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Chapter 438: The Rioting Earth Elemental Giants

Forest of Elves,

Hearing the voice of a scout ranger, many people in the team turned their eyes, but no one stepped forward to inquire about the situation.

Li Si and Cecil also looked at him curiously. The ranger looked a little embarrassed, as if he had been attacked.

At this time, Elder Ricardo saw this and hurriedly walked out of the team. He looked at the injured elf ranger and asked:
"What happened?"

"How did it become like this?"

Ricardo couldn't help but ask this question, because the injured elf ranger looked a little strange.

Although he didn't seem to have suffered any obvious external injuries, his entire body was covered in dust, as if he had rolled out of a pile of sand.

The elves, who always like cleanliness, rarely look so disheveled.

And judging from the serious look on the elf ranger's face, it seemed that the danger he faced was quite serious.

Li Si was a little curious, but did not go forward.

It seemed that Ricardo had no intention of hiding the truth from others, and he went to the embarrassed elf ranger to inquire about the situation face to face.

Although the sound was not intentionally amplified, Li Si could still hear it quite clearly with his hearing.

"For some reason, the earth elemental giants in the Casper Valley ahead are completely rioting."

"We just try to get close and pass through, and we will be attacked by those earth elemental giants."

"What, are you sure?"

Ricardo frowned and asked with a headache.

This place is already close to the Elf King's Court, so Ricardo is naturally aware of the situation in Casper Valley.

Casper Valley is also a very special place in the Forest of Elf. The special thing about it is that unlike other places in the Forest of Elf, the valley is filled with rich earth elemental power.

The strong power of the earth element meant that this valley was not covered by forests. Rocks and soil were exposed in the air, and from mid-air it looked like a huge scar on the Elf Forest.

The area occupied by Casper Valley is not small. The rich earth element makes various monsters that rely on the earth element active in the valley. Ricardo even knows that there are several copper dragons living in Casper Valley.

However, the Casper Valley has remained like this for thousands of years, and no one knows why it was formed.

This is a special area created by the world and nature, so the Elf Kingdom has no intention of forcibly changing the environment here.

Of course, it may also be because the Casper Valley is so large that it would take a lot of power from the elven gods to change this area. The Navia Forest, which occupies most of the southern part of the Fanor continent, is enough for the elven kingdom to survive, and they have not thought about other aspects.

However, a large number of earth elemental giants?
What is going on? There were indeed earth elemental giants roaming in the Casper Valley before, but those earth elemental giants were unintelligent beings. Generally speaking, they were not attacked before, and they only attacked the elves passing by?
"I am sure, Elder Ricardo."

The elf ranger said with a serious expression.

He was also very familiar with the Casper Valley. As an elf living in the Elf King's Court, he had passed through the Casper Valley many times, but such a problem had never occurred.

After hearing the loud noise and seeing the ground in Casper Valley cracking, and countless earth elemental giants waking up and crawling out from underground, he couldn't even believe his eyes.

Are there one hundred or two hundred earth elemental giants?
He had walked through Casper Valley so many times, but he had never imagined that there would be so many earth elemental giants underground!
When he saw that scene, he wanted to retreat, but thinking that he was going forward to get more intelligence, he did not think of retreating and tried to keep moving forward.

But unfortunately, those earth elemental giants did not wake up and stretch.

The earth elemental giants seemed to be woken up from a sweet dream, and the violent aura of them was like that of a person who was grouchy after waking up, and they attacked him directly.

There were so many earth elemental giants that even though this elf ranger had the strength of a gold level, he still managed to escape from among them in a very embarrassing way.

Along the way, he was covered in dust from the earth spells used by the earth elemental giants, but fortunately he was not seriously injured. He was just a little exhausted after dodging desperately.

"The number of earth elemental giants exceeds one hundred?"

Ricardo asked the Elf Ranger in detail about the entire process of what happened in Casper Valley, and then let him go to rest first.

His face was a little gloomy. This sudden change was somewhat unexpected for him.

To be honest, Casper Valley is almost the only way to return to the Elf King's Court from the north of the Elf Forest. If you want to take a detour, the delay will not be just a day or two.

It would only take a day or two to cross the Casper Valley from here and return to the Elf King's Court.

Ricardo subconsciously thought that this might be the work of the mastermind, but soon he was no longer sure.

To be honest, he couldn't figure out the meaning of doing this. Was it just to delay their journey?
With His Majesty Alvis around, Ricardo was not worried about any sudden attack.

What’s more, at this distance from the Elf King’s Court, if there were really multiple legendary warriors attacking the team, the forces of the Elf King’s Court would be able to provide support quickly.

On the contrary, Ricardo was somewhat looking forward to the fact that the incident in Casper Valley was the work of the mastermind. If they could really get some important clues, the team would be able to accept any losses.

Even himself!
However, Ricardo did not think too much about it now. He believed that His Majesty Alvis would consider this matter.

The key is whether the current changes in Casper Valley will affect the progress of the entire team.

After thinking for a moment, Ricardo found the team's guard captain, gave him a few instructions, and then left the team and headed towards Casper Valley.

The guards in the team became visibly nervous, and the atmosphere began to become somewhat serious.

Li Si glanced at Cecil who was also a little worried, thought about it, and found an excuse to walk aside.

Use magic to summon a transparent little man-shaped reconnaissance puppet, which slowly follows behind Ricardo.

This is a special reconnaissance spell that Li Si obtained from the Great Library of the Azera Floating City. Although the summoned magic puppet is extremely fragile and cannot even withstand the strength of an ordinary person, its greatest advantage lies in its mobility and extremely high breath concealment ability.

It is also quite useful in reconnaissance.

After returning to sit next to Cecil, a clear picture appeared in Li Si's eyes.

Because Ricardo was also a gold-level mage, Li Si did not get too close and followed him far outside the Casper Valley. Ricardo looked at the valley not far from his feet with a gloomy face. The terrain and the rich earth element were the same as before, but the difference was that the center of the valley was originally empty.

There are no lush trees to block out the sun in the valley, and no colorful flowers to embellish it. Only bare land and rugged rocks spread out, forming a desolate and magnificent scene.

The air in the valley seemed to be filled with an ancient and steady atmosphere. In this seemingly empty land, there was only a group of earth elemental giants wandering aimlessly and slowly. Their presence made the valley even more magical and majestic.

These earth elemental giants, in various shapes and sizes, are like sons of the earth, masterpieces of nature. Their bodies are made of gray-white soil and rocks of varying sizes, and the jagged gravel on their bodies looks both rough and full of the rhythm of life.

What was even more amazing was that among this group of giants, there were also several earth elemental giants made entirely of dark grey rocks. Their skin was covered with traces of time, and each rock seemed to record an ancient story. Their aura was as majestic as a mountain, and every step they took seemed to make the earth tremble.

Li Si, who was watching this scene not far away, couldn't help but be amazed. Those earth element giants in the valley with obviously different auras should have reached the golden level of strength.

This was very troublesome. Even Li Si could not think of any good way to allow the entire elf team to pass through the valley without alerting the earth elemental giant.

He did have his own way, the simplest one was to use space teleportation or shadow jumping to cross the valley.

But now it seems that the elf elder Ricardo does not seem to have such a trump card.

The most important thing is, who would have thought that so many earth elemental giants would appear in Casper Valley.

Ricardo observed for a moment, his brows furrowed deeply. The situation was more troublesome than he thought.

At first he thought that the elven ranger was exaggerating. If there were really so many earth elemental giants sleeping in the Casper Valley, would the Elf Royal Court not know about it?
But now, how could there be only two hundred earth elemental giants in front of us!
Looking ahead, the rock wall on the other side of the Casper Valley, dozens of kilometers away, can be vaguely seen. Although the earth elemental giants in front of us are scattered in the valley, their number is definitely more than one or two hundred.

Ricardo just made a rough count and found that there were at least five hundred earth elemental giants.

Most of them are bronze or silver level earth elemental giants, but there are at least twenty gold level ones among them.

Ricardo was silent for a moment and arranged for two elven rangers to try again.

I hope these earth elemental giants have dispersed and won't attack so aggressively.

But the final result was different from what Ricardo had expected. As soon as the two elven rangers approached, the nearest earth elemental giant reacted and rushed towards them.
Although the word "charge" may not be appropriate, after all, the speed of the earth elemental giants is quite slow, but their actions seem to have disturbed the other giants, so that the earth elemental giants in an entire area rushed over.

During this process, many earth elemental giants even continued to crawl out from underground.

The two elven rangers' faces turned pale, and they had no intention of resisting at all. They quickly turned around and returned to the cliff.

As if they had lost the aura of the elven ranger, the rock giants returned to their previous state and continued wandering in the valley.

So you really don't have any wisdom and only rely on instinct?

Li Si saw this and was curious about what Ricardo was going to do.

After seeing what happened, Ricardo didn't say much. He led the team to walk a few more kilometers along the rock wall of the valley. After leaving the area where the earth elemental giants roamed, he continued to arrange rangers to explore the valley.

Li Si knew what Ricardo was doing. He wanted to test whether the riot of earth elemental giants was only in that area just now, and other areas might be relatively safe.

As the two elven rangers moved forward, a rumbling sound soon rang out throughout the valley.

In front of Li Si, the ground of the entire valley suddenly broke apart, and more earth elemental giants than before crawled out from the ground.

Seeing this, Ricardo immediately took his men away from there.

After trying two more places, Ricardo gave up trying further.

Obviously, the Elf Royal Court did not know that there were so many earth elemental giants sleeping in the Casper Valley. If the whole valley was like this, it would be a bit terrifying. There might be tens of thousands or even more earth elemental giants sleeping here.

However, Ricardo was not worried that these earth elemental giants would bring danger to the Elf Royal Court. These unintelligent elemental giants would basically only live in places with high concentrations of the corresponding elements and would not leave their original territories.

In that case, it won't take long before these earth elemental giants will exhaust all their magic power and turn into ashes.

But the problem now facing Ricardo was how to cross the Casper Valley.

Do we have to wait for these violent earth elemental giants to calm down and return to sleep underground?
How long do we have to wait? It’s better to take a detour and avoid Casper Valley!

What's more, the circumstances that caused these earth elemental giants to suddenly become angry are still unclear. What if there is a greater danger involved?

Because the elf team led by Ricardo is to protect the Sun Elves returning to the Elf Royal Court, the strength of the entire team is still quite powerful.

Including Ricardo, there are more than ten gold-level fighters. Although there are many earth elemental giants, their huge sizes mean that only a part of the giants can attack the team at the same time.

Ricardo still had confidence that he could lead the team through the Casper Valley, but he was worried about other unexpected events.

Just as Cardo was hesitating here, a voice suddenly came into his ears.

Ricardo looked determined. Since His Majesty Alvis would protect him secretly, there was nothing to worry about.

"Let's go. Let's go back and rest today, and then cross the Casper Valley tomorrow."

Ricardo said calmly.

"Yes!"

The other elven guards said that they were all warriors who had been tempered and trained by the Elf King's Court. They had been baptized by the elven gods and were naturally very powerful.

The earth elemental giants before them were just more in number. In terms of strength alone, they were confident that they could defeat these unintelligent beings.

Seeing this, Li Si prepared to continue investigating.

He was quite curious about the reasons behind the riot of these earth elemental giants.

Suddenly at this moment, he felt a sense of being spied on.

Li Si was startled and quickly dispersed the reconnaissance puppets.

Just a few seconds after Li Si dispersed the puppet, Alvis' figure appeared where the magic puppet was.

(End of this chapter)