Aesop didn't ask what it was. He ate three bowls in a row and stopped after belching.
Aesop's sisters were more reserved and stopped after eating only one bowl, watching Lu Yu's work with interest.
Seeing the basin used by Lu Yu to store ingredients, someone opened it and took a look out of curiosity.
"ah!!!"
A very familiar scream. My roommates had the same reaction when cockroaches appeared in the dormitory before.
Aesop stepped forward doubtfully, opened the lid and took a look.
Looking at Aesop's pale face, Lu Yu nodded to him: "Yes, this is what you just ate."
Aesop's expression suddenly became distorted.
"Is this edible?"
"As you said, you just ate three big bowls. As long as you can handle it, these are all good things." Lu Yu poured out the bitter water as he spoke, "I was still worried after I bought it. I washed everything with salt myself. I washed it once, soaked it again with vinegar, and added a lot of green onion, ginger and wine to remove the fishy smell during cooking."
"Don't vomit. I've been working hard for so long. If you vomit it out, I'll fall out."
Aesop looked embarrassed and said with difficulty: "I'll try my best."
Aesop's sister Ina licked the bowl clean. Seeing that one of her sisters was pale, she asked curiously: "Don't you want to eat?"
The kind sister grabbed her and told her what the ingredients were.
Ina's eyes widened, and then...
"I want another bowl."
Aesop watched Yina drooling as she waited for Lu Yu to serve her food, and suddenly wondered whether the two were not related by blood.
Lu Yu asked Lulutis for a bunch of mutton and sat next to Aesop.
"How are you? Are you feeling better?"
"As you said, I feel a lot happier after eating."
Although Aesop was reluctant to accept such advanced ingredients, the joy from his heart when he tasted it did dispel the depression in his heart.
So in the next few days, Aesop kept coming to Lu Yu's place to have a meal, and his sister Ina was also traveling with him.
As for Aesop's other sisters, they really wanted to come over, but because the impact of the ingredients when they were eating for the first time was so strong, they were filled with fear when they looked at the small basin Lu Yu used to hold the ingredients.
The Elf King was recovering from his illness along the way, and it was not until he arrived at the royal capital of Thoresen that he was announced to have recovered.
Thoresen's royal capital is surrounded by forests, but its structure is no different from a human city.
Lu Yu thought that the elves would live in trees or in the woods, but Thoresen's elves clearly used the earth element and the grass element, the two most common elements in the forest, to build their own buildings.
"Living in trees is the most stereotyped impression humans have on elves. Elves also have needs for a better living environment." Aesop said with a smile.
The returning Elf King received a warm welcome from the elves in the royal capital, established a complete truce, and re-established an alliance with the Grand Empire to eliminate the threat of war. These are what ordinary elves want to see most.
When they arrived at the Elf King's Palace, a different group of people greeted the Elf King.
The minister who had run the country during his absence from Thoresen was eager to report back.
I heard from Aesop that the group of people who are temporarily managing the country have a mixed identity, and there are various factions. Looking at how angry they are now, you can imagine how many disputes this group of people had when the Elf King was away.
"Who are those people wearing green and gold-trimmed robes?" Lu Yu asked.
"Oh, those are the Sanctuary elves who came to see you after learning about your identity and knowing that you were going to the Silent Mountains. They are the court magicians of the Grand Empire."
The Elf King, who had not been seen for a long time, first came to Lu Yu after getting out of the car.
"All the books about the Silent Mountains have been prepared. The elves in these sanctuaries are quite proficient in history. If there is any information that needs to be compared, just ask them."
"There will be dedicated waiters to provide services to you later. They will try their best to meet all your needs, including preparing the items needed for the Silent Mountain."
"I still have a lot of things to deal with, so I can't continue to accompany you. Please forgive me."
After receiving Lu Yu's response, the Elf King dove into the noisy ministers and led them towards the palace.
Seeing the Elf King leave, the Sanctuary Elf who had been waiting for a long time could finally come forward.
The representative of the Sanctuary Elves is a man with long green hair and a Goblin face.
"Sir Lu Yu, please allow us to express our gratitude to you."
Before he could say anything, the group of sanctuary elves saluted Lu Yu in the interest of mankind.
"All the documents in the Silent Mountains have been sorted out, and all the elves in the sanctuary will fully cooperate with you."
If Aesop hadn't informed him, Lu Yu would not have dared to think that this was a sixth-level magician talking to him.
But soon Lu Yu knew why the elf named Moore was so humble.
"Moore's son is a very talented guy, but after being injured by the monsters in the Silent Mountains, he is still unable to communicate with people to this day. His distorted language also prevents him from using ritual magic that requires language. …”
Aesop himself didn't like Old Moore very much, because this man was too purposeful in doing things, and he kept his attitude very low when asking for help. But when you were of no value to him, he wanted to kick you away.
Old Moore himself was a sixth-level magician. He once thought that this curse was just a scabies disease, so he didn't pay attention at all when the monster hurt people at first.
It wasn't until his son was taught how to behave by the monsters in the Silent Mountains and could no longer speak a complete sentence that Old Moore hurriedly tried to make amends.
These old Moores searched ancient books, looking for methods, and tried to refine many potions themselves, but none of them could get rid of the curse on young Moore.
Seeing that other people's curses gradually disappeared over time, but the curse on his own son always existed without any sign of weakening, Old Moore became anxious.
Seeing that Lu Yu started reading the books on the Silent Mountains as soon as he arrived at the Elf's library, Old Moore stayed close to him and was extremely attentive.
However, Lu Yu didn't like this kind of hospitality. Seeing that Old Moore was really dazzling in front of him, he politely asked all the elves in the sanctuary to leave and would find them if he needed anything.
Old Moore drove all the elves away, but he remained in Lu Yu's sight like a telegraph pole.
"You go too."
"I can…"
"Walk!"
Lu Yu increased his tone, and Old Moore awkwardly exited the library.
Because the elves had previously been asked to sort the documents about the Silent Mountains according to age, Lu Yu and Lulutis started reading from the earliest records, while Sigrid helped them take notes.
The original anomaly in the Silent Mountains occurred seven hundred years ago. The magicians at that time discovered that the Silent Mountains had a strong restricting effect on magic power, making it difficult for magicians to use magic power when entering this area.
As time goes by, magic power becomes increasingly scarce in the depths of the Silent Mountains. Adventurers of that era did not dare to go too deep into the depths of the mountains, and no one knew what existed in the center of the mountains.
Looking at the many descriptions of the Silent Mountains seven hundred years ago, Lu Yu flipped through them for a while and asked a question.
"What was the previous name of the Silent Mountains, and were there people living there?"
Lu Yu caught a glimpse of the library elves working not far away. He would rather ask about the elves working here than contact the sanctuary elves.
God knows what that annoying elf named Maul will do.
"Oh, I do know this." Aesop, who was flipping through the information as if he were reviewing history, spoke.
"The Silent Mountains previously belonged to the Duke of Mel, but because his territory was so large, he never sent anyone to develop this barren place, so it has no official name."
"At that time, there were indeed some demi-humans of other races who were attached to the elves living in the area on the edge of the Silent Mountains. It seems that some elves with some physical disabilities fled there because they were not accepted by the tribe."
"Escape?"
Aesop nodded: "The Thoresen people more than seven hundred years ago believed that it was a shame for elves to have physical defects. If the upper-class elves gave birth to disabled children, they would be despised by their fellow tribesmen, thinking that they might be offended. The god of the forest or the earth mother was therefore condemned by the gods.”
"However, this trend has gradually disappeared in recent years. After my father came to power, he tried his best to reverse the persecution of disabled elves by the nobles."
Lu Yu thought for a moment: "Then are these elves still living there after the abnormality occurred in the Silent Mountains?"
"I don't know about this. The documents I have read don't seem to have such detailed records, but I personally don't think it is because those monsters have a strong desire to fight. If you are in the Silent Mountains area, you will definitely be attacked. They attacked.”
Continuing to read the information, Lu Yu's expression became more solemn as he read the records about the Silent Mountains.
A total of two waves of sixth-level warriors were sent. The first wave of warriors carried well-equipped equipment and sufficient communication scrolls. They had been in contact with their companions on the edge since entering the Silent Mountains.
With their super strength, they repelled several waves of monster attacks. Until the afternoon of the fourth day when they went deep into the Silent Mountains, there was noise in the message from the communication scroll, and the voice on the other end of the scroll was noisy.
The relevant records in the literature are as follows.
"I can hear the sound of them fighting, the sound of metal weapons chopping, the loud shouts of the team members as they exert force, and the infiltrating roar of the monster."
"Standing on the edge of the Silent Mountains, I saw thick fog filling the surrounding area, so I shouted loudly, asking them to tell them what happened at the scene. After several times, there were more sounds from the other side."
"It was the wounded wailing of his companions, mixed with vicious curses, so intensive that it made the scalps of the companions in the entire camp numb."
"Finally, someone responded to our call, but it was not the voice of the crystal-level leader, but a gold-level warrior in the team."
"Towards the end of his life, nothing he said made sense."
"The dark purple giant reflects each of us."
"I seemed to see the most wonderful scenery in the world, and there was only a brilliant stream of light in my eyes."
"I could hear it spinning and oh no, this is another one."
"I can't breathe, there's magic here, so much, so much magic."
"It's so warm, light is everywhere here, hahahahaha!"
"It hurts, no, it feels so comfortable..."
As Lu Yu read the document, a chill ran up his spine, and he couldn't help but shudder.
A gold-level warrior seemed completely unable to realize that he was in a great crisis before he died.
After shouting about pain, he said he felt comfortable the next second. Lu Yu didn't think this was a special habit of his. Combined with the brilliant flow of light he mentioned before, Lu Yu doubted whether the warrior fell into a trap after being hit by some kind of attack. Hallucinogenic mode.
If it wasn't for the hallucinogenic mode, then he could only have seen something too horrifying and had a mental breakdown.
Lulutis was equally shocked. As a seventh-level magician, she read a sense of oppression from this document.
After sorting out his emotions and summarizing the information he had read, Lu Yu had a guess in his mind.
With this conjecture, he opened the file of the second time a crystal-level warrior entered the depths of the Silent Mountains.
Compared to the last time, where the terrain was unknown and the team had to stop and go, the second exploration team marched in a hurry. It only took them two days to reach the location where the first team was completely wiped out.
However, the encounter of the second team was much better than that of the first team. This time the monsters were not so aggressive, and they would not rush forward with a fearless attack upon seeing them.
Except for occasionally stepping into the monster's lair and encountering attacks, the second team encountered almost no major trouble along the way.
According to the data, the second team had already entered a never-explored area of the Silent Mountains on the fourth day, and could enter the central area in just one day or so.
A team of well-trained warriors set up camp, assigned night duty, and laid traps. Every task was arranged so that no one could fault it. It was precisely because of this that the second team was able to spread the information beyond the Silent Mountains when the midnight crisis came. .
"The dazzling purple light in the darkness illuminated the entire camp. It was so bright, so bright that we couldn't open our eyes."
"I felt like my eyes were being burned by fire, and all my teammates were crying."
"The earth is shaking, and something very huge is approaching, but the phosphorescent dust we threw can't illuminate anything. It's pitch black all around, and we can't even find the outline of the giant thing."
"No, there was nothing there just now, how did he appear! God of the forest, what on earth is this? Shoot with a crossbow, don't let him get close!"
"Where does this magic come from? We are at the edge of the hinterland of the Silent Mountains. This shouldn't have magic."
"This is...impossible, this is absolutely impossible. Report to the elders. We are fighting against Sisol's first team. Repeat, we are fighting against the first team."
"Something is breaking out of the ground..."
"Some of them have no hands, some have no eyes, some have no feet... I can see the maggots in their mouths squirming... How is this possible, why can they use magic on us."
"Elder, these guys have a thousand hands!"
"Run!"
