Chapter 1068: Elven Chronicle (Monday: Seeking Monthly and Recommendation Tickets)

This… The sub-gods of the Second Epoch truly are a nest of hidden dragons and crouching tigers! First there was the «Dragon of Wisdom» Herabergen, and then the «God of the Undead» Salinger, both of whom eventually became Sequence 0 and ascended to the throne of the gods. Of course, it’s not certain about the «Dragon of Wisdom,» it’s just said the possibility is not small…

Hmm, and there’s also the «Dawn God» Badhail and the «Harvest Goddess» Omibella; it’s not ruled out that they both survived into the Fifth Epoch and lived well… I wonder if the «God of Spirit Creatures» Torzna and the «Goddess of Misfortune» Amanisis managed to escape the divine war at the end of the Second Epoch when the Creator of the City of Silver «withdrew» authority? If they did, what roles did they play in the Third or even Fourth Epoch? Klein was stunned for a moment, then let out a few sighs inwardly.

Then, associating it with the betrayal of the Angel Kings of the Third Epoch, he couldn’t help muttering inwardly: «Guard against fire, guard against theft, guard against sub-gods!»

At this time, «Justice» Audrey, who didn’t know much about the true names and authorities of the sub-gods, showed no emotional fluctuation. She played one female elf after another from Shartas’s memories, constantly chatting with her, allowing Shartas to voluntarily talk about the Second Epoch events she had experienced and known.

According to Shartas, in the elven race’s chronicles, there was no concept of the First or Second Epoch. The earliest countless years were chaotic, dark, and mad, lacking surviving written records. Only when the supernatural races gradually gained a certain amount of reason and had their own writing did living beings begin to have some understanding of history.

In that era, the Ancient Gods appeared one after another. The sky, earth, oceans, and underground slowly transitioned from absolute disorder to some order. But besides the Ancient Gods, who coexisted with tyranny and madness, no one could figure out how many years this stage took. They only knew it was very, very long, and it was called the «Sprout Era» by the major supernatural races.

After the «Sprout Era» came the «Age of the First Blaze,» when the eight Ancient Gods divided into camps and fought each other. This was also far before Shartas’s birth; she could only learn from the clan chronicles that at that time, «pan-humans» fought against non-human races, resisting the pollution and erosion of demons and demon wolves. Among them, humans existed as vassals or even slaves of giants, elves, and vampires.

The duration of the «Age of the First Blaze» varied in different records, but the common point was that it lasted less than a thousand years, because the nature of the Ancient Gods was madness, tyranny, cruelty, and coldness, and they were often driven by instinct.

After the vampire progenitor Lilith, the mutant king Kvasiten, and the «Destruction Demon Wolf» Flegra fell in a betrayal, the «Age of the First Blaze» ended. Wars broke out frequently, the world was damaged, and for several hundred years, it never stopped.

Because this period was relatively strong with giants and dragons, it was called the «Twin Era.»

When the five major races formed a new balance, and the Northern Continent, Southern Continent, Eastern Continent, and the five great seas restored a certain peace, Shartas was born and grew up in this era until she entered «Grosel’s Travels.»

In the history she described, the most important information had two points: first, the Eastern Continent did exist, where the «Giant King’s Court» was located; second, after the «Sprout Era,» each major supernatural race had actually developed its own civilization, not as later generations suspected—utterly without reason. Of course, tendencies toward tyranny, cruelty, coldness, and bloodthirst were common, and they all seemed to be in at least a semi-out-of-control state. It was only after the «Twin Era» that the new generation of elves and new generation of giants became more rational and had emotions, like Shartas and Grosel.

«The Eastern Continent seems to be the ‘Land Abandoned by the Gods’… Was it abandoned in the Great Cataclysm?» Similar thoughts arose simultaneously in the minds of Klein, Leonard, and Audrey.

They were all very interested in this, but unfortunately Shartas had always lived in the Elf King’s divine court, and when she occasionally went out, it was only to cruise the seas. She had never been to the Eastern Continent and lacked sufficient understanding.

Influenced by «Justice» Audrey, Shartas’s dream began to present the living customs and language origins of the elven race.

In the legends this queen’s maid had heard, the elven language was created by the King in the «Sprout Era,» and each word’s appearance accompanied the birth of a first-generation elf. There were as many first-generation elves as there were elven words.

Elven living customs were not a very unified thing; they depended heavily on the environment—sea elves and forest elves had vastly different customs.

Their common aspects were: believing in the King and his Queen as the Ancient Gods; liking to make food with the blood of prey; the widespread use of roasting as a cooking method—even sea elves often had bonfire parties on the rocks; being close to nature and good at using various spices; admiring the strong, and taking pride in acting faster than thinking…

Myth and reality were mixed together, making it hard to distinguish which were true and which were false… The part about living customs did shatter some of my previous guesses… Klein listened with a seemingly unchanged expression, rapidly analyzing every sentence Shartas said in his mind.

After clarifying related matters, Audrey focused on the keyword «Western Continent» and caused Shartas’s dream to change, reflecting some memories in her subconscious.

That coral palace returned to the eyes of Klein and the other two. Shartas followed behind the «Queen of Calamities» Goshinam and walked to a crystal window.

She glanced at the queen’s exquisite and intricate long dress, then stole a look at this «goddess» who wielded calamities, and asked with slight curiosity: «Your Highness, are you looking at the west?»

For the elves, as long as they didn’t feel violent oppression, they would ask any question immediately.

«Why do you think that?» Goshinam asked without turning around, her expression indifferent.

«I just learned a legend that our elven race originated from the Western Continent,» Shartas replied. «Your Highness, does the Western Continent really exist? Is it truly the birthplace of the first-generation elves?»

Goshinam’s lips curled slightly, her voice somewhat ethereal as she said: «The Western Continent may exist, or may not exist. Every race needs to give itself a glorious origin, a spiritual homeland.

«Shartas, where is your homeland in your heart?»

«My homeland?» Shartas repeated the question, somewhat dazed, and replied, «It is where the King and Your Highness are, this palace, the forest where my parents live that it can lead to…»

When she said this, Shartas’s emotions gradually became low, lost, and melancholy.

Obviously, she was affected by the corresponding memories in her subconscious.

She had entered the travelogue and been far from her homeland for two or three thousand years.

«So, for you, the Western Continent does not exist, but for some elves, it is absolutely real.» The «Queen of Calamities» Goshinam calmly made her final answer.

Shartas did not ask further, because she suddenly remembered that the Queen was not a first-generation elf.