Elf Kingdom: Game of the World Tree

Chapter 208: Chapter 202: Half-Beast Royal Court

Black Dragon Returns in Triumph!

When Mairrel and dozens of players returned to Black Dragon Castle with over two hundred cows and sheep, along with a few carts of chickens, ducks, and geese, many informed players came to watch.

“Rua! How was it? How did Mairrel do with this trade?”

Looking at the attracted Chosen Ones, Little Black Dragon felt very proud.

“The trade was really successful? And they bought so much at once?! Is the purchasing power of silver coins really that strong?”

“Impressive, impressive! Things are different when a dragon steps in!”

The players were quite excited.

However, soon enough, everyone focused their attention on the settlement of the livestock.

“Lord Mairrel! My backyard is quite large, how about you let me raise a cow?”

“I’ve herded sheep before! I can take care of these sheep…”

“Lord Mairrel, I see some chickens in this cage looking drowsy, as if they’re having a heatstroke, maybe…”

“Scram!”

Mairrel guarded the livestock she bought, baring her teeth at the players who spoke up,

“These are what Mairrel bought, so everything must listen to Mairrel! Don’t think I don’t know what you cunning guys are up to!”

Players: …

In the end, the players didn’t manage to coax even a single sheep or chicken from Little Black Dragon. Under Eve’s oracle, Black Dragon Mairrel arranged the livestock near Black Dragon Castle.

This was a small border area between the Dark Mountain Range and the Elf Forest, relatively hidden. Under Black Dragon’s orders, the players cleared the trees and set up a breeding area.

However, breeding was different from planting. In the Segis World, the elves could accelerate plant growth through magic, but the breeding of livestock and poultry was a different story.

To be self-sufficient, it would definitely take time.

For quite some time, if the players wanted to eat meat, they probably had to rely on Demon Beasts.

Fortunately, some of the Demon Beasts in the Underworld, although not particularly tasty, were abundant and easy to catch, barely satisfying the needs of some meat lovers.

Moreover, although the Demon Beasts in the safe zone were nearly wiped out, the number of Demon Beasts in the northern part of the Elf Forest remained large.

As the magic power in the core area of the Elf Forest increased, more and more Demon Beasts began to migrate here, making the forest area explored by players increasingly lively.

In short, the completion of the [Livestock Breeding] task also marked the completion of the last side quest in the [Force Development] mission.

What was left were the repetitive daily tasks in the [Force Development] mission, such as [Resource Collection], [Main City Construction], and [Breeding of Livestock and Poultry].

Lifestyle players became more and more immersed in farming, upgrading by grinding task experience and contributions.

The construction team of the insane Mengmeng Committee became addicted to building, and after completing the basic construction of Chosen City, they began to delicately carve the entire city, making this dream city full of Blue Star flavor increasingly beautiful and magnificent.

Even Feilengcui gradually recovered its former grandeur with the assistance of the players.

Meanwhile, combat players concentrated on the Underworld, clearing shadow monster instances or hunting Demon Beasts and monsters in the Underground Forest.

Of course, there were still players continuing to venture north, searching for new Demon Beasts in the Elf Forest—

As the Demon Beasts migrated, quite a few new species of Demon Beasts indeed entered the activity range of the players. Some even claimed to have seen creatures resembling unicorns!

This matter caused a sensation among the players, but when they all rushed to find them, they were disappointed to find nothing…

In summary, with the opening of the Underworld map, the general gameplay direction of “Elf Kingdom” became clearer.

Of course, players were still exploring the details.

For example, lifestyle players were exploring cooking, brewing, and even the making of magic potions, while combat players continued to explore deep into Rivendell or the Underground Forest, challenging powerful Demon Beasts, etc.

The forces under Eve entered a relatively stable development period.

Trade with the Dwarves of the Underworld also made the entire Elf Forest increasingly prosperous, and even the elves of the Flame Tribe noticeably felt the sudden improvement in living standards.

Although there wasn’t a main storyline for the time being, the whole Elf Forest had become increasingly busy, with many tasks needing people to do.

Eve understood that this actually meant the expansion of Elf Forest was really reaching a bottleneck.

The constraint wasn’t anything else, but manpower!

However, the third closed beta’s time was drawing nearer, and the new crops that Eve and the beta players expected were about to arrive…

…

To the south of the Elf Forest.

Beyond the narrow Dark Canyon, through the stretch of the Dark Mountain Range, what unfolded before one’s eyes was an endless desert.

This was the Death Desert, the largest desert in the entire Segis World.

It was said that in antiquity this desert used to be a dense rainforest, and during the Titan Era, it was where the Titan Giants’ court was located.

Unfortunately, the war between dragons and Titans destroyed everything.

The once long-standing Titan Civilization vanished, the Titan Court turned to ruins, and the rainforest became a desert.

Only scattered oases barely maintained the desert’s vitality…

And now, the death desert was dominated by the Half-Beast, a sentient species migrating from the north thousands of years ago during the peak of the Silver Civilization, with the aid of the elves.

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The Half-Beast were once a branch of the northern Beastmen, descendants of the Beastman’s raiding after having captured humans and turning them into slaves.

Unfortunately, the half-orcs seemed to inherit all the shortcomings of both Beastmen and humans. They had the ugliness and stupidity of Beastmen, but also the greed and weakness of humans.

Yes… weak.

Compared to true Beastmen, the Half-Beast’s physique was considered weak.

And as a result, the Half-Beast were doubly discriminated against by both humans and Beastmen.

Until more than two thousand years ago, a great hero was born among the Half-Beast tribes—Uller.

Uller was not a Half-Beast.

In actuality, she was an awakened tribal totem among the Half-Beast tribes.

Or rather… a fake god!

Through her efforts, the Half-Beast who had migrated to the Death Desert spent a hundred years unifying their kingdom and established the Half-Beast Royal Court in the core oasis of Death Desert—Wakachina.

The Half-Beast, strengthened, finally established a foothold in the Segis World, becoming a considerable force.

And Uller, by condensing the faith of the Half-Beast into the Hunting Divine Power, successfully became a god, and was known as the Hunting God Uller.

Subsequently, she also led the Half-Beast to rejoin the Beastman’s forces, becoming a subordinate force of the Beastman Alliance, and was granted the new Godly Power “Winter” by the chief god of the Beastmen—the God of Destruction and War, Lord, thus becoming the Winter and Hunting God!

Similarly, Uller also became a deity under the War God system of one of the three major divine systems of the Heavenly Realm.

During the millennium-old war of the gods, Uller joined the Heavenly Alliance Army, fiercely defeating the Elf Clan, and allowed the Half-Beast to gain nominal rule over the southern areas of the Dark Mountain Range and the Elf Forest after the war.

For centuries, the Half-Beast had been striving to clear these areas of any remaining elf forces.

Until today.

This is the history of the Half-Beast…

Wakachina, the Half-Beast Royal Court.

The 73rd monarch of the Half-Beast, Lionheart King Imsh, sat on his throne, looking silently at the few trembling Half-orc Warriors tied up below him.

After a moment, he took the Lion Heart Sword offered by his subordinate and pointed it at the kneeling Half-orc Warriors in front of him. His rough voice was emotionless,

“So… you’re saying that you were defeated by a group of elves? The entire Rock Cave Tribe was wiped out?”

“Ye… Yes… King, those elves won’t die!”

The Half-orc Warrior stammered, apparently still harboring endless fear over the scene he had witnessed.

After hearing him, the Lionheart King let out a sneer,

“Won’t die? Are you still trying to find an excuse for your weakness? Immortal… could they be the undead? No, the undead will also be purified, even the followers of the Death God are not immortal, you foolish creatures!”

“No… it’s not like that, I really saw them come back to life after dying!”

The Half-orc Warrior insisted.

“And… and it seemed like there was a powerful fake god behind them. Even… even the summoned Totem Guardian, Lord Walker, seemed to have fallen…”

The Half-orc Warrior’s voice grew quieter.

Totem Guardian Walker?

Upon hearing this name, Lionheart King Imsh’s pupils subtly contracted.

Demigod Walker was a divine envoy highly regarded by Father God, and had long been responsible for hunting down the remaining strong individuals of the Elf Clan for centuries.

As the Half-Beast’s outpost in the Elf Forest, the Rock Cave Tribe had naturally summoned this great demigod more than once over the centuries.

And although a demigod was not a True God, they too had embarked on the path to godhood, reaching the pinnacle of life levels in the Segis World.

Slandering the fall of a demigod, especially when this demigod was a divine envoy of the True God, would bring severe punishment to any believer!

*But seeing the nearly collapsed expression of the Half-orc Warrior, Lionheart King Imsh felt his heart pounding uncontrollably. He suddenly had this absurd feeling.*

*He suddenly thought… what the other party said might really be true!*

Just then, a female Half-Beast wearing an extravagant priest robe entered the large tent of the Royal Court.

Her head was adorned with a bone crown, her face painted with oils, her expression very solemn.

Upon seeing her, Lionheart King Imsh immediately set down the Longsword in his hand and directly rose from his throne to pay her a respectful bow,

“Chief Priest, what brings you here?”

The female Half-Beast Priest looked at the tied-up Half-orc Warriors and then glanced at the submissive Lionheart King Imsh…

She sighed, then said solemnly,

“Father God has issued an oracle.”

“In the Elf Forest, a newborn True God has appeared, gathering elves from the continent. Two months ago, they obliterated the Rock Cave Tribe, even Lord Walker fell at their hand…”

A newborn True God? The fall of a demigod?!

Lionheart King Imsh’s expression was stunned.

He took a deep breath, his expression gradually becoming serious,

“And then?”

The Chief Priest looked at him, her expression gradually becoming fervent,

“Father God is extremely enraged and intends to launch a religious war to destroy the newborn True God in the Elf Forest!”

Inside the large tent, there was a deathly silence.

Only the howling wind outside could be heard, the clouds rolling in from the horizon obscured the sunlight, making the tent alternately dim and bright.

The rainy season had arrived.

The Death Desert was about to experience a change…

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End of Volume Two