Chapter 630: Legends, Bonu Original Leaf

On the map, Xia Duo saw the Elvish text "Xifu City." He knew this was where the family of Aoruipusi came from, a small Elf city located south of the Taisha River.

The potential range of the Drow Underground Passage that Aoruipusi circled was just to the northeast of Xifu City, within the Dragonspine Mountains north of the Taisha River. Looking only at the straight-line distance, it was about the same as the distance from the Savile Territory to Konnifila City.

It was no wonder the family of Aoruipusi was in such a rush to flee to the human world for refuge; it was simply too close. It seemed like a distance of over a hundred miles, and there was even the Taisha River separating them, but once a fight truly broke out, with Magic in existence, it would be a matter of minutes.

Not to mention, Aoruipusi had just mentioned that the Drow were already approaching the Taisha River. Once the Drow crossed the Taisha River, it might not be possible to escape even if they wanted to.

From the position on the map, the Drow Underground Passage was not far from Konnifila City, and both were north of the Taisha River. Although a river was not much of an obstacle for a magical race, it would be even more convenient without a river blocking the way.

From this perspective, the fact that the Drow had not attacked Konnifila City might really be because the Elves had attracted a large amount of hatred. Of course, it was more likely due to the restrictions of Cormanthor; they did not want to allow the Drow to spread on the Surface.

This once again highlighted the terror of the Drow. One had to know that Cormanthor had done things like driving Orc Tides into the territory of Netheril. They might not care about Orcs, but they could not let the Drow run wild.

Additionally, the fact that the place where the Drow appeared was within Cormanthor was also a very important factor. If left unchecked and the Drow ran rampant, it was not impossible for the Crown King to step down because of it.

Having had the experience of the Projection Plane, plus what he had learned during his not-insignificant time in Seventon, Xia Duo knew that although the Cormanthor Crown King had the ambition to "unify the world" and establish a "Great Elf Empire," he was actually constrained by many things. The high-level Mages of the Upper Families within the country alone were not so easy to suppress.

In an instant, Xia Duo thought of many things. He had a vague idea, but he could not say what it was. Perhaps it was due to insufficient information; Xia Duo did not dwell too much on this aspect. When he knew more in the future, the ideas that should emerge would naturally appear.

"Patriarch Aoruipusi, the information you brought is very important. Please rest assured and stay in the Savile Territory. As long as it does not violate the order of the Savile Territory, the Savile Territory welcomes any guest!"

Aoruipusi immediately stated that the Elves would also respect human customs, traditions, and laws and regulations. Xia Duo was noncommittal about this; in any case, if they caused trouble, he would definitely hold them accountable.

"By the way, Patriarch Aoruipusi, I wonder how much you know about that Scarlet Flash Star in the northwestern sky?"

"The King-Slaying Star?" Aoruipusi said an Elvish term.

"Yes, I heard it is related to the 【Dragon Madness Mythallar】 in Elvish legends?" Xia Duo also said an Elvish term.

"Sorry, Lord Xia Duo, I do not know much about the 【Dragon Madness Mythallar】, and I do not believe it truly exists. It might just be a legend. However, the 【King-Slaying Star】 does indeed herald the arrival of a Dragon Disaster."

If it were in the past, when Aoruipusi came to the human world and was asked about the 【Dragon Madness Mythallar】, he would definitely have told the humans that the 【Dragon Madness Mythallar】 was created by the Elves, and that it was the 【Dragon Madness Mythallar】 that ended the Dragon Era.

But now, he had decided to live in the human world for a long time. It was better to say less of these unrealistic boasts so that he could better integrate into the human world.

Yet, this statement from Aoruipusi made Xia Duo frown. He knew that the idea that the Elves created the 【Dragon Madness Mythallar】 came from the background of that game on Earth, but in this real magical world, there was indeed no evidence to suggest that the Elves created the Dragon Madness Mythallar.

Even the Dwarf Buloutuo was not sure if the 【Dragon Madness Mythallar】 truly existed. Now, hearing the Elves themselves say that their people did not create such a thing, Xia Duo could not help but feel a bit of doubt.

However, whether the 【Dragon Madness Mythallar】 existed was not actually important. This thing was still too far away for Xia Duo, far less realistic than the information that the 【King-Slaying Star】 heralded a Dragon Disaster.

But the existence of the Dragon Disaster had already been confirmed by Xia Duo. Not to mention having Buloutuo's personal experience as a reference, he himself had killed two Giant Lizards with dragon blood that were suspected to be in a state of madness yesterday.

He did not have much research on dragon blood himself, but the Tower of Time had a Mage named Xiaolei who loved to study strange and eccentric things. Xia Duo had brought back some Giant Lizard flesh and blood samples for Xiaolei.

Perhaps there would be results in a few days.

And the legendary Elves were still quite different from what Xia Duo had expected. He was a bit disappointed after this trip; apart from that magic map, there was probably nothing else.

Having reached this point, Xia Duo prepared to leave. The purpose of his visit—to meet the Elves of the Silver Leaf Family, to understand the latest situation of the Drow, and to ask about the 【Dragon Madness Mythallar】—had all been achieved.

It was just that the results were not very satisfactory. As for going further, it would only depend on time to slowly test it.

After finishing the last cup of tea, Xia Duo stood up and said to Aoruipusi and Lady Patti, "I still have things to do, so I won't stay any longer."

Lady Patti was not unfamiliar with this; she knew that Lord Xia Duo did not like to waste time on trivial matters, so she also stood up, preparing to see him off. But Aoruipusi was a bit unaccustomed to it; such a short meeting was almost impossible among Elves.

Conversations, banquets, and even games and performances, plus short breaks in between, often resulted in meetings lasting several days.

However, Aoruipusi quickly reacted; the human concept of time was completely different from that of the Elves. One could not view humans with the concepts of Elves, and since he might stay in the human world for a long time in the future, he had to adapt to this point.

"Lord Xia Duo, for our first meeting, the Silver Leaf Family has prepared a gift for you, hoping you will like it."

As he spoke, Aoruipusi took out a hollowed-out Mithril jar and pushed it gently, sending it floating toward Xia Duo.

There was actually a gift?

Xia Duo did not know how many times he had been surprised today. This Elf was truly too polite; he could not help but have some good feelings toward this Aoruipusi.

The jar felt very light in his hand. The most important thing was that this was a Magic Item. Although the aura was faint, it was a Magic Item nonetheless. Opening the lid, a refreshing scent immediately rushed to his nose, which even the airspace controlled by his body surface could not block.

Xia Duo did not suspect that the Elf had poisoned him; rather, the scent in this jar was too penetrating, and this smell gave him an inexplicable sense of familiarity. Looking at the contents of the jar again, they were also very familiar:

"Patriarch Aoruipusi, this is—"

"I saw that Lord Xia Duo likes 'Bonu No. 4' very much. This is the 'Bonu Original Leaf' that is very popular in Cormanthor! A gift for Lord Xia Duo!"

Aoruipusi explained with a smile.

In fact, the gift he had originally prepared was just an ordinary piece of Mithril jewelry. However, he discovered that this human might not like jewelry, and noticing that Xia Duo liked drinking tea, he immediately adjusted the gift and replaced the jewelry with tea leaves, which he had originally prepared for himself.

Hearing Aoruipusi's answer, Xia Duo immediately thought of where it was familiar. It was indeed somewhat similar to the taste of "Bonu No. 4," which he had just been drinking.

It was just that the form of this "Bonu Original Leaf" was individual curled dry leaves, while "Bonu No. 4" was a powder. The difference in form had created a blind spot in Xia Duo's thinking.

This was simply the difference between tea leaves and milk tea powder!

"Thank you for the gift, Patriarch Aoruipusi. I do like it very much! I hope you can also stay happily in the Savile Territory!"

After saying this, Xia Duo cast Teleportation and left directly.