Around the Eternal Lake in the Far South, the city of Sequoia, the sun is rising.

A team of dusty adventurers stepped into this prosperous city on the north shore of Eternal Lake, a far-south forest material transit station famous for its trade.

The leader of the team was wearing a thin robe. The thin human, who looked quite thin, was carrying a bulging backpack and various bottles and jars hanging around his waist. He looked like an alchemist, with blonde hair distracted by days of fatigue. Behind him, a team of guards who seemed to be adventurers were following his footsteps exhausted.

There were dwarves, humans, semi-elves, dwarfs and barbarians in the team, which could be said to be strange and strange, but the pedestrians on the roadside and the elves living in the local area all turned a blind eye to the strange-shaped team and didn't care at all. There were tavern girls leaning against the gate on the street, smiling and greeting them in for a drink, and even gave a charming look at the dwarf who was half taller than her.

Because this is Sequoia City, the capital of adventurers in the south.

The north is the primitive rainforest bordering the Black Forest in the Far South, the south is the Eternal Lake, the west is the Bondar Mountains, and the east is the Far South Kingdom border... As a key place bordering all directions, Sequoia City has always been a place where people from all walks of life travel back and forth between people from all over the world, adventurers who go to the Black Forest, human merchants who trade elves, and elves scholars who go to the human kingdom to study. Every day, countless people set out from this city or come to this city. People living in the local area have long been accustomed to the tolerance of all kinds of tourists and adventurers, which has gradually become the culture of Sequoia City.

On the street, pedestrians with different races and clothes were walking on both sides of the road. Iron carts driven by magic and carriages pulled by monsters were shuttled back and forth in the middle of the road. The elves bought fruit snacks for breakfast. The dwarfs were used to going to hotels, ordering a glass of draft beer or fruit wine, and eating veggie steaks with drunkenness. Between the lush plants on both sides of the street, you could see activated plants with small trees and people transporting takeouts. These activated lives, engraved with special magic runes, are the performers of the emerging culture of "takeout". In Sequoia City, as long as you have money, you can enjoy everything without leaving your home, and no one dares to provoke these little guys with local elves wizards and druid backgrounds.

In addition, there is another emerging entertainment method that is spreading in Sequoia City. It is a unique magical instrument called the Fairy Card Table. At this time, it has replaced the old card table in the tavern and become the favorite entertainment method for many residents on weekdays. The winner pressed the "sorry" three times to the loser. It has replaced the drunken quarrel, and has become the first reason for fighting in the city. The second biggest one is perhaps deliberately showing off the legendary card.

"Haha, I got it!"

A loud and joyful cry suddenly sounded in a tavern. You could see along the window that it was a rich man dressed in gorgeous clothes and decorated with gems. He held a crystal card representing his account and proudly showed off to the people around him watching the card draw.

【Nature Tutor Galannod】

【9 fees, 4 attacks, 4 lives, guard, advance】

[Advent: Restore the main battler's 5 points of life, place a 'Natural Domain' talisman on the field]

[Calendar: The effect of the talisman in the natural field is reversed]

【Natural Domain】

【3-cost talisman, cannot be destroyed】

[At the end of each round, restore 3 points of physical strength to the holder]

[At the end of each round, the holder draws a card]

【Tagan Reversal·Nature's Wrath】

【At the beginning of each round, reduce 3 points of physical strength, and at the beginning of each round, discard a hand randomly]

[Sow goodwill, harvest goodwill, sow badwill, harvest badwill, the way of nature is nothing more than that.]

The energy cycle that scattered among the forest formed the face of a female druid in the sky, and she looked lovingly at the city and forest located in her 'body'.

"Dwarfs' taverns and blacksmith shops, human grocery stores, dwarfs' jewelry stalls, mages' identification houses and god knows how many kinds of guilds... Sequoia City is really as diverse as ever."

It seemed that he had been in the forest for at least half a month. The dirty alchemist took off his dusty glasses, then took out a piece of cloth from his arms and wiped them. After putting them on again, he looked around the surrounding streets and said in confusion: "Strange, why does it feel more lively than before?"

Sequoia City is surrounded by forests and mountains. The sun always comes late and goes early, so there are always magic lights in the city. They will only be temporarily extinguished after the sun rises. However, today is different. At this time, the sun is rising, but the magic lights are as bright as before. The gentle blue-white lights illuminate the entire city, making the alchemists who often come and go to the city feel that the surroundings are clear and unusual.

In addition, the shops on the street were open, and the morning market, which was supposed to be not many, was crowded. You could even see a rare elves patrol team maintaining order in the team. The crowds coming and going in front of you even made this adventurer team not know how to move forward.

"Boss, the tavern even gives you a glass of wine for free!"

The alchemist was wondering, and behind him, a dwarf wearing heavy armor but wearing a priest hat, holding a disposable leaf wine glass that came from somewhere, began to drink happily. The flail hanging around his waist was jingling. After drinking it all in one gulp, the dwarf priest breathed happily: "I haven't drunk for almost a month, and I almost died. It's really saving my life."

"Send wine? When did Sequoia City merchants become so generous? Isn't the Elf's Carnival in June?"

The alchemist looked around in a daze, and the whole city was filled with a strange atmosphere of joy. The tavern generously gave each passerby a glass of fruit wine. There were pots of bright and tender flowers outside the dwarf's jewelry stall. There were signs below that said 'Pick one'. The streets of the city were hung with colorful flags, and there seemed to be the symbol of the largest local elf tribe, the symbol of "Lange".

"It seems that 'Lange' is going to replace a new patriarch, and that patriarch is about to get married. Natural mentor and Her Majesty the Queen will come to preside over the presidency."

Just when the alchemist was puzzled, a human ranger emerged from the crowd and came to his bargain. The ranger quietly went to the crowd to ask for information. At this time, he returned with everyone's puzzled answers. He whispered: "From today until the end of next month, all shops will be tax-free. 'Lange' is very prestigious locally, so the locals in Sequoia City are willing to be generous for this good news."

"Boss Chris, this is good news. Our drug tax was originally the highest, but now it is tax-free, and it is just a big profit!"

"Is this true? It's really good news."

Nodded slightly, the alchemist named Chris narrowed his eyes slightly, and the cyan pupils behind the metal glasses flashed. He said lightly: "If this is the case, I can give you more bonuses... But why is the atmosphere so weird?"

Ignoring the adventure team members who started cheering beside him, Chris frowned and pointed at the elf guards who were patrolling the roadside to maintain order. He whispered: "Look at their suppressed anxiety and uneasiness... It is out of place with the atmosphere around him."

On the side of the road, the elves wearing simple vine trees did look quite silent, and they all frowned, and were completely out of the same channel as the cheerful crowds around.

"Hi, it's not what the World Tree has done."

In the team, a half-elf archer touched the dagger on his waist. He curled his lips and said disdainfully: "It's all because of the appearance of that 'world tree', which caused constant conflicts among the elves. I heard that the nine tribes parted in the last royal court meeting."

With the explanation of this half-elf archer who understands the situation, everyone in the team has roughly understood the reasons for the recent internal conflicts among the elves.

It all comes from the ‘World Tree Seed’ brought back by the nature tutor from Moldavia, Northland.

This world tree, known as the "Father of Nature", sprouted in the Lake of Eternity, completely disrupted the original order among the major tribes of the elves.

Everyone knows how powerful the World Tree has is. It is derived from the inheritance of gods and the most perfect explanation of the way of nature. Anyone who gets it can get a legend, and any tribe who gets it is enough to surpass other tribes.

The elves are very united and they don't mind sharing with other tribes, but it is precisely because of this that makes them angry. The elves royal court and the nature tutor have always held the world tree species tightly in their hands, and have not shared it with other tribes so far and refused to let it go, which immediately angered many elves who are usually indifferent.

We are all people of the Father of Nature. Why can only you understand His inheritance at any time? It is a treasure belonging to the entire elves, not a family of people!

"This time the wedding of the Lange department invited the leaders of most of the elves. I heard that the nature mentor and Her Majesty the Queen planned to solve this problem through a formal negotiation... But I still don't understand. At worst, it's just a public inheritance, so what's the secret to cover up."

As a half-elves, the archer shook his head and sighed: "Personality is indeed the biggest contradiction... But you have always been generous, this is different from the nature mentors and the others!"

"Moldavia... Haha, you guy, you are so stubborn."

After hearing the familiar location, Chris couldn't help but fall into deep thought, but then he heard the archer please him again, which made the alchemist smile and shake his head: "I know your sister is planning to study recently, and she needs money, right? I can lend you a little privately. Don't be so rigid next time you flatter, and don't bring your tutor with me. I don't want to be caught in by the local elf guards and beaten to death."

"Okay, thank you boss!"

After sending away the half-elf archer, the human ranger beside him seemed to have thought of something, and then said, "Speaking of it, boss, your hometown seems to be northern, right? Do you know the Count of the Radcliffe family?"

"What, boss, you are actually from the North?"

On the other side, the dwarf priest said with a fascination: "The Dragon Slayer Earl is my idol. I didn't expect that you are a fellow villager with him, so I am really envious!"

"If you, a priest, do you worship His Majesty the Pope, and you may worship legendary warriors. Go back and appreciate the power of the Holy Light!"

He sighed in vainly to hide his feelings. Chris and Chris Radcliff closed his eyes. The man who came to Far South and had become the owner of a well-known alchemist workshop couldn't help but recall the days when he was playing in the snow with his younger brother in his childhood. He recalled that winter six years ago, the alley where everything began, the death of his father and the red eyes burning with flames.

The scene where the black-haired and red-eyed warrior walked towards the lord's mansion full of ambush was still in front of him.

Before he knew it, the ordinary warrior of the past had become a legendary strong man who was famous all over the world. Even the elves city on the other end of the world had his reputation.

He was deeply moved in his heart. The alchemist opened his eyes again. He skipped the topic and said in a calm tone: "What nonsense? Hurry up and squeeze out a way for me. I can't handle the medicinal materials well today, and no one can get a salary."

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this, Boss Chris, you said that the new owner of Sequoia City is going to get married. When will you marry your sister-in-law?"

The dwarf priest raised his hands to express his surrender, but he couldn't help but raise the topic again: "We've been waiting for your wedding wine."

"I've been married a long time ago, but I haven't held a luxurious wedding for her yet... The medicinal materials we collected this time are of good quality, and with the recent tax exemption, I'll have enough money after I sell it."

He said plainly that the members of the Adventurer Squad who were shocked by the surroundings who were employees, but in fact more like family members, and Chris couldn't help but smile happily: "At that time, we will go to the most expensive hotel in Sequoia City and have a banquet that can remember the whole life! Don't be absent!"

"Oh oh oh!!" The team members all cheered, and Chris also straightened his glasses, raised his lips slightly, but sighed again.

Let all glory belong to heroes and let all ordinary things belong to ordinary people. I never long for thrilling adventures and people above them. I just want an ordinary life like a plant. Now I have got what I want and found my ordinary path. What about you?

Joshua...I hope you can also get the happiness you deserve.

At the same time, at the center of Sequoia City, at the top of a huge red-shirted wooden canopy, a solid wooden castle specially revitalized by natural magic, has a hall full of complex time and space runes. In the center of the hall, dark blue time and space ripples flashed, and a team of serious druids and elves in the uniform were standing in front of the hall, as if waiting for someone to arrive.

A few seconds later, with the sudden intensification of the ripples of time and space, all the elves present looked solemn. The next moment, a man in black casual clothes walked out of the space and space gate that had not yet stabilized.

And the moment he walked out, the entire Sequoia City seemed to be swept by an electric current. Whether it was an ordinary person without extraordinary power, or a strong man with the peak of gold or even a strong man with extreme intention, he sensed that a giant had descended in the center of the city. The magnetic field released by its existence alone enveloped a field that was many times larger than this city.

"Welcome to Sequoia City, Earl Radcliffe, the mentor, she is walking by the lake of Eternity, knowing that you will come soon."

Among the group of elves who welcomed Joshua, the person in charge of the leader stepped forward. He sensed the terrifying aura that enveloped millions of people in his field. With his legs weak, he couldn't help but be secretly shocked. This field containing powerful pressure was strictly bound by the holder. If it was allowed to diverge wildly, there would be no creature that could stand upright within a radius of hundreds of miles.

Could it be that all the people in the North live in this kind of pressure? Are the rumors circulating among adventurers not fake?

But the man who just showed up and changed the environment around Sequoia City did not seem to hear the voice of the leader's elf. He frowned and looked at a corner of the city.

“…What a coincidence.”

He whispered softly. Then, Joshua brick looked at the elf in a very stiff face. He waved his hand indifferently: "I know, you don't need to be so nervous. I'm not such a pretentious person. I can't eat people, nor do I like to massacre the city. The rumors are all fake."

"No need for a nature tutor to come to me, tell me the location, I'll go see her first."
Chapter completed!