Chapter 239: Empress as a Hostage

Du Binqi and his party packed their luggage and left, unwilling and reluctant. The other druids were still muttering about "cheating," "fake," and "do it again," obviously very unconvinced.

Only Du Binqi thought he had guessed the reason, so he remained silent. Instead, he went to cozy up a few times, all expressing the desire to purchase a large amount of that black liquid, but was rejected by Ang.

"This Golden Skeleton, I am a deacon of the Druid Society of the main plane and have the qualification to recommend outstanding druids to join the society. Joining the Druid Society has many benefits."

Ang tilted his head.

"This Golden Skeleton, I have a very good relationship with the elves. Your magic has many traces of elves; you should have studied under the elves, right? Give me some face."

Elves?! Stealing my field? No! Ang shook his head.

"This Golden Skeleton, I have a very high status in the main plane. With one word, wealth, beauty, status..." Speaking of this, Du Binqi suddenly realized what was in front of him. He glanced down and couldn't continue.

"This Golden Skeleton, you better think carefully. If you offend me, the consequences will be very serious." Du Binqi finally couldn't help but threaten.

Ang tilted his head.

Gulu Gulu, this conversation couldn't go on. He suspected the other party was a fool. Also, a skeleton frame, if it's not a fool, what is it?

The druids eventually left, scraping away everything. Whether it was the breadfruit trees or the bamboo, they were all dug up and burned, and even the wells were filled in, not wanting to leave a trace.

But what was the point of this? Ang had already plucked everything that could be plucked, especially those private seeds. They were not only the precious wealth of the druids but also provided Ang with some mature improvement ideas.

After Du Binqi and the others left, the Great Sage also came, bringing the Heavenly Scepter.

"This Heavenly Scepter requires a very huge amount of holy light power to drive. It requires at least six four-winged holy spirit angels to use it. Although I don't know where you caught a saintess, relying on her to drive this scepter is impossible." The Great Sage handed the scepter to Nigris and then said gloatingly.

Saintess? Nigris was stunned for a moment and turned to look at the little angel. It turned out that he had mistaken the little angel with torn wings for a saintess, while the real saintess, Xia Mala, was ignored because the holy light on her body was impure and lacked the aura of true holy light.

However, this also reflected from another aspect that the Great Sage had not carefully detected their background. Otherwise, the background of the little angel and Xia Mala could be seen through with just a careful detection.

Let it be a misunderstanding; it's quite good to be misunderstood. They weren't planning to use the little angel to drive the Heavenly Scepter anyway.

Thinking of this, Nigris feigned anger: "Knowing we can't use it, you still used it as a prize! You old undead!"

The Great Sage said embarrassedly: "I originally used it to fish for the Church of Light, but who knew that I didn't fish for the church, but fished for a team of druids and you guys. How about I change it for you?"

"No, I want this one." Nigris's short claws hurriedly hugged the scepter into its arms. Then, the old undead and the embryonic dragon looked at each other and let out old, cunning laughter.

The Great Sage who drove away was full of doubts: "This old yellow dragon seems to be very confident, as if it can drive the Heavenly Scepter. Why? It couldn't possibly be hiding six four-winged angels, right?"

Although full of questions, the Great Sage didn't care much. The Heavenly Scepter was a bait he carefully selected because in the Land of Fallen, the scepter's greatest function—summoning the Heavenly Kingdom—could not be used. The sky was full of spatial rifts, and the Heavenly Kingdom, if summoned, would only be shredded into powder.

Conversely, the Great Sage hoped even more to summon the Heavenly Kingdom, bring the Holy Heavenly Kingdom over, and shred it. In this way, the Church of Light would lose an artifact for plane projection.

Poor Great Sage, to this day, he didn't know that the Church of Light had long lost their Heavenly Kingdom. For a thousand years, the Church of Light couldn't summon the Heavenly Kingdom and could only summon holy spirits. Since more than half a year ago, they couldn't even summon holy spirits.

After the Great Sage left, the Heavenly Scepter came into Ang's hands. After the purification spell was activated, after more than three thousand times, the scepter lit up.

Ang felt a massive amount of information pouring into his soul. Almost in an instant, he mastered the method of using the Heavenly Scepter.

The Heavenly Scepter was an arm's length long, with an angel sculpture hugging its chest with crossed hands at the top. Ang gripped it hard, and the tail of the scepter extended two more sections with a swish, expanding the length of the scepter by three times.

Nigris was circling around the scepter, and the two extended sections almost poked its face.

Holding the extended scepter, Ang poked the tail end on the ground. Only to see that with the landing point as the center, a magic array light and shadow instantly expanded and projected onto the ground.

However, projection was projection, and for a long time, there were no other changes.

After observing for a while, Nigris said hesitantly: "Could it be that the ground is uneven?"

It's possible. A group of people immediately began to level the ground, scraping it flat and stepping on it firmly, then tried again. Sure enough, the magic array projected on the flat ground lit up, releasing strong magic fluctuations.

Lu Se didn't understand magic and quietly leaned over to ask in a low voice: "Lord Nigris, why does the ground need to be flat?"

Nigris replied: "A magic array is a very precise energy structure. Every inscription, every energy circuit, and every structure must be precise, otherwise it will fail. If the ground is uneven, the originally straight energy circuits and inscriptions become curved, so of course it won't succeed."

"Oh, then are there magic arrays that are originally curved?" Lu Se asked.

Nigris glanced at him: "You want to ask if there are magic arrays that don't need to be leveled and can still take effect, right? This is a typical layman's question. Of course there are, curved ones, three-dimensional ones, multi-layer stacked ones. But planar magic arrays are the simplest. The simpler the structure, the less likely it is to go wrong, and the higher the safety."

"Oh~ so the World Transit Station would rather prop up the platform to make it flat, just for safety, right?" Lu Se drew inferences from one instance and realized.

The magic array projected onto the ground tore open a light circle. Ang stretched his head over and saw the Heavenly Staircase at the top of the temple.

Looking down along the temple, he immediately saw the horizontal and vertical Gods' Square, and the elf bean plants on the square, with every plant covered in elf beans.

Huh? The elf beans have fruited?

Ang's heart was shaken, and his body passed through the light circle, running quickly toward the square.

Seeing him drill over, the little angel and the little zombie naturally didn't fall behind and followed him over. A bunch of people drilled over.

The big cat saw the elf beans all over the ground and was about to go crazy. It pounced on an elf bean plant, its little claws dancing like lightning, creating afterimages. In a short while, it picked the entire elf bean plant clean.

Ang soon discovered this point. Because of the special nature of elf beans, picking them with magic wouldn't work; it was easy to damage the branches and buds, affecting the next harvest, while picking by hand was the safest.

Ang followed behind the big cat, and the little angel and the little zombie held large cloth bags. After the big cat picked a tree, they would pick it up and shake it.

"Awoo!" The big cat was so angry it wanted to scratch people.

Ang took two elf beans out of the bag, holding an elf bean in one hand and a fist in the other.

The big cat looked left and right, and chose the elf bean.

Thus, picking one tree, rewarded with two elf beans. After picking more than three hundred trees, the big cat had more than six hundred elf beans, smiling so much that its eyes narrowed into a slit.

While Ang was picking elf beans, Nigris was studying that light circle: "Is this the teleportation 'gate'?" Nigris emphasized the tone on the sound of "gate."

This light circle had a diameter of two meters, which was not small. Even Big Bone and Lightning could easily drill over. Inside the circle was a layer of translucent energy membrane.

Because of the existence of this membrane, this light circle was very stable, not at all as violent and chaotic as ordinary spatial rifts. No one moved, and it just opened there quietly. After a long time, it suddenly shrank and disappeared.

"It's bad, it's bad, the teleportation gate is gone, we can't go back to the Land of Fallen." Nigris flew to Ang's side anxiously and said.

Ang took out the Heavenly Scepter: "It can be opened."

"Can reopen the light circle? And open it in the Land of Fallen? So powerful?" Nigris asked in surprise.

Ang nodded: "The magic array mark is still there."

"That's good. Otherwise, we would have to go back through the teleportation array, and then we would have to talk nonsense with the old undead again," Nigris said.

In the Land of Fallen, the teleportation gate disappeared, leaving only a mark on the ground. It was already dark, and the mark was engraved on the ground, not producing fluctuations, so it was very inconspicuous.

Six or seven owls quietly flew over the relay tower, circling the relay tower several times. One of them even flew into the tower and circled around, but except for a relay spirit without wisdom, nothing was found.

The owls landed and gathered in a pile, speaking human language: "Where are the people? Ran away?"

"Seems so, even the luggage is gone, definitely ran away."

"You're stupid, they have spatial magic tools, even if they have luggage, they don't need to throw it around."

"Then there should be traces of life. The tower doesn't look like there are traces of people living."

"Found a lot of horse manure outside the tower."

"Damn it, ran away so fast, could it be that they knew we would come back?"

"Consider them lucky, we'll settle the score with them later."

Several owls rushed into the sky angrily and flew toward the direction of the Holy Wall City.

Not long after they flew away, the magic array on the ground lit up for a moment, and then went out again, because Ang, who was preparing to open the spatial gate to go back, suddenly received Anthony's call in his soul.

"My lord, the elves have issued another announcement, saying that the God of Life invites Lord Ang to visit the Elf Forest."

"The God of Life is awake?" Nigris was greatly encouraged upon hearing the news: "Great, I want to make those elves pay until they die."

Returning to the main plane couldn't use the spatial gate, so they projected down directly through the Heavenly Staircase. After returning to the Abyss of Rest, they then teleported to the dragon cave in the Dragon Fall Canyon through the teleportation array.

Through the bloodline call, soon, Bai Hou and Nai Aili returned to the dragon cave. After a long separation, everyone was very happy, and Nai Aili beat Nigris up.

"No need to help?" Big Bone scratched his head and asked.

"No need, no need, this is their way of expressing feelings." Lu Se hid at a distance that Big Bone's arms couldn't reach and said.

"Their feelings are really good."

After some frolicking, Nigris broke its own broken thigh and let Ang treat it, while asking the Dragon Speaker Sha Fei Ya: "How is the situation now? Did the elves make things difficult for you? Why are you in such a hurry to find us back?"

Regarding the movements of the elves, they all learned from Anthony. After all, Anthony's subordinates were the forces of the church, and the perspective of intelligence must be from the perspective of the church's benefit. The understanding of the situation must not be as good as the parties involved like Sha Fei Ya.

"No, no." Sha Fei Ya hurriedly shook her head: "The elves didn't make things difficult for us. They were very good to us, helped us dig many wells and Fengshui towers, solved the drinking water problem in the oasis, and gave us several crops suitable for desert planting. If it weren't for the lord helping us treat injuries and illnesses, these elves would have been ready to provide free clinics for us."

"So good? Consider them to have a conscience. I'll blackmail a little less. What is a Fengshui tower?" Nigris asked.

"It's a tower like a windmill, connected to a pit underground. When the wind blows on it, the pit underground will turn into water. Through a small pressure handle, the water in the pit can be pressed out, whether for drinking or irrigation."

Sha Fei Ya explained: "According to the elves, there are water elements in the air. The temperature is high. When it blows on the windmill, it will be guided to the pit underground. The temperature in the pit is low, and the water elements will gather and turn into water, turning from wind to water, so it's called a Fengshui tower. Anyway, that's the meaning."

"The principle is not complicated, but this is not the style of the elves. It's very much like the style of those mages in the Star Republic, where magic is not used where it can be avoided. A group of mages, thinking all day about removing magic and elements, inexplicable." Nigris said puzzledly.

"Uh, the elves who helped us build the Fengshui tower also said so. She said this is not the technology of the elves, but it is most suitable for the desert environment."

Nigris nodded, indicating it knew, and then asked: "Is there any other situation?"

Sha Fei Ya looked at Ang who had already put on a straw hat and said hesitantly: "The Great Druid of the elves planted Lord Ang's land to death."

Planted to death?! Ang's head suddenly burst into flames, and his gaze locked onto Sha Fei Ya.

In the Elf Forest, the entire range of the World Tree was shrouded in a layer of green mist, including the Queen's palace. All elves who entered this green mist would quickly lose consciousness and then be nudged by a group of animals and thrown out.

Any animal in the green mist was unaffected, except for the elves. Now everyone knew that the God of Life was angry with the elves.

At the edge of the green mist, Gai La De held a collar and was about to put it on her neck. She clearly felt the anger of the God of Life. This was the first time she could clearly feel the emotions of the God of Life without the translation of Kai Auntie Auntie Auntie Lan Dai Er.

This emotion erupted immediately after she reported the elves' actions toward Ang and the others. There was only one word: Get out!

Not only did she feel it, but all the elves felt it, including the elf guards far at the edge of the forest.

Following this, the green mist began to disperse, and all the elves were driven out of the range shrouded by the World Tree.

The elves' home was built on the World Tree. When the green mist rose, everyone was driven out of their home.

Gai La De's hand was pressed by Kai Auntie Auntie Auntie Lan Dai Er: "Do you really want to do this? Once the Life Collar is put on, others can control your life, death, and will at will, making you do whatever they want. Do you really want to do this?"

Gai La De smiled bitterly: "If we don't do this, can we still get Lord Ang's trust? He doesn't even want to give us a chance to talk."

"But, you are our Empress. Your identity is too sensitive. This has the meaning of the elf race surrendering to Ang. The people below will not be reconciled." Kai Auntie Auntie Auntie Lan Dai Er said.

"Sigh, it is precisely because of my identity that it is possible to strive for Lord Ang's forgiveness. I will abdicate. With me as a hostage, I hope they can believe in the sincerity of our elves and give us a chance to apologize." Gai La De said.

"But..." Kai Auntie Auntie Auntie Lan Dai Er still wanted to say something, but was stopped by Gai La De's smiling shake of her head.

Holding the collar with both hands, she was about to put it on her neck when she suddenly felt as if the space was sealed, and her hands stalled.

A pure white hand reached over, took the collar from Gai La De, and said: "Your identity is too sensitive. Let me be the hostage. A Truth Mage should have enough weight, right?" ===== CHAPTER 240 =====