面对莎伊娜的质疑，埃克斯轻声道：“斯托普是我最重要的朋友。”
Faced with Shaina’s questioning, Akers said softly, “Stop is my most important friend.”
听到埃克斯的回话，莎伊娜似乎想明白了什么：“所以，你也参与了这场袭击？”
Hearing Akers’ reply, Shaina seemed to understand something: “So, you also participated in this attack?”
埃克斯张了张嘴，似乎想辩解，但迟疑了一秒,又陷入了沉默。
Ax opened his mouth, as if trying to defend himself, but hesitated for a second, then fell silent again.
埃克斯的不反驳，在莎伊娜的眼中，就是一种默认。
Ex’s non-refutation, in Shaina’s eyes, is a kind of acquiescence.
原本莎伊娜还想着和埃克斯多交好，现在倒是很庆幸，幸亏还没有拉拢埃克斯，否则就真的既丢了面也丢了里。
Originally, Shaina still wanted to befriend Axtor, but now she’s very fortunate, fortunately she hadn’t drawn Axel, otherwise she would have lost both face and mileage.
“莎伊娜,你认识他？”树长老倒是没见过埃克斯,听到莎伊娜与埃克斯的对话，疑惑的看过来。
“Shaina, do you know him?” Elder Tree had never seen Aikes before, but he looked over suspiciously when he heard the conversation between Shaina and Akes.
“见过，我原本以为他是一位白巫师。”莎伊娜点点头，说道。
“Yes, I thought he was a white wizard.” Shaina nodded and said.
“白巫师？”斯托普突然插话，笑容里带着一丝讥讽：“愚蠢的家伙，才会以巫师的好坏来分黑白。喔，不对，就算不以好坏来分黑白，也是愚蠢之人。”
“White wizard?” Stope suddenly interjected, with a hint of sarcasm in his smile: “Stupid guy, who will distinguish black and white according to the quality of wizards. Oh, no, even if not according to good and bad, it is Stupid people.”
莎伊娜皱了皱眉，没有回应。
Shaina frowned and didn’t respond.
因为斯托普的话，涉及到了理念，而理念之争在巫师界，少有后文。
Because of Stoop’s words, ideas are involved, and the debate of ideas is rarely discussed in the wizarding world.
斯托普：“容我为各位介绍一下,这是我的同伴，也是我之前所说的愚蠢之人，其名埃克斯。”
Stop: “Let me introduce you to this. This is my companion, and also the fool I said earlier, whose name is Akers.”
斯托普的话里有明显的贬义,但埃克斯却浑不在意，似乎早已习惯被称为“愚蠢”。
Stop’s words were obviously derogatory, but Akers didn’t care, and seemed to have grown accustomed to being called “stupid”.
这时,黑伯爵突然开口：“所以,他才是你们袭击比伦树庭的原因？”
At this moment, Earl Black suddenly said, “So, he is the reason why you attacked the Bilon Tree Court?”
黑伯爵之所以有此一问，是因为斯托普明确的说过“愚蠢之人才会把仇恨当做最大的驱动力。而我的组织里，就有愚蠢的人”。
The reason why Black Earl asked this question is because Stoop clearly stated that “stupid people use hatred as the biggest driving force. And in my organization, there are stupid people”.
这说明，在斯托普看来，埃克斯应该是一个以仇恨为驱动力的巫师。
This shows that, in Stoop’s view, Akers should be a hatred-driven wizard.
斯托普自己否认了攻击比伦树庭有特殊目的，而黑伯爵也能看出他应该没有撒谎，加上他的一些行为、动作，让黑伯爵基本可以确认，这人就是一个愉悦犯。
Stop himself denied that he had a special purpose for attacking the Bilon Tree Court, and Earl Black could also see that he should not lie, plus some of his behaviors and actions, Earl Black could basically confirm that this person was a Pleasure offender.
所谓愉悦犯，指的便是那些犯罪本身不是他们的目的，而是通过犯罪的行为引发大众骚乱、恐慌，然后暗中观察这些反应，以此取乐的人。
The so-called pleasure criminals refer to those who commit crimes that are not their purpose, but who, through their criminal behavior, cause public riots and panic, and then secretly observe these reactions for fun.
愉悦犯虽然不会有目的的去犯罪，但如果愉悦犯有了组织，通过组织制造出来的袭击，来满足自身愉悦，这倒是有可能。
Although pleasure criminals will not commit crimes with a purpose, it is possible if pleasure criminals are organized to satisfy their own pleasure by organizing attacks.
也就是说，斯托普可能没有袭击比伦树庭的目的，但斯托普的同伙,有袭击比伦树庭的述求。
In other words, Stoop may not have the purpose of attacking the tree garden of Bilon, but Stoop’s accomplices have a request to attack the tree garden of Bilon.
目前，斯托普承认的同伙,也是他口中的“愚蠢之人”，那么只有埃克斯了。
Currently, the accomplice Stoop admits is also a “stupid person” in his mouth, so there is only Ax.
所以，黑伯爵才会提出这个问题。
That’s why the Black Earl asked this question.
斯托普伸出食指，左右摆了摆：“不对哦。埃克斯可不擅长编织仇恨，他的愚蠢在于，总是想要制造两全其美的场面。”
Stop stretched out his index finger and swayed left and right: “No. Akers is not good at weaving hatred. His stupidity is that he always wants to create the best of both worlds.”
“就像这次一样，他什么都知道，但他却一意孤行的还要跑去救人。可笑不可笑？愚蠢不愚蠢？”
“Like this time, he knows everything, but he insists on running to save people. Is it ridiculous? Stupid or stupid?”
明明已经知道会和比伦树庭不死不休，但埃克斯却还想着能不能通过某些方法弥补，达到两全其美的效果。这在斯托普看来，就是不可理解的愚钝行为……不过，斯托普也不会制止埃克斯的作为，毕竟，埃克斯也是组织里的人。
Obviously he knew that he would endure with the Bilon Tree Court, but Akers still wondered if he could make up for it in some way to achieve the best of both worlds. In Stoop’s view, this is an incomprehensible stupid behavior… However, Stoop will not stop Ax’s actions, after all, Ax is also a member of the organization.
愚蠢是愚蠢了点，但好歹也是组织元老。
Stupidity is stupid, but he’s also a veteran of the organization.
再加上，组织里的人本身或多或少都有些毛病，比起其他人，埃克斯的毛病起码还不算太大。
In addition, the people in the organization themselves have more or less faults. Compared with other people, Akers’ faults are not too big.
听到斯托普的话，莎伊娜愣了一下：“他，他在救人？”
Hearing Stope’s words, Shaina was stunned: “He, he is saving people?”
斯托普没有回答，埃克斯则是挠挠头：“我救的人，现在都在议事厅的地下，那里很安全。等会我们走后，雨森女巫可以去那里告知他们。”
Stop didn’t answer, but Ax scratched his head: “The people I saved are now underground in the council hall, where it’s safe. After we leave, the Yusen witch can go there and inform them.”
莎伊娜被埃克斯的话，说的整個风中缭乱。
Shaina was dazzled by Ax’s words.
倒是树长老冷哼一声：“想走？不可能！”
The elder tree snorted coldly: “Want to leave? Impossible!”
树长老话音落下，便想要操控自然之力，对埃克斯制造出来的光罩进行攻击。
As soon as the elder tree spoke, he wanted to control the force of nature and attack the mask created by Aix.
不过，无论埃克斯还是斯托普，都没理会树长老。至于树长老的攻击，却是一点用都没有，所有的能量一靠近光罩，就会消失不见。仿佛，落入了肉眼难见的黑洞。
However, neither Ax nor Stoop paid any attention to Elder Tree. As for Elder Tree’s attack, it was of no use at all. As soon as all the energy got close to the mask, it would disappear. It was as if it had fallen into a black hole that was hard to see with the naked eye.
而光罩内的两人，也完全不受外界的影响，甚至还有闲心聊天。
And the two people inside the mask are completely immune to the outside world, and they even chat casually.
“你来的时间，掐的很准。你是看到了，我离开不了这里的画面？”斯托普看向埃克斯。
“You came at the right time. Did you see the picture that I can’t leave here?” Stoop looked at Aikes.
埃克斯摇摇头：“不，就算没有我的帮忙，你也一定能离开。不过……我总感觉心中有点忐忑，不知道哪里出了问题。所以，我才过来看看。”
Ax shook his head: “No, even without my help, you can definitely leave. But… I always feel a little uneasy in my heart, and I don’t know what’s wrong. That’s why I came over to take a look.”
顿了顿，埃克斯又道：“伱这里没有问题的话，我担心，可能是她那里出了意外。”
After a pause, Aikes said again: “If there is no problem here, I am worried that there may be an accident with her.”
单靠“内心忐忑”这个理由去说服人，一般来说，都不会得到什么回应。但斯托普却完全没有怀疑埃克斯的意思，听到埃克斯的担心，也跟着思索起来：“这么说来，莎朗那边可能会有波折？”
Only relying on the reason of “inner anxiety” to persuade people will generally not get any response. But Stop didn’t have any intention of doubting Ax at all. Hearing Ax’s worry, he also pondered: “So, there may be twists and turns on Sharon’s side?”
埃克斯迟疑了一下，点点头：“可能吧。”
Ax hesitated for a moment, then nodded: “Maybe.”
斯托普：“她那边只是面对三个巫师，应该不会有大问题。不过，既然你感觉不对劲，那我们就过去看看。”
Stop: “She’s only facing three wizards, so it shouldn’t be a big problem. But since you don’t feel right, let’s go and see.”
“正好，这边的事也完了，带上莎朗，我们该离开此界了。”
“Exactly, this is over, take Sharon, it’s time for us to leave this world.”
斯托普和埃克斯自顾自的聊完后，在众目睽睽之下，埃克斯直接撕裂开一道布满五彩光辉的裂缝。
After Stope and Aikes finished chatting on their own, in front of everyone’s eyes, Aikes directly tore a crack full of colorful brilliance.
这一幕，让众人的眼中都露出了惊疑之色。
This scene made everyone’s eyes show a look of surprise.
因为，这道五彩光华的裂缝，明显是空间裂缝。可此时此刻，周围的能量极其紊乱，也带动了空间能量的动荡，在这种情况之下，开辟空间裂缝基本就是找死。
Because, this colorful crack is obviously a space crack. But at this moment, the surrounding energy is extremely disordered, and it also drives the turbulence of space energy. Under such circumstances, opening up space cracks is basically courting death.
除非是迫不得已，要用位面夹道逃跑，否则没人会在这种情况下进入空间裂缝。
No one will enter the space rift under such circumstances unless it is absolutely necessary to escape with the planes.
但斯托普和埃克斯似乎完全不在意空间的动荡，甚至埃克斯的半只脚，都已经踏入了空间裂缝里。
But Stope and Aix seem to be completely indifferent to the turbulence in space, and even half of Aix’s foot has already stepped into the space crack.
最让众人感到不可思议的是，哪怕开辟了空间裂缝，那道奇异的光罩也没有一点减弱的迹象。
The most incredible thing for everyone is that even if the space crack is opened, the strange mask shows no sign of weakening.
无论树长老怎么攻击，光罩依旧完美的执行着防卫之力。
No matter how the elder tree attacks, the mask still performs its defense perfectly.
这种诡异的场景，哪怕是见多识广的黑伯爵，都露出了疑惑之色。
This kind of bizarre scene, even the well-informed Earl Black, showed doubts.
很快，埃克斯便消失在了空间裂缝中，眼看着斯托普也即将离开，可树长老还是没有破开光罩。
Soon, Aikes disappeared into the space crack, and saw that Stoop was about to leave, but the elder tree still did not break the mask.
没办法之下，树长老再次将求助的目光看向了黑伯爵。
Unable to do anything, the tree elder once again turned his eyes to Earl Black for help.
黑伯爵沉默了片刻道：“我答应你的事已经完成了，回音反照我帮你破开了，这次的光罩不在所提要求之内。”
Count Hei was silent for a moment and said, “The thing I promised you has been completed. I will help you to break the echo. This time the mask is not included in the request.”
换言之，树长老如果想要黑伯爵帮忙，至少要再提出新的利益来。
In other words, if Elder Tree wants Earl Black to help, he must at least put forward new interests.
可第一个方案和第二个方案都已经同意后，树长老一时间也没有可吸引黑伯爵的策略。
But after the first plan and the second plan have been agreed, Elder Tree has no strategy to attract Black Earl for a while.
不过，就算有新的利益可以吸引黑伯爵，树长老此时大概也没办法实践了。一来，黑伯爵也有些看不懂埃克斯的能力，短时间内不一定能破开光罩；二来，斯托普可不会等他们这边慢慢交易，在他们对话时，斯托普已然进入了五彩裂缝里。
However, even if there are new interests that can attract Earl Black, Elder Tree probably cannot practice it at this time. First, Earl Black doesn’t understand Aix’s ability, and he may not be able to break the mask in a short time. Second, Stoop will not wait for them to trade slowly. When they talk, Stoop It has already entered the colorful crack.
“砰——”
“Bang-“
伴随着裂缝消失，光罩也发出了破碎声响，一切都恢复了原装。
As the cracks disappear, the mask shatters, and everything returns to its original state.
没有斯托普，也没有埃克斯。
No Stope and no Akers.
周围只剩下狼藉一片的残垣断壁……
There is only a mess of ruins around…
……
…
眼睁睁的看着斯托普和埃克斯，当着自己的面离开，树长老气的几乎吐出了血来。
Watching Stoop and Aikes helplessly, leaving in front of him, the tree elder almost spit out blood.
莎伊娜或许还沉浸在埃克斯的“叛变”上，呆愣在原地，一时间没有任何动作。
Shaina may still be immersed in Aix’s “mutiny”, stunned in place, without any movement for a while.
星叶因为受了重伤，靠在树长老的自然之树下，默默的恢复着。不过，他也看到了斯托普与埃克斯消失的画面，对此，他虽然也感到愤怒，但他同时也有种深深的无力感。
Because of the serious injury, Xingye leaned against the tree of nature by the elder tree and recovered silently. However, he also saw the pictures of Stope and Ax disappearing. Although he was also angry about this, he also felt a deep sense of powerlessness.
比起树长老，星叶其实看的更深。
Compared to Elder Tree, Star Leaf actually looked deeper.
斯托普的实力毋庸置疑，配合那两只恐怖的魔物，恐怕连二级真知巫师都无法将他彻底留下来。而且，斯托普之前只是放出来了荒岛力士与一只鳄鱼头魔怪，已知的浅海力士可还没有显露。
Stop’s strength is beyond doubt, and with those two terrifying monsters, I’m afraid even a second-level true-knowledge wizard can’t completely keep him. Moreover, Stoop only released the desert island Lux and a crocodile-head monster before, and the known Shallow Sea Lux has not been revealed.
如果就此延伸去想，斯托普能拥有巫师级的荒岛力士和浅海力士，为何不能拥有其他的迷沼力士、丘陵力士、丛林力士、原野力士呢？
If you think about it by extension, Stoop can have wizard-level desert island wrestlers and shallow sea wrestlers, why can’t he have other marsh wrestlers, hill wrestlers, jungle wrestlers, and wild wrestlers?
假如对方真的能掌控大量巫师级的力士，谁能敌？
If the opponent can really control a large number of wizard-level wrestlers, who can fight?
斯托普展现在他们眼中的力量，明显只是一小部分。在不知道斯托普真实实力的情况下，他们已经展露了所有，两者根本无法比。
The power that Stroup displayed in their eyes was obviously only a small part. Without knowing Stoop’s true strength, they have shown everything, and the two are simply incomparable.
还有那位突然出现且神神秘秘的埃克斯，更是让星叶看不透。
There is also the mysterious Ax who appeared suddenly, making it even more difficult for Xingye to see through.
他施展出来的所有能力，无论是光罩、还是五彩裂缝，亦或者是他如何现身的，星叶都看的一脸懵逼。
All the abilities he displayed, whether it was a mask, a multicolored crack, or how he appeared, Xingye looked confused.
毫无疑问，埃克斯的实力绝对不弱。说不定，和斯托普一样，都是能以弱胜强的那一类。
There is no doubt that Akers is definitely not weak. Maybe, like Stoop, they are the type who can defeat the strong with the weak.
而且，埃克斯的力量更加神秘，起码星叶没有看出来，他到底施放的是哪种能量。
Moreover, Aix’s power is even more mysterious, at least Xingye didn’t see what kind of energy he casts.
面对这两位强大的巫师，星叶不仅感觉到自己的无力，他甚至怀疑，黑伯爵全力以赴，说不定也不能留下他们。
Facing these two powerful wizards, Xingye not only felt his powerlessness, he even suspected that Earl Black might not be able to keep them if he did his best.
而且，斯托普可是明确的说过，他来这里是给黑伯爵送一份大礼。
Furthermore, Stoop had clearly said that he was here to give Earl Black a great gift.
此前星叶还不明白是什么，但随着树长老连续答应黑伯爵第一方案与第二方案，星叶似乎也明白了，斯托普所谓的大礼，其实就是指的这个。
Previously, Xingye didn’t understand what it was, but as Elder Shu agreed to Earl Black’s first plan and second plan, Xingye seemed to understand that Stoop’s so-called big gift actually meant this.
树长老已然看出来，在地下水道的事上，黑伯爵有让必洛斯家族在维持原样的意思，也就是说，黑伯爵没有灭掉必洛斯家族的打算。
Elder Tree has already seen that in the matter of the underground water channel, Earl Black intends to keep the Bilos family as they are, that is to say, Earl Black has no plans to destroy the Bilos family.
在这个前提下，黑伯爵显然更倾向与必洛斯家族就利益来谈判。
Under this premise, Earl Black is obviously more inclined to negotiate interests with the Bilos family.
没有今日比伦树庭突发的袭击事件，没有斯托普搞出来的混战游戏，黑伯爵如果只是单靠“谈判”的手段，想要拿下第一方案和第二方案，几乎是不可能的。
Without the sudden attack on Bilon Tree Court today, and without the melee game that Strope created, if Earl Black just relies on “negotiations” alone, if he wants to win the first plan and the second plan, he will almost is not possible.
可现在，黑伯爵已经拿到了自己想要的，而斯托普也没有受到任何损失，完好的离开了乱局。
But now, Earl Black has got what he wants, and Stoop has not suffered any loss and left the chaos intact.
如果斯托普真的是算计好的，那么他说给黑伯爵送礼，是有可能的。
If Stoop really calculated it, then he said it was possible to give gifts to Earl Black.
不管黑伯爵承不承认这份礼，但黑伯爵一定能看出来，斯托普的示好。
Whether Earl Black accepts the gift or not, Earl Black can definitely see Stoop’s favor.
斯托普展示了自己的实力、自己的底蕴，又给黑伯爵一定的示好，如果换星叶在黑伯爵的位置上，他也会选择放过斯托普。
Stop showed his strength, his heritage, and gave Earl Black a certain favor. If Xingye was in Earl Black’s position, he would choose to let Stoppe go.
这是双赢的局面。
This is a win-win situation.
除非，黑伯爵今日来这的不是分身，而是本体。那或许黑伯爵可以完全不在意斯托普的潜力，强行镇压。
Unless, what Black Earl came here today is not his clone, but his main body. Then maybe Black Earl can completely ignore Stoop’s potential and forcibly suppress it.
可分身就是分身，做不成本体。
A avatar is a avatar, it cannot be a body.
所以，斯托普成了。
So, Stoop is done.
星叶不知道斯托普是不是连这点也算计进去了，但从他现在看到的局面，必洛斯家族是留不住斯托普的。
Starleaf doesn’t know if Stoop has taken this into account, but from what he sees now, the Bilos family can’t keep Stoop.
正因为看透了这点，星叶才会深感无力。
Because of this, Star Leaf feels powerless.
这一刻，星叶无比的后悔，若知道有今日的局面，他何必因树长老的苦苦哀求而留下，何必为了考验下一个族长结果浪费了几十年时间。
At this moment, Xingye regretted extremely. If he knew the situation today, why would he stay because of Elder Shu’s begging, and why would he waste decades of time trying to test the next patriarch.
如果他早点离开，说不定此时已经有了突破。只要他突破成真知巫师，以他二级巅峰巫师的实力，随时都能破开三级的壁障，到时候就算还是没办法留下斯托普，但起码能靠着自己的实力，来改变无力的局面。
If he had left sooner, there might have been a breakthrough by now. As long as he breaks through to become a true wizard, with the strength of his second-level peak wizard, he can break through the third-level barrier at any time. Even if there is still no way to keep Stoop, at least he can rely on his own strength to change. Powerless situation.
另一边，比起树长老的急火攻心，莎伊娜的呆愣，星叶眼里的哀意重重，盖诺此时的表现，反而成了唯一的亮点。
On the other side, compared to Elder Shu’s eagerness to attack his heart, Shaina’s stunned silence, and the sadness in Xingye’s eyes, Gai Nuo’s performance at this time became the only bright spot.
盖诺此前被树长老强行按捺住怒火后，就一直在观察斯托普。
Gaynor has been watching Stoop since the tree elders had forcibly suppressed his anger.
他明确的听到，斯托普和埃克斯的对话。
He clearly heard the conversation between Stope and Akers.
他也知道了，这一次他们来人并不只有两人，还有一位叫莎朗的巫师。
He also knew that this time they were not just two people, but a wizard named Sharon.
对方现在要做的，就是去寻找莎朗巫师。
What the other party has to do now is to find Wizard Sharon.
而莎朗巫师的位置，应该还在比伦树庭。
And the location of Sharon wizard should still be in Bilon Tree Garden.
所以，盖诺此时根本想不了那么多的事，他现在唯一的想法，就是要找到莎朗巫师~IndoMTL.com~以此来定位那两个破坏了比伦树庭安宁的巫师，然后将他们抓住，绳之以示众。
So, Gaynor can’t think about so many things at this time. His only thought now is to find Sharon Wizard~IndoMTL.com~ to locate the two wizards who destroyed the tranquility of the Bilon Tree Court. , then caught them and brought them to justice.
盖诺当然也知道自己的实力不如对方，但对于实力的差距认知，他不如星叶清晰。
Gainuo of course also knows that his strength is not as good as the opponent’s, but he is not as clear as Xingye about the difference in strength.
他只知道，这一次他没有被困在游戏里，他还可以叫人。
All he knew was that this time he wasn’t trapped in the game, and he could still call people.
必洛斯家族还有很多巫师，无论是游商、还是夜树，都会是他的后盾！
There are many wizards in the Bilos family, whether it is a travel merchant or a night tree, they will all be his backing!
盖诺已经做好了一切的对抗准备，甚至借由副族长的权限，开始对整个比伦树庭进行神念搜索。
Gainuo has made all preparations for confrontation, and even started to search the entire Bilon Tree Court with the authority of the deputy patriarch.
很快，一道异常的能量反馈就被盖诺发现。
Soon, an unusual energy feedback was discovered by Gaynor.
盖诺欣喜的查询起能量反馈的地点，当确认位置时，盖诺的眼里闪过一丝迷惑。
Gainuo happily inquired about the location of the energy feedback. When confirming the location, a hint of confusion flashed in Gaynor’s eyes.
为什么会是在……乐土？
Why in… Paradise?
他如果没记错的话，月长老不是正在乐土内吗？
If he remembers correctly, isn’t Elder Yue in Paradise?