Chapter 196 Self-Recommendation

The entrance to the Mother Tree of Life is indeed not far away, but the entrance is relatively hidden and generally not easy to notice.

This entrance is actually located on the top of a large, ordinary-looking tree. The entrance is only wide enough for two people to walk in parallel. Of course, as far as Shuqian is concerned, being able to make such a big hole in it without affecting the growth of the plants is already considered very big.

According to the female elf who led the way, this entrance is not the main passage. The real main passage is located in another place. It is a huge passage that can run two locomotives side by side. It is much wider than here.

Although it is an auxiliary passage, it is the passage connecting to the Mother Tree of Life, so there are still guards here. As soon as we got close to this big tree, two elves reached out and blocked our way.

"This is the lake bottom passage leading to the Mother Tree of Life. Foreigners are not allowed to come in and out at will. What do you want?"

The male elf among the two elves who were responsible for leading the way quickly stepped forward and explained: "We are elves from the western tribe. We came here to see the patriarch here on the order of our patriarch. We hope to get her help. This is The token of our clan leader." The male elf said and handed out a leaf.

One of the elves on the guard took the leaf without even looking at it. He just touched it and nodded: "It's a leaf from our mother tree of life. You can go over."

After thanking the two guards we entered the tree hole. Inside the tree hole is a spiral staircase that is not deep, only two stories high. After going down to the bottom, there is a long passage with a slope. This passage is not a passage in a human-like building, but a passage formed by a cavity formed by the roots of the Mother Tree of Life. Because the passage is not rectangular, the internal space is closer to a circle, except that it is slightly flatter in this direction under the feet.

Because the tree roots are hollow, the walls of the passage are all made of wood. However, it is not full of wrinkles like the bark of the tree, but is rather smooth. After all, these are the pipes inside the roots of the tree, not the bark.

Moving forward quickly in the passage, I encountered a group of elves coming from the opposite direction halfway. Since we also had two elves leading the way, the other party didn't have any questions. They just nodded to us and hurried past, as if there was something urgent.

After passing by this group of elves, we quickly left this relatively small passage and entered a very wide passage. According to the explanation of the guide spirit, the roots under the mother tree of life do not all lead directly to the main island of Zhongyang. Instead, they first gather into some relatively thick roots on the periphery and then connect to the main island. We have almost entered one of the main channels now. The traffic in and out here is obviously much greater, and when we came out, we happened to see a group of fully armed elves running through the passage in front. There were many good things within sight. There were hundreds of elves, no one knew how many were in front and behind, and their neat footsteps were heard throughout the passage.

"What's going on?" Looking at the troops running past, Kristina couldn't help but ask the male elf leading the way.

The elf also shook his head in confusion and said: "I don't know, it looks like there is some kind of military operation. We'd better go over there quickly to see the clan leader. Once a battle breaks out, the clan leader will definitely be very busy, and he may not see us by then."

"That's right, let's go there quickly." I said and urged everyone to run quickly.

Although there are many elves in the main channel here, they only occupy the central part of the channel and do not crowd the entire channel. Therefore, the only trouble for those who can enter from both sides is to go to the opposite side of the road. It's going to be a bit of a hassle, but we're just going to the main island, so we don't have to cross that marching army.

In fact, after entering the main pipeline, we were not far from Zhongyang Island. We ran forward and reached the exit not far away. There should be an entrance check at the exit here, but because there are a large number of elves running out now, the scene is a little chaotic. They are guarding to prevent congestion and no longer check. They just watch the traffic coming and going. Pay a little attention to see if there is anyone behaving abnormally.

After we came out of the underground passage, the guard just looked at us twice and said nothing. However, the female elf who led us took the initiative to run over and ask about the location of the clan leader. The guards said helplessly that they didn't know where the clan leader was now, but they could only confirm that he had not left the Mother Tree of Life.

Without an exact target, we had to go to the external reception area of ​​the Elf tribe first. This place is specially used to receive some visiting guests. Of course, this visit refers to a visit specifically to the leader of the Elf clan. If you just enter the Elf City, you don't need to come here.

The two elves who led us must have been here before, so they were familiar with the route. We immediately found a mushroom house at the root of the Mother Tree of Life. Although this mushroom house is built inside a huge mushroom, this mushroom is nothing like the mushrooms we usually eat. This mushroom is not only colorful in color, but also very huge. Looking from below, you can see that the top of this mushroom is at least fifteen or six meters high, which means that this mushroom is at least four stories high. Even if the top is inaccessible to ** organizations, the habitable space below is enough to divide it into a three-story building.

Although the space is large, the elves are obviously not short of room, so the interior of this mushroom is only divided into upper and lower floors. However, the heights of the floors are very high. The first floor is about four meters. It feels like the interior of a large shopping mall. The roof heights are about the same.

There are no guards outside the reception room. After entering, the first thing you see is a small room. On the left side of the room is a counter similar to the front desk of a hotel. Sitting behind it is a beautiful elf who looks to be in his early twenties. Of course, the appearance of elves is usually very unreliable. An elven aunt who is six or seven hundred years old looks like an unmarried girl. Therefore, the elves must not be judged by their human appearance. age.

As soon as the two elves who led us came in, they walked to the front desk and handed over the leaf that the guard had touched, and then said: "Hello, we would like to ask to see the clan leader."

The elf in charge of the reception took the leaf and touched it, then handed it back and said at the same time: "You should have seen it when you came over. There is something going on here now, so the clan leader may not have time to see you. If you If you have any requests or anything like that, you can tell me directly, and I’ll see if I can find someone who can handle these matters specifically. Of course, if you must meet with the clan leader, you can, but we can’t confirm the time.”

The two elves who led us turned back to me for advice. After all, we were the ones doing the work, and they were just here to help. After thinking about it for a moment, I took Persephone and walked to the counter. First, I motioned to Persephone to release a little bit of life. After the reception elf over there noticed it, I started to say: "We I want to build an elven city, so I want to get a seed from the Mother Tree of Life. I wonder if I can find other elves to handle this kind of thing if I don’t go to the clan leader directly?”

The other party had been staring at Persephone while I was talking. It wasn't until I finished speaking that he bumped into me and said, "Things related to the Mother Tree of Life must be executed with the order of the patriarch, so I'm afraid this matter won't happen." There is no way to bypass the clan leader. It is unlikely that the clan leader will see outsiders in this state, but the life breath of the person next to you is so strong, I think the clan leader may see you. You can wait here for a while, I will go through it. Send a message to see if the clan leader is available."

"Okay, please."

Although it was an announcement, the elf who received us did not leave the reception desk. She first called two elves from inside to greet us to the room inside to wait, and then she turned around and entered the room behind the reception desk. A room that probably contained magical communication facilities.

We followed the two elves who were responsible for greeting us and walked in. However, before we could enter the reception room, we heard a thud outside and the door to the reception desk was pushed open from the outside. The receptionist Elf who just entered the small room also opened the door and took a look, and then she ran out directly.

The person who opened the door and walked in was a female elf with waist-length light golden hair. She was at least 1.75 meters tall and had a slender and well-proportioned figure. She wore a silver-white full-metal armor with the outer sides of her hips Each hung a gorgeous long sword. This shaped arrow is the standard Elf two-handed swordsman shape, just like the promotional poster in the system template. However, according to the human appearance, the elf in front of him is about thirty years old, which means he is considered mature. However, judging from the lifespan of the Elf clan, if he grows like this, he should be an Elf over seven hundred years old.

"Celia, Celia. Come on, follow me. Saswell hasn't come back from going to the Sicilian mines yet, and his Moorish army has not joined the leadership. You can supervise him temporarily."

"But I'm a mage! You ask me to lead the swordsmen group, but I don't know how to command you!"

"Even if you're not good at it, you should know something about it. It's better than not being in command, right? Okay, don't delay, come with me quickly."

The elf who was receiving us was grabbed by the wrist by the elf who rushed in and was about to lift him out. The elf who received us quickly grabbed the other person and said, "Wait a minute. There are a few guests here who are here to see you."

"What time has it been? I don't have time to see anyone coming in. Let them wait." The swordsman who had just rushed in immediately grabbed the reception elf and dragged him out.

We had already noticed this place when the swordsman elves came in. Now after listening to their conversation, how can we not understand that this is the clan leader. I quickly ran over with the others, and at the same time fully unfolded my magic field. The Elf Clan Leader opposite was pulling the reception Elf out, when she suddenly felt a powerful and bloody magic wave coming towards her face, but then she felt a purer breath of life. These two breaths stunned her for a moment.

I took advantage of this dazed time to arrive in front of them, and then took the initiative to say: "Okay, listening to your conversation just now, you should be the Elf Clan leader of this Elf City, right? We are a group of outsiders, and the purpose of coming here is I want to ask for a seed from the Mother Tree of Life to be used to build a new elf city. We know that the seeds produced by the Mother Tree of Life are a heavy burden on the mother tree, and it just so happens that you seem to have encountered some trouble here. To be honest, in terms of combat, we are still relatively We are good at it, so if you don’t object, can you let us participate in your actions to compensate for part of the reward?”

The other party was stunned for a moment, so I had already finished what I said, and by the time she reacted, she understood what I meant. After thinking for two seconds, the patriarch immediately made a decision. "Although I don't know your specific combat power for the time being, I can feel that you are very strong. Since you can get here, you should be introduced, so as long as you pay the price, I can give you a seed. Yes. I think your suggestion is good, but I won’t make an assessment based on your role in the action until this matter is over. No matter what my assessment is, you There is no room for objection. Of course, I will not deliberately erase your credit for your work, spirit masters. I think my credibility should still be trustworthy."

I nodded and said: "Lying elves are as rare as non-lying humans, so I believe in their credibility. Then, please assign us tasks."

"Okay then, come with me first, and we'll walk as we go."

Since our problem was solved, the person in charge of reception did not delay any more and walked out with the clan leader. When we got outside, we discovered that there were more than a dozen fully armed elf swordsmen standing outside, and each of these swordsmen had a long combat staff inserted diagonally behind their backs, indicating that these elf swordsmen were all demons. A senior member of Wu Shuangxiu.

After leaving the reception center, we walked towards the main pipeline out of the island. The clan leader asked: "Can you introduce your abilities and specialties first? I will have a general understanding before I can arrange tasks for you."

Because we have just started the task now, and the two elves who led us did not follow us. Let us meet the patriarch and their mission has been completed, so now there are only three of us following the elf patriarch. I first motioned to Kristina, and then said: "This is Kristina, an elemental mage and energy evocation specialist. She is called a mobile turret when we are here. She is especially good at large-scale magic suppression and confinement." With spell-level magic guidance, he is considered a mage who focuses on attack power."

After hearing this, the leader of the Elf clan turned to Kristina and asked, "Can you please let me sense the strength of your magic?"

Kristina nodded and stretched out a hand, and then without seeing what she did, she saw a white ball of light suddenly light up on the palm of her hand. When this light ball first appeared, it was only as big as a glass marble. However, after it appeared, the light ball immediately began to rotate at high speed, and as it rotated, its volume also increased rapidly. It only took more than two seconds to go from one to one. The marble expanded to the size of a basketball. After this bright white light ball appeared, ten light balls of cyan, red, light blue, dark blue, green, brown, purple, gold, black, and white suddenly appeared around it, and these light balls all surrounded the center. Yang's big ball of light formed a circle, and then they began to move around the big ball of light in a seemingly chaotic, but actually very regular, circle. From the outside, it looked like an enlarged model of atoms. The big ball of light in central Yang The photosphere is the proton, and those rotating at high speed outside are electrons.

People who don't know how to do it will find this thing pretty at best, but people who know how to do it can see how scary this thing is.

Zhong Yang's light ball is a simple collection of elements without attributes. The speed at which it is produced is the speed at which Kristina displays her magic power. Although the light ball looks only the size of a basketball, its internal energy is It is highly compressed, and the power fluctuations it emits are simply thrilling. Anyone with a little bit of a sense of magic can tell how strong Kristina's magic is. As for the small light balls outside the big light ball, this is Kristina showing off her Ni Yao's ability to control all magic. Not only can she control multiple elements, but she can also make them appear at the same time. This means that the phenomenon of thousands of elements that is the most troublesome for mages is meaningless to her. In addition, those small light balls rotate at high speed around the large light ball in the center without disturbing each other. This is a display of magical control. These light balls run in different routes and at different speeds. However, they do not collide with each other while running at such a high speed, which requires the mage to have super strong control over elements. In other words, this can no longer be called control, but a kind of ability. It's like a centipede has so many legs, but its left foot won't trip over its right foot. This is a kind of general control. If you let a human control the centipede's body, no matter how carefully you operate it, , it is inevitable that you will step on yourself in the end.

Kristina's ability to control those light balls like this is a big deal. Her control of the elements has entered a state of power. Such a mage doesn't need to remember magic spells, element arrangements, etc. during battle. The magic has already been formed almost as soon as he thinks of it. This is the truly powerful mage, because she can use magic as she pleases like moving her fingers.

The leader of the Jingling clan was so surprised that his jaw almost dropped when he saw this. Persephone and I both released our own power fluctuations before, so the elf clan leader knew that we were strong, but Kristina did not enter the elemental elf state, and is still in the basic form, so the magic power on her body fluctuates. It's not an exaggeration, this made the Elf Clan leader misjudge her strength.

"You are actually such a powerful mage? It seems that our affairs will be much simpler this time!" After finishing speaking, the leader of the Elf clan looked at me and asked, "Are you two equally powerful?"

I shook my head and said: "Persephone is a god, you should have noticed this. Although she is not a god here, nor is she the goddess of the moon that you believe in, she is a genuine goddess of spring. , so her ability is closer to that of your elven plant mage, who can manipulate and fight plants. But I think it is a waste to let her fight. Persephone's most suitable position should be healing, with her Now, your casualties can be reduced by at least 80%."

"You are indeed a Protoss. I was really rude before." The leader of the Elf clan stopped and apologized to Persephone. Although Persephone is not the Protoss they believe in, after all, she is a genuine Protoss. With this identity, You still need to maintain a certain sense of awe. Besides, Persephone is the goddess of spring. This deity is very compatible with the elves, so Persephone can easily gain the favor of the elves.

After introducing them, the leader of the Elf clan looked at me and asked, "It looks like he is their leader. I am very curious, what kind of existence is it like to be the leader of a protoss and such a powerful mage?"

"My existence may not be in line with the attributes of your elves. I have always been regarded as the devil before!"

The leader of the elf clan nodded and said: "I sensed a powerful killing aura and a strong dark aura from your power, and I even smelled the smell of the undead. But it's very strange. Generally speaking, such existences do not exist in us. You are absolutely unwelcome here, but you have an aura about you that makes us feel peaceful, and even makes us want to get close. This contrast is quite strange! We have never encountered such a presence before. exist."

"I said, I have been called the Demon King before. My attributes are completely dark, and my relationship with most dark creatures is okay. The reason why you feel my affinity, then It's because I am a dual being. I have a dual soul and two bodies with completely opposite attributes. What you see now is the existence of the dark system. If so, you may not have any doubts. "I As he spoke, he directly switched his body image.

Although the attributes of my two current accounts have been completely combined, I can actually switch my appearance, and there will be a certain bias in my abilities in different forms. When I switched to the silver moon form, the Elf Clan Leader opposite me immediately exclaimed: "Are you a water and light person?"

I nodded and said: "Actually, it also has some fire and life elements, but generally speaking, it is mainly water and light. But once it enters attack mode, it will completely switch to fire."

"No wonder I feel that you have such a strong affinity. All the attributes on your body are the most affinity attributes for us elves, and the most rare thing is that the four attributes on your body are actually a balanced circulation system. , this is simply the most perfect existence. It’s so exciting!”

The attributes of the Jingling Tribe should actually be regarded as a composite attribute of the wood and life systems, and the water and light systems on my body all have nourishing and soothing effects, and are the most needed attributes for both the wood and life systems. Not to mention the energy of the life system, it is directly one of the basic energies of the elf system. Only the fire system is not very useful to the elves, but it is an indispensable system, because if the wood system keeps growing, it will not be able to form a resource cycle, so the fire system has the effect of destruction and rebirth for the wood system. The meaning exists, and the fire element is the basis for maintaining temperature. Whether it is the wood element or the life element, in the final analysis, it still needs temperature, so although more fire elements will hurt the elves, but less will not work, and the fire element in my body and The other three systems are just in balance, so there will be no side effects, and the cycle of the other three systems can be maintained. This forms a stable cycle, which can be said to be endless.

After the leader of the Jingling clan finished speaking, I asked: "Um, I wonder what trouble you are having this time? There are some deviations in the attributes of my two bodies, so I have to decide which body to use to participate in the mission based on the situation."

"Actually, this is what happened this time..."

The leader of the Jingling clan introduced a lot of content, and she introduced us to the ins and outs of this matter. By the time she finished speaking, we had already arrived at the military rejection point on the outskirts of the city.

According to the introduction of the leader of the Elf clan, I roughly know what happened this time. Although this matter sounds complicated, it is because of the internal secrets and other complicated matters, while the surface events are very simple. Regarding our mission, a simple description is that a group of young elves from the elves were kidnapped, and our mission is to find them and rescue them.

This mission sounds like a search mission, but it is actually a combat mission, because the opponent did not send a small team to capture, but a rather large army. As for the identity of the other party... In fact, he is also an elf.

The group on our side are forest elves among natural elves, while the enemies on the opposite side are black elves from the underground world.

A common name for natural elves is white elves, and black elves and white elves happen to be two opposite entities. However, it may be somewhat different from most people’s guesses. White elves and black elves are not actually mortal enemies. The relationship between the two should be said to be limited cooperation. If we quantify the relationship between them, it should actually be regarded as neutral and friendly. In other words, not only are the two not enemies, they may even be relatively close.

I said before that the internal secrets of this mission are more complicated, because the relationship between the white elves and the black elves is not actually hostile. However, conflicts arose between certain individuals within the two tribes, which led to this incident. But a more serious problem is that there are two special beings among the captured white elves. One of them is the son of the elf clan leader around us, and is likely to become the next clan leader. The other one is even worse. She is the princess of the Elf Empire here in South America.

The place we came to this time was just the Elf City, not the Elf King's Capital. The elves use a city-state system to manage the country. The highest leader in the city is called a patriarch, but in fact he can be a city lord, a grand duke, or a king. The Elf Kings all have the right to rule these Elf cities, but they cannot directly control them. The captured princess was the daughter of the Elf Queen from the superior royal capital of this Elf City, and she was also very likely to become the next queen.

Two such beings were kidnapped by the black elves. This matter immediately escalated from a personal conflict to a diplomatic incident, and now the two sides have become tense. In fact, there is one thing that the Elf Clan leader did not make clear to us, that is, the two sides have not actually started a war. The reason why so many troops were drawn out was because neither side wanted to fight. Everyone is trying their best to pile in, hoping to use their own strength to overwhelm the other party and make the other party surrender. Unfortunately, this confrontation only makes the atmosphere on both sides more tense, and what was originally a small conflict has now turned into a full-scale war. It's possible.

"So this is what happened?" After listening to the elf clan leader's explanation, I had already transformed back into the purple sun form. This mission probably required cutting-edge combat power, so the silver moon image was useless. There are only three things that the silver moon form is most suitable for Qian: increasing favorability, healing, and massacre. Now it is obvious that these three are not very useful.

Kristina asked: "Both sides don't want to fight now, but they have reached such a situation. Can high-end force like ours really solve the problem? If the opponent's spirit collapses, wouldn't the battle break out immediately? ?”

The leader of the Jingling clan also said with some hesitation: "I also know that this is not right, but it is already like this. If we don't continue to pile up, once the balance is broken, we will eventually have a war."

Persephone suddenly asked: "Is it possible to use special means to rescue him first?"

"We have also thought about this, but it is not realistic to implement it."

"What?" Kristina asked doubtfully.

The leader of the Jingling clan said helplessly: "This is also our fault. Because we have actually done this once a thousand times before, so the other party has brought all the people into the underground world and hidden them. Now we have no idea that the other party has hidden all the people in the underground world. Where are they? It will be difficult to find them if we move quietly, but a large-scale attack is not what we hope for. This is really very difficult!"

"Actually, I think we are quite suitable for Qian." Kristina suddenly said.

The leader of the Jingling Clan looked at us in surprise and asked, "Are you good at finding people?"

I nodded and said: "Tracking and infiltration are our specialties, and we also have some small methods to get rid of those guards without hurting them. This should make it easier to handle diplomatically later. But here. Before, I thought you'd better tell us what exactly they want to catch you for?"

"This is just a personal grudge. I don't know how the grudge arose in the first place. Anyway, there was some conflict between a family on the Black Elf side and a family on our side, and then a family on our side had some conflicts. Recently, the child somehow learned that the family across the street had taken on an important task, which was to transport some things from the outside back to the capital of the black elves. When the children of the family here knew this, they called My son and some of their playmates planned to sabotage the shipment and bring shame and punishment to the other family."

"Then they were caught?" Kristina asked.

The leader of the Elf clan shook his head and said: "They succeeded, but what they didn't expect was that those supplies were not simple things. They included some very important strategic supplies, which were the key to the survival of the Black Elf clan."

"So this time they have offended the black elves badly." I said.

The leader of the Elf clan nodded and continued: "Indeed, for this reason, the other party's Black Elf family was severely punished, and the members of their family therefore planned to retaliate against those who participated in the attack, but they did not expect that they would launch the attack. During the process, our princess happened to come to the city to play. At that time, my son accompanied her and some playmates of the same age to play outside, but they were robbed by the other party. Later, the princess was robbed, and things became serious. "

Persephone asked doubtfully: "The other party didn't want to kidnap the princess at first. If you had issued a diplomatic request at that time, they should have released the princess, right?"

"That's how it is, but unfortunately, the family here is responsible for diplomacy. Their family members have been at odds with each other for a long time, so the tone of the notification document sent was a bit unkind. You also know, Attitude in diplomacy is very important. Of course, the other party cannot lose face when seeing such a document, so they refuse to return the princess and ask us to apologize. As a result, the matter becomes serious."

"What an inadvertent incident!" I sighed. Then he said: "We are probably clear about the matter. If the clan leader doesn't mind, I think it's better for us not to participate in your frontal action. We plan to bypass the opponent's army and try to rescue the princess and other captured people."

"But our relationship is already very tense now. If you are discovered again..."

"So what if we are discovered?" Kristina asked with a smile: "Can the black elves launch a war against the white elves because a group of humans attacked them?"

The leader of the Jingling Clan was stunned for a moment before he figured it out. "That's right. You are not elves. As long as you don't tell yourself, who knows what you are? I'm really confused."

After getting the consent of the elf clan leader, we decided to start a rescue plan. Of course, you need to make some preparations before planning begins. The first thing is that you must have a map. The black elves live in the underground world, which is the Yaoran Labyrinth. Without a map, our mission would have been at least doubled. Fortunately, the relationship between the two tribes was just fine before, so there are maps and other things here, and they are quite detailed.

After the map was completed, we obtained some personal belongings of the abducted recruits from here. Of course, these things were used as scent evidence. I said that being able to find the other party mainly relies on Bailang's nose, so you must first know the other party's scent before you can track it.

After everything was ready, we decisively left the elf team. Now we have to distance ourselves from the white elf, otherwise the operation will become more difficult, and it may even trigger a war.