WTYTIAAN Chapter 29
by VolareIn Yan Yunqing’s memory, elves were indeed, as other races stereotypically perceived them, beautiful, powerful, purely composed of elements, and exceedingly pure beings.
Perhaps because they were all born from the Elven Mother Tree, each elf possessed a simple nature, loving nature and peace.
It was their innate nature, so from birth, they had always lived deep within the forest, guarding the Elven Mother Tree and living a simple life.
Sylph, as the first-generation Elf King/Queen, had no intention of participating in the war initiated by the gods. Even with his/her great strength, when learning and creating magic, he/she adhered to the characteristic of loving peace, specializing in healing and enhancement magic.
In “Demon King,” his/her role was that of a healing support.
Of course, elves were not weak in combat. After all, they were natural magicians and were very skilled with weapons like bows and arrows. Even if they were affected by war, they had sufficient self-preservation abilities.
Under Sylph’s protection, the main character’s injuries were healed, and he/she also obtained many magic skills from Sylph, greatly expanding his/her skill slots.
Along the way, Yan Yunqing tried to persuade the main character to convince Sylph to go out with him/her to save the world and end the war, but he/she was always rejected. Elves did not like war and did not want to get involved in any side of the war.
Just as the main character’s injuries were healed and he/she was about to be driven out of the territory by the elves, several elves returning from an outing informed Elf King/Queen Sylph that several elves who had accompanied them were cruelly murdered by the necromancer Keen.
Even their souls were imprisoned, unable to return to the embrace of the Elven Mother Tree.
This incident angered the entire elven race.
Elves were not afraid of death. They were born from the Elven Mother Tree, and death was just a return to the embrace of the Elven Mother Tree. If an elf died while traveling, the elves familiar with them would not feel sad, only thinking that their friend had returned to the Mother Tree and was waiting for the next birth.
But imprisoning the souls of elves, preventing them from returning to the embrace of the Elven Mother Tree after death, was equivalent to completely obliterating the elves.
This was unacceptable to the entire elven race. The elven race, who usually seemed indifferent, were surprisingly angry, and even Sylph rarely showed his/her wrath.
The main character seized this opportunity to persuade Sylph to travel with him/her, leave the forest, and find the souls of his/her people.
After a long period of consideration, Sylph agreed to a temporary journey. He/She would not help the main character participate in the war, but if the main character was affected by the war, he/she would appropriately intervene to help, requiring the main character to help him/her find the whereabouts of the necromancer Keen.
Elf King/Queen Sylph then joined the main character’s team, becoming a temporary teammate. Later, Yan Yunqing searched through historical records, learned various methods of persuasion, used both carrot and stick, and played several emotional cards before finally completely binding this healing support.
Those were all stories for later. Now that Yan Yunqing had transmigrated into the game, the first partner he encountered was still an elf.
This made Yan Yunqing couldn’t help but feel a little emotional: Elves are really a must-have partner for home travel, killing people and stealing goods!
Although Lillian was not as strong as Sylph, this talkative little elf, Lillian, was much more interesting than Sylph, who was a poker face. Occasionally, she could also play the role of throwing away companions, such as destroying corpses and eliminating traces with a magic spell.
If it were Sylph? That cold and indifferent guy/girl would definitely look at him with an expression of “I don’t approve of what you’re doing,” without saying a word, just silently staring at him/her, like a little aggrieved spouse.
Yan Yunqing couldn’t help but reveal a bit of a smile when he thought of Sylph, who he often teased and made uncomfortable when playing the game.
Unfortunately, Lillian said that the first-generation Elf King/Queen had returned to the Mother Tree’s embrace a thousand years ago… Strange, elves are clearly a long-lived race. According to Sylph’s strength, he/she shouldn’t have lived less than a thousand years?
If there’s a chance, I’ll investigate why Sylph died.
After resting for a while, Yan Yunqing didn’t stop to rest and immediately changed his appearance. He used his acting skills again, giving himself a face that wouldn’t stand out in a crowd, and put away all the distinctive items, including the sword that killed Dean.
Even so, he didn’t completely relax his vigilance. He circled around Seta City, changing his appearance from time to time, until he was completely sure that no one was following him, then Yan Yunqing lifted his acting skills.
Lillian was finally able to get some fresh air. She had been hidden in Yan Yunqing’s clothes the whole time and was almost suffocated.
“Where are we going next?” Lillian was still in the excitement of escaping after doing something bad. “Are we going to kill that waste?”
“…It’s Fei Wu.” Yan Yunqing corrected, giving Lillian a strange look. “Don’t you… feel a little strange, or unacceptable?”
“What?” Lillian was stunned by the question, then reacted and said helplessly, “What are you talking about?”
“To those kinds of people…” A look of disgust was evident on Lillian’s face. “Dying thousands of times wouldn’t be enough. Why should I find it unacceptable?”
Yan Yunqing muttered in his heart: Because when Sylph first saw the main character kill someone, he/she shut himself/herself up for three whole days.
It took the main character a long time to get a peace-loving elf to get used to war and to get used to staining their hands with blood, actually for the sake of better protection.
Even in the later stages of “Demon King,” Sylph was still that elf king/queen who disliked war.
Lillian and Sylph are really completely different!
No, it should be said that Lillian herself is an anomaly in the elven race, completely unlike an elf!
Yan Yunqing secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time, he felt a vague sense of loss. He couldn’t tell whether he was missing an old friend through Lillian, or trying to find the shadow of an old friend in Lillian.
When an elf returns to the Mother Tree and is reborn, they should still have the same personality as before… right?
Yan Yunqing was amused for a moment by his own idea of looking for a substitute, no, it should be looking for Lillian as a substitute for Sylph, and quickly put the thought out of his mind.
Sylph is Sylph, Lillian is Lillian. Even if it’s the reincarnation of the same soul, without memories, how could they be the same person?
Memories are the carrier of an emotion.
“It’s nothing, I just think you’re a very special elf,” Yan Yunqing said. “Completely different from other elves.”
“Hmm? What are you saying… have you seen other elves?” Lillian asked back, narrowing her eyes with a dangerous tone. “What? Could it be that other elves are more to your liking?”
It was written all over her face that you’re finished if you dare admit it.
Yan Yunqing: “…No, you’re the most to my liking.”
He smelled the scent of a shura field that he hadn’t smelled in a long time. Clearly, he only had Lillian as a companion right now, so why could he feel the atmosphere of a shura field where the retainers in the later stages of “Demon King” would bicker whenever they gathered together?
Yan Yunqing guiltily changed the subject, “Fei Wu—definitely has to be killed, but not now.”
That kind of scum is definitely a scourge if he’s left alive. Now that he’s in the game, if he doesn’t get rid of Fei Wu, and Fei Wu finds out that he’s investigating the incident from six years ago and killed Dean, he’ll definitely cause trouble for him.
Since they’re going to be at odds anyway, Yan Yunqing definitely has to strike first. Killing one is killing, and killing two is killing.
It’s just that with his level, breaking into the City Lord’s mansion to kill a Dean was already so difficult, let alone breaking into a place where a prince lives and being able to successfully get rid of him.
At least he has to level up first.
He roughly understood the cause and effect of the incident six years ago, and the task decryption shows that it’s 75% complete. Clearly, there’s still something he hasn’t understood—it’s all Dean’s fault. He broke down after just a few questions. It’s clear that his talent is truly lacking.
Yan Yunqing pondered for a moment, “In that case, let’s go ask that person.”
That person who also participated in this matter, wanted to find a result for this matter, but whose whereabouts are unknown—Lord Adelaide.
“Adelaide?” Lillian quickly matched Yan Yunqing’s train of thought. “That magician who doesn’t know where he/she went? That won’t be easy to find, right? Do you have any clues about her?”
Adelaide, a teacher at the Magic Academy, was also of commoner origin, so he/she had great hopes for Karenna, taking her as a student, but disappeared six years ago when seeking justice for his/her student. Karenna’s brother, Rosen, has come to Seta City several times in the past few years to find him/her, but has never been able to find him/her.
Missing is what Yan Yunqing deduced. After all, the vast majority of students at several magic academies felt unfamiliar with this name. It can’t be that all of them haven’t taken this teacher’s class, right? And completely don’t know where he/she went?
So that magician, it is estimated that six years ago, he/she was forced to leave the academy because of this incident, or directly killed?
Both possibilities are very high. What needs to be considered is whether Fei Wu dares to kill someone who is at least a mid-level or even a high-level magician.
“Do you think Fei Wu dares to attack a mid-level or higher magician?” Yan Yunqing asked Lillian. Currently, Lillian is still his guide. His understanding of the current world is indeed not deep enough.
Lillian also made a pensive expression, “Well, that’s hard to say. Apart from the magicians independently cultivated by the major forces, the remaining magicians should all belong to the Magician Association. This is a neutral force, encompassing all magicians registered with the Magician Association.”
As a commoner magician with no other background, Adelaide must be a magician registered with the Magician Association.
“If you wantonly and without reason kill a magician registered with the Magician Association, you will be held accountable by the Magician Association. Even an imperial prince shouldn’t casually attack a mid-level magician.”
As for Karenna? A newly promoted elementary magician, and with a demon attack as a ostensible excuse, perhaps they can barely fool the Magician Association.
“But you also know how vicious those nobles’ secret methods are. They want to kill someone—even if she’s a magician, there are still ways to do it.”
The meaning is that Lillian is also unsure whether Fei Wu dares to kill Adelaide.
“In short, let’s go take a look first,” Yan Yunqing decided.
“Go—to the Magic Academy to inquire about the personnel change information form from six years ago.”
Regardless of whether Lord Adelaide was ultimately killed, he/she is ostensibly a teacher at the Magic Academy, so any changes will definitely be reflected in the data. To fool the Magician Association’s investigation, they must do a good job on the surface.
If false materials are made too much, they will definitely leave traces, and these traces are the clues for them to explore the truth.
Geese skim over the shadows, swans fly over and brush away the dust.
At this moment, the ink-like night sky has faded a lot, and the night secretly lifts a corner, allowing a few points of light to leak, ready to wake the sleeping people at any time.
Day is about to dawn.