198: Chapter 198 The Golden Gate Symbolizing the [Future]: Bai Ye's Background and the Last Dark Elf Queen

Anya reached out with her soft little hand and gently brushed Bai Ye's face. "Just 100 years ago, the last Dark Elf in the Surface World was hunted down by the Church of Light. After 10 years of carpet searches, the Human Kingdom finally confirmed that the Dark Elf race had been 'exterminated.' However, the Dark Elf blood that humans must drink at birth is non-renewable. The 50th Human King ordered the Church of Light to find a substitute for Dark Elf blood, until a priest at a small town church at the time—who is the current Pope of the Church of Light—discovered a fact that violated humanity."

Anya curled her lips in a scornful sneer. "For hundreds of years, under the instruction of successive Human Kings, the Church of Light has fed newborn babies Dark Elf blood, so the Dark Elf Bloodline has blended into the human Bloodline and remained hidden. The very few humans with Dark Element Affinity are the manifestation of the Dark Elf Bloodline. That small-town priest accidentally discovered that the blood of humans with Dark Element Affinity possesses the same ability as Dark Elf blood. To prevent infighting among humans, humans who awakened Dark Element Affinity were defined by the Church of Light as [Born Sinners], and their [Confessions] at the church were actually the priest extracting their blood. Later, that small-town priest purchased a Demonic Beast corpse with Dark Element Affinity from adventurers. After experimentation, he found that although Demonic Beast blood is not as good as human blood, it can also help humans obtain elemental affinity. Finally, relying on his discovery, that small-town priest gained the opportunity to enter the core of the Church of Light and ascended to the throne of the Pope."

Bai Ye listened to the [True History] recounted by Anya and compared it to what he had read in the church's scriptures, discovering traces of humans tampering with history. Whether it was the successive Kings or the Popes, at certain critical historical nodes, the blessings and miracles of the [God of Light] recorded in the church scriptures were actually meant to cover up the greed of the Human Kings and the fact that they persecuted the Dark Elves. Even he, having grown up in the church since childhood, had seen more than once the priest who raised him use the [Holy Grail] distributed to every church by the Church of Light to collect the [Sinful Blood] of the confessors to complete so-called 'atonement' when performing [Confessions] for humans with Dark Element Affinity.

Thinking of this, Bai Ye's stomach churned instinctively. The dual discomfort, both psychological and physiological, made him retch. Seeing the pained Bai Ye, Anya felt a bit heartbroken and stroked the young man's white hair, comforting him: "I can tell you responsibly that you have never drunk the so-called [Holy Water]. Because you are a special existence."

Facing Bai Ye, who looked up at her with confusion, Anya sat beside him, holding her own white hair and waving it in front of him. "You are not a pure human, or rather, you are a Dark Elf. Let me introduce myself first~"

Anya stood up elegantly, moved in front of Bai Ye, crossed her hands in front of her chest, and said with a serious face: "Standing before you is the [Last Dark Elf Queen], [One of the Last Twins of the Tree of Darkness], [One of the only two Dark Elves in the world]—Anya, and most importantly, [Your Little Sister]!"

As the young girl blinked playfully, Bai Ye's brain, already in chaos from the true history, crashed again. Perhaps because he had heard too much information that shattered his worldview, Bai Ye froze in place with unfocused eyes, and white smoke steamed from the top of his head.

Anya slapped Bai Ye's face vigorously with both hands. Bai Ye blankly raised his hands to rub his reddened face, dodging the girl's hands as she tried to slap him again, speechless. "Little sister? I'm only 20 years old this year, and you're 500 years old!"

Anya angrily puffed up her cheeks, put her hands on her hips, her eyes filled with undisguised faint sadness: "Who asked this to be the final will of the [Tree of Darkness]! Before the Dark Elf Queen died, she used her last strength to teleport the [Tree of Darkness], which can nurture Dark Elves, to this [Underground World]. Because it could no longer absorb the sunlight of the Surface World, the [Tree of Darkness] withered day by day. Coupled with feeling the Dark Elves of the Surface World being constantly captured and persecuted by humans, the [Tree of Darkness] used its remaining strength to conceive the last pair of Dark Elves and fell into a deep sleep."

Anya placed her hands on her chest and began to tell the subsequent story in an ethereal voice, in a singing manner: "The last twin Dark Elves were born in the vast Underground World. The younger sister, as the last Dark Elf Queen, was the first to wake up. The young baby girl received the knowledge and revenge plan transmitted by the [Tree of Darkness]. After 500 years of waiting, the Dark Elves of the Surface World were slaughtered. The younger sister, who had grown into a young girl, listened to the wailing and hatred of the dead clansmen in the [Tree of Darkness] every day. Finally, 20 years ago, she took out a brother who was identical to a human baby from the [Tree of Darkness], stepped onto the Surface World for the first time on a snowy night, and placed her brother at the entrance of a human church."

Anya paused, saw Bai Ye listening to her story carefully, and showed a satisfied smile: "Under the arrangement of the [Tree of Darkness], the older brother has the same appearance as a human and possesses light element resistance that Dark Elves have never had before. That is an ability obtained at the cost of the entire essence of the clan plus the [Tree of Darkness] falling into a deep sleep, and it will never be detected as Dark Element Affinity by any means."

Speaking of this, Anya held Bai Ye's hand, shedding tears but not forgetting to smile: "So~ big brother~ welcome back. This treehouse is the [Tree of Darkness], and it is also the place where we were born."

Bai Ye pulled his hand away slightly nervously, looking at the girl crying like a pear blossom in the rain, his brain falling into chaos again.

"I am a Dark Elf? I have to take revenge on humans?"

Anya showed a lonely expression because Bai Ye pulled his hand away. She sighed helplessly, reached out to the sitting Bai Ye, and invited him: "Let's go! I'll take you to the roots of the [Tree of Darkness] to receive the Legacy and let you experience everything here for yourself."

Bai Ye looked at the hand extended by the girl in front of him, looked at the tear stains on the corners of her eyes, and placed his hand on it. Anya pulled Bai Ye and ran towards the entrance of the treehouse. After jumping down several huge branches, the two came to the roots of this pitch-black ancient tree. A pool of transparent spring water reflected the faint light of the fluorescent plants on the rock wall above. Driven by an inexplicable instinct, Bai Ye slowly walked into the spring water.

At this moment, watching Bai Ye through the [River of Fate], the data of Bai Ye on the light screen in front of Hapi the Monochrome Bear was being updated rapidly.

[Race Awakening: Human → Dark Elf]

[Obtained Attribute Growth: 300 points]

[Obtained Ability: True Full Element Affinity (Advanced, including Wood Element Affinity exclusive to Dark Elves); Elf Magic (Advanced, equivalent to Dragon Magic, naturally two Ranks higher than ordinary human magic)]

[Status Update: "Unknown Whispers" → "Elemental Whispers": Can hear the voices of elemental energy and understand their meaning]

[Character Name: Bai Ye]

[Character Race: Dark Elf]

[Character Attribute: 500]

[Character Abilities: True Full Element Affinity (Advanced), Elf Magic (Advanced), Reinhardt Style Divine Sword Technique (Advanced)]

[Character Items: elemental greatsword (Advanced), Reinhardt Family Token]

[Character Status: Dual Personality, Full Mental Focus, Elemental Whispers]

Gemini looked at Hapi the Monochrome Bear who was laughing out loud in front of him. The scene on the [River of Fate] at his feet displayed the true history that the Dark Elf Anya had just recounted in the form of images. Watching one Dark Elf after another being tracked and persecuted by the Church of Light in various ways, he could even smell the rich bloody scent.

Gemini stared at Hapi, asking as if stating a fact: "Is this your way of 'cheating'? You arranged it before this [Gambling] started, didn't you?"

Hapi the Monochrome Bear rarely didn't play dumb this time. It spread its hands helplessly and replied: "This is all the arrangement of [Fate]. After all, the [Gambling] we are conducting is called [double-six fate]~"

Gemini looked at Hapi the Monochrome Bear, who was clearly very proud inside, and threw the [dice of fate] in his hand: "Then let us see what is so special about this Dragon's fate!"

The dice stopped steadily at the tip of Gemini's toes, and the points were still 12.