Halcala's Past

On the afternoon of the 19th, Landen, Ben Kaul, Totapara, and Blaze arrived at the Forest Palace together. Landen was caught completely off guard by the fact that his family had owned an estate of such scale in the Great Forest several centuries ago.

"So this is the legendary Human Empire's only foothold inside the Great Forest?" Ben Kaul and Yawenni both belonged to the generation born and raised after Gallop's second fall, and neither of them had ever been here before, because ever since that destruction of the kingdom, the Forest Palace had become Halcala's private property.

"This whole huge palace was built by our Gallop ancestors?" Landen was curious too.

"What are you thinking? Is that Padmira Palace of yours this comfortable?" Saranir's eyes nearly rolled up to the heavens. "This was the dowry the Oak Clan gave Halcala. The Wood Elves provided the Gallop Kingdom with a foothold in the Great Forest, while the Gallop Kingdom provided the Wood Elves with large quantities of magic products. The entire transaction continued even after Halcala left the palace, all the way until Night-Kirin City fell."

"No wonder. I was just thinking, if this had been my family's craftsmanship, Night-Kirin City shouldn't have been smashed open by the Beastmen the moment they said they were going to attack."

Landen followed the Legend Elf into the garden and met the high-ranking Beech Entes. All he could do was sigh at the tenacity of life.

"Did someone attack all the way into the Forest Palace?" Landen was somewhat baffled.

"This was from back when Night-Kirin City fell. Halcala brought a group of Elves and Half-Elves and wanted to counterattack from the Great Forest, only to run into the Orc army halfway and nearly fail to make it back." Saranir shook his head.