Chapter 157: The Sincerity of the Elves

“Bastard, you dare to fight back?” The Emperor was really angry this time. Originally he didn’t want to make it so serious, but who told Old Xie not to give him face? Now he was in a dilemma. If he didn’t punish Old Xie, how could the Royal prestige be maintained in the future? So seeing this situation, the Emperor immediately flew into a rage and ordered: “Arrest this bastard for me, I want to teach him a lesson on behalf of his elders!”

“Your Majesty!” At this moment, the wretched Fatty hurriedly ran over in fright, knelt on the ground and cried: “Your Majesty, please spare him this once? He is still young and ignorant!”

“Hmph!” The Emperor snorted heavily, then didn’t speak. Everyone could see that he actually gave the Stephen Family a face. As long as Old Xie went over and apologized, it would be fine.

The Fatty also saw it, and hurriedly signaled Old Xie with his eyes, waving his hand and gesturing cutting his throat, almost kneeling down for Old Xie.

But who knew that Old Xie didn’t care at all, he just proudly raised his head, without any intention of apologizing.

When the Emperor saw his attitude, his nose was crooked with anger. He shouted angrily: “Stephen, watch carefully, this is not me not giving him a chance, it is this kid who is too bastard. Arrest him immediately for me!”

Hearing the Emperor’s words, the Fatty was also speechless. And that Sword Saint also shook his head with a bitter smile. Actually, they didn’t want to provoke Little Stephen either, but the Emperor’s order was hard to defy, so they had to walk towards Old Xie with a stiff upper lip. And Old Xie tensed up all over, waiting for the arrival of the Sword Saint. He was already prepared, as soon as the two Sword Saints came over, he would immediately use the Blink Dagger to rush to the Emperor’s side, and then hold him hostage. He didn’t believe this guy dared to trade his life for his.

Just as a historic hostage-taking incident was about to happen at a critical moment, a very strong voice suddenly appeared.

“Stop!” A Saint Domain Mage who came with Juliet on the Wyvern suddenly appeared in the courtyard and shouted loudly: “Your Majesty the Emperor, may I ask what you are doing?”

“Oh!” When the Emperor saw an outsider arrive, and it was an Elf Expert he couldn’t afford to offend, he had to hold back his anger and said with a forced smile: “This bastard dared to molest the Elf Princess Highness, I am about to punish him!”

“No need!” That Mage directly refused. “Thank Your Majesty for your kindness, Princess Highness has already forgiven Your Excellency Little Stephen. Actually, that was just a misunderstanding, there is no need to hurt the harmony between our two families for such a small matter!”

As soon as this Mage said this, everyone present was dumbfounded. Especially the Emperor, his eyes were almost popping out. One had to know, the Elves were not a good-tempered race. As a race with a long history and powerful strength, they had always been extremely arrogant. Whoever dared to anger them, they would definitely take crazy revenge. For example, this time, Arthas was attacked, and the entire City of Chaos was half destroyed by the Elves.

For Old Xie’s behavior today, if it were someone else, even a Prince, they would definitely have to pay with their lives. But now, the Elves actually didn’t pursue it, and even took the initiative to say it was a misunderstanding. Where was the usual style of the Elves?

And before everyone could understand from the surprise, the next thing made them almost faint. They saw that Elf Saint Domain Mage, who had his head held high in front of the Emperor, walked a few steps to Old Xie, bowed deeply, and respectfully said: “Respected Your Excellency Stephen, I was entrusted by the Elf King to bring you His Majesty’s most sincere respect, and thank you for saving the life of the Arthas Royal Family!”

Don’t underestimate these few words, especially that sentence about the Elf King’s respect, it was simply amazing. One had to know, the status of the Elf King, on the continent, only the Pope of the Empire of Light, the guy known as the spokesperson of God, could compare. Others, even the Emperor of the Griffin Kingdom, the Orc King and the Dwarf King, were slightly inferior. Especially the Emperor present, he was several generations lower than the other, and had never received the other’s respect in his life, only he had to respect the other. In fact, looking at the entire continent, the people who could receive the Elf King’s direct respect, probably couldn’t be counted on one hand. But now, a sixteen-year-old boy actually obtained it, how shocking was this?

And Old Xie obviously didn’t know what huge honor he had obtained, or, even if he knew, he wouldn’t care. He just nodded faintly to the other party and said: “En, got it!”

As soon as Old Xie said this, there was a sound of booing at the scene. Dare to treat the Elf King’s greeting so rudely, probably he was the only one on the continent. Just when everyone thought Old Xie’s arrogant attitude would anger this Elf Mage, unexpectedly, the other party was not angry at all, but still said politely: “To express my thanks, His Majesty the Elf King sent me to bring you a gift, please be sure to accept it!” Saying that, he took out a very exquisite small box and handed it to Old Xie.

Old Xie reached out to take it, opened it directly, and took out a black ring. Although it looked inconspicuous, and didn’t have any gems inlaid, as soon as it entered Old Xie’s eyes, he laughed happily, and then said: “A Space Ring, I just wanted one, thank your Elf King for the trouble!”

“Ah!” When everyone heard it was a Space Ring, they all gasped. This thing, there weren’t many in the whole continent. In the whole Griffin Kingdom, only the main wife of the Hercules Family had one as a dowry from the Elves. Others, even His Majesty the Emperor, didn’t have one! Unexpectedly, Old Xie, a little kid, was given one by them. This was absolutely a big gift! So much so that everyone present, including the Emperor, had red eyes, wishing they could snatch that ring over.

“As long as you like it!” The Elf Mage said politely. “En, Your Excellency Stephen, I have something I want to talk to you privately, I don’t know when you have time?”

“I have time now!” Old Xie laughed. “Come, since you are here, as the host, I should naturally treat you to a big meal. Let’s go, I know a good hotel, today it’s my treat, don’t be polite!” Saying that, Old Xie pulled him and walked out.

The Elf Mage laughed, and said while walking: “Then I will trouble Your Excellency!”

“Hey, don’t be polite to me. By the way, after talking for so long, I still don’t know how to address you?” Old Xie suddenly asked.

“You can call me Tilis!” Tilis hurriedly said.

Just like that, the two walked out of the Imperial Palace as if nothing happened, and no one at the scene dared to stop them. Even the Emperor could only watch them leave with a bitter smile, completely giving up the idea of punishing Old Xie. No way, who told the Elves to stand behind him? In his view, the reason why the Elves treated Old Xie like this might be because Old Xie saved Arthas.

However, the Emperor still felt something was wrong in his heart. Even if Little Stephen saved Arthas, he shouldn’t receive such great respect from the Elves, right? Giving a Space Ring would be fine, why would someone as high-status as the Elf King personally express his respect? The Elf Princess was molested in public, such a big matter, why didn’t they care at all? All these strange things, I’m afraid it wasn’t just because of Arthas. Could there be something else hidden? Thinking of this, the Emperor’s brows furrowed deeply.

…

In the largest hotel in the Imperial Capital, Old Xie booked the largest private room to entertain Tilis. Both were very polite. It wasn’t until after three rounds of drinks that Tilis said seriously to Old Xie: “Your Excellency Stephen, en, what do you think of your Elven Royal Family bloodline?”

“What else can I think?” Old Xie said indifferently. “Just pretend I don’t have it!”

“Ah?” Tilis heard this, and immediately didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “Do you know the nobility of this bloodline?”

“Didn’t see it!” Old Xie shook his head.

“The Elven Royal Family bloodline has always been thin, every branch is very precious. Especially the Star Elves bloodline on you, it is the only one to appear in 20,000 years. Your appearance is simply like an Oasis in the desert, an island in the storm, the morning star in the night sky, simply~”

“Okay, okay!” Old Xie listened until his head was big, hurriedly interrupting: “If you have something to say, just say it, don’t beat around the bush!”

“This, okay.” Tilis gave a bitter smile, and had to stop his long speech, then said solemnly: “His Majesty the Elf King’s intention is to invite you to come out and reorganize the Star Elf Clan with the identity of the Star Elves Royal Family!”

Old Xie heard this, immediately frowned, and said: “What’s the point of reorganizing the Star Elves for no reason?”

“Of course it is to unite with our Sun Elves and form a stronger Elf Race again!” Tilis hurriedly explained. “You have to know, the biggest shortcoming of our Elves is the small population. Although the lifespan is long, the reproduction is too slow. If we had half the number of humans, this continent would still be ours! But unfortunately, after that catastrophe, the Elves lost 80% of their population, so that until now they haven’t recovered, and have to huddle in the remote Forest of Elves, ceding the sovereignty of the continent to the Human Race, the Beast Race, and the Dwarves.”