Chapter 708 - Realm Fusion (8) (2/2)

Link sighed inwardly. It’s a miracle that the Firuman realm has been able to survive for this long.

He then looked back at the World Tree. Suddenly, a realization dawned on him.

The World Tree is a detriment to the entire realm! It draws energy from the realm’s core and redistributes it to the High Elves, enabling them to build a civilization around it. It is a parasitic existence that should have been excised from the realm a long time ago!

However, something did not make any sense.

Why would the Firuman realm still allow such an abhorrent thing to continue existing?

Link had been reading up on the High Elves’ history over the last few days. The World Tree had existed for more than 100,000 years. No one had dared to challenge its power in all that time. The ancient High Elves had settled beneath its shade the moment they realized what it was capable of. They did not even mind adapting themselves physically to the tree’s Nature Power. Since then, they had fought tooth and nail to safeguard the World Tree from their enemies.

However, if Link was right in thinking that the realm was a living being, it should have begun planting the seeds of rebellion in the High Elves’ minds a long time ago, inspiring them to revolt and uproot the World Tree. However, it did not seem to have done so.

Link gazed at the World Tree absently as he searched for an answer.

The royal capital bustled with people. A couple of pedestrians raised a brow at Link, wondering why this young High Elf was sitting there on the stone bench.

He was even approached by a few female High Elves. It should be known that the High Elves of the Isle of Dawn were always on the lookout for a bit of fun with the opposite gender. Given the rampant effeminacy among the High Elf nobility on the Isle of Dawn, Link’s masculinity was a breath of fresh air for these women.

However, Link ignored all of them.

Just then, a beautiful High Elf maiden approached him. She was holding a fan over the lower half of her face. She seated herself beside Link and asked smilingly, “Master Theodore, why are you sitting here by your lonesome? I’m holding a party this afternoon at my place. Why don’t you join us?”

Link had disguised himself as Theodore Morgenstern, a young, noble High Elf with Level-10 Pinnacle power. One would be hard-pressed to find someone as remarkable as him elsewhere in the Isle of Dawn. Naturally, everyone in the royal capital knew who he was, including the female High Elf who had decided to sit beside him.

Link had been so deep in thought that he was not even aware of the beautiful maiden’s presence. Only when a sweet-smelling aroma wafted past his nostrils did he snap back to reality. However, there was still a dazed look on his face. He then turned to the High Elf maiden and asked, “Can I help you with something?”

He was still puzzling over why the Firuman realm had not yet compelled anyone to excise the World Tree from the Isle of Dawn.

The maiden chuckled softly. She then began tracing one of Link’s scars on his face with her finger and said softly, “There’s a human saying that goes, ‘Scars are what make a man.” I didn’t believe this at first, not until I finally had a good look at you. You have a certain pull, something the other young masters lack on this island.”

The maiden exuded decorum. Her fingers were soft and smooth. Her beauty was impeccable. The soft light from her purple eyes would have instantly melted anyone into a puddle. Suddenly, Link felt an itch on his face as the female Elf continued stroking his scar. The gentle rubbing of her finger against his skin suddenly set off an electric tingle in his brain.

Men and women are drawn to each other since birth. Only through the union of two bodies can we compensate for each other’s inadequacies and achieve perfection. So is there something the Firuman realm currently lacks? Of course, it does. The wise men of old had split Firuman in two. After a catastrophe, the Firuman realm would naturally seek to make up for its losses, and what better way to do so than with the help of the World Tree? That’s it! The High Elf Queen was under the influence of the Will of the Realm this whole time. That’s why she wanted to fuse the two realms in the first place!

Link’s mood brightened considerably when he finally found his answer.

Still ignoring the High Elf maiden, he gazed up at the World Tree and laughed out loud. “I’ve figured it out! I’ve figured it out! Hahahaha…”

At that moment, Link felt as if a weight had been lifted off his shoulders.

Freyar, if that is what you have been trying to do all this time, then allow me the honor of seeing it through in your name!

Link rose up and laughed again as he strode out of Andwar.

Everyone on the street looked at him strangely, wondering if Link had completely lost his mind. This soon became the talk of the city.

Only the High Elf maiden remained seated on the stone bench as she watched Link’s figure shrink into the distance with a smile, her fan still pressed lightly against her lips.