Chapter 51 Natural Balance(1/2)
After making the plan, the next step is preparation time. The castle of the Aina Laughing Family is located on a hill - almost all the castles of the Lords of the Mountain are located on the hill - how could they be called the Lords of the Mountain?
Most Paparal people live in low houses, which is a kind of building with the characteristics of Rodell. In fact, they are not short, but they are built under trees, in hollow trunks or under low hills, so they are built and named after them.
They have low eaves, semi-arched windows, and outside the eaves, flower beds drooping under the eaves. The Paparals who love life always plant flowers in front and behind the houses, carefully taking care of their small gardens, where they are like spring all year round, full of night orchids, lilies, hyacinths and star flowers.
As for the more prestigious families in the local area, they had been unremitting efforts by more than a dozen generations to accumulate wealth and occupy a large area of land - according to the Paparals - they were lords from the other side of the mountain to this side.
Aina Xiaoyu's family is such a family. Oak Hill is her family land. It is named because there is a huge gray oak tree on the hill, and the shade can almost cover half of the hill.
The arches of the giant tree form the unique hanging hills, and this whole branch is the property of her family. Aina Xiaoyu's great-grandfather built a castle on the hillside. He is called the "Devon" with a pointed hat and is one of the most legendary Paparal people in Rodell.
And from that castle you can almost overlook half of Silver Ridge.
It is not easy to get to that castle. Aina Laughing friends will take giant eagles or eagles. Most of them are the owners of a castle in Shaffendor and Oxseid, or the guardians of a holy forest.
There is a platform on the upper floor of the castle. Since the generation of Aina Xiaoyu's grandfather, two giant eagles have been raised. The nobles of the giant tree hill have a tradition of raising giant eagles or eagles horses, and the same is true for the lords of the mountain.
Ordinary people can only reach the castle through huge vines coiled around the branches. The Linnorirs called that kind of vine "Climbing Cloud Vine" or "Giant Arm" - huge vines surrounded the branches one by one, one of which happened to reach the castle of the Aina Xiaoyu family.
But there are guards on this road. Although most of these Paparal guards are polite, they will not stop anyone from visiting the castle of the Aina Xiaoyu family. Even if you are a stranger, the hospitality Paparal master will not mind inviting you to have lunch or at least have a cup of afternoon tea.
The Paparals are not so particular about superiority and inferiority. They like lively and gather together, and are also keen on making new friends. From ordinary people to lords up the mountain, there are no exceptions.
But the premise of all this is that you are their guest, and if you are an intruder, that's another matter.
The guards tamed the chameleon as their mounts and communicated with each other with silver-feathered hawks. It was not easy to get around them.
Because they cannot exclude the suspicion of Aina Xiaoyu or Wat Shiqiu for the time being, Fang Zhu did not intend to visit the mountain lord in an explicit manner, so they could only choose another way to enter the mountain lord's palace.
Or in another way, sneak in—
After everyone asked, Parker finally had no choice but to say that he actually knew a secret passage that could enter the castle.
And that is actually not a secret passage, but a nest of a displaced beast.
The displacement beast was raised by Old Hawk, who was Aina Xiaoyu's great-grandfather. This magic beast lived for 120 years and was loyal to Aina Xiaoyu's family.
Aina Xiaoyu left it in that nest to guard the secret passage for them, which led to the foot of the mountain, in a mountain wall near the Mossliu River.
The group was walking through the open-air fair to the Adventurers Association. Tianlan couldn't help but feel a little incredible when he heard Parker's words. She blinked and asked, "So you have really been there? I thought you were bragging in the past - the kitchen offensive and defensive alliance, and a hat burned the mountain lord."
There is no decent magic shop in the entire Silver Ridge, and the Craftsman Association has no branch here. Only the Star and Moon Tower are located in the Adventurer Guild, where the Warlocks also sell some magic tools.
In order to make an infiltration preparation, they planned to go there to buy some things. Fang Zhu wanted to see if he could buy a few walkers. That was the most basic structure, just like the clockwork fairy.
Just like daily necessities.
"That was just an accident," Parker argued a little embarrassedly, "that fat cat was stolen by itself, I just accidentally triggered the kitchen trap-"
"So why are there traps in the kitchen?" Cui Xisi didn't understand this very much.
Miss Nightingale was looking at the stalls in the nearby open-air market, the merchant's goods, changes in food prices, and disasters spreading in the hills of giant trees for four months. The first ones brought refugees, which were also found in Silver Ridge, but they were rare.
Most of the Paparal people were related to each other, and their family moved here from the north to take refuge, while the locals accepted these relatives who were related to them.
They are not sought to take refuge, but rather to hold parties.
However, in Loan Hill, north of Schaefferdo, real refugee waves are gathering, and the impact of disaster branches in the central and western regions of the mainland is much worse than here. Silver Creek can remain calm at the moment, but the price of food is rising firmly and steadily.
Listening to the nonsensical conversation between Tianlan and Parker, Fang Zhu looked at the elf princess beside her. Lian Quya Alsana wore a traditional elf robe in the Rodell area today, wearing a travel cloak with a hood, with exquisite elf patterns on it.
She folded her hair high, revealing her pointed ears and slender neck, wearing a veil with a silver chain, only revealing a pair of beautiful eyes.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "I met a nun in Silver Ridge. She is a confidant of Selina Elres, the bishop of the Saints of Silver Wind Harbor. She can lead you into the airship tower."
The visiting Wat Shichul took his escorts, but out of respect for the Oak Hill owner, he left the escorts in the Flying Boat Tower.
Although it is not very certain that the Holy White Tree Heart must be in the hands of Wat Shiqiu, since it cannot be ruled out, the square pilobe must assume that the Holy White Tree Heart may still remain in the Airship Tower.
Although this possibility is not great, he can roughly sense the location of the Holy White Tree Heart, and it is very likely that it is north of Silver Ridge at this moment-
But no matter what, if something happens, they will have to take over the airship tower.
Moreover, it doesn’t take so many people to sneak into the castle. It’s easy to be exposed if there are too many people, so he plans to divide it into two teams and the troops are divided into two groups.
One team of men sneaked into the castle, while another team of men were responsible for controlling the airship tower, and if so, they had to subdue Walter Stone Hill's escort.
Therefore, he placed the main combat power in the regiment, box, May and Dalier in this group, and Aljean and others also acted with them, with Miss Nightingale being responsible.
The other group is him, Jita, Parker and Miss Shipman. Although the Giant Tree Hill is the roots and branches of the Teraka giant tree, Silvede's sensing ability can also take effect here.
Tianlan and Cui Xisi were responsible for supporting the outside world, and were also responsible for protecting the rest of the investigation team, mainly Merriel, Marian and His Highness the Elves.
The investigation team has actually basically been disbanded, because it seems that entering Dantville is far away, so it is meaningless for others to stay. In the end, only Marian, Kelland and Elf Scholar Arian stay.
As for those ordinary members, no one would pay attention to them. Even if they return to Yinfeng Port and report the matter to the Disaster Investigation Department, at most they would be left alone.
Fang Ling was not worried that they would reveal their whereabouts. Whether they were taking a boat or hiking back to Yinfeng Port, it would be at least a week or even half a month later.
Fang Yu also dismissed the Saint Selected people from the escort team. These people couldn't help much next time. They completed the agreement and just needed to go back to Yinfeng Port to settle the compensation.
The last thing left is them.
This plan was formulated by Cui Xisi, and Silmide took Miss May to draw maps everywhere, and then Alisa completed the preliminary investigation. They had basically completed the night before.
Today is just to do some procurement and preparation for the plan.
The shipmaster was standing on his side, thinking about something silently.
She wore an elegant and capable outfit today, a soft silk shirt, a row of silver buttons, and a slightly open collar, revealing the position above her collarbone.
A pendant with sea blue agate hung around her snow-white neck - the pendant first came from a bracelet, which was given to her by Fang Zhu during Gorland, and was unfortunately damaged in the battle with the Naga clan.
She finally collected most of it back and asked Xie Shita to help herself change it into a necklace, wear it with silver chains, and make a pendant with sea blue agate.
She wore a pair of slim trousers under her, like the ones that sailors often wore, paired with a pair of exquisitely designed leather boots, and then tied her long golden hair up and hid it under the turban, making her look more like a sailor.
But this still does not reduce the beauty of the noble daughter, but instead makes her more beautiful and charming.
She looked at the Elf Princess and suddenly asked, "Miss Alsana, what will the Saint view this disaster?"
The elf girl was slightly stunned. Fang Yu also looked at her that he had always wanted to know the answer. After the disaster, the elf court unilaterally asked the saint to face all this.
The Linnorel-Sangshak Council also claimed that the Saints Council should be responsible for this, and the Elders Council of Saint White Woods could not even save a Saints.
It is obviously abnormal here.
You should know that Miss Aitela is the most outstanding among the many generations of unicorn saints in the Saint White Woodlands. Since she became a Saint, the Elders Council has placed too high hopes on her.
But what happened in the Holy White Woodland? Only then did the Elders Council allow the Holy Maiden to enter the Ash Woods?
Although he has been involved in the whirlpool related to the disaster of grey branches since he arrived at Silver Wind Harbor, he has never forgotten his true purpose of coming to the Hill of Giant Trees.
The most direct way to rescue Miss Aitela is naturally to calm the disaster-
But the White Tree Temple and the Shadow Tree Temple must know better than myself what caused everything. If it was really the spread of the withering of the Holy Tree, what was the meaning of letting the Saint enter the Ash Tree?
This is a catastrophe closely related to the elves. Even if the elves and the elders' council compete for power and profit, they cannot sit idly by the end of the holy tree.
They must have a certain understanding of this disaster of grey branches to gain benefits from it, and this may be the reason why the elders' council of the Holy White Woods gave in.
In the storm that occurred in Yinfeng Port, Fang Yu also deeply realized this. Sometimes although he reacted a little slower, he had a natural sensitivity in analyzing such issues.
The Linnorel-Sangshak Parliament revolves around the key to the grey branches and the Holy White Tree Heart, perhaps because no one will be the king of a nobody kingdom.
They are outsiders, and Marian and the others are probably not involved in such high-level disputes, but Princess Lian Quia Alsana is the party involved, and she should also notice something in her position.
Therefore, at this moment, His Royal Highness is the most suitable person to answer this question.
The elf girl just shook her head gently, "For this disaster, we are actually not unable to solve it. As you can see, Mr. Ed, the holy tree and the ash branch are two sides of the same."
"Therefore, the removal of the ash branches is the main task of the Saint Maid Association. We are born with such ability. As girls guarding the forest, we suppress the dead branches and insect pests on the holy trees-"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! "But what we really lack is time. It may take us thirty or even fifty years to suppress this disaster and slowly prune the ash branches of the holy tree until nature returns to balance and the field of apoptosis returns to the hands of the person who responds to the palm."
"But the Yaoguang King's Court, my father, and Linnoril's Council, the Mountain Lords can't wait for that long, and your people (Super Athletic League) can't wait either."
"Because, another sword is hanging above the head of the giant tree hill."
Fang Yu understood at once. She was talking about the third disaster star - Zhan Qing. The shadow of the red moon is rising. The imperial people are already preparing for this. If the hill of giant trees spends half a century saving a disaster...
Then what awaits them is also a destruction.
"This is the real reason why the Elders' Council gave in," replied Lian Quia Arthana. "Everyone understands that the misfortune is approaching, and we have to pay a greater price to get the Holy Maiden to the Ashwood because she is the Holy Maiden, and the only one who is favored by Ameya-"
"She hopes to exchange for ten or even twenty years at her own expense."
Silvede asked quietly, "Miss Atira agrees?"
"In fact," the Elf Princess was silent for a while before answering softly, "This is exactly what the Saint Crown's own proposal."
Fang Yu took a deep breath. It was the elf lady he was familiar with.
This is also the first time he asked the other party about all this, and it is also the first time he has had a chance to ask the other party about this question:
"So the reason why the Saint Association was established..."
"I think if we all unite, there is not so much fighting for power and profit, and everyone living in this land will work together—" the elf girl replied softly.
“We can do it all, too.”
"Just now, we remove the influence of the ash branches little by little, and bridge the wounds of the holy tree little by little until we defeat Ninemeer, Nianlot and Gus's disaster branches."
"Maybe it will take a little longer, but it doesn't take as long as thirty or even fifty years. Maybe ten years later, fifteen years later, we can rebuild our home again and face the disaster star..."
To be continued...