For Thousands of Years, My Weakest Brother Has Become a Demon King

   Chapter 26: Shadow of Conspiracy

In the year 880 of the platinum calendar, two years after William's departure, there was a huge change in Ravenwood at that time.

The former father of the wilderness was pierced in the throat by a pale giant deer during the hunt; on the same day, the listener of the Holy Tree Mother was also poisoned by mistakenly ingesting rotten sap during a divination died.

  The best hunter among the forest elves was killed by the prey, and the high priest who was familiar with all kinds of witchcraft knowledge was poisoned to death by himself. And with these two things happening on the same day, it's hard not to think that someone was behind it all.

   However, for the forest elves at that time, compared to tracking down the possible behind-the-scenes culprits, a more urgent matter was imminent—how to choose their successors.

   The "bride" required by each generation of the "Father of the Wild" to perform the divine marriage ceremony needs to be confirmed by the prophecy of the big mother's listener. And the listeners of each generation of the mother need to pass the test of the father of the wilderness before they can get the final recognition.

   This is essentially a chicken-or-egg problem. If the "Father of the Wilderness" and the "Big Mother Listener" both need each other's help to pass on, how did they appear in the first place?

   In fact, the answer is very simple. The essence of their appearance is the product of the "first contract" signed by the ancestors of the forest elves and the World Tree. In other words, they are the symbol of contract maintenance.

   Therefore, this is not a ritual that needs to be performed when the secular kingship is replaced, and it only has a symbolic meaning, but it is part of the contract signed by the ancestors of the forest elves and the will of the world tree.

   And without them, the way of life that the forest elves used to maintain will completely collapse, and the various blessings they have received will also be invalidated.

  In the history of the past, there has never been a situation where these two leaders died on the same day, so the entire Ravenwood also fell into a state of suspension without a leader.

   Maybe it was because of the increasingly tense situation on the mainland at that time, which put pressure on the old stubborn gang. All in all, the Oak Council and some of the representatives of the various tribes have come up with a solution - they want to re-sign the contract with the World Tree.

   In this way, they can re-select the original "Big Mother Listener" and "Wild Father" as the witnesses of the new contract, just like their ancestors in the past. It is also possible to take this opportunity to revise some contract terms that are outdated and no longer in line with the development form at that time.

   This is actually necessary, because since William Kane left, the Doomsday Watcher has been unable to maintain the peace of the entire continent, the major kingdoms have continued to expand their military power, and the Church of the Holy Spirit is also seeking to restore its past political status. In contrast, Ravenwood couldn't even form a normal army because of the tradition of "can't produce rot".

  In an era when the lunar threat has been eliminated, many ancient contracts should have been revised or abolished long ago, and the death of both leaders this time is an excellent opportunity for those reformers.

   In order to increase the chips in their hands, the reformers found the third seat of the Tribunal, which has a very deep relationship with Ravenwood, Frost Witch Neh, hoping that he can come forward to help the implementation of this proposal.

   Therefore, unlike the news that spread to the outside world later, Neh was not seeking to restore his identity as a forest druid, but was invited to the Holy Tree City by the reformers of the forest elves at that time as a consultant. At the same time, the reformers may promise that, as long as they make a new covenant, although Neh cannot regain his Druid status, he can also get the reward of making his soul and body sleep in the arms of his big mother.

After a long period of discussions, games, plots, and exchange of interests, the Holy Tree City finally made a new contract under the pressure of learning that the Blackwater Kingdom had re-enabled the "Tide of the Rotten Moon Undead". Decision - At that time, the entire Vic Continent has almost become a powder keg that burns at one point, and the major kingdoms can do everything they can to expand their military strength. If they don't restore the contract with the World Tree, I am afraid that in the future all-out war that will break out, the entire Ravenwood will only be a mermaid.

   As for Neh's role in the re-enactment event - it can be said that he alone bridged the huge power gap between the entire conservatives and the reformers.

  Since even the most stubborn people have let go, the next thing is to make a new contract.

   However, things went bad at this step. When the high-level forest druids went to the secret room where the core of the World Tree was kept, they found that the acorn that was the core of the World Tree had disappeared.

The    guard disappeared, and there was no sign of a fight at the scene... Needless to say, the druid who was in charge of guarding the acorn stole it.

   So far no one knows why they did this. According to Ebony's speculation, they should be deeply hidden ultra conservatives, and finally chose to use this extreme method to prevent the establishment of the new covenant.

   But the impact of this matter is extremely huge-bringing the core of the World Tree away from the interior of the World Tree is definitely not a simple matter of saving in another place. This will deactivate the entire World Tree, cause the entire Ravenwood Forest to begin to wither, and cause the souls and bodies of all forest elves to begin to wither as well.

   Fortunately, at that time, they had the top five magic casters in the entire continent to help out. After going through a series of incidents, he finally got the acorn back before things deteriorated irreparably. And the protective barrier redesigned by Neh himself uses [Anti-Entropy], which can reverse the time, as an absolute defense measure, and only leaves a key that can directly pass through the barrier, which is kept by someone who absolutely trusts it. .

   It was also because of this incident that the popularity of the entire conservative faction fell to the bottom, and the reformists redrawn the content of the new contract without any resistance. Under the new covenant, the entire forest elves will also be able to put aside the historical burdens of the past and move forward towards a kingdom that is more adaptable to the times.

   So the last thing to do is to re-establish the covenant itself. Once this is done, Neh can also, as he desires, rest completely in his hometown of Ravenwood.

   "Wait a minute, what do you mean by total rest?"

   On the way out of the underground root system, when listening to Ebony’s story about getting here, William couldn’t help asking.

   He felt a trace of unease from this statement.

   (end of this chapter)