9/23/2023 0 Comments My very own lith"Agreed." Lith nodded, feigning expertise on such matters. "This is very unpolite of you and it goes against every elven tradition I know." "Were you listening to us?" Aalejah said. "Now, please, tell us all about Jiera and this opportunity for us to reclaim our lands. The fact that he strutted like a king and that felt the need to say such things told a different story and so did his wooden crown. "Greetings, dear guests." M'Rael stood up, addressing the newcomers while the rest of the Parliament stared at them with a mix of hope and suspicion. 'The bad news is that not only is he Awakened but now we can't even communicate via a mind link without him noticing.' Lith thought. Otherwise he would recognize me at first glance and our cover would be blown. 'The good news is that the crown has no life force, so the connection with the World Tree is cut off. The Eyes of Menadion confirmed Lith's suspicions about the crown being made of Yggdrasill wood and revealed to him the vigorous violet mana flow that M'Rael was masterfully suppressing. Not only were his clothes made of the finest materials, with white crystals as buttons and embroidered in purified Adamant, but he also wore what looked like a wooden crown studded with six elemental crystals of different colors. He sat alone, in the middle of the highest level. 'Fuck me sideways!' Lith thought while shutting down the mind link the moment his eyes met the High Chancellor's. The elves on the bottom level were dressed barely better than a Kingdom's commoner whereas those on the top looked like members of the Royal family. 'Based on Le'Ahy's words I bet the Parliament has a vertical structure as well.' Lith thought after noticing that the higher a desk, the more enchantments it had and the more artifacts its occupant wore. To make matters worse, the door they had come from had just disappeared and the space in front of the desks was guarded by soldiers in full plate of Adamant armor, leaving the "guests" surrounded and with no way out. The place where the scouts had brought Lith's group was below the level of the lowest row of desks so that even the less important deputy could look down on them. Also, each member of the Parliament had plenty of personal space. The main difference was that each one of those desks was a masterpiece of carpentry worthy of one of the Headmasters of the six great academies or a Regional Lord. The room had a pitched floor and each level was filled with desks arranged in a semi-circular shape. The Hall reminded Lith of the classroom where he gave the Void Magic lesson. 'This isn't just a matter of pride or security anymore.' Aalejah said via the mind link. On every floor they were stopped and questioned by more guards while arrays sealed the access to the lower levels, trapping them behind more and more security layers.īy the time they reached the Parliament's Hall, the subtle message had become so glaring that only someone blind, dumb, and deaf might have missed it. Le'Ahy led them to the center of the tree trunk where there was the only passage to the next floor through what looked like an elevator shaft. It was a subtle message from the upper floors that rules of hospitality or not, the guests had to be careful not to overstep their welcome. They had been forewarned of the arrival of foreigners but had feigned ignorance in order to display their prowess. The guards stepped aside, letting the group through.
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