The fleet anchored at Brook Island for a week to replenish their food and fresh water before continuing their journey north.
The price of food on Brook Island was so high that it made the captains' hearts bleed. It was more than ten times the normal price on the mainland.
This was partly due to the mountainous terrain of Brook Island and the lack of arable land.
However, the bigger reason was that the Underdark was like a monster that sucked in the scarce food on Brook Island, causing the price of food to rise to an unbearable level.
Fortunately, this trading port was profitable. In comparison, the high price of food was not so unbearable.
The high price of food also made the merchant ships willing to bring some food to sell here.
The fleet continued to head north, and soon entered the eastern waters of the Emerald Forest.
After entering the waters, everyone heaved a sigh of relief.
The Nature Elves who had lived in the Emerald Forest for generations were a huge branch of the elves. They had powerful natural talents.
In this tribe, the ratio of Druids was as high as one-tenth. This ratio was insane. Among humans, the ratio of Mages was only one-thousandth. Even with the addition of Priests, it was only five-thousandth.
The remaining nine-tenths of the Nature Elves had the talent to become Rangers. Rangers were considered half Nature Spell Casters.
It was because of this insane ratio of Spell Casters that the Nature Elves stood at the top of the many races in the Tharlen Continent even though they only had a population of a few million.
Even when the High Elves ruled the world, the arrogant High Elves could only treat the Nature Elves as their allies.
During the High Elves' era, the Nature Elves' internal beliefs were divided into two groups. Most of them belonged to the God of Nature, Silvanus, while the other belonged to the Elven Gods.
After the High Elves migrated away from the northern continent, the Nature Elves' belief in the Elven Gods gradually disappeared as time passed. Finally, they all belonged to the Lord of Nature.
When the High Elves migrated south, apart from the Drow Elves, a portion of the Sea Elves also stayed in the northern continent. They lived in the eastern waters of the Emerald Forest under the protection of the Nature Elves.
This portion of the Sea Elves was later absorbed by the God of the Ocean. Therefore, after the fleet entered the eastern waters of the Emerald Forest, they no longer needed to sail far from the coastline.
Not long after entering the eastern waters of the Emerald Forest, the fleet encountered a few strange ships.
Those strange ships looked like enlarged dragon boats. Their width was about the same as the Patrick, and their length was four times that of the Patrick.
Their appearance was rough, and there seemed to be tree bark on the hull. The bow and stern of the ship were raised high, and on both sides of the hull, there were two rows of oar-like things extending from the bottom of the hull into the sea. On both sides of the strange ship, there seemed to be two rows of trees growing. The trees were dense, and from afar, it looked like a huge piece of wood with fresh branches floating on the sea.
According to his memories, this strange ship was the warship of the nature elves.
It was said that this warship was cultivated by the nature elves using the Ancient War Tree. The hull of the warship was the trunk of the Ancient War Tree, and the oars extended into the sea were the arms of the Ancient War Tree. The trees on both sides of the ship were the treetops of the Ancient War Tree, and on these treetops were the fruits of the Ancient War Tree. These fruits contained powerful elemental energy and could produce violent explosions. The treetops of the Ancient War Tree could throw these fruits thousands of metres away, and their power was not inferior to that of the heavy cannons of human warships.
Although the Ancient War Tree warship couldn't fly, it was extremely agile in the water. When the oars of the Ancient War Tree's arms moved at full force, its speed far exceeded that of any other warship, and it was also very agile in its turns.
The patrolling fleet of nature elves stopped the fleet and conducted a routine inspection before allowing them to leave.
During the rest of the journey, they encountered patrolling fleets of the nature elves four times, and each time, they were stopped for inspection.
After more than a month, the fleet finally arrived at the second last stop of the journey, Cenarius.
Cenarius was the only seaside city of the nature elves, and it was also the only trading port of the nature elves.
When the fleet was still a few hundred kilometres away from Cenarius, they could already see the main body of the city. It was a giant tree that was tens of thousands of metres tall!
The nature elves were the beloved children of Silvanus, the God of Nature. It was said that the headquarters of the God of Nature's Church was in the nature elves' city.
This god had given the nature elves a total of thirteen Ancient Golden Trees.
These thirteen Ancient Golden Trees were all tens of thousands of metres tall, and their treetops were as large as cities. The nature elves relied on these thirteen Ancient Golden Trees to build thirteen cities.
Cenarius was one of these thirteen cities.
"Cenarius" was the name of the city, and also the name of the Ancient Golden Trees.
Each Ancient Golden Tree was actually a demigod-level Treant Druid. It was also a terrifying war fortress that could compete with the floating city of the Arcane Empire.
It was said that after the Arcane Empire defeated the high elves, they followed the high elves' footsteps and invaded the Emerald Forest. However, the nature elves relied on the most powerful Ancient Golden Tree, "Odasil" to stop their invincible march.
From a mage's point of view, the entire body of the Ancient Golden Tree was a treasure. It was said that any branch of the Ancient Golden Tree was the best magic wood that could be used to make the best nature magic staff. The fruit of the Ancient Golden Tree was the essential core item for holding the best life rituals. It could give a mortal a lifespan of two thousand years out of thin air.
Of course, the nature elves would never tolerate anyone using the fruit of the Ancient Golden Tree for life rituals. This was because if the fruit could survive, the nature elves would have another Ancient Tree of Life.
The Ancient Tree of Life, the offspring of the Ancient Golden Tree, was a magical tree that could grow to thousands of metres tall. Once this tree was enlightened, it could quickly grow into a legendary Treant Druid. However, becoming a legendary Druid was not their end. This ancient tree could eventually grow into an advanced legendary Druid, and this only required time.
The seed of the Ancient Tree of Life was also a precious treasure for life rituals. It could give a mortal a lifespan of two hundred years.
If the seed of the Ancient Tree of Life was planted, it would grow into an Ancient War Tree.
The Ancient War Tree was a tree that was hundreds of metres tall. This tree could bear terrifying War Fruits.
Once the Ancient War Tree was enlightened, it could quickly grow into a Treant Druid. This powerful Treant could accurately throw hundreds of kilograms of War Fruits to a target ten thousand metres away. The War Fruits contained terrifying elemental power. Its explosive power was almost equivalent to a level nine spell.
Relying on these three ancient trees, the nature elves' city was the strongest fortress in the world. Even the powerful floating city of the Arcane Empire could not do anything to such a fortress. However, the disadvantage of the ancient trees being difficult to move made it difficult to use them in an attack.