In the Elf King City, the Elf Queen announced the Fountain of Life to her subjects. When all the elves cheered, she took her two daughters back to the palace, and the smile on her face immediately disappeared.
Ludlow stood alone in the middle of the room, anxiously awaiting his punishment.
This is the first time he has entered the Elf King City, and it may also be the last time.
Fnoya, who had already heard the truth from her mother, looked at her son with tears in her eyes and said sadly: "Ludlow, you have been studying elves for a long time. Don't you know how important the fountain of life is to us? That's right. Because of losing it, our strength has declined, and we have no choice when facing the snowfield monsters. You clearly know this, why have you kept it hidden until today? Don’t you want the elves to gain strength? "
Ludlow bit his lip, with red eyes: "That's not true, Mom, I...I'm just afraid. The reason why I can see you often and receive education from elves is because my ability is unique. If all elves have Once I master this skill, I will definitely be driven away, and then I won’t be able to see you every day anymore.”
Fonaya shook her head in disappointment: "In your heart, are elves so heartless? You are my son!"
Ludlow couldn't bear it any longer and threw himself at her crying: "I'm sorry, Mom! I don't dare anymore. You can hit me, scold me, I'm willing to accept any punishment, but don't ignore me. !”
Fnoya held her son in her arms and burst into tears. She raised her head and looked at the Queen: "Mother, Ludlow did something wrong, please do it for me. Forgive him, I will make up for his mistake..."
"Sister!" Aurora, who had been watching with cold eyes, couldn't help but speak out. "How long are you going to sacrifice for this brat?! No matter how much he looks like an elf, there is always dirty human blood flowing in his body! Otherwise, he would not do such a despicable thing! If mother is not strict Add punishment. How do you ask her to govern the entire country in the future?! This brat can take the Fountain of Life as his own today, but tomorrow he will betray all the elves!"
"Okay!" The Elf Queen stopped her little daughter. Looking straight at her, "What do you want me to do? Kill him, or drive him out of the forest?! That's your sister's child!"
Aurora was speechless for a moment and could only give Ludlow a fierce look.
This is all the fault of the human named Xiao Tianjian. If it weren't for him and his son. My sister will never encounter such misfortune!
Ludlow stared at her too. He bit his lip and said nothing. But the hatred in his heart emerged bit by bit. He nestled tightly in his mother's arms. Feel as much of your mother's warmth as possible. he does not know. Will all this disappear in the next second
The Elven Queen sighed wearily. Sitting on the throne. Seeing the pleading eyes of the eldest daughter. There was resentment in the younger daughter's eyes. She suddenly felt like she had no successor. There was silence for a while. She then said: "Ludlow did indeed make a mistake. If he is not punished, it is unjustifiable. But he is our blood relative. Elves are not like humans. They will never be ruthless towards their loved ones."
Hope arose in Fnoya's heart: "Mother..." Ludlow also held her breath. Waiting for her to judge herself.
The Elf Queen thought twice. Decision: "The trial next spring. Ludlow is not allowed to participate again. Wait a hundred years and then participate in the next one!"
Fonaya nodded happily: "Yes. Mother!" She held up her son's little face: "Thank you, grandma." Ludlow lowered his head. He whispered thanks. Covering the flash of disappointment and frustration in his eyes.
Those who pass the Elf Trial once in a hundred years will be regarded as independent individuals by all elves. He has been looking forward to this opportunity to be recognized for a long time, and he is confident that he can pass it, but it is a pity that he has to wait another hundred years.
The Elf Queen stretched out her hand to stop her daughter from thanking her: "I haven't finished speaking yet. Ludlow now lives in his father's house. Apart from seeing you every day, he can only talk to the patrol team. Although he can spend his time and energy He puts all his efforts into studying, but lacks moral education. In order to be with you, he will do anything, even if he knows it is a bad thing, so other elves don't like him. I decided to start from tomorrow , he moves back to Phantom Town and continues to live with other half-elves, and those half-elves will teach him what to do and what not to do!"
"No!" Ludlow was shocked. This was the answer he was most afraid of. "Please don't drive me away! Grandma, I just want to be with my mother!"
Fnoya covered her mouth and looked at her mother with tears in her eyes, but the Elf Queen remained unwavering: "I have decided that this is a good thing for you and the child. You have a lot to do, don't waste all your time. On cooking and sewing clothes for her son!" She stood up and walked to the door: "Aurora, follow me, and Fnoya will pack Ludlow's luggage. He must leave tomorrow morning at the latest!"
Aurora responded, glanced at Ludlow with a cold snort, and followed her mother away. Fnoya sat down softly on the ground and hugged her son.
Ludlow choked and said, "Mom...I don't want to leave..."
"It's okay, it doesn't matter." Fonaya forced a smile and stroked his head, "Now is different from before. I can visit you often, just like I usually do, but the distance is longer and the time is spent longer. I believe Qiao and the others will take good care of you." She held back her tears: "Don't disobey your grandma, this is already a very light punishment, really..."
She didn't want to cry in front of her son. In fact, she knew in her heart that her mother had shown mercy. And this arrangement may be more suitable for Ludlow. Living in a tree house far away from Phantom Town and the Elf King City all year round, the children have no friends, and their safety cannot be guaranteed, because anyone who enters the forest will reach the tree house first. Ludlow is not Xiao. If he encounters someone with malicious intentions, he may not even be able to protect himself. By moving back to Phantom Town, at least the children will have someone to take care of them. I hope that with the care of my compatriots. Ludlow will gradually become happier.
Ludlow didn't know what his mother was thinking, he just hugged her tightly. He murmured: "You must come often, come every day, mom. I don't want to leave you..." Where she couldn't see, his hands clenched tightly into fists.
When Ludlow took his luggage and said goodbye to his mother. When they arrived at Phantom Town, Minna and Alex had to prepare to leave. He forced a smile and said to Ming Na: "You have to leave so soon? What a pity. I still want to have fun with you."
Mingna noticed the sadness in his seemingly relaxed tone, and hurriedly held his hand: "What's wrong? What did they do to you?"
"It's nothing." Ludlow smiled softly, "It's just that I am not allowed to participate in next year's trial. Anyway, I am too young and I am already very reluctant. If I prepare for a few more years, I will definitely pass the test next time."
Ming Na didn't believe it. She glanced at the big and small bags beside him, "If that's all, then what are these?"
Ludlow could hardly keep the smile on his face: "I'm going to move back... It seems to be good, the winter here is not so cold."
Ming Na felt sad. I couldn't help but hug him: "I'm sorry. It's all us who have caused you trouble..."
"Idiot! I did this, what does it have to do with you?" He broke away from her arms. He glared at her and said, "I told you not to hug me like this. As if I am a child, but you are obviously my niece, okay?!" He brushed his hair nonchalantly, "By the way, didn't you mean Do you want to turn into a boy for me? I'm not interested in that. Do you have any potions that can change the color of your hair and eyes? Give me a few bottles to play with."
Minna was a little confused. At this time, Alex came over and whispered: "The elves are urging you. If you have anything to say, please speak quickly." Minna nodded, took out a few bottles of potions and handed them to Ludlow, but Feeling a drop of water dripping on her hand, she was stunned: "Xiao La..."
"It's okay!" Ludlow wiped away his tears and leaned into Minna's ear, "I must defeat the World of Warcraft. You must also live. When I grow up, I may come to play with you!"
Minna was startled and looked at Ludlow. She saw him winking and wondered if he was joking. After thinking about it, she hugged him and whispered in his ear: "If you really want to come, you must be careful. .”
Ludlow smiled and nodded. Minna then shook his hand, and with the urging of the elves again, bid farewell to her little uncle.
Joe led the way on his silver wolf, and the elves took Minna and Alex deep into the forest before leaving. Minna looked at the withered top of the world tree in the distance, and asked Qiao doubtfully: "Didn't you say you were sending us away? Why are you walking this way?" Whether it was the snowy mountains in the north or the misty wasteland in the southwest, it didn't matter. They need to pass here, what is their purpose of bringing themselves and Alex here
Joe smiled and said to her: "Don't worry. I'm going to take you to the third way."
"Third way?"
"Yes! Because iron thorns need time to grow, the seeds have been scattered on the edge of the forest, whether in the north or southwest. You were easily injured in the past, and the queen asked me to take you to the third path." Joe stretched out his hand to them He took action and said, "Come up, the road is a bit far. Riding a silver wolf will make you go faster."
Minna and Alex looked at each other, then took Joe's hand and climbed onto the back of the silver wolf with doubts. Alex moved his hips, coughed slightly, and asked, "Where are we going now?"
Qiao smiled and patted the silver wolf under him: "My old guy knows the place, don't worry." After saying that, he pulled the hair on the wolf's neck vigorously, and the silver wolf immediately ran forward, frightening Minna and Ya. As soon as Alex swayed, he felt the wind blowing backwards.
They walked in the forest for two days and two nights, and it was not until the morning of the third day that they arrived at the other edge of the Elf Forest.
Ming Na looked at the scene in front of her and slumped her shoulders blankly. Alex looked pale and murmured: "It's the sea..."
A gray-black rugged reef stood on the edge of the forest. Waves more than one meter high hit it with great force. Countless waves were splashed by the reef, which scattered in the sunlight and fell into the sea again. The wind was very strong, making the trees on the beach rustle. Ming Na thought to herself that the sound of the waves she heard just now was originally thought to be the sound of the wind, but now it seems that her guess was not too far off.
Alex turned to Joe seriously: "You said this is the third road? But this is obviously the sea and there is no boat!"
"Of course there is a boat!" Joe jumped off the silver wolf, walked towards the bushes not far away, and then dragged out a huge long object from behind the bushes. Ming Na followed and took a look and found that it was a large tree trunk with a diameter of nearly one meter and four or five meters long. A two-meter-long hole was dug out in the right part of the middle. There were two nails on both sides of the trunk. Planks of the same size.
"Is this... a boat?" Ming Na blinked, "Who made it?" It didn't look new. There were still a lot of wood scattered in the surrounding open space, including a pair of long wooden boards that seemed to be shaped like oars.
"Keith did it." Joe smiled. "Do you remember him?"
The beautiful half-elf uncle of the old magician Senet! Ming Na was shocked: "He did it?!"
"Yes, he grew up in the forest since he was a child. He always wanted to go out and explore, but all of us stopped him. He discovered this place by accident, so he hid it from us and spent a whole year on the pretext of gathering herbs. , hid here to make a boat, and left like this." Qiao sighed and looked at the turbulent sea, "When we found out, it was already too late. We thought he would be submerged in the sea. Unexpectedly, you actually told us that he was still alive. . It can be seen that this road is open. It is very close to East, and I estimate that it will only take two days to reach the shore."
Ming Na looked at the large and small whirlpools on the sea and swallowed. She thought of the backflow bay in the northeast of East. If that place was connected to here, Joe's method might really work. Keith can get out of here safely, and so can she and Alex! If you think about it carefully, you can reach the East Coast in two days. Then you can find a place to buy horses and return to the front line in less than five days. It takes more than ten days less than the time it took before!
Alex picked up a small piece of wood from the ground, stepped on the rocks on the seaside, and threw the piece of wood into the water in the distance. He saw that the piece of wood first slowly rotated twice with the eddy of the water, and then was swept away by the rapids. The water carried it away and disappeared in a blink of an eye. He turned back dryly and said: "Theoretically... it's feasible."
Ming Na jumped on the rock to look at the water flow, and she was also a little frightened.
"Aren't you confident?" Joe took out his pipe and knocked it on the stone, "We can also go back."
"That will take more time!" Mingna pouted and dismissed it, looked back at Alex, and asked in a low voice, "How is it? Do you want to do it?"
Alex thought for a while and made a decisive decision: "Do it!"
They immediately took action. First, we checked the condition of the ship. It was a spare boat that Keith made back then. It was in pretty good condition, and the hole in the boat was big enough for two people to fit in. So Minna worked with Alex to push the boat into the water, immediately jumped on it and sat down, looking back at Joe.
Qiao smiled and shook the pipe in his hand: "Goodbye, Xiao Mingna. I hope I have a chance to see you again." He hugged her gently, took a deep breath, then kicked towards the hull, and the ship shook. , slowly slid into the sea, followed the whirlpool twice, and then quickly floated away along the current.
"Goodbye, Joe! I will miss you!" Minna shouted loudly, watching Joe's figure gradually go away from a distance, and disappeared after a while.
She suddenly felt sad. If the Elf Forest really had the Iron Thorn Forest, she might never be able to enter it again, but this sea route was the only way to leave.
Alex whispered: "Sit down, we will go home soon."
Ming Na smiled at him, turned around and sat down, raising her fists forward: "Go home!"
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