My mom is waiting for treatment, and you're summoning me to be a hero?

Ancient Tree of Life.

The air was filled with the pale green glow emanating from the ancient trees.

Aize stood beneath the ancient tree, his dark green royal robes fluttering gently in the night breeze.

His back was ramrod straight, his hands were behind his back, and his expression was calm and composed.

But his palms were sweaty.

He had never seen more than ten demigods in his entire life.

At this moment, there were more than twenty people standing under the ancient tree, each of whom was an old monster whose name was known throughout the continent.

They stood around the ancient tree.

Although they all restrained their oppressive aura, the kind of imposing presence that had accumulated over thousands of years could not be completely concealed simply by restraining it.

Moonlight, ancient trees, and more than twenty demigods all sat together, neither speaking nor leaving.

Hong Yuan stood at the front, with seven dragon clan elders arranged in a fan shape behind him.

He surveyed the scene around the ancient tree.

Finally, I couldn't help but speak.

"Your Majesty Aize."

His tone was much more polite than when he was outside the city, but the sharpness in his vertical pupils had not diminished in the slightest.

"I am Hong Yuan, the former Golden Dragon Clan Chief of the Dragon Clan. I am here tonight to visit someone... Lin Mo."

Aize nodded slightly, without showing any surprise on his face.

He knew these people would come, but he didn't expect them to come so quickly or in such large numbers.

"Lin Mo did indeed visit the Elven realm."

His voice was steady, and his gaze swept calmly across Hong Yuan's face before glancing at the other demigods.

"He made a deal with me: the elven Water of Life, the Codex of Life, and the right to observe three divine artifacts..."

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the demigods present underwent subtle changes.

Hong Yuan raised his white eyebrows but didn't speak, waiting for Aize to continue.

"But while examining the Star Stone, Lin Mo discovered a teleportation array sealed inside."

As Aize spoke, he looked at the Star Stone that had fallen onto the grass.

This sentence is like a pebble thrown into a calm lake.

The demigods' whispers hummed under the ancient tree, and even Dracula, who had been resting with his eyes closed, opened them.

A crack finally appeared on the unchanging stone face of the Stone-Skinned Clan demigod, and his brows furrowed.

"That teleportation array is exactly the same as the one used to summon the thirty-third Demon King Yin Xue."

Aize continued, a hint of barely perceptible regret in his voice.

"Lin Mo activated the magic array and was teleported away with Yin Xue. Where they went, whether they will come back, and when they will return... I don't know."

He looked up at Hong Yuan.

There was no evasion, no guilty conscience, only the usual calm of the elves in those emerald eyes.

"That's all I know. Lin Mo did come here, but he's no longer here."

A moment of silence fell beneath the ancient tree.

Then Hong Yuan smiled.

It wasn't the fake smile he gave outside the city before, but a more dangerous, mocking sneer.

"Your Majesty Aize, do you think we old folks have lived too long and our brains are failing us?"

He took a step forward, his golden robe fluttering in the night wind, and his vertical pupils shone like two burning golden flames in the moonlight.

"Lin Mo came to the Elven realm to examine the artifacts, and was immediately teleported away by the teleportation array after finishing? All of this happened just before we arrived? Do you think that sounds true?"

"Hongyuan".

Erin's voice came from the side.

"This is the Elven realm, not the Dragon Realm. Aize is the Elven King, and his words represent the Elven stance. Whether you believe him or not, don't act recklessly here."

Hong Yuan glanced at Ai Lin, and the two stared at each other for a few seconds before Hong Yuan looked away and snorted coldly.

"Alright, since His Majesty Aize says that Lin Mo was teleported away, then I will wait here for him to return and for him to show himself."

After he finished speaking, he sat cross-legged under the ancient tree and closed his eyes.

The seven dragon elders exchanged glances and then each found a seat behind Hong Yuan.

The dragons clearly didn't believe Azer's words, but they also didn't intend to break ties with the elves.

After all, this is the Elf Forest, blessed by the Ancient Tree of Life. If a fight really breaks out, those few demigods might not have the upper hand.

But they don't plan to leave.

If Lin Mo has really been teleported away, he will eventually come back.

If he wasn't teleported away, then he's still in the Elven race.

Waiting is the best option.

Aize looked at Hong Yuan's cross-legged posture with his eyes closed, and then at the reactions of the other demigods.

The old orc shaman stood still, leaning on his bone staff, neither as aggressive as the dragons nor as eager to smooth things over as the goblins.

The Stone-Skinned Demigod remained silent.

Dracula was somewhat worried, since vampires fear sunlight, and he would be at a disadvantage if it got light.

However, he did not leave, since this matter concerned the quota for going to the realm of gods.

Finding bargains is what most of them come here for.

Aize took a deep breath, put the Star Stone back into his pocket, and stepped back to stand next to Erin.

He lowered his voice so that only Erin could hear him.

"I'm not lying, he really was teleported away."

Erin nodded slightly, his aged face devoid of any extra expression.

"I know, I've seen it too, but they won't believe it."

He looked up at the huge, bright moon in the night sky. The moonlight shone on his wrinkled face, making the wrinkles appear even deeper.

"Then let them wait. The one thing the elves have in abundance is time."

Time passed little by little.

The moon moved slowly across the night sky, shifting from directly above the canopy of the ancient tree to its edge.

The green glow emanating from the ancient tree remained warm and serene, a stark contrast to the silent oppressive aura emanating from the twenty-odd demigods beneath it.

Just then, the Star Stone, which was still lying on the ground, suddenly began to glow slightly.

Aize was taken aback, then quickly stepped forward.

For the first time, the surface of the black stone reflected the moonlight.

A dark purple light seeped from deep within the stone, like a sleeping heart suddenly beating.

The green fluorescent particles under the ancient tree were stirred by this fluctuation and began to slowly rotate around the Star Stone.

Hong Yuan suddenly opened his eyes.

Dracula's expression suddenly turned serious.

The orc shaman's bone staff froze in mid-air.

At the same moment, the gazes of more than twenty demigods locked onto the glowing black stone in Aize's palm.

The dark purple light grew brighter and brighter, gushing outward from within the Star Stone and transforming into countless fine rays of light that intertwined in mid-air.

The rays of light were arranged and combined according to a certain precise pattern, outlining an ancient and complex teleportation array.

The patterns of the magic circle were clearly visible under the moonlight, and each line emanated a breathtaking spatial law fluctuation.

Then, a blinding purple light exploded.

In the center of the magic circle, several figures appeared out of thin air.

It was Lin Mo, Yin Xue, and Mian Mian, along with the corpses of two elves.

Lin Mo, who had been forcibly teleported back by the angel, steadied himself and looked up at the huge bright moon in the night sky.

The moonlight fell on his shoulders, and also on the two already cold Star Elf corpses in Yin Xue's arms.

He ignored all the demigods present and spoke calmly, his tone extremely composed.

"You think everything's fine once you teleport me back? Yin Xue, lend me your power."