Knowing that they were leaving today, many dark elves, including Master Naan, came to see them off. Xiao Chen liked these simple and tough dark elves very much, and said goodbye to them one by one.
Xiao Chen said to Master Nunn who was walking beside him: "Master Nunn, I once again invite you to come and take a look at our territory of the Tower of China. Our territory is vast and sparsely populated, with abundant resources. It is a good place to settle down. After all, the land given to you by the high elves is too small and too barren. Since you have to start from scratch, why not choose a piece of land with better conditions."
"Sir Xiao Chen, we have considered it seriously. My compatriots recognize you very much. You rescued many people when the underground world collapsed. Without you, they would not have escaped. You killed Dahni and avenged many dead dark elves. You captured several children and grandchildren of Taislun and forced him to surrender on the spot. All of this makes us dark elves grateful." Master Naan looked up at the world tree not far away and said, "But many of our compatriots are too attached to their hometown. They have not left the roots of the world tree for hundreds of years. In any case, they are unwilling to live in a place without a world tree. Even though this tree suffered several heavy blows that day, all the fruits have fallen and half of the leaves have turned yellow, but no matter what, it is still our world tree."
Xiao Chen said with some regret: "I can understand. In fact, I miss my hometown very much. But the China Tower still welcomes you at any time."
"I haven't finished speaking yet." Nunn laughed, "But there are some young people who really want to try their luck in your place! They plan to send representatives to take a look first. If it's suitable, maybe many people will settle there!"
"Really? That's great."
"There are twenty people in the first batch, and they will go with Evelyn."
Sure enough, a team came up from behind. Xiao Chen saw that the leader was Evelyn. She was still wearing the ranger outfit. The thrilling battles in the past few days made her look more mature and stable. The remaining dark elves were also energetic and strong. They were obviously the best immigrants.
When the team was about to leave the capital, Xiao Chen suddenly felt a hateful gaze. He looked back and found that it was Xifina, the guard officer of the Elder Hall. She and some other elves were being pressed by the soldiers to walk under the World Tree.
There was a row of gallows erected on an open space, and many elves had been hanged in the past few days. It seemed that another group of elves were going to leave today, and Xifena was one of them. Of course, most of these people were low-level and middle-level who had lost their support. It was rare for strong people above the high level to fall into such a situation. Especially for the culprit like Saint Taislun, because of his status as a saint, the punishment he received was only to lose the qualification to serve as an elder for fifty years.
"She may think that I deceived her. Or did I deceive Dahni?" Xiao Chen watched her slowly leave.
"I think she just feels that you have put her in this situation today," Roger said, "but in the final analysis, all of this is her own fault."
"I thought the politics of elves would be different from that of humans, but the facts have taught me a good lesson." Xiao Chen continued on his way, "It seems that elves are transformed from humans, it's true."
"I think it's just the opposite. It's politics that turns humans and elves into the same kind of animals," Roger said.
Xiao Chen savored his words and found them quite interesting. He punched Roger and said, "Not bad, Roger! Your speech is getting more and more sophisticated. I will leave the task of running a training class for the new dark elves to you."
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After leaving the Elf Kingdom and reuniting with his companions stationed in the border town, Xiao Chen decided to travel north to Black Mountain first to settle the dark elves, and then go to the capital to treat Luo Ling.
But thinking of Luo Ling, he felt troubled. He didn't know how to explain to Luo Ling about Elaina's matter. He could imagine how self-blame and sadness Luo Ling would feel if she knew that Elaina had lost her life in this operation.
At this point, the only solution is to practice harder and increase the projection time.
Xiao Chen sat in the carriage and entered his own meditation space. On the beach where Tasia was alone in the past, there were now two girls.
Not far from Xiao Chen and Tasia's house, there appeared a large tree that was common in the Elf King's capital. On the tree hung a tree house that had just begun to be built.
The two girls felt Xiao Chen's presence and turned around at the same time. One was naturally Tasia. The other was a human girl with blonde hair. The girl's eyebrows and eyes were quite similar to Elaina's, especially her orchid-like temperament, and she was even more similar to Elaina, but she did not have the pointed ears and green hair that were unique to elves.
"Elena, we have left the Elf Capital. I kept my promise and didn't tell Di Ning and Maya about you. But I can see that you actually miss them very much. Why don't you tell them?" Xiao Chen stepped onto the beach and came to the two of them.
"The elf Elena has left that world. At that moment, I have repaid everything that belonged to the elves. My worries, sadness, regrets, and unwillingness are all gone, leaving only a clean me. Isn't that great?" When Elena said these things, her tone was somewhat relaxed, as if she had been freed from something.
Xiao Chen somewhat understood what she meant. People often hope to throw away their burdens, forget the past, and start over. Maybe that's what Elaina expected. Her teacher, her faith, her love, her blood... It was so tragic that it made people feel a little sympathetic.
"As long as you like it." Xiao Chen said.
"I like them. So I don't want to see them again. Once I see them, I'll go back to the way I was before, right?"
"Then I must congratulate you on your new life."
"From now on, I am a human being." She stretched towards the sea. Xiao Chen noticed that she was wearing clothes from his own world, a white short-sleeved T-shirt, a pair of short jeans and a pair of white sneakers, a perfect urban girl's outfit. From behind, her slender figure showed an unprecedented vitality.
Xiao Chen was about to sigh when he suddenly realized that Tasia was pulling at the corner of his clothes.
"What's wrong?"
"Um... I want to grow some vegetables on the hill behind." Tasya whispered, "Can you go now?"
"Now? You can do this anytime. You can turn anything you want into something."
"No, I want to try the vegetables from your hometown later." Tasia said seriously.
"That's fine! Let's go."
"Just go ahead, I have something urgent to do. I got an idea, I need to make a short skirt now!"