At the southernmost tip of the elven western continent, there is a beautiful island called "Teldrassil".
This is called "Teldrassil" in the ancient Elvish language, which translates to "the place where the stars rise". It is an island about the same size as Nagrand. The Elf Empire has lost their continent of origin and has collectively fled to the Western Continent.
, occupying an extremely important position.
Apart from Nagrand, Teldrassil is one of the most naturally beautiful places on the continent, alongside the Eternal Night Forest where the Elven Court of the East Continent was formerly located. It was also the winter site of the Elven Court before the barbarian invasion.
The location of the palace.
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After the barbarian invasion, the Eastern Continent of the Elves completely fell. The Royal Court's World Life Tree was shrunk and relocated by the elves using secret methods before the fall. In the end, when choosing a habitat for the World Life Tree to move to, the elves chose Teldrassil—
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The scenery here is beautiful, suitable for the elf royal family and the upper class to live. At the same time, this is the farthest place from the barbarians in the entire Western Continent - here, the elves will always feel at ease, as if... they can forget it from then on.
Like the terrible nightmare that now occupies their homeland.
Subsequently, the surviving elven royal courts also moved here collectively with the upper echelons of the elven empire, and expanded the winter palace in Teldrassil's Well of Stars to become the residence of their royal family. Teldrassil also changed from a place famous for its scenery
The island suddenly became the political heart of the entire Elf Empire.
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After hundreds of years of construction, although Teldrassil still retains its lush landscape, it has also quietly undergone many changes - large and small trees of life are spread across the entire island, and they cover almost the entire island's sky.
In a continuous shade of trees where the elves can feel peaceful and happy.
And above the shade of these trees, a large green umbrella that almost reaches into the clouds and almost covers the sky of the entire island looks even more majestic and majestic - it is the World Tree of Life after immigration.
The World Tree of Life is rooted in the center of Teldrassil. Its trunk almost occupies the size of several large human cities. Its root system has reached as far as the entire island. And on the periphery of the island, it covers the entire Teldrassil.
Surrounded by an extremely huge wall of roots——
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In addition to the legions scattered throughout the western continent, the Teldrassil Root Wall is also the garrison of the First Legion of Druid and the First Legion of Elf Rangers - they have no contact with each other, but rely on the root wall to defend Teldrassil respectively.
There are half walls on the north and one side on the south to defend against any possible attack. This is where the elves' army is defended and where their trust in Teldrassil's security lies.
In the center of the island is also the root of the central tree of the World Tree of Life.
The whole building is located on the roots of a tree. Half of it uses human construction technology, and the other half still retains the natural tree house style of elves. The reinforced concrete disappears and disappears in the lush greenery. The streets planned like humans are full of people, and the streets on both sides are full of people.
There are more treehouses than concrete buildings, and there are almost no skyscrapers. It looks like a huge and strange city like a super giant natural ecological park.
It just stood there quietly with its back against a huge nodule on the root of the tree.
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This is the capital of the Elf Kingdom, Eternal Night City.
That is, the Elven Palace of Eternal Night City is located in the Well of Stars in the center of the city, the headquarters of the Church of Life is located in the Emerald Dream in the south of the city, and the headquarters of the Church of Nature is located in the Forest of Tranquility in the west of the city. The three have become symbols of Teldrassil and also constitute the
The current three poles of power in the Elven Empire.
It's just that these three poles currently appear to be very unbalanced and stable.
This is also a topic that the elven residents in Eternal Night City and even the elven people in the entire Western Continent worry about day and night——
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It seems that since the barbarian invasion, the elven knights ran away, called themselves blood elves and formed a blood oath alliance with a human group called Huaxia in the Barrens. They began their bloody revenge against the barbarians and hundreds of years of war with the puppet army.
But the barbarians once again launched a conquest on another dimension.
The Elf Empire began to gradually become turbulent.
Although it is difficult for the people at the lower levels to know all the turmoil at the top, the people at least know that the Goddess of Nature and the Goddess of Life have gradually turned from a vague opposition to each other into a full-blooded hatred and confrontation. This situation
, what will it mean.
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The mysterious death of the Elf King a few years ago set off all of this - the two already established state religions each attracted a large number of small sects who vassalized them to confront each other, accusing each other of being the murderer.
They quarreled, making everyone panic, and messing up the political situation and peaceful life of the elves. At the same time, they also made the Druid Legion and the Elf Ranger Legion defending the island belong to two different groups.
They are sects, but they belong to the same country. The legion forces that should be friendly to each other and help each other are at war with each other and are hostile to each other.
It is said that they have even developed to the point where they have arranged warning lines in their respective adjacent defense areas - not the external warning lines, but... the opposite side.
Are they trying to fight? Are they the army that protects the empire and us, or are they the private armies of the two major sects?
As long as the elves who are not fanatical believers of the two major sects, they are all talking like this.
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However, just when the elves were worried about the drastic changes in the country, one wave came after another.
The barbarians seemed to have returned from a different dimension, and it was said that they were defeated by the blood elves. This strange incident not only made the elves unbelievable, but also made them miss the elven knights who had gone away hundreds of years ago.
respect.
The late king is really... If they hadn't been forced to leave, the country wouldn't have become like this - aside from other things, with them here, how dare the druids and rangers do this?
Among the elves talking in the streets and alleys, this sentence sounded the most.
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Subsequently, the barbarian missions that came one after another made the elves worried and made the elves even worse.
The barbarians angrily accused the elves of breaking the peace agreement and allowing the blood elves to do whatever they wanted. In the end, the barbarians' conquest of the alien plane fell short of success and suffered heavy losses.
The elves panicked and argued that the blood elves had already declared treason and had nothing to do with them - they had no knowledge of the blood elves' actions and should not bear any responsibility.
In fact, most of the elves felt that they were wronged, and their reasons were also right. The blood elves rebelled and left the tribe hundreds of years ago. The barbarians also knew about their affairs and their presence in the Eastern Continent - yes
The barbarians are careless, what does it have to do with us?
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But in national diplomacy, those with bigger fists will always make more sense.
The existence of the barbarian gods prevents the elves from having the courage to fight against the barbarians, even though the barbarians have lost millions of their elite forces. It also prevents the elves from having the courage to argue with each other even at the negotiation table, and instead retreat steadily.
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In the end, the barbarian mission announced that it "magnanimously forgives the elves' mistakes. From now on, the elven traitors and blood elves will be exterminated on our behalf, and this will not affect the friendship and peace between our tribe and the elves."
Afterwards, they put forward their suggestion: "In view of the losses caused to us by the previous misunderstanding, the elves should also give us sufficient compensation, such as... holy water of life."
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This seemingly ordinary request caused an uproar in the elves' country.
Some people think it's not a big deal to give it to them. Anyway, the World Tree of Life will condense a bottle every thousand years, and the elves don't need it urgently at the moment.
But some people feel an insult - why do they want to blackmail us after they failed? We have been tolerant enough to them. How long will we be able to tolerate it if we continue to tolerate it like this?
Corresponding to the elven people, the Nature Goddess Cult and the Life Goddess Cult also showed completely different tendencies. Of course, the Nature Goddess Cult is extremely inclined to accept the suggestions of the barbarians and save money and avoid disasters.
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However, the Life Goddess Cult, which has long been oppressed by the extremely powerful Nature Goddess Cult, is clearly aware of the danger this matter poses to them - if the Holy Water of Life is lost again, and the World Tree of Life is also being competed for the right to care for, then life will
The Goddess Cult will lose its symbol and become nothing.
Perhaps, from now on, the Goddess of Life Cult will be like the countless sects that disappeared in the long history of the elves. Although they were brilliant for a while, they disappeared in a flash.
Since then, the Nature Goddess Cult and the Life Goddess Cult have gradually fallen into a fierce struggle, the elf king’s mysterious death, and the barbarians’ unreasonable demands and heavy oppression. These three things have fallen into the hearts of every person in the Elf Empire and become their
The worry that lingers in my heart.
And a maelstrom that swept through the entire Elf Empire from top to bottom was quietly taking shape.
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The upper class was in vain to deal with the aggressive barbarians day after day, but the Elf royal family was ruled by a young master, and was involved in the vortex of the Goddess of Nature and the Goddess of Life. The death of the Elf King cast a shadow on this vortex.
cast a mysterious shadow.
No one knows what to do.
But the barbarians gradually became impatient, and the conflict between the Goddess of Life Cult and the Goddess of Nature Cult became increasingly acute, resulting in a confrontation between the two legions that seemed a little bloody——
Just a few days ago, Teldrassil's Elf Ranger Legion almost stormed into the Druid Legion's military camp - they claimed that they were looking for their two missing soldiers.
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While the Druid Legion firmly denied that they were involved in the disappearance of the rangers, they blocked the elf rangers from the camp. They declared that they would take decisive action to kill any rangers who maliciously entered their camp without permission.
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In various parts of the Western Continent, the ministries of the two armies have become extremely secretive. The troops are mobilized frequently. Some military camps are empty, and some military camps are heavily guarded. A large amount of war materials flow out of the treasury, and their whereabouts are unknown. A kind of
The smell of blood began to brew heavily in the sky over the entire Western Continent Elf Empire.
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Except for a few elves who have long since retreated into the mountains and are not interested in worldly affairs, almost all the elves are looking at all this at a loss - one thing after another comes one after another, breaking their peaceful life, and making them unable to see.
In the future, even if we see the future, it will not be nature and life, tranquility and tranquility, but full of conspiracy and trickery, and more likely to be full of blood and killing... all of this.
At the same time, in a small hotel in Teldrassil's Evernight City, dozens of elven travelers who were tired of their travels were already sleeping peacefully in the guest rooms. (To be continued...)