Gigi and Sol, two restless guys, have long since attracted the attention of the freshwater fish in the "water balloons" floating in the sky. The monkeys are tied with ropes, one dares to throw, the other dares to jump, and one monkey and one person cooperate with each other tacitly.
, and caught a lot of big fish.
There are also large orange fruit trees in the abandoned orchard on the floating island. It is the harvest season at this time, and the branches are covered with heavy red fruits. Anna, Yasrema and other elf girls picked fruits together, and the harvest was full.
Sha Mao used his exquisite cooking skills to turn fish, fruits and vegetables into a big table of delicacies.
The "ghost group" spent a pleasant night with the elven warriors, drinking until dawn.
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The next day, several large elf warships arrived on the floating island.
"General Mongo!"
"It's General Mengge who is here..."
"Oh my God, isn't General Mengge directing the battle on the front line? Is the war over?"
"..."
The elves looked at the flags of the floating ships and became excited.
From a distance, everyone could clearly see the elderly elf in silver armor standing on the bow of the main ship, with a majestic look on his face.
That face was very familiar to Raymond. It was naturally Meng Ge who had met him once.
Even he did not expect that Meng Ge, the top expert of the elves and commander of the Seventh Army, would personally come to greet them.
Last time in Eludnis, the "City of Eternal Night", this powerful elf man took the elf prince Ige alone to find Puius for treatment of his injury. Raymond was deeply impressed by him. He was loyal, powerful, humble and kind.
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Obviously, Meng Ge was also surprised that Raymond and the others would come to the secret realm of elves.
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When Meng Ge's fleet came over, it also brought good news.
This time, the Queen of Elf led her tribe to a complete victory in the counterattack, severely injuring the supreme commander of the demons [Terror Lord] Utamo, and forcing the demon army back to Mount Rosei.
Hearing the news, Yasrema and the young elven warriors were overjoyed. The war was finally won, and their hearts dropped. This battle would at least bring a few years of breathing time to the elves.
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Meng Ge had very powerful rune masters on board the ship, and those elf elders who were still in shape even at their old age were busy inscribing and drawing floating runes on the hull of the "Golden Ghost". This process was very complicated and took a whole day.
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Meng Ge's prestige among the elves was very high. At least where he appeared, the young elven warriors all showed awe and did not dare to surround him.
At the edge of the floating island, Raymond stood next to Mengge, accompanying the boss to look at the scenery in the clouds.
He knew that this big boss must have something to explain to him alone.
"Boy Raymond, long time no see. Why did you come to our secret elf realm?"
After the pleasantries, we went directly to the main topic.
Meng Ge had a good impression of Raymond, but he was more curious about how the "ghost group" came to the secret realm of elves.
The route in and out of the secret realm is a top secret among the elves, and no one in their clan knows more than one palm.
As for the human world, we don’t know much about it.
Apart from the fleet of "Pirate King" Delos from twenty years ago, probably only his old friend Puius, the undead corpse witch who has lived for nearly a thousand years, knows about it.
After a pause, he raised his eyebrows and glanced at Raymond, guessing: "Did Puius tell you how to enter?"
"no."
Raymond shook his head and said: "We only heard about the legend of the 'City in the Sky' in Jaffatron, the country of giants. Then my navigator deciphered the clues in the legend of the giants and found it by chance."
Sea of Mirrors'."
After a pause, he shrugged and said, "Of course, before entering the secret realm, we didn't know that this secret realm was the habitat of the elves."
"Oh, that's how it is..."
Hearing this, Meng Ge raised his eyebrows noncommittally and didn't ask any more questions.
After thinking about it, he said in a solemn tone: "Then... please remember not to reveal the secret realm to other humans after you go out. Otherwise, it will bring unnecessary trouble to the secret realm..."
"leave?"
Raymond's eyes twitched slightly as he listened.
I have just arrived, and based on this tone, does the master plan to drive them away?
However, even though he was muttering in his heart, he still responded solemnly: "Okay, we will definitely not leak everything about the secret realm."
In fact, for these elves, the best way to keep secrets is to kill Raymond and the others.
Of course, Meng Ge also has this strength.
But Raymond didn't see any hostility or suspicion in his eyes. The "friendly" quality of the high elves was engraved in his bones.
"Well, thank you in advance."
Meng Ge nodded, suddenly thought of something, and said: "Although it is rude to say this, I hope you will leave the Elf Secret Realm as soon as possible... As you can see, the situation here is not optimistic. War can happen at any time.
It broke out again..."
After a pause, he glanced at Raymond regretfully and continued: "If you came here for the 'Moon Stone'... you may be disappointed. Now our elven holy land, Moon Spring, is occupied by the demon army. There are high-level
The demons are heavily guarded, and now no one can break through the defense and get the sacred stone."
Raymond had made this request at the beginning, and Meng Ge naturally thought that they came to the secret realm for the purpose of obtaining the "Moon Stone".
Unfortunately, this is simply not possible.
"oh."
Raymond frowned, but nodded despite being unwilling to do so.
The "Moon Stone" is indeed one of the most important purposes of his coming here, and it is also the most important missing part of Colin's Kuruz alchemical body.
But since Meng Ge's level of powerhouses can't avoid it, then "Moon Spring" is definitely a dangerous place for the little shrimps like the "Ghost Group".
Even though he knew there was a treasure there, he still felt it was better to live.
"As for the other thing you said you wanted to borrow ancient Dwarvish books, that's a trivial matter. I remember that there are quite a few ancient books in the library..."
With a hint of apology on his face, Meng Ge continued: "You saved Her Majesty Ige, and the Queen will definitely not refuse your request. After you get the "Dwarf Common Language", you should leave here as soon as possible. Otherwise...
It would be dangerous."
Being urged to leave again, Raymond finally couldn't hold back the doubts in his heart and asked: "Senior Mengge, didn't you win this battle? How could..."
Listening to his eager tone, it felt like the elves were always on the verge of annihilation, and the guests who came did not dare to stay long for fear of injuring them.
"Why..."
Hearing this, Meng Ge's eyes became more and more gloomy, but he did not answer the question.
Raymond heard other meanings in this sigh.
He couldn't help but wonder, was there something hidden behind the appearance of the elf queen's personal victory?
After thinking for a while, he added: "If the elves need help... I mean, there are very powerful mechanical alchemists among my friends. They can create extraordinary powerful magic artillery in a short time. Maybe
It can bring some benefits to the war situation..."
He said this very modestly.
More than just a little benefit?
In terms of the level of technology in this secret realm, the emergence of magic artillery and steam machinery would definitely be a crushing level of existence, and it would definitely have a shocking impact on the pattern of war.
Therefore, he was curious as to why these elves would rather sacrifice the lives of so many people than use human technological weapons to kill their enemies.
Hearing this, Meng Ge shook his head, obviously guessing what Raymond was thinking.
He looked a little weird and asked: "Are you curious why we can obviously use human technology to change the situation of the war, but we always let the people use their lives to fill a big hole in the war?"
Raymond nodded: "Yes, about this...I am indeed very confused."
Meng Ge: "Hey... this secret realm exists for the purpose of sealing! The time can be traced back to the ancient times countless years ago... At that time, there was a problem with the seal. Our ancestors of the elves tried to prevent the seal from being affected by the evil spirit.
The human world relied on the divine power of the Moon Spring to create this 'mirror secret realm' to isolate the seal from the human world. And we, the elves, also moved here at that time to protect the seal..."
"..."
After hearing this, Raymond suddenly felt that some clues overlapped in his mind.
According to legend, the elves disappeared from the world out of thin air. It turned out that it was because of the seal that the whole family migrated to this secret world?
"We elves have been fighting those demons for countless years... Technology can indeed speed up the end of the war, but it will also speed up the process of our elves' demise."
Meng Ge said in a serious tone: "If it weren't for the last moment of genocide, we would not use human technology to fight against the demons."
"Why?"
Raymond sounded a little puzzled. Technology will accelerate the genocide. How are the causes and effects of the two related?
Meng Ge explained: "When you get to the royal capital 'Senimata', you will understand that our elves are now fighting against demons that are dozens of times our own. The biggest advantage is that there are more high-level strong men precipitated by civilization...
.There are also those magic towers in the royal capital 'Senima Tower'. If human technology is mixed with war, then the absolute advantage of high-level powerhouses will not be so obvious..."
"oh?"
Raymond suddenly understood.
If there are magic artillery, then some low-level demons will have the means to threaten high-level elves. The number of demons has an absolute crushing advantage over the elves, and there are many cannon fodder who are not afraid of death.
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Unless the elves can ensure that technological weapons are not leaked, in the long run, it may be hard to say.
Sure enough, Mengge went on to talk about this issue.
"The last time your Highness Tieg came into contact with the 'Evil Soul Possession', you should have understood that the demons have some means of demonizing souls... Most of the high-level demons are actually the warriors of our elves who died in the battle.
Transformed. Therefore, it is difficult for us elves to keep any secrets. Once the technological weapons are mastered by the demons, the consequences will be disastrous."
Meng Ge's tone was very helpless. If possible, who would be willing to let his people sacrifice their lives to fill the black hole of war?
He continued: "If the sealing problem of the demon clan is not completely solved, then the demon clan in the secret realm will never be killed! Therefore, the use of technological weapons may give us an advantage in this hundred years, but what about a hundred years from now?
?The final outcome must be to accelerate the extinction of our elves..."
After hearing this, Raymond finally understood.
This person is the reason why the top elf clan officials clearly possess a "big killer weapon" but dare not use it.
In this "Secret Realm of the Sky City", the elves have been fighting against the demons for countless years. It is not worth it to lay a hidden danger for the tribe that will accelerate its demise just for the sake of an advantage of one or two hundred years.
This topic sounds very heavy.
The high elves in the secret realm are like a twilight old man. Although he is trying hard to fight against fate, he still cannot stop himself from approaching death little by little. He feels helpless, powerless, and hopeless.
Raymond also understood that Mengge called him here alone just to explain these things to him.
After saying this, the elf general's face returned to normal, as if he was used to this kind of heaviness. He said to Raymond: "Of course, there are very few people who know these secrets. In fact, there are only a few people in our clan who know the existence of the human world.
People...I hope you can keep this secret..."
This powerful elf general made one last request to Raymond, hoping that they would secretly go to the secret capital, then take the "Dwarf Common Language" and leave quietly.
Not knowing the existence of the human world, the elven warriors could still fight with their last legs.
But if they knew that there were other wider worlds outside this secret realm, their military morale would definitely be shaken. Even if their faith allowed them to persevere, for those young elf warriors, this fate was extremely cruel and unfair.
"Well, I understand."
Raymond nodded solemnly and said, "I'm causing trouble for you, Senior Meng Ge."
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For a long time, neither of them spoke.
The two of them watched the clouds rising and rolling under the floating island, stretching endlessly, like the waves of the endless sea.
At this moment,
Raymond suddenly thought of some questions and asked instead: "Senior, I once saw the seal of an ancient god in the human world... How many such seals are there in this world? These sealed gods and demons
Can’t the corpse be completely solved?”
"Are you talking about the seal on Demon Island? The pure hair tribe, like us elves, has the responsibility of guarding the seal for generations... but the seal there is much better."
Meng Ge shook his head slightly, with a helpless expression of sympathy in his eyes.
He said: "Hey...if it could be solved, it would have been solved long ago. The sealed gods and demons were once top gods beyond our scope of knowledge, and they will not decay for hundreds of millions of years. Even the demigods in this world are powerful
, you are not qualified to stop in front of the corpses of those gods..."
These words made both the listener and the speaker feel an instant sense of humility.
as if...
Below the gods and demons are all ants, not even qualified to look up to them.
A complicated divine light flashed across Lei Meng's eyes, and he asked again: "Senior, what happened in ancient times?"
In his opinion, the elves are a civilization that has been inherited from ancient times, and they should know more secrets.
Meng Ge shook his head: "No one knows what happened in ancient times. It was too long ago, and even the information passed down by our elves is very fragmentary... I only know that a big event seemed to have happened at that time.
Catastrophe', that catastrophe, a large number of gods fell. The land we are on has become the 'cemetery' of some gods..."
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Unknowingly, the two of them chatted for a long time.
Raymond asked out many doubts in his heart, whether it was the unsolved mysteries in the game or some of the truths about the world he learned after traveling through time.
Meng Ge, a high elf who has lived for more than a hundred years and has extensive knowledge, also knew everything.
The two of them asked and answered each other, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.
Raymond's two lives of experience and knowledge mean he knows a variety of things. Whether it's a game or reality, it can make him wonder a lot, but the questions that make him ask are definitely not simple.
Asking too many questions made Meng Ge feel impressed.
"You kid... know better than the average top human being. The questions you asked just now have actually touched the ultimate secret of this world..."
As he spoke, Mengge looked at Raymond meaningfully, blinked and asked: "Since the 'Elven Secret Realm' exists, have you ever doubted that your human world is actually a larger secret realm world? Maybe...you and me
Are they all the 'frogs in the well' that can't jump out?"
"I have thought about it...I have thought about this issue from the moment I entered this secret realm."
Raymond spread his hands, feeling that this question already involved philosophy, which was so mysterious that he couldn't figure it out, so he didn't think about it deeply.
He said: "However, for me, no matter how big the world is, as long as I live a wonderful life, it is not in vain..."
This is what he says from the bottom of his heart.
Anyway, I have died once. Traveling to this wonderful world of navigation, if the world cannot remember that someone else has been here, it seems quite boring...
"What a saying, 'Just live a wonderful life'!"
Meng Ge sighed with emotion, "I think you are more knowledgeable than me in this regard."
Raymond shrugged.
It seemed that he had nothing to talk about anymore, so he asked casually: "Senior, can't the seal in this secret realm be completely solved?"
In fact, you don’t need to ask to know that this question must be a dead end.
The ancient elves are so powerful but have no solution to the problem. They have spent so many years without thinking of a solution. It will definitely not be solved.
However, he didn't expect that his casual question would accidentally open up a new idea!
Anyway, it will take a long time to draw the "floating runes", and there is enough time, so let's just start from the beginning.
Meng Ge slowly recounted: "Legend has it that in ancient times, we elves, you humans, giants, dwarves, dragons... the five races were an alliance. After the war between the gods, a demon god was killed and his body was buried.
The seal was sealed. Later, the seal broke, the demonic energy leaked out, and all living beings were devastated. The ancestors of the five tribes planned to use five sacred objects to strengthen the seal... But no one thought at that time that the leader of the dwarf tribe had been affected by the demonic energy and betrayed the alliance.
...Then at the last moment of sealing, the dwarf patriarch took away a key artifact and disappeared, ultimately leaving hidden dangers..."
He told a long ancient story, seals, secret realms, the migration of elves...
"Why did my elven ancestors prevent the evil energy from affecting the world, and then used the power of the 'Moon Spring' to create this secret realm, and it has been here ever since..."
After listening to the story, Raymond vaguely felt that something was wrong, "Wait a minute...Senior, is the ancient dwarf tribe you are talking about the one under the sky-reaching sacred tree of Jaffatron?"
Hearing this, Meng Ge was stunned for a moment. He had not been out of the secret realm in the past few months. Naturally, he did not know that the Dark Dungeon had appeared, so he wondered: "Hey, Brother Raymond, there is a place in Jaffatron
Dwarf ruins?”
"It's a long story...an ancient dwarf ruins were discovered beneath Jaffatron..."
Suddenly, Raymond's expression suddenly became a little strange.
He always felt that his "wild opportunity passion trigger 45%" passive was about to be triggered again.
His eyes flashed, and thoughts raced in his mind.
The more I think about it, the seemingly unrelated "headless clues" are unconsciously connected head to tail, like beads pierced into a bead curtain, and a complete cause and effect event clearly appears.
in mind.
Dwarves, defection, holy objects, seals of the five races, ruins, corpses, treasures of unknown origin in the safe...
He vaguely felt that things might "happen" again!
After pondering for a long time, Raymond slowly exhaled and said with a complex expression: "Perhaps, the dwarf tribe under the Tongtian Divine Tree is the one that was betrayed by the Five Tribes Alliance... Moreover, I also found a few items.
Dwarven antiquities..."
"Senior Mengge, can you see if there is the sealed sacred object that was taken away by the dwarf patriarch?"
The things he was talking about were naturally the mysterious items he got from Ivan David's storage room when he killed him.
There are general signs that the dwarf skeleton found by those who were absent from work may be the dwarf patriarch who defected back then!
"Boy Raymond, what...did you just say?"
Meng Ge's words were quite clear, but his mind could not digest the shocking news for a while.
How could the nightmare that had plagued the elves for countless years be solved by someone so coincidentally?
Have you found the lost sealed relic?
impossible...
But when he looked at the several items that Raymond took out, his eyes were fixed on a mysterious box, and his expression gradually changed from doubt to ghost-like...horror!