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Now there has been great progress. At least a female elf can walk safely to El while surrounded by beastmen. Whether she can escape unscathed will depend on her own actions.

Apparently, El's lengthy speech made the female elf, who was standing in such a "diplomatic occasion" for the first time, a little dizzy. I didn't quite understand what he said, but it seemed to make sense.

Then I didn’t know how to start talking.

Just when I was about to grit my teeth and fight again, reinforcements arrived.

Chapter 18: Lilith Incarnates Again

The so-called:

The goddess washes her jade feet in the spring, and the golden cup and silver belt adorn the grass edge;

The knights and rangers were delighted, and the common people and serfs cried out for mercy;

Foreseeing the future and planning ahead, running around for the end;

Who would have thought that fate is so treacherous, and thousands of years of hard work are gone in smoke;

Goddess Lilith!

A dignified person!

Transformed by light and shadow, dressed in a light gauze, she looks ethereal like an immortal in the sky and as ethereal as a phantom moon in the water.

The goddess is at least three meters tall, with her jade feet touching the ground. Her clothes have a rising effect and are half suspended in the air. She has compassionate eyes and a dignified face. Her holiness is inviolable and only allows for closeness.

It suddenly landed in El's palace.

Leia knelt down on one knee and saluted. Al took a few steps back on the stairs and stood in front of Misha, his face beginning to look ugly.

She was dressed like a celestial goddess. If you ignore those elf features, it would not be surprising to say that she was a goddess from the East. The outfit was so fairy-like that Al suddenly wondered whether this stepmother goddess of his also opened an account in Zhendan?

He suspected that this was not impossible. After all, in the old world of the West, Lilith's reputation was not to say terrible, but she was also the kind of mascot that people respected when mentioned but actually brought bad luck to others. It was too much face to give her, but it was really disgusting, for fear that she would cause trouble and hurt themselves.

That is to say, at the top there is a mute god-king Asuryan, who has been watching the elves' civil war for thousands of years and has made mysterious operations. This family is not very reliable. In comparison, Lilith's record is not... well, it's still quite confusing.

Suddenly he noticed the goddess' loving gaze fixed on him. Al gathered his scattered thoughts, sorted out his emotions and began his performance.

He walked down several steps until his body was level with the goddess. When he was a little lower, he touched his chest and bowed slightly, saying:

"My mother, thank you for your incarnation coming here, adding some color and splendor to my humble palace."

The great goddess had a heavenly appearance. She smiled slightly, her eyes were filled with compassion, and she opened her red lips and said:

[I have come down to the mortal world this time to accomplish a good deed for my son]

Of course, Lilith definitely didn't say that, it was just that Al imagined the words like that.

The boy's face turned unhappy. Combined with what the elf Leah had said before, that she was following the instructions of the goddess Lilith, the greenskins could guess why the stepmother suddenly made such a fuss and sent an incarnation of a surprise attack on Aiel without even notifying him in advance.

"For my land, and my forest?"

Al was very rude and pointed it out directly.

The goddess nodded, her eyes approving, and said:

[My child, I have promised you that I will help you speed up the great cause of "building a mortal empire in a hundred years" to fight against the destined time, so that your name and achievements will be praised by the mortal world like Aenarion and Sigmar, and sung by the universe]

[Now, my help has arrived——Why do you reject your mother's gift because of the grudge in your heart? ]

Lilith looked sad, as if she was heartbroken by her son's lack of understanding.

Ai'er responded coldly, "My mother goddess, there is an old saying in Zhendan, 'I will not allow others to sleep soundly next to where I lie down.'"

[Believe in your mother, my child. What you worry about will not become an obstacle for you. On the contrary, the power of Asrai will help you in your great cause. Ever since the Shadow Sin Disaster was born from filth and corruption has plagued the world, the reconciliation, cooperation, and unity between the Beastmen and Asrai will be completed in your era.]

[What a great achievement, what an honor! When you are willing to give up your land for them to gather and recuperate, thousands of Asrai will cross the sea to become your helpers. When you lead the armies of all races into the forest, dispel corruption, tame the beasts, restore the Great Forest of Athel Loren, and revive the World Tree, your achievements will be enough for you to become the Lord of all forests and nature, the Savior, the Forest Ranger, and even Orion and Tal will not be able to shake your rule over the forest.]

[When the World Tree sprouts again, billions of forests in the mortal world will whisper your name in unison, Ai'er, my child, Lord of the forests, Lord of the mountains, Lord of humans and beasts! Protector of Asrai! ]

[This is the path I have opened up for you. I will guide you and take this glory. Believe me, my child. If you cannot completely own the forest, your empire will be like a giant with feet of clay, limping in the swamp.]

The female elf Leia was already panicking. A large amount of information hit her brain, causing the Asrai Ranger to become briefly dazed.

It seems, it seems like I have really been drawn into yet another shocking secret of Goddess Lilith.

Is it too late to quit now as if nothing happened?

Compared to Leia, whose brain was overloaded and began to have wild thoughts, El's reaction was much calmer. Perhaps it was because Lilith had used her "mouth cannon" skill on him too many times, so at first he would be excited by the words "struggle for a hundred years to build a mortal empire", but now he was used to it and would not be moved by these words. He would shout, "Please goddess, teach me to bow down and hold Lilith's jade feet."

By accepting that group of Barto knights, Al felt that he had already taken a big risk. This was not to mention that the knights of the Sword and Holy Grail Order had always been very low-key, and were tools who ate little, did more, and spoke less.

In addition, the forest is his base, so Al has enough confidence that if these knights want to cause trouble, he can mobilize the army to surround and kill them.

But the only people in this world who can compete with the Beastmen, or strictly speaking, the Beastmen and others for the dominance of the forest, and who beat up the wild monsters on a daily basis, were able to do so thanks to legendary characters like Shadow Nie and other big BOSSes, as well as the Chaos Imperial Army who could still bless the mortal world and feed them dog food, as well as their tenacious vitality, and were as ubiquitous as cockroaches, so they were not completely wiped out by the Wood Elves.

It was not until the last great battle that he showed up, but it turned out that he should have been the most powerful among the Beastmen, the bloodthirsty Bronze Bull, who was known as the little Lu Bu of the Middle Ages and a heroic unit with top combat power, was killed instantly by a single arrow from the human marshal. It was really embarrassing.

After the Great War, Chaos receded and Beastmen emerged who had escaped corruption. This group of Shepherd Beastmen divided the Beastmen's power. The remaining Chaos Beastmen could only be described as Chaos Beasts. Without blessings and Screaming Shamans spreading the gospel of Chaos, they were basically on the same level as the Greenskin gangs and could not make a big difference.

After the three elves merged into one, although their hometown Athel Loren was gone, the whole tribe moved to Avalon. In addition, the elven gods began to work and brought back many elven souls, so the population recovered a lot. The wood elves just lay at home every day and did nothing, just created people, and lived a happy life. In the Inner Ring Kingdoms, even the most ordinary elven civilians could enjoy the same treatment as the imperial nobles in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation.

The relatively closed and conservative Wood Elves have a traditional culture of "pastoral", "peaceful" and "seclusion". They have opened up a new home in the sacred forest of Avalon, just like the Athel Loren of the past. Every day, all kinds of topless elf men and coolly dressed Asrai ladies come in and out of the forest. Various ceremonies, bonfires, banquets and group activities are endless from morning to night.

In order to meet the needs of hunting and sacrifice, in short, "X addiction", the Elf Federation also captures and imports various dangerous wild beasts and monsters, and releases them for these idle and busy (eating, drinking and having fun) wood elves to play the game of releasing them, and launches a mini "Wild Hunt" with great fanfare.

They look similar to some captive tribes, but in fact they are only some wood elves. They don't want to go out and follow traditions, but they reject the rapidly developing outside world. In addition, they are protected by a powerful empire like the Elf Federation, so they live their own lives behind closed doors.

In addition, there are still many wood elves traveling in and out of various places. They can be seen in colonizing new worlds, global trade, mercenary expeditions...

Although they are the third ethnic group, they tend to stick together, have stubborn personalities, and don't like to get involved in other people's business. Usually, when the two oldest brothers, the former dark elves and the former high elves, quarrel and fight, they rarely bring the third oldest brother along. So they can live quite well. As far as the power they control is concerned, it will be no problem for the Wood Elves to fully mobilize and invade a human force like the Southern Kingdom.

Take such a foreign force, which has power far beyond the current strength of the tribe, and both sides have very serious historical problems, different races, different beliefs, and it itself comes from a very, very, very powerful country, and there is a possibility that its hometown will intervene and provide funding.

Put it next to their hometown and give them land to live in...

No matter how he thought about it, Al felt very scared.

Chapter 19: You've Got Me Too Far! (Three Thousand Five)

In the end, the deal was made despite Al's helplessness.

At first, Lilith tried to persuade her son with both reason and emotion, but Al was determined and refused to budge. Even after Lilith sent away the elf Leia, and directly told Al about a huge event that was brewing, Al was just shocked and thought to talk about it later when the time came.

The specific magnitude of this event is probably about the same as the firing of a cannon from the Aurora in another world or a simple multiple-choice question posed by an Austrian painter to its eastern neighbor:

"The Elf Federation is about to split!"

Al: !!! (ΩДΩ)!!!

Damn it, you're coming again?!

Is it a tradition in this broken world to slash the Order camp before the end?

But after the shock of hearing it for the first time, El also expressed his understanding. After all, even if it was a war of annihilation, you couldn't expect all people, races, and forces to unite and face it together, let alone the elves...

When he wanted to ask more questions, the Omniscient One sent Al another warning, reminding him that he could not know the reason behind the split of the elves now, otherwise it would immediately affect the direction of the world, which was a kind of butterfly effect.

I can only shut up silently, feeling sad in my heart that it is not reliable to rely on pointed ears to operate as the mainstay of fighting chaos and saving the world. I still have to rely on big brother Empire.

But Al still refused to give in to Lilith's request. We could split up, but after the split, I would go to take over the bottles and jars in Big Brother's house. Don't even think about expecting me to help Pointed Ears share the pressure. At most, I would help at the critical moment.

At this moment, Al came back to his senses. The Fourth Mother did not respond to Lilith's request, which seemed unreliable to Al. She did not indicate that he could accept it, nor did she object. She still maintained an attitude of neither agreeing nor objecting, and it was up to him to do as he pleased.

After figuring out the deeper meaning, his opposition was not so resolute. Since his own mother had acquiesced anyway, it seemed that the advantages outweighed the disadvantages. He just needed to be extra careful in weighing the pros and cons.

And he also understood that this was probably the same as the talent push that Lilith had promised him before. It was a choice now, but the effect would not appear until later events. It didn't matter for the time being. When he unified the Estalia people, even if the wood elves moved their entire family here, they would have the advantage in strength over El. As long as he limited their sphere of influence in the Pina Forest and was careful not to turn the tables, there should be no major risk.

Finally it developed to:

Lilith: [Good boy, listen to your mother’s advice. You won’t suffer any loss in this matter.]

Al: "What? Mother Goddess, don't you know that the forest is the core of the tribe and the top priority!" - You have to pay more!

Lilith: [I will give you a whole army of rangers, war dancers, maidens of thorns, prophets, and forest goblins (half-deer men), all of whom are beautiful young ladies.]

Al: “…”

The negotiations were briefly suspended because Al was so angry that he thought this condition was an insult to him by his stepmother. Then the big one, the small one, and the god continued to argue. Al thought that he was taking a big risk. By arranging a land to accept the wood elves, it would definitely have an impact on his headquarters. The introduction of foreign population would inevitably cause a certain impact on itself. Secondly, whether he could subdue these proud pointed ears and make them serve the Beastmen, their former mortal enemy, was still a big problem.

Lilith emphasized that in the end, the wood elves and beastmen were all part of Aiel's subordinates and the composition of his empire, so there was no need to worry so much.

In the end, the two sides were in a stalemate until Lilith became a little impatient. Apparently, after thousands of years of being Yi Cha Cha, she was used to being the center of attention. In her prime, everyone from gods to entire kingdoms were her bootlickers. Lilith was not used to this kind of experience of haggling with others.

At the beginning, a huge lie was exposed, and her feelings, beliefs, and country were toyed with. After her death, her soul was used to guard the gate to the new world of elves in Lilith's plan. When the Knight Barto came to her with tears and hatred and questioned her, she just retorted: Don't you treat serfs the same way?

The Knights broke through the defense directly.

Lilith obviously didn't like the stalemate and verbal battle with the little boy. This was probably the only experience she had.

Among the four mothers, only Huanyue would be like this.

Lilith covered her cards directly and pointed out that the female elves outside had already passed on the news that there was something wrong with the Pina Forest. Regardless of life or death, they would definitely send people over after Osun. By then, the signs that the Pina Forest's veins would revive and transform into the next Athel Loren Magic Forest would not be hidden from the elven wizards.

If the wood elves who have been trapped and driven crazy on the island of Avalon knew this news, they would definitely launch an expedition to Pina at all costs to occupy this place, have a new home, and escape the increasingly fierce struggle on the island.

In order to weaken the power of the Wood Elves in the Federal Parliament and gain greater voice and interests for themselves, Asur and Duruch will support the decision of the Aslei Wood Elves to move, and will even take the initiative to send troops and help their compatriots "move into new homes" in order to win the support of the Wood Elves in the future.

In this way, what El will face in the end is not the initiative in their own hands to choose to demarcate and accept the land, but stubbornness and determination. In order to find a forest that belongs to them and where they can live forever, they are willing to pay a huge price. They even call on all Asrai to launch a Wild Hunt War, targeting the Green Chaos and Wood Elves in the Pina Forest.

Al agreed that Lilith would help him mediate and manipulate the matter, ensuring that it was within his control. The number of wood elves arriving at one time would not be too large, and they would not be barbarians like the gypsies. All the obligations and responsibilities that should be assumed would be borne by him.

More importantly, even the elves have spontaneously joined his army in large numbers and become a member of the Kingdom of El. In the future, the accusations and doubts of the forces of order against the unignorable "chaotic element" stigma on El will have little impact.

The benefits are huge, but the disadvantages of rejection are also huge.

This is not a multiple-choice question, it is a true-or-false question.

Hearing this, Al's eyes turned red instantly. For just a few breaths, the red light of the Blood Mother flickered in his eyes, but he quickly calmed down.

Lilith's subtly threatening words made Al so angry that the Blood Mother's Blessing, which had not been activated in him for a long time, showed signs of restlessness.

If Lilith had communicated with him in advance through normal means, Al felt that he would not refuse in the end, as long as he could ensure that he would not be the host. Simply put, he had enough powerful weapons in his hands, so he would not worry that the wood elves would want to learn from the tree people to cause trouble and monopolize the forest one day.

But Lilith not only did not discuss it with him, but arranged everything directly, and then pretended to be gentle and considerate to come over and symbolically "ask" Al's opinion.

The mutual trust between them is far from being achieved. Lilith, who squeezed onto El's boat midway, has a big personal plan besides jointly dealing with the event of the End.

The four biological mothers also have more or less signs of this. They were chosen before Aiur was born to become the Centaurs chosen by the Blood Mother, the Council of Scholars who believe in the Omniscient, and Joy who openly and covertly reveals her influence and arrangements in other regions. Only the loving Mother goes from one extreme to another, with infinite love and tolerance for the world, and it seems that she has the least foreshadowing and back-up.

But Lilith had only put a piece of silk on El's boat before, indicating that she had taken up a position here. After El and she reached a preliminary deal, Lilith also blessed and covered the Pina Forest with mist, which was considered to be half a step on the boat. But El knew clearly in his heart:

The most important thing in Lilith's heart must be the elves and her own plan. As for what this plan is, whether it is defeatist like the last unfinished end moment, creating a new world and running away, or other plans, it is not known for the time being.

Today was a small tit-for-tat.

After that, both sides took a step back.

After Lilith finished her threats, she turned to warming up the situation and speaking softly.

She promised that the number and strength of the wood elves entering the forest would be under El's control, and that she would then encourage the Elf Federation to respond in his favor to El's annexation and expansion in the south.

Al was also very moved. He grabbed Niu Niu and Kael'thas' hands and asked them to thank the Holy Grandmother quickly.

At the same time, he also agreed to the conditions for the Wood Elves to enter, but at least after he had conquered the south, marched into the north, and initially eliminated the greenskin threat and consolidated his own power.

Finally, the scene returned to a happy one. El called back the female elf Leah, who was a little timid. It was unknown what Lilith talked about with El, the evil son born from chaos, before she left.

By the way, Lilith had said before that she would instruct the female elf to stay and not pass on the information for a while, and she would also make arrangements on the elf side.

But deep down, the female elf still regards the tribe as "a dangerous force that is disguised as an orderly force but is actually a group of chaotic beastmen." She will give an explanation, but Ai'er must also work hard on her own to reverse the suspicion of the wood elves by showing the appearance of the tribe.

Leia will definitely have to return to Osun in person to meet with the leader of her tribe, and even pay homage to the Eternal Queen herself and go to the Citizens' Assembly for consultation. At that time, there will be God's Chosen, prophets, and great wizards everywhere. In this case, El cannot use simple and crude methods like brainwashing the military officers to distort her cognition, otherwise she will definitely be exposed to the gaze of a big boss and her bottom line will be exposed.

Thus, the negotiation ended with both sides being friendly on the surface but secretly having their own ulterior motives.

Lilith used radical means to ensure she got what she wanted, but this caused Al to be quite dissatisfied with this "stepmother".

Ai'er paid the promise of land and a certain degree of stability in exchange for a new force that he didn't know whether or how to use in the future would join the game in the Southern Kingdom.

At the same time, he also realized that Lilith, this goddess who was extremely good at making trouble, could not be trusted, at least not completely.

Just like this time, the problem could have been solved by saying “We can talk, anything is possible, there is nothing that cannot be talked about”, but Lilith chose to act first and report later. When they were negotiating the terms later, she even overturned the table. Her semi-threatening attitude made Al very angry.

After the incident, both parties dispersed. Lilith's incarnation disappeared after sending a message to Leah, and Al's state changed from "a filial son and grandson worshipping his grandmother" to an emo boy with a cat-like face under the mask.

After chatting with Leah for a few minutes, I asked her to go downstairs to rest. Of course, this was just a courtesy.

Al said that guests are welcome, especially distinguished guests like elves. Leia can move freely in the tribe and can leave if she wants, but it is better to just tell him.

Then he secretly increased the intensity of surveillance, fearing that the female elf would ignore Lilith's words and sneak away, bringing the news back to Osuen.

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