191. Chapter 191 – The Wilderness House’s Visitors

Chapter 191 – A Visit from the Wilderness House
Walking into this campsite, Darrell’s eyes glowed with a lime green light, taking in the details everywhere.

The dead grass that hadn’t been removed, the fresh snow that covered it, the stained walls, and the brand new tents.

This was a camp that had been recently renovated.

A few corroded emblems represented that it had once belonged to the Court of Emerald Leaves, but had since been rippled by the blight.

The faint power of grass and trees on the emblems drew the Blight beasts to attack.

And the make-up of the place is interesting.

A handful of young half-elves at the beginning of the third level, their bodies revealing the freshness and curiosity of fawns.

There were also the scouts from the Court of Emerald Leaves – clearly two different sets of forces.

They were separated to prepare food, each with their own tents and campfire piles.

Gray Moon stepped out of her tent and her gaze froze when she saw Darrell, who was holding a large horned winged beast.

The Great Horned Winged Beast was a rank four flying magical beast.

With an eagle’s head and a horse’s body and broad wings, it was dual-purpose for air and land, and its durability and comfort was one of a kind.

Observers who could equip the Great Horned Winged Beast were all at least rank five.

Rosie showed her credentials again, “Observers of the Wilderness House, Rosie and Darrell.”

“Synelecus Twilightstar, affiliated with the Court of the Emerald Leaf, head of the station at the Blighted Trace.”

Ashitsuki welcomed the two into the only decent building in the place and had Lily prepare tea for the two.

Todd finished ahead of Lily and scowled at her, a few blushes fluttering up on the latter’s cheeks.

Graymoon’s gaze swept over the two.

It suddenly occurred to her that she was the one who had asked Todd to return Lily, who was swollen into a pig’s head from allergies, last night.

It’s only been one night and they’ve hooked up?
Young people nowadays, really ……

Gray Moon: “You guys go out first.”

“Yes, Captain.”

Seeing the young man leave, Darrell asked, “When were you appointed?”

“About fifty or so years ago.”

Darrell froze, “Fifty years ago? So last night you were at ……”

Graymoon’s eyes were heavy, “Yes, we were in the Blight disaster zone known as the Flower Disaster Zone, and the reason for that goes back more than two months.

“At that time, a group of deserters who had left Cui Ye Ting arrived at the Blight Trail ……”

She spoke from the Battle of Cui Ye Ting, so naturally it was impossible for her to mention the inner workings of the Shapeshifters.

Even Silverwing’s death claimed to have been learned from others.

So after a bit of narration, it was instead Darrell who took the initiative to add more on her behalf.

“…… So the Shapeshifting School actually did involve necromancy, and Silverwing is still under the control of the Shadow Temple’s people to this day?” Gray Moon asked with a frown.

“Yes, they prepared a 700,000-word long research report and lawsuit, threatening to go to the arbitration tribunal of the Veritas House to reason properly, and Her Highness Renee, the Third Queen, is already resident in the Truth House for this, so ……”

Ashitsuki stood up in a tottering manner and said angrily, “So we, who are stationed at the Blighted Trace, didn’t even know about this until now? In the past, we’ve been handing our backs to a bunch of blasphemous heretics!?”

This was a true expression of her feelings.

That’s how angry she was at first, and still was.

Darrell’s expression was embarrassed, and behind him, Rosie stepped in:

“I’m sorry, it’s not just you, even we, and the Council of Elders were kept in the dark before this, so I can understand how you feel at this moment.

“Although no amount of material can heal the trauma from those two months of nightmarish life, please also allow us to apply for compensation for you and your partner.”

“The Council of Elders is truly generous for once in a while.”

Gray Moon sat down nonchalantly.

The Night Elves had first fled from the Mourning Wood Valley as stragglers and criminals, and then Sabelia had fought for them to become legal citizens.

However, it was not the Council of Elders that really allowed them to put down roots here, but the Silver Elf Royal Family of the Mercury Forest.

The royal family built bridges and made them the eyes of the Eternal Dawn here.

This is how the Court of Emerald Leaves was able to separate from the Brotherhood and become a single family.

That’s why the Night Elves are only nominally under the Mourning Wood Valley, mostly closer to the Royal Family.

Especially the Night Elves of the Cui Ye Court who guarded the borders were more oriented towards the royal court.

And the House of Wilderness was an intelligence organization affiliated with the Council of Elders, which was why Darrell was so polite to her.

They also wanted to pull in this group of night elves.

“So what exactly happened last night?” Darrell asked.

“It was the Underworld.”

“The Underworld?”

The two looked at each other and both saw the other’s shock.

“Yes. At first I didn’t know what was happening, the fog started to fill in and the blighted creatures looked like they were going crazy.

“But soon, as the fog contracted towards the center, all these blighted creatures rushed back, as if to protect something in the center.

“Only when the fog was all collected did I see a rift tear open in the sky, and a tornado-like gray dead air ran through the sky ……”

Gray Moon depicted what he saw that night in a raspy voice that was low and immersive.

In her narration, there were no reinforcements falling from the sky, no alpha battles like Hulkbuster rescuing his grandfather.

There was only Quirkus pulling himself up and battling a mysterious being from the underworld for three hundred rounds.

In the end, both were defeated and the latter escaped.

The Underworld threatened to be the biggest winner.

“…… When I summoned up the courage to arrive at the scene, there was a huge tree man left with a dying breath.

“It said its name was Quirkus, and that the person who had just made an enemy of it was from the Underworld.”

Graymoon pointed to the chest in the corner corner of the wall.

“That’s some of the scraps I gathered.”

Darrell moved the stuff around and opened it to see a crushed arm.

Underneath the dark armor was gray, dead flesh.

A strong scent of evil hit him and he hastily closed the lid.

He hurriedly asked, “Did Quirkus say what the other side was up to?”

Ashitsuki nodded, “Quirkus’s main body, which is a quarter section of the Ancestral Wood’s root, has been taken by the other party.”

“Sure enough ……”

Darrell sighed.

No wonder nothing was found, but it was actually someone from the Underworld who made the move.

He then asked, “Then your camp here is ……”

“This is not my camp.”

Gray Moon shook her head, “I only realized after I came out that Jiang Lu – Morning Sun had started a cooperation with Greenleaf Town in the mountains of Makara in order for the Emerald Leaf Court to function.

“The latter has collected more than a thousand refugees from the southwestern part of the Whispering Forest during the past two months, during which it also suffered a suicide attack from the Blight Trail, and was able to hold off the attack after paying a heavy price.

“After that, they rebuilt their stronghold here, with the Emerald Leaf Court and Green Leaf Town jointly sending guards to keep an eye on the Blighted Trace.”

“So the withdrawal trail to the west was left by them?” Darrell asked.

“Yes. When it happened last night, they organized a group of men to try and dig a way through the flower disaster area on the west side, and were eventually scared off by the Dead Aura.”

Rosie couldn’t help but laugh, “It’s really worthy of being a country bumpkin, the death aura obviously didn’t spread that far, so it’s surprising that they could be scared ……”

Gray Moon’s serious eyes made her stop laughing.

Gray Moon, “They saved my companions, this lady, please also retain a basic respect for them.”

“She meant no harm.” Darrell said, “But is this against the Shikoku Convention? After all, the town of Greenleaf is also within the boundaries of the McCalla Mountains, they shouldn’t know about this.”

Gray Moon sneered, “Don’t fool yourself, if you really want to abide by the convention, why didn’t you guys care when Greenleaf Town produced so many half-elves?

“How come you guys didn’t care when the Whispering Forest was plagued with refugees? Did the Council of Elders ever care about the deaths of these people?”

Darrell was dumbfounded by the dislike.

Seeing that the matter was almost investigated, he stood up and cleared his throat.

“Please prepare yourself, Your Excellency, tomorrow morning we will come with a great horned winged beast to pick you up and return you to Mourning Wood Valley.

“The elders of the council take this matter very seriously, and you should be commended for perseverance and courage.”

“I hope so.”

Graymoon responded salaciously.

When the two were completely gone and the Eagle Eye Technique was nowhere to be seen, she headed straight for Greenleaf Town.

……

In the evening, in the parlor of Lord Jones.

Heine and Graymoon sat at the head and tail of a long table, with four skeletons sitting upright beside them.

A sheet of paper was spread out on the long table with a bold title:

The Mourning Wood City Carrying List.

(End of chapter)