Qin Lun and Elistine walked in the middle of the team, surrounded by knights in elf armor wearing fiery red cloaks. These armored knights are the troops directly under the Elf King, and their combat profession belongs to the rare "Tempus" temple knights. They are different from ordinary elves, not only believe in the gods of the elves, but also believe in Tempus, the god of battle and knights.
Through the few words of the elf druid, Qin Lun now knows that this team of elf knights is not here to welcome him and Longer. Big pomp.
Since it wasn't for them, it was naturally for Elistine. Although the elf druid was vague about this, Qin Lun already understood that the identity of this female elf might not be that simple.
This was a surprise, even Qin Lun didn't expect that the elf druid the two of them happened to meet in the wild had a thick leg.
Following the team up to the second floor of the Elven Castle, the originally wide and huge stone steps gradually turned into a normal bluestone spiral staircase, spiraling upwards around the castle. There are many glowing luminous gemstones on both sides of the corridor, and a large candlelight chandelier hangs from the top.
Arriving here, the Elven Castle finally resembles a human aristocratic castle. Gorgeous rooms and halls began to appear on both sides of the corridor. From a distance, you can also see exquisite swords and armor suits for decoration on the wall.
The main corridor of the castle is connected with many forks. According to Elistin, most of these corridors are connected with the mage towers around the main castle by air corridors. However, in addition to their respective elf mages, even the elf kings are not allowed to enter and exit these mage towers at will, and must be invited by the master.
Of course, these mage towers are not only the research sites of the elf mages, but also undertake part of the defense function of the elf castle, and there are mages who usually stay in rotation to be responsible for vigilance and defense. As for the residence of the elf mages, it is not in the mage tower, but a tree house built in the canopy of each layer of the world tree.
Since the main body of the Elven Fort is attached to the World Tree, you can enter the tree house area of the World Tree through some vine pontoon bridges. The tree house area in the lower tree canopy is not as tightly guarded as the mage tower, while the tree house area in the upper tree canopy is not easy to enter, it is the living area of nobles and royal family members.
"Yeah, yay!" While Qin Lun was looking around, a creature the size of half a palm suddenly flew in from the open window of the castle. After the little thing flew into the castle, he let out a cheerful cry, and rushed straight at Qin Lun and Elistine from behind.
Although Qin Lun couldn't see the movement behind his head, his keen perception had already sent out a warning. He was slightly surprised, forcibly restrained the desire to make a move, and turned to look at the elf druid.
There was a hint of surprise on Elistine's face, and he didn't make a defensive gesture, but turned his head and looked back. The little thing landed on the female elf's shoulder smoothly, and gently rubbed its head against Elisteen's cheek, making a baby-like babbling sound, as if expressing its inner joy.
Qin Lun observed the little thing curiously. It was a blond elf about seven or eight centimeters tall. It looks like an elf, wearing clothes made of green leaves. It is said to be clothes, but it is actually a bust and a small apron woven from small leaves.
The pointed ears of this little elf are slenderer than normal elves. There are two filaments on the forehead that resemble insect antennae, and there are two pairs of cicada wings like dragonfly wings on the back. The little thing has bare and clean feet, a pair of eyes that are relatively large in proportion to the face, slightly protruding, and looks very cute and watery.
"Vera, don't make trouble!" Maybe the little elf scratched the sensitive part of the female elf, and Elistine chuckled lightly, and finally couldn't help but grabbed the little thing off her shoulders, "Okay, We are going to meet the Elf King, you go to my tree house and wait!"
The elf named Vera shook her sharp ears, and flew out of the window again with her small mouth raised in displeasure.
"Hehe, you rarely see elves like Vera!" The elf druid saw that Qin Lun was still looking out the window with glowing eyes, and explained with a smile, "Elves are very timid, except for the elf king family, they are rarely seen in the wild."
"Well, I've only heard about them before, and I've never seen them with my own eyes!" Qin Lun smiled cautiously, and asked some questions about the elves tentatively.
Perhaps the elf druid liked elves very much. This time, she almost answered every question, which gave Qin Lun a general understanding of this little creature. There are two birth methods of the elves, one is viviparous, and the other is the transformation of the fruit of the world tree.
The former kind of elves rarely die because they are well nourished by their mothers, and the elves themselves have relatively good physique.
The latter kind of elves are generally a combination of the soul of the spirit and the fruit of the world tree, which can more or less retain some memory inheritance from the previous life, and the young life period is relatively short. However, due to insufficient nutrition, it is easy to die directly in the fruit form, and the physique after birth will be relatively poor.
If the soul of the spirit combined with the fruit of the world tree is not sound, or if some fruit of the world tree is affected by the soul of jungle creatures during the formation process, then there is a certain chance of transforming into an elf. Of course, a very small number of elves will also be born in the fruits of ordinary plants, but the probability of this is very small.
The wisdom of the elves is probably only at the level of human children. Except for the elves, other continental races generally do not regard them as intelligent creatures. Wild Pokémon are extremely rare, and most Pokémon live in various Pokémon settlements, where they are safe.
Little elves have no ability to reproduce, and every time a little elf is born, it means that one or several high-level big elves must die. The lifespan of little elves is generally only one-third of that of big elves. They hardly have any fighting ability, and their bodies are fragile. Even crows can easily kill them.
However, correspondingly, the vast majority of elves have good elemental affinity, or some kind of auxiliary talent. Under the condition of signing the soul contract, they can greatly improve the combat effectiveness of many fighting professions of the elves.
Of course, most of these auxiliary abilities belonged to elemental magic, a few belonged to divine arts and halo skills, and only a few belonged to physical martial arts.
"Filar, look there is the elf's lair!" Elistine pointed to a corner of the World Tree when passing by a window.
Qin Lun looked intently and saw many huge "beehives" hanging upside down under the canopy of the World Tree. Under the soft candlelight of the nearby tree house, he could still see many fuzzy gray shadows flying around the "beehives".
"So this is the elf's lair!" Qin Lun curled his lips. In fact, he had seen these things before, but the elves flew very fast, and if they were not paying attention, they would be mistaken for bees and birds.
"Here we are!"
With Qin Lun and Elistine whispering all the way, this short journey finally came to an end. The elf prince Corris who was leading the way at the front stopped and looked at the two with a smile.
Although the voices of Qin Lun and Elistine were very low, the hearing of the elves was very sensitive, whether it was the elf knight beside them or Ke Ruisi could hear them. It's just that there is nothing inconsistent with what the two of them are talking about, and everyone pretends not to hear it.
Qin Lun raised his head and looked around, only to realize that they had reached the top floor of the elf castle before they knew it. The top floor of the castle is also the meeting hall of the Elf King's Court, but compared with the normal meeting hall, this place is a bit different.
The meeting hall on this floor is not actually a normal hall, but a Byzantine-style gallery-style dome building. There are no walls around the circular site, just a vaulted dome supported by dozens of exquisite stone pillars, like a hollowed out hemispherical building.
Since this is already the top floor of the elf castle, halfway up the world tree, you can even see the white clouds floating in the midair of the city. Under the setting sun, the clouds outside the building looked like a burning cloud of fire, making even a heartless murderer like Qin Lun feel refreshed and beautiful.
There were no tables and chairs in the meeting room on the top floor. At this time, there was an elf in Chinese clothes standing with his back facing everyone in the center of the venue. When they came here, the two teams of elf knights bowed to the elf, and then retreated very consciously. Only Prince Corus stayed with Elistine and Qin Lun.
Qin Lun curiously observed the elf in gorgeous clothes in front of him. He was tall and wore a light yellow silk robe. His long light green hair hung over his shoulders. A gold bracelet, and an exquisite crown on his head. It should be the supreme ruler of the Magic Cup Court—Elf King Testyr.
"Father!" Corus stepped forward two steps and called softly.
"Oh, Corus!" The Elf King seemed to be immersed in some kind of memory just now, and he came back to his senses when he heard Corris' call, and turned to look at everyone.
The face of the elf king Testyr was somewhat similar to that of Kerris, but he didn't have the vigorous and heroic spirit of the elf prince. With a soft and steady smile on his face, he looked graceful and magnanimous. However, everyone can still feel the majesty of a strong king in him.
"Elisten, you are back!" The elf king smiled and nodded to the elf druid.
"Yes, King Testyr!" Elistine bowed and said respectfully, but Qin Lun, who was standing beside her, could clearly feel the female elf's tone, which seemed to have some kind of tangled emotion .
"You are Feral!" The Elven King's gaze stayed on Iristen for a while, and finally turned to Qin Lun.
"Feral Moonlight, I would like to serve His Majesty!" Qin Lun put his right arm on his chest, knelt down on one knee, and performed an elf noble salute. He had learned a lot of elf etiquette from Moonlight Forest and Mafa. This time It is completely used.
"Moonlight Clan?" There was a faint trace of astonishment in the Elf King's eyes, but it disappeared in an instant, and a smile appeared again.
"Don't be too polite, get up. I'm sorry, my warrior, I know you should be very tired, but I can't let you go to rest for the time being. I just heard about the attack on Emma's mission, please explain in detail Tell me about it."