The Magic Empire for 20,000 years

Chapter 97 The Mind-Stealing Demon, Arriving from Across Time
Elion listened patiently to his secretary, Shiluka's, report, a half-smile playing on his lips.
"Everything is as I expected, so let's agree on a time and place for our negotiations."

"We should try to complete the negotiations within this month."

This war, while helping the Sun Elves fabricate a victory and pretend they had won a great triumph, did not result in a defeat for Eldoron itself.

The internal messaging from Eldorlen is as follows:
On the battlefield, the humans and undead legions displayed terrifying power that struck fear into the hearts of the elven army. Later, in magical battles, they crushed the elven spellcasters, bringing glory to their nation.

However, the shameless elves were not willing to give up. They pretended to retreat, and then took advantage of the weakened defenses to send spellcasters to raid the human positions at night, destroying some of the fortifications before turning around and running away.

His Majesty Elion is currently considering seeking compensation from the Elven Court.

This is almost true.

In conclusion, this was a win-win situation!
Both sides got the results they wanted.

Judging by the time, El-Erian sighed again:

"Speaking of which, it's almost the end of the year. And there's still no sign of Emerald, the ancient dragon lord of the Emerald Mountains in the south, awakening from its long slumber?"

Shiluka nodded:

"That's right. Lady Cassandra and General Thor's prophecy squad have been closely monitoring the movements in the Emerald Mountains to the south."

"The ancient green dragon lord Emerald shows no signs of awakening, and the magical energy throughout the forest remains stable."

Elion knew in advance that in the original history, this dragon lord would awaken from his long slumber in the middle of the tenth year of the Empire.

Therefore, he had the Archmage Cassandra and General Thor train a scout squad to closely monitor the forests of the Emerald Mountains.

As a dragon at the peak of the initial legendary level, whose magic has long permeated the entire territory, if it were to awaken from its long slumber, the entire forest would tremble.

There will be signs about two or three weeks in advance.

For example, birds startled and cried out, animals ran around in panic, and vines grew wildly.

According to Elion's original plan, once Emerald showed signs of awakening, he would immediately gather the military forces of Eldoron and march south to attack the Dragon Lord's territory.

Strike first, without waiting for the dragon lord to attack on its own!
At that time, the Green Dragon Lord will be forced to awaken, in poor condition, and unable to prepare his forces in time, and will have to face the full-scale attack of the new era of Eldoron.

However, strangely enough:
Now that the Empire's 10-year reign is almost over, the Emerald Dragon Lord shows absolutely no sign of awakening!?

"That's a bit strange..."

El-Erian crossed his arms and fell into thought.

"Is there something strange, Your Majesty Elion?" Secretary Siluca asked, slightly puzzled.

Of course, she didn't know that in the original history, the green dragon lord Emerald had already awakened at this point in time, leading his dragon army composed of dragonblood goblins, dragonblood kobolds and wyverns, sweeping across the land of Eldoron and killing half of the humans on this land!

Elian watched the clouds drift by outside the window, his mind filled with countless thoughts:

Has history been distorted somewhere again?

"Sure enough, those monsters have been doing something in the shadows since they traveled through time and space. They may have affected that green dragon lord."

"That fleet that traversed time and space must have reached some kind of cooperation with Emerald, the Green Dragon Lord. Or perhaps..."

At this moment, gazing at the slowly drifting clouds outside the window, Elian vaguely sensed:
Beneath the calm surface of the water, countless undercurrents and whirlpools are brewing!

In the next half hour, Elion finalized the date and location for negotiations with the Elven Royal Court, and watched as Siluca pushed open the door and left.

Just as he was about to examine the anomaly of the Green Dragon Lord's jade, he suddenly raised an eyebrow.

My intuition, enhanced by prophetic magic and astrology, was stirred.

"There's something going on with Princess Lia, the Sun Elf!"

Elian took out a silver mirror and gently wiped its smooth surface.

Ripples spread across the mirror's surface, creating the scene as seen through Princess Leah's eyes.

……

10 minute ago.

In the magnificent, golden palace of the Sun Elf royal family.

"My daughter, I heard the news of your triumphant return."

"You led the allied forces of the Sun Elf family and successfully dealt a heavy blow to the human position, killing more than 200 low- to mid-level human spellcasters and 7 high-level human spellcasters."

"Let those lowly and contemptible humans witness the power and fury of us elves!"

"Next year, as the chosen one of the gods, I will visit the elven kingdom of Avandor in my physical body to pay homage to my god, and will be away from the mortal world for a period of time. My daughter, you have given me a great gift before I leave!"

On the golden throne, the Sun Elf King looked at his daughter with a beaming smile and showered her with praise.

As a chosen one of the "Sun Prince," the god of elven wars and racial discrimination, the Sun Elf King hates all other races, is warlike, and regards all elven victories in wars as glory to please the gods!

Below, Princess Lia lowered her head, looking somewhat restrained and embarrassed.

It's over, it's over...

Now even Father King believes the news of our great victory!

"By the way, Lia. I heard that you fought against the human king in this war. You weren't injured, were you?" the Sun Elf King asked again.

"Uh...no, of course not!"

Princess Leah waved her hand with a grin, trying her best to hide her panic with a standard smile:
"How could mere human arcane magic possibly harm me, the one hailed as a combat prodigy among the younger generation of sun elves?"

Now, it's truly impossible to say something like, "I had four fingers cut off by humans and was cursed with pain so badly I almost cried!"
The Sun Elf King stepped down from his throne, patting his daughter's shoulder with a mixture of relief and regret: "I've heard that you dared not launch a full-scale attack and could only exercise restraint because of the Moon Elf Queen Antinoya."

"Otherwise, the human kingdom of Eldoron would have been destroyed long ago."

"Daughter, there's no need for regrets."

"Ninety years from now, when I become the King of the Elves, I will surely wage a war against humanity, conquer their kingdoms, sever the human tradition of magic, and please the great Prince of the Sun."

"Seymour Moon Whisper disregarded the teachings of the elven gods and presumptuously taught magic to humans; he will be punished sooner or later!"

Princess Leah lowered her head.

Her face was burning and red, and she stammered, not daring to say a word.

Snapped.

The Sun Elf King's large, heavy hand patted Lia's shoulder:
"Lia, you truly are my proudest child. Making you the crown princess was absolutely the right decision!"

Please stop talking, Father...

Leah cried out inwardly, while her keen peripheral vision noticed:

On the chair next to him, a handsome young male elf with sharp features and wearing chainmail was looking at him with a rather complicated gaze.

In his eyes, there was envy, a hint of jealousy, and a touch of regret.

This is her younger brother, the legendary warrior Elf!

Although Elf is a powerful warrior skilled in swordsmanship and archery, he lacks talent in magic.

The Sun and Moon Elf royal family has an unwritten rule—

The throne should ideally be inherited by the spellcaster.

This is because spellcasters possess a wider range of functions than warriors, and are of great use both in combat and beyond. They are more suited to be the King of the Elves.

"Ever since my father designated me as the crown prince, my brother Elf's attitude towards me has become strange..."

Lia sighed inwardly, but didn't show it on her face.

"Alright, Father, Brother. That's all for now."

"I'm going back to my mage tower first."

"I haven't had a chance to dissect and study that new species I captured in the cave last time..."

Princess Lia was so embarrassed that she said a few words of farewell and quickly left this place of trouble.

Watching his sister's departing figure, Elf's eyes revealed a hint of resentment.

The legendary warrior clenched his right fist lightly, a silent lament rising in his heart:
"Why is it that my sister is always so pleasing to Father?"

"Back then, I clearly reached the realm of legend a century earlier than her, and now I'm at the peak of the initial legendary level. It's just that I'm not a spellcaster..."

"This time, she achieved new victories and gained even more favor from her father..."

Just then, a servant hurried in:
"Your Majesty, Lord Elf, the current Elf King and Queen of the Moon Elves, Antinoya, requests an audience with Princess Lia."

"It seems to be related to the great victory of the Sun Elf Alliance over the human kingdom of Eldoron!"

The Sun Elf King sneered:
"That guy, Antinoya Moon Whisper, is probably here to hold us accountable."

"They're just a lowly race without even a creator god. When will these moon elves get rid of their habit of being too merciful to outsiders?"

"Never mind, I'll inform Leah later..."

As he said this, the Sun Elf King's face was full of smugness.

Clearly, in the eyes of this conservative Sun Elf leader, the Moon Elf Queen's coming to question him was not a trouble but an honor!

Seeing the proud expression on his father's face when he mentioned his sister, Elf couldn't help but lower his head, feeling very uncomfortable.

……

Inside the pure white mage tower.

Princess Lia climbed the tower steps and entered the prison cell at the top.

Behind the iron bars was a monster firmly chained up with chains covered in runes.

"Initially, I planned to study this new species with Alamir. But then Alamir was captured, and so many other things happened..."

Leah sighed slightly, then focused her gaze on the monster behind the cell.

The scene that Lia saw also appeared on the mirror in Elian's hand!

Looking at the alien creature in the mirror, Elian's lips curled up slightly; all his suspicions had been confirmed.

"It really was you guys."

"Traveling in a spaceship, traversing the river of time to arrive here..."

"Long time no see,"

What appeared in the mirror was a bizarre and terrifying alien creature—its torso and limbs were humanoid, but its head resembled that of an octopus, with several tentacles extending from its mouth.

"Mind Flayers!"

(End of this chapter)