Demon Hunter: I have a red gourd

Chapter 76 The Key to the Mystery

"Let me tell you the true history of mankind."

"It was with the help of us elves that humans were able to gain a foothold on this continent."

Toruvir's words were like thunder, ringing in Ivan's ears.

"The humans who came to this continent were originally exiled criminals from their tribe. While on a ship during their exile, they experienced the Conjunction of the Celestial Spheres and ended up here by chance."

"What they called the 'initial landing' should more accurately be called the 'exile landing'." Toruvil continued with a hint of hatred in her tone.

"Back then, we elves coexisted peacefully with goblins and dwarves on this vast continent. From the shores of the Great Ocean in the west to the Blue Mountains in the east, from the Dragon Mountains in the north to the Mahakam Mountains in the south, we developed a magnificent civilization together across the continent. Today, the elven ruins scattered around the world bear witness to our glorious history."

"Wait," Ivan heard something that contradicted his understanding. "Are you saying that elves and goblins coexisted peacefully in the past?"

"Of course." Toruweier looked puzzled. "Is there any problem?"

"Please forgive my offense, but in the history I've read, it's recorded that the goblins were exterminated by the elves."

"Humans are truly adept at fabricating history," Toruvir sneered. "The goblins clearly suffered the same fate as us, driven from their land by humans."

"However, the goblins are kind by nature and don't like fighting. Even when oppressed, they don't think of taking up arms to resist. And now they are not extinct at all, but most of them live in the Til-Tosha Mountains and the Mahakam Mountains, and rarely appear in the outside world anymore."

"The Tir Tosha Mountains produce cat's eye stones. The goblins' jewelry craftsmanship is unmatched. Nowadays, the cat's eye jewelry worn by many human nobles is almost all made by them."

"You mean, the goblins are not only not extinct, but there are still a lot of them now?" Ivan was shocked by the news again.

"Of course." Toruvir nodded. "If you want to forge a fine sword in the future, you can go to the Tir-Tosha Mountains and find the goblins. Their swordsmithing skills are also the best in the world, even our elves are inferior to them."

"As for the extinct race you mentioned, it should be the Viran people, or you could call them the Lizard People."

"However, because this race's civilization is filled with indifference and ruthlessness, and they are extremely lacking in compassion, all races dislike them and have come into conflict with them, including humans."

"As far as I know, there's a religion among humans called 'Cliffism'. Its followers regard all lizardmen as demons, and if they encounter one, they will fight to the death."

"The cause of the Lizardmen's extinction is currently unknown, but according to our elves' analysis, it's likely due to bacteria, bacteria from humans."

Ivan pondered for a moment. Although he knew that even if the history written by humans might be wrong, what the elves said might not be completely correct. But this one thing was very likely to be true.

He was well aware of the religion of Cliffism.

Cliff is revered as the Father of the Sky or the incarnation of lightning. Using lightning as a totem, they teach their followers to challenge themselves, eliminate distractions and weaknesses, and fight against evil. The Lizardmen, a race that walks upright like humans but has a lizard-like appearance, are naturally seen as extremely evil by them.

Their methods of fighting against evil are as swift and ruthless as thunder. They will not show any mercy to anyone they identify as evil.

Fortunately, however, the witchers were also created to deal with the monsters on the continent. In the eyes of the Cliff Cult, they are fellow warriors against evil, so their attitude towards the witchers is quite good.

"Okay, let's go back to the time when humans landed." Toruvir's voice brought Ivan back to reality.

"When we saw this race that looked 80% like elves, with only their ears and temperament slightly different, we, the elves, very kindly accepted them and provided them with shelter and food."

"At the same time, our sages also selected some human children with outstanding talents, such as Jan Becker, Geoffrey Monk, and Giambattista, and taught them the secrets of elven magic to help humans survive in this world."

"Unexpectedly, after humans mastered the power we imparted to them, they leveraged their high fertility rates and adaptability to continuously learn from us. As their power grew, they drove all alien races from their lands and destroyed the great civilization we once created."

Ivan was once again overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information. From what he knew of history, Jan Becker, Geoffrey Monk, and Giambattista were the first humans to master Chaos energy and later founded the Brotherhood of Warlocks, which survives to this day.

And their strength is not due to any outstanding talent, but because they have been taught by the elven sages?
How can this be?

What shocked him even more was the elven magic that Toruweier mentioned. What was that? He had never heard of it before!
"Truviel, what do you mean by elven magic? Is there any difference between this magic and the magic used by human warlocks today?"

"Of course, and this is exactly the point I want to tell you." Toruweier smiled again, as if she was looking forward to Ivan's next reaction.

"Chaos energy only appeared in this world after the conjunction of the celestial spheres. Long before that, we elves mastered extraordinary powers. So, how could the magic we use be related to the magic used by warlocks today?"

"The reason why we can use magic is not because we rely on the chaotic magic in the world, but because of the power of our own bloodline. Of course, this power also has strengths and weaknesses. There are very few elves who are truly talented, and not all elves can learn and use elven magic." Toruvir said slowly.

"As for the magic used by warlocks now, as long as we elves are willing to learn and have the talent to sense the energy of chaos, we can also master it, and we can master it faster."

"The first batch of magic that integrated chaos energy was created by our sages themselves, and they were passed on to humans."

"Ivan, do you want to know what the holy blood in Ian Savini's Holy Grail does? Let me tell you."

"That's the blood of the elves—the blood our sages purified after the emergence of chaotic energy. They consulted the blood of various races, combined it with all the secrets of chaotic energy and elven magic, and extracted it."

"Humans don't have our bloodline, so naturally they can't use elven magic. It was our sages who bestowed some of their holy blood upon those children, giving them the opportunity to learn elven magic."

"Holy blood is the key to mysterious power."

(End of this chapter)