Under Lily's guidance, a group of more than thirty people took a hidden path through the Silver Leaf Forest. Although this section of the road is the fastest shortcut, it still takes three days to reach the holy land of the holy goblin tribe.
Speaking of this holy place, I can only get information about it from books and rumors, because this place has never been open to humans, and only a very small number of humans have ever been there. Legend has it that the Ridge of Gaia is not a real mountain, and that it contains the most magical and natural technology. For this ambiguous legend, I have always wanted to confirm it with my own eyes, and for me, Gaia Ridge has another reason why I must go.
"Master, if we go forward for another hour, we will enter the Holy Land. From there, we will encounter a barrier set up by our people, and it is also full of poisonous plants. Master, please instruct the knights to follow us closely. "
After getting along with each other for three days, Lily has already become accustomed to being hugged and hugged by me. Even if I kiss her cheek affectionately, she has begun to accept it. After arriving at the fairy clan, I should probably enter the next stage, hehehe. ． ．
Finally, I passed through the silver leaf forest and came to a small river. When I left the dense forest, I was immediately stunned.
What appeared in front of me was a big tree, but it was not an ordinary big tree, but a super giant tree that could be compared with a huge mountain range. I know this is the legendary fairy holy land - Gaia's Ridge.
It would still take our group at least two hours to get there, but here we were overwhelmed by the tree's astonishing power. The top of this giant tree is close to the clouds in the sky, and the trunk is even more terrifying. The leaves hang high in the sky like a sea of green clouds, and its roots stretch for miles. Even though I am well-read, I never thought that there would be such a towering tree in the world.
"The sacred tree in front is Gaea, the son of Mother Nature that we worship. Thanks to its shade, more than a million people in our family can live under its feet and be protected no matter the season. "There are endless fruits all year round."
Lily looked at the giant tree Gaia in front of her leisurely and longingly, and for the first time she actively leaned on my shoulder, letting me see her incomparable beauty from the side. The facial features, the reverence for nature in her twinkling eyes, and a little sense of comfort after returning home.
I wanted this simple fairy to live in human society, and suddenly I realized that I was very selfish. Would it be more appropriate for her to live in nature?
I looked back at my subordinates. They also stopped to look at Gaia, and like Lily, they marveled at the magic of nature.
"Okay! Holy Land Gaia, Orcs, Dark Elves, 400,000 coalition troops, I, Yavandi, will come to meet you for a while! Brothers, let's go!" Putting everything behind, I shouted to my men with great pride. At the signal, the knights behind me cheered together. I grabbed the horse's belly and followed Lily's instructions to head towards the Ridge of Gaia.
Lily was right. This section of the road is protected by tens of thousands of barriers, and there are many poisonous flowers and fruits entangled on the ground along the way. It is not easy for other races except fairies to pass through.
When we arrived at the Ridge of Gaia, the scene we saw up close was completely different. There were originally layers of platforms built on the huge trunk of Gaia, and different wooden boxes were raised and lowered between the platforms for transportation. Each platform is enough to accommodate the number of people in a small village, and thousands of platforms can form a small country and become a real tree kingdom.
Before I could fully appreciate the majestic scenery in front of me, my eyes were already attracted by something. An army has already been lined up in front of us, I estimate there are about five thousand people, and standing at the front of them is a handsome blond male elf wearing pure black robes and holding a purple staff.
Although I didn't know who this man was, with my sense of talent, I immediately sensed his hidden amazing power, and he also had a broad mind that embraced the world.
"Uncle!!"
Lily cheered, jumped out of my clutches, ran to the man and hugged him. She actually hugged other men in front of me, the master, without asking. It seems that I need to train this Lily and let her know the proper etiquette of being a female slave.
As soon as I got off the horse, the handsome man had already led Lily to me, bowed to me and gave me a half-salute, and the thousands of goblins following him also saluted me in unison. I returned the greeting in shock and felt bad at the same time. The goblins rarely salute humans. This male goblin gave me a top hat as soon as he came, forcing me to serve them.
"The noble Baron of Avanti, the humble general of the Holy Fairy Tribe Magician Battle Group, Serrie, now welcomes you with the highest etiquette of the Fairy Tribe."
Turtle? Very strange name.
No matter which clan of fairies they are, they also like to use animals and plants as their names, but using the word "turtle" is a bit weird. (Master Se turtle: Hey, are you dissatisfied?)
Only then did I notice the thousands of people standing behind the turtle, all wearing neat magic robes of different colors. It turned out that even the empire did not dare to confront them head-on. A group of five thousand magicians.
Due to the scarcity of magicians in the empire and their high salaries, it is customary to use fifty people as a division. There are about a thousand magicians in the country, but there are actually only about eighteen divisions. It is already remarkable that a large army can have three magician divisions. Even my family's Black Dragon Knights only have two magician divisions, and my 30,000 garrison in Feibenli City only has one division.
But what I see in front of me is a hundred magicians, which is five times the total number of the entire empire.
"Hello, Elder Seturtle, I, Avanti Radel, would like to express my greetings to the Holy Fairy Tribe on behalf of the Wurost Empire and the Radel Family."
Phew, these are the long and smelly diplomatic etiquettes again.
After introducing each other, the turtle took the initiative to pull Lily and me to the roots of Gaia. God, the roots of Gaia are already as high as several houses. When I walked from the stone steps built on the roots of the tree, I felt like I had turned into an ant.
Se Turtle sent his entourage to take my men to the room to rest, while he himself asked Lily and I to take those weird wooden boxes up to the upper level of the tree trunk.
"We call these wooden boxes lifts. They are transportation tools that use natural magic stones to store sunlight. Their structures are very stable. There have never been any accidents in our clan here."
Lily felt a little bit surprised when she saw me standing in the lifts. Uneasy, she had already taken the initiative to reassure me, but she omitted the name of her master in her speech, obviously still not wanting to reveal our relationship in front of the sex turtle.
Se turtle did not seem to pay attention to these things. Instead, he was more worried about the situation of the alliance between the two clans. He first asked:
"Lord Yafanti, I will introduce our clan leader to you later, but before that, please ask me. One question. According to our calculations, the coalition forces of the two tribes should have reached the range of Gaia Ridge yesterday, but there is still no sign of them today. This really puzzles us. "What do you think?
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Gao Jian , I just have a simpler idea. If you were Tianshu, and the one hundred thousand black dragon cavalry regiment stationed in the empire suddenly disappeared under your eyes, what would your reaction be? , the turtle understood first and laughed passionately, and even patted my shoulder twice as hard as his grandma. Lily's eyes flashed with excitement, and she finally understood why I didn't come to the Holy Land with my soldiers.
Although this is my first time here, I believe that if it can be called a holy place, its defense will not be too bad. If the Fairy Clan's 200,000 troops still can't defend it, I believe that if I bring my own 10,000 to 20,000 troops here, it will only be a few more people to be beaten. Instead of doing this, it would be more cost-effective to send them outside to work on my plan.
Faster than I expected, the lift lifted the three of us up into the dense foliage. This isn't really another forest, just the thought of fighting guerrilla warfare in a place like this is enough to give one a headache.
As the lift rises, the temperature drops, and the density of the leaves gradually decreases. Finally, the turtle took us to a natural tree cave. This seems to be a stronghold for military aircraft, with at least a hundred soldiers stationed to guard it, and a small school ground built inside.
Entering the school grounds, we walked directly into a secret meeting room, where dozens of goblin tribesmen were already sitting. Since the fairies all look young, I can only deduce their identities from their seats and clothing. The silver-haired goblin sitting at the head of the long table should be their chief elder, and the one sitting at the table in armed attire should be a junior general.
When I saw Turtle and Lily, fourteen fairies among them stood up and saluted. There were also several pretty female fairies among them. Two of them particularly caught my attention. One had red hair, sexy clothes, and a long sword hanging on his back. Banshee. The other one is a female elf with blue hair, wearing a military uniform but with a gentle appearance.
But the other goblin warriors remained motionless, letting me know that I was not a welcome guest.
"Brother, everyone, this is Baron Avanti, a comrade who came from the empire to assist us in our battle."
There was only detectable hostility in the eyes of the great elder, and he only nodded to me as a welcome, and I also He just smiled coldly in return. This move immediately aroused dissatisfaction among several young generals, who all stood up and drew their swords.
"Are you rebelling?"
Se Turtle said calmly, but with a flash of light in his eyes, the air around him was immediately sucked out, and I felt even more difficult to breathe. The few warriors who had drawn their swords were all suppressed by his terrifying aura. At the same time, I knew that the magical power of the color turtle was far beyond my imagination, and it was very possible to reach the level of the legendary magic guide. Rank number.
Magisters, the legendary strongest mage who can use ultimate magic. There are only two such powerful mage in our Wurost Empire, and there is only one in the neighboring Dieri Empire. I didn't expect that such a character would appear in front of me. This place truly deserves to be the Fairy Tribe of the Magical Tribe.
"Sezhuo, Lily, please sit down with the Baron first."
At the great elder's signal, Sezhuo sat under him, while Lily and I could only sit at the end of the table. The turtle smiled helplessly with an apology on his face, and I smiled and nodded to express my understanding.
"Lily, what's going on? Where's Shenlang? Isn't he with you? I asked you to go to the empire to find the eldest prince to borrow troops. Why did you come here as a baron?"
I suddenly realized that on the surface, this great elder He wanted to borrow troops from the empire, but in fact he planned to sell his daughter Lily to the eldest prince of our country. There are three princes in the Wurost Empire. My family has always supported the second prince Enov, but the eldest prince Fandia has good relations with the holy goblins. No wonder the eldest elder is hostile to me.
Seeing Lily being wronged, I couldn't help but feel angry. After all, I am also the protagonist of this story, why should I be angry with you little idlers?
"Lily, wait for me to speak."
Just when I wanted to speak, the great elder had already cut off my words with a gesture.
"I'm sorry, Baron Avanti. Although you are our guest, you still have no right to speak. This is a rule passed down by our family. Please forgive me."
"It's a joke. As the owner of Lily, don't I have the right to speak for myself? " "Would you like to say something to your servant?"
As soon as these words came out, all the goblins in the room changed their expressions. The great elder among them had cold murderous intent shooting out from his eyes, while the turtle below him stayed on the spot and didn't know how to react. The other elders and generals also held weapons, waiting for an order and they would immediately kill me on the spot. .
The holy fairies have not made contracts with humans for a thousand years. The reason is that most contracts are also master-slave contracts. Humans have a high degree of binding force on the fairies, which also causes a humiliation to the fairies.
I sneered, put my left hand gently on the table, and transferred the magic power into the magic light ring. The black light immediately covered the entire room.
The elder has always matured with age. He knew that now was not the time for fighting spirit, so he had to swallow this breath. With a gesture from him, the others calmed down. When he looked at Lily with angry eyes, I also reached my right hand under the table and squeezed her trembling little hand.
"Then, Baron Avanti, please explain what happened."
"Another joke. My beloved elder, do you invite me here to win a battle, or do you want me to come with you? Explain this, explain that?"
The atmosphere became increasingly tense, but I was still confident that I could subdue these idiots because I had a sure-fire bargaining chip.
"Great Elder and all respectable goblin tribesmen, I really don't understand why you insist on coming here. Is it the First Prince and the Golden Winged Lions, or the Avanti and the Black Dragon Knights? I will go all the way to break your siege. , I risked my life and came to this hellish place where birds don't lay eggs and dogs don't poop. But what did I gain in the end? All my passion was rewarded with the blank stares from others!"
I scolded me heartily. In addition to looking at each other in bewilderment, the stupid monsters were speechless by my words. Selieu was still smart. When he saw that the situation was not right, he stood up and acted as a peacemaker and said: "My lord, Baron, please calm down. Our tribe has never underestimated your Excellency."
"Elder Selieu, I am very calm, no. You are yourselves to be calm. Please look at their behavior just now. I am an envoy of the empire, but they dared to draw a sword against me. This is enough to declare war on my country. Lily is my woman, but they ignored it. I blame her. These two points alone have caused great humiliation to our country and to our Radel family.
Do you want a voice? Okay! I have defeated the orcs three times. Do I have the right to speak? My family's army of one hundred thousand people, do I have any say?
Lily, I have kept my promise and come here, but they don't accept me. You can stay and wait for death with them, but please forgive me for not being able to accompany you. "
Ignoring their horror and astonishment, I strode out of the conference room despite the voices of condolences from Se Turtle and Lily.
Author's postscript: The so-called magic is the use of mental power to transform into magical power, and the elements are multiplied and materialized through spells. Therefore, the spell is like an equation. The bigger the formula, the greater the increase.
Elements are generally divided into seven types:
Fire element: It represents destruction, and its destructive power is the highest among all elements, so it is suitable for killing enemies on a large scale on the battlefield. But on the other hand, it does nothing but destroy.
Thunder element: represents change. Its destructive power is slightly less than that of fire element, but its casting speed is much faster and its uses are more flexible. In addition, the hit rate of thunder and lightning is almost 100%, so it is more reused. Famous spells include lightning, which can be used for military communication, and lightning, which is simple but has pursuit capabilities.
Wind element: represents speed. Its destructive power and defensive power are average, but it has the advantage of speed. It is the fastest in the ranks of primary and intermediate magic. It is deeply loved by warriors and becomes the king of the combination of magic and martial arts.
Water element: represents protection and life. It has very weak destructive power, but has first-class defensive power. It also has medical effects. The most famous ones are enchantment and healing. Therefore, water magicians and priests are in greatest demand.
Earth element: represents stability, amazing defensive power, simple and stable operation. The disadvantage is that there are too few changes and there are few types of magic, so it is not loved by magicians. Unfortunately, our protagonist is of the earth attribute.
Light element: represents light, exclusive to the gods, very similar to the water element, has good defense and medical effects, but also has magical powers such as the elimination of illusions, enchantments, enchantments, necromancy and various seals, and The quality of establishing barriers and seals is the highest among all elements, and it is a rare and expensive spell.
Dark element: represents evil and belongs exclusively to the demon clan. Contrary to the light element, it has no offensive or defensive power, but it does include a variety of spells with strange uses, the most famous of which is necromancy spells. Like light magic, it is a rare but expensive spell.
A human, elf or ordinary dragon has only one attribute, so it can only cast one type of spell. However, with the development of other elemental artifacts, it can extract elements with other attributes and cast other types of magic.
However, artifacts are also divided into different types and levels. Ordinary artifacts can only assist in casting primary or intermediate magic, while ancient artifacts can assist in casting advanced or even ultimate magic.
However, the artifacts and staffs chosen by high-level wizards will all have the same attributes as themselves. The reason is due to efficiency issues. Instead of casting small magic with other attributes, it is more cost-effective to reduce the magic power consumption when casting advanced magic or ultimate magic.
For example, the holy fairy wizard, the purple staff "Thunder" of the old man, the magic crystal "Dragon Eye" of the dark fairy wizard Haiping, etc.
In addition, last time a friend mentioned the ratio of population to military strength, the author was actually very careful when setting it. However, considering that it was an era of wars, I came up with this ratio distribution figure. I hope you can accept it.