VCRMM: Chapter 256

A breeze blew past, ruffling the woman’s long sea-blue hair. She stared blankly at the old man in front of her and it took her a long time to find her voice. “Huh?”

Elder Witchell’s words left Heidi a bit confused.

What did it mean to hug His Majesty Roland’s thigh?

She imagined the scene and couldn’t help frowning. Then she said hesitantly, “Grandpa Witchell, you aren’t joking with me, are you?”

“Of course not.”

Elder Witchell said solemnly, “His Majesty holds the supreme position in the Roland Empire. His ability and talent are important factors, but the most important thing is…”

“Have you met the marshal?”

Heidi nodded. “His strength is unfathomable. I can’t even stand up straight in front of him.”

“Yes.”

Elder Witchell sighed emotionally. “But there is one thing you might not understand…”

“Even if you accidentally offend the marshal, he might not care about you.”

“But if you offend His Majesty Roland, the marshal will probably send you to see the Tree of Life before His Majesty can punish you.”

Heidi’s expression froze. There was no need for Elder Witchell to be alarmist. This was sincere advice to her.

All caution was necessary in front of an extremely powerful person.

She took a deep breath and bowed her head. “I understand.”

“As for how to please the young emperor… it is actually very simple. All we have to do is contribute to the construction of the Roland Empire.”

Elder Witchell adjusted his glasses.

He had only surrendered for a month, but he already looked like a seasoned veteran who was well versed in the situation.

“The Roland Empire was in ruins but is now in a state of rapid development.”

Elder Witchell had an emotional look on his face when he thought back to Roland a year ago.

“You might not know how difficult Roland’s situation was. It could be said that it wasn’t much better than the land of the sea elves.”

“It was only thanks to the sacrifices of the imperial family that we were able to get a chance to breathe.”

Elder Witchell had been living in seclusion in the human world. He saw everything very clearly and had sincere admiration for the previous ruler of Roland, who had passed away.

It was he who abolished slavery and it was he who sacrificed his life to open the guardian circles— a point that only a few humans knew.

“From only surviving to the point where they are now, it only took them less than a year!”

“Once you get to know Roland better, you will understand how many miracles the current Roland emperor has created since he ascended to the throne.”

“I won’t go into the details about this. You can learn more about it from others.”

At this point, he added earnestly.

“Since you have already surrendered, don’t stay in isolation. Go out and communicate with the human race more often, and walk on land. It will be good for you.”

“Like me, I am a history lecturer at the Elementalist Academy.”

Speaking of this, Elder Witchell’s face lit up with a different type of radiance.

Since the teleportation circle leading to the human city was built in the back mountain of the Elementalist Academy, he finally got a job at the Elementalist Academy.

As the oldest forest elf, he could be said to be the longest-living intelligent life on Escher Star.

Elves were known for their wisdom, which was largely due to their long lifespan and excellent memory.

In the Roland Empire, which was now experiencing an obvious civilization gap, it was definitely a matter of extraordinary significance to have such an old professor who was knowledgeable, well-informed and proficient in history and various miscellaneous subjects.

Upon learning of the existence of Elder Witchell, Dean Justin was extremely excited. He invited the elder again and again, even alarming the emperor, before he finally invited Elder Witchell out of retirement to serve as a history lecturer.

As soon as Elder Witchell’s classes were released, they attracted the attention of countless students and teachers, who flocked to them. Every class was full. It wasn’t just the students, but also teachers from various departments sitting in the front row when they didn’t have to teach classes.

Among them, the braves made half the contribution.

They seemed to be very interested in the history of Escher star. They always asked tricky questions from various angles in class and gave Elder Witchell a headache.

Fortunately, he was able to answer most of the questions in the end.

Due to this, Elder Witchell’s relationship with the braves became more and more harmonious. He was gradually able to keep up with some of their ideas.

Generally speaking, Elder Witchell still liked the braves very much. After all, who didn’t like smart, polite and sensible students?

Elder Witchell fished out a small wine bottle from his pocket, opened the lid and took a small sip.

With his introduction, some forest elves had already started teaching in the Elementalist Academy. Their knowledge reserves might not be comparable to him but they were still better than human lecturers.

In the fields of wood element manipulation, planting, archery, etc., elves had techniques that were ahead of humans. These techniques had been continuously practiced, improved and innovated for thousands of years and condensed into the wisdom of the forest elves.

Of course, there were things they could learn from the Elementalist Academy as well. They were surprised to find that Roland had training techniques that weren’t inferior to theirs.

Later, after understanding it, they learned that most of these techniques came from the braves and were localized and improved by Roland’s elementalists.

The forest elves were both lecturers and students.

In such a simple and friendly college life, they also slowly adapted to everything after the identity change.

There were pros and cons but it wasn’t as bad as they imagined. It could even be said to be quite wonderful.

Elder Witchell was already in contact with other ancient clans living in seclusion. He hoped that they could also break free from the shadows of the past and appear openly on this land again.

However, the surrender time was too short. He wasn’t able to strongly convince these ancient clans.

Elder Witchell wasn’t in a hurry. He believed that time would prove everything. At the very least, the forest elves hadn’t regretted it for now.

His teachings made Heidi fall into deep thought.

After returning from the canyon to the elf lake, she summoned all her clan members.

Now they had mastered the use of the teleportation circle. Except for two people who stayed in the clan land to take turns guarding the land, all the sea elves were transferred to the elf lake.

This place might be smaller than the bottom of the sea, but such a peaceful and stable environment with abundant sunlight was like heaven for the sea elves, who had suffered and been trapped in the darkness of the sea for many years.

They were also grateful to the Roland Empire for bringing them all of this.

“Your Majesty… Chief, we are willing to contribute to the construction of the Roland Empire, but… what can we do?” A sea elf asked.

Unlike forest elves, they spent most of their time at the bottom of the sea and knew very little about the human world.

They didn’t know what value they could provide.

Grumpy Little Rabbit jumped out immediately. “You can go to the Elementalist Academy to serve as a water instructor!”

Sea elves had generally reached the strength of three or four stars. The Elementalist Academy was very lacking of such spells at this stage.

“In addition, the sound department! There is no sound department instructor at the Elementalist Academy.”

Sea elves were known as the singers of the sea. Many of them had talents in sound elements and mastered sound skills. They would be a timely help for the Elementalist Academy, where the inheritance of sound had been cut off!

Heidi’s eyes lit up when she heard this proposal.

Since they wanted to create value, they naturally had to make the most unique one and be competitive!

Grumpy Little Rabbit was immediately praised.

Then the boy said, “But I think that focusing on the construction of the land of the sea elves is our main task.”

“His Majesty Roland takes this matter very seriously and the braves will be very happy to help us!”

Heidi agreed with him very much.

The top priority was to save the Tree of Life, which was the foundation of their existence.

It was just that even though she knew the braves would be enthusiastic, she never expected them to be so enthusiastic!

The next day, the sea elves were frightened when they saw the elf lake being surrounded by braves and more braves continuing to pour down from the sky.

They hid in the lake and didn’t dare to come out. They only dared to scan it with their spiritual power. Then they found out—

There were so many braves with no end in sight!

This number must be at least tens of thousands, right?

Heidi felt it was more than that.

She frowned while feeling very fearful.

However, the braves only gathered on the shore and didn’t go into the water, nor did they enter the area near the elf lake. They only wandered around the surrounding borders.

This made Chief Heidi unable to lose her temper.

So what did these braves gather here to do?

“Didn’t they say that the underwater map would be officially opened today? Where is the sea elf NPC? Why are they gone? I want to go to the bottom of the sea to play!”

“I have already mixed the underwater breathing potion. How do I get there?”

“How about we break in? I know the teleportation circle is under the lake. I’ve seen it in the video before!”

“Hehe, you can go and try it if you aren’t afraid of death.”

“His Majesty Snow has issued a decree that this area belongs to the sea elves and is completely under the governance of the sea elves. How about you try to break in?”

“Go braves! Give us some strategy guide references!”

“Go away. Do you think I am stupid?”

The chaotic scene and complicated discussions outside gave Heidi a headache.

She was sure that heroes had no ill will towards them, but… being suddenly surrounded by so many people really wasn’t a pleasant thing!

Thinking of Elder Witchell’s advice to her, Heidi hesitated for a moment. She didn’t seek help from Chamo immediately. Instead, she reported the problem to the young emperor.

Xu Sili was inevitably surprised when he received Heidi’s message for help.

But this matter was indeed something that he didn’t think about thoroughly.

The current difficulty in building the land of the sea elves lay in the pressure of the deep sea and the group of sea beasts that might launch attacks at any time.

Xu Sili didn’t dare to let the construction team and magic circle masters go directly.

He didn’t dare to take the risk. After all, the pressure at the bottom of the sea was very terrifying. Who knew if they would be troubled by the strong pressure as soon as they teleported there.

Thus, players who weren’t afraid of death would definitely be the pioneer troops.

Based on this, he issued tasks to some qualified players and asked them to conduct reconnaissance on the seabed first.

It was just that he underestimated the uncontrollability of the players.

Even though they didn’t receive the mission, they knew the teleportation point. How could they not try their luck? Maybe they would be noticed by an NPC and a hidden mission triggered?

Xu Sili understood the psychology of players too well and felt helpless.

It would be better if the sea elves had chosen a territory like the forest elves, but they chose the mountain behind the Elementalist Academy and the location was exposed by a player’s live broadcast of the lake.

He didn’t even have time to help them set up a defensive circle before it was surrounded by players. What could he do?

Even if it was set up, it was only a matter of time before it was cracked if players knew the location.

Who made them be called the fourth natural disaster?

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