked at Melfina beside him.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! But the elf princess shook her head. She was raising her head, frowned and looked at the place, with a rare solemn look on her face:
“I’ve never heard of this village.”
"There is no one on the map, and the Council of Tirien never ruled here, and I don't even know when the village was established. It was so close to the Holy Woods that it never existed."
Fang Ling could not understand the uneasiness in this elf princess's heart. Elfs are different from human society. Time has smoothed out their strong desire for material things. The elf's king's court is ancient and stable, and few people will truly live away from the world.
In fact, the struggle between the Elf Court and the Silver Wind Harbor is only for the orthodox power among the Saint Whites. This is something incredible to humans, but it is crucial in the Elf culture.
Because they are all people of the Holy Tree, they will one day return to the Holy Tree, and the spiritual identity constructs this ethnic group. Compared with the Elf of Elf of Evan Quinn, the Elf of the Hill of the Giant Tree is not as secular.
This is why the elves and nobles in the autumn forest land look down on compatriots from Yinfenggang who are also Saint-White descendants.
Now, half of this orthodox power is actually in the hands of the elves kings in the elves court, and the other half is in the hands of the elders' council in the Holy Woodlands.
The Silver Wind Watcher's plan for the Holy Woodlands can almost be determined to be acquiesced by the Linnorel Council. They need to reduce the reputation of the Saint Maiden to combat the authority of the Holy Woodlands.
As for the reason why the Elf Court acquiesced to this, he also didn't know.
"Miss Alissa found something in that village," Merriel walked up. As a unicorn girl, she was much more meticulous than Aljean, so Miss Nightingale handed over the things to her for safekeeping.
She took out the thing and handed it to Fang Yu. Fang Yu then realized that it was a half-burned emblem.
In fact, it was a holy emblem.
And he had already recognized it, it was the holy emblem of the Temple of Nature.
He looked at Merell. As a unicorn girl, the latter naturally could not not recognize this holy emblem, although the shape of this wooden holy emblem was slightly different from theirs.
The unicorn girl's holy emblem is the silhouette of a unicorn, with flowers and stars and moons on it. They are all things that Aimeya loves, and there is a white tree on this holy emblem.
Merriel's face was a little uneasy, and she looked nervously at the holy emblem with only half left. She seemed to want to say something, but she didn't know how to speak for a moment.
"Saint of White Tree."
Melfina said word by word.
Merell seemed a little afraid of the eldest princess, but he still couldn't help saying, "Your Highness, we..."
Melfina looked at the unicorn girl, "Little girl, I know you are Alsana's man. But you have never left Silver Wind Harbor and don't know the Holy Woods. This world is much more complicated than you think."
"What's wrong?" Fang Yu asked, "What's wrong with this holy emblem."
Merell seemed worried. But Airoya beside her was straightforward, "The Saint of White Tree is the people around the Saint Crown, and they are directly affiliated with the Holy Tree Woodland."
"They are maids of the Holy White Tree."
Fang Yu's heart skipped a beat.
He did not care about the conflict between the Holy Woodland and the Elves Court, but if this matter implicates Miss Aitela, it would be troublesome.
Although this small holy emblem does not explain anything, its appearance here can at least prove that the Holy Woodlands may know the existence of this village, and the Elf Court knew nothing about it.
He looked at Melfina. Although the Elf Princess did not answer, Fang Yu had actually received a positive answer.
"Go inside and take a look," Melfina said with the initiative, "A holy emblem doesn't mean anything."
The two of them walked into the ruins of the village with their own thoughts.
This incident spread quickly, and even Tianlan realized the trouble. Although she was a little confused, she was born in the twelve-colored iris.
As a little princess with twelve-colored iris, she is also influenced by these power struggles.
The boy with only the magic sword was still heartless and walked into the ruins, but the magic sword in his arms immediately responded to the alarm, which made him shudder.
“There is something in this ruin.”
The box suddenly looked vigilantly in the direction of the village and spoke.
Everyone else looked at him, but only Fang Yushi reacted. It was the magic sword Gwenders told him. Gwenders said it was a magic sword, but he was particularly sensitive to things that were contaminated with dark aura.
There are either dragon worshipers or traces of shadow people in this village.
Seeing that Melfina looked in this direction, Fang Yu did not hide it and told the other party truthfully.
The Elf Princess pursed her lips and did not express her opinion. She just nodded silently. It was said that they came to this place by the cultists, and they would have seen no relevant things here.
When they arrived, Alissa had obviously found many clues from the ruins. She was fiddling with those things - some armor, a few weapons, and a few holy emblems.
"Is there any clue?" Fang Zhu asked his nightingale Miss. Alisa shook her head, "As you can see, these things. It seems that this village is related to the Holy Woodland. Has anyone been here before?"
She was originally unintentional, but she attracted the attention of Melfina. The elf princess shook her head, took the initiative to answer, and replied coldly: "No, the Holy Woodland never told us there is a village here."
Alisa couldn't help but be stunned. She looked at the princess and then at Fang Zhuo beside her.
"What else has you discovered?" Fang Yu realized something.
But he did not intend to avoid the princess, but asked directly.
Miss Nightingale hesitated for a moment, her eyes fell on the Elf Princess, and asked in the team channel: "Do you want to tell her?"
"We are allies with Ms. Melfina, at least for the time being," Fang Yu replied, "Sincerity is mutual, nothing can be said publicly."
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Melfina glanced at the two of them unexpectedly and silently recorded the matter.
Seeing that he did not object, Alissa naturally stopped taking his own actions, but took out a few pieces of incomplete parchment paper, "There were a few letters."
Fang Yu took the letters and read them one by one, and found that it was more of a one-sided report than a letter exchange. However, the text above was incomplete:
‘…I informed the Holy Woodland that the nodes were unstable…Ilando, Elder Warneris knew about this…’
‘…The ash tree has already sprouted and sprouted…Transfer to Lord Ferindor Rigen…’
‘…About the Shadow of Apoptosis…confirmed…telling to Silmara Dawn Weaver.’
‘…Revise the plan, the time has come…’
Behind it is the signature, Isriras, and the Druid Elder.
Most of the letters behind are similar, and the signatures are different. There are the people mentioned above and new names.
Each report is responsible for it, mostly names that appear repeatedly on the letter, some of which are also recognized as members of the Holy Woods Council.
And one of the prominent names is in the list, Etira Greenhill Stars.
It appeared three times in total, the first two times were on the registration list, and the second was signed. From the perspective of time, it should be relatively late, probably what happened after the other party returned to the hill of the giant tree.
Melfina took the letters from him and looked at them silently, but did not show any intense emotions. Instead, she said, "These letters do not mean anything."
Fang Yu looked at her unexpectedly.
"If the Holy Woods knew the truth about the gray area, these relevant people would not have signed it on it, which would have been equivalent to leaving evidence of guilt. What's more, they wouldn't even destroy these key letters when they left this place?"
"Isriras Frost, Irando Yuezhi, Vonalis Landslayer, Lord Ferindor Rigen, are all eleven of the Council," she was concerned about this direction, and she couldn't help but tsk, "The Elders Council clearly knew this, but she didn't say anything to the Elf Court."
Melfina said, "The content on these letters is incomplete, but it is very misleading. Ask your Miss Nightingale, do she think that before she gets the information from me, do she think that these are just daily reports?"
Fang Zhu looked at Alisa, Miss Nightingale shook her head with a wry smile. What Melfina said was consistent with her guess. If she had known that the Elders Council had concealed the key information, she wouldn't have spoken in front of the two of them so much.
After confirming what the Holy Tree Woodland concealed, the content of these letters became suspicious, especially the part about the gray tree.
She thought it was the Holy Woodland who sent people to monitor the Ash Branch here, but it could have another meaning, especially when connecting everything here with the cultists.
But Melfina did not say anything, or even seemed aggressive, but said: "There are still many possibilities. Although it is confirmed that the elders' councils left alone with the elves on their backs, it does not mean anything else."
Instead, she saw this clearly, "It may be just a misunderstanding, it may be that there are traitors in the Elders' Council, and of course there is the worst possibility. But I personally think it is unlikely."
Fang Yuxi didn't expect the other party to comfort him, and couldn't help but ask: "Why?"
The Elf Princess shook her head gently. "It hasn't been long since the Saint's Crown returned to the Giant Tree Hill. This was originally evidence that the outside world accused her of dereliction of duty, but now it has become the key factor in proving her innocence."
"The Ash Tree Disaster has spread for more than half a year. Even when she traced back to the earliest moment, she was not in the hill of giant trees, so it is unlikely that she would participate in this plan."
"Presuming in turn," Melfina replied calmly, "Since she has nothing to do with it, there is no need to sign the memorandum. But if she is willing to sign it, it means she is willing to take responsibility for it."
She looked at Fang Zhu, "You know the character of the saint's crown prince better than me. Do you think she will take on the ridiculous things that the parliament has done?"
Fang Yu shook his head. He had never doubted Miss Aitela. She was definitely not the kind of pedantic nature. If the Council did not do good, she would only part ways with them.
He just didn't know how to explain this to His Highness the princess, but he didn't expect that Melfina could see clearly than him and analyzed so many based on clues.
But she held the letter paper and still shook her head, "Of course, these are all based on my speculation. Sometimes speculations are often untenable, and we need more clues."
The problem now is that she cannot question the Holy Woodland from her own standpoint, because the two are in different positions, and asking rashly without having evidence will only exacerbate the contradiction and opposition between the two sides.
What the elves wants is to weaken the power of the elders' council, rather than create divisions within the elves.
And what exactly happened here?
The cult's signal points to this place, the magic plumb indicates that the ether's vein should also gather at a node deep underground here.
There are obviously questions here, but they are ignorant of this question.
Melfina looked at Alisa, "Miss Nightingale, what else has you found here?"
Alisa nodded slightly, "It seems that there is an entrance to the underground, but it is sealed by the elves' techniques, so we can't get in."
"Take me to see," replied the elf princess. The seals of the elves can only be untied by the elves. She is the princess of the elf court and is naturally familiar with these.
Chapter completed!