Chapter 494 - 327: Got the Elf Queen! Let Me See Her Power

"Go on~"

The Elf Queen's fingertips gently brushed across Su Xuan's cheek, encouraging him to bravely venture into the Elf Mother Tree.

"Alright."

Su Xuan nodded, then turned to Lucia and the others. "Wait for me here. I'll be right back."

"Mm."

Lucia nodded, her expression calm, but beneath her white veil, her golden-red eyes were fixed intently on the Elf Queen.

She could hardly believe what she was witnessing.

'The Elf Queen is actually letting Su Xuan go inside the Elf Mother Tree? Even for the Elves, that place is forbidden ground!'

'But now, Su Xuan was an exception?'

'It made her wonder... what exactly was the relationship between her President and the Elf Queen?'

'Was it just a simple employer-adventurer relationship?'

'Or... did they share some kind of unspeakable secret?'

After a brief word, Su Xuan turned and strode into the Teleportation Gate.

The moment he vanished, the Elf Queen's gaze fell upon Lucia. As a Demigod, she had naturally sensed Lucia's stare.

She then spoke gently, "Lady Lucia, I have something I wish to discuss with you. Might you spare a moment?"

After a moment's hesitation, Lucia gave a slight nod. "Mm."

...

The moment Su Xuan stepped through the Teleportation Gate, the world around him changed in an instant.

Strangely, however, he hadn't arrived in the same region he'd visited before in the Dream Realm. Instead, he found himself in a peculiar space.

Beneath his feet was an azure sky, and above his head, a vibrant, dream-like world.

Su Xuan couldn't help but feel bewildered, astonished by the scene within the Elf Mother Tree.

"You've come."

The voice of the Elf Mother Tree came from behind him, and he slowly turned.

There stood a petite girl with long, jade-green hair.

Her bright, clear eyes seemed devoid of any emotion as she stared unblinkingly into Su Xuan's.

"Senior Elf Mother Tree!" Su Xuan greeted the girl politely.

'After all, she was the Elf Mother Tree, a being even more ancient than the Elf Queen.'

'Calling the Elf Mother Tree 'Senior' might have been a bit presumptuous of him.'

"Senior?"

Hearing his form of address, the girl merely glanced at him indifferently before speaking. "Then I shall call you junior. Junior Su Xuan."

Su Xuan wasted no time and got straight to the point. "The Queen said that you've discovered why the Undead Legion suddenly invaded the Elf Kingdom. She sent me here to ask you about it."

"More or less."

The green-haired girl nodded slightly. "Those Undead are using an ancient ritual to enter the Elf Kingdom's borders."

"An ancient ritual?"

"Yes. It's a Space Magic ritual that existed ten thousand years ago. It has only appeared once before," the green-haired girl explained. "It can ignore all conventional rules of Power. As long as a price is paid, it allows one to arrive directly at their destination."

Her explanation made Su Xuan's expression turn grave. 'Ignoring all conventional rules of Power... This is bad!'

"It is indeed bad. If they fully master the ritual's Power, it wouldn't be impossible for millions of Undead to appear in the Elf Kingdom," the girl added.

"Millions?" Su Xuan was stunned.

'He knew that the Adventurer's Guild's Teleportation Array could only transport fewer than ten members at a time, and was still subject to spatial interference.'

'When traveling to the Moon God Empire, for example, you couldn't arrive directly at your desired location.'

'But now, based on what the Elf Mother Tree was saying, this Space Magic ritual was completely absurd!'

'No wonder it could even bypass the Elf Mother Tree's protection!'

'But...'

Su Xuan asked the Elf Mother Tree, "Is this the work of the Undead Monarch, or the Beastman Kingdom that's backing them?"

"Neither!"

The girl shook her head, her tone grave. "The one responsible is just like you. An Adventurer's Guild President!"

"A Player?"

Hearing this, everything instantly clicked into place for Su Xuan.

'No wonder the Elf Queen sent him to the Elf Mother Tree. This was why.'

"I've already found their location. Can I entrust this to you?" the girl asked, looking up at Su Xuan, awaiting his answer.

"Mm. Leave it to me."

Su Xuan nodded readily, without the slightest hesitation.

"Good~ Tinas wasn't wrong about you." Hearing Su Xuan's reply, the girl revealed a satisfied smile.

She took a step back and raised a slender hand. A multi-colored Elf Fruit materialized in her palm.

When Su Xuan saw the Elf Fruit, his eyes lit up.

'The once pitch-black Dark Elf Fruit had undergone a world-altering transformation in just a few days!'

"It would have taken another two or three days, but Tinas infused a wisp of her Breath of Life into the fruit, allowing her to be born early," the girl explained softly. "Hold out your right hand. I need to make a contract with you."

"A contract?"

Su Xuan looked confused.

"Of course!"

The girl spoke with a serious expression. "They are all my children, and I have a responsibility to protect them. To prevent anything that would anger me from happening, you must sign a contract with me. Only then can I entrust her to you with peace of mind."

"Alright..."

After a moment of thought, Su Xuan agreed to sign the contract with the Elf Mother Tree.

After receiving Su Xuan's consent, the girl flicked a delicate finger.

A moment later, lines of text woven from jade-green Magic Power appeared before Su Xuan's eyes.