PS: I have sorted out the plot these days and forgot what I recommended to Shang Sanjiang, so please help me vote for Sanjiang if you have time. I am very grateful.

The Magic Crystal Mine is located about 30 kilometers east of Cologne City, not far from the mining area. There is a large towering forest, which is the territory of the Giant Tree Elves.

After completing the merger contract procedure between Eternal Kingdom and Cologne City, the next day, Ding Lei, wearing black knight armor, came to the mining area operation site under the leadership of the city lord's adjutant.

The collection work here is going on as usual.

The mine was as high as a hill. Workers went in empty hands, then came out with a bag of blue crystals on their backs, placed it in a large warehouse and returned to the mine.

Ding Lei came to the warehouse. When the guards at the door saw him, they looked at the adjutant next to him, and without saying anything, they led them into the warehouse office.

The mining area operation is closed and it takes one month to go home, so people here do not know the deeds of the hero Ado, nor can they know that Cologne has now joined the Eternal Kingdom and has been renamed the Golden City.

In the small warehouse, there were two tables, and two figures sitting behind each working in the office, one was a human and the other was an elf, and the table was filled with various documents.

"I'm disturbing." The guard said, and at the same time, the two people in the office looked up at the door.

Ding Lei and the adjutant walked in.

"Roland, don't be fine." The adjutant greeted with a smile.

The young man named Roland in the room looked about 30 years old, with long black hair covering his ears on both sides. His whole body was covered with fatigue on his face. However, when he saw the adjutant, he stood up with a squeak and said excitedly: "Can I go back?"

Ding Lei glanced at the counting officer and turned to the adjutant beside him.

"Roland is the logistics minister of Cologne, and like me, he is the confidant of the Earl, so he sent him here to do supervision work. After all, he is relieved, right?"

After the adjutant finished speaking, he turned to look at Roland and said with a smile: "I'll introduce you to us that this is our Marshal of the Protective Kingdom, the Black Hawk Knight. We are now a member of the Eternal Kingdom. We will understand it when you go back. But sorry, you can't leave now, after all, you can't live without you."

At the same time, he introduced to Ding Lei again: "Roland is a half-elf, and can speak elves, so it is more convenient to communicate with those long ears."

The half-elf Roland promptly tucked his long hair covering his ears, allowing Ding Lei to see his ears that were slightly longer than humans and shorter than elves.

Ding Lei nodded and said, "I want to meet the Elf King, I need you as an interpreter, and I will recommend it for me." After that, he looked forward and looked up at the elves here.

Roland looked back and frowned and said, "Yes, but it's a bit troublesome..."

"After things are done, I will send someone to take over your position and let you go home." Ding Lei interrupted directly.

The half-elves wanted the most, and the latter immediately said respectfully: "I wish to listen to the order of the marshal!" After that, he walked towards the elves and communicated with him.

Ding Lei turned his head and looked at the adjutant and said, "I have to take care of you here."

"If you can get this 'hot potato' away, we can't even ask for it...you will really send someone to take over in the future, right?"

"Yes."

The adjutant nodded with a smile.

The elves had already communicated well. Half of the elves took a sign and came to Ding Lei and said, "Marson..."

"Just call me Ado, don't be so polite."

"Okay, Mr. Ado, let's go."

Roland went out while saying that, and didn't even say hello to the adjutant. He wanted to leave this ghost place too much!

The adjutant shook his head with a wry smile, Ding Lei nodded at him, and then followed him out.

On the way, Roland was very brisk in his footsteps and humming a song.

"You look very happy." Ding Lei said from behind.

"Do you know if that place is terrible? If Arthur hadn't been kind to me, I wouldn't go back no matter what he said."

"oh?"

Roland pointed to his ears covered with his long hair and said, "Half-elves are excluded by the society on both sides. Earl Arthur doesn't mind these things. He accepts me calmly and gives me a place in the society on both sides."

"Is that true?"

Ding Lei didn't know what to say to him, but half-elves were like they didn't speak for a long time, chatting all the way.

Maybe...this is why Arthur sent him here...

Ding Lei listened to the noise in his ears on the way and expected to talk to the Elf King later. When they came to their senses, they had already reached the elves' territory.

Looking up, the majestic giant trees covering the sky and the sun were revealed in front of you. Each giant tree was quite wide, and the huge strata of their extension were intertwined with each other.

Ding Lei looked at his feet and found that he was not as big as one tenth of the thinnest root of the giant tree.

Neat steps wrap around each tree, all of which climb up directly in a spiral shape.

“It looks like a collective apartment.”

Ding Lei looked at the lights lit outside the layers of giant trees, densely packed, like fireflies in the forest. Looking around, every giant tree has it.

"I didn't expect there would be so many elves...I thought..."

"Very rare?" Roland interjected next to him: "The fertility rate of elves was very low, but since they discovered a magical well water, the number of elves has risen sharply, but it has also caused a series of troubles and caused a disaster..."

"Stop!" On the tree trunk at the height of the front, a large group of elves pointed the arrow at this place.

"...Damn. Sorry, I am Roland, the representative of Cologne City. This is our marshal. He also represents our national will. Now, our will requires a dialogue with your elves king. There is something important." The half-elves said, holding the pass token in their hands in their hands for them to see.

Ding Lei couldn't help but glance at the half-elves beside him. Even though this guy was long-winded, he was quite capable in doing things.

The elves above looked at each other, put away their weapons, one of them jumped down, took the token from Roland's hand and looked at it, then handed it back, and said to Ding Lei: "Please follow me."

Following the elf captain, after a long period of time, deep in the giant forest, a giant tree that was more majestic than others appeared in front of you.

In the central hall of this behemoth, the two met the legendary Elf King, who should be said to be the Elf Queen.

She has a beautiful face, her exquisite high crown is placed on her head to form a hairpin, her slender white hair hanging on both sides, and her gorgeous golden dress reveals the other party's noble identity. A circle of elves and nobles in gorgeous clothes sit around her.

At this moment, the queen was lying lazily on the wide throne, looking at Ding Lei with her peaceful blue eyes, and said, "What's the point of being here for the messenger of Cologne?"
Chapter completed!