The Magic Empire for 20,000 years

Chapter 117 The Luxurious Underground Rescue Team
"Your Majesty Elion, there's no need to take this Sun Elf's words too seriously..." Seymour said coldly.
"Who knows what they're up to. Princess Leah will probably be back by morning."

Wait until morning?

El-Erian raised an eyebrow.

Based on his understanding of Mind Flayers, if he really waited until morning, Princess Leah would probably come back on her own.

However, it's hard to say whether Princess Leah, who returned at that time, would still be "herself".

"Your Majesty Elion, please believe me. My sister, the Sun Elf Crown Princess Lia, is truly missing!"

Prince Elf looked flustered:
"You are the master of this land, so please try to find Princess Leah."

Prince Elf himself was somewhat surprised when he realized the pleading tone in his words.

Am I... treating a detestable human as a lifeline, begging for his help?
why?
Was it because, as a legendary warrior who had been through countless battles, his extraordinary intuition honed in numerous bloody clashes made him feel palpitations and unease upon hearing of Leah's disappearance?

Or is it because his conspiracy was exposed, and his own kind no longer trusted him, so he turned to the trust of humans?

"Okay, I'll give it a try."

As El-Erian spoke, he pulled out a silver mirror:
"Although we cannot confirm whether Princess Lia went out on her own or encountered some danger, we absolutely cannot allow a Sun Elf princess, who is serving as an envoy, to disappear on human soil."

Elian wiped his face on the mirror and muttered something under his breath:

What happened in front of the room where Princess Lia used to live?

A ripple spread across the mirror, revealing the wild elf boy who had appeared in front of Lia's door earlier.

In the mirror, the wild elf boy's mouth opened and closed, his voice ethereal and otherworldly:

"Princess Leah, please save us..."

"My companions and I were captured by the Green Dragon Lord Emerald and imprisoned underground, underground, a terrible place..."

"You are the future Elf King, help us, come with me..."

"..."

Seymour and Prince Elf were both startled by the scene before them:
"Why are the wild elves who were captured by the green dragon lord Emerald here?"

"Although this is south of Eldoron and relatively close to the Emerald Mountains, it's still quite a distance away!"

"That wild elf's expression and voice were so strange. His eyes were lifeless, and his voice was ethereal and elusive. Didn't Princess Lia notice anything unusual?"

"Furthermore, why did Princess Lia really leave with him, and not with anyone else? Was she influenced by some kind of force?"

"So, was this all a conspiracy orchestrated by the ancient dragon lord, Emerald?"

Seymour, who had initially thought it was just a show staged by two Sun Elves, suddenly realized that something was wrong and his expression became solemn.

"No, Princess Leah might really be in danger. I must call for others!"

"Damn Emerald, the Green Dragon Lord, has he been eyeing Princess Leah for a long time?"

"What exactly is this giant dragon seeking? Is it for the revival of the ancient dragon empire?"

Seymour and Prince Elf knocked on several doors in succession, summoning all the members of the elven delegation who were asleep.

Seeing the hurried expressions on the faces of the elven delegation members when they learned that Princess Lia was in danger,
"Your Majesty Elion, can your prophetic magic pinpoint Princess Lia's current location?" Prince Elf asked eagerly.

"Let me try."

Elian then wiped the mirror again, and the image in the silver mirror suddenly changed, revealing a map of southern Eldoron and the surrounding area.

One point on the map is shining brightly.

That's south of Eldoron, at the location of the main peak of the Emerald Mountains.

At the same time, next to the spot of light, there was a small string of text annotations—

Deep underground

"Princess Leah is in this spot."

"But she's not on the surface, she's deep underground!"

Seymour was both surprised and delighted to see that Elian's detection was different from that of the previous two elven spellcasters; it yielded tangible results.
"King of Humanity, your prophetic magic is so powerful! It's far superior to that of the members of our delegation!"

The human mage's displayed magical power level was only at the ordinary level of a beginner legendary, slightly stronger than Alamir Goldflake, but not as good as Lia's or his own.

However, the methods they used were far more bizarre.

Seeing that the elves had no suspicions, Elian smiled inwardly.

Without a doubt, when the Mind Flayer and the Mastermind were planning this conspiracy, they had already made anti-prophecy arrangements to block detection.

Detection from the outside world was completely ineffective! The reason he was able to obtain useful information was because he had left a trace of a soul imprint in Leah's soul beforehand, and then obtained information from this fragment of a soul.

However, to avoid arousing suspicion from the elves, he disguised it all as a result of his own temporary divination.

"Now that we've located Princess Leah, let's teleport there quickly!"

Seymour raised his hand, ready to join the other mages in the delegation in casting a teleportation spell to the location marked on the map.

"Wait, don't do that!"

El-Erian immediately raised his hand to stop Seymour's action.

"Long-distance teleportation is highly unstable and easily targeted."

"This could be a trap set by the enemy specifically to prevent teleportation, distorting the destination and sending you into a more dangerous space!"

“Normally, during the hour Princess Leah was missing, it would be impossible for her to have walked such a long distance through the winding underground world if she had simply been walking normally. Therefore, the enemy must have used some kind of power to distort space, indicating a considerable level of spatial magic skill…”

"Just to be on the safe side, we should try to avoid using long-distance teleportation."

Elion was well aware that compared to the arcane magic of mages and the divine magic of priests, the advantage of [Psionic Energy] lay in its ability to manipulate time, dimensional space, influence the mind, telekinesis, and astral shaping.

The Mind Flayers' warships, which conquer the stars, are capable of interplanetary jumps and possess generators that distort space.

If a group of people were to teleport there rashly, they would most likely fall into the "dimensional trap" that the Mind Flayers had set up underground in advance, and be sent directly to another dangerous demiplane!
"Okay, then we won't teleport, we'll just go directly there."

Seymour raised his hand, and rings of radiant light spread from it, casting the [Group Flight] spell on all members of the group, granting them the ability to fly.

Whoosh whoosh!
Elian led the elven delegation and quickly flew out of the inn:

“I know there are several crypts outside the town that lead to the Underdark (the underground world). Follow me.”

"The underground world is complex and fraught with danger, so everyone must remain vigilant."

As he flew out of the inn, Elion waved to the 20-odd human mages who had just been gathered and were waiting outside:

"Helen, Card, and the others, you all come up here."

"This visit of the elven delegation to Eldoron is of utmost importance. We absolutely cannot allow Princess Lia to suffer any harm on human soil!"

The blonde beauty and the slightly overweight bald man nodded at the same time.

"No problem, Your Majesty El-Erian!"

Kade made a fawning expression and bowed to Elian with exaggerated gestures.

The Archmage of Transformation, Helen, the Archmage of Protection, and 20 other high-ranking human mages all took to the air.

They all followed behind Elian and the elven delegation.

These 20 human mages, in terms of sheer numbers, make up only about 20% of all high-ranking spellcasters in Eldoron.

However, they are basically the strongest group of high-ranking mages in Eldoron at present, all of them at the seventh or eighth rank.

Most of them are veteran mages from the floating city, whose strength surpasses that of the new generation of mages who have quickly become proficient within the last 10 years.

Among them were even Eldoron's former chief illusionist and chief bewitching master!
In terms of combat power, they account for about 50% of the combat power of high-level mages in Eldoron!
In addition, El-Erian himself also joined the effort.

It can be said that in order to delve into the underground world, Elion mobilized a force that was considered luxurious for the entire Eldoran!
Perhaps the other members of the elven delegation hadn't yet realized the danger, mistakenly believing the enemy was merely the ancient green dragon lord Emerald, but Elion knew very well:

The underground world may harbor the entire crew of a "normal Mind Flayer ship"—

This likely includes a mid-level legendary-level [Mastermind], several hundred Mind Flayers, and possibly a "Perfect Mind Flayer".

Therefore, we must prepare more of our own combat strength!
As for the other four ninth-ring spellcasters of Eldoron...

General Thor is the commander of the battle mage legion and needs to guard the army; the dragon vein warlock Gret is training the warlock legion; the power-casting archmage Gut is very hostile to the elves and finds it difficult to cooperate with the elven delegation; the prophecy archmage Cassandra is rather timid and cowardly, and she and her team of prophecy mages are responsible for monitoring the unusual movements in the southern Emerald Mountains...

These four are better suited to protect Eldoron on this turbulent night, lest something go wrong from behind.

"Everyone, follow along."

"Let's venture deep into the underground world together and rescue Princess Leah!"

On the outskirts of Peacetown, Elion found a large cave leading to the underground world and flew into it at lightning speed.

Behind them, elves and humans followed closely.

Legendary human mage Elion, legendary moon elf mage Seymour, legendary sun elf warrior Elf, more than 30 high-ranking elf warriors, and more than 20 high-ranking human warriors have all stepped into the underground world!

We have 30 minutes to go before arriving at Princess Leah's location.

(End of this chapter)