Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 130: Elf King Sonia Solem (Added for your monthly votes)

Except for "The Sun" Derrick, the other Tarot Club members were stunned by the information translated by "The Hermit" Odysseus.

It actually said that "Lord of Storms", one of the seven righteous gods, was an evil god!

Moreover, it is said that the throne of "Lord of Storms" was "stolen by despicable means"!
Can you snatch the throne of God?
This made the other members feel that just hearing these words was blasphemy.

Especially Alger, the "Hanged Man". He has always shown his devout belief in the "Lord of Storms", but he knows in his heart that he is just a shallow believer.

After hearing what the Hermit translated, Alger immediately retorted in his mind: That bastard is lying. He dares to think that. Isn't he afraid of divine punishment from the Lord of Storms?

Then Alger thought of another thing: the "Church of Storms" and the elves were once mortal enemies.

Now the elves have disappeared from the public eye, but the Storm Church still has a certain hostility towards the hybrids of elves and humans.

Alger has never been valued because he has some elven blood.

However, a very contradictory point is that both the middle and high-level leaders of the Storm Church advocate the absorption of some mixed-bloods with elven blood.

Klein, the Fool, was also a little surprised behind the gray fog, but he quickly calmed down: It's not impossible. Gods can fall, like the Creator of Silver City.

Audrey, the Justice, quickly returned to her spectator mode and asked, "Why would the person who wrote this slander the Lord of Storms?"

Odysseus said, "It's not necessarily slander. I've seen some murals and written descriptions about the Elf King, and they all involved waves and lightning.

"Honestly, this is very similar to the authority of the 'Lord of the Storm'."

So that's true?
The atmosphere in the hall became even more eerie. The other members didn't even dare to raise their heads. They could only ponder these thoughts in their hearts because it was too shocking and too blasphemous!
Magician Fors thought to himself: Incredible, absolutely incredible, this is... this is the most bizarre story I've ever heard! Even more incredible is that it might not even be a story.

Klein also thought about it. Among the ancient god materials sacrificed by "Little Sun", the Elf King was indeed related to the waves.

Alger recalled that the church's description of the elves described them as an ugly and rude race that enjoyed cooking and eating human blood. However, those records also stated that most elves were Beyonders of the "Sailor" path.

Thinking of this, he took a deep breath and asked, "Mr. Hermit, do you have any information about the elves or the Elf King?"

He felt that if he couldn't resolve the doubts in his heart, it would be very dangerous to rashly explore the treasure.

Even if he doesn't explore for treasure, these may affect his condition.

"I have some here, not much, and probably not important." Odysseus smiled. "If you want to know more, I can help you collect it."

Alger nodded: "Okay."

Then he asked, "What do you need? How can I complete the transaction with you?"

Odysseus pondered for a moment before saying, "Let's complete the first transaction today. I'll tell you what I know, and then you tell me where this ancient Elvish document came from? Who was its previous owner?"
“If there is a follow-up, please tell us about your experience in finding the treasure.

"We'll come back next week to complete a further transaction. We can trade in gold pounds, because I'm short of money recently."

Audrey's eyes lit up when she heard this. She planned to use gold pounds to initiate a transaction with Mr. Hermit to learn more about mystical knowledge.

The issue of mystical symbols mentioned before has not been clarified yet. She has always wanted to continue to initiate transactions with the "Hermit", but Odysseus did not accept transactions in gold pounds before, so she never had the chance to ask.

Alger, the "Hanged Man" sitting across from Audrey, said, "Okay."

He took a deep breath and said, "Let me start by saying, a dozen days ago, I defeated a pirate group and seized this document written in ancient Elvish from them.

"At the time, the focus was on dividing up the gold pounds and other valuables, and no one took these documents seriously.

"It wasn't until we were returning that I went through the documents and found this information.

"Along with this information is a notebook. The owner of this notebook is actually the famous Deacon Dediel!"

The other members looked a little confused because none of them had heard of this name.

"You may not be familiar with this man." Alger smiled. "He was a great pirate from three hundred years ago. Back then, there were no safe routes to the Raging Sea, and there was no so-called Age of Exploration. The sea was more mysterious and more dangerous than it is today."

“But there are already ships sailing on the sea, because countries already have colonies near the coast, and many goods can be transported more cheaply by sea.

“At that time, there were no ‘Pirate Generals’ or ‘Kings’, but Deken Dedil was the king of the seas of that era!
"It's said that he plundered mountains of treasure and established a massive pirate group, so powerful that the four northern continental nations couldn't destroy him. "Even as a last resort, the Kingdom of Loen and the then Kingdom of Intis ennobled him and sent him vast sums of wealth every year in exchange for Dedil sparing their ships."

Audrey was very interested in this kind of legendary story. When she heard this, she asked, "There should have been official Beyonders by then, right? Why didn't they capture this great pirate?"

Alger smiled. "You may not have been to the ocean. It's too vast, and there are too many unknown areas and places to hide. Even an angel wouldn't dare to find a fleet on the sea."

Fors asked, "What happened next? How did this great pirate disappear?"

"It's said that it was during the summer that Dediel went to war with the Church of Storms." Alger said seriously, "A long time ago, when I first read the record about Dediel, I felt very strange. Why would he challenge the Church of Storms?
"He can be the king of the sea, and the Storm Church doesn't bother to care. But if he takes the initiative to provoke the Storm Church, that will be a different story. The true master of the sea is the Storm Church!

"Today I learned that this great pirate actually hated the Church of Storms. The power of his hatred even made him do something like overestimating his own strength."

Odysseus asked, "Is he a descendant of the elves?"

He was not surprised by this. The extraordinary people on this path were all "violent brothers". If they didn't obey, they would fight. If they couldn't win, the worst that could happen was death.

The elves and the Church of Storms have always had a deep hatred for each other. It is rare that this big pirate could wait until he established a huge pirate group before taking action.

"Yes, Dediel has a title, 'The Last Elf,'" Alger replied. "It is said that he holds many secrets of the elves."

He paused and continued, “Through Dedil’s notes, I learned about his treasure and the clues he wrote in ancient Elvish.

"Dediel probably couldn't have imagined that his challenge to the Church of Storms would lead the church to launch a large-scale operation to exterminate the elves.

"It is said that there were still scattered elven tribes living on some islands at that time. During this operation, the elves completely disappeared from people's sight. No elves can understand the ancient elven language anymore."

Odysseus sighed, "Reality is truly ironic."

Everyone was stunned and felt the same way.

Odysseus organized his words and said, "I read in some ancient documents that the Elf King is called Soniatholem."

Klein and Alger immediately realized that this was the name of an ancient god. The "Hermit" actually said the name of an ancient god right away!

Audrey and Fors had no idea about the "Ancient Gods". They thought the Elf King was like the current head of state like King Loen.

During this Tarot Club, "Little Sun" treated the whole process as listening to a story. After all, he had no sense of involvement in the events of the North and South Continents.

Odysseus paused before asking, "Don't you think the first half of this name is familiar?"

"Sonia..." Audrey realized after being reminded, "To the east of the Northern Continent is Sonia Island, and to the east of the Raging Sea is the Sonia Sea."

Sonia Island is currently the largest island in the sea, roughly the size of two counties in the Kingdom of Loen. It is rich in resources and has a very important location, located between Loen and Feysac.

Odysseus smiled and said, "Yes, it is said that in the early period of the Fourth Epoch, Sonia Island and the Sonia Sea were still the territory of the elves.

"It was not until the end of the 'Four Emperors' War' that the Northern Continent stopped its millennia-long conflict. The Feysac Empire and the Kingdom of Loen on the east side of the continent began to fight for Sonia Island, which was not far from the mainland.

"Just now, when we were discussing the elves, it suddenly occurred to me that the Kingdom of Loen was trying to seize this island, and that the Storm Church must be secretly supporting it.

"The elves have always regarded the Church of Storms as their mortal enemy, and the Loen royal family basically believes in the 'Lord of Storms.' As long as Sonia Island is brought under the rule of the Loen Kingdom, the elves will lose their last stronghold.

"Although I haven't read this kind of historical materials, if I look at this issue from a normal perspective, it might not initially involve a full-scale war between Loen and Feysac.

“But from the perspective of the Feysac people, if Loen seizes Sonia Island, he can use it as a base for attacking Feysac, and vice versa.

"So the two countries began to clash over this island, and finally in the year 621 of the Fifth Epoch, the 'Twenty Years' War' broke out. In the end, Loen was defeated, and Sonia Island fell to Feysac."

At this point, Odysseus said seriously: "In this battle, the biggest loser is not Rune, but the elves.

"They were attacked by both nations in turn. At the end of the Fourth or beginning of the Fifth Age, they were forced to leave their last habitat, named after the Elf King, and flee to live on remote islands in the Sonia Sea and the Raging Sea."

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