Part 5: The Red Priests Chapter 121: The Elven Chronicles

　　This …… second era of the slave gods really hidden crouching tigers and dragons ah, in front of the “Dragon of Wisdom” Herabogen, after the “God of the Undead” Salinger, these are all eventually become the Sequence 0, the throne of God, of course, the “Dragon of Wisdom” is not sure, just that it may not be small. Of course, the “Dragon of Wisdom” can not be sure, just that it may not be small ……

　　Well, there is also the “god of the morning sun” Badhail and “goddess of harvest” Omibella, it can not be ruled out that they all lived to the fifth age, and lived well …… do not know Did Tolzina, the “god of spirits” and Amanisis, the “goddess of bad luck”, escape the divine war at the end of the Second Age when the Creator of the Silver City “reclaimed” his authority? And if so, what role did the Ks play in the Third and even the Fourth Age? After a moment of astonishment, Klein sighed a few times in his heart.

　　When he thought about the betrayal of the angelic kings in the third era, he couldn’t help but make a slanderous comment:

　　Fire and burglar proof against the Subordinate Gods!

　　At this time, the “Justice” Audrey, who did not know much about the true names and powers of the Subordinate Gods, did not have any emotions, and played the role of one female elf after another in Shatas’ memory, constantly talking to her and letting her tell her own story about the past events of the Second Era that she had experienced and knew about.

　　According to Shatas, in the chronicles of the elf race, there was no concept of the First and Second Era, the first unknown years were chaotic, dark, and crazy, and there was a lack of written information left behind, and it was only when the transcendent races gradually gained a certain amount of sanity, and had their own writing, that the living beings began to have a certain amount of cognizance of history.

　　In that era, the ancient gods appeared one after another, the sky, the earth, the sea, the earth slowly transitioned from absolute disorder to a certain order, but except for the tyrannical and crazy ancient gods, no one can figure out how many years this stage took, only know that a long, long time, by the major transcendent races known as the “budding era”.

　　After the “Budding Era”, there was the “Era of the First Flame” when the eight ancient gods fought against each other in separate camps, which was also a long time ago when Shatas was born, and she could only learn through the clan’s chronicles that it was a time when the “pan-humans” fought against the non-human races, and that the “pan-human races” had to fight against the non-human races. She could only learn through the clan’s chronicles that it was a time of “pan-humanity” to fight against the inhuman races and resist the pollution and erosion of demons and wolves, in which human beings existed as subordinates or even slaves of giants, elves and blood races.

　　The duration of the “Age of the First Flame” varies from record to record, but the common denominator is that it was less than a thousand years, because the nature of the Ancient Gods is crazy, tyrannical, cruel, cold, and often driven by instinct.

　　After the fall of Lilith, the Blood Patriarch, Kvashtun, the Fae King, and Freygra, the “Destructive Wolf”, in a betrayal, the “Age of Fire” ended, and wars were waged and the world was damaged for hundreds of years.

　　Because of the relative strength of the giants and dragons during this period, it was called the “Twin Age”.

　　When the five races formed a new balance, and a certain amount of peace was restored to the Northern Continent, the Southern Continent, the Eastern Continent, and the five oceans, Shattas was born and raised in this era until she entered the Grocer’s Travels.

　　In her description of these histories, the most important information is two points, one is that the East Continent does exist, where the “Court of Giants” is located, and the other is that after the “Age of Emergence”, the major transcendent races had their own civilizations, unlike what later generations suspected. Of course, the tendency of tyranny, cruelty, coldness, and murderousness prevailed, and all of them seemed to be in a state of at least half out of control until after the “Twin Era”, when the new generation of elves and new generation of giants became more rational and possessed emotions, such as Shatas and Grosel.

　　”The Eastern Continent seems to be the ‘God Forsaken Land’…… which was abandoned during the Cataclysm?” A similar thought was born in the minds of Klein, Leonard and Audrey at the same time.

　　They were all very interested in this, but unfortunately, Shatas had always lived in the Elf King’s divine court, and occasionally went out only to cruise on the sea, and had never been to the eastern continent at all, and lacked sufficient understanding.

　　Influenced by Audrey “Justice”, Shatas’ dreams began to show the living customs and language origins of the elves.

　　In the queen’s maid heard the legend, the elven language was created by the king in the “budding era”, each word appears with the birth of a first generation of elves, how many words of elven language there are how many first generation of elves.

　　The customs of elves are not uniform, and depend heavily on their surroundings – there is no doubt that elves in the sea and elves in the forest differ greatly in their customs.

　　What they have in common is that they believe in the king and queen who are ancient gods; they love to use the blood of their prey to make food; there is a widespread use of roasting as a cooking method, even sea elves will often come to the reef to have a “bonfire party”; they are close to nature, and are good at applying all kinds of spices; they worship the strong and are proud of acting faster than they think! ……

　　Myths and realities are mixed together, and it is difficult to tell which is true and which is false …… This part of the custom of life has destroyed some of my previous speculations …… Klein listened with a seemingly unchanged expression, and his mind quickly analyzed every word that Shatas told him. A sentence.

　　After figuring out the relevant things, Audrey around the “western continent” this keyword, so that Shatas dream changed, reflecting the subconscious existence of some memories.

　　The coral palace returned to the eyes of the three Klein, Shatas followed behind the “Queen of the natural disasters” Gaoxinam, walked to a crystal window.

　　She looked at the queen’s exquisite and complicated long dress, peeked down at the “deity” in charge of the natural disasters, and asked with a slight curiosity:

　　”Your Highness, are you looking to the west?”

　　For the elves, as long as they didn’t feel the oppression of violence, they would ask any questions on the spot.

　　”Why do you think so?” Without turning around, Gohinam asked with an indifferent expression.

　　”I just learned of a legend that our elven clan originated from the Western Continent.” Shatas responded, “Your Highness, does the Western Continent really exist? Is that really the birthplace of the first generation of elves?”

　　The corners of Gohinam’s mouth hooked up slightly, and his voice was slightly ethereal as he said:

　　”The Western Continent may or may not exist. Every race needs to give itself a prominent origin, a homeland of the heart.

　　”Shatas, where is the homeland of your heart?”

　　”My homeland?” Shatas repeated the question and answered somewhat blankly, “It’s where the king and his highness are, it’s this palace, it’s the forest it leads to where my parents survived ……”

　　As she said these words, Shatas’ emotions gradually became low, lost, and despondent.

　　Obviously, she was infected by the corresponding memories in her own subconscious.

　　It had been two or three thousand years since she had entered the Traveling Memory, far away from her homeland.

　　”So, to you, the Western Continent doesn’t exist, but to some elves, it’s absolutely real.” “The Queen of the Scourge of Heaven,” Gohinam replied calmly with a final answer.

　　Shattas did not ask any more questions as she suddenly remembered that the Queen was not a primordial elf.

　　Such a reply and answer made Klein more and more confused and puzzled, but fortunately, from the Second Age to the Fifth Age, the Western Continent had no presence at all, and would not be involved in any important hidden secrets related to him, so he just learned about it in passing, without expecting too much.

　　Ending the guidance of Shatas subconscious mind, since it was almost noon, there was no other dream world nearby to jump, Audrey and Klein, Leonard directly left and appeared in the bedroom of Mo Bette and Shatas.

　　Looking at that Fourth Age Viscount who was deadlocked by the elf, pressed up on his arms and legs, and curled up in a corner of the asymmetrical bed, Audrey’s expression suddenly became softer, and she said with a few smiles in her voice:

　　”They seem to be fine like this now ……”

　　”No, no, no, it is simply terrible to have such a violent, direct, imaginative and daring wife! It’s only the likes of Mobet who would like it and enjoy it ……” Leonard, who had no poet’s talent but a poet’s free inclination, shook his head earnestly as he thrust his hands into the pockets of his pants.

　　When he said this, he whispered thoughtfully:

　　”On the flip side, a veteran ‘thief’ does need a female of Shattas’ type to be in charge, hmmm …… I wonder what kind of opposite sex the rest of the old man’s family would prefer… …

　　”Hey, they don’t need us to envy or oppose them either, this is their way of getting along, Rossel the Great once had a poem that said, life is precious, love is more expensive ……” (Note 1)

　　Klein listened to the two discussing, opened his mouth and closed it again, not saying that Shatas and Mobet were actually dead, and didn’t really feel each other’s love until the moment of their deaths, and that the ones alive here were just replicas created by the world of the book.

　　After leaving the couple’s home, the group of three headed for Grocer’s blacksmith store.

　　On the way, while passing through a street, Klein saw Longzell, who was known as “The Philosopher”, and Audrey “Justice” instantly recognized the other as a Rune.

　　”Is that the same soldier from over a hundred years ago?” Audrey slowed down her pace and opened her mouth to ask.

　　Klein remembered Longzell’s longing for his hometown, remembered his ashes that he had placed inside the Becklander Cemetery, and after two seconds of silence, he gently nodded his head and said:

　　”Yes.”

　　”The world,” said Mr. Somewhat wistfully …… he was like a great river calm on the surface, with many turbulences and eddies underneath …… Audrey nodded her head imperceptibly and said:

　　”Can you get into his dreams? I want to get the magic potion formulas for ‘Judge’ and ‘Knight of Punishment’.”

　　”No problem.” Klein replied while glancing at Leonard.

　　Leonard still had his hands in his pockets, only his eyes instantly darkened.

　　Sitting on the walkway chair, Longzell then fell into a deep sleep.

　　Immediately afterward, the three appeared in his dream world.

　　This was a bustling city with mostly wooden houses, and the pedestrians coming and going were almost all Ruins.

　　The dark-haired, blue-eyed Lonzel stood outside a house, not quite daring to get close enough to look there, until a woman in a long, stale dress came out from inside, and he greeted her excitedly, unfolding his arms in an attempt at a hug.

　　His embrace passed through the woman, and the two did not cross paths.

　　Longzell froze in place and gave a low, wooden cry:

　　”Mom ……”

　　Audrey, who had wanted to channel the dream straight away, watched the scene quietly before surveying her surroundings and spotting the iconic clock.

　　”Berkland ……” Audrey pursed her lips and turned her head sideways, her eyes narrowing as she looked at Klein, “Can’t they leave the world of the book?”

　　”Too much time has passed, they would simply age, die, or even wind up if they left.” Klein’s tone was like a quietly gushing river, “I did send one of Longzell’s items back to Beckland.”

　　This …… as a “viewer”, Audrey keenly perceived the harsh reality hidden behind these words, and couldn’t help but raise her head, looking beyond the dream world to where Mo Bette and Shattas were.

　　Leonard wanted to ask what the item was, but after glancing around, he held his silence.

　　Next, Audrey carefully channeled the dream, and on top of obtaining the two magic potion recipes, had Longzell back home, living happily with his parents, brothers, and sisters.

　　It was a beautiful dream.

　　After leaving where Longzell was, Klein, Leonard, and Audrey soon saw Grocer’s home.

　　This was their last stop on this quest, and when they had gained information from Grosel the Giant’s subconscious, they would go from there into the sea of the collective subconscious of the world of this book, seeking the secret of why this book could exist.

　　Note 1: Quoted from “Freedom and Love” by the Hungarian poet Petofi