Who told him to rush up there?.

At the banquet that followed, the Great Elder only focused on drinking and never came out to cause trouble, as if letting the High Priest marry far away to the Dawn Empire had achieved her goal.

And now is obviously not the time to punish the Great Elder. After all, the envoys of the major empires are watching anxiously. The Elf Empire at least cannot fight among itself openly, although what the Great Elder did just now is almost as clear as day.

Originally, everyone at the dinner had planned to take advantage of the opportunity to drink together to get closer to Eli, who had been promoted to Demigod today. However, after what the Great Elder had just done, everyone was quite stiff. They felt that they had accidentally discovered the secrets of the Elf Empire, and they all began to be cautious.

Fortunately, the Elf Queen was still calm. Although she lost her only sister, half of her body already belonged to Eli, and it would have been lost sooner or later. Now it can only be considered as giving it away in advance.

The great elder stopped talking, and the subsequent dinner was relatively harmonious. Everyone was drinking happily, which managed to maintain the appearance that both the host and the guests were having a good time. As for the inner situation, only the high-level elves knew the truth.

After the dinner, the envoys from various empires left in an orderly manner. Even a half-wife like Eli could not stay any longer. Everyone knew that the Elf Queen did not lose her temper at the banquet because she wanted to save the face of the empire. But after the dinner, it was time for the conflict between her and the Great Elder to break out.

As for the specific situation of the struggle between the two high-ranking officials of the Elf Empire, no one knew it except the two elves, because after the banquet, the Elf Queen summoned the Great Elder alone in her tree house, without any other outsiders or insiders present.

The next morning, the Elf Empire issued an appointment letter for high-level changes. The position of Grand Elder of the Elf Empire's Elder Council was taken over by the former Grand Elder's deputy, the Second Elder.

Because the original Great Elder worked diligently and responsibly during his tenure and was deeply trusted by Her Majesty the Queen, the position of Grand Elder was specially created and the former Great Elder was appointed to hold the position. However, considering her advanced age, the Grand Elder is no longer responsible for actual affairs and only enjoys various welfare benefits.

The appointment letter takes effect immediately, and the new great elder will take over all the work of the supreme elder in subsequent ceremonies, while the extremely honorable supreme elder only needs to watch the ceremony with the tribesmen.

Upon hearing about the Elf Empire's personnel transfers early in the morning, the envoys from various countries remained silent.

It's not that they don't care about the changes in the allied countries, but since it involves the high-level officials of the allied countries, they are outsiders after all and have no right or reason to interfere. In short, they should be thankful that the dispute between the Elf Grand Elder and the Elf Queen did not cause unrest. Although now is not the most intense time of the war, with the ferocity of the demons, they may launch a counterattack at any time and anywhere, and the masters and troops of the elves cannot be absent from all major battlefields.

While people were relieved, they were still curious about how the Great Elder admitted defeat and retired. After all, she was clearly not afraid of the Elf Queen at the dinner last night. How could she surrender and be willing to be a mascot just one night later?

The answer to this question soon surfaced. When the elves' festival began on the second day, because no elf could be absent, people were able to see again the great elder who had quarreled last night... Oh, now it was the supreme elder and the elven queen.

Although the two elves, together with the high priest, walked up to the altar to start the sacrificial ceremony, it was easy for anyone to notice the annoyance in the eyes of the great elder and the unstable aura around her.

It seems that even the elves, who are the closest to nature and have the most peaceful personalities, find it difficult to convince their opponents with reason, and can only convince their opponents through physics in the end. Judging from the complexion and breath of the Supreme Elder, she must have been seriously injured last night.

Even elves have to follow the rules of winners and losers. We are all demigods, and there is no such thing as bullying the weak. If you can't win, you can't win. In today's chaotic times, the one with the biggest fists is the real deal, and everything else is empty talk.

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In the following days, the elves continued with the festival and arranged dinners every night as usual. Because the elves who caused trouble had been punished, these days were calm and peaceful without any incidents.

Eli followed the ceremony process for several days, and to be honest, it was a bit boring. Even though the elven sisters and girls participating in the ceremony were so pretty and lovely, it was not fun to watch them for a long time without being able to eat.

Also because of the festival, Luna, Wendy and Clia were all very busy. Not to mention the daytime, they didn't even have time to accompany her at night. The high priest of Xinna was even busier. She was needed everywhere and didn't even have a moment of free time.

So Eli could only wait patiently for the festival to be over, and this wait lasted for more than half a month. Not only did he suffer during the day, but he also had to stay alone in an empty room at night. To be honest, this was the first time he had been away from women for such a long time since he broke his vow of chastity, and he was really not used to it.

Fortunately, although the elves’ ceremony was complicated, for some unknown reason, it ended earlier than in the previous life. Eli only abstained from sex for seventeen or eighteen days before the last day of the elves’ ceremony arrived, which was the final funeral of the goddess of life.

This funeral ceremony was not held on the altar, but at the most important place in the Elf Empire, the most central location of the entire Elf Forest, where the Tree of Life took root.

This time, let alone foreign guests like Eli, even the druids, a vassal race of the elves, cannot attend the ceremony. Only true pure-blooded elves can attend the funeral of the Goddess of Life.

It was also during this time that Eli saw the only remaining male elves of the elven race.

Because the elves gave up natural reproduction hundreds of years ago, these male elves are very old and almost all of them are the elders of the Elf Queen. But don't be fooled by their old age, they have not been idle in the past few hundred years. You should know that the large number of half-elves on the continent today are the results of their labor.

Even though the elves have stopped marrying each other for hundreds of years, the relationship between elven men and women is still very harmonious. After all, they just don't intermarry, they haven't separated the family.

Today is the last day of the elf festival, and also the most important day. The male elves who originally lived outside the Elf Forest have also gathered in the imperial capital. Not only them, but also the elves who live far away must come today, because the funeral ceremony for the goddess of life must not be missed by all the elves. Although the elven imperial capital is not small, it can't accommodate hundreds of millions of elves. However, the funeral ceremony is held on the tree of life, so the elves don't have to rush to the imperial capital. After all, the tree of life is tall and straight, standing upright, like a giant pillar that can be seen even from a long distance.

This was not the first time Eli had seen the Tree of Life. In fact, he had just arrived outside the Elf Capital and had seen the truly giant tree from afar before he even entered the capital.

But at that time it was impossible for him to get closer to take a look. You have to know that the area within a hundred miles of the Tree of Life is an absolute restricted area to the outside world. Even if the elves want to go there to pick the fruit of life and reproduce, they have to apply in advance.

Just like now, no foreign guests are allowed to approach within a hundred miles of the Tree of Life. It's not that they don't trust the envoys of these allied countries, but the Tree of Life is too important to the elves and they cannot afford any mistakes.

It is not only the foundation for the elves to reproduce, but also the inheritance and future of the entire elves. There are even rumors that it is the incarnation of the goddess of life who severed herself, and it is the last legacy left by the goddess of life in the mortal world.

Even when the Goddess of Life was still in the God Realm, the Tree of Life was the top priority for the elves. It could be said to be their lifeline. Not to mention that the Goddess of Life has fallen now. If anyone dares to rashly break into the restricted area of ​​the God Tree, even if that person is the Emperor of the Dawn Empire, the elves will probably kill him without mercy.

With Eli's eyesight, he could see the ceremony on the Tree of Life clearly even from a distance. Although he really didn't like these complicated things, it was his first time to experience the funeral ceremony for a god. What's more, he was not only the son-in-law of the elves, but also half a wife. He also benefited from the obsession of the Goddess of Life. It was reasonable for him to be solemn and respectful at this time, and he should wholeheartedly bury the great Goddess of Life.

Eli considers himself not a good man, but still a good man. He understands the principle of repaying kindness, so no matter how boring the funeral ceremony is, and no matter whether he can participate in person, Eli stands obediently on the crown of a giant tree and salutes from afar.

By the way, the giant tree under his feet was not a druid, but the other trees around him were all druids, and they were also burying the great goddess of life in their own way.

The funeral ceremony lasted from the first ray of sunshine in the early morning to the last ray of sunset at night. Eli stood on the tree without moving the whole day, doing his part.

As the sun sets and the funeral ceremony ends, the elves all over the mountains begin to return, but the most important elves have not returned. There is also a rare lack of dinner tonight, so the foreign guests have to return to the State Guesthouse to solve their own dining problems.

It was not until the next day that the Elf Empire's high-ranking officials, led by the Elf Queen, returned from the restricted area of ​​the Tree of Life. With their strength of at least a legendary demigod and at least a saint, they could easily withstand staying up all night, let alone ten days and ten nights without sleep.

But just one night had passed, and all the high-ranking elves, including the most powerful Elf Queen in the mortal world, looked tired and even embarrassed. They looked like they had been crying for a whole month. Their eyes were red and swollen, and their spirits were listless.

It was like a young child who had lost his parents, and his expression looked as if the sky had fallen overnight. But in fact, the Goddess of Life did not fall yesterday. They should have experienced this kind of grief a long time ago.

But perhaps it was because the Goddess of Life still had a dying soul, and after the soul dissipated, there was still a trace of obsession. Until yesterday, after the grand funeral ceremony, except for the Tree of Life that covered the sky, all traces of the Goddess of Life in the mortal world were gone. For the elves, that moment was when the Goddess of Life left them forever.

Eli actually had never had this kind of experience. He was an orphan before he traveled through time and space, and he had never experienced losing his relatives after he grew up. In his second life after traveling through time and space, he was mediocre, but his relatives and loved ones also died with him at the hands of the demons, and there was not much difference in the order of death.

So he couldn't empathize with the elves at this moment. The only thing he could do was to give them a warm hug one by one after Luna and the others returned.

After hugging Luna, Wendy, and Clea, Eli hesitated for a moment and went to hug the High Priestess among the high-ranking officials of the Elf Empire. After her, only the Elf Queen was more familiar with him and had a closer relationship with him, but she was not someone Eli could hug.

"Well, now that the festival is over, the envoys from various countries are about to start their journey home. Eli, you take Luna and the others back first. After lunch, go to Luna's martial arts arena by yourself. I have something to tell you."

Seeing that Eli was not partial to one over the other, the Elf Queen didn't know what she felt, but as she said, the ceremony was over, which also meant that Eli should leave. Given the closed nature of the Elf Empire, they naturally would not retain the diplomatic envoys from various countries. At the earliest later today, and at the latest tomorrow, ambassadors from various countries, including Eli, should return to their countries to report.

Even though Eli is much more special than others, he can even stay in the Elf Empire, but everyone knows that a man of such stature as Eli will not indulge in the gentleness of a gentle woman. The anti-demon battlefield is his stage.

Even if he had just made a breakthrough and his realm might not be stable, he would only consolidate it for a year or two before stepping onto the battlefield. Whether it was the Elf Empire or the Dawn Empire, they were only places where he would stay temporarily. The central battlefield was where this favored child of heaven would shine.

Eli indeed planned to do so. After the elf festival was over, he would stay for no more than one day before he had to bring back the few beautiful elven girls and bridesmaids he had captured. Although his breakthrough came ahead of schedule and it seemed to have saved a lot of time, the remaining time for him to build a strong team was not that abundant, so he needed to hurry up.

What's more, he had previously agreed to take a bus to the Dragon Kingdom, and he might have to bring a little female dragon back with him, so he couldn't afford to delay any further.

So when the Elf Queen said that she had something to tell him, Eli nodded quickly and agreed, thinking that he should finish the work quickly so that he could leave early the next morning.

So, after saying goodbye to the Elf Queen and the others, Eli took the obviously depressed Luna and the other three children back to his small room in the State Guesthouse. As for the high priest who had to leave with him tomorrow, he had some finishing work arrangements and could not accompany him today.

They returned to the room in silence. Even though he had been holding it in for many days, Eli had no intention of getting intimate with the three elves who were in low spirits. After all, at this moment, what they needed was the warmest comfort.

(End of this chapter)