God-Tier Extraction Talent: Reincarnated in a Game-like World!

Chapter 637: An Old Acquaintance, the Elven Royal Court, and a New War [2]

“It has already lasted more than two months,” Edgar answered.

The complicated expression that had appeared because of Sophie had completely vanished.

“With who?” Sophie asked.

“Goblins.” Edgar spoke the word, then immediately turned around. “We’ll talk while moving.”

The group quickly left the ancient tree.

They had only just exited the central district when a young elf covered in blood came rushing toward them at high speed.

A crude iron spear was lodged in his left shoulder.

There was also an obvious wound across his abdomen.

“Elders!” He did not even stop to treat his injuries. “The southwestern defensive line is under attack again!”

“How many?”

“At least three thousand!”

“And this time there are large numbers of armored goblins. The Third Outer Watchtower has already fallen!”

Aelira immediately asked.

“What about the children?”

The moment that question was asked, the young elf’s expression turned ugly.

“We still haven’t found them.”

Aelira stopped walking. “What do you mean?”

The young elf clenched his teeth.

“The eleven children who disappeared last night… we still haven’t found them.”

Eleven.

The instant that number appeared, Gabriel’s previously calm gaze suddenly stopped.

Edgar looked at him at the exact same moment.

Their eyes met. Neither spoke but clearly, they were thinking of the same thing.

In Stellar City, Edgar had once given Gabriel a mission.

Rescue eleven elven children who had been abducted by slave traders.

Those children had eventually appeared inside an underground auction organized by the chain of veylor.

The buyer at that time has been the Holy Church.

Gabriel slowly spoke.

“Eleven again?”

The young elf looked at him, clearly not recognizing this human who had suddenly appeared.

Edgar, however, immediately understood what Gabriel meant.

“You’re thinking of the previous group.”

“Yeah.”

Gabriel nodded faintly.

“There were eleven that time too.”

Aelira’s expression changed.

“Previous group?”

Edgar did not hide it.

“Several months ago, another group of children disappeared from the outskirts of the Sacred Forest There were eleven of them.”

“Later, I traced them after they were transported out of the area and used the Stellar City and our sister Kingdom intelligence network to locate the transaction site.”

At this point, he looked at Gabriel.

“In the end, he was the one who brought them back.”

Several nearby elves simultaneously turned toward Gabriel.

Erin directly froze.

“Him?”

“Him.”

Edgar continued. “He entered the Chain of Veylor stronghold alone, killed every slave trader there, killed a Holy Church cardinal responsible for the deal, and brought all eleven children back unharmed.”

Silence.

The nearby elves, who had previously kept a clear distance from Gabriel because he was human, almost simultaneously changed the way they looked at him.

Especially the young elf who had just returned from the front.

His breathing visibly paused.

The elves rarely owed outsiders favors.

But rescuing eleven children.

That went far beyond an ordinary debt.

Gabriel did not care about those gazes.

His attention had already completely shifted to another name.

The Chain of Veylor… That organization had appeared again.

Naturally, Gabriel was no stranger to them.

They were an underground slave trading organization operating across multiple regions, trafficking humans, beastmen, elves, and all kinds of rare races possessing special bloodlines.

The stronghold Gabriel had destroyed before had only ever been one tiny branch.

More importantly, Gabriel knew very well that the true leader of the Chain of Veylor would eventually grow into a final boss level existence in the late stages of the game.

Edgar suddenly spoke. “Later, we found out how those children had been taken. It wasn’t the Chain of Veylor entering the forest themselves.”

“It was the goblins.”

Sophie immediately looked toward him.

“The goblins?”

“Yes.”

Edgar’s expression turned cold.

“There is a goblin race living within the Sacred Forest. They originally lived in underground caverns to the southwest. We were never friendly, but for decades we maintained a state of mutual nonaggression.”

“That changed several months ago, when they started crossing the border.”

“At first, they only stole food and weapons.”

“Later, children started disappearing.”

Gabriel already understood. “They capture them and sell them to the Chain of Veylor. And eventually they’re handed over to the Holy Church.”

Edgar nodded. “That’s basically confirmed. We’ve captured several alive. But those goblins didn’t know much. They only knew that for every elven child delivered, the Chain of Veylor would pay them large quantities of weapons, potions, and magic crystals.”

Edgar looked toward the elven warriors gathering continuously in the distance.

“And using those resources, their overall strength increased dramatically in a very short period.”

The situation was already extremely clear.

Sell children, exchange them for resources, use those resources to strengthen the army, and then use the strengthened army to continue attacking the elves.

An extremely simple but effective cycle.

As for why the Holy Church needed so many elven children, Edgar did not say.

Gabriel did not ask for the moment; that was something to solve later.

Right now, the most important thing was the war outside.

At that moment, a muffled explosion suddenly came from far away.

Boom!

Even from such a great distance, everyone could still feel the enormous ancient trees beneath their feet trembling slightly.

Immediately afterward, a massive flock of birds suddenly burst from the canopy in the southwestern part of the forest and flew into the sky.

This was the first time since entering the forest that they had seen such a large scale movement of animals.

At the same time, an arrow burning with green flames rose into the sky from far away.

Bang!

The arrow exploded high above, forming the shape of a massive leaf.

Aelira’s expression instantly changed.

“The second defensive line has also been breached.”

“All patrol guards, follow me!”

The moment the order was given, dozens of nearby elves immediately moved.

Erin also tightened her grip around her longbow.

However, just as she was about to leave, a voice came from beside her.

“Wait.”

Edgar turned around.

Gabriel was looking toward the distant green signal.

“What are you planning?”

“Going over to take a look.”

“This is an elven war.”

“I know.”

“Then why are you…”

Before Edgar could finish speaking, he noticed a certain change appear in Gabriel’s eyes.

A change he knew far too well.

Back when he had trained this bastard in Starlight City.

Whenever Gabriel showed that look, it usually meant someone was about to suffer.

“Don’t tell me.” The corner of Edgar’s mouth twitched. “You suddenly became this enthusiastic because you’re worried about us?”

“Not entirely.” Gabriel answered with complete honesty.

“…”

“Then what do you want?”

Gabriel raised his head.

His gaze passed through countless tree canopies.

Toward the southwestern battlefield.

There, he sensed several thousand goblins.

And if they had already been fighting the elves for two months, then there would inevitably be many warriors among them with fairly high levels.

More importantly, war meant more extraction points.

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