Chapter 123
The ancient wood forest west of Duchy in Lotaire is surrounded by endless wilderness and hills, blocking human footsteps from the forest.
The lush ancient wood covering the heavens, shielding the sun, the quiet mist wafts in the jungle, and the rugged forest paths are intertwined, connecting the entire ancient wood forest into a whole.
No one knows how vast the entire ancient wood forest is, because no one can reach its end; no one knows everything about this forest, because the jungle's depths always hide secrets ;
After leaving the Deep Forest, Loren, as the messenger of count, finally entered this forest with Luca on the return journey to the kingdom of the elves.
To be more precise, it is the morning star forest on the east side of the entire ancient wood forest, and it is also the most powerful of the elven settlements adjacent to Lothar Duchy.
Of course, there are also the little wizard who insists on coming with him, and a certain black feather eagle named "Asriel". Visit these elves with Ruben Fried's gift.
From the moment he entered the forest, the little wizard never blinked again. His blue eyes were always full of curiosity—the jungle of trees and shadows, and the dazzling colorful flowers and plants. And the birds hidden between the dusk and the woods seem to be able to hear their singing.
The corner of the black hair wizard's gaze is also constantly looking around. This invisible forest is indeed beyond his imagination. The towering ancient wood incomparable gigantic is just like the pillars of a grand hall; the road underneath is only a path, winding and winding with no end in sight.
Don’t talk about cavalry on such a road. Even lightly armed infantry can only move forward side by side. Not to mention these complicated trails. Without a guide, they will only get lost in the endless jungle. .
Those elves who walk flat on the trails, even talking and laughing, never seem to worry that they will get lost. The expression is as calm as at home, walking leisurely in the woods.
It can be imagined that even if there is a human army breaking into the forest, these elves can be like hunting a herd of deer. Calm will slaughter the intruders.
This should be the real reason why the elves are confident enough to face humans and never worry about being invaded.
Loren in a pensive state completely ignored the gaze of the female elf next to him, making Liya, who was always next to him, extremely dissatisfied with the black hair wizard's expression.
This human, who has never entered the ancient wood forest, does not even have the slightest expression of shock or curiosity, as if these sceneries are just normal in his eyes.
Or did he deliberately pose this face, hoping to keep the wind in front of the Elders in the settlement? This wizard is really cunning, and it was indeed correct for Luca to take him.
The female elf who thinks like this is nodded secretly, faintly proud of her decision.
"Can I ask a question?" Loren glanced at the female elf behind him, somewhat helplessly opened the mouth and said: "If I remember correctly, you said that you have already encountered it here. An ogre invaded."
"Yes, just a few months ago." Liya was nodded, but it's no surprise that Loren would know that he was behind him: "There are at least a dozen ogre settlements. At the same time, we invaded, and we persisted until winter before they slowed down."
"If so, why didn't we even see an ogre's body along the way?" Loren turned around and asked, " I have seen it with my own eyes and killed one. If it did, the forest around here would have been in a mess!"
"Have you ever killed an ogre?"
Liya Asked rhetorically, with an expression of disbelief on his face. However, he still answered Loren’s question: "That’s because this is already the hinterland of Morningstar Forest, not the direction of Ogre’s invasion."
"Every year, the monsters attack from the south, and the rest The settlement is almost the same.” The female elf explained: “In the south, there is a big tree wall blocking them, so that they will not rush into our settlement."
"Big tree wall?"
"It is a very old cliff composed of woods and rocks. Luca said that those ancient woods existed from where the forests were born-they are connected into pieces, like the city wall of your human beings. Every time we encounter an invasion, we rely on the protection of the big tree wall to fight ogre."
Before speaking, Liya's eyes were a little more confused:" So if ogre does appear in the south, they must cross there, but this is impossible!"
"Why impossible?" Loren smiled and asked, "Since it is a wall, there must be Blind corners and unprotected places-maybe not enough for hundreds of ogre to pass through, but if there are few, you only need to destroy one or two gaps in the tree wall..."
" etc. You really have to see the big tree wall, you won't say that." Liya retorted unconvincedly: "When the time comes, you must not even close your chin!"
"I I look forward to that day very much."
Loren answered very calmly, making the female elf frowned in annoyance-although this was also her intention to find him, I hope this guy can convince the community Elders.
"Luca told me that you recommended him to make me the messenger of count." The black hair wizard said again: "absolutely didn't expect, my evaluation in your heart is so high. "
"I just think you are very good at persuading people, especially to honest people who are not good at lying." Liya shook the head: "The wizard who came with you also reminded me, Qian Don't be fooled by you."
Loren corner of the mouth twitched with a frozen smile, and the black feather eagle "Asriel" on his shoulders raised his head, and learned a few crow calls in response.
"But...you shouldn't be bad." The female elf's words were very direct: "Otherwise, you actually had the opportunity to escape from the castle that night, but you still tried your best to protect your body protection. People on the side. Luca also told me that you alone blocked the enemies who rushed into the castle."
"That's because my lord is in the castle." Sighed Loren explained to her: "If count dies, the Duke will definitely not let me go. When the time comes, I can't stay in Lothar Duchy."
Liya thought about it seriously, and then Shook the head again: "A cunning guy like you, even if he goes to other places, he will definitely be able to live well?"
"Is it in your eyes, I am a person who never To be honest, a villain who is good at cheating honest people?"
"Do you really want to know?"
"...Forget it, I already know."
Loren shrugged, who looked a little depressed, had walked with the elves for three days, and had not encountered a single elven settlement along the way, which means that even the nearest settlement was more than three days away.
Or, are they deliberately avoiding certain settlements so as not to be discovered by themselves? Considering that the elves are not friendly to humans, this is not impossible.
"We are here."
The female elf behind suddenly opened the mouth and said, and her slender but powerful right hand pointed to the towering ancient wood not far away: "The morning star is ahead. Lin is our settlement."
Huh? Loren eyebrows raised-he did not see any shadows of the settlement at all, no fences or walls, not even houses, only the big tree covering the heavens, shielding the sun.
"It's there, haven't you seen it yet?" The female elf's calm tone was obviously more ridiculous: "On top of the cloud crown tree is our settlement."
On the tree? !
stared wide-eyed, Loren stared intently at the ancient wood lush and green canopy, like a ladder of row upon row, layered on top of each other, connected to the dome.
"You are so surprised, I thought you knew it a long time ago."
Finally, seeing Loren's surprised expression, Liya couldn't express her joy. Still not letting go of what he meant: "Didn’t some people say that elves sleep on trees."
"So you guessed it, it’s just a little bit different. Every elf settlement has a cloud crown tree." The female elf's face suddenly became a little more proud.
"The morning star forest is the largest tree in the entire ancient wood forest!"