Chapter 633: Protective Jieti, Arrival of Refugees

Konnifila City.

The once bustling and prosperous Konnifila City was now shrouded in panic; human Merchants were everywhere, pulling strings and calling in favors, hoping to quickly leave this place via the Teleportation Array of one of the Mage Towers in the city.

But at this moment, it could basically be considered wartime, and no Controller was willing to allocate the extremely precious and tight teleportation slots to a group of Merchants.

Besides the Merchants holding wealth, there were even more guards and stewards belonging to the merchant guilds, and even the most ordinary carriage drivers and porters, all now blocked inside Konnifila City.

A massive, invisible Jieti covered Konnifila City and a large area surrounding it; it was not that no one had tried to leave directly, but they had all been blocked back by the Jieti.

If one were to ask why a Magic Jieti that had never appeared before had risen over Konnifila City, one only needed to look at the figures of Elves swarming and gathering on the south bank of the Taisha River, not far to the south.

And to the east of Konnifila City, outside the Magic Jieti, a large group of Elves who had originally lived on the north bank of the Taisha River had already gathered around; a team of human Mages was negotiating with several leading Elf Mages across the Magic Jieti.

Under these circumstances, almost everyone thought of the very small but indeed possible scenario of an Elf invasion, and the few Elves within Konnifila City had already been taken into custody in advance.

No one was willing to let those few unstable factors move about freely under these circumstances.

……

Taisha Qiao, located not far south of Konnifila City, connected the two banks of the Taisha River; on the human side, it was called "Taisha Qiao," but on the Elf side, it was called "Kangni Qiao."

At this moment, on the bridge, Kezimo, a Senior Arcanist from the Fenwick Tower, one of the Seven Towers, was looking vigilantly at the Elf Mage who was less than five steps away from him.

To be treated so solemnly by a Senior Arcanist, it could naturally only be an Elf High Mage whose power was comparable to a Great Arcanist.

But this High Mage, who claimed to be the Komansuo Mianwang Special Envoy, had brought an order from the Seventon Council, and the order was also very outrageous: it required him to gather the Elves who had come to Konnifila City as much as possible and provide them with basic shelter and food.

Kezimo naturally could not simply believe such an order; he had his companions contact Seventon at the first opportunity, while he himself stood guard on Taisha Qiao, even though he knew that doing so would not stop a High Mage from advancing.

But he still did it; fortunately, this High Mage did not show any intention to attack and even took the initiative to restrain the swarming Elves, otherwise, this place might have long since fallen into chaos.

Just as Kezimo was guessing what the purpose of this High Mage coming here really was, a slight commotion had already appeared among the Elf refugees blocked on the south bank.

"Patriarch Nailuo, are you really sure that the one on the bridge is a High Mage?"

"Absolutely certain. I have been to Kemansuoer and seen the Statue of that person in a square; the attire and demeanor are exactly the same. I cannot be mistaken!"

"Then we are in trouble. Why would a High Mage stop us here? Do you think they are here to settle accounts for our fleeing? Or do they want to plunder the wealth we have accumulated over the years?"

Once these words were spoken, many Elves immediately became agitated; neither possibility was something they could accept, yet their current behavior happened to fit both possibilities.

"Shall we go back?" an Elf dressed as a Commoner said weakly.

His words immediately drew looks from other Elves as if they were looking at a fool; a companion beside him immediately pulled him and whispered an explanation: "We have already escaped; do you still want to go back and be turned into a Statue by those terrifying creatures?"

Speaking of this topic, the surrounding Elves could not help but shiver; they did not even dare to mention the name of the Drow, only daring to use some referential terms, as if saying that name would attract the pursuit of those terrifying creatures.

As for the Statues, not many Elves had seen them with their own eyes, but word of mouth spread, and almost all the Elves who had fled here knew that the Drow did not simply kill; they would turn living captives into Statues that could not move but could feel pain at every moment.

A few Elves who had seen such painful Statues with their own eyes would lose their composure whenever the Statues were mentioned, as if they had seen something extremely terrifying.

Panic is contagious, and among the Elves who could make it here, almost none wanted to go back and face the Drow.

……

And just as the Elf refugees were discussing whether to sneak into the mountains first and then find a way to escape into the human world, a strange change suddenly occurred on the bridge not far away.

It was like a spark suddenly exploding; a small point suddenly appeared in the space, then gradually expanded, forming a slightly hazy, massive mirror surface, through which the scene on the opposite side could be vaguely seen.

Immediately after, a figure emerged from the mirror surface; seeing the person who had arrived, Kezimo suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly saluted, "Lord Haruisi!"

The person who arrived was none other than the current person in charge of the Fenwick Tower—the Great Arcanist Haruisi, who was also Kezimo's direct superior.

While Haruisi was still at the other end of the Portal, he had noticed the Elf Mage standing on Taisha Qiao; as soon as he arrived, he took the initiative to greet him, "Your Excellency Suweilisi, I did not expect that you would come in person this time!"

Suweilisi was a confidant of the Komansuo Mianwang; as a High Mage, he often accepted temporary orders to travel to various places, and he had been to Netheril more than once or twice, so Haruisi was quite familiar with him.

And when Suweilisi saw that Netheril had sent a Great Arcanist, his attitude also softened, "The Mianwang is very concerned about the safety of his people and specially sent me to receive them; if any Drow follow, I can also deal with them along the way."

"So that's how it is!"

Haruisi was noncommittal about this reason; if they really valued the safety of their people so much, they would not have let the Drow break through the defensive line. He did not believe that Komansuo really had no way to deal with the Drow and had to wait until the surrounding countries all provided support.

However, he did not care about these trivial matters; he had come only to prevent the other party from spying on the Magic Jieti of Konnifila City, although the initial root of this protective Jieti could be traced back to Elven Magic, it also contained the Wisdom of the Netherese.

Although Haruisi himself tended to cooperate friendly with the Elves, he still had basic wariness; seeing that Suweilisi had no intention of continuing the conversation, he instructed Kezimo, "Open the Jieti and let the Komansuo citizens enter the city to rest."

"Yes."

Kezimo did not go back, but only sent back a message; a moment later, the Jieti disappeared.