The crisp and melodious bird cry woke Qin Lun up from his sleep. The youth opened his eyes, stretched and got out of bed. Under the cover of the World Tree, the Fairy Castle was filled with fresh and fragrant air, making him feel refreshed.

Yesterday, after entering the Demon Cup Royal Court and meeting with the Elf King and Elistine, it was already very late. Qin Lun did not go out to inquire about the news and rested in the castle’s guest room for the night.

The living room was plainly decorated with elven crafts and relief stone carvings on the walls. In the center of the room was a large bed with silk quilts. Several exquisite vine chairs for guests were placed in the outer hall. Under the window facing the World Tree was a simple and elegant case with quill holders and pure white silk paper placed on it.

In fact, to the elves, this was already considered a very gorgeous interior decoration. This race respected nature. Ordinary elven treehouses usually only had a hammock and a few stumps to serve as tables and chairs. The most common elven dwelling was filled with plants and potted plants.

“Duh duh!” Just as Qin Lun finished washing up, he heard a knock on the door.

“Prince Kris?” Qin Lun opened the door and was surprised to see the visitor.

“Ferrari, did you rest well yesterday?” The Elf Prince still had a smile on his face, but Qin Lun was keenly aware that his slightly knitted eyebrows were filled with heavy worries.

“Haha, Your Highness, please come in!” Qin Lun bowed and stepped aside the door. He smiled and replied, “We mercenaries wander around. Being able to have a warm dwelling and a hot meal at night is already the greatest enjoyment.”

“At least you have a free life, you can pursue your own love and ideals!” Kris curled his lips and muttered to himself.

“What?”

“Nothing!” Kris waved his hand to retreat the two elven guards behind him and followed Qin Lun into the room.

“Your Highness, why are you looking for me so early?” After a few polite words, Qin Lun took the initiative to change the topic.

“Well, first of all, I have some good news for you. The elven rangers outside have sent news. Emma has been rescued by the mercenary guards. However, they have suffered great losses. There are only eight people left. They will probably return to the royal court tomorrow night.” Kris said with a smile.

“Really? That’s great!” Qin Lun happily rubbed his palms, but he didn’t care in his heart.

The storyline mercenary corps had long since been annihilated. Apart from him and Longer, there were only eight people left in the fortress itself. As for the timing of their return, it was one or two days earlier than Qin Lun had predicted. Of course, he was also credited with this. Without the unexpected beheading plan, how could the fortress team save Nicole and the others so quickly?

While Qin Lun was pretending to be happy, his mind was also spinning rapidly. If the fortress team arrived at the Demon Cup Royal Court tomorrow night, then he would only have two days to search for the major storyline in the Royal Court. Otherwise, he could only return the mission choice to the fortress team.

“In addition … although your mission this time was unsuccessful, Father and the Council of Elders believe that you are not to blame. The Royal Court is also responsible. We didn’t expect that the human lord of Elbard would send a regular knights to attack the caravan in such a frenzy.”

Kris said guiltily, “It’s sad that the mercenary corps suffered such heavy casualties. The Fairy Court will bear all the compensation and the remuneration previously agreed upon will be paid in full.”

Following the elf prince’s words, the room fell into silence. In fact, anyone with a bright eye could tell that the purpose of the Fairy Court hiring this mercenary group was to probe the Kingdom of Jondas, rather than really entrusting the important task of the envoy group to them.

The mixed mercenary corps that had been completely annihilated at the edge of the forest had become the scapegoats of the Jondahl Elves, helping them probe the hostility of the human lord and the forces that could be used to attack.

Looking at Kris’s dodging gaze, Qin Lun couldn’t help but shake his head and chuckle.

This Elf Prince was not mature enough to be as shrewd and experienced as King Testament. The Elf King seemed to be approachable, but in reality, he possessed the aura and coldness of a true king. The benevolence of a woman was not suitable for a king. It was a wise decision for the Jondahl elves to let a mercenary group bear their original losses.

“Your Highness, this news is not worth your trip. King Testament should have other instructions for you to pass on!” Qin Lun asked meaningfully as he looked at the elven prince who had opened his mouth a few times but was unable to speak.

“Yes! Father hopes that the mercenary group can continue their previous commission and accompany another envoy to Anke Forest!” Kieran’s gaze made Kris feel unusually embarrassed and his face slowly turned red. However, he still insisted when he recalled King Testament’s instructions.

‘”Of course, we only need the support of the mercenary corps this time. The guards will be handed over to the elven guards. After all, it has been a long time since our Jondar elves left the forest. We don’t have much experience in dealing with humans.”

Looking at the cold and angry gaze of the young man in front of him, Kris’s words became softer and softer. Finally, he lowered his noble head. If Qin Lun was really a member of the mixed elven and human mercenary corps, then he had reason to be angry.

The employer used it as cannon fodder to test the enemy’s reaction. As a result, there were only ten members left in the entire mercenary corps. After the reunification, before they could be replenished and recuperated, they were asked by the employer to set out again. It had to be said that King Testyr’s request was too excessive.

Of course, the mercenary corps could choose to refuse. However, from the surface, their previous mission was indeed not complete. If they refused the employer’s request to continue the mission now, it would be detrimental to their reputation. The mercenary’s meal was basically over.

The Elf Prince’s face turned green and pale. In silence, he suddenly gritted his teeth and stood up from his chair. His gaze revealed a trace of determination. “Ferrar, I’m sorry, I forgot what I just said. I will persuade father to abandon this commission. The sacrifice you have made for Jondal is enough. There is no reason for you to accept this mission again.”

“Your Highness, please wait!” Qin Lun finally broke the silence and stopped Kris, who was about to turn around and leave. After pondering for a moment, he said, “We mercenaries are a profession that licks blood with the edge of a knife. We won’t shirk our mission because of danger. However, we don’t want to be treated as useless cannon fodder by our employer.”

This mission will not be answered until my companions arrive at the court. It’s just that I want to know the inside story of this mission beforehand. Why is it Anke Forest? Wasn’t the last destination Mill Forest? ”

The Elf Prince hesitated for a moment before turning around and taking his seat. According to Ferren Continent’s mercenary principle, there was no need to know the inside story of the mission. All they needed to know was the mission objective.

However, the Fairy Court had used the mercenary corps as temptation bait during their last hire, causing heavy casualties. Now that he had hired someone again, it seemed that he should explain everything clearly.

“The situation has changed. Father has decided to agree to the conditions of the Ank Fairy Court and let the Jondar Moon Fairy decide whether to stay or move to the Ank Forest.” Prince Kris’s words carried a trace of loneliness. “In this way, there is no need to go to the Mill Forest more than 1,500 kilometers away for help. The Anke Forest is much closer and the risks on the way will be much less.”

…

Seeing Kris Greenleaf leave his room, Qin Lun couldn’t help but frown and sink his mind into the list of the dead.

[Apostle 70053, due to your butterfly effect, the main plot of the Cup Royal Court has undergone a partial change. You have obtained 0.004% of the World Exploration Rate. Currently, your personal world exploration rate is 0.007%. Additional rewards will be issued uniformly upon return.]

“Apostle 70053, you have triggered the main storyline mission of the Demon Cup Royal Court-Demon Cup Crisis!”

[Cup Crisis: (Lieutenant Colonel)] The Demon Cup Royal Court was currently in a critical moment of internal and external crisis. The Jondar Moon Fairy had decided to leave Jondar Forest and move to Anke Forest. As the cornerstone of the Fairy Court, the World Tree was in its final hundred years of extinction. The Demon Cup Royal Court urgently needed to cultivate a third-generation World Tree that could support the inheritance of the Fairies.

Mission Objective: After the apostle takes over the mission, there are two options. The first was to try to help King Testament leave behind a portion of the Jondar Moon Fairies, more than 30% of its population. The second was to join the Jondahl diplomatic corps, go to the Anke Forest to obtain the World Tree Seed, and safely deliver it to the Demon Cup Royal Court.

Mission reward: Depending on the apostle’s contribution to the mission, the duration of stay will be the original duration of stay and will not be increased. If the apostles fulfilled both of their mission objectives, the final mission evaluation would rise by one level.

Hint: Due to the butterfly effect of the apostles, the storyline of the main plot has been partially changed, and the exploration degree of the world has increased from 0.012% to 0.016%. “The shared information of the main storyline has been distributed to the other guild members. The guild leader will receive the mission upon arrival at the Demon Cup Royal Court.”

Qin Lun looked at the prompt on the death list and was confused for the first time.

He vaguely felt that this so-called butterfly effect might be related to King Testament’s decision to compromise with Anke Forest. However, he didn’t know what the problem was. He had actually picked up 0.004% of his World Exploration Rate for nothing. This was even more than the branch plot that triggered Moon Fairy Migration at that time.

With Qin Lun’s EQ, he would never have thought that the conversation he had with Elistine last night would actually have the effect of beating up a mandarin duck. Not only did he tear apart the two elven lovers, he also made Elistine, who was originally interested in the Elven Court, decide to migrate with his clansmen, turning King Testament’s painstaking plot into a bubble. As a result, the main plot changed.

Of course, other than Qin Lun and Elistine, no one else knew about this. Even the shrewd Testament King did not expect that the elven druid would give up his love because of a strange elf’s words and resolutely decide to live and die with his clansmen.

However, what Qin Lun was focusing on right now wasn’t this unexpected joy, but the difficulty of the quest for the main plot, Demon Cup Crisis.

Judging from the current situation, there was no hope of completing this mission. Even Elistine, a descendant of the royal family, could not convince the Moon Fairy Tribe’s elders. In such a short period of time, it was even more impossible for the apostles to complete this mission. In fact, this task can only be accomplished by way two.

However, it was actually a lieutenant colonel-level mission to lead the envoy back to Anke Forest … This was a place that Qin Lun really couldn’t figure out. With the strength of the fortress guild, it wasn’t strange to receive a lieutenant colonel-level guild mission, but the problem was that the branch storyline mission that escorted the Moon Fairy Tribe to Anke Forest was only at the major level.

In terms of strength, the elven guards who escorted the envoy could never be weaker than the weaker Moon Fairy Tribe. In terms of the external environment, the Jondas Kingdom did not mention that the Moon Fairy Tribe joining the Anke Forest would definitely increase the Anke Fairy’s power, and the nearby Seth Patz Kingdom might also join the attack. The mission to obtain the World Tree Seed had no effect on the Kingdom of Seth-Patz.

In other words, the Moon Fairy Tribe’s migration team had to deal with the harassment on the way to Jondas and Cespiac. As long as the envoy was able to deal with Jondas, the difficulty of the two missions should be reversed.

Qin Lun rubbed his temples with a headache. He lacked relevant information and was unable to judge. However, there was one thing that was clear. There must be some inside information about this Lieutenant Colonel level storyline that he didn’t understand. Perhaps even Prince Kris, who issued the mission, wasn’t too clear about it.

In this way, he had to discover the mysteries of the Demon Cup before Stark and the others stepped into the Demon Cup Royal Court and convince them. Otherwise, the fortress team would not be able to control the direction of the mission and could only drift along with the flow of events.