Chapter 686: Lynnes Trail of Ice (1/2)

Once Elizabeth raised the question, Elder Evergreen immediately sighed.

”That's the problem, Your Majesty. Miss Lynne disappeared inside some time ago and never came back. I've sent some people to look for her, but she could not find her. However, we did find a long trail of ice leading towards the north.”

”In fact, this trail extends all the way to the Extreme Misty Forest. Therefore, I suspect that Miss Lynne has already entered the subterranean region of the Extreme Misty Forest,” Elder Evergreen stated.

”The Extreme Misty Forest?” Elizabeth repeated with a frown before shortly asking puzzledly, ”What is she doing over there? There's nothing good about that place.”

The Extreme Misty Forest was a well-known Perilous Land for being dense in cold mist and yin energy, making it the perfect breeding ground for ghouls and evil spirits to reside.

The level of danger in that place was so high that even Transcendents do not dare to venture too deeply.

Elizabeth could not understand what reasons Lynne had for going to that godforsaken place.

”That's what I don't understand either, Your Majesty. No one does,” Elder Evergreen replied with a similar puzzled look as he knitted his brows together and said, ”Miss Lynne did not even leave us a notice before she left.”

”There might have been something wrong with Miss Lynne. This old man is not sure if it has something to do with the red mist that appeared—the Wrathful Demonic Energy that His Highness calls it, I believe.”

”Something to do with Wrathful Demonic Energy, you say? Did a lot of it surge out from beneath the World Tree, senior?” Elizabeth immediately asked with a raised eyebrow.

”It did. If you look properly, you can see the red hue of the Wrathful Demonic Energy trapped inside these layers of ice that Miss Lynne conjured. We tried looking for the source of the red mist, but evidence points that it comes from but deeper in the subterranean world,” Elder Evergreen answered.

Shortly after, he added, ”To be honest, the scale of this frozen hell is much big for any normal 9-star Ranked Awakener to pull off. Heck, even Preliminary Accession-level Transcendents might not be able to do it either. So I'm not sure where Miss Lynne draw her power from.”

”You're right. Lynne was only a 9-star Ranked Awakener. For her to be traveling to the Extreme Misty Forest—it's subterranean alone, no less… It is far too dangerous,” Elizabeth stated with a frown before she said, ”Nevertheless, senior can leave this matter to me. I will arrange for some teams to go and look for Lynne.”

”On the other hand, Senior Evergreen should focus on meeting the elves for advice. It's imperative that we resolve the crop cultivation problem quickly. Otherwise, we will be facing a severe food crisis in the near future.”

”Alright, Your Majesty,” Elder Evergreen nodded solemnly.

They both understood the severity of the issue.

More than half a million elves and humans have been brought to the Grassland Region, and even more, will gather in the future.

”If they cannot grow crops, then they will not have food. And if they do not have food, then people will naturally starve to death.

”Well then, I will go ask the elders to come and discuss the issue with you before setting up the search party for Lynne, senior. Once I'm freed from the work here, I might head to the Extreme Misty Forest to look for her myself—if she is not found by then,” Elizabeth stated.

Lynne was her daughter-in-law, or at least she was going to be. Thus, nothing must happen to her.

After all, she was still waiting for the opportunity to hold her own grandchildren.