In the end, Lin reluctantly put down the gem in his hand that had not been polished yet, but the exposed part was sparkling. It's not someone's style to like shiny things. Maybe you will be obsessed with that value for a while, but after all, it is not what you are pursuing, so you will not get lost and forget the purpose of this trip.
Having said that, if the red and white machine Gamario was placed here today, it would definitely have forgotten all tasks and gone home after touching something. Let’s finish the game first.
This exploration process went smoothly. But just because it went so smoothly, Lin became suspicious of something. Liena said that there are 213 members of the Divine Tree Guards, 73 of them have appeared on the ground, and a total of 55 have been identified in the tree body area. Where are the 85 elves left?
The reason why Lin suspected this matter again was because he felt that there were too few elves encountered in the passages and internal passages of the World Tree.
Maybe the Shenmu Guards are quite confident and think that no one will invade such a place, so they don't need too many patrols. But they should have somewhere to go. Is it possible that the remaining elves who have not been seen by Lin also stay in their own rooms and never go out?
Just as he was thinking this, the water mirror slowly stretched out around the corner and quickly retracted. Someone thought that his psychological adjustment had passed the test, but at this time, cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
Carefully extend the water mirror again. The scene reflected in the mirror is a small square space, which is much larger than the walkway in the inner space of the World Tree.
The key point is that there is about a small team standing here, six or seven fully armed members of the Shenmu Guards. All the elves hold bows in their hands, and they are obviously the guards here. Moreover, everyone's positioning layout was flawless. The elves' fields of vision complemented each other, and there seemed to be no blind spots.
Even the treasure house I encountered before was not even guarded. What is the reason for so many people here?
The shape and size of the door looked the same as those seen before, and there was nothing special about it in appearance. This made Lin even more curious about what was behind the door. But, how do I get in and find out?
Making noises in the east and attacking in the west? There are no windows or anything here. Except for other rooms, it is a fully enclosed passage, not even a ventilation pipe. Coupled with the good living habits of the elves, there is no debris stacked in the passage. It can be said that all the ways a person can think of to make a sound in the east and attack the west will not work here, or there will be a great risk of exposing himself.
In the midst of distress, another message window popped up in his field of vision. This is from Kaya, reminding her that it's time for dinner and to prepare for the meal.
Before, Lin would have thought that if he missed it, he would just miss it, and it would be nothing if he was hungry. But now if you don't want to arouse any suspicion on the other side, the best way is to carry out business as usual. So after confirming the distance and direction between his current position and the camp on the ground, Lin flashed and left the space within the World Tree.
There was no one in the camp. Because it was located under the dense shade of the World Tree, it got darker earlier than in the outside world. When I came outside and looked up, in addition to some dim light that could be seen in the shades of the trees, the elven army's camp had already set up magic lamps for night lighting at certain points.
To limit the use of open flames, dinner cooking is concentrated in one area. And since kitchen scraps and scraps cannot be thrown away, everyone has to come here if they want to eat.
The members of the Shenmu Guards were standing not far away, supervising. On the surface, it seemed to be to supervise the open flames and prevent sparks from flying around. But now Lin secretly observed each other and realized that the eyes of the elves were not just staring at the flames. They scanned almost the entire camp, seemingly nodding their heads secretly to see who was coming and who was missing.
Is he overthinking it, or are these elves from the Divine Wood Guard really supervising the actions of all outsiders?
No matter how delicious the food is, it will become tasteless after eating it for several days, let alone dry food. Even a few hard-working humans and dwarves would find it difficult to adapt to food soaked in hot water until it becomes soft and rotten, not to mention the squeamish elves.
Although the elves did not openly protest, they heard a lot of private complaints. They even complained, consciously or unconsciously, why they had to follow this meaningless visit. Many elves want to go home.
After all, after coming here, I had nothing to do for a few days. I want to explain to others that the work can't be started because the materials are not in place, and probably no one will listen. Fortunately, someone cheeky has gotten used to it going in from the left ear and out from the right ear.
The two thin-skinned girls thought heartlessly that they were just following their teacher's instructions, so if they complained, someone should take responsibility for them. The two people who thought this way did not have any psychological burden. They were entangled in the emotions displayed by others because of their unhappiness. Fen has always been self-centered, and she doesn't care about other people's feelings.
After swallowing the soft and tasteless dinner, Lin returned to the temporary cave. Due to the limited number of magic lamps used for lighting, and people not allowed to light bonfires here, there are no large-scale activities at the World Tree Camp at night.
In the past few nights, the elves have gathered into several groups and started running TRPG groups enthusiastically. There are several elves with relatively rich experience, and they also have some storytelling skills. They are already impressive as game hosts, and they are not inferior to someone who is short-lived. Except for the first night when Lin took the king on a tour, he tried to find a way to decline the rest of the time.
Originally, the lich would join them and play together. But after playing a few times, she quit. Just as you have to choose your adventure partners carefully, the same goes for your game partners. A group of people who can get together are bound to have something in common. If they are in harmony, they will come, if they are not in harmony, they will go. This is true no matter what kind of life.
Playing with the only (?) dice made by someone, Fen followed Lin back to the camp. Also following back at the same time were the two girls and the Elf Sword Dancer Leena Titov.
The two girls were busy with the temporary tasks assigned by their teacher. Although there was no deadline to complete it, because it was a new topic, a sense of freshness pushed Kaya and Halumi to plunge into this project topic that even on Earth would require a professional team and spend a lot of time to complete.
As for the female elf, she should have been following their young king, secretly performing protection and vigilance work; but the photo that someone handed to her through Fen allowed Liena to investigate the internal affairs of the Shenmu Guards. The progress, felt quite strongly, stemmed from worried curiosity, so she followed. Anyway, these days and nights, it is not news that she and the lich are together, and it should not attract other people's attention.
Liena didn't notice anyone else at all. When she entered the camp, she immediately asked: "What did you find?"
Lin didn't say anything more, and once again used the coffin to play back his memories. Halumi would like to look for any fragments that can be used as a reference for lip reading analysis. It's a pity that everyone in the Shenmu Guards wear their masks tightly and can't see the shape of their mouths. Naturally, there is no need to think about lip reading.
During the playback, Lin saw that Liena was watching very seriously and couldn't help but ask: "Have you never been to these places?"
"Basically, except for members of the guard, others are not allowed to enter the World Tree. Of course I have never been up there, and I don't know that there are other areas inside the World Tree."
"Not even your little king?"
"As far as I know, no. In fact, the king used to come to the World Tree on his annual hunting tour in VIII(8). He mainly came here to hold rituals to worship his ancestors. The process was very cumbersome, and other than that there was no How long will it take?" When she saw someone entering the weapons warehouse and treasure house, Liena's eyes drifted towards someone unnaturally.
Lin had a clear conscience about this. Although he picked up some things to enjoy, he didn't take anything away. Anyway, the things wouldn't break if touched. If you can't even touch it, watch it more closely. It's been left there unattended for nothing. Why don't others be allowed to pass by and take a look at it?
Because it is a playback memory, it can be played back in fast forward. Everyone will soon see the ending, the room with guards. The scene ended abruptly after someone repeatedly confirmed the strict protection of this place.
Fin first asked, "What's in this room?"
"I don't know, I couldn't go in. So I want to ask Liena, where could this be?"
The named female elf shook her head. Even the treasure house is undefended. What is more important than that place? She had no clue.
"Could it be the location of your military communication magic array?" Lin asked anyway.
Liena said with certainty: "The protection of the magic circle is very strict, but it is not to this extent. Especially since the forum you created has become popular in the human world, I don't know about other elven kingdoms." I dare say, but there are far fewer human spies who came to send Art Jaime to spy on the secrets of the magic circle, and we have also reduced some of our already tight manpower."
"That's right." Lin lamented that another answer option was missing.
Fen asked at this time: "Then what are you going to do? Ignore this place? Or force your way in?"
"Forcibly breaking in is definitely not possible." Lin shook his head and said: "If there was no hostility originally, because we broke into an irrelevant but confidential location for them, we would become enemies even if we ignored it. Are you willing?"
"Then what are your plans?"
Facing Fen's question, Lin thought for a while, then pulled out one of the many design concept drawings he had left before and displayed it in front of everyone. It was an improved form of the Arcane Eye. The most important thing is that there is an experimental magic design on it, which can be positioned at a long distance and can be captured by the flash technique.
When it reaches a fixed point, it will start to collect the surrounding image information. After waiting for recycling, it can extract and play the information of the target location. Lin named the design 'Spy's Eye'.
