The Death List Novel - Chapter 390
Chapter 390 Prologue to the New Era
“I really don’t understand them. We are all elves. Do we need to plot against each other like this?” Elistine covered his face helplessly. He hesitated for a moment and asked curiously, “Ferrar, I understand what you’re saying. But we’ve already moved out of Jondal. Before we entered the Anke Forest, we were vagrant tribes. Can’t we help Milleras?”
A cold light flashed in Qin Lun’s eyes as he looked at Elistine with a faint smile. “We can only be considered wandering tribes now, but you also said that we are going to belong to the Ank Fairy Court. If we didn’t inform the Ank Fairy King in advance and directly help the Sun Fairy, what would the Ank Fairy think?”
Elistine’s expression changed. She was just insensitive to politics, not an idiot. As soon as Qin Lun reminded him, he immediately came to an understanding.
If the Ank Elves knew that they had helped the Sun Elves without telling them, they would only think that the Jondar Moon Elves were not really settling in the Ank Forest.
The Anke Forest had already become a third-generation World Tree, so it didn’t matter if it didn’t attract the Sun Elves. Perhaps it would be better to see the Sun Elves unlucky.
Before the relocation team entered Anke Forest, Milleras had asked Qin Lun for help to talk to Adrienne and Menon. Since it was to supplement the guards of the envoy, he probably had the idea of using the Jondar Moon Fairy.
The reason was very simple. If the Jondar Moon Fairy really sent him guards, Milleras would not tell the other Fairy Tribes that this was assistance from the wandering tribes. Instead, he would directly say that it was the support of the Anke Fairy Tribe. After all, the Jondar Moon Fairy had truly joined the Anke Forest at that time.
“So that guy is so sinister!” A furious expression appeared on Elistine’s face. His previous favorable impression of Milleras was swept away. No matter who knew that he was being used for his kindness, he probably wouldn’t be in a good mood anymore.
“The Elf Prince who can be dispatched by the Cormanso Elf Court to shoulder the responsibility of envoy is naturally not too simple!” Qin Lun suppressed his laughter and took the opportunity to give Milleras some eye drops. “Elistine, that bastard Milleras treats you as an idiot. Stay away from him in the future.”
“Hmph, he’s a bad guy, and you’re not a good person either!” Elistine rolled his eyes and stood up angrily. Just as he opened the tent, he remembered something. He turned around and instructed, “Oh right, Grand Elder Adrienne told me to tell you that Ank’s Elf King, Tyrannus Night Star, will be welcoming us at the edge of the forest tomorrow afternoon. You should also show up when the time comes. Don’t lie in the caravan and be rude.”
“Elf King Anke personally came to welcome him?” Qin Lun habitually raised his eyebrows and whispered in admiration, “A hero comes from a troubled world! I didn’t expect that there would be a hero in Anke Forest who is even more powerful than King Testament. Could it be that the Ferren Continent is about to usher in a new era?”
There were roughly 5,000 Jondahl Moon Fairies preparing to migrate to Anke Forest. The first batch of people to migrate, excluding the wounded, had been kidnapped by the human bandits and killed by the orc cavalry, accounting for nearly 30% of the total.
Of course, the orc cavalry were actually under the orders of the Santalin Society. Their main target was the Sun Fairy Envoy Group, and it was unlikely that they would attack the Moon Fairy’s migration team in the later stages. The human thieves suffered heavy casualties in this battle. Many of the thieves and mercenaries were completely annihilated. They probably wouldn’t dare to act so recklessly in the future. The intensity of their attacks should decrease somewhat.
At least 4,000 of the 5,000 Jondar Moon Fairies would arrive safely in the Anke Forest. Of course, due to the years of oppression of the Demon Cup Royal Court, the tribes lacked weapons and supplies these months, and the Anke Fairy Court needed to spend a lot of effort to settle them down.
For Anke Forest, which is much smaller than Jondal Forest, there are advantages and disadvantages. The Moon Fairy Tribe that had migrated was originally the Jondar Royal Clan. Most of the elven inheritances left behind in the tribe were magical professions, including high-level mages and druids. It could be said that they were the quintessence of the Jondar Elves.
At the beginning of King Testament’s ascension to the throne, he used Huairou’s methods to rope in Elistine and other descendants of the former royal family, and he also tried his best to get the Moon Fairy Tribe to move back to the Demon Cup Royal Court because of this reason.
However, because the second generation World Tree in Jondar Forest had entered a period of extinction, he had no choice but to join hands with the Green Elf Council to use tough methods. It was a pity that the plot was in the hands of humans, and the success was in the sky. The recruitment of Anke Forest allowed the Moon Fairy Tribe to make a decision to relocate instead. Because of Qin Lun’s intervention, not even a single descendant of the royal family from Elistine was left behind
The reason why the Jondar Moon Fairies joined the Anke Forest was not only because of the addition of more than 4,000 Fairies, it also meant that the Anke Fairy Court had unified the Theopian heritage and formed a new Theopian Fairy Court.
With the addition of Edeline, Menon, and a large number of other high-level magic professions, the current Anke Forest was no weaker than the Jondahl Fairy Court at its peak. If they formed a group of Forbidden Magicians, it would be enough to annihilate any medium-sized human kingdom.
Of course, apart from the advantages mentioned above, there were also disadvantages to joining the 4,000 Jondahl Fairies.
In terms of forest area, the Tyser Forest was divided into Thorned Forest, Ank, Forest of Winter, and Jondal Forest. Ank Forest was the smallest of these, about half of the Thorned Forest, one third of the Forest of Winter, and less than one tenth of Jondal Forest.
However, the tiny Anke Forest currently had more than 7,000 Moon Elves and 4,000 Green Elves. Its population was close to saturation, and it was not as vast and sparsely populated as the other three forests. After joining the more than 4,000 Jondahl Moon Elves, they would definitely not be able to feed so many elves by hunting alone.
There were only two ways left. Do you want to trade with humans and replenish the forest production with commerce, so as to feed more than 16,000 elves? The other path was to expand outwards. With the territory becoming larger and the resources becoming more abundant, the pressure on the population would naturally lessen.
However, in the current Ferren Continent, the rulers were humans, not elves. The Ank Forest was located in the territory of the Kingdom of Seth-Patz. If the Ank Elves walked out of the forest and expanded into the plains, war would be inevitable.
In terms of size, the Kingdom of Seth-Patz was actually larger than the two great human powers in the west, Tyser and Karinshan. To the west of the kingdom lies Tyser and Kalinshan, two powerful countries with well-developed trade. Karin Harbor in Karinshan is the starting point of the Great Western Trade Highway.
To the east, the Kingdom borders on the Naga River in Jondas. It is located on the southern bank of the golden plain, close to the Naga River and the Alan River delta. The golden plains are the largest granaries in the southern part of Fallen Continent, and the river systems of the Naga and Alan rivers are part of the commercial golden avenue that connects the Fallen Star Sea and the Steam Lake.
To the north of the kingdom was the Weihong Sea Region and the Deep Stream Lake, and to the south was the Steam Lake, the inland sea of the Southern Continent. The Steam Lake was the second largest inland trading area in the Ferren Continent, second only to the Fallen Star Sea, and its maritime trade was even more prosperous than the Lunar Sea controlled by Santalin.
The kingdom had three large forests, the Thorned Forest, the Forest of Winter, and the Anke Forest, as well as the mineral-rich Cracks Mountain Range and the Omlaran Mountain Range. If one looked at the map alone, this kingdom could be said to be vast, occupying a golden geographical position in the southern part of the Ferren Continent.
Unfortunately, this was only a superficial appearance. Setz was close to the golden plains, but he did not occupy the golden plains. This place belonged to the Kingdom of Jondas. Carlinshan and Tyser were to the west, but because of the obstruction of the Omlaran Mountains, they were unable to enjoy the convenience brought about by the prosperity of trade between the two countries.
However, due to the obstruction of the vast fissure mountain range in the north, the fishery resources of the deep-flowing lake could not be obtained. Needless to say, the three great forests in the country were the territory of the elves, and Cespiates was not yet capable of entering the forest to plunder wealth.
Only a few commercial ports in the south bordering the Steam Lake could be profited from the kingdom of Seth-Patz. However, these commercial ports were controlled by a few nobles in the kingdom, so they were unable to unify the trade zones, and the benefits they obtained were greatly reduced.
The Kingdom of Seth-Patz was originally part of the Kingdom of Zamdas (the predecessor of the Kingdom of Jondas) more than a thousand years ago. At that time, the kingdom of Zamdas was powerful and had fought with Karinshan for the supremacy of the Steam Lake. Unfortunately, after being completely turned into the Weihong Sea Region by a high-level forbidden spell from the Jondar Fairy, it had completely declined.
It was at that time that Seth Patz broke away from the Kingdom of Zamdas and began to stand on his own feet. However, Seth Patz was not an independent kingdom, but a United Kingdom of nobles of all sizes.
Not enough power was concentrated, resulting in the dispersion of power. Not to mention being unable to pose a threat to Karinshan and Tyser in the west, even the declining Jondas was unable to contend against it. If Kalinshan and Tyser hadn’t been afraid of each other and Jondas had Jondal in his heart, Cespiates would have been dead long ago.
However, no matter how weak Seth Patz was, the Ank Fairy could not replace him. The human kingdoms could attack each other, but they would not sit idly by and watch a human kingdom perish in the hands of the elves. If the Ank Elves really walked out of the forest and attacked Seth Patz, they would probably end up being attacked by the surrounding human powers.
Of course, the fact that the Ank Elves could not attack Seth Patz did not mean that they could not expand. One had to know that the other two great forests in Seth Patz, Thorned Forest and Winter Forest, were very close to Ank Forest.
The southern tip of the Forest of Winter was less than thirty li away from Anke Forest, almost a city apart. Although the Thorned Forest and the Anke Forest were farther away, and there was a Thorned River between them, it was very close to the Forest of Winter. One was on the east bank of the Thorned River, and the other was on the west bank of the Thorned River. In other words, the three forests could be geographically integrated.
The elves of the three forests had the same roots. Originally, they were all branches of the Keldomo Elves, and they were all ruled by the Moon Elves. Meanwhile, Thorned Forest and Winter Forest were not able to survive the third generation World Tree. Anke Forest had already survived the third generation World Tree, and the three forests actually had a unified foundation.
As long as the Ank Forest treated the other Moon Fairies equally and allowed the royal descendants of the other Fairy Courts to share a portion of their kingship, then the Thorn Forest and Winter Forest, which were currently in a state of uncertainty, were likely to join the Ank Forest. After all, no one was willing to leave their hometown and go to Yongju Island ten thousand miles away.
Joining the Anke Forest was the key to uniting the three forests. The Jondar Moon Fairies were valued and treated well in the Anke Fairy Court, and even the descendants of the royal family could be allocated seats in the Elders’ Council, so the other two forests had no worries.
On the contrary, the other two forests would not join Anke.
This was why Qin Lun admired the Ank Fairy King, Tyranquillas Night Star!
Perhaps long ago, this Elf King had already given birth to Wild Watch, which unified all the Keldomo Elf branches of the Southern Continent. Only then would he see the opportunity to invite the Jondar Moon Fairies to migrate to Anke Forest. Now, he lowered his body to welcome the first group of Jondahl Moon Fairies who had arrived at Anke Forest.
If this guess was correct, then this king’s wrist and mansion would appear somewhat terrifying.
In the modern era of human domination of Fairyland, the Sun Elf King of Cormanso launched a landmark migration to rebuild the Sun Palace on Eternal Assembly Island. Meanwhile, the Moon Elf King of Anke Forest had reactivated the grand unification of the Keldomo Elves after a period of 20,000 years.
Just as Qin Lun had said, ten thousand years after the Great Elf Civilization, the Ferren Elves once again erupted with brilliant light, once again opening the curtain of a new era!