Elf Kingdom: Game of the World Tree-Chapter 1124 - 751: Legendary Elf Kayretz (Bonus - )
The words of Boxed Meal made the players fall into contemplation.
It’s a question they are also curious about.
According to the background setting of "Elf Kingdom," the Goddess only recently revived.
So during the time before the Goddess’s revival, can’t twenty million believers recreate a God of Life and Nature in eight hundred years?
Even if it’s not the God of Life and Nature, can’t other gods be recreated?
They have control over faith, why must it be tied to the World Tree?
Can’t the faith direction subtly shift over time?
"Perhaps... is it a conflict of faith? Because the elves serving as priests live longer, making it hard to change faith? And because the Goddess hasn’t truly fallen, no new True God has been born?"
Hu Lu speculated.
"Who knows... I think this isn’t for us to consider. Matters of True Gods are beyond us, everyone online is just guessing. By the way... I think the information we’ve gathered should be enough, right? Can we submit the task now?"
Demacia said.
The task the players accepted was to gather various information.
The more specific goal was to investigate the history of this world.
With the information gathered now, theoretically, it already meets the requirements.
However, after thinking for a moment, Li Mu looked at Demacia:
"Demacia, you mentioned you acquired the blasphemer’s token, what’s that about?"
"Oh, they found out I’m a non-believer and wanted to recruit me into their organization. As long as I bring this token to their designated tavern, I can find their contact."
Demacia said.
After he finished speaking, a thought struck him:
"Brother Mu, you’re saying... we should look for this blasphemer organization, find them, gather more information, then submit the task?"
Li Mu nodded lightly.
He indeed had such plans.
But upon hearing the conversation between the two, Dongdong furrowed his brows:
"Is it necessary to be so troublesome?"
"Hmm?"
The players looked at her.
"I mean, is it necessary to be so troublesome? Isn’t it obvious these blasphemers know that Tree of Life isn’t the Goddess? Maybe they even have a statue of the Goddess there!"
"So, why not give the token to the Goddess and have the Goddess descend directly?"
After listening to Dongdong, the players exchanged looks.
Li Mu slapped his forehead:
"Dongdong, you’re right. Why look for blasphemers when the Goddess descending personally is more efficient..."
"It’s getting late, let’s hurry up and submit the task, and go meet the Goddess!"
"Meet? Brother Mu, do you know where the Goddess is?"
Cyber asked curiously.
"I don’t know, but... once we submit the task we’ll definitely find out."
Li Mu replied.
...
Under Li Mu’s proposal, the players quickly came to a consensus.
They pulled up the task system and chose to submit the task in the game interface.
After everyone submitted the task, the light sound from the system rang in their ears, each receiving the task completion notification sound.
Generous rewards instantly arrived.
However, looking at the tempting contribution rewards, most players other than the optimists felt complicated.
For no other reason.
Whenever they think of how Little Xian Miao, in order to complete the task, threw out Demon Crystal stones that when converted into contribution points, are more than double the reward, they lament the difference between people.
Moreover, new tasks appeared in their sight.
There are two tasks.
The first is to meet the Goddess.
The second is to hand the blasphemer’s token to the Goddess.
"Hey, still the Goddess’s tasks are straightforward. If it were Alice’s tasks, you’d have to report everything from top to bottom to her before getting the reward."
Demacia lamented.
Other players nodded in deep agreement.
Actually, the reason Li Mu gathered everyone is due to the habit from the previous NPC-issued tasks, preparing to compile the explored information thoroughly before reporting it to the Goddess.
Of course, players will never know, as labor brought by Evra, everywhere they go is under his eyes as long as he desires.
Once players complete the exploration, Evra is already aware of all their discoveries.
Even more, because Evra can directly probe each of their experiences, he might know even more.
Information exchange among players always involves loss; no one can transmit all their discoveries perfectly intact. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶
But Evra could receive all their findings without omission and additionally use his powerful computational abilities to compare and summarize...
Looking at the updated coordinates on the small map, Li Mu’s spirit lifted:
"The Goddess’s coordinates have appeared, so... let’s go now to meet the Goddess."
Players also nodded one after another, expressing agreement.
The group settled the bill at the bar and followed the coordinates on the map to hurry over...
The Goddess’s coordinates weren’t very far.
The players walked for about ten minutes before spotting the Goddess’s figure by the river that runs through New Rivendell.
The sun had already set, night had fallen.
Yet, the city remained brightly lit.
The riverbanks were breezy, well-green, with many citizens strolling.
Evra stood by the river, quietly gazing towards the direction of the Tree of Life.
A hundred meters around him, no one passed by.
Whenever someone approached, they seemed to receive some kind of hint, naturally turned away.
Meanwhile, there’s no sense of incongruity at all.
The players spotted Evra at first sight.
No way, night fell, but the Goddess remained surrounded by soft Holy Light, noticeably striking.
Of course, the Goddess likely used some concealing Divine Arts since the passing pedestrians didn’t notice the Goddess’s presence.
"Goddess, we have completed the task and returned."
Coming to Evra’s back, Li Mu respectfully responded.
After hearing his words, Evra slowly turned around.
"Well done."
His voice carried a hint of approval.
"I already knew the sequence of events, hand over the token."
He slightly extended his hand.
Demacia showed a sycophantic smile, cheerfully dug out a leaf-shaped badge and presented it with both hands.
"Goddess, I’ve marked the tavern location as told by those blasphemers... um, elves. Shall we head there now?"
He asked expectantly.
Evra gently shook his head:
"No need."
Saying that, He put away the token and closed His eyes.
The next second, the token emitted a gentle halo, beautiful amidst the night.
Evra slowly opened His eyes, His purple eyes calm:
"We’ll go directly to the main target."
"Go directly to the main target?"
The players were all stunned.
...
About fifty kilometers southeast of New Rivendell, in a small town with a stream running through it.
As night fell, the townsfolk returned home, and little lights brightened the town.
The road paved with bluestone was quiet, when suddenly, a cloaked figure wearing a hood appeared under the moonlight.
He walked briskly, heading east of the town, until he reached an estate before stopping.
This was an estate located on a small hill overlooking the entire town, though it showed signs of some decay.
The figure came to the door and gently knocked a few times.
"Who?"
An old voice came from inside the house.
"It’s me, Diou."
The cloaked figure said.
The door creaked open from inside, and an old elf holding an oil lamp examined the visitor with cloudy eyes, while the visitor removed his hood.
Black hair, black eyes, and pointed ears.
This was a Shadow Elf.
"Lord Diou, you’ve returned!"
A hint of joy flashed in the old elf’s eyes.
"Yes, some things came up in New Rivendell, so I returned early, let’s talk inside."
The Shadow Elf said as he entered the door.
Meanwhile, the old elf cautiously looked outside, then slowly closed the door.
No lights were lit inside the house.
"Lord Diou, what happened in the city? Did the church start searching again?"
The old elf asked.
Shadow Elf Diou followed the old elf inside, speaking as he walked:
"Yes and no, today, a powerful stranger appeared in the city, forcibly entered the forbidden land, and killed over a hundred Guardian Knights; now the entire city is under siege..."
"Mother Goddess above! Over a hundred Guardian Knights?!"
The old elf looked astonished.
"Exactly, so I urgently returned to report this to Lord Kayretz."
Diou said.
"Who could it possibly be? Guardian Knights are at least Golden Rank, right? Furthermore... being in the forbidden land means that wicked giant tree can elevate their power to the peak of Golden Rank, right?"
The old elf asked with a frown.
"That’s exactly what I need to report to Lord Kayretz, it’s said to be an Elf, silver-haired, likely the legendary Moonlight Royal Family, but unfortunately... the church is investigating us, I didn’t have time to get a portrait, even less to find the person."
Diou sighed.
The two continued talking as they walked, eventually reaching a dark path leading underground.
Following one after the other, they entered.
The dark path spiraled downward, eventually extending into a long underground tunnel lined with magic lamps on the walls.
The two walked while continuing their conversation.
"Moonlight Royal Family..."
The old elf’s cloudy eyes flashed with a bright light.
"They are alive? If I recall correctly, the Moonlight Elves who came to this plane sacrificed themselves in that upheaval long ago..."
"Heh, that’s why I’m curious and came to report to Lord Kayretz!"
Diou said.
Afterward, he continued:
"Additionally... today I encountered an interesting non-believer, red-haired, a rare Flame Clan member; I can sense his hostility toward the wicked tree, perhaps he could become our ally, I’ve already given him our city’s contact token."
"That’s excellent! Our comrades are dwindling, it’s just the time to replenish with fresh blood!"
The old elf said joyously.
Their voices echoed in the vast underground as they moved forward.
About two minutes later, they arrived at a stone door.
"I’ll go notify, you wait here for a moment."
The old elf said.
Diou nodded.
Saying this, the old elf pushed the door open and left Diou behind.
Two minutes later, he reopened the stone door from the inside:
"Lord Diou, Lord Kayretz is waiting for you in the prayer room, please go in."
Upon hearing this from the old elf, Diou’s expression lit up, and he hurriedly walked inside.
Behind the stone door was a large space, like a small square, where many hooded figures could be seen bustling around.
Led by the old elf, Diou quickly stopped in front of a stone chamber.
"Lord Kayretz, Lord Diou has arrived."
He said respectfully.
"Come in."
A majestic voice came from inside the stone chamber.
Diou held his breath and walked in.
The stone chamber was not large, only about ten square meters.
In the center of the room, there was an altar, upon which a beautiful statue was placed.
It was a statue of the Goddess, silver-haired and purple-eyed, incomparably beautiful.
In front of the statue, a Shadow Elf wearing a black robe, looking like a human male of about thirty or forty-years-old, was praying with closed eyes.
He was handsome and authoritative, with a menacing scar across his right eye, adding a touch of fierceness to his appearance.
However, the devout and serene expression on his face as he prayed to the statue also gave him an air of gentle affection.
Upon seeing this figure, Diou’s demeanor immediately became respectful.
Everything about this person gradually surfaced in his mind.
Kayretz Shadow...
He was the leader of the Blasphemer Alliance, the spiritual leader of all.
He was the youngest Elf in Shadow Tribe history to reach the legendary status, praised by the former clan leader as the most talented genius in the tribe’s history.
He was also the favored disciple of Dark Night Shadow Eris, personally taught as his successor...
