Not every rescue operation can be successfully completed.
Yang Yu did not have a map of the Curse Cult's attack, so he could only rely on Lothkar's sense to search for traces left by the Curse Cult in the forest and track them, which was extremely inefficient.
Once, when Yang Yu arrived, there was only a charred hole left in the forest, and the elves of the hunting team had been captured by the cursed sect.
Continuing the search along other flavors, this situation became more and more common.
It seems that the attacks launched by the Curse Cult were carried out in parallel at multiple locations.
Even if the Elf Queen sends out her personal guards to protect the elves, the elves will not only be able to take care of the head but also the buttocks, and suffer heavy losses.
Realizing this, Yang Yu patted Lotkar on the back, telling him not to chase the new smell, but to continue following the scent left by the believer who captured the elf.
This was indeed a good choice. In order to capture the elves, the believers of the Curse Sect were covered with a strong smell of fire and smoke. This smell was particularly clear outside the burned forest area. Lotkar did not have to stop to confirm the smell and could keep tracking them.
Unfortunately, the smell stopped abruptly in an area of forest that was also burnt.
With his keen sense of smell, Lotkar found a large number of different human scents near that area.
Looking closely at the ruins that had been extinguished for a long time, a tree that had been burnt out had unnaturally broken in the middle and fell in the center of the ruins. Looking more closely, there were traces of something scratching on the warm ashes.
According to Yang Yu's guess, this might be the remains of a teleportation array.
It is very likely that the Curse Cult gathered the elves here and used large-scale teleportation magic to transport them to other places.
The teleportation magic in this world is not mature and has a very high technical threshold, with the problem of teleportation distance being the most prominent.
When formulating the subsequent strategy, Yang Yu considered using the Library of All Things as a springboard to instantly provide support to every corner of the world when the devil descended.
But even the Library of All Things, the magician's holy land, is still at the stage of building teleportation points with complex magic arrays on them for its research on ultra-long-distance teleportation magic. Even so, the Library of All Things cannot reach the capital of human countries and provide rapid support, let alone send people to every corner of the world.
There is teleportation magic that can be used by individuals, but the landing point usually has to be set in advance, and it also requires the magic user to have a deep and solid magical foundation in order to avoid failure.
After all, no one wants to suddenly end up in an unknown place, and if they happen to encounter someone live streaming, they will probably be beaten to death by the couple.
Generally speaking, the weight of the items you carry will also affect the distance of your personal teleportation magic to a certain extent.
If they took so many elves away at once, they probably wouldn't be able to go far. Unfortunately, their scent was gone, and Lothkar had no way to continue following the scent and rescue those elves.
The reason why they went to such great lengths to destroy the teleportation magic circle was to prevent any magician from deducing the distance they had moved based on the magic circle.
That's it, there's no need to continue tracking.
The magician who could use teleportation magic to take away so many elves must be very powerful and should at least have reached the level of an elder of the Library of All Things.
As soon as his wings became a little stronger, he chased after someone who was obviously hit by the BOSS, and was madly testing the brink of death.
Maybe someone has left a spy here that can self-destruct and see everything here.
Since Bai Jin is not here, this possibility cannot be ruled out.
Staying too long will only draw attention to yourself, so pretending to be just passing by is the best option.
After thinking it over, Yang Yu drove Lothkar again, returning along the original route and heading straight for the Fallen Feather City.
The elves rescued by Yang Yu gradually gathered behind Yang Yu and formed a large team, but they always kept a distance from Yang Yu.
Along the way, they witnessed many battles between Yang Yu, Lotkar and He Meng. They wanted to help Yang Yu and return the favor when he was in a stalemate.
Unexpectedly, Yang Yu's team was too at ease, and they were unable to intervene in the battle between Yang Yu and the Curse Sect.
In the end, this elf hunting team of more than two hundred people followed Yang Yu's footsteps and headed to the Fallen Feather City together.
Two days later.
Following Yang Yu, the elf hunting team arrived at the Fallen Feather City.
But there was no joy on their faces. The cruel scene before them shocked their fragile nerves.
A golden shield enveloped the Fallen Feather City, and the city inside was almost unscathed. However, a golden crack appeared from the top of the shield, shining a unique vertical light into the Fallen Feather City and onto the trunk of the Elf Tree. The light that was originally shining in the canopy of the Elf Tree also dimmed a little.
Outside the golden light shield, the temporary village originally used to house the elves had turned into a dark scorched earth, and the air was filled with the smell of various things burning.
In the charred village, the small raised mounds of earth are extremely conspicuous.
On top of each mound of earth, there is a small beige flower, and all the elves know what it symbolizes.
Some elves have left this world forever without their knowledge.
The elf hunting team was originally skeptical about what Yang Yu said, "Falling Feather City was also attacked", but when they really saw the tragic scene before them, they couldn't bear to look at it.
Several elves in charge of guarding were relieved to see the returning elf hunting team, but when they saw Yang Yu and Lothkar with the elves, they immediately became alert and asked the messenger to quickly notify the queen.
Many elves noticed the guards' reaction and came closer. When they saw the elf hunting team, they first smiled with relief. But when they saw that the elf hunting team returned with nothing in their hands, the smiles on their faces became more helpless and bitter, and they sighed and dispersed.
The Elf Hunting Team also lowered their heads unconsciously in order not to see other people's expressions.
Yang Yu looked around at the burnt houses. The Elf Queen gathered all the elves together, but the elves outside the Fallen Feather City still maintained the original village area divisions.
When he arrived at the outskirts of Luoyu City before, Yang Yu was able to see many warehouses guarded by elven warriors.
It is estimated that in the temporarily established villages, each mobile village has its own winter granary to prevent disputes among the villages over food issues and feelings of unfairness.
These winter granaries were destroyed in the fire.
Food shortages became more severe.
Elves are a race that can understand each other, and many elves firmly believe this.
However, Yang Yu did not think so. At least, at this moment, Yang Yu felt that these elves were no different from ordinary humans.
(End of this chapter)