Elf Kingdom: Game of the World Tree-Chapter 279 - 268 Elf Capital

"The Elf Forest of the past?"

Sister Gugu and Little Xian Miao felt a subtle stir in their hearts after hearing this.

Little Xian Miao thought for a moment and curiously asked,

"Could it be... the current Elf Forest is a shrunken version? The area where the Elf Capital is located has already become part of the human territory?"

Upon hearing her words, Natural Saintess Alice gently nodded, then began to recount the tale of the Elf Forest and the Elf Capital...

The history of the Elf Forest was incredibly ancient.

No one knew when the Elf Forest first appeared.

There were legends that claimed the Elf Forest evolved from the World Tree’s auxiliary forest alongside its birth.

There were also myths that circulated, saying during the Dusk Era of the Elf Forest, the World Tree personally cultivated the largest and most flourishing forest of Segis World to bring light and warmth back to the land.

However, regardless of the legend, the birth of the Elf Forest was closely related to the World Tree, and the tales of the Elf Forest were often linked with the World Tree.

The former Elf Forest spanned from the Endless Sea in the west, to the Extreme Cold Icefield in the north, the Death Desert in the south, and to the east, bordered by the Vimur River, gazing across at the Fertile Plain, covering millions of square kilometers.

The location of the World Tree was only a part of the Elf Forest.

At that time, the Dark Mountain Range was not called the Dark Mountain Range; it had a more pleasant name, Jade Mountain.

And Jade Mountain itself was merely a mountain range within the Elf Forest.

In the Ancient Times, the peak area covered by the Elf Forest was essentially the territory of the Elf Kingdom during the Silver Era.

Other races lived on the outskirts of the Elf Forest, mostly auxiliary races of the elves, receiving their shelter and assistance.

In that era, the Elf Forest was the center of the entire continent, and all intelligent beings considered it an honor to have the opportunity to visit the elves’ capital and Holy Land Feilengcui.

Of course, all of this vanished with the gods’ war.

Initially, conflicts arose between the newly-formed True God of Faith and the ancient gods...

In a battle, they destroyed the entire Jade Mountain, turning the once vibrant mountain forest into a black wasteland, and Jade Mountain thereafter was named the Dark Mountain Range.

However, regarding the incident at Jade Mountain, the World Tree, as the mistress, did not pursue the matter.

This Mother Goddess of the Elf Clan merely rebuked the True God of Faith involved in the battle, but little did she expect that she would drift further apart from the True God of Faith from then on.

Until the Thousand-Year God War, when the gods besieged the World Tree.

The Thousand-Year God War led to the fall of the World Tree, and the Segis Plane’s origin suffered setbacks, with a comprehensive decline in magic power, even causing the closure of plane channels...

After the fall of the World Tree, the Elf Forest was divided among various races.

The area adjacent to the Fertile Plain was occupied by humans who cut down forests to cultivate fields, build roads, and construct cities. The once lush forest gradually disappeared, replaced by castles and towns.

Most of the territory bordered by the Black Mountain Range was claimed under the nominal control of the Half-Beasts.

Of course, this was also because the Elf Forest was vast enough, the Demon Beasts living within it were numerous enough, and the forest itself was rich enough that no single race could completely exploit the Elf Forest amidst the interference of other races...

They restrained each other, allowing most of the Elf Forest to exist safely until now.

However, there was one thing on which the True God of Faith behind each race agreed unanimously.

That was to hunt down the elves, the race created by the World Tree to originally manage the continent—the intelligent life forms.

Unlike other races, the Elf Clan was truly a race created by the True God.

In ancient times, only the World Tree had ever held the divine role of life.

The secrets of life, besides the World Tree, perhaps only the Death God knew a bit about.

The ability to create wise life that could reproduce was something that left all gods in awe.

So... the pursuit of the elves by various races was essentially because the True Gods feared the World Tree had some hidden strategy left.

As the center of elven civilization, the Elf Capital naturally experienced slaughter and plundering by various races...

"So, is the Elf Capital located in that area now occupied by humans?"

Hearing this, Little Xian Miao asked curiously.

"That’s correct."

Alice nodded and continued her story...

The Elf Capital... or, Moonlight City.

It was a city established by the Elf Royal Family along with a group of Primordial Elves after leaving the World Tree, at the edge of the Elf Forest.

This city was also the first stop for elves to interact with other races and was once the political, economic, and cultural center of the world.

Of course, that was already history.

The fall of the World Tree, the division of the Elf Forest, and the original Elf Capital naturally did not escape destruction.

As a symbol city of elven civilization, this beautiful Elf City inevitably suffered devastating blows...

Humans breached the city and forcibly converted all the residents, yet the elves unanimously refused.

And then... they faced the ruthless massacre of the humans...

It was said that, initially, the upper echelons of the Human Clan ordered the extermination of the entire city’s residents.

However... the appearance of the Elf Clan was so outstanding that, out of greed, the human nobles who breached the city only executed the elderly elves and the male elves.

The young elves and female elves were tacitly sold as slaves...

For the proud Elf Clan, this was a disgrace more unbearable than death.

The former Elf Capital was thereafter occupied by humans.

They erased everything related to the elves, changed the city’s name, destroyed the elves’ stele and statues, then erected their own temples and built their own castles...

Henceforth, there was no Elf City named Moonlight City in the world, replaced by a human city named Maple City.

The traces of the elves had been completely erased by humans.

"Maple City?"

Upon hearing this word, Sister Gugu’s brow slightly furrowed.

"This name... seems familiar, like I’ve heard it from someone." ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm

She murmured.

"Maple City?"

Little Xian Miao was slightly taken aback, her expression a bit odd.

"Pfft... Sister Gugu, do you remember what the human earl’s domain that Mairrel robbed was called?"

Sister Gugu was first stunned, then her expression also turned peculiar:

"I think... it was called Earl Fengye’s Domain."

Little Xian Miao nodded:

"I specifically asked Mairrel. Maple City is the largest city in Earl Fengye’s Domain and is also the capital under the jurisdiction of a human border earl."

After speaking, she exchanged a glance with Sister Gugu.

Both of them smiled at each other.

*It seemed... the target for exploring the new map was found.*

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*Oh my, why am I getting shorter and shorter, breaking the habit (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻*