Chapter: Chapter 529
“A chaotic aura, and even two powerful opposing forces. What has happened to the elves?” The closer Leticia got to the Elven City of Life, the more confused she became.
In her original plan, they were supposed to sneak into the City of Life, find Evangeline in the palace, and ask if she had the Book of Prophecies. If she did, they would take it directly; if not, they would snatch it from the Elder Court.
The main objective was a covert operation with minimal impact.
But now, the situation of the elves seemed to be in trouble. Why were the elves underfoot fighting each other with weapons, divided into two factions?
“A rebellion? At this time?”
“Why don’t we go down and ask? The current situation of the elves seems a bit different from what we expected,” Inphino suggested. With Leticia present, inquiring about the situation wouldn’t take too much time.
The current situation could be described as bewildering. The elves were in internal conflict, and two gods were possibly confronting each other in the distance. Even Inphino couldn’t figure out what was going on.
They needed to ask those involved.
“Alright, I’ll go ask,” Leticia nodded, turned, and flew towards the ground. She casually grabbed an elven ranger and began questioning him.
The answer she received was quite bizarre.
“What? The Elven Empress was controlled by an evil god and launched a rebellion, intending to eliminate the Elder Court and destroy the entire elven race?” Upon hearing this, Leticia was stunned. Evangeline rebelled?
Her Majesty, the Elven Empress, rebelled? Rebelled against herself?
Controlled by an evil god? Leticia could believe other things, but this she definitely couldn’t. Evangeline had two divine artifacts, one of which she carried with her at all times. Did an evil god really have the ability to possess her?
Was Flora slandering that evil god?
The credibility of what this elf said was too low. No, she had to find another elf to ask.
Since this elf was from the Elder Court, Leticia was very dissatisfied with his answer. She felt she needed to hear the opinion of Evangeline’s side.
Coincidentally, there were elves who supported Evangeline present. Leticia repeated her tactic, caught another elven ranger, and asked the same question again.
This time, the answer Leticia received was more in line with her expectations.
“Those elders felt that Her Majesty the Empress’s reforms touched upon their interests, so they secretly planned to overthrow Her Majesty. Her Majesty was forced to attack the elders.”
Listen to this! What a normal reason: conflict of interest, the elders wanted to overthrow the Empress, and the Empress, having no choice, acted first. This was worlds apart from the excuse of divine possession from the Elder Court’s side.
After asking a few more questions, Leticia had a general understanding of the current situation. Evangeline probably started fighting the elders yesterday. The initial situation was okay, but when the elders’ entire army was mobilized, Evangeline began to struggle and had to retreat to the palace.
The elves here wanted to go to the City of Life to support the empress, but they were intercepted by elves from the other side along the way. Due to their numerical disadvantage, they were stopped here.
This was also normal. The elves who supported the half-elven empress, Evangeline, were almost all commoners of the elven race, while almost all the great nobles of the elven race stood with the Elder Court.
After all, Evangeline’s foundation was not deep. The elven nobles were more inclined to believe that the Elder Court, with its profound heritage, would achieve final victory.
“That’s why I say the elven system is flawed. The Empress doesn’t have powerful forces in her hands, making her a mere figurehead?” Returning to Inphino, Leticia reported the intelligence she had gathered and, in the process, criticized the elven race’s situation.
“The army is mostly controlled by the elders. Evangeline was too hasty.”
If this little empress could have waited a few more days, there would have been no need for this battle. As Evangeline’s best companion, could Leticia stand by and watch her good sister be bullied like this?
When Evangeline complained to Leticia, Leticia would definitely help the Empress regain her authority with righteous indignation, using the excuse that these elders refused to contribute to saving the world.
What, you say the Book of Prophecies isn’t with you? I don’t believe it. My good sister wouldn’t lie to me, would she?
“So, are we going to help Evangeline now?” Inphino asked.
Leticia nodded as a matter of course. Would she help the elven elders instead of Evangeline? Leticia had a poor impression of those old geezers and wished they would die sooner.
With such a perfect opportunity and the banner of righteousness, how could Leticia not take revenge for personal grievances?
“Yes, help Evangeline destroy the Elder Court. The Book of Prophecies is most likely in the hands of the Elder Court anyway, and we’ll have to eliminate these guys sooner or later,” Leticia clenched her fist and swung it fiercely at the air.
Seeing how Evangeline was being suppressed by the Elder Court and couldn’t get out of the palace, Leticia felt that the possibility of the Book of Prophecies being in the Empress’s hands was really small.
It was most likely in the hands of the Elder Court, the true rulers of the elves. So, well, let’s destroy the Elder Court first before discussing other matters.
“But Evangeline has two divine artifacts. How did she end up in such a state?” The only thing Leticia couldn’t understand was how Evangeline, possessing two divine artifacts that she could use, was being suppressed without any ability to fight back.
What about Flora and Qing? Why didn’t they come to help?
“Perhaps Evangeline isn’t the only one with divine artifacts?” Inphino said softly. If Evangeline possessed divine artifacts, why couldn’t the Elder Court possess them as well?
With the Elder Court’s profound heritage, possessing divine artifacts seemed not to be something surprising.
“Those two opposing auras might be two gods supporting Evangeline and the Elder Court respectively?” Inphino continued, looking towards the City of Life.
Due to the great distance, she only knew that these two auras were confronting each other, but she didn’t know the specific identities or strengths of the opposing sides.
She could only infer from the current situation that these two gods belonged to two factions, were confronting each other, and had not yet officially engaged in battle.
This was, to some extent, good news. If the two gods were to unleash their full power here, by the time Leticia and the other two arrived at the City of Life, the City of Life might have already turned into ruins.
