Elf Kingdom: Game of the World Tree-Chapter 48 - The Smile Fades Away (Vote for Recommendations!)

Chapter 48: Chapter 48 The Smile Fades Away (Vote for Recommendations!)

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Morning.

The golden sun rose slowly from the east, its rays illuminating the entire forest with brilliance.

Natural Saintess Alice finished her morning prayers, changed into the Holy Daughter’s dress she wore for divine rituals, and stepped outside the temple.

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Berserker had been waiting here for quite some time. Today, he seemed to be in a great mood, his large eyes sparkling with liveliness as he stood to the side humming a strange tune… one he had learned from the Chosen Ones.

Alice saw the Oak Guardian, and a hint of a smile appeared in her emerald eyes, “Good morning, Sir Berserker.”

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She pinched the hem of her priestess dress, offering a slight bow to Berserker, then drew a symbol of Mother Nature on her chest, “May nature be with you.”

Berserker also bowed to the girl, his deep voice carrying a gentle timbre, “Good morning, Your Holiness, may nature be with you!”

After they exchanged greetings, Alice looked curiously at the growing crowd of players gathering in the square, “What’s going on with them today?”

If it were a normal day, the Chosen Ones would have come to her for daily tasks by now. But today, for some reason, few had come to find the girl.

They gathered in the square, seemingly waiting for something, each with an excited expression.

Berserker glanced at the players in the square, a hint of satisfaction flashing in his eyes. He drew a tree-shaped symbol on his chest again and said to Alice, “Your Holiness, Feilengcui… has been reclaimed, all the goblins have been expelled.”

“What? The Holy City… has been restored?”

Hearing Berserker’s words, Alice’s emerald eyes widened instantly.

She knew about the tasks of the Chosen Ones, but she thought that expelling the goblins from the Holy City would be a long process. Yet, unexpectedly, the Chosen Ones had accomplished it in such a short time.

She faintly remembered the time in her childhood when she followed Mother Goddess to expel the goblins from the Elf Ruins. Those goblins were extremely cunning; one minute you drove them off, and the next, they would sneak back when you were unprepared…

“Exactly, and not only that, the Chosen Ones will gather in Feilengcui to establish a new Teleportation Array. They have invited us to join.”

Berserker’s expression was full of devotion.

Reclaiming the Holy City was a tremendous honor for every natural believer!

“They would invite us…”

Upon hearing Berserker’s words, Alice’s expression became somewhat complicated.

Honestly, her overall impression of the Chosen Ones wasn’t favorable; some of them even made her particularly disgusted.

Though recently, it seemed the Chosen Ones were gradually getting accustomed to this world and starting to act politely.

Yet Alice couldn’t agree with some of their bad habits.

For instance, viewing those poor animals in the forest as food.

The resources of the Elf Forest were incredibly abundant; gathering berries would easily suffice, so why harm living creatures?

Alice still couldn’t comprehend.

However, since the Mother Goddess didn’t say much about it, Alice let go of her discontent.

Because of her dissatisfaction with the Chosen Ones, she had never thought of establishing deep connections with them. Even after the Chosen Ones had been here for so long, Alice still didn’t know any of their names.

Yes, Alice couldn’t see the players’ names.

Player names only displayed in the game system’s view, so only players could see the green names above each other’s heads. The natives of the Segis World couldn’t see them.

Without deep connections, Alice viewed her interactions with the Chosen Ones as merely fulfilling the Mother Goddess’s tasks.

Therefore, when Alice learned about the Chosen Ones inviting them to the event of establishing the Teleportation Array, she was quite surprised.

The Elf Clan was proud and dignified.

Inviting other elves to participate in a celebration in their culture meant expressing goodwill and respect, while accepting the invitation meant acknowledging the other party.

Considering this, Alice’s expression turned complex.

She looked at the Chosen Ones gathering in the square, thought about their hard work in recent days, and felt inexplicably emotional.

Finally, the Elf Girl sighed deeply, “I… accept the invitation.”

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Elf Forest, Feilengcui.

After a night of raids, all goblins lurking around had been turned into player experience points.

And when the last goblin hiding in the abandoned sewers was eliminated, the players received a system notification: [Main Line Objective 3: Eliminate the goblins entrenched in the Holy City of Feilengcui (completed)].

Eve generously rewarded each player involved in the raid with 1000 experience points, one perfect resurrection opportunity, and 500 contribution points.

Now, the task objective had only one remaining — to establish a stable Teleportation Array in Feilengcui!

At this moment, the black-iron level players who had stayed up all night were gathered in front of the temple in Feilengcui.

Under Li Mu’s direction, they lined up on both sides, waiting for Alice and others, as well as other players taking mainline tasks, just like two lines of armies ready for review.

When Alice and Berserker, escorted by other players, arrived at Feilengcui, they were met with this scene.

The Elf Girl was first surprised, then reached out to touch the faded writing on the stele in the ruins, her expression a mix of sadness and relief, “Feilengcui… we are back.”

Seeing Alice and Berserker, Li Mu, who had already greeted other players, quickly signaled everyone with a glance.

The players exchanged glances, then spoke in unison, “Welcome, Your Holiness and Sir Berserker, to Feilengcui! We have lived up to expectations and successfully reclaimed the sacred land from the evil goblins! Here we await the Goddess’s review!”

The voices were uniform and resonant, clearly practiced in advance.

Startled, Alice couldn’t help but stretch out her hand, covering her slightly open mouth, looking in amazement at these Chosen Ones, both familiar and yet unfamiliar.

At that moment, Alice found herself unexpectedly moved.

They… they…

So they, too, could have such sincerity?

Seeing the genuine smiles of the Chosen Ones, Alice had no doubt that their hearts were equally joyful and excited at that moment.

At this moment, the girl’s expression softened.

“Thank you, brave Chosen Ones.”

She pinched the hem of her dress, bowing deeply to the players, her words slightly choked with emotion.

After all, they were the warriors chosen by the Goddess…

Perhaps they had various bad habits, and often made actions that were incomprehensible…

But similarly, they could also become trusted companions!

At this moment, Alice’s impression of the Chosen Ones changed.

[Ding—]

[Alice Wind’s favorability toward you increased by 40 points…]

[Berserker’s favorability toward you increased by 40 points…]

In an instant, all the players who saluted received a system notification.

Seeing the system notification, all the players’ eyes lit up, their expressions gradually becoming thoughtful.

However, suddenly, an excited voice rang out from the crowd, breaking the touching atmosphere, “Wow! Brother Mu, you’re incredible! You’re actually increasing the goodwill of the lady and the big guy!”

Li Mu: …

All the players turned their heads, glaring fiercely at the source of the voice.

Alice and Berserker, too, were drawn to the voice, instantly spotting the face that looked nothing like a good person and the cheeky smile.

It was Demacia.

Both their expressions gradually turned cold.

[Ding—your favorability with Berserker decreased by 40 points, becoming “Disliked”]

[Ding—your favorability with Alice Wind decreased by 40 points, becoming “Detested”]

In an instant, new system notifications appeared in Demacia’s view.

Looking at the system panel, his smile gradually faded.