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Chapter 1371 Purpose and Changes
Chapter 1371 Purpose and Changes
"To be honest with you, Your Majesty, we have come here from afar for two reasons. Obtaining high-quality magic crystals is only a secondary matter, and the most important matter is to find the black crystal ball that the lady just mentioned!"
Ruth took a deep breath and said solemnly on her fair face, "This is extremely important to the light half-elf race, and the series of actions I have taken are only to obtain this item in the shortest time and with the greatest hope. Otherwise, my race will be in an irretrievable situation!"
"Ms. Shining, you really concealed the truth very well. You simply played us around."
Fanny continued to address Xiao Jing, crossed her arms and frowned as she said, "Could this black crystal ball you are looking for be some kind of terrible weapon?"
It is not difficult to see from the Flower Fairy Queen's resentful attitude that she is obviously still brooding over what happened before.
"Your Majesty, the Flower Fairy, you are too kind. We are just trying to survive. As for the matter that Your Majesty is worried about, I can assure you and everyone else that the black crystal ball is just a special token. It may not even be worth anything to you, but it is extremely important to us."
Ruth's fair face became more serious, and she said solemnly, "This will not hurt you in the slightest."
"Having said that, the actions of the light half-elves themselves are somewhat puzzling, right?"
Broy gently stroked his chin and questioned, "After all, this is the mine of the ancient dark elves. The tokens stored here must be related to the dark elves. Why would you, who are hostile to the dark elves, come here to look for tokens?"
After Broi finished speaking, Erza and Theresa, who were dark elves, also frowned tightly.
The Dwarf Elf King was right. This was indeed a little difficult to explain. The most crucial thing was whether this would have any impact on the current Dark Elf Kingdom.
Sitting at the center of the crowd, Lei Xiao looked very interested, waiting for Ruth's explanation.
Lei Xiao had naturally anticipated these details.
Just as Broy said, the fact that Ruth and other light half-elves were searching for what they wanted in the ancient dark elf mines was itself an extremely contradictory thing.
Feeling the questioning looks from Lei Xiao and everyone else, Ruth opened her mouth but ultimately stopped herself from speaking.
On the other hand, the old man Mellen beside him had a solemn look on his face. He stood up and said, "Your Majesty, everyone, this is indeed a little difficult to understand, but this matter concerns the life and death of the entire light half-elf race. Please forgive us for having something to hide and cannot answer your question."
After Myron finished speaking, the other light half-elves also nodded solemnly.
"Just based on this fact, you want to take away something of unknown origin right under our noses. Isn't this a bit too far-fetched?"
Fanny still frowned, and insisted, "Don't forget that according to our agreement, the majority of the harvest from this mine belongs to us and His Majesty, including the resources in the mine and naturally the black crystal ball."
"Your Majesty, the Flower Fairy, please don't go too far. Our agreement at that time only covered the resources in the mine, but not other things!"
A hint of dissatisfaction also emerged on Myron's wrinkled old face, and he retorted.
"Elder Myron, we are asking for help now, so please be careful with your words."
Ruth took a step forward and waved her hand to signal the old half-elf to step back. Then she nodded to Fanny and said, "Your Majesty, the Flower Fairy, I know your concerns. Although I cannot tell you why you are looking for the black crystal ball, I can assure you that we will never do anything that is detrimental to any force."
After saying that, Ruth turned up her white palm, and an extremely delicate light golden badge emerged.
On the palm-sized exquisite badge, there was an ancient lantern engraved, emitting a shining light.
"Your Majesty, everyone, I swear on this badge that everything we do is only for the survival of our people, and we have no other intentions!"
Ruth's starry eyes were full of determination, and she nodded heavily at Lei Xiao.
“Is this a token that only the leader of the Light Half-Elf Clan can hold?”
Chris's starry eyes were filled with surprise as she blurted out.
You know, although the Light Half-elves are dependent on the Light Elves, they are also a veritable second-rate force with considerable status and voice in the Outlands, so many things are still well known, including this patriarch's badge engraved with the lantern emblem.
After Chris finished speaking, the rest of our group couldn't help but open their eyes wide. This patriarch badge represented the supreme authority of the light half-elves, and it could mobilize all the legions and strong men of the light half-elves.
The foundation of a second-rate force is probably so great that even ten third-rate forces would find it difficult to contend with it. This is a good example.
"Yes, this is the emblem of the leader of the Light Half-Elves. You should all believe it now, right? This represents the glory and reputation of our race. No Light Half-Elf would do anything to disgrace this emblem, even if it costs them their lives."
The golden magic powder on Ruth's fair face sparkled, and her voice was full of nobility.
After that, Ruth smiled helplessly at Lei Xiao and added, "Your Majesty, I know you must be very curious about my identity, but I cannot reveal this either. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
"Since Lady Ruth has said this, we naturally won't have any other opinions."
Lei Xiao first looked at Fanny, Broy and Chris, and then nodded slightly.
The reason why Fanny was so persistent just now was mainly to find out more information. This was also what Lei Xiao had discussed with everyone before entering the mine.
And now, since the other party has been honest to the greatest extent possible, we might as well do them a favor. After all, they are a genuine second-rate force.
Lei Xiao had already reached a consensus on this point with Broy, Fanny, Chris and others.
Furthermore, there is one thing that Lei Xiao is extremely concerned about, that is, as a subordinate force protected by the light elves, the light half-elves are obviously currently facing a crisis that is enough to affect the life and death of the entire race.
But even so, the light elves, as protectors, did not participate, which is obviously not in line with common sense.
Even though the Light Elves and Dark Elves are currently on the verge of a war, and the main forces of both sides cannot leave, they would not send only Ruth and her ten people to resolve the crisis, right?
To take a step back, the strength of the Light Elves, a first-rate force standing at the top of all races, is enough to resolve any crisis of the Light Half-Elves.
From this, it is not difficult to see that perhaps there is some kind of gap between the Light Half-Elves and the Light Elves. This action is just the private behavior of the Light Half-Elves, and they don't even want the Light Elves to know. This is reasonable.
Of course, Lei Xiao will not directly talk about these inferences, it is enough to use them as a reference.
In this case, it is not surprising that the other party is hesitant and has something to hide.
As for Ruth's true identity, since she took out the patriarch's badge and other light half-elves such as Mellen respected her very much, she must have an important position in the tribe. It was enough to know this.
In addition, the premise of doing a favor for the other party is that the black crystal ball really has no effect or danger to us.
In order to achieve this, we naturally have to do some testing first, including checking the properties of the crystal ball.
Thinking of this, Lei Xiao added bluntly, "Sir Ruth, we are willing to cooperate with you to find the crystal ball, but the premise is that you must also fulfill your promise and remove the self-destruct array and magic traps in this mine, and the crystal ball must be inspected by us first."
"I understand. I agree to the conditions proposed by His Majesty the Human Race!"
Lu nodded without hesitation, and immediately saluted Lei Xiao with her hands on her chest, and said excitedly: "Thank you, His Majesty, and everyone else for your help!"
After Ruth finished speaking, other light half-elves, including Myron, made the same move.
Among them, Lei Xiao even saw several young fifth-level half-elves with tears in their eyes, sobbing with excitement.
"Okay, let's get on with it."
Lei Xiao waved his hand, and everyone immediately tensed up again and began to perform their duties while moving forward.
This time, with Xiaojing's assistance, our pace of exploration has accelerated a lot.
Although this ancient mine is extremely large, there are no magic traps set up in the main mining area and the various branch mining areas that need to be mined, so everything goes very smoothly under the premise of being targeted.
Especially with Xiao Jing's familiar reminder, those magic traps hidden in the dark were nowhere to hide. Lei Xiao simply changed his strategy and commanded all the magic-type masters present to join the team to break the magic circle and assist the actions of the light half-elves to the greatest extent.
"Your Majesty, the core of the mine's self-destruct array has been completely removed!"
At the entrance of a management area that was obviously larger in size, Ruth wiped the sweat from her forehead and said excitedly, "All we need to do next is to remove some of the auxiliary magic arrays, and there will be no danger of destruction here!"
"Thank you for your hard work."
Lei Xiao nodded to Ruth and asked, "Do you need to rest for a while?"
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. This is nothing to us."
Ruth responded with a smile and a wave of her hand.
At this moment, fierce shouts and screams suddenly rang out from outside the mine, followed by the earth-shaking sound of orderly magic cannon bombardments, even causing the entire mine to tremble slightly.
Even though our group had already gone deep into the mine, the noises were still obvious and sounded extremely intense.
"Sir, what's going on?"
Xiao Jing had obviously never encountered such a situation before. In addition to being surprised, a look of panic immediately appeared on her fair face.
"Is it finally starting?"
Hearing the voice, Lei Xiao and the others smiled at each other.
This is naturally the battle between the Dragon Army and the Troll Army or the Tauren Army. Of course, there are also flowers, wood elves, tree people, dwarves, humans and other soldiers to assist us.
Before this, Lei Xiao, our group, and Prince Zhan Yi Davis had already deployed everything, just waiting for the other party to fall into the trap, so there was nothing to worry about, and Lei Xiao didn't even need to show up in person.
"It's okay, it's just a small confrontation."
Lei Xiao patted Xiao Jing's shoulder gently, and then instructed: "Let's continue. Leave the above matters to Shuerte, Cornet, and Prince Zhan Yi Davis and others to handle."
"I understand. I will follow your instructions in everything."
Xiao Jing nodded obediently, and then said to Lei Xiao: "Sir, the next management area is where the black crystal ball is stored!"
"Great, looks like we need to speed up!"
Ruth's expression lit up with joy, and she turned back to the final cleanup of the area.
Soon, the group had cleared all the magic traps here and began to move towards the next management area.
During this process, Lei Xiao also received news from Shulter and his subordinate generals that the Tauren and Troll armies had both run headfirst into the trap, while our side and the Dragonborn army were preparing to close the net.
As long as these two uncertainties are resolved, everything will naturally be solved.
"Sir, the management area where the crystal ball is stored is in front!"
Xiao Jing jumped up and down beside Lei Xiao while introducing, "But this place is quite special. Not only is it the largest in area, but it also looks extremely luxurious!"
As Xiao Jing finished her words, Lei Xiao indeed noticed it.
A brand new passage has appeared right in front of the current mining area, which is obviously much wider than other passages.
At the main entrance of the passage, there are two rows of statues of dark elf knights. Although they are covered with traces of time, they are not covered with dust and look extremely neat.
This undoubtedly surprised everyone, after all, the previous area was covered with thick dust.
"This was cleaned up by the dark elves in the beginning. It was the only area they remembered to clean."
Xiao Jing shrugged and introduced: "Of course, since they don't leave any traces, the cleaning process is also very slow, so later I just did it for them."
"So that's how it is. It seems this place must be extremely important to them. It is indeed a special area."
Hearing this, a hint of curiosity emerged on Lei Xiao's face.
But just when Lei Xiao was about to command everyone to enter this passage, the urgent reminder voice of the telepathy suddenly sounded.
After the call was connected, the voice of Sean, the captain of the Pterosaur Knights who was in charge of scouting the battlefield, was immediately heard.
"Your Excellency, the situation on the battlefield is a little strange. A large number of unidentified enemy reinforcements suddenly appeared outside our encirclement!"