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Chapter 708 - 380: The Price of the Elf

Chapter 708: Chapter 380: The Price of the Elf

To understand the elf incident, we have to go back far in time.

Starting from a thousand years ago when Xiao Ye and others disappeared.

At that time, it was unknown whether it was an anomaly of the Divine Tree itself or a malicious intent within the elves.

Including Xiao Ye, more than a dozen elves disappeared in a mysterious storm that appeared.

In that era, after numerous experiments and studies, the elves eventually abandoned the search.

And since then, the lineage of the guardians gradually withered away.

As the only beings capable of communicating with the Divine Tree, their status was high, and their strength was formidable.

There are many powerful beings in this world, and even more terrifying monsters.

But when it comes to sheer power, who could compare to the Elf Divine Tree as large as an entire mountain range? It, or perhaps the correct term is "it", is the strongest creature in this world.

Unfortunately, It has no self-awareness, and the guardians fill this void.

Under the Divine Tree, the guardians can exert a certain degree of influence on it.

The sky-covering branches can crush anyone just by swinging.

The Elf Divine Tree and its guardians are the elves’ key assets in their development from weakness to their current state.

Any ill-intentioned intruder who steps on the Elf Island will be killed instantly.

But for a thousand years, no more guardians were born.

As the guardians aged and died, there would be no more elves able to communicate with the Divine Tree and receive its protection.

At that time, Rorodoa was not yet the Great Sage but an apprentice to a great magician of the guardian lineage.

At that time, he and the guardian were researching how to inherit the guardian’s bloodline.

And they conducted a series of experiments.

The experiment process was not disclosed, but according to Rorodoa’s narration, the results were promising, and success might be imminent.

Then, about five hundred years ago, a war broke out between a human kingdom and the elves.

The cause of the war was said to be human trafficking of elves, but some claimed it was the elves who initiated the attack on the human fortress.

Regardless, the war began.

At that time, the elf navy was not yet the best in the world and was severely suppressed.

Even the prestigious guardians donned armor and went to battle.

Many elves were killed, and among them, the already scarce guardian lineage was left with only a few.

The inheritance of the guardian bloodline became the biggest problem for the elves at that time.

The last remaining guardian, Rorodoa’s master, spent his life researching this issue until his death.

Finally, he reached a mysterious conclusion.

"The Divine Tree is afraid," Bai Cang said and then looked at Li Changhe, falling silent.

Li Changhe nodded slightly, knowing that the following story should be related to [Evolution Game] and something that Sword Ghost and the others couldn’t handle.

"You all go and rest first. Once the warship has finished refitting, the investigation team will set off again."

Seeing the hesitation of Sword Ghost and the others, the black-haired girl chuckled, "Go on, they can’t kill me even if they gang up on me."

This was not a boast. With He Feng, Jiangshan, and Chen Yu present, in addition to the abilities of the Immortal Cavalry, there was nothing to worry about against only two LV10 opponents.

After Sword Ghost and the other adventurers left,

Bai Cang continued to speak.

The perspective shifts back to a year ago.

An elf player coincidentally got access to the [Evolution Game].

And half a year later, an elf player sensed the presence of a guardian in the human world.

After that, Li Changhe and the others finished their deadly battle with [Sun Halo], Xiao Ye was under official protection and made contact with the elves.

"Since then, we elf players learned that there was still a guardian alive in the world," Bai Cang said. "Unfortunately, at that time, the elf internal situation was not secure, so we didn’t insist on bringing that guardian back."

Chen Yu nodded and said, "No wonder you guys said the time wasn’t right. But what happened later?"

"Let me guess," He Feng interjected, "At that time, you guys were actually preparing to deal with Rorodoa, right? What did you find?"

"First of all, three hundred years ago, the last guardian, Xiao Ye’s cousin in your words, encountered an accident during a magic study. As a result, all personnel present, except for Rorodoa, died.", Mo Zhu said. "That was the starting point of our suspicion. That guardian was very powerful and even had the protection of the Divine Tree. Logically, he should have been invincible under the Divine Tree, but he still died, and Rorodoa survived."

"After the guardian’s death, the Elf Divine Tree also began to change, gradually turning into bronze," Li Changhe said, a piece of information provided by Moria.

"That’s right, but that’s just superficial influence," Mo Zhu continued as she undid her armor and then took off her clothes, revealing her fair skin.

The player’s faces were a mixture of emotions.

Li Changhe was taken aback, thinking that while elf girls were indeed beautiful, girls like Xiao Ye and Chen Yu were considered common faces among them. However, public seduction like this seemed a bit excessive.

Of course, Mo Zhu had no such intentions and only revealed her back to the human players.

There was a patch of green skin on what should have been a smooth back.

It looked like a piece of bronze armor embedded in her skin.

"This is..." Li Changhe frowned.

"Elves born after the mutation of the Divine Tree will have this kind of skin. It will grow with us, and we call it Bronze Skin." Mo Zhu stretched out her hand and knocked on her back, making a metallic sound. "As the Divine Tree mutates, the area of bronze skin in newly born elves increases. Some elves even have half of their bodies covered with bronze skin. These elves have a high probability of dying prematurely after birth. Even if they are lucky enough to survive to adulthood, they will become battle-crazed maniacs."

"It won’t be long before the elves go extinct," He Feng said. If the mutation of the Divine Tree is irreversible, then the elves born afterward will either be dead fetuses covered with bronze skin or battle-crazed maniacs with a single layer of bronze skin.

This is no different from extinction.

"That’s right. This is also one of the reasons for our suspicion towards Rorodoa," Mo Zhu, now dressed, continued. "During a battle two hundred years ago, some elves discovered that Rorodoa had used the power of the guardians for a time."

More than two centuries ago, Rorodoa led the elf navy to face deep-sea monsters, thus creating the legendary hero.

"So, you suspect that the changes in the Divine Tree are related to him?"

"We’ve conducted many investigations and even exchanged a lot of information with human kingdoms for this reason. We found out that the war five hundred years ago was started by the elves," Mo Zhu said. "The bodies of the so-called ’killed-in-battle’ guardians were all gone. Moreover, Rorodoa was present at every battlefield where a guardian was ’killed-in-battle’."

"Rorodoa," Chen Yu whispered, "I think I understand."

"Yes," Bai Cang added, "His experiment did succeed. He indeed obtained power that not only inherited but also far exceeded the guardian lineage. And what he needed was... to devour all those guardians."

"The guardians who were ’killed in battle’ or whose experiments failed were actually devoured by him through some means."

"And he’s still plotting for even greater power," Bai Cang said. "The bronze skin on our siblings’ bodies and the mutation of the Divine Tree are actually the revenge of that source of power."