Great Elf Sage

At the southernmost point of the torrent plain is a towering mountain range that faces east and west and stretches to the end of the field of vision on both sides, as chaotic as the gums of a venomous lizard. .biquge

Legend has it that this place was formed when the broken teeth of the world's first sky dragon fell to the earth at the beginning of the creation. Therefore, people in the southern continent call this huge mountain range that seems to completely isolate the southernmost point of the world from human society. 'Broken Tooth Mountains'.

For most people, let alone reaching the Broken Tooth Mountains, even the torrent plains before the Broken Tooth Mountains, cut into pieces by countless rapid rivers, are as daunting as a natural chasm.

But this does not trouble Simonsius.

As the second son of the lord of Alva City, although Simon cannot inherit the position of lord, at the age of thirty-eight, he is already a powerful swordsman famous in all the southern city-states, so much so that his incompetent brother is afraid that he will seize him. The lord's inheritance refused to allow Simon to enter the city of Alva again.

But how could the position of mere lord be noticed by Simonsius, the youngest three-dimensional swordsman in the southern city-state? Simon has greater ambitions in mind.

"In order to realize that great ideal of that Lord, I must learn more powerful power!"

Easily splitting a strange creature that jumped out of the river into two halves with his sword, Simon looked at the Broken Tooth Mountains in front of him and continued to mutter to himself:

"After passing through the Broken Tooth Mountains, is it the 'Forest of Elves' that the sword master mentioned?"

Simon reached out and touched the long-healed sword wound on his right shoulder, recalling the past when he was easily defeated with a single sword strike.

Ten years ago, the young and energetic Simon challenged the long-eared blond elf known as the Juggernaut. After being defeated by the gorgeous swordsmanship like art, Simon begged the Juggernaut to tell him the powerful method. He told Simon the location of his hometown - a forest called the 'Elf Forest' at the southernmost tip of the continent, south of the Broken Tooth Mountains.

"It is said that the Broken Tooth Mountains are still the location of many dragons' lairs. Many powerful warriors who went to explore the southernmost part of the world died in the dragons' lairs and never came back..."

"If I die at the mouth of a giant dragon, it means that I am not qualified to learn the strongest swordsmanship... Is that what the sword master meant? Oh, what am I hesitating about? It's just my life, how can it compare to that? Is your lord’s ambition important?”

Without much hesitation, Simon stepped towards the depths of the Broken Tooth Mountains.

……

Two months later, deep in the Broken Tooth Mountains, he was halfway up the mountainside of a boulder peak that was surprisingly taller than the surrounding mountains.

Simon, who was covered in blood, used up the last of his strength to insert a sword into the neck of the giant dragon that swooped down in front of him. The dragon's tail, which was severely injured in vital parts, slapped Simon against the stone wall in the distance. The pain of broken bones made him feel sad. Simon, whose consciousness had gradually become blurred, suddenly woke up.

The giant dragon struggled to lie down and wanted to tear Simon into pieces, but the dragon, which had lost too much blood, was able to crawl to Simon and completely calmed down.

Just when Simon thought he was about to die deep in the Broken Tooth Mountains, a burst of emerald fluorescence suddenly appeared all around. The pain in Simon's body gradually subsided under the fluorescent light, and even the broken and dislocated bones gradually Return to your original position.

"A human adventurer? You are also unlucky to meet this kind of gray pterosaur cub that doesn't have much wisdom even when it becomes an adult. Generally, the lazy dragon clan has no interest in caring about passing humans... However, it just so happens that Is it near my laboratory, and I happen to be testing some properties of dragon blood, or is it that you are actually very lucky?"

A pleasant, childish voice came from above. Simon raised his head with difficulty and saw a white figure surrounded by colorful air currents, slowly falling from the air.

Soon, the figure fell on the body of the dead dragon, and Simon finally saw clearly the appearance of the person in front of him. He was a man of about eighteen or nineteen years old, with emerald eyes, long bright golden hair, and a simple knee-length white robe. Casually put on the body, bare feet...

"Miss, who are you?" Simon asked.

"...Tsk, this happens every time I see humans. Can't you confirm the elf's gender before speaking?"

Uh, elves?

Simon took a closer look, and sure enough, the girl in front of him... no, it should be a boy. In the gap between the long bright blond hair, you can indeed see the same long ears as the sword master, and this appearance is even more beautiful than a woman... …They are indeed elves, probably.

"Well, Elf? I, have I arrived at the Elf Forest!" Simon suddenly asked excitedly.

"You want to go to the Elf Forest? Hey, it's still far away. The place you are currently at is almost in the center of the Broken Tooth Mountains, which means you are only halfway there..." the elf boy replied.

Before Simon could express his disappointment, the elf boy continued with a bright smile:

"...But I can take you to the Elf Forest. Of course, this requires you to cooperate with me in an experiment."

"Experiment? Although I don't know what the experiment is, as long as I can go to the Elf Forest, I am willing to do anything!"

"Haha, very good. Then, the dragon's blood is almost gone, and the experiment can begin..."

……

Half a day later, the shirtless Simon stood in a stone pool, looking down at his body covered with strange patterns, feeling the powerful power surging in his body like a giant dragon, with a look of disbelief on his face.

"How is it? As I said, you happened to be the one who happened to be experimenting with the magical properties of dragon blood. You are so lucky. With your current strength, even those with elder-level strength among humans may not be yours. Are you a match?" The elf boy standing next to the pool said proudly.

"Is this, is this the power of the dragon?"

Simon feels that if he meets yesterday's giant dragon again, oh no, it's a gray pterosaur, Simon even feels that he doesn't need to use swordsmanship now and can fight against yesterday's gray pterosaur with just the strength of his body.

"This kind of ritual called 'experiment' can actually make people reach a level that even a determined warrior who has worked hard for decades may not be able to reach in just half a day. Then why am I working hard to practice swordsmanship..."

As one of the few swordsman geniuses in the southern city-state in the past century, Simon was able to accept his defeat calmly and maintain his ambition to make progress even when he was defeated by the sword master. But this incomprehensible 'experiment' made Simon doubt his persistence for the first time.

"The experiment is just a process of verifying the truth, not a ritual. However, based on the data of this experiment, we can summarize an strengthening ritual of bathing in dragon's blood..."

The words of the elf boy came from the side.

"In addition, the dragon blood used to complete this ritual must be obtained by the slain dragon species after dying with a strong attachment to the recipient of the ritual, because the spiritual power of most dragon species is incompatible with the blood. The magic in it is entangled, so the person who performs this ritual must also be the dragon slayer himself... Forget it, you don't understand this, in short, you can't completely deny the efforts you put in to slay the dragon."

"Although I don't quite understand, thank you anyway, but actually you don't need to comfort me. Although I'm a little bit shocked, I have a more important mission than personal persistence... By the way, mission!"

Simon jumped out of the stone pool and hurriedly said to the elf boy:

"I have fulfilled my promise, please take me to the Elf Forest!"

The elf boy asked curiously:

"Why are you going to the Elf Forest? Although I can take you there, humans are not used to living there. The humans who occasionally came to the Elf Forest in the past could not stay long."

"I, I want to learn the strongest swordsmanship and become even more powerful! Then I can be for that Lord..." Simon said excitedly, but suddenly froze again.

"Powerful... I already have the power of a powerful dragon... This kind of power is no longer inferior to the elder-level strong men in various cities..."

If, if this magical method that can give others power can help that adult...

Suddenly, Simon seemed to remember something and asked the elf boy: "By the way, you just said that this dragon's blood bathing ritual is just an experiment, a process of verifying the truth, right?"

"That's right. Is there any problem?"

"I remembered that the eldest lady and those scholars have been studying a magical thing, and they also said similar things."

"Oh? Humans who started to explore the truth... So what are they studying? Don't just do those simple alchemical reactions." The elf boy seemed to be very interested in this topic.

Simon recalled it for a moment before saying uncertainly: "It seems to be called..."

Simon uttered a word the boy had never heard before and wrote it on the ground with his finger.

Although the elf boy has never heard of this word, but based on the premise of 'searching for the truth' and judging from the grammatical structure and word combination rules of humans, this word includes "supernatural", "powerful power", "truth", " Mystery" and "soul", that is to say...

"magic!?"

The elf boy was very excited. This word should have the same meaning as the word "magic" in his previous life. This is the first time he has heard definite news about magic in the nineteen years since he was reincarnated into this world. For him who is determined to create a complete magic system for this world, he finds that there are people other than himself studying the reality of magic in the world. It's something to be happy about.

"Are you saying that someone in the human race has finally started studying magic?"

Simon was a little overwhelmed by the elf boy's sudden reaction, but for a certain purpose he still answered the boy's question honestly:

"I heard from the eldest lady that some people have begun to study 'magic' hundreds of thousands of years ago, but it has never been made public. The eldest lady and the others recently started researching after obtaining some information from a ruins."

"Oh, this is really great. If I couldn't leave the laboratory for too long, I would really like to go with you to meet the eldest lady right away."

Hearing these words from the elf boy, Simon's eyes lit up and he hurriedly said:

"I welcome you on behalf of Miss Aria and Lord Arno. If you can, please come to Stuart City. I think Miss and their magic research will definitely interest you!"

The elf boy pondered for a moment and then said, "How have you studied those materials? Do you know what they are?"

"It was just unearthed more than a year ago. In terms of content, I have heard words like 'four elements', 'magic ladder', and 'spiritual power'." Simon replied.

The elf boy's eyes lit up and he said to himself: "The magic ladder... This is the biggest difficulty in my current research. It's interesting... But the City of Morning Light is about to be built recently. I have to go back and organize people to come to the Broken Tooth Mountain Range. The next step of the experiment will continue here, and I won’t be able to leave in the short term... Hmm... You don’t mind if I go to your place to communicate with you in a while, right?"

This is what I've been waiting for!

Simon immediately said: "Sir... as long as you can come, we don't mind waiting!"

The elf boy smiled and said: "Very good, by the way, I don't know who you are yet..."

"Yes! Sir, my name is Simonsius. I am the martial arts commander of Stuart City, the easternmost city-state in the south of mankind."

"Then, let me introduce myself. My name is Nolan, Nolan Morningstar, and I am the Elf Prince."

To be continued.