Chapter 577 - 575: Turmoil
At noon, the dining in the Elf Royal City was bustling, and Hilia found a restaurant with more guests of other races to sit down and enjoy the elven delicacies.
And just at that moment, a broadcast from the Royal Court suddenly sounded, quickly spreading throughout the Elf Royal City.
"Attention, a dense pollution warning is coming from the northeast, and it will reach the Elf Royal City in two hours. All elves and tourists, please return home and wait for the Royal Court Guard to clear the pollution. The illness in the Elf Forest is spreading and is calling out to us for help. Please do not leave arbitrarily before the clearance is completed to avoid being invaded by pollution."
"Attention..."
The broadcast sounded three times in a row, clearly entering everyone’s ears each time.
This is a broadcast imbued with magic, impossible to ignore.
This matter caused countless discussions.
Those who had just arrived in the Elf Royal City and were completely unaware of the situation exclaimed in surprise, asking what was going on.
At this time, their guides or others who knew the forest patrol situation would kindly inform them that recently, the Elf Forest was ’sick,’ with ’pimples’ appearing anytime and anywhere. After the pimples burst, the ’pus’ spreads around in the form of pollution.
At the same time, this is not a secret within the Elf Race, because the Elf Royal Court is confident in resolving this ’illness incident.’
"Are you really confident?"
Hilia sat on the trunk of a giant tree, watching the surging wave of pollution in the distance.
Soon, after the advance notice, there were already few people on the streets by now. Only outsiders or elves who thought they wouldn’t get too easily caught still stayed, while ordinary people and low-powered elves had already hidden in tree houses.
Hilia saw many elves flying out from the Royal Court and outside. Some were sitting on flying devices, others had natural wings representing Tier Four and above appearing on their backs, standing outside the Elf Royal City, displaying their special skills to clear the first wave of invading pollution.
However, using a spoon to scoop water, there’s no way to scoop away the waves.
Their actions were basically like a drop in the ocean.
Fortunately, the pollution that invaded the Elf Forest had been mostly separated from life energy by Elina.
𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦
This pure demonic qi pollution would not cause a magical elemental reaction with the elves, and as long as they operated their magic power, they could at least resist for a bit.
If Elina hadn’t directed the pollution away from the direction of the Elf Royal City, the elves below Tier Two would have been invaded on the spot by this wave.
Tier Three could only resist for a short while, and only Tier Four and above could swim freely in the pollution.
The meaningless resistance didn’t last long. The stormy pollution completely submerged the place.
The sweeping pollution instantly stained the beautiful Elf Royal City with murkiness, no longer pure.
Those elves and outsiders who thought they could resist the pollution turned red in the face immediately after being submerged by it, hurriedly trying to leave and enter nearby houses.
However, after the notice was issued, most shops and houses had already closed, and no matter how others knocked, they would not open the doors.
At this time, the Elf Royal Court seemed to have foreseen possible violent incidents and arranged some forces of the Royal Court guards on the streets of the Elf Royal City. Meanwhile, those defending outside trying to keep the pollution out but discovered it was to no avail were ordered back into the Elf Royal City to maintain security during this period.
Looking around, many places have already experienced violent incidents.
A sneaky beastman was using force to pound on the door of a tree house, shouting something angrily. After a while of vigorous pounding, he suddenly enchanted his hand and smashed the door with one punch.
Just as he was about to barge in, the Royal Court Guard hurried over and swiftly arrested him.
However, the opened door had lost the protection from the Holy Tree, and pollution instantly enveloped the tree house, from which faint sounds of the elves’ painful wails emanated.
"Somewhat of an unprovoked disaster."
Hilia frowned slightly, watching as the Royal Court Guard escorted that person away. They seemed to only check inside briefly, then reattached the door, doing nothing else before leaving.
Hilia quietly approached and sensed that the elves inside were already unconscious.
It was just a simple elf blessed by the Elf Forest, but who hadn’t stepped into cultivation.
The other was just a relatively robust ordinary elf, completely defenseless against the pollution.
If the pollution inside them wasn’t dispersed in time, given this concentration of pollution, it wouldn’t be long before they descended into chaos, seeing everything as a minion of the Evil God.
Hilia pondered for a moment, secretly using a trace of the Purification Skill’s light, under the precise control of the Mage’s Hand, to cleanse the pollution from the elf’s body, leaving a purification mark behind. Before the mark ran out, they could temporarily be immune to the invasion of pollution.
"Although there’s no way to protect all innocent people, if I see it, I’ll save them conveniently." Hilia sighed.
If the earlier Elf Elder had been polite, or even just pretended not to see her and didn’t interfere, she might have directly cast a Purification Skill on the Elf Royal City to buy them some time.
But unfortunately, the attitude of the other party had left Hilia with an extremely rigid impression of the Elf Royal Family.
She didn’t know if there were good people within the Elf Royal Family, but she hadn’t met any. To avoid getting herself trapped, it was better not to be overly sentimental.
"Since they’re still maintaining their arrogance, let the Elf Race suffer another setback."
At present, after entering the Elf Forest, Hilia had only seen friendliness from Lana and Elina. Not to mention the Elf Royal Family, even Lana’s teammates openly or secretly discriminated against elves that were not purebloods. Towards outsiders like humans and beastmen, it was even more so. It’s unclear what exactly they were so proud of.
Therefore, Hilia stayed here just to watch the show. Apart from some rather pitiful innocents, she didn’t intend to help others.
Just like those confident they could resist the pollution and then panicked when it came and sought shelter, Hilia left them be.
This was what they deserved.
The entire Elf Royal City quickly descended into chaos after the pollution hit.
Apart from those who were panicking and seeking refuge, there were also criminals trying to take advantage by looting.
The unified behavior of these people was to smash doors or randomly attack people around them.
Many were suppressed by the Royal Court Guard but in many places, they could do nothing.
Because only teams led by Tier Four could stabilize and resist the invasion of pollution.
Below Tier Four, without the protection of Holy Magic, it’s difficult to walk in the pollution for a long time.
How many Tier Four mages are there in the entire Elf Royal City?