"have no idea."
The mage shook his head and said no more, as if he wanted to remain silent.
However, despite Priest's persuasion and coercion as captain, he still reluctantly expressed his guess: "To be honest, captain, you must not have paid attention to the words engraved by these elves on the Mother Tree of Life." Genealogy—these elves have been passed down for more than thirty generations.”
"More than thirty generations - even if one human generation is twenty years, it is nearly six hundred years... Normal elves generally give birth to offspring when they are one or two hundred years old. The situation here is different. Calculated as eighty years, thirty generations There are also two thousand four hundred years."
When the mage said this, he did not continue. Obviously, he himself did not understand what was going on... Moreover, the mage still had one sentence to finish.
These more than thirty generations of elves are nothing more than the genealogy of the 'Looker' tribe... What if there was still a period of inheritance without genealogy before them? Is that three thousand years, or even four thousand years? What's more, in 1,300 years, no matter how frequent the geological movements are, it will never be possible to turn the Akrafa Hub into a grotesque rock mountain. This will require at least thousands of years of uncanny workmanship by nature.
The time cannot match up anyway. After all, from the birth of the First Sage to the end of the Era of Glory, there were not even two thousand years.
Wrong time. Closed world. The spirit that lost its inheritance. Weird chaos erosion. The corpse of the nine-headed beast in the sky.
There are more and more puzzling things, causing headaches to everyone in the exploration team. With the awakening of the alchemist, the priest and the knight, the cave that was not very big suddenly became noisy and crowded. .
"We should return to the area around Akrafa hub as soon as possible!"
This is the opinion of the cleric. He believes that the Akrafa hub is the culprit that caused them to be teleported to this world. It is naturally the key to their return to Mycroft's world. Regardless of whether there is a way to negotiate, they should go back and take a look at the situation. .
"At least inquire about the local situation - when we looked in the sky before, we saw more than a dozen Trees of Life, and the Gazer Tribe was just one of them."
Alchemists tend to understand the local situation and collect as much information as possible. After all, the Looker tribe is primitive, which does not mean that other elves are primitive. Maybe there is a group of elves that have preserved a certain civilization? If we could find a more detailed historical record to let everyone know where we are, then everything would be much easier to handle.
On the other side, the knight did not dare to express his opinion. He just sat there and drank water like he was autistic.
Everyone has different opinions. Although Priest is the captain, he himself has no ideas for the time being, and it is difficult to decide the team's action strategy at the moment.
"Still not strong enough..."
Priest secretly sighed in his heart: "If I have the ultimate level of strength, then the Akrafa hub may not be able to stop me. I also have level 5 authority, so I can naturally obtain its database... If I talk to the teacher If it is just as strong, then the closed barrier of this world can be easily broken, and then return to the normal multiverse."
With legendary strength, there is no need to be afraid of those eight-legged fungi. Even if they cannot defeat the opponent's group, at least there is no problem in strategic retreat.
If you have enough strength, why do you need to think so much? All problems can be solved with the simplest and most direct method.
"I'll go out and check the situation first."
For a moment, Priest felt that his heart was a little confused. His thoughts, which had always been clear, were disrupted by the sudden desire for strength. He immediately stood up, exhaled and said: "I'll go see the Elf tribe outside. It depends on the situation. By the way, when will this group of Immortals finish their discussion?"
"Do you need me to follow you?"
The knight stood up, "to avoid being attacked by those elves."
"No, even if their number were doubled, they wouldn't be able to kill me instantly. Moreover, if these elves wanted to attack, they could have attacked two days ago."
Priest shook his head and rejected the other party's proposal: "But you can also go to other places to visit and collect information - we spent two days repairing the magic armor. It's time to truly understand this world."
After finishing speaking, he didn't say anything more, and just walked out of the cave entrance and came to the surface.
The cave where everyone is located is located on the edge of the Watcher Elf Tribe, in a blue-black hill. Not far away, you can see a huge tree as huge as a hill, with seven-color magical rainbow light swimming on the top of the tree. , dreamy and gorgeous.
The Gazer tribe is divided into four large tribes and seven or eight scattered small tribes, with a total population of nearly 2,300. Among them, the Deer Crown Elf is the leader of the largest tribe, and he negotiates with other tribes. The gold-level leader of the three tribes.
According to the information from the Watcher elves, Priest and others are located in the northeast of the continent, very close to the coast. Therefore, fishing and hunting are the main livelihood of these elves. This information is shared with the exploration team in the sky. Seeing the same thing proves that these elves are indeed not lying and are more sincere.
Priest stood on the top of the hill. He could see dots of rock buildings under the Mother Tree of Life in the distance. The edges were sparse, but the center was dense.
They are underground cave doors that have been carefully decorated to prevent rainwater from pouring back. In other words, this is the tribal town of the elves - the magic at the top of the Mother Tree of Life is too strong, and people who are not strong can't bear it. , so unlike what most people think, most elves actually live around the roots of trees where the magic is relatively mild.
Priest did not consider entering the elves' tribe, because the main body of their tribe is different from the elves in Mycroft's world. They are basically located underground. These elves usually make a living by hunting wild beasts, fishing for sea fish, and growing mushrooms. , he knew that if he went there, he would just see large tracts of mushroom breeding sheds.
"Weird elf tribe... But who knows if this is the way of life of ancient elves."
After muttering softly, Priest walked down the hill. He walked along the corridor that the elves often visited, and walked slowly in the forest.
In the corridor, you can often see elves who are getting ready to go out to work in small groups. They don't seem to notice Priest, a stranger with round ears. Instead, they are holding various tools and weapons. He left with a smile, and after confirming that the other party was not pretending not to care, but really didn't notice him, Priest couldn't help but sigh deeply.
To be honest, there are many weird things about this world. For example, the elf tribe is really unbelievably unwary, and everyone seems to be living very easily, and they are not as primitive as they appear.
But Priest is not incapable of understanding this... The location of the Looker Elf tribe is roughly the same as the tropical area of Mycroft's world. The fruits here are easy to mature and only need a little cultivation to be stable. A large amount of food was harvested, and the elves were very skilled in hunting, and no wild beasts could threaten their lives.
In addition, they can also fish and cultivate mushrooms and other fungi. In addition to dealing with the occasional alien monsters, that is, beasts eroded by Chaos, the elves' life is extremely easy. It can even be said that they can do it without any effort at all. Live a prosperous life.
It is almost the same as the "Great Harmony Society" that the teacher and Master Nostradamus have been talking about - at least it is satisfying in terms of food and clothing. It's no wonder these elves are so unwary. After all, they don't need to compete at all, and they have no external opponents. They only need to occasionally hunt monsters to ensure long-term peace without pressure. As a result, they actually have no motivation for sacrifices.
I don’t know how long this weird wealth and peace will last, and whether it will be good or bad.
"That, those round ears over there!"
Suddenly, Priest heard an energetic voice coming from behind him.
He turned around and saw that the person who stopped him was a young-looking elf girl carrying a heavy fishing net.
This elf girl is wearing a long skirt of grass leaves and has long emerald green hair tied into a high ponytail. Just like all elves, her facial features are very delicate and elegant, and she can be called a beauty. However, in terms of temperament, Priest felt that the other person had too much energy, spoke too loudly, and was not elegant at all.
What's more, no matter how elegant the elf is, it will never make people feel 'noble' when carrying a fishing net.
Although she looked like a girl, she was old enough to be her grandmother. Just when Priest was thinking about something very rude, the elf girl quickly approached her with a fishing net on her back.
In response, Priest subconsciously took a step back and made a faint warning gesture, but the elf girl did not seem to notice the almost explicit resistance movement of the human man in front of her. She just stood in front of Priest, very imposing. He raised his hand and said loudly: "Hello!"
"… Hello."
Not understanding what this elf wanted to do at all, Priest was still wondering if the other party was a spy sent by the high-level elves to gather intelligence. However, this nonsense idea disappeared after a few seconds.
"Um, round ears, my name is Sur!"
The elf girl holding a fishing net smiled energetically, pointed her right thumb at her chest, introduced herself neatly, and asked: "I want to know your name!"
... With this kind of character, it is absolutely impossible for him to be a spy. If he is... No, it's impossible.
As a disciple of a certain lord, Priest did not need to sense the heartbeat frequency of the elf girl named Sur in front of him. He could directly determine that the other party was not lying by simply relying on the movements of the other party's facial muscles, and there was no doubt that he did not have any unnecessary thoughts. —She simply came over to introduce herself and then asked her name directly.
In this regard, he originally wanted to give a fake name. After all, it was a different world. For safety reasons, and as long as he discussed it with his teammates, who would know that it was a fake name? But Priest hesitated for some reason, and then said seriously: "My name is Priest... may I ask, what do you want from me?"
"Puri...ster."
The elf girl nodded thoughtfully, and then said confidently: "This name is so weird - but I remember it, your name is Priest!"
After finishing speaking, Sur stretched out his left hand without hesitation and grabbed Priest's right hand. The elf girl smiled and said: "Do you want to go to the beach? Then let's go on the way. Let's go first. If there is something wrong, , you can talk while walking!”
To be honest, Priest subconsciously wanted to refuse - the attitude of the Watcher elves towards them is still very ambiguous. Although there is no hostility at the moment, who knows what will happen in the future? What if those elves feel that they have intentions for this elf girl? There were many ideas brewing in his mind, but before he could refuse, Priest's body was already striding forward along with Sur, who was humming a tune.
That's all, let's hear what her problem is first.
Priest was a little annoyed as to why he didn't reject the other party directly. Rejecting now would make his hostility very obvious. But just when he was about to speak and ask what Sur wanted to do, the elf girl spoke first. He said in a very mysterious tone: "Um, Priest, I heard that you are from a very far away place?"
"Indeed." Priest nodded. This was indeed what the elite team said to the elf leaders: "It comes from... a distant place you have never been to."
"Really!"
Hearing this, Su Er seemed even more excited. She narrowed her big emerald green eyes slightly and couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth. The elf girl suppressed her joy and said softly: "In other words, you must have seen many different things. Scenery, right?”
"That's right." Priest somewhat understood what the girl in front of him was thinking. He smiled slightly and said, "Many of the scenery are completely different from those that don't exist here."
"Really... That's awesome!" After hearing Priest's words, Sur's eyes almost lit up. She seemed to want to ask something, but she didn't know how to say it. Even the young warrior could feel it. The hand holding her right hand clenched and unclenched from time to time, and all the thoughts of this elf girl seemed to be reflected on her face.
After a while, Suer finally made up her mind and squeezed Priest's hand. She bit her lower lip, slowly opened her mouth, and asked in a tone with a little caution and expectation, and a little excitement and enthusiasm: " So... Priest, can you tell me, what is the world outside this forest really like?"
The world beyond the forest
Priest was slightly stunned. He did not expect that this elf girl approached him so boldly and proactively... just to ask this question.
And it seemed that the other party was really looking forward to the answer to this question. Suer seemed to really want to know what it was like 'out there'.
"The world beyond the forest... hmm."
Priest thought for a while and felt that it would be okay to tell a little bit. He didn't lie anyway. "Beyond the forest are hills and plains. There are not many dense woods there, but there are many..."
Priest briefly explained the topography of the world to Sur, which was the structure of the world he saw from a high altitude. He described lakes, rivers and canyons to him in detail, and explained deserts, glaciers and wastelands to him.
When Su Er was listening, he rarely interrupted with any sound. Instead, his eyes shone, and he wrote down every word very seriously and curiously.
The elf girl didn't ask any sensitive questions, such as what Priest's hometown was like, how far away it was from here, etc. Sur was really just curious about what kind of scenery in the distance was completely different from the forest. She eagerly awaited every word of Priest's explanation, which seemed to allow this girl who had always lived in the depths of the forest to imagine a different scenery from her hometown.
Soon, time passed, and the two of them had walked a not-so-long journey to the coast where the elves fished and hunted.
"Really, thank you very much for your kindness. Please help me satisfy my curiosity."
Holding the fishing net, Sur showed a big smile to Priest. This elf girl who was so energetic and a little bit unusual even said goodbye so neatly: "Next time I will treat you to eat 'Mingguang Bei' as a thank you. I'm polite, but now, I have to go to work—"
"Go ahead."
Priest didn't know why, but he was also in a good mood. He stood on the coast and also said goodbye to Suer.
Afterwards, Priest looked around at the elf fishermen driving their boats back and forth around a simple long pier. This is a very classic offshore fishing dock. It seems that even though these elves have lost almost all their high-end technology, they really have no worries about survival.
After confirming that this was the fishing base of the Watcher Elf Tribe, Priest couldn't help but turn his attention to Sur, who was holding the fishing net and trotting all the way to the dock. He sighed softly: "I didn't expect that there would be people who are curious about the outside world wherever I go. Human beings exist... I thought that elves can only stay in the forest for the rest of their lives, and they cannot escape whether they live or die... "
In the middle of talking to himself, he suddenly stopped.
Priest narrowed his eyes seriously and stared at the elf girl's exposed large area of fair skin on her back.
This is not because of any erotic thoughts, or because of the desires of young men... As a person who has experienced countless hell trainings, Priest has already learned to control all the desires in his body. The reason behind his staring at Sur is very Simple.
There was a long black wound diagonally bisecting the girl's back, or in other words, a terrifying scar.
It squirms like a shadow, releasing the breath of destruction and the smell of death... This is the existence of chaos erosion, the so-called 'alien disease' of local indigenous people.
Because the local residents are more or less contaminated with the aura of chaos, Priest was not sensitive to it at first, but he never expected that the chaos erosion on Sur would be so serious!
"Even an elf... I'm afraid he won't be able to survive for too long."
Priest came to this conclusion silently, and the smile on his face gradually disappeared.
No wonder... No wonder Suer is so eager for all information related to the outside world... Because with her body, she probably won't be able to get out of this forest at all.
Moreover, chaos erosion... is irreversible in most cases.
At least there's nothing he can do now.
While Priest was silently staring at the sea, the aura of a gold-level druid gradually emerged from behind him.
Priest turned his head, and sure enough, the figure of the Deer Crown Elf was gradually emerging from the forest. He looked at the humans in front of him and whispered: "Humans, after discussion, our Looker Tribe has decided to agree to cooperate with you."
The deer crown elf's words were straightforward, without any fancy words. He said in a hoarse voice: "Your companions, we have already informed you that we have agreed to assist you in meeting other elf tribes and transfer the records within the tribe. Read it for you... But instead, you have to teach us how to forge... the craftsmanship of metal."
"make a deal."
Priest also nodded in agreement without hesitation. He knew that this agreement did not have any paper constraints and was just a purely verbal transaction. However, neither party had the reason or confidence to deceive the other party, and the price that needed to be paid was high for both parties. It's extremely small, but the harvest is extremely huge, so the promise between them is more reliable than any contract.
(Must go back as soon as possible.)
Priest thought this way: (Only the upper echelons of the Church of the Seven Gods and their teachers have the power to truly purify Chaos... and only they can expel the Chaos erosion of the entire Elf tribe.)
Both parties were very satisfied with the cooperation agreement. Soon, Priest decided to discuss the details with the Deer Crown Elf, and the other party naturally agreed happily.
However, just when the two of them were preparing to discuss the specific cooperation process between the two parties on a relatively flat sea rock plate.
Suddenly, in the sky, at the highest point of the sky, there was a loud rumbling sound like thunder.
Priest and the Deer Crown Elf looked up at the sky with shock and confusion.
The sky trembled, as if it had been struck by something. Behind the distant blue sky, there seemed to be an unimaginably huge shadow that was constantly aiming at the outer layer of the world, striking with all its strength.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Just like a beaver knocking on a shell or a human being trying to smash a lobster's carapace, the existence of the outside world exerts all its strength to bombard the world's barriers.
Of course, the barrier of the world is intact, not even damaged at all. Even the trembling sky is just a vision more similar to hallucination. The circle of shadows is even more blurry, and only an outline can be seen. If not There was a loud and obvious sound coming from the sky, and I am afraid that all the elves who were working would not notice it at all.
But whether it was Priest or the Deer Crown Elf, they all understood immediately what kind of existence the huge shadow that struck the outer shell of the world really was.
That's what crab claws look like.
Chapter 2 is over 10,000 words, sorry for the late update
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