After a night of preparation and rest, Pei Xia, Lucifer and his party headed in another direction under the leadership of the elf "Princess" Sophia.
The terrain inside the Emerald Forest is complicated, and it is easy to go in the wrong direction without familiar people leading the way.
Sophia bit her lower lip lightly and walked lightly through the mountains and forests. He looked sad and didn't know what he was thinking.
Gradually, bloodstains and traces of battle began to appear in front of them. Everyone got off their horses and slowed down.
Sophia looked into the distance and saw the figure in front of her with the excellent eyesight of the elves. She whispered: "Not long ago, the dark elves invaded the ground on a large scale. Many of our forest elves were washed away, and some People were taken away, and now the remaining people are fighting outside the tree of life."
"The purpose of the dark elves is the tree of life?" Lucifer asked.
"Yes, the reproduction of the dark elves is very difficult. A long time ago, they wanted to erode the tree of life. Later, a war broke out between the two clans, and the dark elves retreated, so they hid underground in the emerald forest."
Lucifer thought deeply: "If that's the case, why do you want to go back to the ground now?"
Sophia's eyes drifted away for a moment, and she looked elsewhere with some evasion: "I don't know."
"Forget it, go and have a look first."
Lucifer and his party consisted of a total of eight people. When the situation was unclear, it was not convenient to directly intervene in the war between these two races, so they planned to go to the Elven King's Court to find out the situation first.
Sophia led a few people around the frontal battlefield, and quietly returned to the rear of the battle line. The elf who was standing guard above the tree showed an overjoyed expression when he saw Sophia.
He jumped down all of a sudden: "Your Highness, you are back!"
"Well." Sophia nodded and said, "I brought back a few humans who are good at light magic. I think they can play a big role in dealing with demons."
The elf standing guard was a little suspicious: "Are humans really trustworthy?"
Sophia held his hand and nodded firmly: "They healed my injury, I believe, they are not bad people!"
While talking, Sophia turned her head, and her long green hair was flying like a small grassland. He looked at Pei Xia, Lucifer and the others, and showed a grateful smile: "We are friends, aren't we? ?”
Lucifer slowly revealed a smile: "Of course, it is our mission to drive away demons for our friends."
With Sophia as a guarantee, the forest elves quickly let them go. When walking into the elf king's court, Pei Xia saw many distinctive buildings.
Most of the elves' houses are on trees, decorated with flowers and vines, almost integrated with nature, people feel happy when they see it, and want to close their eyes and enjoy the peace and beauty of the forest quietly.
Further inside, there is a stone building built on the hillside and the huge tree of life. This is the residence of the elf queen.
The tree of life has a thick trunk, covering the sky and the sun, and the green leaves are shaded. The elf king's court below is magnificent and exquisite, and the traces of years of precipitation are still left on it, which is particularly full of charm.
Passing through the human wall made up of elf guards, Sophia ran inside excitedly: "Mother, I'm back!"
Pei Xia and others followed in, and saw the elf queen wearing a wreath on her head and holding a wooden scepter. The queen looked very young. In fact, she was almost a thousand years old. When she saw her child come back, she showed a moment of excitement. It will be pressed down soon.
"Sophia, what happened? I heard you brought some humans back?"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Sophia took a few steps back, introduced Lucifer and his party to the Queen of the Mirror Spirit, and mentioned the story that happened after the two met.
The Elf Queen pondered for a moment, and when she looked at Lucifer, her eyes were a little serious, and she said: "You are Lucifer, the holy son of the Light God Sect?"
"That's right." Lucifer gave her a slight salute.
The elf queen suddenly walked down, her long clothes dragged on the ground, her face was young and beautiful, but her eyes were full of the calmness and insight of an elder.
She walked to Lucifer's side, she didn't know what she was looking at, she seemed a little vigilant, and that look made Pei Xia a little curious.
Although the relationship between the elves and humans is not good, they don't think that they and their group are going to harm them, right
Finally, the Elven Queen broke the silence:
"Holy Son of the Light God Sect, thank you very much for your help. Even though we have different beliefs, I believe that we will all unite in the face of evil. Here, please let me express my gratitude to you in advance on behalf of the forest elves. "
Lucifer's smile remained unchanged, as if he hadn't been affected by the Elf Queen's attitude at all: "You are too polite, exterminating demons is the purpose of our trip. I think it is normal for the two sides to join forces."
The elf queen nodded, without being too polite, she directly told the situation of the battle.
In fact, the forest elves and dark elves have been in a state of mutual domination for a long time. They are equal in strength, but one is good at wood magic, and the other is good at fighting at night.
Therefore, they tacitly divided the emerald forest into two halves, day and night, above ground and underground. At night, even if the dark elves come to the ground to move around, as long as they don't rub against the forest elves, the two sides will not be serious.
But now the king of dark elves chooses to join forces with the devil to seize the tree of life. Their strength increases greatly at night.
"The key lies in the devil." Lucifer said after thinking for a moment, "The devil is not a trustworthy existence, I think the king of the dark elves should also understand this, so he can't ignore the opportunity of his sudden alliance with the devil. "
The elf queen sighed: "Our forest elves are good at wood magic, and we don't know much about light magic that restrains demons."
"Please don't worry, we are here to solve this problem."
Lucifer chuckled lightly and said, "Actually, we don't have the right to intervene in the internal struggles of the elves."
The elf queen nodded, feeling a little helpless: "That's right, if there is only a war between the forest elves and the dark elves, I will never let you get involved."
But now that demons are involved, that's different.
Lucifer then continued to talk about his plan: the battle in the emerald forest is very scattered, instead of driving away the demons that appear when the two sides fight, it is better to just draw fire from the bottom of the pot and destroy the altar where the dark elf king summons demons , and then take a long-term view.
It's just that in this way, Lucifer will inevitably go deep underground to face danger.
Pei Xia quietly clenched the hilt of the sword. There was nothing wrong with it. The great danger that Lu Xifeier encountered in the original book happened when he was underground.
just now...
Pei Xia scratched her head, and wanted to persuade Lucifer to be more careful. As an elf princess, Sophia has the seeds of the tree of life on her body, and she can burst out extremely powerful power at critical moments.
Although Sophia and Lucifer have become friends now, they don't look very close. I'm afraid Sophia will not easily rescue Lucifer at that time.
"Master Shengzi, maybe we should understand the strength and characteristics of the dark elves before we act." Pei Xia persuaded in a low voice.
"Alright, I'll listen to you." Lucifer nodded and agreed.
Dark elves usually start to appear at dusk, they are strange and very difficult to guard against. The elf queen asked Sophia to entertain a few people.
"Please come with me." Sophia led them to a row of tree houses outside, reached out and grabbed the vines and jumped up.
Lucifer suddenly asked: "Do you know how to go to the world of dark elves?"
"what-"
Sophia, who was climbing a tree, was suddenly frightened, let go of her hand, and fell helplessly to the ground.
Pei Xia was taken aback, immediately stretched out her hand, and pulled Lucifer away.
Sophia who fell to the ground with a bang: "..."
Lucifer leaned against Pei Xia in a panic, raised his hand and patted his heart, trying not to smile too obviously: "It's really too dangerous, Your Highness Sophia, please be careful."
Pei Xia nodded in agreement: "Indeed, it is too dangerous to use vines to climb trees without building stairs. Your Highness Sophia, how are you?"
Sophia stood up slowly, patted the dust on the back of her buttocks, and smiled hard: "It's okay, I'm fine..."
"That's good, you are really a strong...princess." Pei Xia praised.
The corner of Sophia's mouth twitched, and she pointed to the tree houses above: "Please rest here first, there are living utensils inside, and I won't demonstrate how to use them for you."
After Sophia left, several people entered the tree house. Pei Xia turned around curiously, and found that there are many very convenient things made of magic, such as faucets, which can be conveniently washed and cleaned even if they are on the tree.
Soon, some elves sent some fruits, Pei Xia went down the tree to get them, and was told that Sophia had something to do with him.
Pei Xia was at a loss: "What's the matter? Are you in a hurry?"
The elf spread his hands: "I don't know."
"I want to protect the Holy Son here, sorry." This place is different from Atna City, and it is not safe.
"It's okay, Pei Xia, I'm already here."
I don't know when Sophia changed her clothes again. The white and green long skirt reflected him very fresh and natural. He was holding a piece of clothing in his hand, which was the coat that Pei Xia lent her before.
"I'll give you this back." Sophia lowered her eyes and said in a low voice.
"Okay." Pei Xia took it, but saw Sophia sighing slightly.
He was a little puzzled: "What's wrong with you?"
The elf who delivered the fruit had already left, and only Sophia and Pei Xia were left under the tree. He asked sadly, "I'm just a little confused."
"confused?"
"Do you know why I wear women's clothes?"
Pei Xia: "Isn't it because you like it?"
"wrong!"
Sophia bit her lip and said sadly: "Actually, it's because I like men."
Pei Xia: "... Oh." What a coincidence, so am I.
Sophia blinked her eyes and looked at him expectantly and said, "Last night, you didn't show disgust when you found out my real gender. I think maybe you can understand me."
Pei Xia nodded: "Actually, this is normal. There are not many people who like the same sex."
"What about you, Pei Xia?" Sophia looked at him inquiringly, "I found out last night that you and Lucifer are very close. Could it be that you..."
Pei Xia was startled, and blurted out: "No!"
Sophia: "? I haven't said what it is yet."
Pei Xia rubbed her hands nervously, feeling confused: "In short, I have nothing to do with Lord Shengzi."
A thoughtful look flashed in Sophia's eyes: "It's just that it doesn't matter now, so do you like him?"
Pei Xia: "..."
At this moment, he felt that this question was very difficult to answer.
Does he like Lucifer? There is no doubt that he often has feelings for him, but this is wrong and shouldn't be!
Pei Xia has been avoiding thinking about it, as long as she doesn't think about it, she won't suffer.
But if you say you don't like it, it's against your will, and if you say you like it, it's too frivolous.
And it's dangerous.
He faltered and said, "Why would you think about this, I'm just his subordinate."
"So what about Lord Son, does he like you?"
"Please don't talk nonsense." Pei Xia said seriously, "Master Shengzi doesn't like men, he will be unhappy after hearing this."
He is a homophobic straight man, and he will definitely be angry if he is suspected of liking the same sex.
Sophia: "... oh~"
Pei Xia: "Oh?"
Sophia covered her face as if sobbing: "Actually, it's because I fell in love with someone I shouldn't. I thought the two of you were the same as me, so I wanted to ask you for advice."
So this is ah.
It's really painful to fall in love with someone you shouldn't like. Pei Xia sympathized with him: "Why can't you be together? Does the other party not like men?"
Sophia choked up and said: "I don't know. At first, he thought I was a girl, and I didn't know his identity. But then... I didn't know how to face him and left. Now, we stand in a hostile position, This is so painful!"
Pei Xia: "Uh, this..."
"Do you have any suggestions?" Sofia asked, looking at him expectantly.
Pei Xia: "Actually, I haven't been in a relationship yet."
Sophia was shocked: “… no wonder.”
"No wonder what??"
"It's nothing." Sophia shook her head, glanced upwards, and said, "I've been looking for a way to escape, maybe we are wrong, I should fall in love with someone else."
"Empathy is indeed a way." Pei Xia suggested seriously, "You can find someone who can stay with you."
Sophia smiled shyly and said, "So, what do you think of me?"
"You are fine."
"I mean, will you like me?"
Pei Xia was startled: "Your Highness, don't you want to try it with me?"
Sophia nodded slightly, her eyes drifted, and she smiled meaningfully: "Although I am not as beautiful as Lord Son, I have a heart that likes men."
Pei Xia: "... What you said makes sense, but I can't agree to try it with you."
"Why?" Sophia was a little puzzled, "Is it because I'm not good enough?"
"Of course not, you're fine."
Pei Xia sighed softly: "This involves deep issues."
The main reason is that we hit each other!
Sophia shook her head regretfully: "Well, I appreciate you very much, if one day you change your mind, please be sure to consider me."
Pei Xia said politely: "Okay, I also wish you can find the right one."
Sophia waved goodbye, and Pei Xia's heart began to fluctuate after being complained by him.
He patted his heart, turned around, and was about to go up the tree with the fruit in his hands, when he raised his head, he met Lucifer who was expressionless on the tree.
Seeing Pei Xia, Lucifer very slowly showed a perfunctory smile.