Throne of Magical Arcana

Sunshine shines through the mist, leaving patches of golden spots with faintly changing light on different greens, setting off the "natural residence" to be vigorous and dreamy.

Julian and Felipe led the other members of the "Visiting Group" and followed Elestine and Exilion through the tree house. They were watched by some bold or shy elves, their pointed ears Shaking slightly, the clothes woven from leaves are close-fitting and elegant.

"Guys, you've been living here during this period of time. Don't wander around at will. Some elves are not friendly to humans." Elestine said, pointing to a small forest formed by dozens of big trees. More than enough tree houses.

Listening to her words, Afris flicked his tail and said solemnly: "No problem."

It heard very clearly that some elves are only unfriendly to humans. It seems that they can go around and collect some souvenirs.

Urisian smiled and said to Elestine: "Your Highness, please also give me the list of fallen and demonized elves."

"They are all in the 'Prisoner' near the Elf Tree, are you going to investigate now?" Exilion agreed with the magicians' positive attitude.

Jurisian shook his head: "In this case, His Excellency Evans and the others will definitely check it out. Let's go around the forest and ask the friends of these fallen elves to find out the specific situation, so..."

He was all smiles and clicked.

Elestine nodded lightly: "I will give you the information about the fallen elves and their friends."

"It's best to mark those who had the most contact with them before the fall." Felipe, who was holding his hand next to him, added that although this seems to be an infection caused by the breath of the abyss, until the matter is investigated clearly, any possibility cannot be ruled out, otherwise it will be easy Be deceived.

Exilion's face changed slightly, and then he nodded imperceptibly in agreement.

This is not because he has a guilty conscience, but the most normal reaction of any high-ranking elf after hearing Felipe's words. He suspects that there is something wrong with the elves.

Under the sunlight, Felipe's complexion was very similar to that of a vampire who had been lying in a coffin for many years, but he did not explain that this was a normal investigation process, leaving Exilion and Elestine to speculate that someone might be involved. Can't help but jump out?

Ten minutes later, Annick and Sprint took the list and marked locations and headed southeast of the forest.

"Ulmer, a good friend of the fallen elf Kelette..." Annick read the list.

Under the watchful eyes of the handsome elves, both men and women, his face blushed uncontrollably, so he quickly lost a "mechanical mind" to himself.

Sprint glanced at him: "What's there to be shy about? We are investigators, and we are naturally in the active position. They should be nervous!"

"I'm always embarrassed and unable to control my emotions when facing strangers." The red tide on Annick's face faded, and his eyes became cold and ruthless, like a steel golem.

Sprint curled his lips: "Embarrassed? You are too unconfident. It is common to say or do something wrong."

"Worried about impressing them? It's funny, we don't know if we'll be able to come to Stroup Forest again, so what if you've done something very embarrassing? And you're more shy and awkward than any embarrassing thing It makes a bad impression on the other party.”

He has always been critical of Annick's character, and this time he accepted Heidi's "entrustment" to help make Annick more confident and bold, so that he can face the teacher better and put the arcane controversy aside.

"Why? I like this kind of shy boy the most, which shows that his heart is very pure and simple!" Suddenly, a soft voice joined their conversation.

This is not necessarily the case, the word "Mensao" invented by the teacher has been recognized, Splinter sneered, and looked over the voice, and saw a beautiful elf with a melon face, black hair, silver skin, Wearing a simple leaf outfit, he holds a harp in his hand.

Looking up and down, Splinter said to Annick secretly: "There is an elf who has taken a fancy to you, so don't let this opportunity pass, or with your personality, you will be doomed to be single for the rest of your life."

He cleared his throat and asked for his friend, "Madam, I don't know what to call you?"

"I'm male." The beautiful elf's pointed and soft ears wobbled, as if she was no stranger to this situation.

Even with the "mechanical mind", Annick's face became very ugly, and Splinter's facial muscles twitched authentically: "Are you male? You said you like boys the most?"

The beautiful elf shook the harp in her hand, with the temperament of a poet: "Love knows no gender."

Annick pulled Splinter, suppressed the discomfort, and turned to leave.

"No wonder the information in the Arcane Library says that elves love art because of their long lives and leisurely lives, and have all kinds of strange special hobbies..." Splinter felt deeply remorseful and afraid, and almost pushed his friend into into the abyss.

Before Annick could answer, the beautiful elf behind him smiled and said, "By the way, I haven't introduced myself yet. I'm Ulmer. I heard you guys say my name just now?"

He is a moon elf and has excellent hearing, especially when the wind is favorable in the forest.

"Ulmer?" Splinter and Annick stopped in their tracks and turned around with uneasy faces.

"Mr. Ulmer, we have something to ask you." In the end, Annick who blessed the "Mechanized Mind" asked "courageously".

Ulmer smiled and said, "You two, what do you think of the lyre? Has the human being's improvement of the harp lost the most essential thing?"

"..." Annick and Splinter were speechless for a moment. Although their teacher was a great musician, they followed him to learn arcane arts and magic, not music! They can't even find a direction for this kind of professional music problem!

Ulmer shook his head with a sigh: "If we don't understand art, we can't be friends. If we are not friends, it will be difficult for us to have a pleasant conversation. Do you have any opinions on wax figures? I bought one recently and it is very interesting. Do you like it?"

"..." Splinter and Annick were dumbfounded again, and suddenly felt that their usual life was too "style".

"You don't understand wax figures? Well, what about the lost civilization? I heard that the Magic Council found a relic of the steam civilization?" Ulmer said disappointedly.

Huh, Annick and Splinter let out a long breath at the same time. Discussing history and lost civilizations is the specialty of every arcanist, otherwise there is no way to take risks and identify things, and this relic was discovered by his teacher.

After a pleasant conversation, Ulmer finally let go: "The two guests came to ask about Kelette?"

"Yes, we want to know if there were any signs of abnormality before he fell?" Annick asked quickly, relieved.

Ulmer's slender and well-proportioned hands plucked the strings twice, bringing out beautiful notes, and said sadly: "Everything is fine, Kelette also said that he has learned a special dance and is going to show it to me." , and as a result...he became depraved and demonized..."

The voice gradually became low and almost silent.

"A special dance?" Annick was shy, but his personality was cautious and delicate, and he didn't miss any clue.

"This is our agreement to please each other by composing poems and music, or arranging various special dances according to the records of different civilizations." Ulmer explained with a gloomy expression.

This seems to be no problem... Splinter continued to ask: "Apart from you, has Kelette gotten closer to anyone? Or which faction of elves is closer to him?"

"We are all natural balancers, and we all like music, sculptures, oil paintings and other things in human society." Ulmer didn't hide anything, and suddenly remembered something, and said, "He has a few friends who hate nature, but, 'Natural Habitat 'It's a small circle, who doesn't have a few friends who hate nature? By the way, before he fell, he had just been stationed in the gap in the abyss in rotation, which may be the reason for his demonization..."

This was the main clue provided by the Elf King's Court. Annick and Splinter were very clear that they could not find any other valuable information, so they bid farewell to Ulmer and looked for the next elf on the list.

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Heidi and Katrina also carried a list and walked through the forest guarded by the "Natural Habitat". From time to time, they saw elves carving statues with dead tree roots, or painting on bark paper with special natural pigments , a leisurely and peaceful social scene.

"Everyone..."

There were hundreds of elves gathered in an open space in front of it. A medium-sized female elf was standing on a tree and giving a speech. The reason why Heidi was able to determine the gender was mainly to distinguish the elves from the clothes they wore. Female elves were generally It is a long skirt woven from tender green leaves, and the male elf wears two upper and lower leaves, surrounded by animal skins.

If they were dressed the same, Heidi and Katrina would have to be more careful to distinguish them. After all, both men and women of the elves are relatively slender and beautiful, and the two of them can't use magic identification impolitely.

Stopping by the open space, Katrina tugged at the corner of Heidi's clothes, pointed to the other side and said, "Mr. Felipe..."

The gloomy Felipe stood quietly under a big tree with his hands in his pockets, listening to the elf girl's speech.

"...I am Nordaniel, and I am here to appeal to everyone to hunt more spotted deer." The elf girl said in a high-pitched but not sharp voice.

"What?"

"Spotted deer is such a docile forest animal?"

The elves below expressed their puzzlement.

Nordaniel? Heidi and Katrina glanced at each other, and this was what they were looking for.

Nordaniel said earnestly: "The out-of-control incident in the abyss gap made the hunters in the forest crazy and bloodthirsty, so we killed a lot of them, and the number dropped sharply. In this case, the spotted deer that lacks natural enemies will not be able to Controlled growth, their fertility is comparable to that of mice."

"And if the spotted deer exceed a certain limit, they will cause irreparable damage to the forest because they feed on rhizomes and tubers as their staple food."

"We must maintain the balance of nature!"

Is this the "Natural Balancer"? Heidi and Katrina listened with interest.

After Nordaniel finished his speech and most of the elves accepted it, the two went up to meet him.