Chapter 567 - 565: Just a Small Problem, It’ll Be Fine

The pollution here is very mild, and its source is unnoticeable. Moreover, Hilia felt sensations from this pollution that were distinct from other places.

While pollution in other areas feels dead and stagnant, the pollution here seems lively and vibrant.

"There’s such a rich element of life in it... If it weren’t for my life-attribute Magic Puppet, I wouldn’t have been able to detect it."

Hilia exclaimed.

"No wonder this is the vibrant Elf Forest, even the pollution here is so unique."

Feeling the surrounding pollution, Hilia extended her hand, gathering a ball of purification magic power and attempted a purification.

The pollution, rich in life force, churned and extracted life energy to form an invisible barrier, blocking the light of the Purification Skill.

Hilia retracted the Purification Skill and fell into deep thought.

"This pollution situation is somewhat similar to the Golden Apple Stone Forest, where after a massive fusion of other elements, a special purification resistance method is formed... No, generally speaking, apart from places as special as the Golden Apple Stone Forest, other places shouldn’t naturally form a protective film like this."

Hilia was perplexed by the pollution situation.

However, pollution that lingers usually has a pollution source, and as long as a way to resolve the pollution source is found, the thin pollution outside will dissipate.

"Although I don’t want to have contact with the Elf Race, when faced with pollution, how can a righteous person like me stand by?"

Hilia made up her mind and was about to go inside.

But before she took a step, a voice rang out from the distance.

"Please do not go near there!"

Hilia was startled, turned back, and saw a familiar team swiftly approaching.

"Lana?"

Lana, who was running forward, also looked surprised, "Aren’t you the elf going to the Royal City... This isn’t the direction of the Royal City, you’ve gone the wrong way."

"Oh, really?" Hilia blinked, "I’m sorry, I accidentally got lost, and just felt like there was some problem here, so I came over to check."

Lana’s teammate gave Hilia a skeptical look, and the female team member who spoke earlier questioned, "Even if you got lost, how could you possibly end up in the opposite direction? Are you really seeking blessings at the Royal City?"

Hilia tilted her head, "I’m bad with directions, is it really impossible to get lost in the wrong direction? Sorry, I’ll try to pay better attention next time."

Lana glanced back at her, "Sorry, my friend here doesn’t have the best tone, but it’s also to prevent evil people from entering the Elf Forest. Please understand."

"Evil people."

"Dark Elves, haven’t you heard?" the female elf said.

Hilia shook her head, "No, I haven’t."

She only knew from history books that elves have some subtypes, and Dark Elves are suspected to be one of them, but she didn’t know the specifics.

Lana said, "Dark Elves are the name of an organization composed of fallen elves. They refuse to coexist with nature, most of them are not of the natural faction... Recently, abnormal situations have often appeared in the Elf Forest, and we suspect the Dark Elves are up to something."

She looked at the pollution faintly visible in front of her, "This in front of you is the Elf Forest ’getting sick’. These pollutants are the filth being expelled. If not dealt with, the filth will gradually encroach on the Elf Forest and turn it into a wasteland like the outside."

Hilia showed an interested expression, "Do you mean you have a way to solve the pollution?"

This pollution has a protective film of life elements, making the purification skill’s effect limited. To solve this problem, a period of study is needed.

Regardless, Hilia would eventually study it thoroughly. Any form of pollution cannot be overlooked.

If the Elf Race possessed the means to solve pollution, there would be no need to start research from scratch, she could simply use it directly.

Lana shook her head, "We can’t solve it, only control it, preventing it from spreading further. We’ll have to wait for someone from the Royal Court to solve it."

"I see." Hilia was somewhat disappointed.

She looked at the vast polluted area ahead, saw Lana and the others starting to take action, thought for a moment, and asked, "Miss Lana, how long until someone from the Royal Court arrives?"

Lana said, "It’s unclear. With pollution appearing throughout the Elf Forest now, I heard that only the royal elf blessed by the Elf God possesses the ability to purify. She’s currently busy putting out fires everywhere, who knows when she’ll arrive here."

Royal elf blessed by the Elf God?

Hilia’s mind was stirred, immediately thinking of Elina, and tentatively asked, "Is that royal elf the one who once won the Mage League individual championship?"

Lana nodded, "Yes, you... are you her fan too?"

Lana wanted to call Hilia by name, but suddenly realized she didn’t know Hilia’s name.

Hilia said, "I’m Xiluo. I’m not her fan, but her name is quite famous in my hometown too."

"Of course, she’s the only elf in all these years to receive the blessing of the Gods and also retrieved a Divine Relic. I heard she’s successfully promoted to Tier Four Mage. I’m so envious, I wonder when I can advance."

Lana revealed a look of yearning.

She is now at Tier Three, Hilia couldn’t tell her age but could see she still has a long way to go before reaching Tier Four.

With the topic of Elina, Hilia and Lana quickly closed the gap between them and found a common subject.

After chatting for a while, Hilia asked, "Do you need my help? I can do something to help you."

Hilia had undergone disguise, now appearing as just an ordinary Tier One Mage.

Anyone below Tier Four could hardly see through her disguise.

Lana shook her head, "No need, we can manage the control measures by ourselves."

Hilia looked at the others, as she and Lana talked, they had already dispersed, placing some low-grade Magic Crystals and forming a node in an array.

Just by glancing, Hilia recognized this as a simple array temporarily limiting pollution. Besides requiring some low-grade Magic Crystals, continuous magic power supply is needed to prevent pollution from penetrating the array.

This array, even when formed, requires manual operation, far inferior to most arrays that can run automatically.

And even this simple array, the team set up quite roughly, with many places where they could increase the efficiency of magic power operations merely by aligning properly, yet the Magic Crystals were placed crookedly.

Hilia couldn’t bear to watch anymore.

"I know a bit about arrays and learned how to set up this particular one, I can help," Hilia said.

"Well... alright, you help us set up the side nodes. This pollution area should just be ordinary filth, a casual arrangement will certainly not cause problems."