Chapter 396

Elves are different from human mages.

Their magic is often not used directly for attack.

You rarely see an elf holding a wand.

There are some, but very few.

Elves' magic is generally combined with their bows and curved blades.

Therefore, elves are not actually afraid of close combat.

Even with magic, they are still excellent warriors.

The arrow Lomina shot into the sky from outside the ice wall was a legendary spell she cast.

In the Loki Forest, many elves abandoned their original names after entering.

They can be uniformly called High Elves.

They are purer, born solely from the Life Tree!

Of course, at the outskirts of the Loki Forest, these elf tribes still have their own names—otherwise, how would you tell them apart?

Compared to other elves, the Wind Elves are generally smaller in stature.

"Huh, Chief, is the place wrong? Where's the Dark Forest?"

At this moment, a Wind Elf said.

The Wind Elf chief examined closely—the trees ahead were tall, but the thick, impenetrable darkness was gone; this was clearly not the Dark Forest.

"The barrier is definitely here. They've been clearing for several days—they should have advanced several hundred meters by now."

The Wind Elf chief sensed the barrier and said.

"Let's go, let's join too. This project will take at least decades—have you all prepared yourselves?"

The Wind Elf chief asked.

"Chief, of course we're prepared. Being part of such a great project is an honor for us."

A Wind Elf said.

The other Wind Elves all voiced their agreement.

"Then let's go!"

The Wind Elf chief led over thirty thousand Wind Elves into the Dark Forest.

At this point, the outskirts of the Dark Forest no longer had Holy Flame, because it was no longer needed.

This place could no longer be called the Dark Forest—the name Princess Chenxi had already chosen: Holy Flame Forest.

This forest was cleared by the Holy Flame granted by the Lord of Flame!

The Wind Elf chief and her thirty thousand Wind Elves soon walked deep into the Dark Forest, then continued inward.

After walking several hundred meters, they still encountered no elves.

But the surrounding darkness had long been dispelled.

This meant the area had already been cleared.

"Huh, what method did they use to clear so fast? The pace seems quicker than expected. Let's keep going—another few hundred meters, and we should see them."

The Wind Elf chief was still calculating based on the clearing speed of the Loki Forest.

When the Loki Forest was cleared, they averaged only two hundred meters per day.

Yes, just that much.

Of course, that was depth—the width still spanned dozens of kilometers.

Throughout the entire Loki Forest, as more elves joined in the later stages, the speed gradually increased, but it still took a full sixty to seventy years to complete.

Of course, to elves, who each live for thousands of years, sixty or seventy years spent on a great endeavor meant nothing—they felt immense pride upon completion!

At the time the Loki Forest was cleared, there were more elves involved, and the difficulty was lower at the outskirts of the Dark Forest.

So the Wind Elf chief's estimate was not wrong.

Yet, after they advanced another eight or nine hundred meters, they still saw no elves inside.

And there was not a trace of dark matter left around them—meaning all dark matter had been completely dispelled.

This left them baffled.

"Could they have used some new method, making the clearing speed faster than I imagined?"

The Wind Elf chief thought.

"Never mind, I'll contact Sister Mina."

The Wind Elf chief said.

With that, she cast a small spell.

This small spell was how elves communicated within the forest.

The prerequisite was knowing certain characteristics of the target.

It only worked inside the forest—outside, it failed.

After all, elves were born of the forest.

"Huh, Aisha, have you reached the Dark Forest?"

Lomina's voice rang out.

The Wind Elf chief Aisha said: "Yes, Sister Mina, where are you? We've walked nearly two kilometers into the Dark Forest and haven't seen you yet."

Lomina quickly gave Aisha their location.

Over an hour later, Aisha and all the Wind Elves stood nearly a hundred kilometers from the edge of the Dark Forest, staring in stunned silence at the Holy Flame burning everywhere across the forest.

"My god, your clearing speed is this fast?!"

Aisha still couldn't comprehend it.

The speed at which the Night Elves and Green Elves had cleared the land had greatly exceeded her expectations.

Too fast.

It's only been a few days.

They've already cleared such a vast forest.

You know, it took several years to cultivate the Loki Forest to this size back then!

But the Night Elves and Green Elves did it in less than a week!

This speed is simply terrifyingly fast.

Eshara's mind was filled entirely with shock.

In fact, not just her, but the other thirty thousand Green Elves were equally stunned.

These Green Elves had long prepared to spend decades on this great project.

But now, they estimated that at this rate, in just a few months, they might clear an entirely new Loki Forest!

This overwhelming contrast left them utterly bewildered.

Originally, such speed should have filled them with joy.

But now, their shock outweighed their joy.

It was simply too fast!