Sword of Dawn

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Elaine's expression finally changed slightly: "You mean..."

"The upper area, and it is the upper area after the main body of the temple has been broken and all the connecting passages have been sealed. It is not easy for these monsters who were wandering on the plain to climb here. It is no less than climbing a Precipitous mountains, even if they are tireless and uninjured, it will take some time to climb up from the ground below, right?"

Belsetia said in a deep voice, staring at the dirty wreckage that fell on the ground, and the corpses of those deformed monsters had begun to decompose at this moment, and their flesh and blood were quickly dissipating together with the smoke in a burst of black smoke. The remaining distorted skeleton after severe corrosion made her slowly think of some "characteristics" of the aberrant body.

"Perhaps...they were 'generated' in the upper area of ​​the temple not long ago," she said slowly, "Eileen, do you still remember that aberrations have a very mysterious characteristic? Can 'appear out of thin air' in the environment..."

Elaine's eyes widened slowly, and after a while she nodded with an ugly expression and said, "Yes, I remember... This is the characteristic that was first discovered by the team led by Uncle Gao Wen 700 years ago... Once those monsters gather To a certain extent, it will create the same magic energy environment as the wasteland of Gondor around it, and once this magic energy environment is rich to a certain extent, more distortions will condense out of thin air in the magic field, like a snowball Proliferation and expansion, the rapid spread of pollution... This is their most terrifying point. We had to build a 'magnificent wall' to block the entire ancient country of Gondor, and the main reason is this."

While speaking, the elven maid slowly looked around the upper area of ​​the temple filled with smoke and dust, and her tone became hesitant and nervous: "Could it be that this place has already..."

"After the majestic wall is broken, the aura of the wasteland will inevitably leak out, which means that the 'wasteland' itself has expanded, and we are now crashing near the original sentinel tower, stuck in the middle of this breach," Berser said. Tia said solemnly, "In a sense, we are already standing inside the wasteland—it's just that the huge structure of the temple itself forms a barrier, blocking most of the wasteland atmosphere to the north, so here There are also limited numbers of monsters spawning, but...they are spawning."

Elaine's eyes widened, she clenched the long sword in her hand little by little, and a chill continued to spread from the bottom of her heart—it wasn't until the Silver Queen's voice sounded again that the chill in her heart was interrupted: "Fortunately We blocked it."

She looked at the Silver Queen, who gave her a smile, and repeated what she said just now: "Fortunately, we blocked it - even if there are a few monsters that can climb over the top of the temple, they will be killed by the south." The defenders on the side will soon be wiped out, and the breath of the wasteland will be blocked by the fallen mountain of the Temple of the Stars. Elaine, it is a good thing that we have not turned the Gaoling Kingdom into a second Gondor wasteland. "

Yi Lian looked at the queen who grew up with her in front of her. She was stunned for several seconds before finally a smile appeared from the corner of her mouth: "You are right, this is indeed a good thing..."

As soon as she finished speaking, a low-pitched noise that seemed to be a mixture of roaring and whispering suddenly emerged from the nearby smoke and dust!

The voice muttered, at first it seemed to be just an auditory hallucination in the smoke, but then dim limbs appeared in the air, the first thing that appeared was a twisted skeleton, followed by blood flowing like mud Gathering and forming on the surface of the bones, a terrifying deformed monster was born from scratch under the noses of Elaine and Belsetia, just like a nightmare emerging out of thin air in reality!

"Shua—clang!!"

A sound of piercing through the air and cutting metal pierced through the air in an instant. As soon as the monster was half condensed, it was cut in half by two intersecting sharp swords. Yi Lian's figure instantly attacked and returned to Belsetia's side ——She is not like the dark wizards and evil dragons in the bard stories, she will not wait for the disgusting monster to be fully born like waiting for the brave to give a speech.

"You're right about the other thing." Looking at the blood stains on the long sword that couldn't be shaken clean, Elaine smiled wryly and turned to look at Belsetia. "These monsters are really just born..."

Belsetia didn't answer, but slowly raised the battle staff and the enchanted long sword in her hand, and in the surrounding air, disturbing atmosphere was rapidly gathering, and countless low-pitched whispers and roars appeared in the seemingly empty space. There were one after another in the air, filling her senses like a nightmare surrounded by night.

Perhaps it sensed the strong breath of life here, or perhaps the battle just now caused too much commotion, the maliciousness entrenched in this wasteland finally noticed the two active "uninvited guests" here, corrupt and filthy forces Its claws and fangs condensed here, and one after another tall shadowy, deformed and mutated figures quickly gathered in the surrounding air, filling the eyes of the master and servant.

This time, there seemed to be no corner to hide in, no route to avoid.

Belsetia glanced at the personal maid beside her: "Eileen, are you afraid?"

"It's nothing scary, it's just that these things are a bit disgusting," Elaine said blankly, "If I kill so many disgusting things in one day, I will have nightmares when I go back."

Belsetia smiled, and the end of the battle staff in her hand began to float with magical phantom light, but she couldn't help thinking of something that seemed to be irrelevant to the situation in front of her——

"Uncle Gao Wen 700 years ago... Did he also face such a situation and finally died of exhaustion?"

"Perhaps...the records of that battle are not detailed, but I think the situation before us should be about as bad as that."

Belsetia smiled, and she lightly waved down her staff, a chain of thunder curtains ignited the surrounding air, killing those monsters that hadn't fully condensed like a torrential rain, and more distorted figures However, after the monsters fell, they condensed in the smoke, and the murmurs and roars around them became clearer and full of malice.

"You said, if we fall today, we will be the same as Uncle Gao Wen in a few hundred years... Did he say it... 'rise from the coffin'?"

"You won't fall today," Elaine raised the two swords in her hands and said confidently without reason. "As I said, this filthy land is not worthy of swallowing your life."

Belsetia couldn't help laughing, shaking her head lightly: "You are really happy..."

"boom!!"

A terrible loud noise suddenly exploded at this moment, interrupting the Silver Queen's next words and shaking the entire world.

It sounded like a heavy giant crashed into the ground at the speed of sound, like another hill crashed next to the Temple of Stars. This terrible impact even shook the entire ground, causing Belsetia and Elaine to Feeling dizzy, then, they heard another series of roars sounding from a distance, and they rushed towards this side crushing all the way.

Like a raging giant beast, it is rampaging and flattening the mountains.

Even Yi Lian, who had been keeping calm all this time, couldn't help but turn pale with shock at this moment: "Your Majesty... what is this movement?!"

Belsetia was also dumbfounded. She saw a huge cloud of smoke rising into the air in the distance, and there seemed to be something huge rushing towards this side in the smoke.

"I do not know……"

She murmured subconsciously, but before she finished speaking, another thunderous voice overwhelmed her whisper——

"I'm coming, I'm coming, I'm coming—"

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It was a burst of thunder-like bangs, which suddenly exploded from the distant land, like a meteorite falling to the ground, and then crushed the mountains and rushed forward.

Afterwards, a majestic aura rose between the wasteland and the Temple of Stars, almost shattering the filthy and thick cloud layer in the sky, and the filthy wind constantly coming from the direction of the wasteland was also blocked by some invisible force. It stopped suddenly near the cliff on the north side of the Temple of Stars as if it had hit an invisible barrier, and then rewinded back to a distance of more than ten kilometers.

In the end, Belsetia and Elaine saw a majestic and holy figure appearing in the clouds and fog in the distance. That figure rushed from the west side of the Temple of Stars, wrapped in shapeless phantom mist, Its scale is as huge as a castle, and its outline is like a huge white deer. The figure rushed towards it with the momentum of thunder, and the crooked towers and piled up ruins turned into powder on its impact path. The filthy and chaotic breath was directly evaporated by the phantom light on his body, and the deformed monsters generated nearby were attracted by this majestic energy, and neatly let out chaotic and piercing roars in the direction of the giant deer. ——And in the next instant, they turned into the scattered debris at the feet of the giant deer.

Many monsters didn't even touch the giant deer at all, and were evaporated and disintegrated into smoke and dust by the radiance emitted from its body after a long distance.

Belsetia was dumbfounded. She recognized the identity of the giant deer, but she never thought that she would see him here. Countless thoughts and doubts appeared in her mind for a moment, but she didn't have time to speak. Asking anything, he watched the huge body rush past his eyes, and rushed to the other end of the Temple of Stars without looking back.

The strong wind howled around her, and powerful energy exploded above her head—but as soon as these terrifying forces fell on her and Elaine, they instantly weakened like gentle wind and drizzle, without causing them the slightest harm.

The rumbling sound gradually faded away, and Yi Lian stared in that direction for a long time in shock before finally turning her head around, looking at Belsetia with a face full of shock and horror: "Your Majesty, just now that... ..."

Before she could finish her sentence, the rumble that had just run away sounded again, and the holy white giant deer once again broke through the surrounding thick fog, and rushed back after breaking through all obstacles along the way, destroying everything in the process. After defeating the deformed monsters bred again from the remaining chaotic mana, they finally stopped in front of Belsetia and Elaine.

Belsetia couldn't understand what the holy being in front of her was doing, but she was greatly shocked, and she was a little suspicious that the other party ran away by accident just now—but she didn't have any evidence, and she didn't dare to say it...

At the same time, behind the holy giant deer, the chaotic mana environment experienced two large-scale shocks, and its energy cycle was finally completely destroyed. Visibility has also been improved to a degree visible to the naked eye—it was only then that Belsetia realized that a considerable part of the smoke and dust that had been lingering around her was actually abnormal shadows and haze until they disappeared. , she felt that her breathing suddenly became much lighter.

It seems that at least in a short period of time, those deformed monsters will no longer breed from the nearby air.

The surroundings fell into a strange silence. Belsetia couldn't remember how many years she hadn't been in such a state of confusion, but after a few seconds, she forced herself to calm down, and managed to maintain a calm expression and raised her head , meeting the gaze of the majestic white giant deer—the latter was also slowly lowering his head at this time, with a gentle light flowing in his crystal-like eyes, quietly looking at the two elves standing on the ground.

"...Why did you come here?" The corner of Belsetia's mouth trembled, and finally she took the initiative to break the silence, "Shouldn't you be..."

"I'm here to help," Amon interrupted without waiting for the other party to finish speaking, "I sense that you are in danger, I... can't sit still."

Belsetia never expected that she would hear such words from a former "god", and she felt a huge sense of absurdity, but this did not affect her judgment. She stared at the majestic and holy creature in front of her, It's hard to suppress the urgency and tension in the tone: "But wouldn't this mean... our 3000 years of joint efforts will be wiped out?!"

"No," Amorn's voice was gentle but deep. His body shrank rapidly in front of Belsetia and Elaine, from a lofty hill to a house, and then shrunk from a house to a height of several meters. It is a body that needs to be looked up to, but at least compared to just now, his posture has barely left the feeling of "divinity". Just come to help with your identity."

He paused for a while, as if to give Belcetia time to think, and then slowly said: "I will not show myself in front of ordinary soldiers and people, nor will I do anything that will lead to the revival of faith. You He also understands the laws governing the operation of the gods, as long as there is no recognition of 'miracles' among the mortal groups, then the miracles will not happen, as long as no one thinks that the gods have descended, then the gods will not descend..."

As he spoke, he looked up at Elaine, the maid who had finally recovered from the astonishment just now, and a gentle smile appeared in the depths of his eyes: "Bersetia will not speak out, and neither will you." Right, kid?"

"Ah..." Yi Lian was taken aback, she obviously didn't expect the existence in front of her to talk to her suddenly, but she quickly realized, "Of course, I know how to measure, I won't... um, no Talk nonsense..."

"That's good," Amon gently lowered his head and touched the ends of Belsetia's and Elaine's hair. Then he raised his head and looked around, carefully observing the surrounding situation, his tone suddenly a little stunned , "Wait, this is... the Temple of the Stars?!"

"Yes, this is the Temple of the Stars, it has... crashed," Belsetia said in a low tone, and then she became curious, "Didn't you notice it just now?"

"No, I locked the source of the pollution leak, confirmed that there are only the two of you here, and rushed out of the 'boundary layer', and then stepped on everything that looked threatening-here is the specific I don't know the situation," Amon shook his head, and made a very reckless speech, "What exactly happened—why did the Temple of Stars crash? Why was this place polluted to such an extent?"

Belsetia smiled bitterly, but just as she was about to explain something, Amon suddenly lowered her head and said to her: "Let's explain later, you guys come up first."

The Silver Empress was taken aback immediately, she was stunned when she saw the "God of Nature" who obviously wanted to let herself and Elaine ride on her back: "Come on...you let us ride on your back?!"

"It's not safe here, I can feel that the deep collapse is still going on, the out-of-control energy has been leaking out of order, and the pollution from the direction of the wasteland is also spreading-come up, let's move to a relatively safer place , you can tell me the situation on the way," Amon said, a ladder-like vine has been formed out of thin air in the nearby air, one end rests on the ground, and the other end extends to near his neck, "Now the north Anxiously waiting for information from here, I can bring the news back."

Belsetia and Elaine looked at each other in dismay. From just now, what happened in front of them completely exceeded their common sense, so that the wise and iron-fisted queen and the shrewd and capable maid were a little bit overwhelmed, but soon, from somewhere nearby The cracking sound from the collapsed palace and the faint roar from afar interrupted their hesitation and made them act quickly.

The two master and servant quickly climbed onto Amon's back, and sat down firmly on the broad back. Belsetia placed the long sword between the thick long hair, and only used one Holding his battle staff in one hand, and the hair around the giant deer's neck with the other free hand, he bent down and said, "We are already seated."

There was a shaking, and Amon stood up, but before he walked towards the safe area, the former God of Nature seemed to be in a trance suddenly. He stopped in place, as if he was lost in memory—this made Bell Elaine behind Setia couldn't help being a little curious: "What's wrong? You still have..."

"It's nothing, I just suddenly remembered something from the past." Amoen shook his head lightly, with a hint of emotion and a smile in his tone, he stepped forward and walked towards a section of ramp on the east side of the temple, All the thick smoke and poisonous mist around him dissipated actively in awe, and even the tremors in the depths of the earth temporarily subsided, while countless dense and luxuriant flowers and vines grew and spread under his feet, forming a trace of cleanliness. These flowers and vines soon withered and withered in the surrounding polluted atmosphere, but as long as Amorn walked forward, the vitality under his feet would continue to flow and regenerate.

"Some things from the past?" Belsetia asked subconsciously.

"...A long, long time ago, when I was able to maintain myself in the world, my first priestess rode on my back like this—unfortunately only once," Amoen said softly, "I didn't expect such a It will happen a second time... Belsetia, theoretically you are also my 'priestess', aren't you?"

"...Yeah, theoretically," Belsetia felt awkward for a while, but soon she realized that even Amoen herself didn't seem to care about this issue at all, so she smiled self-deprecatingly, And there was a doubt, "Eileen and I came into contact with you at such a close distance, and we don't have any protection... won't we be spiritually corrupted?"

"After cutting off the last chain, I am no longer a god. I am as thorough as Ms. Enya, and naturally I will not release any spiritual pollution to the outside world," Amon said softly, but soon he shook his head again, "However, under certain circumstances, even if you are facing a god like me who has already left the position of God, you may be mentally polluted-this depends more on yourself."

"A specific situation? It depends on me?" Belsetia's expression immediately became serious, "What kind of situation are you referring to?"

"If you still believe in me," Amon said with a smile, "you will be polluted by your own belief—the deeper the belief, the heavier the pollution."

Belsetia froze for a moment, then looked down at herself with a strange expression, and then at the maid Elaine next to her, who also showed an embarrassed and embarrassing expression.

"It's a good thing not to believe," Amon's voice sounded right at this moment. He seemed to see the changes in the expressions of the two elves on his back, and laughed like an elder who was joking with his children, "The mythical age of the silver elves It's over, they need a worldly king like you—and I do."

He raised his head, and the upper fracture zone of the Temple of Stars had reached the end, and a nearly vertical cliff stood in front of him, and below this cliff were the collapsed and scattered temple keel and buffer cabin group, extending from a distance, a majestic The enveloping brilliance of the wall floated between the wreckage and ruins, and part of it extended to the main structure of the temple, like a spectacular aurora waterfall falling from the clouds.

And in the depths of the collapsed ruins, billows of smoke and dust are constantly rising and circling.

Part of the smoke and dust was released from the interior of the Temple of Stars, and the other part came from the army of deformed bodies that were crushed and buried in the big impact—many of those monsters have not even completely died until now, the huge number, enough "Luck" and tenacious vitality keep them lingering in the depths of the ruins, but as time goes by, they are quickly becoming one of the drifting smoke and dust.

"...This is a fitting end."

Amorn stood on the top of the cliff, and said in a low voice. He didn't know whether he was talking about the magnificent temple, or the monsters that were buried in the ruins and were disappearing.

Then he turned to the dense forest still shrouded in hot smoke on the south side of the temple crash area, and took a step forward, walking towards the earth.

At the same time, blood and fire were still spreading in the forests in the north of Gaoling Kingdom and south of the temple crash area.

The scorching smoke and dust irritated the nasal cavity, and the fermented breath of blood and filthy substances permeated the entire battlefield. The sound of shouting and killing in the distance had begun to tear the nervous system like an unstable hallucination. In the sight covered by blood, the raging The burning forest and the monsters pouring out of the dense forest in the distance seemed to be intertwined into a nightmare that was hard to wake up from, squeezing the spiritual limit of every mortal warrior who continued to organize resistance in the forest defense line.

Since the Temple of Stars fell on the horizon, the terrible gap between the wasteland and the civilized world has finally been blocked, but this does not mean that the monsters that have crossed the gap and invaded the forest will disappear out of thin air. After losing the control of the rear command node, these out-of-control deformed monsters are still raging in the forest defense line, and driven by instinct, they continue to spread towards the civilized south—in order to block this deadly "aftermath", the forest The surviving ranger legions, including humans and elves, have been fighting fiercely for a whole day and night.

At this moment, the first light of dawn has gradually diffused over the distant forest, but the battle inside the forest defense line is still going on...

Chapter 1317 Lin Hai Defense Line

Kaka...Boom!

Majestic ancient trees with hundreds of years of history rose from the fertile forest soil, rushing towards the aberrations that were pouring out of the intersection, accompanied by a series of sounds of wood friction, the heavy branches of the ancient trees fell from the air, Smash those deformed freaks into a puddle of flesh, and behind the ancient tree, the elite rangers have already bent their bows and set their arrows. Three flickering cyan cyclones opened, followed by a resonant buzzing sound in the air.

"Full charging—aim, let go!"

The voice of the commander resounded on the high ground, and a dozen arrows filled with arcane energy, surrounded by the blue wind blade, crossed the scorched canopy of the ancient guardian tree, and fell in a parabola at the end of the far intersection. The monster that had escaped the heavy blow from the ancient tree had just staggered up from the ground when it was pierced by arrows one after another, and then the energy in the arrows triggered a series of explosions in their bodies, and the rising smoke and flames In the middle of this wave, the monsters rushing out of the dense forest were finally completely wiped out.

"The first team rests in place, the second team recovers the arrows, and the medical soldiers come to rescue the wounded!" A human commander walked down from a nearby small high ground and gave orders among the soldiers. His head was wrapped in a bandage. The white cloth strips have been stained black and red by blood and smoke, the enchanted long sword in his hand is full of blood stains, the magic brilliance that was originally full is now extremely dim, he is very tired, his eyes are bloodshot, but his voice is still loud—— —At this moment, only this loud voice can support the soldiers to continue to support here.

Not far away, the tall and majestic ancient guardian tree let out a series of tired creaking sounds. It came to the edge of the battlefield with heavy steps, re-rooted its roots into the ground, and absorbed the limited nutrients in the soil to restore Wounded by himself, while trying to stretch the crown of the tree towards the morning glow that just diffused from the edge of the forest, the crown of the ancient tree has been scorched and blackened by the flames and thick smoke, and the only green leaves trembled in the wind, emitting The sound of rushing.

Several silver-haired elves got up from among the human soldiers and walked towards the tired guarding ancient tree. They seemed to be talking to the ancient tree. The human commander could not understand the special rhythm of the silver elves talking to the plants. , but he could see the faces of those elf rangers becoming more and more serious. Obviously, the situation of the ancient tree had reached its limit.

The sound of footsteps came from the nearby dense forest. The human rangers who were resting subconsciously clenched the weapons in their hands, but after seeing the source of the footsteps, the soldiers breathed a sigh of relief and continued to recover their strength , enjoy this rare respite.

The human commander of this small mixed force looked in the direction of the sound, and saw a tall and straight silver elf wearing pale gold alloy light armor leading a dozen soldiers walking towards this side through the bushes , he immediately went forward: "General Lomar."

"Don't be too polite, I'm patrolling the line of defense," Lomar, the ranger general from the Silver Empire, raised his hand and interrupted the human commander in front of him. He didn't seem to see much blood stained by killing enemies, but from his The bloody and murderous aura exuded in one action is far stronger than that of everyone here. This Ranger General seems to have slaughtered hundreds of thousands of enemies on the front line, but he didn't let the slightest filth contaminate himself, " How's the situation here?"

"The physical strength of the soldiers is almost at the limit, and our weapons are seriously damaged," the human commander said in a deep voice. He took an arrow that had just been retrieved from the front from the soldier next to him, and pointed at the front end of the arrow. The spell-casting unit that started to melt said, "The consumption of spell-casting arrows is too serious, and they have already become like this. I am afraid that they can only last for two more rounds before they will be completely melted down, while conventional bows and arrows have almost no lethality against those monsters... ..."

Lomar's eyes fell on the magic arrow that was already on the verge of limit, and he remained silent for a long time with a serious expression.

It is too expensive, and it is not easy to produce and process this kind of sophisticated spell-casting device. Even with the joint efforts of the Silver Empire and the Gaoling Kingdom, the amount that can be collected from the treasury is very limited. In the usual "normal wars", This kind of consumption may be acceptable, but the number of deformed bodies that emerge from the wasteland is more than tens of millions?Almost all those rough-skinned and thick-skinned monsters can only be completely killed by this kind of spell-casting weapon, and the magic weapons in the hands of the soldiers on this line of defense... can hardly be consumed.

"...The reinforcements organized by Lord Valentian have crossed the Long Bridge of Homecoming, and will soon arrive at the front line," the ranger general breathed out lightly, and said the news he had just received from the rear. Encourage these bloody warriors on the front line, "including three columns of astromancers and at least six ranger regiments. Your king is also mobilizing the frontier regiments on the west and east sides. The pressure here will be relieved soon. "

"...This is indeed good news. As long as it is confirmed that there are reinforcements, I think we can hold on until then," the human commander nodded vigorously and said in a higher tone on purpose, but then he lowered his voice again , while quickly looking back at the smoke that was still billowing at the end of the forest, he asked hurriedly, "General Lomar, what's the situation at the Temple of Stars..."

"The gap from the wasteland to the defense line has been roughly blocked, and now only a few enemy troops can enter the forest barrier through the small gap next to it, and the large-scale 'tide' like before will not appear again," Lomar said. Said with a serious expression, his tone has calmed down at the moment, but there is another kind of sharpness and coldness like a hidden blade in that calm voice, "We are now trying to block the monsters that have entered the forest defense line, we cannot Give them a chance to coalesce and form and enter the civilized world to spread pollution..."

The human commander took orders in a solemn voice, while Lomar passed him and walked towards the ancient guardian tree not far away.

The elf rangers who were taking care of the giant tree immediately saluted their supreme commander, and one of the rangers said in a deep voice, "General, its condition is very bad..."

Lomar nodded and came to the foot of the ancient guardian tree. He saw that the guardian of the forest seemed to be falling into a short sleep. Its crown was twitching and shaking in the wind, and the mottled ancient bark There are shocking scars all over, the sap flowing from the trunk has been condensed and dried in the roasting of fire and smoke, and the foul power of the aberration has left irreversible corrosion marks in those wounds.

How many deadly attacks has this venerable guardian helped the humans and elves on the defense line to resist?

The guardian ancient tree, which is the main force of the Gaoling Kingdom located in the southern part of the wasteland of Gondor, is used to resist the erosion of the wasteland. These permanent tree guards made by druid spells were originally created by the silver elves from the remote southern island They were brought to the Loren Continent and planted on the northern border of the Gaoling Kingdom. After seven centuries of growth, they have grown into forests along this long border—but they have suffered a heavy blow today.

Facing the vast wasteland of Gondor, every border country has its own defense against the wasteland. Old Anzu has the natural dark mountains and the Cecil line of defense, and Typhon has the border swamp water system and powerful magicians. The Knights, the Ogulei tribal country has unique mountain barriers and brave orc mountain warriors, while the Gaoling Kingdom... There was originally only an open plain and gentle hills between this country and the wasteland of Gondor. Without natural dangers to rely on, their only reliance against the wasteland is these ancient guardian trees planted by the elves, as well as the flesh and blood of the frontier warriors from generation to generation.

Kala... Kala...

The sound of wooden structure rubbing suddenly came, and the ancient guardian tree that had fallen into a short dormancy seemed to sense the approach of Lomar's breath. This ancient and respectable magic guardian woke up, its crown was about to shake, and the bark Half of the ravine looked like an old wrinkled face and turned to the side of the Ranger General. A trembling sound that only elves could understand came to Lomar's ears from the scorched branches and leaves: "Need me to fight? General ?”

"You need to rest," Lomar said slowly, "We have temporarily eliminated the enemies around here."

"There are still many enemies..." The ancient tree made a creaking sound, "They are spreading in the forest... They have lost their minds, but they spread more widely like a plague, my brothers and sisters... there are many No sound has been made, General, I can smell the forest burning, and those plagues have ignited the poisonous fel flames, roasting my brothers and sisters..."

Lomar's tone was flat and cold: "We will 'purify' these plagues, and those monsters will turn into mud, which will become nutrients for your brothers and sisters in the coming year."

"Purification... is very good, but they are not good nutrients..." the ancient tree murmured, his voice getting deeper and deeper, "They... taste disgusting, not as good as soil..."

The ancient tree spoke slowly. This guardian who has been rooted on the border for hundreds of years seems to have accumulated considerable wisdom in its long life. It seems to want to use its own humor to amuse the general next to it. However, Lomar Without showing the slightest smile, he just watched silently the branches of the ancient tree drooping little by little, watching its bark and roots be as stiff and still as real plants, and the magic power flowing in it finally gradually dissipated. It completely quieted down, no longer making any "spiritual" sounds.

The wind blows from afar, and the dry branches and leaves of the guardian ancient tree tremble in the air, making a series of rushing sounds. It died, rooted in the land it has guarded for 700 years, and died in a standing posture. This sun-fading dawn.

Lomar stared at the dead guardian for a long time, and an elf ranger next to him said softly: "It was planted by the Queen and Master Verania..."

Lomar didn't speak, he just took a deep breath, put his hand on the dry, mottled and scarred trunk of the ancient tree, he wanted to say a brief farewell to this comrade in arms, and then went to organize the soldiers to join the battle. It was a battle, but at this moment, a certain indescribable "throbbing" feeling suddenly came to his heart, making his movements subconsciously pause for a second.

The invisible wind blows through the entire forest in this second, and the invisible force blows through every inch of land in the forest defense line.