What did you do with the dice?

Rusalka looked at the reactions of the elves around him. Although most of the elves were as confused as he was, the rangers did explain that this was indeed the second elder Maggie, but she was always doing research and didn't like to show up in public.

"Huh?" Rusalka glanced at Ailila, who was tidying up the breakfast stall nearby, and asked, "Mrs. Ailila, if you knew her, why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Damn it, if I had known this earlier, I should have used the Holy Slash and a big sack to kidnap this elf scientist at the intersection when no elves noticed. Wouldn't that be equivalent to locking up their technology?

Unexpectedly, Ailila was also one of the confused elves: "What, I don't know her either? I remember her. She did participate in every group activity, but the way she participated, uh..."

"Besides, she never said she was the Second Elder. How could I know her when I live on the fifth floor of the World Tree?"

Well, no one would have guessed that the person holding the sign at the entrance was the Second Elder. But you couldn't say she didn't participate in such an important election ceremony; after all, she was still participating.

Rushaka suddenly felt that this guy's outrageousness once again surpassed the image of the fried rice prince she had just created.

I thought I'd climbed this mountain of abstraction, but it turned out to be just a small hill at the foot of the peak of elven abstraction. Could it be that my hard work is truly no match for these geniuses? Have I, Rusalka, reached the end of my rope?

Sanita: (I think when you say these words, you are already unmatched.)

"The Queen is dead! Even Elune can't be saved, I said!"

"Well, considering that your current understanding of this world as human wizards is still at the level of magical elements, it may be true." Maggie shrugged, picked up the scepter that fell from Suarez's hand, and tapped the ground lightly.

Suddenly, a flower bud grew on the ground. As a strong vitality flowed and gathered in the air, the flower bud bloomed, revealing the white body of a newborn Su Yaleisi.

She opened her golden eyes and slowly flew up from the flower bud, lightly tapping the ground with her white toes. She reached out and took the scepter from Maggie's hand: "Humph, I said, as long as we are on the World Tree, you will never be able to kill me."

Sanitta felt that it was not completely unreasonable for his good brother Rusalka to be unhappy. He did not expect that there would be another person in the world with a mouth as hard as his. Now he really could not be unique.

Rusalka: (Oh, even if you don’t wear it, it doesn’t matter. You can’t seduce my brother Sanitta!)

Sanita: (What about you?)

Rusalka: (I'm the announcer, I don't participate in the battle. Who's on the Phoenix team?!)

Rusalka's shadow rose from the ground and quickly covered his eyes with black mist.

Now, there’s nothing to watch.

Chapter 458: Change of Taste

When Sanita was still finding it ridiculous that Rusalka couldn't beat the elves because of her abstraction, he suddenly stopped laughing when he saw a move similar to the one in Alice City where Rusalka resurrected on the spot by waving a flag.

The research results of human mages over thousands of years through constant struggle, innovation and communication were unexpectedly defeated by the elven scientists who were completely isolated and closed off from the outside world!

He had always believed that the reason there were no diamonds in the world was to deliberately limit the resurrection effects of some noble-ring spells, which once made him believe that DMs and gods were more inclined to a "dead is dead" "game" style.

But the fact is, Suarez is alive now, in a way he has no idea about.

There were no traces of spell casting, no fluctuations of magic power, and even his own spell counter was not activated. The opponent easily resurrected Suarez, a being whom he had to deal with with all his strength. This was simply an ability beyond the magic dimension.

And this shouldn't be some kind of power given to her by Elune. Otherwise, there's no way to explain why the elves have such a clear understanding of the concept of "death".

If it was power, Maggie could easily resurrect other elves - after all, she did not use Suarez's corpse when she resurrected her, and it seemed so easy.

You ask him how he feels now?

He felt a joy similar to that of discovering a new world. Because there was still a year until the demon invasion, this also meant that he still had at least 365 x 24 hours to learn this unprecedented new knowledge.

The treasure house of the elves suddenly didn't seem so tempting anymore. I think this little second elder Maggie is really a feast for the eyes. I wonder how long I should invite her back to the Pearl Tear Territory to interrogate her... before she will selflessly trade all this advanced knowledge to me?

My condition is not very good. If I take a long rest and cooperate with Rusalka who is in full condition, the probability of kidnapping her from the Elf Forest and then running out of the Elf Forest is very high. As long as I get outside, there will be sufficient support troops.

Rusalka: (Didn’t we agree that we weren’t here to fight?)

Sani Iron Tower: (Plans can never keep up with changes. No rush. We can start by having a friendly conversation. Perhaps Miss Maggie is also interested in my Mage Tower and Guided Detonator. You have to believe that a researcher's curiosity is enough to break through inherent prejudices and constraints.)

Rusalka: (You just got married and you're bringing a new elf home, isn't that a bad idea?)

Sanita: (I'm too lazy to refute you. Let's put it this way, then what you did is even more damnable in Phoenix's eyes, right?)

Rusalka was speechless for a moment. With Yuyu, Ai Li and Hydra at home, she really had no way to refute it.

It’s all because of the Elf Forest. After coming here, I have completely fallen from an Internet giant to an Internet disabled person. I have lost my confidence and arrogance when speaking.

Michelle returned to her original form and ran to Suarez eagerly, asking if she had any health problems. But Suarez just snorted contemptuously: "Are you questioning my ability?"

Her reaction made Michelle lower her head and whisper "I dare not", showing her passivity and humility to the fullest.

If it weren't for her stance, Rusalka would have run over and said to him: Even Lan Niang is still half a man, you have to have the dignity of a man! Get up, don't kneel! And don't lie down!

Suarez was frank and open, not shy about being so public with so many people. She didn't care about the fact that she had just lost. She simply covered her body with branches and leaves and said to Alice, "Okay, it seems Michelle lost. Then according to the rules set by Elune, you are now the only candidate. Then, as long as you complete the trial I give you, you can become the great elder of our elves."

Alice had no real sense of victory at all and couldn't feel happy at all: "Oh↓-"

He came back once, but apart from seeing his mother, he was not happy about anything else. He didn't want to be the Great Elder anymore. He felt that it would be better to go back to Silver City and play with humans.

Suarez didn't seem to mind her attitude and continued, "How about this? No matter what method you use, as long as you can drive the black dragon out of the forest forever, I will recognize your achievements and contributions."

Rusalka was already ready to reach for the stars, but she hadn't expected Suarez, who, like Sanita, loved to play dirty, to still retain a shred of humanity. "That simple? Are you sure you won't regret it?"

Suarez saw through Rusalka and Sanitta's intentions of staying in the Elf Forest. They simply wanted to exploit Alizee's ascension to the position of Great Elder to gain some short-term benefits from the elves. So, she bluntly said, "I can't keep you here anyway, so why not have you do something good for the Elf Forest before you leave and eliminate this long-term threat?"

Her plan, frankly, was a game of strategic thinking, allowing everyone to get what they wanted. For Rusalka and Sanitta, her demands were perfectly balanced, as they felt perfectly achievable, so they weren't about to blow their own trump card and turn the tables.

Suarez clapped her hands. "Alright everyone, the first stage of the election ceremony is over. After the trial is complete, come find me at the top of the World Tree. Before the canonization ceremony, I will issue a notice inviting everyone to witness Elune personally canonize and bless the new Great Elder."

After saying that, she left the stage decisively, waving her scepter to summon countless fallen leaves.

The leaves swept her and Michelle in, and when they fell again, their figures were no longer inside. They were probably teleported back to the palace.

The election ceremony was so anticlimactic, but the elves didn't care much. After all, the Great Elder was only concerned with the selection of forest rangers.

Those old Silver Leaf Teams were also brought by Rusalka. After a long time, they just returned to their place of origin and then went out to work for humans. It was no different from the recent years. At most, they selected a group of elves who wanted to follow them to open their eyes and see the world. Anyway, they would not go out themselves and would not be affected.

They were more concerned about Sanita's mansion magic: "Is the competition over? Can Sanita's magic be used again?"

Some elves went bankrupt on the spot and burst into tears: "Ah, cunning humans, all the leaves I worked so hard to save are gone!"

After they made such a commotion, those who were still thinking about eating suddenly came to their senses. Yes, although it was said to be free at the time, now that Michelle lost, it meant that they actually paid a lot of money to buy his meal.

Looking at Rusalka's large sack full of gold and silver leaves, they suddenly collapsed. Some of them even felt dizzy and fell headfirst from the tree.

Rusalka proudly waved the sack at them. "That's right, sisters! I've got 50 points of wealth. It won't let me lose my status as a wealthy person anywhere. Tell me loudly, am I, a human, now the richest person in the Elf Forest besides the Queen Elder's money-printing machine?"

The elves were so angry that their teeth were about to break, and they looked at Rusalka with red eyes. But even so heartbroken, they only scolded him for being cunning and did not come to him to ask for the leaf back.

Rusalka: (Brother, I am rich now. I will help you directly.

You take Michelle. I won't let my good brother not taste the local specialties of the Elf Forest.

Sanita: (It’s happening again, right?)

Just as Rusalka was thinking about how to use the money to blackmail the elves, the second elder Maggie waved the wooden sign in front of them.

Rusalka and Sanitta lowered their heads slightly and met her helpless gaze, with her hands on her hips, looking straight at them.

Maggie sighed and said, "Forget it. It's not easy for everyone. So, why don't you return the leaves? I'll invite you to my house and spend the day with you."

Rusalka wasn't happy about it. There was no such thing as a good deal. "So, you think being short is a feature, and you're charging more than Michelle, right? You might not know this, but loli is long out of fashion! Also, I've noticed the atmosphere in your Elf Forest is pretty bad. Talking about such immoral things in broad daylight? Do you look down on us British police? If you want to be like Belgium, just say so."

Sanita: (You win. You are indeed inferior. No matter how I look at it, I feel that the elves have no chance of surpassing you.)

After he finished complaining about Rusalka, he nodded and said, "We can trade this way."

When the elves heard that Sanita had agreed, they immediately showed expressions of relief and looked gratefully at the second elder, Maggie, whom most of them had just met.

That’s great. Not only can I get my money back now, but can the Sunny Tower also stay in the Forest of Elves?

It doesn't matter who I marry. The Second Elder is also a good person. As long as he can stay and make me happy (referring to using the mansion technique), that's enough.

This time it was Rusalka's turn to step away from him: "Brother, I understand you, but this isn't a viable practice. It's legal, but the cost is too high. This sack of leaves is all earned by Phoenix and I, working hard from dawn to dusk. How can one day be enough? Tell her to cover it for a few years, at least?"

Sanitieta ignored him and continued, "But is one day enough for you to share all your research results with me?"

Maggie tilted her head and thought about it. She wasn't too sure, so she changed her tone to a more tactful one. "You can stay as long as you want. I can teach you everything about manuscripts and data. I think the others are also eager for you to stay. It doesn't matter to me."

Rusalka refused to agree. He controlled the purse strings, which meant he had the final say. "No, that's too much of a loss. You have to put in something."

Maggie looked at Rusalka warily and took a step back. "No, no, no, although you are not much different from him, you are too vulgar. I can't accept it physically."

Rusalka was very depressed: What does it mean? My good brother is an elf special attack succubus or something, why can he do it but I can't?

Sanita thought for a moment and said, "Let's discuss this later. Just owe us a favor first."

Maggie agreed to Sanitta very readily, because Rusalka's previous outrageous behavior was so unlike that of a good person that she had completely mistaken the real villain: "No problem."

Since the two reached a consensus so quickly, Sanita extended his hand to Rusalka, and the meaning was self-evident.

Although Rusalka was extremely reluctant, she reluctantly handed the bulging sack filled with gold and silver leaves to her good brother: (I can't help it. After all, I'm your father, and I have to deal with a prodigal son like you who only cares about my parents.)

Sani Iron Tower: (Is this thing useful in your hands? Do you really want to live here?)

Well, what my good brother said was right. Apart from Michelle, Rusalka couldn't think of anything in the Elf Forest worth spending leaves on. The expensive "trophies" they liked to collect were just handicrafts that could be easily obtained in the human world.

Rusalka is the Grand Duke of Humanity, what good things can't he get? I went shopping in the Elf Forest Mall and found that the label said "made in Sneedi". This is nonsense.

After taking the bag, Sanita threw it directly in front of the elves over there, saving time and effort: "Everything is in there, you can take it back on your own initiative. We will not be responsible if there is less."

Rusalka: (You can tell you haven't played enough galgames. This is when the harem branching happens. You go over and pick the leaves one by one, and all the elves will have their favorability increased. When I think about using my superb in-game romance skills to help my good friend conquer the entire elf forest, I feel incredibly proud. This is the confidence that playing the game has given me.)

Sunita: (Then why don’t you find one on Earth?)

Rusalka: (Capturing humans is too low-level, like using a cannon to kill a mosquito. Look at how easily I took down a white-haired cat girl with just a few moves. She stuck to me and I couldn't shake her off.)

Sunita: (Okay, I understand. I'll have Phoenix carve this on your tombstone from now on.)

Maggie signaled to the rangers around her that they didn't need to follow, so they happily joined the "lost and found" team. While the elves were in chaos, the group followed Maggie down to the second floor and came to her home.

Maggie's residence is very simple. Rather than being a small home like a tree house, it is more like a big hole dug in a tree.

Everyone has to go through a passage to enter, and there are several protective barriers deep inside. It feels that the anti-theft ability of the Elf Forest is well-deservedly the second after the fog array.

Maggie untied the barrier and led everyone in, and found that it was a very futuristic laboratory with many huge sealed containers.

The material used seems to be some kind of waterproof and transparent insect membrane from the Elf Forest, and it is filled with bubbling liquid.

Even the weirdest thing was that in some of the containers, there were corpses of elves suspended in the liquid.

Rusalka: (Oh my god, elves also have necromancers!)

Sanitita: (Seeing a corpse means it's a necromancer? What's wrong? So, according to you, the forensic doctors on Earth are also necromancers?)

Rusalka: (Oh my god, forensic pathologists are actually necromancers! No wonder they perform autopsies to help solve cases. I've never seen them work before. It turns out they're secretly cheating by talking to the dead.)

Sanita smacked his lips.

The table was covered with densely packed papyrus and record documents, as well as many feather pens and inks from humans, and molds that showed the level of forging craftsmanship at a glance.

Even Sanita discovered that many of the items were likely artifacts from the Dwarven United Kingdom and the ancient Cult of Time. After all, with Sneedi's forging and enchanting skills, she couldn't possibly create Maggie's "Flame Cutting Alchemy Table," which was similar in principle to her "Laser Machine." That thing might even be older than she was.

Rusalka looked at a pot of flowers baring their teeth at her, and at the numerous things that looked like human and animal body parts, and commented, "I feel like I've stepped into a replica of Frankenstein's laboratory."

Maggie brought them some chairs: "Sit down."

Rusalka looked at the chair, which was only at ankle height, and complained, "Little sister, let's just say, we are all adults, can't we have some adult styles?"

Maggie: "That's all. Why don't you just sit on the floor?"

Just as Rusalka was about to lift her up high and let her ride the aerial carousel, Maggie's second sentence dispelled his idea: "There's plenty of space here anyway, sit anywhere you want, just don't touch my equipment."

It turns out you weren't mocking me. This is really rare. It almost made you fly.

Sanitita felt that this was caused by surfing the Internet too much, and every comment seemed to be an attack on him.

Chapter 459 The Essence of Vitality

When Maggie was still asking them what kind of tea they would like to drink, Sunita said that it was not necessary, as they had only one purpose for coming here.

Rusalka: (Can I join this super cool academic party?)

Sanita: (I think with your intelligence, it doesn't matter whether it's there or not. Your cerebral cortex is too smooth, and knowledge can slide over it without leaving even a trace.)

But Rusalka didn't believe it and asked her to tell her why this forbidden knowledge was so mysterious.

Sanitieta asked directly. After all, his concept of time did not follow the elves'. "How did you manage to perfectly resurrect Suarez? She should have been dead. Can elves also possess the immortality of mermaids?"

Even the mermaid's immortality has its limitations. Unlike that rogue Rusalka who only uses one skill to escape from near-death no matter how much damage he takes, the triggering conditions for the mermaid's immortality are very harsh. For example, it needs to be in a water environment, part of the body needs to be there, and it needs a lot of salt and magic power.

He even specially cast "Abidach Withering", the domineering necromancy school's special attack spell against the mermaid's immortality, which drained the moisture around her and inside her body to prevent other species in the world from benefiting from the immortality effect for free.

In the end, she was resurrected easily, seemingly without any cost.

But it wasn't her own resurrection skill. From the appearance of the situation, it seemed that Maggie had resurrected by tapping the ground with the scepter. However, Sanitieta was a rigorous researcher. Without any evidence to prove the method of resurrection, he wouldn't rush to a conclusion, but instead hoped that Maggie herself would provide an answer.

"What I'm about to say may sound quite absurd to you mages who believe in the Supreme Arcane," Maggie warned him. "The world isn't simply composed of elemental particles, but is divided into two parts. 'Elemental particles' make up the natural world. But we living beings are actually composed of another kind of energy. In common parlance, I've named it 'life force.'"