At night, Salina was suddenly awakened by strange noises.
Her cheeks flushed slightly when she realized she was lying in someone's arms.
Gritting her teeth, she raised her hand and shook him.
"Arnold, wake up, something seems wrong."
Rudy opened his eyes groggily. "What's going on?"
He's sleeping soundly.
I was suddenly woken up, feeling dizzy.
"Get up quickly, something's wrong. I've been hearing strange noises a lot lately."
"What's all that noise? Why don't you go out and check?"
Salina lowered her head and looked at her fingers.
“It’s getting dark. I…I’m too scared to go out. Brother Saraji said that wild animals come out at night and I’ll get eaten if I go out.”
"Then how come you dare to do it now?"
"Isn't this what you're here for? Aren't you going to protect them?"
The girl spoke shyly, while secretly observing his expression.
Rudy was immediately delighted.
Without any hesitation, he pulled her over, kissed her on the lips, and said:
"Of course I will protect you. Remember that, Salina. You've already kissed me, so you can only marry me from now on. From now on, I will protect you."
What is kissing?
"Oh, to put it more clearly, it's kissing."
Salina's cheeks burned, and she instinctively lowered her head shyly before nodding gently.
"If you tell people more stories in the future, it's not impossible for me to marry you..."
"Haha, so it's decided then?"
Rudy laughed and then gave her examples of various agreements that would be in place if she married him.
For example, you can only listen to him.
You should trust him unconditionally.
From now on, I'll only be close to him.
Some older brothers, stay away from them, and so on.
Salina squinted her eyes the whole time, rubbing them as she agreed.
Rudy felt that even if he ate her up, she wouldn't refuse.
So well-behaved.
He felt guilty.
"Alright, I've already promised you so many things, can you take me out to see the world now? I'm scared to go out alone."
"Okay, let's go out now."
Rudy wrapped his arms around her slender waist, concealing his presence, and used his special magic to envelop Salina's body, hiding them together.
They slowly descended to the foot of the sacred tree.
"Click, click~"
The sound of something being gnawed on echoed continuously from underground.
Salina's expression changed.
"It's the heart of the tree, the core of the sacred tree!"
"The core? Is it underground? How do we get in?"
Salina closed her eyes, took his hand, and a green life energy enveloped both of them.
"Relax, don't resist, I'm taking you to the core now."
Amidst flashes of light, the two floated up and slowly merged into the sacred tree.
This is a verdant space, radiating vibrant energy.
Salina covered her mouth, staring in astonishment at the figure gnawing on the tree heartwood.
That familiar face was now contorted in a hideous grimace.
His eyes were bloodshot.
The life core, which is the size of a basketball, is located in the very center and has already been half eaten away.
"It's Brother Saraji!"
Salina quickly covered her mouth to stop herself from making a sound.
How could Saraji be eating the heartwood of a tree?
Could this be the origin of the Sacred Tree crisis?
Salina brought her mouth close to Rudy's ear and whispered about the identity of the person in front of her and the consequences of the Sacred Tree's core being eaten.
Rudy immediately understood why the country later became a desert.
So it turns out that it was Sarraj who did it himself.
They fled from the core space as if escaping, and Salina dragged Rudy along as they ran back to the cabin.
"I never imagined that the man-eating beast that Brother Salage was talking about was himself! Arnold, I'm so scared, Brother Salage has become so terrifying."
Salina's eyes were brimming with tears.
The way Saraji had been gnawing on the tree heart earlier had frightened her.
Rudy quickly hugged her and comforted her.
"Don't be afraid, I'm here."
“I also think he’s not normal. I saw a red phantom inside his body. It must be that thing causing the trouble.”
"What can we do then? If the heartwood is destroyed, the sacred tree will die, and all life on this land will vanish."
"Brother Salaj probably doesn't even know that he's been gnawing on the tree heartwood."
Salina looked flustered.
"Don't worry, there will be a way. We just need to separate him from that red phantom."
"Arnold, do you have a solution?"
"have."
"What method?"
"Okay, let's go to sleep first and talk about it tomorrow."
"But……"
"Sweetie, go to sleep."
"All right."
Salina obediently closed her eyes.
She still remembered his words.
Marry him and listen to him.
Moreover, she had no way to solve the problem herself.
Because she was lazy, her magic was no match for her brother Saraji's; she couldn't beat him.
Rudy looked at the girl in his arms and smiled slightly.
They really weren't on guard at all.
Pure and lovely.
Her purity made him irresistibly want to corrupt her.
He will transform her into his own color.
However, the most urgent task now is to resolve the crisis in the heart of the tree.
Rudy, standing in the heart of the tree, sensed a familiar presence.
If he wasn't mistaken.
That was the scent of the Michelle sisters.
Therefore, it can be inferred from this that the birth of the two sisters was related to the heart of the tree.
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