[(Rapid knocking on the door)]
[Hey! What's going on?! (Footsteps)]
[Damn! It's you guys again... do you all crave brains that much?]
[(The sound of a phone being dialed)]
[Damn it! Connect me now! Urgent!]
[Beep (A hoarse voice from the other end of the phone)]
[Hello? Are you there? Your brains are practically rotting with my memory! Take them back now! Hurry! (Rapid knocking on the door) (Sound of a blunt object breaking down the door) Damn it! Damn it!]
[The roar gradually grew louder...]
[Brothers! I can't protect your brains anymore! Take them away!!!]
...
A few days later, the elders decided to transfer the quota for entering the ancestral land to Elsie.
Martha led a group of her family knights to the Saijing royal family to bolster morale and prepare for a combined attack from the Holy Sword Faction, the Holy Temple, and other allied forces.
On that morning, the group followed the elders and Elsie, passing through the garden behind the castle and along the forest path, to the forbidden area that had always been sealed off by the elders.
And that is the entrance to the ancestral land!
Legend has it that the ancestral land opens only once every ten years, and the magical winds of the Forbidden Forest will guide intruders to the true ancestral land.
Elsie, dressed in a white dress and with her ponytail tied up, stepped alone into the forbidden forest.
"Wait! Elsie!" The Grand Elder suddenly called out to her as she was about to venture deeper into the area.
“Child, the winds of the Forbidden Forest will carry you to the depths of our ancestral land.”
“We don’t know what’s there, or how long you’ll stay there, so I’m hoping someone can go with you.”
The Grand Elder looked at Kailin: "The inheritance of the ancestral land is only open to the inheritors of the Xia bloodline. Others who enter... will not only gain nothing, but may also encounter risks."
Upon hearing this, Karen and Connor stepped forward, but the next moment, a group of people stood up behind them.
“It’s you guys…” Yagenan recognized them as the ten remaining Blood Riders.
Their eyes were resolute, as if they were determined to embark on this potentially dangerous journey.
“No one is more suitable than them.” The elder smiled and stroked their faces.
"The winds of our ancestral land will dispel your confusion, and may the revelations of our ancestors grant you true freedom."
...
The Blood Riders followed Elsie into the Forbidden Forest, where the dense jungle blocked out the light, accompanied by the eerie magical winds blowing through the woods.
Elsie felt dizzy, as if some consciousness was guiding her to a deeper area.
She followed that consciousness toward the core of the Forbidden Forest.
It seemed like only a short time before they appeared before them a natural cave, which also seemed like a rock staircase laid out by the Creator, and a guide from some kind of consciousness.
Everything was telling her that the true ancestral land lay beneath the cave.
Let's go, Elsie, to... the place that belongs to you.
"Hmm." Elsie entered the cave, and the Blood Riders, for her safety, drew their longswords and stayed close by.
The darkness inside the cave was indescribable, and as they went deeper, they soon lost sight of whether there was a path ahead!
Elsie nervously pulled back on the Blood Rider's trouser leg, and the Blood Riders also held hands and helped each other forward.
To Elsie's surprise, her senses were completely useless here, and even with her night vision activated, she couldn't see anything at all!
"Is this really our ancestral land?" Elsie asked herself again and again.
The consciousness within her mind continued to guide her forward. She didn't know how much time had passed, but the surroundings had been completely swallowed by darkness.
Fortunately, the road ahead was flat, and Elsie continued to grab the Blood Knight's trouser leg and move forward.
As they went deeper, not even the sound of footsteps or breathing remained!
Elsie felt suffocated as if she were lacking oxygen, but that consciousness was still guiding her forward!
No! We can't go any further!
Perhaps she's chosen the wrong place? Perhaps she doesn't need to rely on her ancestral homeland; she can still use her existing strength to tell the world that she is the daughter of Windsor?
Yes! She possesses the power of the Blood Crown! Why bother touching the ancestral land again?
Go back. Rather than facing these unpredictable risks, it's better to honestly confront the real challenges...
"Come."
"!!!" Elsie pricked up her ears in shock.
Her legs moved forward involuntarily, and she could feel the soft things brushing against her calves, but she couldn't see anything in the darkness.
But that voice! Why is it my own voice!?
"whee……"
Laughter, like the tinkling of copper bells in the wind, came again from afar.
Elsie closed her eyes, and the Blood Knight she was holding behind her remained motionless, and was rather rigid!
Could it be...?
She opened her eyes, and the scene before her was one she would never forget!
A vast night sky, an endless gray desert, and a shower of meteors that streaked across the sky since ancient times!
Elsie looked up at the starry sky, her eyes darting around in awe at the beautiful scene.
The Blood Riders following Elsie behind were also staring at the sky, mouths agape, in a state of shock.
They all knelt down, their legs giving way, gazing at the starry sky in silence.
But this silence was deafening at this moment!
"It's really...so beautiful," Elsie couldn't help but exclaim.
Thinking back on this journey, in less than two years, from Orwick City to Locke City, the goblin plague, the Silver Crown Skeleton encountered in Mirror Lake City, the secret of the Black Crown, the capture of Shadow City, the conspiracy of the Sanctuary...
Elsie spread her arms wide, smiling through her tears. At that moment, how she wished this were the end of her journey!
"Are you crying?" a familiar voice asked.
A girl appeared before them without their noticing; she had silver hair and red eyes… and she looked exactly like Elsie!
The other Elsie reached out and wiped away Elsie's tears, smiling as she cupped her face in her hand and said, "It's been a long time, Elsie. Are you happy this time?"
"?" Elsie looked at the other person in confusion.
“I see, Elsie. This isn’t the first time we’ve met.” The other Elsie seemed somewhat sad: “You’ve forgotten me again.”
My name is...
“Xia”.
"!!!!!!!!!" Elsie's eyes widened.
Nothing is more awe-inspiring than encountering the ancestor in the ancestral land!
Wait! Could it be that Sia didn't die?!
Right! There's no record saying Sia is definitely dead, right? Given the lifespan of vampires...
“She’s already dead.” Sia squinted and pinched Elsie’s cheek.
“He was killed by Tilan a thousand years ago.”
Elsie felt the warmth of the other person's palm and couldn't imagine whether this place was real or an illusion.
"No need to be sad, my favorite junior," Sia smiled, her eyes narrowing, "I've been waiting for you..."
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