Chapter 450: Bloody Forest [Part 3] (2/2)
Marvin's White River Valley.
Nicholas' Thousand Leaves Forest. It was now passed on to Ivan.
Hearing the sadness in Ivan's tone, Marvin muttered, ”Is there anything I can help with?”
Ivan hesitated for a long time before taking a deep sigh. ”The Council of Elders doesn't consent to me becoming the new Elven King.”
Marvin sneered, ”The reason?”
”Too many.” Ivan shook his head, as he listed out, ”Being heretical, getting banished once, getting expelled once, and not having enough qualifications to convince the people… Moreover, the Great Elven King never explicitly said that I should succeed the rule of Thousand Leaves Forest.”
”But Marvin, you know… I saw his look before he left.”
”There was no disappointment, no encouragement... only relief. That damn old man, he left everything up to me and left like that... leaving me alone.”
Ivan turned his back to Marvin as his eyelids faintly fluttered open and closed, getting a bit watery.
”There is still infighting at such a time?” Marvin inquired. ”What's the Council of Elders?”
Because the Great Elven King was so incredibly strong, he didn't have to deal with the Council of Elders when ruling the Wood Elves.
But from Ivan's tone, it seemed that this so-called Council of Elders was quite influential and had some power among the Elves.
”It is all a structure created by a previous Elven King to check and balance the King's power,” Ivan calmly explained. ”An assembly made of old men living simple lives through their years, acting like Elves of the ancient times and unaware of how much things have changed.”
”They oppose any sort of dictatorship and proclaim that democracy is the only way. Something like that.”
Marvin derided, ”Something that only makes sense during peaceful times.”
Ivan nodded in agreement. ”I also think so. Now they are a hindrance.”
After hearing Ivan's explanation, Marvin stayed silent for a moment before saying, ”Tomorrow, this hindrance will no longer exist.”
Ivan's eyes twitched, but he didn't say anything.
Perhaps, he had been waiting for Marvin and hoping that he would help him deal with this issue.
Doing it himself… He couldn't bear to do that in the end. They were fellow Elves after all.
”Do you need me to do anything?” Ivan asked.
Marvin blinked. ”Two things.”
”First, you have to have a date with the Sea Elven Queen. Don't look at me like that, a sincere dinner is good enough, just don't slip away.”
”Second, I need a mount. I want to go to the Supreme Jungle.”
Ivan smiled bitterly. ”You really sold me?”
Marvin patted Ivan's shoulder and seriously said, ”In fact, I am also very much looking forward to seeing how powerful the child of the Sea Elven Admiral and the Elven War Saint would be…”
...
That night.
Thousand Leaves Forest was peaceful.
The situation seemed a bit unusual. The Elven Iron Guard was dispatched to the eastern part of the forest to inspect traces of a group of Devils.
And in the depths of the forest, beside a beautiful valley, a large shadow slowly appeared.
A Hellhound.
He had already devoured the souls of countless people and Monsters while patrolling the wilderness south of White River Valley. He might break through to the Legend Realm anytime!
Marvin seemed rather insignificant while standing on him.
He gently caressed the Hellhound's fur and resolutely told him, ”Go.”
The large shadow suddenly pounced toward the tranquil valley.
The forest's bloodshed began.
Marvin stood expressionlessly at the exit. Any fish that escaped the net would be personally caught by him.
This was a massacre.
But for Thousand Leaves Forest to be stable in the long term, this tumor needed to be removed, even if doing so was painful.
It would get better tomorrow.