Chapter 1261 You Can Even Ride Such a Small Child? You Guys Are Awesome!

Jumping forward, the person who stopped Gretel was Ash Yuesong, who had been watching Gretel's movements.

When the elf warrior stood in front of the Silver Moon Deer, his entire body suddenly became extremely huge, doubling his height. He stretched out his arms easily and hugged Apa's neck:

"Don't go yet! If the elders can't do it, it's useless for you to get involved! - Good Appa, you don't want anything to happen to your boss, right?"

The Silver Moon Deer neighed twice, landed its front hooves on the ground, lowered its head and rubbed against Ashe Yuesong. The next moment, Ashe Yuege's body quickly shrank and returned to its original shape:

"Little Gretel, I know you are worried about your mother, but don't be too impulsive. Look, everyone is waiting here. The elders can handle it..."

Gretel pursed his lips and remained silent, looking up at the mountains in the distance. The ancient trees supporting the royal court seemed to loosen up, twisting their bodies and waving their thick branches, sending black smoke billowing around them and causing birds to fly away in fright.

The whole scene - although this is a bit disrespectful to the elf royal court - looks like Grandma Guishu attacking Yan Chixia with all her strength...

In the midst of this smog, five birds, headed by a golden eagle, plunged towards the roots of the tree. After a while, billowing green steam rose up and spread along the roots of the trees.

"Look, the elders have taken action."

Ashe Yuege said in surprise. The voice was soft, as if a slightly louder voice would distract the elders and disturb them from casting spells——

That's an ancient tree!

It’s the World Tree!

It requires the cooperation of many elders to appease the World Tree!

Even if it's just a little bit close, you'll be in big trouble!

Beside Ashe Yuesong, Gretel was also holding his breath and staring. After that wave of green energy rose up, more green energy soon followed. Like the ocean tide, one wave after another, beating upwards in all directions, gradually wrapping around half of the tree trunk.

It was obvious that countless elders had taken action together to mobilize the power of nature on a large scale. And that violent ancient tree actually gradually became quiet under such large-scale energy infusion.

Around the ancient tree, the huge tree trunks spread out like braids, were retracted, and little by little, they were woven into the original tree tower, firmly supporting the royal court.

The power of nature is indeed the purest, gentlest and most friendly power to plants!

Gretel sighed secretly, and then slowly moved forward with the team that was moving again. Beside her, Ashe Yuege had already mounted her walking sambar, accompanying Grete, her eyebrows tangled together:

"The World Tree is so angry...the ancient trees around...the ancient trees around..."

Gretel didn't know what the condition of the surrounding ancient trees was, and he didn't dare to think about it. He didn't even dare to use his mental strength to try to communicate with the giant tree in the distance. He just kept walking with the team.

Along the way, he silently opened the cloud chamber magic, and at the same time quietly took out a Geiger counter and hung it on the tip of Appa's long horn:

Thankfully, there were no readings in the cloud chamber and the Geiger counter didn't scream.

In other words, no matter how the elves tinker with their Well of Eternity—nuclear fission, nuclear fusion, nuclear reactors, fat men, thin little boys, etc., at least their nuclear pollution has not spread so far...

Gretel waved to Ash Yuesong. Seeing several familiar elves surrounding him, he leaned down from Appa's back and lowered his voice:

"Everyone, turn on the cloud chamber magic, hang up the Geiger counter... and hang up the magic to resist radioactivity... I'm always worried that something is wrong with the Well of Eternity... It's not that the Well of Eternity and the one in the Elf Secret Realm are... Are they the same..."

The young elves looked at each other, and their faces became serious. Led by Ashe Yuege and Idian, rows of magical auras flashed one after another.

Grete looked at their actions and relaxed slightly:

Well, as long as you are prepared in advance and don't go in if you notice something strange, even if there is a radioactive leak in the Well of Eternity, it should be... no problem, right?

These elves can't really cause a nuclear explosion, right?

Probably not?

There has been an explosion in the Elf Secret Realm before... You won't make the same mistake again, right?

They prepared themselves and moved on. In the past, we had to walk downhill from a mountain to the top of the mountain where the Elf King's Court was located, and we had to walk an extremely long distance. It could almost be described as looking at the mountain and running to death.

Fortunately, they were riding mid-to-high-level monsters with long stamina and were able to move forward steadily without any problems such as breathing heavily, trembling legs, sweating profusely, or being unable to walk.

After reaching the foot of the mountain, the elves jumped off their mounts one after another, said goodbye to the sika deer, sambar, moon deer, reindeer and so on, and prepared to continue going up the mountain.

Gretel hesitated for a moment whether to climb down the deer's back or not. At the entrance of the mountain pass, two guards appeared:

"Hey, new kid!"

They wore gray-green bark armor, one carried a bow and arrow, and the other had a moon blade hanging from his waist. The one with the moon blade took a step forward, raised his arms high, and waved vigorously at Gretel:

"It's best not to ride your Silver Moon Deer on the way up the mountain!"

"Ah...can't Wang Ting ride a mount?"

Grete was a little confused. Are civilians not allowed to ride?

Or is the half-elf not allowed to ride?

Or, only legendary elders or very old elves can be ridden?

He raised his head vigorously and looked up at the royal court above. Standing at the foot of the mountain and looking over, you already need to raise your head and torso at 90 degrees, or even slightly bend your knees and tilt your back to see the full view of the ancient tree:

The huge World Tree supporting Wang Ting was like a thick dark green cloud, suspended above their heads. The tree crown spreads out, and the entire foot of the mountain is shrouded in the shadow of the giant tree.

The height of that giant tree, according to visual inspection, is... 3 kilometers? 4 kilometers? 5 kilometers?

"Ah, it's not that riding is not allowed." The two guards looked at each other and laughed at the same time, obviously very familiar with Gretel's reaction.

The guard who was still hanging the moon blade carefully moved the moon blade back, took two steps closer, pointed sideways towards the mountain and said:

"It's just that the road up the mountain is very steep. It might be even harder for you to ride such a big silver moon deer. Otherwise, would you consider leaving him at the bottom of the mountain? We have a special place here for animal companions to live. They will live there. Very comfortable..."

Gretel looked up in the direction of his finger. As far as the eye can see, it is not a flat road around the mountain, nor is it a climbing trail hanging down step by step.

One by one, thick dark brown roads wind down the mountain made of earth and rocks. Each mountain road is raised above the mountain, ranging from tens of meters wide to several meters narrow.

These roads are not flat, but rise and fall, with an arch rising from time to time. The largest arch bridge has a span of more than 100 meters and a slope of more than 45 degrees. There are also some places where they intersect with each other and need to be drilled through narrow holes...

Obviously, it is a bit painful for the Silver Moon Deer, which is good at running on the plains, to climb such a steep mountain road. Moreover, those big horns would get stuck in a tree hole if not kept intact.

Each avenue branched off into countless small paths, with crisscrossing branches and branches that wrapped around the entire mountain peak like a fishing net. If you look closely, you will see that it is clearly not a mountain path, but thick or thin tree roots. Even the textures on those mountain paths look like the bark of a giant tree.

The wide gaps in the texture became natural steps, and the elves in the front row had already stepped on these steps and began to climb up in an orderly manner.

"How's it going? It's your first time here. Are you surprised to see such a huge tree?"

The guard smiled and gestured to them. Looking back, a proud smile suddenly froze on his face:

Gretel and Bernard had jumped off the deer's back. Then, with a "pop" sound, the tall Silver Moon Deer turned into a seven or eight-year-old boy wearing a knee-length white robe under his nose.

"You...you can even ride such a small child?! You are so awesome!"

Gretel: "..."

It's not what you think!

I can explain it!

In the end, he summoned a phantom pony to take his place and walked leisurely on the mountain road. From the foot of the mountain to halfway up the mountain, there is almost all bare earth and rocks, wrapped by the huge roots of the World Tree;

Two-thirds of the way up the mountain, very unusually, patches of tall saplings began to appear. Oak, green oak, red pine, cedar, fir trees... In the nursery, there are elves looming, taking care of them intently.

"These are the descendants of ancient trees. Although this place looks barren, it is closer to the Well of Eternity and absorbs more power every day. There is a greater chance of growing into ancient trees..."

A disciple of Elder Melinsela specially approached Gretel and pointed to him to explain:

"There are dedicated compatriots to observe them and take care of them. Among a batch, only the best ones can be kept, and the rest will be transplanted to the forest below."

Going up further, the trees become taller and thicker. All the way to the top of the mountain, there is a circle of ancient trees surrounding the circular crater. It takes more than a dozen people to surround each tree, and its trunk is as tall as a ten-story building.

Every ancient tree is guarded by elf guards. The elf who had been pointing out the surroundings for Gretel even lowered his voice:

"These ancient trees are all branches of the World Tree. They are planted next to the Well of Eternity to assist the World Tree in sorting out the Well of Eternity."

He pointed to the small and exquisite tree houses twenty or thirty meters away from the root of the tree, with a look of reverence on his face:

"The elders who appease the ancient trees sometimes leave the ancient trees and rest in these houses. But most of the time, the tree houses are empty... just like..."

"Arian, speed up!" An elf rushed over from the World Tree in the center of the mountain, pulling the vines and sliding down:

"Don't waste time here! The elder said, hurry up and take Gretel to Ms. Eluni!"

Gretel's heart was beating wildly.

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