Chapter 232 – The Elf’s Tale

Chapter 232 – The Elf’s Story

The whole clan at the same time …… contaminated?

Saul suddenly felt a chill, as if goosebumps had risen around his body.

But that was impossible, his entire skin had been remodeled, tough and sluggish, it was impossible to get goosebumps.

“Do elves all live together? Is there really not a single one that escaped?”

“Therein lies the horror.” Golza said seriously, “Although elves like to live together, their territories are also spread out across the continents, and there are also those who walk outside. Moreover, the elf clan is also divided into day elves, dark elves, and water elves in the ocean.”

“But no matter which kind of elves, whether they are hunting in their clans, or exchanging business with wizards, as well as the elves …… who are at war with the Dwarves, they all disappeared at the same time, in an instant!”

The entire clan, regardless of spatial distance or blood community, just all disappeared?

Saul felt that goosebumps had transferred to his cerebral cortex.

What kind of power was this, what kind of level? How could it target so many existences at the same time, leaving no one behind?
What if one day, this power selected the human race again?

The more he pondered, the more fearful he became.

He clenched his fists, afraid that the trembling of his hands would be too obvious.

“What if… what if… what if one day, this power chooses… a person?” Saul hesitantly pronounced the words.

The powerful elf clan whose spiritual power was comparable to that of a full-fledged sorcerer at a young age would have disappeared without warning.

This made Saul couldn’t help but worry about his own future and that of the wizarding world.

One day, would they also be collectively polluted and disappear?

It was like a find and replace in a document, select them all and replace them!
There was no precursor, no means of defense, not even a clue as to why.

This completely irresistible power even made Saul question what he had been trying to do.

Was it worth it?
To fight to the death like that?

Was it worth it?
Sleeping naturally only once or twice a month and then spending all your time studying, researching and adventuring?
Is it worth it?
To change your body and soul to become stronger?
Is it worth it?
Possibly falling completely into the beast of the unknown on the next journey in search of knowledge?
Sol let out a long breath.

He felt so deeply powerless and small that even his spine bent involuntarily.

Golza sat across from Sol and looked at the other quietly.

He knew that Saul was engaged in a fierce mental struggle, but did not intervene.

The elf’s disappearance was indeed a fine thought.

But what was even more terrifying was that the elf disappearance was just one of the world’s great horrors.

If Saul couldn’t come out on his own, even if he said something to temporarily calm Saul down, Saul’s psyche would still be buried with deep hidden dangers, and would explode again at some point.

Really to that time, Golza …… will not save him.

The problem of cognition is difficult to change.

At this point, Saul let out another breath, and he leaned down to bury his face in the palms of his hands.

At this point he didn’t want to see anyone, any scene.

Because no matter what he saw, he could only think of the powerlessness that everything would eventually disappear.

But sometimes the human brain is like this, the more you don’t want to see anything, the more those related images will appear in your mind.

In the darkness, he saw the dead Sid and Brown, the Rum tutor who hid himself in the shadows, the Angela who could make a servant into a dead flower by hugging her knees and crying and turning her face, the Nick who always suppressed his emotional fluctuations but occasionally broke down and cried and laughed, the Byron senior who emphasized the equivalence of exchange over and over again and came back to save himself at the moment of crisis, the haughty but straightforward little genius Keri, the sexy, mysterious and powerful and scary Kongsha, and the sexy, mysterious and powerful and scary Koron, and the sexy, mysterious and powerful and scary Koron. The sexy, mysterious and powerful and terrifying Kong Sha ……

He watched these struggling figures in the wizarding world gradually turn into a blank area with nothing left to prove their existence.

Finally Saul thought of himself, of his past life.

Thinking of that self who was exhausted every day, going to work in the dark and leaving work in the dark, seemingly fulfilled, yet seemingly as if nothing had changed!
Saul’s shoulders began to shake, and a muffled whimper escaped from his fingers. Looking at Saul like this, Golza narrowed his eyes. His fingertips moved as if he was hesitating to make a move if Saul really broke down.

To save, or to kill.

Just as Golza was in a rare moment of hesitation, Sol suddenly sat up straight again and lowered his hands, his face not half-tear-stained, but smiling instead.

“I’m sorry my lord, I just accidentally got into a bull’s-eye, it’s fine now, so please continue.”

Saul’s face was filled with a relaxed smile, unable to see the frame that had just nearly broken down.

He was indeed frightened by that powerful and unrivaled mysterious and terrifying power.

But on second thought, in his peaceful previous life, was life guaranteed?
Sometimes one second he was laughing and joking, and the next he passed away helplessly due to an accident, disease or natural disaster.

Just as uncontrollable as unknown dangers is probability.

If he really worried every day about that little probability of instant death for all mankind, he wouldn’t even have to wait until he crossed over to go to the rooftop.

“Not bad.” Golza’s silver eyes narrowed, as if in a smile or a scrutiny.

He continued, “The reason why we say that the elves were tainted is because after they disappeared, all the props made by the elves mutated. Many people who hold elf props have reported that they have been caught in some sort of illusion, especially when they are operating their mental bodies. And the more advanced the elf prop, the more dangerous it is.”

“Some kind of illusion?” How come the more Sol heard about it, the more it sounded similar to Kismet’s ability?
But the tower owner denied that Kismet was an elf …… But Kismet wasn’t an elf, and it could be related to elves.

“Those who have used elven artifacts will hear some sort of vague sound, or even indicate that they have seen elves in their lives. However, other than themselves, no one else can detect any traces of an elf-related presence, either with the naked eye or with their mental powers.”

“And the extent of this influence will become greater with deeper use, to the point that they will be unable to tell which side is reality. And the vast majority of them will be completely tainted by their strong belief in the existence of elves.”

“And after a third-order wizard went berserk with contamination and slaughtered two small countries, the wizarding community launched a call to clean up the elven props. But as you well know ……,” Golza suddenly raised his hand, and a material on the shelf automatically flew toward the two.

Thor turned his head to look, and was surprised to find that it was the Elven Whisper that Kongsa had once secretly used.

“The more forbidden something is, the more desirable it is.” Korsha said softly, “Both the power of the elves and the mysterious power that made them suddenly disappear are desirable to wizards.”

Gortha’s long fingers twirled the bottle in his hand, the liquid in the bottle did not ripple.

The twigs inside, however, underwent some changes.

As Golza’s fingers turned, the only two young green leaves left on the branch began to slowly turn yellow. The edges of the leaves even turned from yellow to brown and began to dry up and become brittle.

When Golza stopped turning, the originally businesslike branch was about to wither.

“Have you used or touched Elven Whispers with your spiritual power?”

Sol opened his mouth and finally nodded in silence.

Golza wasn’t angry, he had never been a person who emphasized rules, otherwise he wouldn’t have left his family and appeared in the Western Continent alone.

“In the second storehouse, there is only such a prop related to elves. You see, although it is trying to disguise itself, it is actually about to run out of energy and die out. You’ve just undergone a sorcerous body transformation, which has a very strong impact on your mental body, and is also the moment when your soul is the most vulnerable and exposed. So rather than being influenced by Kismet and seeing the elf, you are paying the price for your unauthorized use of the elf item.”

Golza finished speaking and handed the bottle in his hand to Sol.

The moment Sol took the bottle, he suddenly heard the voice again.

“I’m going to die.”

Thor looked up in surprise and was about to say something when Gortha interrupted, “Do not tell anyone else what you saw and heard. That will make you more certain that you do indeed have a connection with the elves. And it’s the conscious acknowledgement that’s scary.”

“…… Because, no one can convince anyone but yourself.” Gortha increased her tone.

Thor hastily shut his mouth as he looked down at the elven whisper in his hand.

It was only a matter of seconds before the leaves inside turned yellow once again.

One of them, under the joint gaze of Saul and Golza, floated and fell into the solution below, dissolving and disappearing instantly.

(End of chapter)