Chapter 1 A New Beginning (2 in 1)
The black dots on the lake are a canoe made of a giant tree in the Moonlight Forest, with space enough to stuff more than a dozen people. There is no deliberate carving or decoration on the canoe. The simple shape and pure natural wood texture reflect the natural artistic sense of the elves.
The canoe soon carried a dozen people to the island in the middle of the lake. This island has no artificial buildings, like a naturally formed flower bed. The dense lawn is dotted with beautiful wild flowers, and even the prisoners have a sense of relaxed and happy freedom.
Without the survival crisis hanging over your head all the time, Moonlight Forest is indeed a very wonderful place to stay.
At this time, there were not many people on the small island in the heart of the lake. Except for them, most of the preparatory apostles in Moonlight Town had seen the starry gate. The elf guard who sent them over quickly left in a canoe, and he had to pick up the remaining people.
"Lin Feng, Qin Lun, do you think I'm beautiful?" Xiaolian ran from the side with a scream, with a small yellow flower inserted in her hair, which set off her big round face that was a little baby-fat, and looked very lively and cute.
"Don't pick flowers on the island!" Qin Lun frowned slightly and said with an expressionless look at Xiaolian.
"Oh!" Xiaolian seemed to realize something, lowered her head in depression, turned around and left.
"The world always calls us murderers, but we don't know that in the eyes of all life, human beings are devils themselves!" A faint voice sounded behind Qin Lun, "We just have different views from most devils!"
Qin Lun's heart moved and turned around to look at the person behind him.
"Hello, Qin Lun, I'm Hill!" The "Shepherd" with a big back and a smile leaned over to show his respect.
Among the five major murderers, Hill is the oldest, a white man in his fifties. From his peaceful face and his always polite gentlemanly temperament, it is hard to imagine that this original Catholic priest would be a perverted murderer who eats human flesh.
When Hill was arrested, he did not defend himself, but instead said a famous saying that was widely circulated by the prisoners.
"Humans are the Lamb of God, and the shepherds always secretly steal fish!"
Qin Lun nodded to Hill, and swept the back of the shepherd's hand out of the corner of his eyes. There was a small mysterious pattern on the back of the priest's hand, which was a black two-headed snake spitting out a snake letter, wrapping around a silver cross.
After the canoe sent a group of preparation apostles behind, there were more than 30 people on the small island in the middle of the lake. The elf guards no longer sailed on ships and left the island. It seemed that only these people should watch the opening of the Starry Gate.
As time went by, the people on the small island in the middle of the lake suddenly felt the land under their feet tremble slightly. Outside the crystal shield above the Moonlight Forest, a psychedelic colorful light belt appeared. It was a bit like the aurora at the north and south poles of the earth, and a bit like a curtain of transparent brocade covering the sky.
The people on the small island in the middle of the lake were quietly watching this gorgeous scenery. The colorful light belts kept changing and twisting in front of the floating city, as if they were a gurgling and brilliant galaxy.
The colorful light belt extends to both sides in the sky and gradually becomes a magnificent star door that stands tall and upright. This star door is not like a vortex portal, but continues to float inside with colorful light belts, and starlight appears from time to time.
The huge floating city is under the Star Gate, like a staggering snail, slowly moving towards the Star Gate and finally being swallowed by the Star Gate.
When the people on the island in the heart of the lake passed through the star gate, they felt a breeze passing by. Compared with the teleportation of time and space, everyone's consciousness was clearer and they did not feel anything unusual in their bodies.
After a brief shock, the apostle who came back to his senses finally noticed that outside the Moonlight Forest, the suspended continent where he is now located, was completely different from the environment of the Red Gobi Desert, and had a huge change.
"What is this place? It's so terrible!" The little goblin pulled Qin Lun's clothes nervously, staring at the outside of the Moonlight Forest with wide eyes.
If the red Gobi where the Moonlight Forest was originally located was a deserted place. Then the suspended continent that it now reaches through the Starry Sky Gate can be called "hell".
The dry and cracked brown land is filled with yellow sulfur smoke, and active volcanoes erupting flames and dust are vaguely visible at the end of their sight. No matter what race, the name hell can reflect here.
"Is our teleportation coordinate wrong?" Lin Feng asked at the elf guard next to him in a daze.
"No, that's right!" Faced with Lin Feng's questioning, the elf guard's eyes dodged and replied embarrassedly, "We do want to stay here for a while!"
"Where is this place?" a prisoner asked with a frown.
"This is the scorching plain of the demon clan, and it is the midway station for us to return to the Elf Continent!" The Elf Guard replied awkwardly, "However, please rest assured that we are safe here and will not be attacked by the demon clan. As for the specific situation, when you return to Moonlight Town, there will be an elf elder to explain to you!"
The apostles did not scream. They had already experienced a time-space teleportation, and had more or less experienced some incredible things. Moreover, there were tall men holding on to them when the sky fell, and the elves were not afraid, so what were they afraid of?
In the broken starry sky, no matter what kind of wise race you encounter, the identity of the Preparatory Apostle is their best amulet.
After returning to Moonlight Town, an elf elder came to explain to them immediately. The elf elder's explanation was similar to the guards, and he made a safety guarantee to everyone, saying that this was just a midway station for star gate teleportation. At the same time, he also hinted that everyone should try not to go out and avoid unnecessary dangers.
Before Qin Lun finished listening to the elf elder's words, he turned around and left with Didi, with a mysterious light flashing in his eyes.
Shortly after he returned to the house, Adeline came to visit with a few elves guards.
"Put on the cloak and bring important things!" The elf beauty threw two hooded cloaks to Qin Lun and Didi.
"Okay!" Qin Lun didn't ask the reason, smiled and put on a hooded cloak, put on a mask handed over by Adeline. Finally, he glanced at the wooden building where he had lived for more than half a month, then turned around and followed the elves with Didi.
The elves took Qin Lun and Didi out of Moonlight Town, entered the depths of Moonlight Forest, and came to a clearing in the forest before stopping.
There were more than a dozen masked apostles waiting in this open space. In the center of the open space was a complex teleportation array, with several crystal clear magic crystals placed around it.
A very old elf elder stood in front of the teleportation array. Qin Lun knew this elf elder. He was Feilun Boguang, the dean of Evelit Boguang Academy, and also the descendant of the legendary elf Evelit Boguang, and the patriarch of the Boguang clan among the moonlit night elves.
"Everyone, Moonlight Forest is not only the home of the Moonlight Elves, but also the first voyage station after entering the broken starry sky. Moonlight Forest is honored to serve you, and I personally look forward to continuing to hear your future legendary deeds." Feiron's eyes swept across the apostles and said calmly.
"We follow the principle of equivalent exchange. You do not owe Moonlight Forest anything. During the adventure of the apostle, the services we provide are insignificant and will not force everyone to leave any promises for this. I just hope that everyone can take priority in accepting our employment when the night elves encounter trouble. Feiren is grateful to you here!"
The old elf stroked his chest with his right hand, and the apostles wearing masks also returned the gifts.
Qin Lun looked around with an invisible smile on his lips. He knew that these apostles were all formal apostles, and it was possible that Hansen, Hill and others were also in it.
"Master, are we going to leave the Moonlight Forest?" Didira asked softly at the corner of the young man's clothes.
"Yes, we are going to a special apostle city, a shared management of many intelligent races including the demons and elves!" Qin Lun touched the head of the little Goblin and said lightly.
"Ah, I understand! Moonlight Forest did not pass by the scorching plains, but was specially teleported here to send the official apostles into the apostle city. Master, is that?" Didi's big eyes hidden behind the mask shone.
"Haha, little guy, you are smarter than many people!" Qin Lun chuckled, "But you only guessed half of it!"
"Is it only half right?" The little brother Blin grabbed his sharp ears depressedly, fluttered his big eyes, pretending to be a cute baby and looking at Qin Lun.
"You are so smart, think about it yourself!" Qin Lun looked at its appearance, gave it a thrill of laughter, shook his head, and did not continue to explain.
Although I don’t know how much resources it will take to teleport the floating city across the void and teleport to another suspended continent, it is obviously not a small number. If you want more than a dozen formal apostles to teleport to the apostles city on the scorching plains, you only need to open the small starry gate, why bother with such a big fanfare as you are now?
After listening to Adeline's explanation yesterday, Qin Lun had a vague understanding of the Apostle City. The Apostle City is very similar to a membership company. The apostle is a member of the company, and the intelligent race that jointly built the city relies on member elections to obtain the management authority of the city.
Now this apostle city is in the scorching plain of the demon clan, which means that the demon clan has temporarily won the main management of the city. The elf elder's words are right, and the apostles will not encounter any danger on the scorching plain. For the current demon clan, the current one, is not a demon, but a nanny.
Of course, the reason why Moonlight Forest allowed those preparatory apostles who had never seen the Starry Gate to witness the teleportation of the starry sky with their own eyes was that they wanted to dispel the doubts of those preparatory apostles who had first seen the scorching plains, and at the same time, they also used this harsh environment to deter the apostles from leaving the city.
They were not afraid of danger to the apostles, but they were afraid that these apostles would be abducted to the floating city of the demons.
As for why the Moonlight Forest had to be teleported to the scorching plains for a long time, Qin Lun guessed that it might be related to the troubles encountered by the elves. The quiet and peaceful environment of the Moonlight Forest made everyone forget the true face of the floating city.
What was the purpose of the floating city being originally built? Of course, it was to find and attract the apostles!
So what is the purpose of attracting the apostles? Of course, it is to gain an advantage in the war between races and the hanging continent, and to the reproduction of the intelligent race itself.
Although the floating cities built for this purpose have various functions and types, there is one that will not change, that is, they all have armed forces.
No matter how small the floating city is, it is also a fortress. The so-called fortress is a military facility with armed forces.
"It seems that the Moonlight Elf is in quite a bit of trouble this time!" Qin Lun curled his lips and muttered in a low voice.
The scorching plain is the base of the demon clan. In addition to the apostle city, there must be another scorching city of the demon clan. The moonlit night elves teleport an academy-shaped scorching city to the scorching plain, and the meaning of it is self-evident.
It is to increase the confidence of confrontation, but it is unwilling to break up completely. After all, the Academy City is not a frontline fortress that is truly used for war.
So the elves teleport a floating city into the scorching plains. Can other managed races in the Demons or Apostles City mobilize another floating city?
The answer is no! Competition is competition, and all the apostles in the apostles will not allow the intelligent race responsible for managing the city, and a war really takes place around them. The weak elves mobilize an academy city to demonstrate, barely within the bottom line of the apostles, and if the city is teleported over, it will be impossible to understand.
This is the political wisdom of the elders of the Elf Clan! The arrival of the Moonlight Forest can increase the voice of the Elf Clan in the apostle city in a short time and gain certain benefits at the negotiating table.
Otherwise, everyone will break up and make a big fuss on the scorching plains, and they will part. At that time, the elves will definitely lose the management rights of the apostle city, but the demons will not think about it. In the next election of the management rights of the apostle city, they will naturally be replaced by other races.
However, it can make the docile and peaceful elves make such rogue actions. Obviously, in this apostle city, the night elves were oppressed very miserably by the demons and other race managers and had to fight against the enemy.
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"Okay, if everyone is ready, then we will start teleporting immediately!" As soon as the opening remark ended, Feiren waved to the other elf elders around him, signaling them to activate the teleportation array.
When the apostles entered the center of the magic circle, the magic crystals around them began to shine slowly. Accompanied by a dazzling white light, the scenery in front of Qin Lun changed drastically.
Since the Moonlight Forest was out, the masks on the apostles' faces were useless. Qin Lun took off his mask, and a strong smell of sulfur penetrated into his nose. However, he soon recovered and felt no more discomfort.
The apostle's law body is not covered. Many geographical environments that break the starry sky will have a fatal impact on intelligent creatures and have no effect on the apostle. After all, the law body concentrates the most basic world law of the broken starry sky. If it is still affected by the local environment, it would be ridiculous.
This is a gourd-shaped valley with a large belly and a small mouth. There are strangely shaped hideous peaks around it. The place where the apostles are now standing is also a teleportation magic circle. However, the guardians of the magic circle are no longer elves guards, but some creatures with strange appearances.
Most of these organisms are between two and three meters in size, wearing thick steel armor, with curved horns on their heads, exposed arm muscles, brown skin, and part of them with fish-scaly nails. The characteristic of completely distinguishing them from human-shaped beasts is that they seem to be burning with flame-like pupils that are always burning.
"It's a demon!" A whisper rang out among the apostles, but basically suppressed the volume. The demons' huge size was obviously very shocking.
"The Sixth Apostle Urban ‘Devil’s Horn’!" Across the demons around the magic circle, the only "little demon" in a robe walked out.
It is said to be a "little demon" because the demon leader who led these demons to welcome the apostles was the smallest among them, very close to the human body, and did not look as oppressive as other demon warriors.
Those who can become formal apostles are not fools. They immediately realized that this should be the demon clan and did not want their terrible appearance to affect the apostle who entered the "Devil's Horn" for the first time. This recognition also made many apostles secretly breathe a sigh of relief, and their fear was eliminated a lot.
"Hmph, it's you, you pretending to be a cunning demon again!" Feiren, who teleported over with the apostle, snorted coldly, turned his head with a stern face.
"Hehe, isn't this Elder Feiren? Please forgive Beruses for being rude. I didn't notice that you were the one who led the team in person!" Beruses, who was called a cunning demon by the Elves, smiled strangely without a smile, "Since Elder Feiren is here, should you visit the 'Devil's Horn'!"
"No need, I'm afraid I won't come back if I go!" Feiren glanced at the demon in disdain and said coldly, "However, the Moonlight Elf is still one of the five major management races of the "Devil's Horn". Don't pretend to be a master in front of me!"
"Haha, Elder Feiren really misunderstood us!" The flame in Beruses's eyes jumped slightly, but he stopped explaining and immediately kept silent.
Seeing Beruss' look like he was angry, a hint of disappointment flashed in Feiren's eyes, but he did not continue to provoke the cunning demon, and turned around and re-entered the teleportation array.
Qin Lun looked at the verbal confrontation between the elf elder and the cunning demon, and felt deeply sighing in his heart. Neither of these two old guys are easy-to-eat lights!
Feiren looked indignant just now, just to arouse Beruses's hostility and leave a bad impression on the demons on the scene.
Beruses showed a young wife's look as if she was angry. She didn't scold her and beat her back, and she didn't explain a word, which instead aroused the sympathy of the apostles. Even if these formal apostles came from the Moonlight Forest, they would probably not feel bad about the demons they met for the first time.
It was precisely because of this that Feiren immediately stopped the verbal attack, otherwise it would cause a negative effect if it continued.
The guards of the elves quickly teleported away, leaving only one Adeline to accompany the apostles. It was obvious that the elves were going to follow the apostles into the "Devil's Horn".
"Okay, all the elegant and delicate 'elves' ladies' have left! Dear apostles, allow me to represent the Demons and the Council of Managers, once again belong to the adventure park of real men - the 'Demon's Horn' of the scorching plains!" Beruses raised his hands and smiled with a big mouth.
Chapter completed!