Volume 3: Artifacts Chapter 75: Difficulties
After Professor Dilai Sisminya finished explaining the anatomy of the headhunters, several elf professors came on stage to present their own or their team's research results on the headhunters.
At this time, about half a month had passed since Dale informed Professor Makatina of the discovery of the headhunters. It was already precious that the Emerald Magic Academy could research so much information. However, these research results only scratched the surface of the headhunters, and were not enough to summarize an effective way to deal with them.
Finally, the magic projection on the podium showed a map of the Emerald Forest, which was densely marked with the locations of the discovered headhunter camps, as well as some elven villages that had been occupied by the headhunters.
The lecture hall fell into silence.
An old elf scholar walked up to the podium. His face was full of wrinkles, his eyelids were sagging so that he couldn't open his eyes, his sparse hair was tied into a bun, and his ears were drooping.
Professor Makatina introduced Qingkong in a low voice: "This is Ezra Vidal, the dean of the Emerald Magic Academy, and he is known as the 'Deer of Wisdom'. We don't know how many years he has lived, and it seems that he has forgotten, but he is definitely one of the oldest forest elves and has seen the devastation of the Emerald Forest after the ancient war."
Clear Sky said: "'The Deer of Wisdom'... Even in the desolate West, we often hear the name and legend of Dean Bidar. He gave up the honor of inheriting the Elf King and chose to establish the Emerald Magic Academy, and has been guarding this academy ever since.
It can be said that Dean Vidal laid the foundation for the modern magic science of the Emerald Forest and was also the pioneer in integrating the Emerald Forest into human civilization. "
Hearing the Moonlight Queen's high evaluation of her dean, Makatina said happily: "Yes, Dean Vidal is the guide for the Emerald Forest to move towards a new civilization."
Dean Vidal stood on the podium, looking weak but full of energy, and said, "Just now, I met the entourage sent by King Sanye. His Majesty asked if the Emerald Magic Academy has found a way to deal with the headhunters.
If we can't come up with a viable plan, Your Majesty may have to choose to have the entire elves leave the Emerald Forest..."
Dean Vidal's words immediately made the classroom noisy.
Migrate the whole family!
This is definitely a stain that the forest elves will bear forever.
And it's easy to leave, but it's not easy to come back.
However, the headhunters have strong reproductive capacity and a terrifying speed of increasing strength. If we don't evacuate now while there is still time, we will only suffer greater losses when the headhunters launch an attack on the Emerald King's Court.
Is there really no other way?
"Silence!" Dean Bildad's voice was not loud, but it immediately quieted the noisy classroom: "Every minute of time is very precious now. We have missed the best time to suppress the headhunters. The headhunters are growing at a very terrifying rate. They can appear around the Emerald King's Court at any time and launch an attack.
King Sanye trusts us and he is waiting for our news.
Who can offer suggestions? Even if they are not feasible, they may be an inspiration. "
An elf professor in the audience raised his hand, and after getting permission from Dean Vidal, he stood up and said, "The headhunters are difficult to deal with, but their weaknesses are also very obvious. If we find the hunting queen and kill her, we can limit the number of headhunters, and then it will be a simple matter to eliminate them one by one.
The difficulty now is that we don’t know where the Hunting Queen is.
I think that by using astrology and divination, concentrating the abilities of all the fortune tellers in the academy, and combining the computing power of the alchemical difference machine, we may be able to calculate the location of the Queen Hunter."
Dean Vidal thought about it for a moment and said: "Astrology is the deduction of the laws of all things in the world. We don't know enough about the headhunters to make accurate divinations, and we can't report this as a solution to King Sanye.
This concerns the future fate of the forest elves. His Majesty needs a definite value to make a decision. Uncertain values will only interfere with him.
But for us, astrology is not a factor that can be used as a reference. Professor Favalli, I allow you to mobilize the fortune tellers of the academy to carry out a large-scale divination ceremony, and you can start it now."
Professor Favalli bowed to Dean Vidal and left the lecture hall. Several fortune tellers stood up and followed Professor Favalli out.
Another elf professor raised his hand and stood up: "Headhunters have low intelligence and low mental strength. We can try to use mental control equipment to control the headhunters to enter their territory. This will definitely help us obtain more intelligence, and perhaps even find the location of the headhunter queen."
Dean Vidal said with relief: "This is a good idea! This job is left to you. If you need headhunter experimental subjects, you can inform the royal court patrols. They will find a way to meet your experimental needs."
Then several elf professors put forward their own ideas.
Although none of them can be considered a solution, they are at least progress towards the ultimate goal.
While Qingkong was listening attentively, Professor Makatina beside him raised his hand.
With Dean Vidal's permission, Professor Makatina stood up and said, "According to known intelligence, the headhunters are very aggressive towards animals, and we have not yet found them attacking plants with a clear purpose of hunting.
We can try to plant and cultivate offensive plants to slow down the expansion of the headhunters. We can cultivate toxins against the headhunters and conduct non-contact combat. "
Dean Vidal praised, "This is a very feasible method. However, we must be cautious when cultivating toxins targeting the headhunters. We must make sure that the headhunters will not evolve resistance to the toxins, or even evolve toxins targeting us.
We still know too little about headhunters, so don’t be too radical.”
Makatina bowed and replied, "Yes, Dean, I will definitely keep your concerns in mind."
At this time, Dean Vidal noticed Qingkong sitting next to Makatina.
"A... prairie elf. I don't remember the academy hiring any prairie elf scholars. How did you get in?"
Professor Makatina immediately explained: "This is Miss Xingkong, from Fengcao City in the Halmutu Basin of the Western Border Administration of the Golden Shield Empire.
Miss Starry Sky learned that we were being troubled by the headhunters and wanted to help us."
Qingkong stood up and saluted to Dean Vidal: "Dean Vidal, I feel extremely honored to meet you."
Dean Vidal looked at Qingkong, his eyelids that almost covered his eyes opened a little, and then he formally returned the greeting to Qingkong in the surprised gaze of all the elves.
"Ms. Starry Sky, I am honored by your visit. Thank you for your willingness to help the Emerald Forest. What do you think of the headhunters?"
Qingkong said: "I have been listening in and I think the professors and scholars of the Emerald Magic Academy have found the right method. All they need is time to verify it.
Let me talk about my thoughts from another perspective.
During the ancient war period, especially in the early stages, many unprecedented extraordinary creatures suddenly appeared in large numbers. The headhunters first appeared during that period.
In addition, recently I have been studying the "God of War" that once appeared in the Tedega Hills. This kind of extraordinary creature also appeared in the ancient war period. It was most active in the early stage of the war and gradually disappeared in the middle and late stages.
There are also Medusa, two-headed lizard dragon, dream eater, angry orc...
According to a research paper published by the Golden Shield Empire's Institute of Extraordinary Creatures, these extraordinary creatures that suddenly appear and disappear for various reasons all have more or less some defects that make it difficult for them to reproduce and continue.
..."
Because of the values of the forest elves, the Emerald Magic Academy does not offer a course in supernatural creature transformation, and their understanding of supernatural creatures is far less than that of their human counterparts.
Therefore, what Qingkong said instantly opened up a new idea and direction for these forest elves.
Dean Vidal said: "Yes, the flaws of the headhunters are very obvious and fatal. The hunting queen must be surrounded by the headhunters. Now the headhunters have become powerful, but we don't even know where the hunting queen is..."
Qingkong smiled and said, "Dean Vidal, you are avoiding the point I am making. In the early days of the ancient war, a large number of extraordinary creatures appeared in various parts of the world. This must be because the world at that time formed the conditions for their appearance.
Now that the headhunters have reappeared in the Emerald Forest, does this mean that this condition has been formed again?"
Dean Vidal said: "The emergence of the headhunters is a scientific issue, and I don't want to involve other things. Miss Xingkong, I think you should understand what I mean."
“The emergence of the headhunters is of course a scientific issue, but whether other things will be involved is not something you can decide.
And since you, the dean, believe that the emergence of the headhunters is a scientific issue, then... why don't you tell everyone how to quickly find and kill the queen?"
Qingkong's words instantly caused an uproar in the classroom.
Dean Vidal knows a quick way to hunt down the Queen?
But if he knew, why didn't he say it?
You must know that now the hunters have forced the forest elves to migrate out of the Emerald Forest.
Professor Makatina said to Qingkong dissatisfiedly: "Ms. Xingkong, I respect you very much, but please don't frame Dean Vidal. If the dean knew how to find the hunting queen, he would definitely not hide it!"
Qingkong did not answer, but looked at Dean Vidal.
Midal stood there without making any excuses. His unusual behavior made the elves wonder... Could it be that the dean really knew how to find and kill the queen?
The chaotic noises soon died down, and the elves looked at Qingkong and Dean Bidar at the same time, wanting to know what the correct answer was.
At this time, an elf teaching assistant rushed into the lecture hall: "Dean... Dean, something bad has happened! An angel has landed in the academy, and he said...he said his companions were hunted by the headhunters!"
What!
All the elves stood up in shock.
When the headhunters encounter a strong enemy, they will train a targeted hunter. If the hunter successfully kills the target, the hunting queen will mass produce this type of hunter. Therefore, when the forest elves fight against the headhunters, they pay great attention to protecting their own strong combat units.
Now you say an angel is hunted!
Why would an angel come to the Emerald Forest for no reason? Why would you provoke the headhunters for no reason?
Dean Vidal understood the seriousness of the matter, and he asked seriously, "Where is the angel who came?"
"The angel was injured and has been sent to the hospital for treatment."
"Take me to him!" Dean Bildad suppressed his anger. After walking a few steps, he turned to Qingkong and said, "If Miss Xingkong doesn't mind, can you accompany me to see this angel?"
"Of course. I'm also very curious, what are the angels doing in the Emerald Forest at this time?"
Qingkong followed Dean Bildad out of the lecture hall.
The elves immediately surrounded Professor Makatina and asked about the identity of Xingkong, the grassland elf from the Golden Shield Empire.
Professor Makatina said: "If you guessed, Miss Starry Sky's identity is what you guessed. Now we go to do what we should do. No matter what the headhunters become, we are the ones who face them."
The elves quickly dispersed.
Professor Makatina was right. No matter what Miss Starry Sky's identity was or what happened in the future, it would always be the forest elves who faced the headhunters.
Qingkong followed Dean Vidal to the college clinic and saw a male angel receiving treatment from a doctor.
The angel took off his armor and sat on the medical chair. His body was covered with scars from sharp blades, and a piece of his left wing was cut off.
The elf doctor smeared potion on the angel and cast magic to speed up the healing of the wound and the absorption of the medicine.
Dean Vidal walked up to the angel and asked, "What is your name and your purpose for coming to the Emerald Forest."
The angel endured the pain and said, "I am the Holy Judge Angel Crimson Sapphire Siphos. Following the order of the Sword of Oath, I came to the Emerald Forest to check on the status of the Magic Spring..."
Dean Vidal held out his hand to stop the Archangel Siphos from continuing. He said to the doctor, "Go away. I want to discuss some confidential matters with this angel."
"At your command, Dean Vidal."
The elf doctor left.
Dean Vidal said to the angel, "Why are you investigating the magic spring?"
Angel Siphos said: "This is the order of the Sword of Oath, I don't need to explain anything to you. Just like last time, the headhunters were created by the magic spring, and the hunting queen is there.
When we found the Magic Spring, my companions and I were discovered, and I was the only one who escaped. "
Dean Vidal couldn't help but get angry and said, "Since you know what the headhunters are, you should also know the consequences of an angel being hunted! Soon, hunters capable of hunting angels will appear in large numbers. Not only will our forest elves perish, but the entire world will also face an unprecedented disaster!"
The angel did not show any regret. He said, "Hunting an angel cannot change the fact that the headhunters are low-level creatures. As long as Sky City is willing, they can behead and hunt the queen at any time.
At this time, the forest elves should lower their posture and seek help from the Sky City, instead of blaming an angel who delivered the message for you!"
