"Are you still bleeding?" Cheng Lin interrupted her and asked curiously.
"..." Elu was speechless, and then stopped talking. She subconsciously pinched the corners of her clothes with her fingers. This action looked particularly "girly".
After pinching twice, Ai Lu suddenly woke up. This action was a bit inappropriate. She quickly stopped, lowered her head, exhaled gently, and complained in her heart:
"Elu, Elu, what's wrong with you? You're already an adult, but you still act like this in front of the divine envoy... It's simply inappropriate."
However, although she was self-critical in her heart, she also felt a little weird.
I don’t know why, although it was my first time to meet this divine envoy, but... unexpectedly, I felt familiar.
Just like... facing the evil god...
Shaking her head to cut off this weird thought, Ai Lu started to answer Cheng Lin's question again.
After some questions and answers, Cheng Lin finally had a basic understanding of the current situation of the elves.
One hundred and fifty years was not enough for the entire ethnic group to return to prosperity. Fortunately, it caught up with a wave of population birth peaks, so the royal capital has somewhat restored some of its former glory.
However, due to the limitation of population, the territory of the Elf Royal Court had to shrink a lot. This is why Cheng Lin saw almost no Elf towns after he landed on the floating continent.
As for old friends... some of those warriors from back then died of illness or old age, and some have been promoted to officials at various levels and have become the backbone of the new royal court.
"Is Luojia still the Elf King now? ...The teacher mentioned it before." Cheng Lin covered up his slip of the tongue and asked.
Ai Lu nodded and said: "Yes, but His Majesty has been intending to abdicate in the past two years and is looking for a new person. His age... after all, he is gradually unable to do what he wants."
Seeing the elf girl sigh, Cheng Lin pursed his lips.
He didn't know much about Luojia, but he only remembered the great elf's grace in facing overwhelming enemies and slashing with a blazing sword that reached the sky.
The only pity is that the sword was more focused on one-on-one combat rather than group attacks, so it did not achieve much success. But he knew very well that Luo Jia's combat power back then was already extraordinary. If he hadn't used it,
Hang...he is no match at all.
"I don't know what kind of situation he has grown into after more than a hundred years have passed."
After thinking about it in his mind, Cheng Lin remembered his name again and asked: "I...the teacher once said that you have a good friend named Margaret. Is she still serving in the military?"
At the mention of this name, the fair and shining face of the elf girl in front of her suddenly dimmed.
After a moment, she whispered: "Margaret... died twenty years ago."
"oh?"
"Because of the lung injury," Ellu sighed and said, "She had injured her lung during Krum's battle to defend the city. At that time, she suppressed it due to her youth, but later it became a stubborn disease. Although
His Majesty used various methods to treat him, but still no results. Due to his injuries, he could no longer fight and had to retire. Later, he served as an archery instructor in the army and taught many good disciples. Unfortunately... he did not survive that winter after all.
.”
"Sorry for bringing that up."
"It doesn't matter, it's over." Ellu forced a smile. Twenty years was enough to heal the heartache.
After pondering for a few seconds, Cheng Lin avoided the topic and finally asked about the Thirteenth Division.
Ai Lu hesitated for a moment, but then told the whole story, which made Cheng Lin very interested, especially he was very curious about the situation in the elf world when the projection appeared.
Before, he had repeatedly wondered what the logic of projection was.
I am also extremely curious, as the projection gradually solidifies, what will it look like if I stand inside the projection and look out?
Now, Elu's narration helped him uncover a little bit of the mystery.
Unfortunately, this made him even more confused about the inner mechanism of projection.
"At the end...a large area of forest disappears...you can still sense the existence of the twin moons...you can see another world...interesting, quite interesting."
Cheng Lin subconsciously rubbed his chin with his fingers. It must have been a very magical scene. You can imagine what a huge impact it had on the entire Elf Court at that time.
"...We have sent scouts to hide in the dark to observe...you. Everyone is very nervous. When I came here just now, I happened to hear the latest news. The largest team has approached the security guard of the royal capital.
Your Majesty is not prepared to wait any longer and wants to take the initiative and formally meet with that team."
Ellu narrated quickly.
"What did you say? Wang Ting is ready to contact them head-on?!" After hearing the news, Cheng Lin, who had been calm just now, suddenly became unable to sit still. This happened much faster than he expected.
He guessed that the Thirteenth Division would definitely move towards the World Tree, and he also guessed the possible reaction of the Elf Royal Court.
But the only thing I didn't expect was that the Thirteenth Division would come so quickly!
According to Elu's description, it seems that this group of people directly used a helicopter to lift the off-road vehicle to the floating land, and then formed a convoy. They did not delay in exploring the forest, but rushed directly to the royal capital?
"So reckless?"
Cheng Lin frowned, this disrupted his previous plan, especially since the contact between the two civilizations was unexpectedly brought forward, but at this time, he had just contacted Ailu!
"Perhaps we have already started to contact you. After all, it took a lot of time for me to come here and talk to you." Elu corrected.
Cheng Lin took a deep breath, his eyes suddenly serious.
He stood up suddenly and said seriously: "I hope to see the Elf King Luojia immediately. I want to talk to him about the other world!"
"Don't you go and get the seed of life first?" Ellu also stood up.
"The difference between taking it early and taking it late is not big, but here, if I take it early and take it late, it may lead to completely different consequences!"
"...According to your will, please come with me, and I will take you to meet His Majesty directly." Ailu noticed Cheng Lin's seriousness and nervousness, and probably guessed the major events that might be involved. She immediately opened the door,
He took the lead and led Cheng Lin up the stone steps.
She had endless questions in her mind, but she was smart enough not to ask them at this time.
She had a hunch that when the envoy met Luojia, many of her questions and even the entire royal court might get answers!
"Great Priest?!"
"Are you out?"
Dungeon door.
Grace and the officers here were all guarding here, ready to rush into the dungeon at any time. At this moment, when they saw Elu's figure gradually becoming clearer on the dark stone steps, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
However, in the next second, they saw the figure wearing prison clothes following Ai Lu.
"careful!"
"alert!"
A group of soldiers were horrified and drew their swords one after another. Several officers were filled with magical power, as if they were going to attack with an attack spell at the next moment.
"Stop! Put down your weapons!"
Seeing this, Ailu frowned and scolded sharply. Many soldiers were startled, and then subconsciously put away their weapons. Just when Ailu was about to briefly explain a few words, suddenly, everyone present felt something at the same time.
Turn around and look towards infinity.
Cheng Lin, who had just stepped onto the last stone step, raised his head and looked outside the city!
The interrogation room is located on a very high ground, on a branch of a world tree in the outer city, so when you look into the distance from here, you can see extremely distant scenery.
Normally, as far as the eye can see is nothing but lush trees.
However, at this moment, in that far away place, there was a bright stream of light rising from the ground!
The stream of light is slender, needle-shaped, blue, with a sharp and dazzling tip. Behind it is a streamlined beam that resembles a bullet. At the micro end, it renders a flame like the tail of a comet.
The stream of light rises from the ground and is extremely eye-catching. No one can ignore it. Its trajectory is a standard parabola. When it reaches the highest point, it visually looks like it is carved into the sun.
After that, it began to fall, faster and faster, and finally fell somewhere in the forest and exploded, rendering a large blaze of light. If it were black sky, it would probably be extremely beautiful.
And beauty is often accompanied by murderous intent.
"Ah! It's the sacred weapon 'Aurora'!"
"It's Harold! Harold used 'Aurora'!"
"What happened? Could it be that the forwards have already fought with those alien creatures?!"
Grace and others turned pale and exclaimed.
Cheng Lin's heart suddenly sank, he pulled the middle priest Grace and asked: "What is the holy weapon Aurora? Who is Harold?!"
Grace was obviously frightened and replied in a daze: "Aurora is an extremely powerful magic weapon of our clan. Its owner is Harold, who is also the best archery genius in the past hundred years! It is Margaery
His Majesty's personal disciple is also a star officer in the army and is highly valued by His Majesty..."
officer?
Margaret's disciple?
Archery genius?
Unfortunately, this is not the answer I want to hear.
Cheng Lin took a deep breath, let go of Grace, strode forward, and looked at Ellu, "I think we have to hurry up."
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Thirteen Divisions.
Dozens of off-road vehicles painted in military green that rumbled forward finally came to a stop. The motors made a low roar, and the keys inserted near the steering wheel trembled slightly with the car.
Some of the accompanying Terry's lapels jumped out of the car and stood solemnly on both sides, while some simply turned over and climbed onto the roof of the car, pulled out their firearms, and looked ahead.
His expression was solemn.
"Everyone is on alert! Don't act rashly!"
He Shouwu's voice was amplified by spiritual energy, accompanied by the never-ending wind in the forest, and penetrated into the ears of every individual in the team of hundreds of people.
The head of the Thirteenth Division, the legal person in charge of this exploration team kicked the car door, turned over and jumped up. His fat body was as light as a feather, stepping on the roof of the car. On his dark face, a pair of small
Keep your eyes fixed on the front.
Behind him, experts from our company and other major departments and bureaus who came to "aid" jumped on the roof of the car and looked forward.
Behind, the research teams from the Imperial Capital and the Magic Capital nervously poked their heads out of the car windows, but they could not see what was happening in front of them.
Above their heads, several helicopters rumbled and hovered above, spinning their propellers desperately. The machine gunner sitting in the cabin had quietly raised the muzzle of his gun slightly to ensure that the air-to-ground barrage coverage could be carried out from a first-person perspective.
The atmosphere suddenly became tense.
Everyone's eyes are looking towards the front of the motorcade.
The road that was originally straight and wide is now filled with thick black smoke. Through the black smoke, you can see that the branches of the world have been blasted through to create a round, huge, delicate and violent hole!
Just now, the strong person in the perception system in the team issued an early warning, and then, a bright blue light rose from the ground, flew into the sky, and then fell hard, "just in time" to blow up the road the team was traveling on!
"The precision is extremely high, the power control is extremely strong, and the power... is huge. It doesn't feel like an attack... but more like... a declaration of sovereignty."
Behind He Shouwu, in a certain car, the head of the Ninth Division, Shen Shanjing, who also came to help in the battle, squinted his eyes and murmured to himself.
"Declare sovereignty? What do you mean..." Beside the car, a snow-white arm was placed on the open camouflage door. Huang Yin, who was rarely wearing a uniform with a small lapel, was wearing a pair of designer sunglasses, and her little eyebrows were furrowed tightly. .
In the car, there were two little heads curiously poking out.
"I guess...they are here." Shen Shanjing said in a deep voice.
"who are they?"
A slightly childish question came from the car.
Then, a slightly carefree young voice responded: "Maybe...it's an alien, right?"