Chapter 245: 245
This was a heart that was transparent like crystal . Every vein was clearly visible . It was almost as if it was actually alive
This “heart” was beating when Abel was looking at it . This scared him . He never thought that this heart was alive . What kind of animal’s heart was transparent? And how was it still beating after leaving the body?
Abel observed for a while . The heart was, indeed, alive . It was beating at a rate of once a minute .
This heart was probably Abel’s biggest discovery . That’s what he thought so, anyway .
After using his power of the will to scan it, he decided to throw it in the Horadric Cube . A text then popped up, stating that it was a dark gold item called the “immortal heart . ”
“Immortal heart . ” That was the only information provided by the Horadric Cube . It didn’t explain what it could, because that’s something Abel had to find out himself .
In the depth of Double Moon Forest, two hundred meters away from the neat rows of big trees, which were up to 100 meters in height, Black Wind stopped . Abel pointed with his slender fingers at the tall tree wall and asked Loraine, “Is this the Great Wall of the Elven Guardians?”
A smile emerged from Loraine’s face . Abel turned into an elf, one with sharp ears and a slender body . He looked a bit rougher in his human form (because of all the training he’s received), but his current appearance was more gentle and elegant .
Loraine held back a smile and said softly, “Yes, brother Abel, this is the Great Wall of the Elven Guardians . Beyond this wall is Angstrom city!”
“How did these elves do this?” Aber asked as he searched for the top end of the hundred-meter-high wall made of trees .
Loraine said as she looked in the same direction as Abel, “From what I’ve heard, there was a very, very bad war here . When the dark elves invaded Angstrom City, everyone was getting ready to fight for their lives . ”
“That’s when the ancient treants appeared . You see, they had to do what the ancient oath told them, and that is to protect the elves that lived here . To keep the dark elves away, the ancient treants gave rise to the biggest tree in the entire Double Moon Forest . When the tree was awakened, it did not return to the Double Moon Forest . Instead, it stayed here and became that huge green wall over there . ”
“Do the ancient treants still exist?” Abel asked curiously . Despite being a wizard for so long, he had never heard of a creature as powerful as the treants .
“No one knows . It’s said that if Angstrom city is being attacked again, these giant trees will wake up to protect Angstrom city!” Loraine looked back and said .
Aber tried to picture what a treant might look like . It’s a hundred-meter-high tree turned into a giant monster, which could attack their enemy by literally walking towards them . He wasn’t trying to be a skeptic of Loraine’s tales, but the way she portrayed the treants were kind of unbelievable .
Black Wind walked forward to the giant tree slowly . Abel could see the scars on that giant tree . Despite how many there were, the tree stood tall and firmly here for many, many years that it had .
Although it is said to be a tree wall, the distance between each tree was still very far . The widest place was enough for several large carriages to pass through . When passing through the tree wall, the leaves and branches above formed a natural green corridor .
Abel imagined how Angstrom city would look like . Some of the descriptors he came up with were gentle, elegant, solemn, or natural . When he had actually arrived, however, he could find no words to portray the beauty that he was witnessing .
This was a purple castle, with the wall over 100 meters wide that stretched far beyond one could see . Abel didn’t know what it was made of . He didn’t know how the huge purple boulders were cut into shape .
On top of the wall, dozens of sharp-tipped watchtowers were built evenly next to each other .
“It’s gorgeous!” Abel praised as he took a view at the dream-like city in front of him .
“Yeah, it is . They’re made of purple jadeite . It looks better when the day gets darker!” Loraine looked proudly at Angstrom city, then said, “This purple jadeite absorbs sunlight during the day, which it will then release at night . When it does, the whole city will be bathed in purple light!”
Abel found many tents under the walls of the Angstrom city . Hundreds of carriages were parked around the tents . Strangely enough, everyone coming in or out were all humans . It was a strange sight for Abel, so he had to ask .
“There are humans here, too?” Abel asked Loraine .
Loraine was just as puzzled as well, “They look like businessmen who belong to the, uh, I think it’s called the “Continental Union of Trade” or something . They can come here because the elves gave them special permission . I don’t know what they’re doing over there, though . ”
As Black Wind approached the gate of Angstrom city, the surrounding elves have gradually increased in their number . Black Wind did look terrifyingly big, but that wasn’t the only reason they gathered up .
Apparently, it was quite normal for elves to look for lifelong partners when they reached adulthood . As a matter of fact, as long as they got on good terms, the range of options could be very diverse . Some have settled for spiritual beasts . Others have gone for wild beasts and birds .
However, not a lot of elves have seen a mount wolf before . First of all, mount wolves weren’t a natural species to the Double Moon Forest . They mainly lived in the cold prairie up north and were more recognized by the orcs than humans or elves . That being said, Black Wind shouldn’t be seen here at all . Even the worgens have a hard time taming mount wolves, so why was Black Wind here with some normal looking elves?
“Looks like we have to line up to go in . Follow me, Loraine,” Abel said as he started walking towards the entrance .
The gate to the city was just like back in the human world . There were two passages in total, one for ordinary elves, and one for nobles (AKA high elves) . As it was impossible to discern Abel’s status as a human nobleman, he would just have to get in like a regular elven citizen . (actually, he could be a HUMAN prince and still be blocked from going in)
“No, not Loraine! She doesn’t have to wait in line!”
A sweet female voice came from over the distance . Abel was shocked to hear it . He was now a commander knight, and possibly much better than that . However, he was caught completely off-guard when he heard the woman calling out “Loraine . ”
He turned around . It was a female elf . She was wearing a pure white lace dress with a silver-white headband on her long, black hair . Her eyes were clear crystal blue, just like Loraine . While she was calling out to both Abel and Loraine, her eyes were fixed onto Loraine the entire time .
Abel still couldn’t detect any animosity from this elf woman . That being said, something was telling him that she, whoever she was, was very dangerous . The golden combat qi inside him began to gather up . His fingers were moving very slightly . Any moment soon, and he would reach for his weapon inside his portal bag .
“Sister!” Loraine’s eyes filled with tears . She jumped off Black Wind and flew into the embrace of the female elf .
This female elf seemed to have the ability to hide amongst the other elves . She was like a ghost . For reasons Abel wasn’t sure of, Loraine seemed to be the only one who was aware of her presence .
After Loraine went to give her a hug, all the other elves suddenly noticed her existence . They all then began to give her a bow . Even the guards standing at the gate were saluting to her .
The gate was dead silent for a few seconds . For a while, it was just the sound of Loraine crying inside her sister’s embrace .
“Let’s go home, Loriane,” the female elf said . She then revealed out a card in her hand, which was wrapping everybody around in bright light . She was teleporting herself, Loraine, as well as Abel and Black Wind, to somewhere else .
Normally, Abel would feel dizzy when he was getting teleported . While he was able to neglect such an effect with his golden combat qi, he could tell that the elf was transporting him using a large defensive circle . It was kind of weird, actually . There were a lot of restrictions in using such a device . Besides, it could only take him to certain areas that were covered by the circle’s range . He didn’t think he was going to enter the elven city in such a manner .
Abel looked around his surroundings . He was being taken to a pavilion on top of a small island, which was located in the middle of an ocean . Because of how small the island was, all of its landmasses were used for the pavilion, which was built with beautiful white jade with various different engravings .
So this was the kind of luxurious life the elves lived . At the island’s edge, there was an arched bridge leading a large luxurious mansion . These were built with white jade, by the way . On either side of the bridge, there were gates built with elven wreaths . When Abel looked down, he could see that the water was so clear that even the water grass and the shiny-scaled fish were all visible to him .
The female elf said to Abel, “Please wait here for a bit . I will arrange for someone to prepare for your accommodations . Loraine is going with me . ”
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