Chapter 507: Chapter 2: The Domesticated Elf

After hearing Shea’s general report and confirming that there were no major issues, Lynch set off on his return journey.

As the top structure of this Witch Domain, his existence only needed to provide direction, while all other specific decisions and executions were left to others to complete.

For example, if he needed to excavate the Underground City, he would convey this will, and the specific methods, steps, and execution would naturally be handled by someone else.

Soon after, the Misty Forest, Guardian Tower.

Returning to the Tower, Lynch first made himself a cup of hot tea and then asked the elf Nali, who was standing behind him, “Do you want something to drink?” This text is hosted at novel•fire.net

Naliti was obviously a bit thirsty, her lips cracked, and subconsciously licked her lips when she heard Lynch’s question. But perhaps due to excessive restraint and nervousness, she still shook her head saying, “I… I don’t need it… Master.”

She paused, quickly lowered her head, and said, “Naliti… Naliti serves the Master…”

Saying this, she was about to come over.

However, a gentle breeze stopped her, and an oak cup floated over to her hand, emanating a delightful fragrance from the inside, making one unable to help but smile just by smelling it.

Lynch said, “This is Fairy’s Fruit Brew. Since you couldn’t give an answer, I took the liberty. Drink it.”

With the words spoken to this point, Naliti still, like a little dog observing its master’s mood, carefully glanced at Lynch’s expression and, after confirming there was nothing wrong, nervously drank the brew from the cup.

At the same time, Lynch also activated Elemental Vision to carefully observe the process.

Lynch’s Extraordinary Cultivation is at max level. Although there’s no detailed Five-Ring Command Life Elf nurturing guide, it does introduce the general habits of such magical creatures as elves.

Elves naturally possess a strong affinity for natural elements.

Other creatures need to use different methods to absorb natural elements into their bodies to convert them into spiritual power, as wizards need to do through meditation.

But elves do not need such trouble. It is as if they are born as the darlings of elements. As long as they stand in a place containing natural elements, the elements naturally chase after them, and their daily eating and drinking can convert natural elements within their bodies.

The Naliti in front of him is a typical example. Under Lynch’s Elemental Vision, one can clearly see that as soon as the brew enters her mouth, the Elemental Energy contained within quickly converts into spiritual power and merges into Naliti’s body.

Moreover, from the spiritual fluctuations during the element conversion, most of it was converted by her in one go, the conversion efficiency was quite terrifying.

’Tsk tsk, is this an elf? As expected, the born darlings of magic!’

Lynch marveled.

“Ah!”

But at this moment, Naliti, who had just taken a sip of the brew, suddenly exclaimed, and immediately stopped her action.

Next, she ’thud!’ kneeled on the floor, trembling all over, her face turned pale, raising the brew in the cup over her head: “Naliti… Naliti didn’t do it on purpose… Naliti didn’t know this was Divine Water… sob… please, Master, don’t punish Naliti, Naliti knows it was wrong, Naliti will never dare again.”

Lynch raised an eyebrow: “Divine Water?”

As if encountering something terrifying, tears gushed from Naliti’s eyes, she looked extremely frightened, at her wit’s end, continuously pleading with Lynch, muttering about some Divine Water.

Lynch frowned, and quickly released a [Calm], finally calming Naliti down.

“What’s going on?” he continued to question.

After hearing Naliti’s description, Lynch understood, and his view of the elf also carried a bit more pity.

Because elves have a super-strong absorption ability for elements, the slave traders controlling them usually prohibit elves from contacting anything with elements or substances containing natural elements.

After all, they are absolute Five-Ring Life; just like a giant dragon, they can naturally evolve strong talents with the accumulation of natural elements within them.

A normally developed elf, after reaching maturity, can possess the powerful strength of Third Tier or above!

Slave traders cannot prevent elves’ talent evolution, so they can only stop it from the source, preventing elves from contacting natural elements is undoubtedly the best means.

Naliti mentioned that any material containing Elemental Power is prohibited for them to touch, and once found, they would receive severe punishment.

The other purpose of doing this is to tame the elves.

Due to the elves’ special nature, merely relying on slave contracts for control is not very effective; as time progresses and the elf grows, the effect gradually weakens or may even disappear.

The contract isn’t ideal, yet control is required, so at this point, either physical modifications are made or taming is performed.

The former has considerable side effects; for instance, some wizards would remove an elf’s prefrontal cortex to control them, but this severely damages their thinking, turning them into idiots, considerably reducing their value.

After all, using high-end magical life like elves purely as toys is rare; their vast magical potential is more desired.

Therefore, most slave traders opt for the latter method, taming, to control elves.

This method is relatively cruel.

From every aspect, they subject elves to obedience training, listing all sorts of strange rules, sparing neither the rod nor the needle, using whips, needles, combined with clubs, focusing on long-term torture through which they gradually erase the part of the elf’s soul that resists, eroding away their personality, turning them utterly into slaves.

Ultimately, this leads to the annihilation of thought and personality, making them slaves controlled in both body and mind, or the untrainable ones are thrown for magical modification, partially brain-removed, and transformed into human dolls for venting.

And the long-abused Naliti is a fully tamed elf.

“Naliti will be very obedient, please don’t punish Naliti, Master, okay?”

This really is…

Lynch sighed from the bottom of his heart. From a humanistic perspective, this is truly tragic.

Although knowing this is the reality of this world, it does not prevent Lynch from feeling emotional. As a wizard, one is supposed to discard various emotions and purely seek Truth, yet keeping some part of human nature does not hinder his pursuit of Truth.

After all, he is first a human and then a wizard. Was it not the human part that initially drove him onto Wizard’s Road?

Just like the voice in his memory that said, without emotions, what meaning would eternity hold?

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