The blood-red humanoid rune sank into the jungle and disappeared without a trace in an instant, as if it was absorbed by the forest.
Xiu sat on Yafjie's shoulder, holding his chin and watching all this. This was the fifth time he had called back and released the blood pact beast. He knew the person he was looking for was inside. Although the contract could pass through without any obstacles, people could not. The entire Elven Forest was like a large magic circle, asking all unwelcome guests to leave.
In that case, let's destroy all of this.
The linen-haired dwarf stood up, looked at the lush forest in front of him, and patted the mechanical puppet's head.
From now on, there will be no more Elf Forests in Chaos Continent.
***
Light shone directly down from the intertwined branches and leaves, hitting the stone wall of the altar, illuminating the strange and beautiful runes and statues. This is an open-air altar, with flowers paving the road and branches and leaves forming the walls. On the circular altar, a golden branch grew in the small pool in the center, with the top hanging down naturally. A golden liquid oozed out from the top bit by bit. After a long period of gathering, it formed finally a small drop of water and fell into the small pool. The small pool was not large, with a radius of about 3 meters. It was filled with golden liquid - the sap of the tree of life. According to legend, just one drop of the sap of the tree of life can restore a person to his peak state and greatly strengthen his physique.
Kneeling under the altar was a beautiful elf with long golden hair, a flowing white robe, and a white and gold headband on her forehead, indicating her identity as the Queen of Elves. The Queen of Elves crossed her hands and placed them on her lips, closed her eyes, and assumed the most pious posture. After a long prayer, the Queen of Elves looked up at the Tree of Life. Except for the emerald green branches around the altar, the rest of the tree was completely black.
The leaves rustled, and the Elf Queen stood up, with some displeasure flashing in her golden eyes. She walked outside and soon saw her most loyal guard, Simon, and the disgusting necromancer. They came with a black-haired human, who was pale and in a coma. As for Ariel, who was the last one, she was ignored by the Elf Queen.
"Your Highness, I have something important to report." Simon saluted the Elf Queen and spoke hurriedly. "The dwarf I told you about last time seems to have signed a blood contract with this human. He should come here soon."
The Elf Queen was slightly startled. Simon had reported to her everything he encountered in the dwarf ruins after he came back. Although the Elf Queen was surprised by the sudden appearance of the dwarfs, she did not think much about it. The most important thing now was to heal the Tree of Life. The dwarfs and elves had always kept to themselves. The Elf Queen believed in Simon's ability. now because of the blood contract, the dwarf with the five-star and six-star mechanical puppets came to her?
For the elves who have three war gods and two magic gods, a sword master and a war god can't shake them, but they are also a big trouble. The elf queen turned her eyes to Anat: If it weren't for this undead...
Anat noticed the Elf Queen's gaze, she stroked her red lips with her hand and smiled charmingly. "Why are you staring at me? How would I know they signed a blood pact?"
"When will you remove the 'dirt'?"
"That depends on when you can bring me the person I want. I want that dwarf. As long as you catch him, I will naturally fulfill my promise." Anat smiled with an ambiguous smile. "Anyway, a dwarf is nothing to the elves, right?"
It was nothing, but even if she was the Queen of Elf, she couldn't recklessly order the Elf elders who no longer cared about the affairs of the state.
At this moment, the ground suddenly shook. The Elf Queen held onto the branches and looked into the distance in surprise. The Elf Forest seemed to have been hit by a huge meteorite. The raging fire turned the sky blood red. A green ball of light flew over from afar.
The Elf Queen reached out her hand to touch the light ball, sensing the information in it, and no one could tell anything from her expressionless face. In the end, the green light ball disappeared, and the Elf Queen still had a calm expression, but it was more like the calm before a storm.
"Simon." The Elf Queen's voice was icy. "Go and invite the Third Elder and the Fifth Elder over."
Simon was ordered to retreat. Anat saw the Elf Queen's cold eyes turned to this side. She knew that after a slap, she should give a sweet date. Anat snapped her fingers and a bat flew over.
"The child I gave you last time is almost dead."
Anat flicked his fingertips, and the bat flew to the Tree of Life. It lay on the trunk of the Tree of Life and began to suck the "dirt". The Elf Queen watched all this, and a hint of helplessness finally flashed across her calm expression. If it weren't for Anat's bat, the Tree of Life would have been completely contaminated by the "dirt".
The beautiful vampire smiled with great joy.
"It's been a pleasure working with you."
***
The fire phoenix flew over the forest, sweeping its long tail feathers. The rich fire element landed on the trees, like a red flower. The fire phoenix landed on a tall tree and saw that the surrounding green was replaced by red.
"Water cage."
By the time the Fire Phoenix realized something was wrong and wanted to take off, it was too late. The water elements in the air formed a water rope and tightly wrapped around it. At the critical moment, a figure jumped to the top of the tree and grabbed the Fire Phoenix and rushed out of the water prison. It was Old John.
A figure appeared gradually in the air. It was a male elf in a blue robe. He looked at the fire phoenix in Old John's hand, then looked at the forest ravaged by fire. Finally, he decided to solve the problem of the Elf Forest first, and then capture the beast that had not yet recognized its master.
The elf took out his staff and uttered three simple words: "Rainstorm."
A large number of dark clouds gathered over the Elven Forest in an instant, and heavy rain poured down, putting out the forest fire. Xiu looked up at the elves in the sky. The ability to use high-level magic just by reading the name can only be a magic god. For magic gods, magic has become an instinct like breathing, and they can even cast intermediate and low-level magic instantly.
"Yafjie."
The mechanical puppet heard the order, stopped slaughtering the ancient trees, and raised its head to aim at the elf in the air. The elf didn't seem to mind being targeted by the mechanical puppet, and continued to control the water element to put out the fire in the forest. The mechanical puppet jumped suddenly and smashed into the elf. the elf.
Xiu turned around and saw another elf appear on a tall tree behind him. The elf put the arrow on the bow again, aimed at Yafjie who was struggling to stand up, and let go. "Don't get in the way."
Xiu looked at the second pierced Yafujie. Two glaring holes appeared on the silver-white shell of the mechanical puppet, destroying the beautiful curve. Only a martial god could cause damage to a six-star mechanical puppet. Attacks below the martial god level could not break the defense of the martial god. It was obvious that the elf on the tall tree was a martial god.
Being stared at by a god of magic and a god of war, Xiu had a very strange expression. He raised his head, raised the corners of his mouth high, and grinned a strange and mysterious smile.
"Finally someone comes to play with me." Water drops fell on Xiu's hair, turning the chestnut color into dark brown. He stretched out his small hands and bent them down one by one.
"The blue team's elves 1 and 2, a total of two people; the red team's mechanical puppets 1, 2, 3, 4..."
The elf on the tree began to tremble with his bow in his hand. He had never felt such despair and fear since he became a war god. As the dwarf counted, mechanical puppets appeared one after another. The suppressed power could be felt in their actions. There were six stars painted on their chests. They were all... war gods.
"…9, 10, a total of ten people." Xiu put down his hands and announced softly: "We can start the game."
…
Xiu poked the air in front of him with his hand, as if he had popped a bubble. The unchanging forest in front of him disappeared, and a beautiful dream world appeared before him. Xiu summoned the blood contract beast again, and the red humanoid rune began to run towards the lake in the distance. into the soil and crushed it hard.
There were no living creatures along the way. The elves probably hid themselves. Xiu had no time to care about them now. His mind was full of finding that person. The blood pact beast ran across the grass, crossed the lake, and finally began to climb up the big tree in the middle of the lake. Yafjie followed it to the top of the giant tree, and finally jumped in from a place with sparse branches and leaves.
"Boom!"
The mechanical puppet landed heavily among the flowers, and the wind pressure blew the petals into a shower of flowers. Xiu stood up and stared at the opposite altar.
On the altar, that man is there.
Du Ze was held in Anat's hand, he was still unconscious, his face was pale from excessive blood loss. The moment he saw Du Ze, Xiu's eyes instantly turned red.
"bump!"
The Elf Queen and a group of elves involuntarily took several steps back. Even though the attack of the mechanical puppet was blocked by the light film, the terrible pressure that was about to crush them into meat paste still penetrated straight down.
“Bang! Bang! Bang!”
More and more mechanical puppets joined the attack on the light film. The elves looked at the mechanical puppets lying on the light film in horror. The inorganic red light looked down coldly at them under the light film, as if it could make them disappear from this world at any time.
Fortunately, although the light film covering the altar was shaking and about to break at any time, it still withstood the attacks of all mechanical puppets. The Elf Queen maintained her composure, walked forward, and said to Xiu on Yafujie's shoulder: "You can't open it, this is a barrier set by the Goddess of Life."
Xiu finally turned his gaze from Du Ze to others. When the Elf Queen saw those bright eyes, she felt suffocated for some reason and even speaking became difficult.
"Perhaps there is some misunderstanding between us..."
"Give him back to me." Xiu's voice was soft and sweet, yet chilling: "That's not someone you can touch."
"My students are not someone you can kill!" Anat suddenly interrupted. Since she saw Xiu, the information in the contract told her that the dwarf in front of her was the one who killed her beloved student. Anat stared at Xiu with hatred, and her fingertips crossed Du Ze's chin. The bright red nails pierced the epidermis and picked up the flesh. "Let those metal lumps of yours go away! Otherwise, I will directly pierce his throat!"
Xiu was silent for a while, then he clapped his hands, and all the mechanical puppets retreated from the light film. Anat chuckled at the Elf Queen: "Why are you afraid of him? This man is in our hands, he dare not act rashly!"
"Anat," the Elf Queen said coldly, "If I could, I would never have seen you."
"Hmm? Are you sure, my dear Queen?" Anat smiled sweetly, "If it weren't for me, your tree of life would have been incurable long ago."
Four of the ten six-star mechanical puppets left, and the rest stopped at the door. Xiu stood on Yafjie's shoulder and asked, "Was that a threat?"
Anat snorted coldly. The Elf Queen said nothing. She looked at the mechanical puppet guarding the entrance, and her uneasiness grew stronger.
"Then I'll say something as well." Xiu stared at the elves headed by the Elf Queen: "If you don't give him to me, you will lose the Tree of Life now."
Boom——
There was a violent tremor coming from the bottom of the Tree of Life, as if someone was trying to uproot it. The tremor was so loud that it was not weakened at all even when it reached the top. Xiu smiled as the elves looked at him in horror.
"When he dies, I will let the Tree of Life be buried with him."
Before Xiu said the last sentence, Anat had already realized that something was wrong, but the elves still snatched Duze away from her, and she was also suppressed by the two war gods of the elves. For the first time, the elf queen's expression cracked, and she shouted in fear to the demon outside: "Stop! We will return him to you intact!"
Xiu watched the farce and patted Afjie. The light in the eyes of the mechanical puppet flashed, as if it had conveyed some information, and the movement below stopped. The Elf Queen almost collapsed to the ground. She forced Simon to bring the unconscious Duze over. Anat looked up at all this and laughed shrilly: "Do you think he will let you go if you return the person to him? Don't be silly! I can see that he is a devil more evil than me!"
Although the Elf Queen did not respond to Anat's words, she was also affected. She stared at Xiu. "You must swear to God, otherwise we will not believe you."
Xiu did not hesitate at all. "If you return it to me, I will not use any means to attack the Tree of Life." Xiu tilted his head and thought for a while, then smiled in an ambiguous way. "I swear to the God of Light."
The Elf Queen saw a ray of light shining on Xiu's body, which meant that the God of Light notarized the oath, and if he violated it, he would be punished by God. She breathed a sigh of relief, walked to the center of the altar, and took a drop of life tree sap from the pool with a leaf. The Elf Queen carefully poured the drop of golden liquid into Du Ze's mouth. Almost at the moment it entered his mouth, Du Ze's face regained its rosy color and he regained consciousness.
Du Ze looked around in confusion. His eyes were blurry and he felt a little dizzy, just like the feeling when he first put on the glasses. Du Ze had to take off his glasses to see if there was anything wrong. The moment he took them off, he froze. In his vision that had never been so clear before, Xiu was staring at him from the opposite side. He could even see his own reflection in those eyes. They were small, but they filled his entire eyes, leaving no room for other people or objects.
Du Ze didn't know whether to think about why his highly myopic eyes suddenly got better, or what the current situation was. At this time, he heard Xiu say to him, "Come here."
Almost reflexively, he stood up and walked towards Xiu, and no elves stopped him. The blocking light film was opened, and Du Ze climbed onto the hand that Yafujie extended to him. The mechanical puppet sent Du Ze to Xiu. When a certain stupid and cute boy saw Xiu's familiar flax-colored hair and small face, he suddenly became so nervous that he didn't know what to say.
This is Xiu, a living person.
At this time, Du Ze saw Xiu leaning forward and grabbing his neck.
"You will come back to me eventually."
At that moment, Du Ze's heart was filled with emotion. In fact, he was not panicked when he was taken away because he had already subconsciously determined that the order was coming to find him. Some foolish and cute person thought that he had long forgotten the feeling of having friends, but the person who hugged him showed him what true friendship was through his actions.
Du Ze was about to reach out and hug back when he heard Xiu whisper in his ear, "Because I will destroy everything that separates us."
Boom...Crack...Bubble...
It was a sound like bones being crushed and flesh being minced, like the sound of stepping on a cockroach and then turning your feet over and over to crush the corpse.
Du Ze had thought countless times, if he hadn't turned back at that time, would he not have seen the blood gradually overflowing from the feet of the mechanical puppet? Would he not have realized so clearly and deeply that everything was different - whether it was Xiu or the way he looked at the world.
The Elf Queen stared wide-eyed as the mechanical puppet fell from the sky. If the speed of the two warrior gods hadn't been fast enough, Anat wouldn't have been the only one to be crushed. The mechanical puppet moved its feet, and the blood spread. Anat was spread on the blood like a rag. However, even though her head was flattened and all the bones in her body were shattered into powder, she was still alive. To kill a vampire, the only way to kill a vampire was to cut off its head. So the mechanical puppet picked up Anat, and the Necromancer's body hung limply. She made a strange hooting sound, not knowing whether she was laughing at herself or at the Elf Queen who was about to follow the same footsteps. Under everyone's gaze, the mechanical puppet used its thumb and forefinger to twist Anat's head - for it, Anat's head was only as big as the tip of its finger - and then gently tore it apart.
Click...
Blood rained down from the sky, and some blood foam splashed onto the face of the Elf Queen. She stiffly stretched out her hand to wipe off the scarlet liquid. When the Elf Queen found that the mechanical puppet turned its head to look at her, she shouted in anger and fear: "You betrayed your oath, and you will be punished by the God of Light!"
"I just said not to attack the Tree of Life." Xiu inserted his fingers into Du Ze's hair and stroked it soothingly. "I didn't say to let the elves go."
The Elf Queen looked at the dwarf in disbelief with a mocking smile, and her sweet voice revealed an extreme contempt and hatred.
"Heh...what's the God of Light?"
The Elf Queen finally understood what Anat's last ho-ho laugh was all about - it was mocking the elves who were about to follow in her footsteps, foolishly believing in a devil. She stood on the altar in a daze, not noticing the mechanical puppet waving its hand at her.
"Your Highness!"
The warm blood dripped onto the Elf Queen's face, and she suddenly woke up. Her most loyal captain of the guards said to her, "Your Highness, please run away first."
The Elf Queen looked at Simon's half-broken arm and was speechless. At this time, the light film could no longer be opened. Now the elf elders could not even save themselves, let alone save the elves.
The increasingly chaotic situation finally brought Du Ze back to his senses. He resisted the urge to vomit and tried hard to persuade Kai to change his mind.
"It's not necessary to kill them."
You know, polluting the elves and killing the elves are two completely different things, and the latter is more extreme!
Xiu let go of Du Ze, and under Du Ze's gaze, he gradually smiled.
"If you make me unhappy, die."
Two mechanical puppets tore an elf in half, and the blood and flesh spilled all over the ground.
"Anyone who stands in my way will die."
A mechanical puppet clasped its hands together and crushed an elf into minced meat.
"It's worthless, die."
Under Du Ze's incredulous gaze, Xiu uttered the last sentence with his lips bent.
Why can Xiuwei still laugh?
No, no, what's wrong! This isn't the way to practice. This is just like, just like -
Du Ze thought blankly, his eyes wandering to Old John below. Old John noticed Du Ze's gaze, raised his head and shook his head helplessly at Du Ze, and made mouth shapes.
The young master has lost his mind.
Du Ze stared into Xiu's bright eyes. There was no rationality in them.
"!"
Xiu was caught off guard by Du Ze. The black-haired young man jumped off the mechanical puppet holding the dwarf and rushed to the small pool in the center of the altar with all his strength.
"Blah——"
The golden liquid splashed up and down, as if it had put an end to madness.
The mechanical puppet waved its hand and threw Simon against the stone wall. It looked at the Elf Queen who was sitting on the ground in a daze, and raised its fist high. A slender figure trembled in front of the Elf Queen, but it was Ariel. The mechanical puppet did not hesitate at all and smashed down with its fist.
Ariel closed her eyes tightly. The fist had already blown her hair away, but it stopped abruptly. Ariel opened her eyes carefully. The huge fist was right in front of her, but the mechanical puppet tilted its head and looked in one direction. Not only it, but all the mechanical puppets seemed to have been paused, and all looked towards the center of the altar.
Ariel covered her lips in shock. The sap of the tree of life in the pool had disappeared completely. Sitting in the middle of the pool were Du Ze, whom she knew, and a strange elf. The elf had long silver hair draped behind her, and her green eyes were like the newest buds in spring. Her delicate face was so perfect that it was suffocating. Although the elves were always beautiful, it was unprecedented to see one so beautiful.
The silver-haired elf propped himself up with his elbows and looked up at the black-haired young man quietly.
Du Ze sat on Xiu's body, his hand slightly loosened Xiu's torn collar, and asked softly.
"Calm down, huh?"
Xiu stretched out his right hand, and the cloth slipped down his arm, revealing his fair skin. He pressed Du Ze into his arms, his long eyelashes drooping.
"kindness."
******
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I send you sunshine to weave into your hair.
I give you moonlight, and let it become your skin.
I give you flowers to depict your beauty.
I gave you trees to build your house.
I give you the harp, that it may embellish your voice.
I give you the bow and arrow, let it be your strength.
I gave you Elf, and let it be your name.
——Excerpt from Half-Blood: A Fairy Song
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