"perhaps."

Estas glanced at Deedlit.

"But no matter what, we can't just leave him alone."

"But he is imprisoned by the King of the Forest. There is nothing we can do about him?"

"Yeah……"

Estas answered ambiguously.

"Deedlit doesn't need to worry about this. Speaking of which, have you seriously learned to listen to the voice of the higher elves?"

"Ouch, I know!"

Deedrit puffed up her cheeks and turned her head.

Not to mention listening to the voices of the upper elves, in fact, even the lower elves cannot be fully controlled. For example, she has not talked to the fire elves yet, because the flames have the power to destroy everything.

Deedrit turned her back to Estas with an unhappy expression. If she continued talking to him, she might become angry because of it.

Goblins hate meaningless disputes.

They believe that all disputes can be resolved with reason and time, and that the time of the goblins is unlimited.

"Be careful."

Estas said this behind Deedrit who was about to leave.

"Don't go too far after leaving the barrier!"

Deedrit, who was about to leave, suddenly stopped and looked back at Estas in surprise.

"You... know?"

Deedrit looked at Estas sheepishly, like a leaf beaten by raindrops.

"Of course I know."

Estas smiled softly.

The village stipulates that you must not leave the barrier.

"Then why did you..."

"You won't be obedient anyway. But it's very dangerous outside the barrier, so you must be careful."

"I know this!"

Deedlit's tone seemed a little dissatisfied.

"The elves have been following me all the time, and I also brought a sword with me. You should also know my swordsmanship skills?"

Deedlit said this, patting the jewelry on her chest and the sword at her waist.

Of course Estas knows.

She is more agile than anyone in the village. Although her sword skills are not as good as those of a skilled warrior, she makes up for it with her speed.

Therefore, the strength of the sword can be said to be one of the best in the village.

There is nothing special about this. Young fairies will rely on the power of weapons.

After they fight, they will know how powerless weapons are and regard them as taboo.

Because weapons are not tools to protect yourself, but tools to harm others. To protect yourself, you only need to use the power of elves.

But Estas had no intention of telling Deedlit about this.

Telling her now will make her resentful, and she won't accept this statement. She will naturally understand it when the time comes.

Just like myself back then.

"You got it?"

Deedlit chuckled.

"So don't worry!"

Deedlit turned around again and left like a gust of wind.

2

The village of the goblins is located in the center of the Forest of No Return.

However, there are "shortcuts" connecting to the fairy world throughout the forest, so no matter which corner of the forest you want to go to, you can go back and forth within one day.

Estas took the shortcut back to the village.

I don’t know how long it will take for Deedlit to come back this time. In fact, she has not returned to the village sometimes or even for a whole month recently. Although the residents of the village are worried about her whereabouts, as long as she does not leave the barrier, she should be fine. What problems will there be?

In addition to animals such as wolves and bears, there are also phantom beasts such as unicorns and griffons in this forest. However, these forest creatures will not attack the elves who are the guardians of the forest.

Because they know that goblins are also part of the forest.

However, the situation outside the barrier makes the fairies very worried. For example, humans may harm other creatures in order to snatch property or even personal preferences.

In order to meet the elder, Estas went to the location of the ancient tree.

The ancient tree is the foundation of the Forest of No Return. It is an ancient tree covered with golden leaves.

According to the creation myth, the world was born after the death of the Origin Giant who had infinite lifespan. The first gods, the Dragon King and the World Tree were born at that time.

The body, branches and leaves of the World Tree are all golden, as brilliant as the sun falling on the earth. It is said that the World Tree is so tall that it almost reaches the star realm, and its dense branches and leaves cover most of the earth's surface, casting a golden color shadow.

The World Tree will bear fruits called "Reality of Life". It is from this reality of life that the gods created fairies, elves, and all animals and plants.

However, the World Tree was so weak that it almost withered, so the gods sealed the World Tree to the spirit world and made it a source of plant power.

At that time, the gods planted the new shoots of the world tree on the earth, and what was born later was the ancient tree.

The places where ancient trees were planted later became primitive forests. The forest distribution range is quite wide, and most of them still exist today. Take Rhodes Island as an example, the Forest of No Return and the forest in the northern part of Moss. The Forest of Mirrors is a primitive forest guarded by ancient trees.

The elders of the high-level goblin tribe sat quietly facing the ancient tree.

During this year, the elder remained in this sitting position without moving.

He has been meditating with his eyes closed, and he does not eat or drink. But there is no need to worry about him, because this senior elder of the goblin clan is not so much a goblin, but rather a being close to elves, and is not the same as living in the world. This young enchantress in the material world is fundamentally different.

Seeing the elders, Estas felt that he was very similar to those abominable humans. Perhaps he was invisibly influenced by humans while living in the material world.

Although ordinary elves live long lives, they will eventually face the fate of death, and their lives are no different from humans. For example, they will trade with humans, live in human cities, and even fall in love with humans and give birth to new lives.

Estas could not understand their actions, and did not think there was any need to understand them. Why would they be kind to these barbaric humans?

Perhaps for fairies, the entire material world should be called a demonic realm, because everywhere is filled with curses that distort souls and force them to assimilate with humans.

Although Estas came to see the elder, he did not dare to interrupt the elder's meditation. He just stood under the golden shadow of the ancient tree and was at a loss for a while.

Estas made up his mind because the phantom appeared in front of him again.

The humans desperately looking for an exit, trying to escape from the magical space created by the Forest Elf King through the power of the golden tree.

If that person hurts the golden tree and breaks the magic of the Forest King, the barrier protecting this Forest of No Return will disappear.

"Elder..."

Estas spoke very reverently.

"...Estas?"

It took a while before there was a response.

Because the elder's soul left the body and went to a distant place.

Although he responded, the elder remained motionless.

"Sorry to disturb your meditation, but there is something very important to the forest that I must talk to you about."

"Things that are important to the forest..."

After the elder repeated it twice, he slowly stood up and turned to look at Estas.

The elder was one head lower than Estas, and he was not as old as expected. He looked the same age as Estas.

However, his whole body exuded a faint golden light.

This is a characteristic of high-level fairies that grow in the fairies world. Elders are fairies born from the reality of life, and can be said to be brothers with the ancient tree in front of them.

Estas told the elders the details.

The human beings floating around like phantoms, and the dangers of leaving them alone. In fact, not only Estas, but also most of the residents feel uneasy about this.

The only one who didn't mind was Deedlit, who didn't know the truth.

"I know. After all, we can't just leave it alone."

The elder stared into Estas's eyes.

"Want to go?"

"Although I don't want to go, we must get rid of this danger."

Estas replied like this. He originally came to discuss this with the elders with this idea in mind.
To be continued...