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Chapter 691 - 363: Becoming a Fairy Girl

Chapter 691: Chapter 363: Becoming a Fairy Girl

"Elves in a civil war?" Many adventurers frowned, thinking the information was too far-fetched.

Elves were known for being protective and sensitive due to their small population.

As a member of the Fantasy Species, elves had much longer lifespans than humans. Rorodoa was an elf who had lived for over nine hundred years.

Perhaps because they were long-lived, elves had extremely low fertility levels. Every comrade was an indispensable and cherished friend. This made the elves very protective of each other.

Therefore, even if an elf was very beautiful, no one would dare to approach them forcefully.

Because once discovered, the consequences would be severe.

According to Wang He, an elf adventurer had once been humiliated and killed by a high-level adventurer. As a result, several platinum-level elf adventurers traveled across the continent and wiped out the entire adventurer team.

There had also been human nobles who coveted the beauty of the elves and secretly engaged in elf trafficking.

After being discovered, the enraged elf navy obliterated the kingdom’s entire sea defense force, forcibly landed on the ground, and shattered the kingdom into pieces.

In the end, they brutally dismembered the noble, and other human kingdoms just stood by and watched, as they were the ones who had provided the information in the first place.

Given the elves’ notorious protectiveness, the idea of them fighting and killing each other seemed absurd.

Had Li Changhe and the others failed to protect Xiao Ye during the Moonlight Dead Duel task, they would have likely faced the elves’ fierce retribution as well.

"At first, we couldn’t believe it either, especially considering the elves’ famous protectiveness," the pirate replied. "Initially, we only dared to observe their battle from a distance. Later, when we were replenishing fresh water on a small island, we discovered two elf corpses. They had been fighting to the death. They must have been elf navy members who had drifted to the island."

Guild personnel immediately recorded this information. The claims of ’rampant sea beasts’ and ’elves in a civil war’ both required extensive verification.

"As you know, the elves’ naval forces are the strongest in this world. Surely, we wouldn’t try to rob their navy on a sea route without a merchant fleet, would we?" The pirate rubbed his hands. "With the increasing number of sea monsters, we moved closer to the coastal areas, and today, we encountered the Demon Tooth Shark."

The rest of the information wasn’t worth mentioning.

Li Changhe and He Feng quietly left the room.

"There must be a connection between these two factors," He Feng analyzed. "As the pirate said, the appearance of sea monsters will increasingly cause trouble for our sailing route."

Li Changhe nodded silently. Indeed, the growing number of sea monsters alone would be enough to give the investigation team a headache.

Although the players had strong abilities, they were on the open sea. If a sea beast damaged their ships, even experts like Sword Ghost would drown. With some luck, they might drift to a nearby island.

"The next issue to consider is protecting the ships," Chen Yu chimed in. "Fortunately, there are plenty of ships in the investigation team. We are more than seventy hours away from the Elf Island. As long as we can make contact with the elf navy, the danger from sea monsters will greatly diminish."

"That’s true," Li Changhe continued to nod. The elf navy’s strength on the sea was unmatched in this world. This was primarily due to the elves’ formidable natural abilities such as archery and magic, which were on par with cannons.

Moreover, the elves’ ships were very unique, rumored to be a special type of treant.

Whether or not they were named Zhou was unclear, but their abilities were exceptional.

During naval combat, they could extend branches to assist in the fight, entangle enemy ships, or even smash them to pieces using their branches.

Human warships were powerless against such a combat ship that could suddenly lash out with branches. In combination with the elves’ excellent archery and magical prowess, the elf navy had dominated naval warfare for hundreds of years.

Xiao Ye felt puzzled by this. When she had been in this world, treant summoning technology had not been as advanced. At that time, treants were merely used to drive away wild beasts.

"Could the conflict within the elves involve one faction wanting to harm Xiao Ye?" Li Changhe asked. Before the task, the official supposedly had suspicions regarding internal problems within the elves. Coupled with the fact that Li Changhe’s summoned hawk had been killed by an arrow, he began to focus his suspicions on the elves.

"It’s possible, and perhaps even likely. Xiao Ye is from the Guardian Lineage of the Elf Divine Tree," Chen Yu explained. "If we consider the Divine Tree as a religious belief, then Xiao Ye represents the faith’s spokesperson, akin to a saintess in religious terms. Under the Divine Tree, she can communicate with it to receive divine gifts. If a faction of elves wants to do something, her lineage would seriously get in the way. Of course, if we think about the worst-case scenario..."

"In the worst-case scenario, Xiao Ye’s family and friends may no longer be alive."

"When we encounter the elves, how can we identify their allegiance? There must be a faction that wants to harm Xiao Ye among them," He Feng asked. "Has the official considered this situation?"

"Of course." Chen Yu nodded and flashed his hands through the air, revealing a slim branch with tender leaves and a square-shaped white cloth that appeared to wrap something.

"What’s this?" Li Changhe took the branch, feeling his body suddenly lighten up.

"A tree branch from the Elf Divine Tree of another world," Chen Yu said. "With this, the elves’ senses will perceive you as one of their own."

The Elf Divine Tree could break down an elf’s Sequence and also be used to confuse their perceptions.

"Oh, I see," Li Changhe understood. "So we’re using this to deceive them? As long as we all carry this, they won’t be able to identify Xiao Ye. But we don’t look like elves, do we? Look at Hezi’s curly hair. Have you ever seen an elf like that?"

"The appearance can be dealt with. After all, I have makeup skills," Chen Yu replied. "We’ll definitely be beautiful!"

"But Xiao Ye is a girl, and the other side should know that. At most, you can only disguise yourself. No offense, Chen, but you’re not strong enough in frontal combat. If the other side confronts you, you may not even have a chance to use your skills," Li Changhe expressed his doubts.

As a long-range archer, Chen Yu’s close combat ability wasn’t weak, but it couldn’t compare to Li Changhe and He Feng.

Unfortunately, both of them were men. Even if they were to carry branches, their opponents wouldn’t fall for the trick.

"That’s why I brought this." Chen Yu smiled, weighing the white cloth in his hand. "The Mirror of Reversal. With this, there will be no problem. Come, Li and He, let’s become beautiful elf girls together!"

He Feng looked puzzled because he didn’t know what the Mirror of Reversal was.

Li Changhe gave an ’oh’ in response.

Then, he immediately used Shadow Step to jump more than ten meters away from Chen.

"Damn it, don’t come near me!"