837 year of the starfall, February 27, Lake of Eternity, Sequoia Mother Tree Island.

Hill Lange knelt in a simple wooden shrine in the center of the island, closing his eyes and meditating.

This is the island where the Mother Tree of Life of the Lange tribe is located, and this simple sacrificial hall houses the portraits of the ancestors of the Lango tribe, whose remains have been assimilated with the mother tree after their deaths, and only the portraits are left to show their descendants. The black-haired elf sat calmly in the center of the wooden hall, bearing the gaze of the portraits of the ancestors, while beside him, a white-haired elf who seemed to be extremely old because of overdrawing his life, and a young elf who had lost his right hand and left calf, but still young, also knelt and said nothing.

The faces of the three elves were very similar, and anyone who saw them would never doubt their kinship, and Ciel, who was in the middle, was the youngest and the most able-bodied, and could see that the top of the three elves had a pale cyan light floating, which was connected to the three elves at one end, and extended to the back of the altar, and was linked to the huge red shirt wood in the center of the island.

"Ah......h

After a long meditation, Hill slowly opened his eyes, and a trace of cyan flashes flashed in the depths of his purple eyes, and after a long sigh, the very young-looking young elf showed a sudden expression: "I see, this is the inheritance of our clan......"

"Yes."

On the side of the black-haired elf, the old white-haired elf seemed to want to stand up, but he almost didn't fall because his hands and feet were already weak, and Hill hurriedly got up to help, but was gently pushed away by the old man. Coughing, the old elf looked at his youngest son with a rather complicated expression, he originally wanted to speak imposingly, but in the end he only let out a long sigh: "The position of patriarch has been handed over to you, Hill Lange, you are the patriarch of this generation of Lange clan." ”

"Be careful, brother."

On the other side of Ciel, the mutilated elf also slowly got up, and there were wooden shoots growing from the wound of the stump, forming a wooden limb support action, Ciel's brother took a deep breath, and then chuckled and said, "From now on, it is you who will take on the heavy responsibility." ”

"I still don't understand."

In the place where the most important life mother tree of the tribe is located, in the center of the sacrificial hall with the portraits of the patriarchs of the past generations, Hill shook his head slowly, and the young elf muttered in a puzzled tone: "Father, it's just that, life is overdrawn to this point, even the buds of the tree of life can only delay death, and cannot restore strength, but big brother, your mutilated limbs are not incurable, why do you have to come back to inherit the family?" ”

It's not that Hill doesn't want to take his responsibility, he just can't understand it, so he wants to know the answer.

"For it is not my limbs that are damaged, but my heart."

Faced with his brother's question, the older elf replied in a calm tone, he raised his head and looked around at the portraits of the ancestors around him, and the man said calmly: "In the battle of life and death with the five-colored dragon, I realized the fragility of my heart, and I lost my arm and a left foot because of my carelessness...... And this injury is not as simple as it seems, the fierce poison of the green dragon is eating away at my internal organs all the time, if I want to heal completely, I will have to meditate for five years. ”

"Even if it's an elf, five years is precious, I can't wait five years, and the Lan Ge tribe can't wait five years."

It was a convincing answer, and Ciel could not refute it, but could only accept it, and he watched as his father and brother left the temple and closed the door, and the young elf sighed deeply.

Although the inheritance has ended, he cannot leave this sacrificial hall yet, because soon, it will be the ceremony and wedding of his succession to the patriarch, and he needs to wait in this wooden house with the ancestors of the Lan Ge tribe until the ceremony begins.

"Is this the bondage of returning to the family...... With all kinds of rules and regulations, after becoming the patriarch, he has to be responsible for coordinating the relationship between the members of the clan and communicating with other tribes, and it is difficult to leave the Far South...... I don't think there will be such a free life in the past anymore. ”

Kneeling on the ground again, closing his eyes in meditation Hill heard the sound of the door of the temple opening behind him, he heard the sound of soft footsteps, and the sound of static crackling gradually sounded in the air, the black-haired elf knew that this was the footsteps of Fina, who had not yet fully mastered the power of the ancient dragon's bloodline, and she, as his fiancée, was going to wait with him for the ceremony to begin.

"Not happy, Ciel?"

Slowly walking to Ciel's side, Lady Sea Dragon knelt gently beside the black-haired elf, she leaned her head close to Ciel, and asked in a low voice, it could be seen that Fina's expression was a little uneasy, she seemed to be very worried that her race had brought extra trouble to Ciel, so she was originally quite strong at this time with a sad face.

"Hill...... It's all my fault. She whispered to herself.

"It's not a hassle at all, you're not at all wrong."

For Fina's self-blame, Ciel shook his head, he stretched out his left hand, held Fina's right hand, the elf squeezed the other party's hand, and then replied with a chuckle: "Listen, as long as you are by my side." ”

"Even if I'm no longer free, I'm willing."

In the year 837, March 1st, the Eternal Lake, the Redwood City, the wind and the sun are beautiful, and the sky is cloudless.

The wedding of the new patriarch of the Lan Ge tribe, Hill Lan Ge, was held today.

The abundant water resources in the Far South, coupled with its near-tropical location, the water vapor brought by the dense forest rivers will rise into clouds no matter what the weather, but under the spell of the elven mage, even the unruly clouds must obey the dictates of magic.

Compared with the cheerful atmosphere in the city, as a wedding scene, the fir castle located on top of the redwood giant tree seems a little deserted, but walking in the castle, without exception, are the big nobles and big people in the elf clan, because of the invitation of the natural mentor and the elf queen, most of the patriarchs of the nine elf tribes have come to Sequoia City, even if they did not come for some reason, they also attached great importance to sending the deputy of the family, and even the patriarch of the previous generation as a replacement.

In fact, as the protagonist of the wedding, Hill knows that his wedding is just an elf court inviting many elf nobles to come together to coordinate the reasons for the recent conflict due to the inheritance of the World Tree, everyone is an elf after all, even if it is not good-looking, find a step down, and then chat, compromise with each other, you can solve most of the problems, it is really dissatisfied, the empress and the mentor can only helplessly make a move, so that he has to be satisfied.

For this reason, the Nature Mentor personally endorsed his union with Fina, suppressing the majority of the clan's opposition to confusing the elven bloodline.

"The bloodline defense is the clan rules that our elves have adhered to for eight hundred years, but to be honest, is there any point in still desperately maintaining the pure elven bloodline?"

At that time, the natural mentor faced a group of questioning conservative elven aristocrats, and said in an unprecedented serious tone: "Even rats know how to adapt to the environment and change, are we elves not even as good as mice, and we have to abide by the ancient code of eight hundred years ago?" In ancient times, the population of all races was not large, and we elves could rely on the elite population for rapid development, but now, with the popularization of the magic energy industry, the world has come to a most important corner, and what we need is not an elite who can be cultivated in a few decades, but a large number of people who can control large-scale industrial production! ”

"The fertility rate of pure-blood elves is well known, and if they continue to be stubborn, they can only be eliminated by the times...... Do you want to let the ancient and glorious race of elves fade into history? It's time for a change! ”

The Nature Mentor refuted everyone and made many diehard nobles give up their continued opposition to the 'bloodline improvement plan' through intermarriage, bloodline transformation, and magic experiments, but she cleverly avoided an obvious problem - that is, the fertility rate of the dragons is not high, and the combination of Hill and Fina has nothing to do with bloodline improvement, but worsens the situation.

But who cares about it, and who really cares? Just as there are only a few people in this castle who are actually celebrating his wedding, not many people really care about the marriage partner of someone who has nothing to do with them.

Even so, there are always a few more pure people.

“…… Before loving God, I would like to swear an ancient oath that you and the others will live and die together and never abandon each other. ”

The god of love and decay, the god of 'joy and sorrow', the current elven queen said one oath after another in the elegant ancient elven language, this beautiful elven lady with silver hair and golden eyes, wearing a purple jade crown blessed Hill and Fina with a smile, and inherited the name of the previous elven kings of the past 'Herenvarno IX', although she supported Hill's wedding with a different purpose, but at this time she sincerely blessed the two people in front of her - the reputation is not obvious, The legendary powerhouse whose strength was overshadowed by the Elf Queen quietly adjusted the physical condition of Ciel and Fina, and even suppressed the restless ancient dragon blood in her body for Ms. Sea Dragon.

The soft warm floral fragrance, with the blessing of the elven queen permeated the entire auditorium, this fragrance that penetrated people's hearts seemed not to be in the material world at all, but to the depths of the soul, even the great druid who had abandoned the elf body and incarnated into a wooden body or a dragon body could clearly smell this relaxing and pleasant floral fragrance, and with the rippling and spreading of the fragrance, until it spread outside the cedar castle and enveloped the entire redwood city, you could hear the cheers outside the castle that resounded throughout the city, making the earth shake slightly.

In the entire Sequoia City, all the people who have a slight illness feel it, and in this mysterious fragrance of flowers, the pain in their body eases and improves at a speed that can be clearly felt, until it disappears completely-Sequoia City is the city of adventurers, and who is an adventurer who has not had a little rheumatism, minor illnesses and hidden diseases? But now, under the action of this gentle transcendent power, everyone has been completely cured without the slightest side effects.

This is a miracle, but it is like a spring breeze and rain, and it is silent.

"Smack, smack, smack, smack."

Under the ceremonial platform, Joshua in the front row was like no one next to him, and the first one applauded, which led to a hard shock and a slightly dull atmosphere in the auditorium, and with the loud applause of this legendary powerhouse from afar, the nervous elven nobles behind him hurriedly applauded to celebrate the successful wedding of the new generation of patriarchs of the Lange clan.

The most tedious part of the ceremony was over, and then it was a busy and fulfilling ceremony, with Ciel and Fina leaving, many elven nobles and humans like Joshua who had been invited, and the dwarven guests were led by the maids to the castle's banquet hall, Hotaru and Rin followed behind the warriors, they were attending the wedding for the first time, looking curious and nervous.

"There are so few elves."

Through the spiritual terminal, the silver-haired girl whispered to her younger brother: "Although I have not officially participated in the wedding, I have watched many times in Moldavian City, and there are several times more people than here at any time, and the process is so dull and a little boring." ”

"Boring...... Sister, don't you look at what the identities of these people are......"

The black-haired boy was quite speechless about his sister's simple thinking circuit: "If you throw a stone in this group of people, you can hit a dozen gold, seven or eight extreme intentions, the actual ruler of most of the elf clan, you know, counting the elf empress, there are three legends present at this wedding!" ”

"Who can gather three legends when they get married? Look at the grim-faced elf next to the band, he is the 'weaver' who is responsible for recording the major events in the history of the elf clan, although this wedding looks quite deserted, but the presence of three legends at the same time is enough to record the history of the anecdote! ”

The Shenji siblings relied on the Internet to chat and complain to each other, and from time to time they watched the news and forums in the Northland together, and they had a lot of fun, but when Joshua, who was walking in front of the two, came to the banquet hall and was guided into a special room specially prepared for him, he did not show the sincere smile that he had when he blessed Hill before.

At this time, the warrior's brows furrowed slightly, and it seemed that he was lost in thinking about something.

The luxurious and extravagant special banquet room, specially prepared for Joshua, was empty on the table, but the teleportation spell was solidified, and the warrior could automatically teleport the food that met his requirements with a slight touch, because no one dared to - and no one could equal his status except for the Nature Mentor and the Elven Empress, so Joshua could only be alone.

"At this time, Ciel and Fina, together with the patriarchs of the other eight major tribes, are discussing with the Elven Empress and the Nature Master in the secret room about the inheritance of the World Tree."

Because he had already talked to Garanord about your problems in this regard at the beginning of his arrival in Sequoia City, Joshua knew where the two elven legendary powerhouses and the disappeared patriarchs had gone at this time, and he also knew that all the purposes of his coming to Sequoia City had been accomplished, and he should be able to go back now.

A few days ago, he chatted with Hill and Fina and others several times, the warrior encouraged the elf not to panic, with his potential, there is no doubt about becoming a powerful patriarch of a large tribe, and the warrior even took action, alleviating the depletion of Hill's father's life, so that the old elf who had not lived for a few years extended his life for more than ten years.

And the fusion of Fina's and the ancient dragon's bloodline, with the help of the natural mentor and the elven empress, has been perfected, even Joshua has little room to make a move, today's elven empress's blessing is to fill Fina's last loophole, today's sea dragon lady, can almost be called the incarnation of the Koronos ancient dragon in the world of Mycrof, is the same perfect awakened body as black, can be called the future ancient dragon.

"The elves are on the eve of reform...... Not only human beings, but all the races in this ancient world have begun to change in order to go far away, and I have changed this world from danger to such a point, but why is there still something wrong? ”

Since a few days ago, Joshua has been feeling a little easily distracted lately, at first, he suspected the role of divinity, but after several self-examinations, he found that divinity has not changed since his last suppression, and when he was distraught, the warrior always felt that he could faintly hear some strange sounds - he originally thought that it was a micro-flow of information similar to the power of steel, just like the wail of Microf heard by Steelpython Callis, a side effect of his own increasingly acute perception, But in the end, he found out that it was not...... This matter is very mysterious, and Joshua has no good explanation for it, so he can only keep it down for the time being.

It can never be an illusion, as a legendary powerhouse, if you can't even control your senses and observation methods, then you really don't deserve to be called a legend.

"I can't find the source for the time being, so let's leave it ...... Let's see if this will continue after returning to the Northlands. ”

Suppressing the wrongness in his heart, Joshua ordered a few dishes casually, the food of the elven clan was slightly light, but this time it was estimated that it took into account the taste of Joshua and several other human dwarves, so there were also chefs of other races who took action, and the warrior felt that the skill of the unknown chef was almost to the point of a grandmaster, no matter what kind of ingredients and delicacies, the workmanship was exquisite to the extreme, and he liked it very much.

However, just as Joshua was halfway through tasting the world's best chefs, he suddenly stopped eating, then frowned and turned his head to look in a direction obscured by the wall—Hotaru and Rin looked up in unison, surprised by their master's unusual behavior, and then, Joshua's words surprised them even more.

"Yes, today is also your wedding."