Qin Lun and Elistine walked in the middle of the group, surrounded by elven armored knights dressed in fiery red cloaks. These armored knights were the direct subordinates of the Elf King. Their combat profession belonged to the rare Templar Knights of Tampas. Unlike ordinary elves, they believed not only in the gods of the elves, but also in the God of War and Knights, Tampas.

Through the elven druid’s words, Qin Lun now knew that the elven knights weren’t here to welcome him and Longer. Although the Elf King valued the news of the attack on the elven caravan, he wasn’t that arrogant.

Since it wasn’t for them, it was naturally for Elistine. Although the druid elf was vague about this, Qin Lun knew that the identity of this female elf wasn’t that simple.

This was a pleasant surprise. Even Qin Lun did not expect that the elven druid that the two of them happened to meet in the wilderness was actually a thick leg.

Following the group, they climbed to the second floor of the Fairy Castle. The originally large stone steps gradually turned into a normal bluestone spiral staircase, spiraling upwards around the castle. On both sides of the corridor, there were many luminous gemstones with large candlelight chandeliers hanging on the top.

At this point, the Fairy Castle was finally somewhat similar to a human’s noble castle. On both sides of the corridor, luxurious rooms and halls began to appear. From a distance, exquisite swords and armor for decoration could be seen on the walls.

The main corridor of the castle was connected by many forks. According to Elistine, most of these corridors had air corridors connecting to the mage tower around the main castle. However, apart from their respective elven mages, even Elf Kings were not allowed to enter and exit these mage pagodas. They had to be invited by their masters.

Of course, apart from being the research area for elven mages, these mage pagodas also assumed part of the defensive function of the elven castle. Normally, mages would take turns to stay on guard and defend. As for the residences of the elven mages, they were not in the Mage Tower, but in the treehouses built in the canopies of the World Tree.

Since the main body of the Fairy Castle was attached to the World Tree, one could enter the treehouse area of the World Tree through some vine floating bridges. The treehouse area on the lower tree crown was not as tightly guarded as the Mage Tower, and the treehouse area on the upper tree crown was not easy to enter. It was the residential area of the nobles and royal family.

“Yiya, Yiya!” Just as Qin Lun was looking around, a creature half the size of a palm suddenly flew in from the open window of the castle. After the little thing flew into the castle, it let out a cheerful cry and pounced towards Qin Lun and Elistine from behind.

Although Qin Lun couldn’t see the movement behind his head, his keen perception had already sent out a warning signal. He was slightly surprised and forcefully suppressed his desire to attack. He turned to look at the elven druid.

A trace of surprise appeared on Elistine’s face. He did not make a wary gesture and only turned his head to look behind him. The little thing smoothly stopped on the shoulder of the female elf and gently rubbed Elistine’s cheek with its head. It let out a baby-like cry as if it was expressing its joy in its heart.

Qin Lun looked at the little thing curiously. It was a blonde elf about seven to eight centimeters tall. It looked very similar to the elves. It wore clothes made of green leaves. Although it was said to be clothing, it was actually just a small apron and chest made of small leaves.

The little elf’s sharp ears were thinner than normal elves. There were two thin strands of insect-like antennae on its forehead and two pairs of cicada wings behind it that resembled the wings of a dragonfly. The little thing had bare feet and a pair of slightly protruding eyes that were large in proportion to its face. It looked extremely cute and watery.

“Vera, stop!” Perhaps the elf scratched the sensitive spot of the female elf, and Elistine let out a chuckle. Finally, he grabbed the little thing off his shoulder and said, “Alright, we’re going to see the Elf King. You go wait in my tree house first!”

The little elf named Vera shook her sharp ears and flew out of the window with her mouth curled up in displeasure.

“Haha, you rarely see an elf like Vera!” Seeing that Qin Lun was still looking out of the window, the druid smiled and explained, “The elves are very cowardly. Apart from the Elven Royal Court, they are rarely seen in the wild.”

“Yes, I’ve only heard of them before. I’ve never seen them with my own eyes!” Qin Lun smiled cautiously and asked a few tentative questions about the elves.

Perhaps it was because the druid liked the elves very much. This time, she almost answered every question she asked, giving Qin Lun a general understanding of this kind of creature. There were two ways the elves were born. One was viviparity, and the other was transformation of the fruit of the World Tree.

The first type of elf would rarely die because it had received sufficient nutrition from its mother and the elves’ physique was relatively good. However, the Viviparous Great Elves did not have any memory inheritance, so their infancy would be relatively long.

The latter type of elf was usually a combination of the elf soul and the fruit of the World Tree. It could more or less preserve some of the memories of its previous life, and its infancy was relatively short. However, due to inadequate nutrition, it is easy to directly die in the shape of the fruit, and the physique after birth will be relatively poor.

If the Great Elves’ souls combined with the World Tree Fruits were not sound, or if some of the World Tree Fruits were affected by the souls of forest creatures during their formation, then there was a certain chance that they would be converted into Fairies. Of course, a very small number of elves would also be born from the fruits of ordinary plants. However, the chances of this happening were extremely small.

The intelligence of the elves was roughly the same as that of humans and children. Other than the elves, the other races of the continent generally did not treat them as intelligent creatures. Wild elves were extremely rare. Most of them lived in various elven settlements, where they were safe.

The elves did not have the ability to reproduce. Every elf that was born meant that one or more high-grade elves would die. The lifespans of the elves were generally only one-third of the lifespans of the Great Elves. They did not possess any combat abilities, and their bodies were fragile. Even crows could easily kill them.

However, in contrast, most elves possessed good elemental affinity, or some kind of auxiliary talent. Under the conditions of signing a soul contract, they could greatly increase the combat strength of many elven combat professions.

Of course, most of these auxiliary abilities belonged to elemental magic, a small portion belonged to divine arts and halo skills, and only a small number belonged to physical martial skills.

“Ferrari, look! That’s the nest of the elves!” As Elistine passed by a window, he pointed to a corner of the World Tree.

Qin Lun stared intently and saw that under the crown of the World Tree, there were many enormous “honeycombs” hanging upside down. Under the soft candlelight of the nearby tree house, he could see many blurry gray shadows dancing around the “honeycomb”.

“So this is the nest of the elves!” Qin Lun curled his lips. Actually, he had seen these things before. However, the elves flew very fast and would treat them as bees and bird creatures if they didn’t pay attention.

“Here we are!”

As Qin Lun and Elistine whispered, the short journey finally came to an end. The Fairy Prince, Kris, who was leading the way, stopped and smiled at the two of them.

Although Qin Lun and Elistine talked in a low voice, the elves’ hearing was very sensitive. Whether it was the elven knights beside them or Kris, they could hear them. However, what the two of them were talking about did not contradict each other, and everyone pretended that they could not hear them.

Qin Lun raised his head to observe his surroundings, only to discover that they had unknowingly arrived at the top floor of the Fairy Castle. The top floor of the castle was also the meeting room of the Fairy Royal Court. However, compared to the normal meeting room, this place was somewhat different.

The meeting hall on this floor could not be considered a normal hall, but a Byzantine-style corridor dome. There were no walls around the circular field, but an arched dome supported by dozens of exquisite stone pillars. It was like a hollow hemispheric building.

As this was already the top floor of the Fairy Castle, half way through the World Tree, one could even see white clouds floating in the air of the city. Under the setting sun, the clouds outside the building were like burning clouds, making even a heartless murderer like Qin Lun feel relaxed and pleasant.

There were no tables and chairs on the top floor of the meeting hall. At this moment, in the middle of the venue, there was a gorgeous-robed elf standing with his back facing the crowd. After arriving here, the two groups of elven knights bowed towards the elf and retreated very consciously. Only Prince Kris stayed with Elistine and Qin Lun.

Qin Lun curiously observed the elf in front of him. He was very tall, wearing a light yellow silk robe. His long pale green hair hung over his shoulders. He wore a gorgeous golden bracelet on his right hand and an exquisite crown on his head. He should be the supreme ruler of the Demon Cup Royal Court-Elf King Testyr.

“Father!” Kris took two steps forward and called out softly.

“Oh, Kris!” The Elf King seemed to have just immersed himself in some sort of memories, and when he heard Kris’s call, he came back to his senses and turned to look at the crowd.

Elf King Testil’s face was somewhat similar to Kris’s, except that he did not have the vigorous and heroic aura of an Elf Prince. He wore a gentle and steady smile on his face and appeared graceful and magnanimous. However, everyone could still feel the majesty of a king in him.

“Elistine, you’re back!” The Elf King smiled and nodded to the druid.

“Yes, King Testament!” Elistine bowed and said respectfully. However, Qin Lun, who was standing beside her, could clearly feel the tone of the female elf’s voice, as if she was in a strange and conflicted mood.

“You must be Ferrari!” The Elf King’s gaze lingered on Elistine for a while before finally turning to Qin Lun.

“Filar Moonlight, I am willing to serve His Majesty!” Qin Lun stroked his chest with his right arm and knelt down on one knee to perform an elven noble salute. He had learned a lot about elven etiquette from the Moonlight Forest and Malfoy, so he had completely used it this time.

“Moonlight Clan?” An imperceptible look of astonishment flashed across the Elf King’s eyes, but it disappeared in an instant, revealing a new smile.

‘”No need to be so courteous. Get up. I’m sorry, my warrior. I know you should be very tired, but I can’t let you go to rest for now. I just heard about the attack on Emma’s envoy. Please tell me more about it.”