Zong Shen knows the current situation in Silver Moon Forest better than Sophie.
He is very aware of the current predicament that the elves are facing.
Since taking Ella and Heya away, he has focused on investigating relevant information.
The elven forces represented by the Silver Moon Forest frequently have internal problems.
Slow population growth and lack of mineral materials are only one aspect.
The more important issues arise internally.
As we all know, the factions within the elves can be roughly divided into Sunlight/Moonlight Walkers and Nature's Way.
The former are day elves and night elves respectively and the powers they extend.
The latter represents druids, forest guardians, tree spirits, etc.
There are also many differences in this seemingly close union.
Just in the past few hundred years, the elves have been facing the crisis of division.
The conflict between the Way of Nature and the Sunlight and Moonlight Walkers is intensifying.
Since ancient times, forces have been dividing for a long time.
After such a long honeymoon period, the alienation period is coming.
Druid believers, descendants of the forest guardians, some tree spirits, and some familiar monsters with great spirituality and closeness to nature all have plans to leave the Silver Moon Forest.
It all starts with the Elven Council of Elders who control the Silver Moon Forest.
Their decisions over the past few hundred years have increasingly deviated from their original intentions.
Intermarriage is only one aspect.
After all, the Silver Moon Elf Tribe only practices limited intermarriage.
The greatest sin is the expansion of warism.
The forces led by the Elf Elders Council are increasingly unable to suppress their desire for war.
The dirty blood of killing is gradually tainting the last piece of pure natural soil.
So the problems inside Silvermoon Forest are bigger than they appear on the surface.
Because of this, Zong Shen planned to send a team of envoys to cooperate with his clone to explore the way.
If he seizes this opportunity.
Perhaps the entire Silver Moon Forest can be annexed.
Of course, those elves and druids were more stubborn than imagined.
Many things need to be considered in the long term.
But it did not prevent Zong Shen from planning ahead.
Hearing his words, Sophie was slightly startled.
He quickly came back to his senses and murmured to himself in a regretful tone.
"The cry of the World Tree is coming true..."
"We are about to become abandoned children..."
Speaking of the elves, they have already fallen into the clouds compared to their peak period.
The ancient elves are the darlings of heaven and earth.
He has a beautiful appearance, a healthy body, and a lifespan that is no less than that of a starry sky immortal species.
At that time, the Well of Eternity became the source of power for the elves.
The World Tree provides shelter for the elves.
The huge tree blocks out the sky and the sun, and its leaves can evolve into many demiplanes with rich products.
It was the golden age of the elves.
The elves now are just a bunch of lost dogs.
Even their own beliefs and ethnic traditions are slowly being abandoned.
Except for Aila and Heya, the other elves in Zong Shen's territory are all ancient elves summoned through recruitment.
Ella and Heya are the conservatives of the elves currently living in the Silver Moon Forest.
If not, they wouldn't be extremely disgusted with Elf Eye's current strategy.
Zong Shen gave Sophie a certain buffer time.
He knew that this Night Prayer, who had been sleeping for more than 10,000 years, was deeply concerned about the fate of his ethnic group.
With a thought in his mind, Zong Shen took out the complete Azshara Elf Key.
The cracks between the fragments have been restored to their original state, and no trace can be seen.
The Elf Key at this moment is a round whole.
When it is not put together completely, the quality level of each fragment is orange legendary level.
After the pieces are completely pieced together, the key becomes a level 7 Shining Light item.
This level is the highest level below the demigod level and inheritance items.
Its greatest effect is [Azshara Elf Authority].
The person holding the key will have relevant authority over the great city of Azshara, and can use this to control most of the restrictions and magic circles in the Azshara area, and at the same time open the city's treasure house.
This is what Zong Shen is doing now.
Next is [Successor of Azshara], which is an identity.
Once you master the key, you will have the title of [Successor of Azshara].
and obtain related tasks.
Depending on the stage of completing the task, you can obtain a large amount of rewards related to the reputation and favorability of the elves.
The above two points prove that [Azshara Elf Key] is actually an item that connects the past and the future and has the nature of inheritance.
The biggest difference between it and those inherited props is that [Azshara Elf Key] represents the inheritance rights of the giant city of Azshara itself.
Therefore, it does not shoulder the mission of racial inheritance.
After all, the elves were not exterminated.
Sophie's words just now made Zong Shen have some deeper thoughts.
This reminds me of the effects of [Azshara Elf Key] and the implications behind it.
In addition to the two effects mentioned above, it also comes with five passives.
Almost all of them are related to the cultivation of the favorability of the elves and the subsequent construction and development.
The first [Elf Praise], it can make all the elves have a default favorability of 3, and the loyalty of the elves will be an additional 2.
Although this gain cannot break through the MAX limits of loyalty and favorability, it will undoubtedly greatly reduce the difficulty of interacting with "wild" elves.
At the same time, it improves the taming of the elven people in the territory.
The second one is [Elf Growth].
This effect allows all elves in the territory to gain an additional 5 free attribute points, and can also shorten the growth period of the tree spirits by 10%.
Its significance is beyond doubt.
This gave Zong Shen the foundation to become the Elf King.
Of course, the elves serve the queen, but that doesn't matter, as long as he can win the queen, then he is equal to the elf king.
The third passive effect [Ancient Elf Token] is the Eight Councils that Sophie just improved.
The note I checked at that time only said that with this token, you can get the qualification to run for the Elf Elders Council of Silver Moon Forest.
It now seemed that the Eight Councils' weight among the elves was somewhat greater than he had imagined.
The fourth one is [City Building Order].
Needless to say more about this effect.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! It is an enclosure effect prepared in response to [Successor of Azshara] and its subsequent missions.
Due to the special status of the Great City of Azshara, the key will be able to integrate the authority related to the "City Building Order" and have the ability to build a city in any unclaimed land enclosure. The scope of the enclosure is equivalent to the scope of the Great City of Azshara.
This effect is equivalent to a reduced version of the territory.
Suitable for opening up branch bases.
It's just that the upper limit of area expansion is the huge city of Azshara back then.
It cannot exceed this range, unlike the lord's orthodox territory, which can expand its territory by constantly challenging more difficult upgrade tasks.
But it's basically enough.
The last effect is [Special Advancement].
The key has special advancement properties. When completing [Successor of Azshara] and subsequent tasks, the key will be upgraded into a new inheritance and city control center item, and will be deeply bound to the new city.
Zong Shen squinted his eyes and recalled carefully.
At this time, he figured out more profound meanings from the effect of the complete version of the Elf Key.
There is no doubt that he can indeed make use of the identity of [Successor of Azshara] given by the key, which should be of great help to him in taking over the elves of Silvermoon Forest.
At this time, Sophie also came back to her senses.
"I'm sorry, Lord Lord, I'm a little out of control..."
"I finally understand what you mean."
"Today's elves have already gone astray."
"Perhaps only under your leadership can our former glory be restored."
She seemed to have figured something out, and seemed to have accepted her fate.
Zong Shen nodded, and then held the [Azshara Elf Key] in his palm.
He asked in a serious tone.
"Tell me about the Eighth Council."
"The Silver Moon Forest is decaying. It was once the last pure land of the elves."
"But sooner or later it will be destroyed by blind wars or stupid regulations."
Zong Shen's words made Sophie look serious.
"You're right."
"The seats on the Eighth Council represent the eight branches of the elves."
"Azshara is one of them, and the main members are night elves."
"I serve the moon god."
"Of course, the sun god, the god of nature and the forest god are also respected here."
"Any official elder of the Eight Councils has the power to summon clan representatives to open the council."
"And this identity is authority with the limitations of ancient conventions."
"All tribesmen must abide by it."
Zong Shen was a little confused after hearing this.
He opened his palm and revealed the Elf Key.
"Why would such an important thing be recognized by a human like me?"
"Because...you are the chosen one."
Zong Shen suddenly understood.
The reason for co-authorship is the support of the lord system.
His identity as the Chosen Son destined him to be the protagonist of the new era.
Of course, it seems that there are too many competitors who are qualified to be the protagonist.
At the very least, it will take more competition to identify the real overlord.
By then, the vast majority of lords will sink.
The so-called sinking does not necessarily mean death or becoming a free citizen.
It may also be to become a subordinate of a certain overlord.
Just like the nobles in the human kingdom today.
The origins of many giant cities are almost coincident with the rise of human kingdoms.
Many times, Zong Shen felt that his status as a lord was a shackles.
But now is not the time to be pretentious.
Because this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
No matter how the Silver Moon Forest declines, it still represents the final destination of an ethnic group.
If I really had to peel off the skin and bones, I would have no problem reaching ten or eight giant cities.
The most important thing is that there is a relatively complete elf inheritance system in the Silver Moon Forest.
"So when do you think it's appropriate for me to convene the Eighth Council?"
Zong Shen once again raised a new question.
The Eight Councils are a good opportunity to take part in the internal affairs of Silvermoon Forest.
So it must be treated with caution.
How to choose the time is the most important.
Sophie, who had completely returned to her heart, thought carefully for a while before speaking.
"Actually, you can do it now."
"However, considering your strategic deployment, it is best to wait until the Iron Triangle Plan is completed."
The Iron Triangle Plan is a plan to conquer giant cities around the territory.
Capture three major giant cities within 10,000 kilometers in all directions of the territory.
Among them was Lentax.
Now this goal is barely one-third achieved.
After the Iron Triangle Plan is completed, the other two giant cities will be at the corners of the territory.
Thus achieving absolute control and advantage over a large area.
This plan was formally proposed a month ago.
All the heroes in the mid- to high-level leadership of the territory know about it.
It has even been discussed as a topic of discussion in the collar meeting more than once.
It's just that Zong Shen himself didn't participate a few times.
He is only responsible for listening to the results of the discussion and providing new ideas for topics.
When we captured the giant city of Lentax, we did not have enough hard power in the territory.
So we can only take advantage of opportunities.
At that time, the news brought by Raven Saint Safuri who sneaked out of the church to visit him became the key.
Although there were a series of changes later, the final result was still good.
If you want to have enough power to take over the Silver Moon Forest, you have to increase yourself.
To strike iron, you need to be strong yourself.
The ant-eating-elephant strategy is unlikely to work forever.
He now has the ability to annex giant cities independently.
The best thing to do is to keep expanding.
With the lord's enhanced conversion efficiency of battle results, the occupied giant city can be quickly transformed into its own power.
If it were the aborigines who occupied a huge city, they might not be able to digest it in three to five years.
Unless they directly rob people and supplies like the Calamity Raven Church plans.
After listening to Sophie's suggestion, Zong Shen nodded solemnly.
"I see."
"What you said makes sense."
"But Silver Moon Forest is too far away from the territory."
"Maybe I have to consider overcoming the problem of ultra-long-distance teleportation array."
Zong Shen's eyes were profound.
After thinking for a moment, he waved his hand and then warned.
"The envoy still needs to go there first."
"You will definitely be entertained if you bring gifts."
"Anyway, today's Elven Council of Elders has long become mercenary."
"As for the subsequent deployment, we can discuss it later."
"By the way, don't forget to tell Colby and Mariel about this plan."
Sophie immediately touched her chest and saluted, took out the [Communication Crystal] and walked aside.
After calming down his surging thoughts, he turned his attention to the eighth-level and ninth-level spell scrolls and runes that he had not yet checked.
The quantity and types of these two levels of items are not large.
So he planned to combine them and look at them together.
His eyes swept over and the list appeared clearly in his mind.
[Eighth-Level Star Falling Spell Scroll (5th Level of Shining Light) x9]