"Is this the Elf Tree?" Edgar looked in awe at the endless expanse of the ancient tree. In Edgar's mind, the Elf Tree was just a tall tree, but now he realized that he was completely wrong.
"Yes! Come with me!" Anthony was very familiar with the area and led the group through the tree trunks. The Elf Tree had many flat trunks that formed paths. These flat trunks were as wide as four-lane roads, and the narrow ones could only accommodate one person.
"Come with me! This is where the Elf Tree fruit grows!" Anthony jumped to the ground with uncharacteristically athletic energy and pointed to a golden area not far away.
"Trees grow wheat!" Edgar followed him, looking in surprise at the golden, ripe wheat.
Anthony smiled and explained, "It's our main food for elves, which we call Mace. One such Elf Tree can produce enough Mace to feed three million people for a year!"
"Wow!" Edgar was taken aback by Anthony's words, and such an ancient tree could produce so much food, it was truly amazing!
"By the way, let's go to the trunk of the Elf Tree! Once you get there, you'll understand the gravity of this situation!" Anthony stroked the grain and sighed, continuing onward. After walking for about half an hour, they arrived at a tree with a diameter of over 30 meters.
"This is the trunk of the Elf Tree! It's so majestic!" Edgar stared at the tree for a long time, the trunk of the Elf Tree was too huge!
"Yes! This is the Elf Tree, it's withering!" Alice lay on the trunk, as if listening, muttering to herself. Edgar looked up and saw that the leaves on the trunk of the Elf Tree had turned yellow. He thought, "The Elf Tree is indeed sick." At this time, if one looked down from a helicopter, it was obvious that the Elf Tree was slowly dying from the center outwards.
"You should take a look!" Edgar walked around the Elf Tree and said to the two tree elves who had followed him. The tree elves obeyed and went into the Elf Tree, disappearing.
"It's true that they are tree elves!" Anthony felt relieved when he saw the two elves disappear into the tree, with the tree elves taking action, the ancient tree should be saved, he thought.
"Why haven't they come out yet? Won't something go wrong?" Edgar became impatient after waiting for two or three hours, cursing the two elves for not having a butthole when they were born, and secretly worrying about what had happened.
"Your Majesty, don't worry, they should be coming out soon!" Anthony smiled, although he was worried, he didn't show it. After all, the Tree Spirits have been missing for too long, and what we know about their abilities comes from ancient texts. No one knows the true strength of the Tree Spirits.
"Something's coming out!" Edgar was about to act, but suddenly Oswin tensed up and looked nervously at the Tree of Spirits. Seeing Oswin's expression, everyone became tense, holding their weapons and staring at the Tree of Spirits with wide eyes.
Under everyone's gaze, two Tree Spirits jumped out and shouted loudly to Edgar and the others, "Run quickly! It's a maggot!"
"What's a maggot?!" Edgar's spirit swept over, and he saw a huge black insect crawling inside the tree trunk, and it was about to break out of the tree.
"Leave the Tree of Spirits! There's a bug inside the tree!" Edgar saw this situation and immediately shouted. Fortunately, this time none of them were ordinary people. After hearing Edgar's words, they all quickly left.
"Bang!" A huge black head suddenly emerged from the Tree of Spirits. Edgar's eyes cooled down, and a bolt of lightning appeared instantly in his palm. A flash of lightning struck the maggot's head, and the maggot was shocked and felt numb. By the time it reacted, the next round of attacks had already arrived.
Oswin raised his hand and threw an eagle claw, grabbing the maggot's head. Suddenly, the maggot's head was torn open, revealing several long wounds. The maggot had an incredibly strong life force, but it was still desperately struggling. Its huge body crawled out of the Tree of Spirits and opened its mouth wide to attack the few people. The object in front of the maggot was instantly pulverized.
"Damn, sonic waves!" Edgar saw the situation and suddenly remembered the sonic wave crusher, and quickly moved away. He had a sudden thought, and the magic sword he had cultivated in his dantian was launched.
"Beast, die!" Edgar made a sword gesture, and the magic sword, with a string of light, was shot straight at the maggot's head. The maggot seemed to know the danger, and twisted its body, just barely avoiding the vital area. Edgar's magic sword flew out of the maggot's body.
The maggot was injured and became even more ferocious. It carried a gust of evil wind and bit down viciously on the nearest Alice. Two elf bodyguards saw that Alice and Antony were chanting spells and pulled out their swords to attack the maggot. The maggot was huge, but it was very agile, and it twisted to avoid the two bodyguards, continuing its momentum towards Alice.
"Forbidden!" Suddenly, Oswin made a hand seal and shouted. The maggot heard the shout and suddenly stopped, feeling that it could no longer control its body. At this time, Edgar's magic sword flew back and chopped off the maggot's head. Alice and Antony's magic had also been completed. Antony waved his magic wand, and countless tiny wind blades sliced the maggot into small pieces. Alice's flaming sky spell burned the maggot to a crisp.
"This is the reason why the elf tree withered?" Anthony walked up to the charred remains of the Emisha maggot and curiously asked the two tree elves.
"Yes, the Emisha maggot is a unique creature of the demon realm that feeds on trees and especially likes to devour elven trees! During the last demon invasion, there was a mass die-off of elven trees! I never thought they would strike again!" The tree elf examined it carefully and confirmed.
"Demon invasion? You mean this is a creature from the demon realm?" Anthony frowned in worry as he asked.
"Yes!" The Emisha maggot is a unique creature of the demon realm, and only the demons know how to control them. The two tree elves exchanged glances and confirmed with even more certainty.
"Then, could it be leftovers from the last invasion?" Alice frowned and held out a glimmer of hope.
"Emisha maggots reproduce very difficultly, and their mobility is extremely poor. If they were leftovers from the last demon invasion, it could only have been a small-scale outbreak, but now..." The two tree elves frowned, and they didn't want to see such a scenario, but the facts could not be changed.
"What is the demon invasion?" Edgar frowned, how did the demon invasion come up again?
"Let me explain!" Anthony frowned and sighed. "Demons are creatures that live in another dimension!" Every thousand years or so, two realms will intersect at some point, and then the demonic races will invade the continent!
"When was the last invasion?" Edgar frowned, knowing that the demonic races would invade every thousand years, so all races would have prepared, right?
"Six hundred years ago!" Anthony frowned and answered slowly.
Edgar glared at Anthony "You said every thousand years! How can it be only six hundred years?"
"That's what we should worry about. No one is prepared for war!" Alice also had a worried expression on her face. Who would have thought that the time of the demonic race's invasion would be advanced?
"Let's go back to the city. This must be reported immediately!" Anthony sighed. The continent had been peaceful for so long, but it was about to start chaos again! However, chaos also brings opportunities. It seems that I need to prepare in advance.
Returning to the posthouse, Edgar sat in the living room and asked Oswin, "What do you think about the demonic race invasion?"
Oswin stood up and smiled lightly, "It has nothing to do with us, but we can!" Edgar was startled, and began to calculate. "The main strength of the Red Alert base is now at sea, and the demonic races' invasion of the continent has little to do with them. However, Oswin is right, it's not a bad idea!"
"Your Highness! There is a man named Joseph Ellison outside who claims to have an appointment with you!" Just then, Renault walked in and reported to Edgar.
"The businessman, Joseph Allison, has just arrived. He came at the right time, as I also have something to find him about! Our mobile communication plan can also be implemented now!" Edgar smiled and repeated Renault's introduction of Joseph.
"Your Majesty, it's a pleasure to meet you! Please forgive me for interrupting!" Joseph Allison smiled and gently bowed to Edgar.
"Please sit down, don't be formal, we are old acquaintances. Renault, wine!" Edgar smiled and ordered. A lieutenant dressed the same as Renault came over with a wine cart.
"Please, try the new assistant's handiwork!" Edgar smiled and raised a glass of red wine to Joseph. Joseph did not act fake and raised his glass to take a sip, unable to help but exclaim, "Your Majesty, you are truly blessed to have such fine wine!" Edgar smiled and took a sip of wine, saying nothing.
Edgar thought, "It's obvious that you wouldn't come here without some ulterior motive. Now that you've come to see me, I wonder what business you have. Better to be direct and ask you outright. So, Joseph, what brings you here today?"
Joseph was taken aback by Edgar's directness and quickly regained his composure, saying, "I want to work with Your Majesty!" Edgar raised a glass of wine and looked at Joseph, while calculating what Joseph's real intentions were.
"Your Majesty!" Joseph was frightened by Edgar's gaze and didn't know what Edgar was thinking. Edgar smiled and put down his glass, looking at Reno curiously and asked, "How do you want to cooperate with me? What benefits can you give me?" Reno was taken aback, never expecting that a prince like Edgar would ask so directly. He only had an idea, but had never thought about these things.
"Reno, bring me the materials!" Edgar looked at Joseph and smiled, then took the materials from Reno. He looked at Joseph and said, "You're a smart man. You came so quickly. Take a look!"
Edgar handed a stack of materials to Joseph, who was taken aback for a moment before realizing what was happening. He looked delighted and carefully took the materials, flipping through them.
"Are these all true?" Joseph looked up after finishing the materials and excitedly looked at Edgar, as if a wolf had seen a beautiful woman.
"Do I need to lie to you? You're the first one to come. You're really smart! Take the materials back and think about it tomorrow and come see me!" Edgar smiled and drank a glass of wine before slowly walking back to his room.