The sun shines through the mist, leaving patches of faint golden spots on different greens, making the "natural residence" flourish and dreamy.
Urisian and Felipe took the other members of the "visiting team" and followed Elestine and Exilion as they walked under the tree house. They were watched by elves who were either bold or shy. Their pointed ears
Swaying slightly, the clothes woven from leaves are close-fitting and elegant.
"Everyone, you will be living here during this period. Please do not wander in randomly. Some elves are not friendly to humans." Ellestine pointed at a small forest made up of dozens of big trees, with a sign on it.
Enough treehouses.
After listening to her words, Afris shook his tail and said seriously: "No problem."
It heard clearly that some elves were only unfriendly to humans, so it seemed that it could wander around and collect some souvenirs.
Yurisian smiled and said to Elestine: "Your Highness, please give me the list of fallen and demonized elves."
"They are all in the 'prison' near the Elf Tree. Are you going to investigate now?" Exilion agreed with the positive attitude of the magicians.
Yurisian shook his head: "In this case, Mr. Evans and the others will definitely go check it out. We should walk around in the forest and ask these fallen elves' friends to find out the specific situation, so..."
With a smile on his face, he stopped clicking.
Elestine nodded slightly: "I will give you the information about the fallen elves and their friends."
"It's best to mark those who had the most contact with them before the fall." Felipe, with his hands on his side, added, although it seems to be an infection caused by the breath of the abyss, but until the matter is investigated clearly, no possibility can be ruled out, otherwise it will be easy
Being deceived.
Ecthelion's expression changed slightly, and then he nodded slightly in agreement.
This is not because he has a guilty conscience, but it is the most normal reaction of any high-ranking elf after hearing Felipe's words. He suspects that there is something wrong within the elf.
Under the sunlight, Felipe's face looked very similar to that of a vampire lying in a coffin that had not been outside for many years. However, he did not explain that this was a normal investigation process, leaving Ectirion and Elestine to guess that maybe someone could not sink.
Hold on to your anger and jump out on your own initiative?
Ten minutes later, Annick and Splinter took the list and marked location and headed toward the southeast of the forest.
"Ulmer, a good friend of the fallen elf Kelette..." Annick read the list.
Under the gaze of the handsome elves, both male and female, his face turned red uncontrollably, and he quickly gave himself a "mechanized mind."
Splinter glanced at him: "What's so shy about this? We are investigators, naturally in an active position, they should be the ones who are nervous!"
"I'm always embarrassed when facing strangers and can't control my emotions." The redness on Annick's face faded and his eyes became cold and ruthless, like a steel golem.
Splinter curled his lips and said, "Afraid? You are too unsure. You often say and do the wrong thing."
"Worried about leaving a bad impression on them? It's really funny. We don't know if we can come to Stroop Forest again. So what if you did something very embarrassing? And your shy and awkward look is worse than anything embarrassing.
It all makes a bad impression on the other party."
He has always criticized Annick's character, and this time he accepted Heidi's "commission" to help make Annick more confident and bold, so that he can better face the teacher and put aside the arcane debate.
"How could it be? I like this kind of shy boy best, which shows that his heart is very pure and simple!" Suddenly a soft voice joined their conversation.
This is not necessarily true. The word "mensao" invented by the teacher has been recognized. Splinter looked over while following the voice and saw a beautiful elf with an oval face approaching. She had black hair, silver skin, and simple clothes.
in a leaf costume and holding a harp in his hand.
After looking up and down, Splinter secretly said to Annick: "An elf has taken a liking to you, so don't miss this opportunity. Otherwise, with your personality, you will be destined to be single for the rest of your life."
He cleared his throat and asked his friend: "Madam, I don't know how to call you?"
"I'm a male." The beautiful elf's pointed and soft ears wiggled as if she was no stranger to this situation.
Even with a "mechanized mind", Annick's face became very ugly. Splinter's facial muscles twitched and said: "Are you a male? And you said you like boys best?"
The beautiful elf shook the harp in her hand, with the temperament of a poet: "Love has no gender distinction."
Annick pulled Splinter, suppressed his discomfort, and turned around to leave.
"No wonder the information in the Arcane Library says that elves love art because of their long and leisurely lives, and have all kinds of weird and special hobbies..." Splinter felt deeply regretful and frightened, and almost killed his friend.
Pushed into the abyss.
Before Annick could answer, the beautiful elf behind him said with a smile: "By the way, I haven't introduced myself yet. I'm Ulmer. Did you just hear you pronouncing my name?"
He is a moon elf and has excellent hearing, especially when there is a favorable wind in the forest.
"Ulmer?" Splinternick stopped and turned around with a bad look on his face.!
"Mr. Ulmer, we have something to ask you." Finally, Annick, who had been blessed with "mechanized mind", "plucked up the courage" to ask.
Ulmer said with a smile on his face: "You two, what do you think of the lyre? Have humans lost the most essential thing in their improvement of the harp?"
"..." Annick and Splinter were immediately speechless. Although their teacher was a great musician, they followed him to learn arcana and magic, not music! They didn't even know the direction of such a professional music issue.
Can't find any!
Ulmer sighed and shook his head: "If we don't understand art, we can't be friends. If we are not friends, it will be difficult for us to talk happily. Do you have any opinions on wax figures? I recently bought one, and I think it's very interesting.
Do you like it?"
"...···" Splinter and Annick were stunned again, suddenly feeling that their usual lives were too "unstyled".
"You don't understand the wax figure? Well, what about the lost civilization? I heard that the Magic Council found the remains of a steam civilization?" Ulmer said disappointedly.
Phew, Annick, and Splinter let out a long sigh at the same time. Discussing history and lost civilizations is the specialty of every arcanist. Otherwise, there is no way to take risks and identify things. Moreover, this ruins was discovered by his teacher.
After a pleasant conversation, Ulmer finally relented: "Two guests came to ask about Kellett?"
"Yes, we want to know if there were any signs of abnormality before his fall?" Annick asked quickly with relief.
Ulmer's long and well-proportioned hands plucked the strings twice, bringing out beautiful notes, and said sadly: "Everything is fine. Kellett also said that he had learned a special dance and was going to perform it for me.
,As a result...he became depraved and demonized..."
The voice gradually became lower and closer to silence.
"Special dance?" Annick is shy, but his personality is cautious and delicate, and he never misses any clue.
"This is our agreement to compose poems, music, or choreograph various special dances based on records from different civilizations to please each other." Ulmer explained with a gloomy expression.
There seems to be no problem... Splinter continued to ask: "Besides you, is Kelette closer to anyone? Or which group of elves is closer to him?"
"We are both nature-balancers, and we all like music, sculptures, oil paintings and other things in human society." Ulmer did not hide anything, and suddenly remembered something, "He has several friends who are nature-haters, but, 'Natural Habitat'"
, is a small circle, who doesn’t have a few friends from the Nature Haters faction? By the way, before his fall, he had just rotated to guard the gaps in the abyss, which may be the reason why he became a demon..."
This was the main clue provided by the Elf Court. Annick and Splinter knew very well that they could not find any other valuable information, so they said goodbye to Ulmer and looked for the next elf on the list.
Heidi and Katrina also held a list and walked through the forest guarded by "Natural Abode". From time to time, they saw elves carving statues with dead tree roots, or using special natural pigments to paint on bark paper.
, a leisurely and tranquil social scene.
"Everyone..."
There were hundreds of elves gathered in an open space in front. A medium-sized female elf stood on a tree and gave a speech. The reason why Heidi was able to confirm her gender was mainly because of the way the elves dressed. Female elves generally
It is a long skirt woven from tender green leaves. The male elf wears a leaf outfit with two sections at the top and bottom, surrounded by animal skins.
If they were dressed the same, Heidi and Katrina would have to be more careful to tell them apart. After all, the elves, both men and women, were relatively slender and beautiful, and they couldn't use magic to identify them rudely.
Stopping next to the open space, Katrina tugged on the corner of Heidi's clothes, pointed to the other side and said: "Mr. Felipe..."
The gloomy Felipe put his hands in his pockets and stood quietly under a big tree, listening to the elf girl's speech.
"... I am Nuo Daniel, and I am here to appeal to everyone to hunt more spotted deer." The elf girl said in a high-pitched but not sharp voice.
"What?"
"The spotted deer is such a docile forest animal?"
The elves below expressed their confusion.
Nodaniel Heidi and Katrina looked at each other, this was the person they were looking for.
Nodaniel said sincerely: "The out-of-control incident in the abyss made the hunters in the forest become crazy and bloodthirsty, so we killed many of them, and the number decreased sharply. In this case, the spotted deer, which lacked natural enemies, would be unable to
With controlled growth, their fertility is comparable to that of mice.
"If spotted deer exceed a certain limit, they will cause irreparable damage to the forest as they feed on rhizomes, tubers and other things."
"We must maintain the balance of nature!"
Is this the "Natural Balance School"? Heidi and Leielia listened with interest.
After Nodaniel finished his speech and most of the elves accepted it, the two of them stepped forward to greet him.