Except for the period of "kingdom recall" of the Tia elves, the frequency of the council accepting issues is the first time so frequent.
The Elf King firstly denounced the Temple Chief Priest's sinister intention to murder the princess, and had more than ten nobles and rangers testify one after another. And on this occasion, the elders of different minds were completely united in their stance, including members of the Lord of Faith Rituals. They expressed their will in a direct or polite way, all pointing in one direction - to impose heavy punishment on the bold assailants.
If the priests could even squander the blood of the royal family members with impunity, how could they put them, the elders, in their sights?
And what made the elven king feel uneasy was that the temple reacted very passively. No complaints, no arguments, I thought the priests would again lead the trouble to the dragon's "evil spell" on the Elf King has made a good speech, but all to no avail. The High Priest of Ophasis responded by acquiescing to the crime.
The culprit was identified, and then the sentence was imposed. From a secular point of view, the chief priest had nearly done irreparable damage by plotting against his own people, while from the point of view of faith, the chief priest's offense against the princess was a serious sacrilege, contrary to the order of superiority and inferiority advocated by Nieron. The elven king did not hesitate to hit the soft spot of the temple.
In the end, the chief priest and the 24 temple guards accompanying him were sentenced to exile, deprived of the citizenship of the Tia elves and never allowed to return to the settlement. In fact, this sentence is no different from execution, humans have put the elves under siege in the forest, where can the exiles go. They had to struggle between the elves and humans, in order not to become slaves, resist the slave-catching teams until they died, using blood to defend the last bit of honor.
The pantheon accepted the verdict silently, but asked that the exiles be handed over first, to complete the pantheon's internal penance for blasphemy. The Elven King agreed when he thought about it.
The second topic was a new ally for the elves, and the atmosphere at the council was one of relief. Hora's holy appearance and wisdom had conquered most of the elders, and they were full of praise for the unicorn, even proposing that the unicorn be placed alongside the yagi as the symbol of the elves.
The Elf King's vote on the acceptance of the covenant was redone, but was really just a formality. Then a large number of additional issues were suppressed in the name of lack of knowledge about unicorns.
The first two issues passed smoothly, and with the momentum of smooth sailing, the Elf King reintroduced the trade with the dragons. The elders' position immediately wavered, and the priesthood opposed it without weakness, as righteously as if the murder did not exist. The priests said the blasphemer's actions had nothing to do with the foreign trade and would not change their attitude as a result.
The elven king found it ironic that the scarcity of metal, once the main weapon of the shrinking policy of the temple, had now become his own sword. He personally drew his bow and arrow, firing from 50 sa meters away. The +1 secret silver alloy enchanted arrow ran sharply through the two-person lapis lazuli pillar as easily as if he had stabbed through silk with a knife. Then it fell into the wall 10 meters away, revealing only half of the arrow body.
The elders opened their mouths wide, this was only a short bow, what other shields were there to resist when replaced by a longer bow with more power? The sharp demonstration overwhelmed the ethical arguments of the pantheon, and the elf king began a tug-of-war with the wavering elders. After half a month of deliberation, the Elf King narrowly passed the issue and achieved the following results: Torch Mages were allowed to station in the Forest of Tyria, and Torch Mages were allowed to trade, but only in weapons.
The elf king was relieved, as long as there are weapons, everything is good. And at this point, the nearly defeated High Priest of Orpheus raised a fourth topic, directly shaking the council.
"The High Priest of Ophasis invites Torch Mages to the Green Capital for exchange?" Rameshirai's eyes were rounded, mentally thinking that the High Priest had recited the ritual precepts for so many years, and finally recited himself silly as he wished.
"Yes, and it's just two days later, at the Divine Birth Ceremony of the Lord of Rituals." Drusilla reacted more than Rameshirai when she heard the news, one moment bitter and hateful and the next inviting, this kind of articulationless flip of attitude was not something the young princess could understand.
"The explanation given by the pantheon was to increase knowledge of dragons, while negotiating detailed trade details. Very legitimate reason, but this word from the mouth of the high priest just seems, seems very ... "Drusilla pursed her lips, hand gestures half a day can not find the right word.
"Funny." Rameshirai said.
"Pretty much, we'll still need to deliver the invitations when the time comes. Ah, they're here."
Hora once again stood at the gates of the Green Capital, last time as a representative of the Unicorn Alliance only, this time as the King of Unicorns, with a guard of ten mighty adult unicorns. There was also a pair of mother and son accompanying him.
"Welcome." Drusillia said lightly, the elven courtesy was not warm, but sincere.
Hora had a fondness for this pure and intelligent elf maiden. During the negotiations between the elf king and the council, Druhiria led her subordinate rangers to provide a lot of help, such as maps of the Tyrian forest, telling them about the poisonous plants in the forest, building nests, and so on.
So he agreed to the princess's invitation to do a full self-introduction for his race, not just the elders, face to face all elves.
The Sunseeker's Song Amphitheater is the highest expression of Tyrian art, with forty-five circular staircases capable of holding 3,000 spectators to enjoy the opera. When Hora led the group into the theater, the Elven King was the first to rise and applaud, and the rest of the audience followed suit, including the priests of the Lord of Rituals. They put their indignation on their faces, but refused to lose their decorum.
Hora "took his seat" opposite the Elf King. Drusilla, wearing a lavender pleated dress today, took center stage in the theater and said nothing but a bright smile that brightened up the entire theater and immediately brought out tenfold applause from the audience, who truly loved the green emerald stone.
Drusillia owed her thanks, a stage she had been to many times, but none as meaningful as this one.
"Let us welcome Lady Garcia, though I would remind you all that she is a young mother, still learning the Tyrian language, please do not look directly at her for too long, it will make her shy." Amidst the laughter of the audience, the female unicorn blushingly walked onto the stage.
Garcia is a little smaller than Hora, 1 sami at the shoulder, a little over 2 sami long, with brown pupils. And her son, the little unicorn with fire-red eyes, followed his mother, full of curiosity and childish looks that surprised the elves, especially the female elves.
Drusillia gave Garcia a soothing smile. "Unicorns are pure vegetarians, with a variety of berries and roots as their main course and the occasional fatty flower as a snack ... They practice faithful monogamy for life ... generally build their love nests on the shores with clean water on the shore with clean water, but also in natural tree caves ..."
The elf princess explained in a light tone, and the last as the finale was the unicorn spell. Hearing this, the elf king sat upright, while the priests seemed to launch their eyeballs and smash Druhiria to death.
"The spells used by unicorns and the magic of torch mages are two things, the former is called [spell-like] and is a power that is naturally mastered as it grows; the latter belongs to be acquired through learning, the rest is not known."
The audience was concentrated, one more excited than the other. People oppressed by reality always expect surreal power.
"Let us welcome the brave facilitator, Ranger Rameshirai." The young elf's scalp tingled; he would rather fight a slave-catching party than stand beneath thousands of pairs of eyes.
He took out a clear crystal cup and filled it with water. Crushing a fruit, the juice stained the cup a deep red.
"Everyone knows the evil acacia berry, and from a young age, they tell their children that this delicious fruit causes paralysis and in severe cases, death by respiratory failure."
Drusillia let Garcia's horn touch the crystal cup, the light flashed and the crimson water immediately clarified. Rameshirai drank it all in one gulp amidst the audience's gasps.
"This type of spell is called [Neutralize Toxin], which can purify poisonous food and drink, and can also act directly on the poisoned person. Adult unicorns use it 3 times a day. It is usually used when food is scarce and you have to fill your stomach with poisoned fruits.
The princess's instructions were short and straightforward, and the audience was talking about how the original class of spells looked like, how many times the spells were used, and how the original unicorns were also hungry ...
Ramesilai with a skinning knife on the arm, blood diffuse out, the audience's face whitened. Can not help but let the ranger captain despise, these flowers away from the war is too weak. The atmosphere in the theater reached a climax when Garcia placed the horn on the wound, and all the elves got up to look closely.
As the glow of positive energy healed the wound, Ramsilai wiped away the blood. The arm was intact.
"[Heal Minor Wounds], heal all traumatic injuries of small size, excluding fractures. The number of uses per day varies from 1 to 3 depending on the age of the unicorn ..." The princess's explanation was almost drowned in enthusiastic applause, not only praising the unicorn, but also the brave ranger captain.
It took Druhiria some effort to squash the enthusiasm of the audience, and if it wasn't for the bloodshed, they would have asked Rameshirai to get it again.
The demonstration ended here, in fact, the unicorns have more powerful abilities. They can use 1 [Higher Teleportation] within the forest that is set in their home, and appear anywhere, not beyond the forest. But the unicorns had just settled, and the tactical value of the teleportation technique was so high that Drusilla decided not to announce it to the public.
The following session was for questions, and the audience participated enthusiastically. The first lucky person asked, "Can unicorns be ridden?"
The theater was instantly chilled as Hora stood up and stared intently at the questioner.