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Because of their stronger average individual quality and retreat from the outside world, their technical level is higher than that of the local natives. The Serso elves once established a regional "hegemony" and were in a stalemate with the orc forces in the north, the Centaurs. The Centaurs plundered the natives, and the elves protected the natives because the latter were their vassals. There has never been a major conflict between the two sides. There is also an orc war leader who is actually a semi-vassal of the Centaurs who has been lurking in the mountains.

But later, because of a sudden whim of a group of wandering wizards, they stirred up trouble in Thurso and seriously destroyed the old order of Thurso. The Thurso elves and the Centaur King Court successively declined from their position as the local hegemons. After the disintegration of the Centaur King Court, the orcs were divided and fought each other. This was a beast war.

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It is the norm for the orcs and nomadic forces to use this to "determine the strongest", but in the end, in the constant killing and involution, no hero succeeded in completing the feat of re-unification. So after El came to Thurso, the orcs he saw were a group of poor nomadic bandits and mountain bandit tribes with no organization.

The elves were relatively better off. They used the Grand Canyon and the Mirkwood as their shelters, and their lands were easy to defend but difficult to attack. Therefore, after the rise of human nations, they were spared from the scourge of war.

And how much did the Serso elves lose in the war that caused them to retreat to the Grand Canyon and stay out of foreign affairs for two hundred years, allowing human forces to rise and take over their legacy?

According to the exact figures that Ai'er obtained from the canyon elves, the number of elves killed directly in this war was 1,721, the number of injured was 4,314, and 744 died from serious injuries.

Because of their sparse population, they attach great importance to every member of the tribe.

When Shilin Ye Ge came to Sylvan this time, she brought two disciples with her, both of whom were pure Mayan elves.

Possessing the highest certification of the White Tower Nine Rings, which is not only a symbol of strength but also an honor of status, Celine is also a master of all disciplines - it is no exaggeration to say that she is theoretically "proficient" in all disciplines offered under the White Tower magic system.

The lifespan of elves is inherently long. In the era of the [Glorious Queen], it was said that because this ancient king of the elves, the "Old Ones", controlled the power of life and nature, the elves were all immortal. If they could return to the elven kingdom of Eden and return to the queen's sphere of influence before their lives came to an end, they could be reborn under her power and continue the great journey called "life".

Even without the influence of external factors, the average lifespan of elves is around one thousand to one thousand three hundred years, and the price is that their fertility is extremely low.

As a contemporary of the "Glorious Queen", Celine should be one of the longest-lived "old monsters" still active in the world. Of course, it is impossible for anyone to mention the topic of a woman's age in front of her.

Because even the founders of the White Tower, those who are still praised by humans today, who traveled far away from the world to "explore the future for the world of Il" - this is a beautified description. In fact, the wizards who chose to leave home no longer cared much about the footprints left behind, even if that was their starting point.

Among the white-robed wizards, there are only a few who can compare with Celine in terms of seniority.

Celine's strength is very strong, although not the strongest. It is her talent and her limit that has allowed her to reach this point.

But she is also one of the very few "white-robed sages" whose whereabouts are unknown to the mortal order.

In the barbaric times of the past, the lifespan of elves was too long, so long that many elves would get tired of the length of life and refuse the new life given by the queen.

But they have one thing in common that they will never forget or betray:

Attach great importance to the common interests of ethnic groups.

This may be the only thing that elves have in common besides pride and beauty.

As long as they have a pair of pointed ears, two elves from the east and west, from all corners of the world, can unreservedly treat each other as their partners who can live and die together, and leave their backs to each other without any protection.

After the fall of the Queen's era, the great decline of the elven race further strengthened this point. Celine herself is also a "collectivist" who attaches great importance to "ethnic interests", otherwise she would not have prepared for the future and planned a retreat shelter for the elves with the visionaries among her tribe.

In times of danger, the only thing the elves can completely trust is the blood connection between them.

That cannot be divided or changed by anything.

As one of the few top fighters in the elves, Celine is a person who loves and is responsible for her compatriots. Unlike other white-robed wizards, she did not abandon the mortal world after overthrowing the Witch King and establishing a stable and useful new order, and ran to pursue a higher path.

Even if it means getting lost in the void and falling into the danger of another world, it is worth it.

Human development and expansion are really too fast.

To the elves who were accustomed to the "slow pace" of the ancient times and the Queen's era, humans were like beggars and tramps passing by the castle gate yesterday, who suddenly turned into tall men over 1.8 meters tall, gathered together, and were extremely ferocious.

Today, more than 80% of the living space in the known world is basically dominated by the human race. Given their reproduction rate and unshakable dominant position, there is no doubt that this proportion will expand to 100% in the future.

Elves, simply because of their beauty, are coveted by secular dignitaries.

They are a rare group certified by the White Tower clan, a "protected race", but it is precisely because of this that the value that an elf captive or an elf slave can represent in the secular world is so sought after.

The "protection" of the White Pagoda is actually a garden city, and an official certification has been completed.

The former means that the elves can train mages of their own kind and have a certain proportion of say in supernatural powers.

The latter means that it is impossible for secular forces to persecute, enslave, and exterminate the elves in the name of the official.

But there are always many people who take risks for profit.

Moreover, the time that the white-robed sages have been away is getting longer and longer, and the number of times they return is getting less and less. One day, the extraordinary people of the past, the sages who opened up a new era,

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They have completely left the world of Il and no longer look back at their former homeland. Then, will the people of the world of Il, their disciples' disciples, their disciples' disciples... people of the new era still agree with and follow the teachings of the sages?

It is also a problem.

Elves are a long-lived species, and Celine and others have even achieved "immortality", so they look at things from a very high dimension.

After discussion, Celine volunteered to stay in Il's homeland for a long time and not get involved in the exploration of the astral realm. This would ensure that the elven race would not encounter any major threats that were difficult to deal with at any time.

Celine can not only attack the enemy as the top combat force of the elves, but also mobilize the power of the White Tower Order as a "White Robe Sage" to directly punish those who "violate the teachings of the sages." This can ensure that as long as the world does not experience earth-shattering changes like the Old War, the continuation of the elven race will always have a stabilizing guarantee.

But now, as an ancient being who had lived for thousands of years, Celine could hardly suppress the emotion that had been away from her for countless years:

disturbed!

Panic!

Seeing the bustling construction scene on the ground, and sensing a mysterious and powerful force operating in a way she couldn't explain... Celine had a terrible premonition quietly forming in her heart:

The kind of turmoil they are worried about, which will overturn the current order of the Il world like the old wars, is probably already brewing.

Chapter 66: The Cause of Everything

Shilin is not only the pillar of the elves' survival in the world of Il, but also one of the few "white-robed sages" in the world who is known and can be contacted by the White Tower.

Currently, the number of known Nine-Ring Mages still active in the Il world may barely reach the ten figures, and there are differences between Nine-Rings and Nine-Rings. The founders of the White Tower Order, that is, Celine's generation, were also "Nine-Rings" in terms of realm division, but it is obvious that they cannot be compared with the later promoted descendants. At the official level of the White Tower today, the living sages who founded the White Tower are praised as being at a higher realm, and are not considered as "Nine-Rings".

So, to be honest, the influence of Shilin, the "Nine Rings", may be greater than that of all the "Nine Rings Wizards" who have been promoted in the past few hundred years. Her identity as a contemporary of the Witch King alone makes her a rare "antique" in the world. What's more, she is also a participant in the War of the Old Ones and one of the founders of the White Tower Order.

Shireen Ye Ge is a living epic. To this day, many legends about her are stored in the elves' textbooks and human historical materials.

Why did such a "legendary and mythical figure" come to Sylvania?

In fact, it was not as Al thought. He came directly because of the fact that he built the Great Fortress of Heart in Sylvan, nor was it because of the rumor that had recently emerged on the mainland that "some remnants of the old times were fanning the flames in the fall of the Alan Empire, intending to support the puppets to counterattack the world."

Essentially, it was a "coincidence."

Celine knows about the recent rumors.

The White Tower's reaction in this regard was indeed very quick and safe. Even if there was only a one in ten thousand chance that the remnants of the old times had really infiltrated the change of dynasties in the Alan Empire, then this would certainly be the prelude to another invasion by the old times. The remnants of the ancient king had taken great pains to cause all this, overthrowing a great empire, and had obviously planned another counterattack.

Therefore, the mortal world speculated that an inspection team would be sent to conduct a major investigation, and the mages were not considered in the first place.

If the ancient kings really planned a major counterattack, it would not be something that one or two sky cities could handle. Ordinary seven-ring and eight-ring mages, who were powerful figures who could call the wind and rain and do anything in the mortal world, would be just small pawns in a war involving a higher level.

Mages are long-lived and adventurous, but they also cherish their lives—the most adventurous and strongest are no longer in the world of Il.

Unclear situations and "reasonable" deductions, as long as there is a one percent chance of coming true, are not something that a so-called review team can resolve. If things go wrong, the people sent there will end up being sent to their deaths and trapped directly in Alan (Rome).

Therefore, they were very cautious on this point. On the one hand, the two sky cities, Lieyang and Wisdom Palace, increased the control over their exchanges with the ground and raised their vigilance to prevent the remnants of the old times from attacking the sky cities. On the other hand, they sent messages to other sky cities, requesting the White Tower Order to provide support to deal with the possible crisis this time.

They thought of some ways, one of which was to send some secret investigation teams led by strong men into Rome to investigate whether there were any activities of the remnants of the old times.

As one of the few powerful people in the world with the title of "Sage", Xilin also came to visit them.

But——she didn't agree.

At least fully comply with this request.

The Zoroastrians practice slavery and still worship the influence and totems left by the original "Lord of Ashes", which Celine dislikes.

Because in ancient times, the "Lord of Ashes" made many enemies because of his brutality and capricious character. Because his power was too strong, he suffered a great defeat in the War of the Old Ones. Before that, his relationship with the elves was not good.

The Elves' [Glorious Queen] possesses the power to bring people back to life. This power is coveted by the King of Ashes, who is almost mentally broken because he killed his entire clan and the entire city when he awakened his power. He once hoped that the Glorious Queen could help him find a way to revive.

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The victims of the Fall of Amen-Ra, after being rejected by the Queen on the grounds that it was impossible to do so and then considered that they were "not closely related", chose to propose a marriage to the Queen, thinking very abstractly that this would allow the two families to unite, and the Queen would be willing to help him - the result was naturally rejected by the proud elves.

During the heyday of the elves, there was more than one Queen of Light who possessed the power of the "King of Magic (Witch King)". As expected, the anger and revenge of the King of Ashes failed to work, which made him hate the elves. In that incident full of doubts, which was later dubbed "The Queen's Folly" and caused the great decline of the elves, the King of Ashes also made a considerable "contribution".

He once bullied the weak without any honor, and attacked several elven cities with the dignity of a god, taking half of the population as slaves and burning half of the residents into charcoal pillars in order to take revenge on the elves.

Many of these abducted elven slaves were the origins of the later Thurso elves.

Influenced by him, Zoroastrians have always highly respected "rare slaves" like elves, which has made the relationship between Zoroastrians and elves very tense. Celine herself once wrote a letter to the previous Zoroastrian empire and emperor who had enslaved the slaves and demanded that they release the slaves.

Influenced by such historical reasons, Celine naturally has no good feelings towards the Zoroastrian civilization, this land, and the people on it.

An invasion of the old days, with the Fire Worshipers as the first stop?

Oh, if we could break up this notorious and stubborn slave empire, there would be countless people in the world who would be more than happy to do so.

So she did not fully accept Bai Ta's request, but because of another thing, she chose to partially accept it, because going to "Alan (Rome)" was exactly what she had planned to do.

The purpose of her trip was something Al had never thought of:

Amen Ra.

Kevin, a two-ring wizard who was originally hired by the Four-Armed Man to explore the land where the greatest secret of the King of Ashes is buried, was actually an archaeologist or historian. After the truth of the land of Amen-Ra was discovered, he was unsurprisingly transformed by the Four-Armed Man and became a new Four-Armed Man.

But before he set out, he did something that led to everything that happened today.

He sent a letter to his mentor and fellow history researchers in the Sky City, stating that he was going to explore the "ruins of the Gray King."

This is very normal among mages. When going on adventures and training, they keep in touch with their mentors and classmates from time to time to inform them of their whereabouts, so that they can be helped if they encounter any trouble.

After Kevin was transformed, he wrote to Sky City saying that he had found nothing in his exploration and planned to travel in the mortal world, in order to cover up the twists and turns that this incident might cause - but, but!

One of his fellow enthusiasts was also studying the history of the ancient kings when he received his message. Kevin mentioned some information in his letter that touched him, and he deduced a similar situation. However, because he himself had no intention of taking action, no one paid attention to this clue for the time being. However, Kevin's friend was an elf.

An elf raised in Garden City.

After many twists and turns, the news about the "Secret of the Gray King" was passed to the legendary elves, the great mentor Celine Ye Ge.

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The Nine-ringed Grand Master is also a living legend, the white-robed sage.

Celine's vision is far beyond that of ordinary people, but everyone has their own expertise. In some areas that she has not really understood in detail, she may not be as good as later generations whose age and experience may not even be a fraction of hers.

But some key clues and information can be applied to other cases.

Celine naturally had some knowledge and "concern" about the Ash King, the ancient enemy of the elves. However, after the War of the Old Ones ended with the victory of the Mortal Alliance and the Ash King himself abandoned most of his followers and fled in disgrace, she naturally had no concern for the "defeated" enemy.

Besides, what else is there to focus on?

The ancient kings were killed, injured, or exiled. The outer void where they fled was once found and explored by the White Pagoda Mage. After discovering that it was a barren land, the sages unanimously agreed that there was no need to eradicate it, so they just left it alone.

So in essence, the "exiles'" coveting and threats to the mortal world are actually "tacitly accepted" by the mages and sages!

At that time, the mages who led the mortal world to overthrow the "gods" were full of vigor and ambition. They did not care about the defeated ancient kings. At that time, the mages had begun to turn their attention to exploring the unknown, but they still had some concern for the development of the Il civilization. At that time, most people believed:

Allowing the losers to remain outside the world and become a factor that "threatens" the world is beneficial to the development of civilization;

The exiles would become the twin civilizations of Nei'il and Wai'il. If they found new opportunities, it would be a brand new path for development. If they didn't, at least their existence would spur the "Nei'il civilization" after their departure. Competition brings motivation and the spur to progress.

If "Nei'ir" ultimately fails to make progress, stands still, engages in internal strife and internal consumption... and is eventually counterattacked by "Wai'ir", then it can only prove that Nei'ir should be overthrown, because that is how they overthrew the rule of the Witch Kings.

And if the Neyr actively develops outward and develops a brilliant civilization without their guidance, then the exiles will serve as the first challenger and difficulty they face in their promotion to astral civilization and leaving their native world, and can also serve to spur competition.

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But the decision at that time was made after a discussion among hundreds of strong men representing the core of each tribe and the top combat power in the world after the Witch King was expelled. And it does not mean that they had the ability to completely crush the exiles at that time. Such "impassioned" statement is actually a certain degree of beautification.

If you really want to pursue the exiles relentlessly, you must be prepared to face their desperate counterattack. At least Celine will never agree to this. The elves only have a few top fighters, two or three big cats and small cats. If any of them are lost, it will be a serious problem.

Therefore, all along, only the exiles have been eyeing "Neier" and have taken the initiative to launch tentative infiltration and invasion behaviors, but Neier has never taken the initiative to "plow the house and sweep the holes" outward.

The development of civilization today has obviously not reached what the white-robed sages envisioned:

Everything flourished, a brilliant civilization developed, and eventually the entire civilization "ascended" to the stars...

They are still comfortably rooted in the land of their native world, absorbing the sunlight, water, and air that are available for free and without any adventure...

But the overall situation is not that bad.

As someone who is dedicated to maintaining the status of her race, Celine naturally has no complaints about this. The elves and the White Tower have a close relationship and are highly bound together. As long as the order of the White Tower is not overturned, the continuation of the race will not be a problem. She will not worry about what happens to the King of Ashes who was exiled to the outside world.

Kevin's message didn't directly reveal his target, but intentionally concealed several key clues. This was commissioned by his "employer" and was also understood by him at the time:

After all, they were going to explore the ruins left by a wizard king.