When Old John saw all this, his usually calm expression also showed surprise. He stared at the silver-haired elf in the middle of the altar and asked uncertainly: "Young Master...?"
Xiu tilted his head to look at Old John and nodded gently. Old John's slightly tense expression relaxed, and he said gently: "It seems that the young master has a lot of stories. If the young master has time, you can tell me, your old man."
Old John recognized Xiu's elf form, but the other six-star mechanical puppets all stopped moving, their eyes turned from red in attack mode to blue in normal mode, and finally, as if they couldn't find someone to issue orders to, they turned off and went into standby mode. The elves who had escaped death watched all this, standing there in a daze, not knowing what to do. The elf queen was carefully helped up by Ariel, her stunned eyes swept over the blood-soaked grass, the stagnant mechanical puppets, and finally fell into the clean little pool, as if she had been stimulated to go crazy.
"Wood Spirit! Please lend me your power to smash the blasphemer in front of me to pieces!"
The flowerbed below the altar began to tremble, and several thick green vines with sharp thorns arched out from the bottom and stabbed straight at the center of the altar. Old John raised his leg and was about to attack the Elf Queen, but an arrow shot from a distance interrupted his steps. Simon, who had lost one arm, bit the arrow in his mouth, raised the bow with his remaining hand, and aimed at Old John while panting. At this time, several more vines drilled out from the ground and began to attack Old John together with Simon.
Xiu picked up Du Ze and nimbly avoided the attack of the vines. The slender figure of the elf seemed to be weightless, jumping lightly between the dancing vines. Even with a person, Xiu did not feel tired. He stepped on the thorns of the vines, looked down at the elf queen below, and began to chant magic spells.
The vine that Xiu was stepping on began to twist wildly, hitting the treetops above and sweeping down countless leaves. The remaining vines whipped at Xiu from all directions. Xiu's feet seemed to be rooted to the sharp thorns, staring at the vines that were getting closer and closer without blinking, and clearly uttered the name of the magic.
"Thousand Leaf Blade."
The fallen leaves seemed to be suspended in midair as if they were paused. Their edges flashed with sharp metallic luster, and then suddenly exploded and danced in a mess. Xiu held Du Ze and fell on the altar with the chopped vines. The bloody scene before and the shaking that was more exciting than a roller coaster just now made a stupid boy finally push Xiu away and run to the side to vomit, but he knelt down before he took a step, and was hugged by Xiu who was quick-eyed and quick-handed.
Fortunately, Du Ze had not eaten anything. He lay paralyzed in Xiu's arms and gulped a few times. The miserable readers cried in their hearts: Please be considerate of the fragile body of the only earthling in the world.
Xiu Qing circled Du Ze and looked at the Elf Queen coldly. Several leaves fell from the sky, turned vertically 90 degrees and rushed straight towards the Elf Queen. The Elf Queen dodged to the side, but her feet were still cut by the leaves and she fell to the ground. Simon, who was far away, wanted to rush over but was blocked by Old John. Several more leaves were pulled down and adjusted their direction, this time aiming at the Elf Queen's neck.
However, Ariel suddenly stood in front of the Elf Queen, and her body began to tremble under Xiu's cold gaze. However, even so, Ariel insisted on looking at Xiu, shaking her head vigorously, trying desperately to express her meaning.
Please let my mother go.
If possible, please let me atone for my mother's sins.
So please...
"Don't kill her."
Xiu's eyebrows twitched slightly. He looked at his captured arm and heard the man in his arms repeat again: "Don't kill her."
This was the first time that Xiu heard Du Ze make such a clear request to him. All along, this person had always asked for his opinion or made suggestions to him, but never with such strong personal feelings as this time. He should be happy, right? But his restless fingers clearly revealed how much he wanted the leaves to pierce the elf's neck.
"Her name is Ariel, she is very gentle and kind." A silly and cute guy firmly believed that because he stole Xiu's role, Xiu had no chance to know the good of Ariel, so he began to promote the cute girl who was destined to be with him to Xiu. "She is a good girl, lovable."
Please call me the bridge of love. = =＋
But why was Xiu's grip around him getting tighter and tighter? He was almost suffocating! He felt like he was about to be cut in half... Help, help!
"Do you like her?"
Du Ze instantly understood why he was almost killed by Xiu. It turned out that Xiu misunderstood that he and the cute girl had an affair. Love? Don't worry, cute girl, no matter how cute she is, she is yours... Even if you fall in love with her so quickly, don't just cross the river and destroy the bridge!
In order to save his poor little body, Du Ze shook his head firmly and decisively.
“…”
Du Ze felt Xiu's tense muscles gradually relax. Because of his posture, he couldn't see Xiu's expression, but the leaves slowly falling to the ground seemed to indicate that Xiu had taken his words in. Before Du Ze could breathe a sigh of relief, he saw the Elf Queen shouting at the remaining Elf Warriors, "Why don't you do anything? He can no longer control those mechanical puppets!"
The Elf God of War hesitated for a moment, as if remembering that when the Elf Queen attacked Xiu just now, the mechanical puppets were indeed indifferent, so he began to approach Xiu cautiously and carefully.
WTF! Are you elves concentrating on seeking death for a hundred years without moving? Please stop making trouble!
Facing the elves' unyielding spirit of dying, Du Ze could no longer complain. If this continued, Xiu would definitely switch back to the dwarf channel and continue to run wild. Du Ze saw Ariel trying to stop the elf queen but being thrown away, so he gritted his teeth and pulled Xiu to the golden branch in the middle of the pool.
"Yugatrassi." Du Ze placed Xiu's hand on the golden branch and said quickly, "Call it."
Without any hesitation, or perhaps instinctively believing every word Du Ze said, Xiu called out the name according to Du Ze's words: "Yugatrassi."
At that moment, the golden branch seemed to come alive, spreading the movement of life, and it softly wrapped around Xiu's arm. The Elf God of War stopped in astonishment, and the Elf Queen also widened her eyes in disbelief. Since the appearance of the "dirt", the tree of life that had been silent for nearly ten thousand years actually reacted at this time?
Du Ze breathed a sigh of relief. Yggdrasil is the full name of the Elven Life Tree. In the original text of "Mixed Blood", Xiu was imprisoned under the Life Tree to absorb "dirt". It took him a year to barely hear the Life Tree calling him. When Xiu called out the name of the Life Tree, he finally got rid of the shackles of the elves and became the master of the elves. Du Ze was very glad that he was not forbidden to spoil the plot this time, probably because in the original text, Xiu already knew the name of the Life Tree at this point in time.
The branches of the Tree of Life were entwined with Xiu's arms, emitting faint halos of light, as if conveying something. No one could tell from Xiu's expressionless face what he had heard. Finally, the branches of the Tree of Life slid down Xiu's arms, but where it had entangled, it left traces of golden branches and leaves. The Elf Queen stared at those traces, and her body trembled uncontrollably.
Why was this elf of unknown origin, who almost destroyed the elves, recognized by the Tree of Life?
The other elves looked at Xiu. They hesitated for a moment, then knelt on one knee facing Xiu, showing a gesture of submission.
Anyone recognized by the Tree of Life is the king of the elves.
This is exactly what Du Ze wanted. In the original story, Xiu also captured an elf in this way. However, in order to avenge the elves for locking him up for a year, Xiu, who had turned evil, released the "dirt" in the Tree of Life to blacken the entire elf race. Under that chapter, a reader posted a comment: "What do you think 'dirt' is?" Then a group of readers lined up below: "The author's cosmic malice", "+1", "The elves were smeared and burnt by the author's malice; we were smeared and burnt by the author's malice", "+10086", "+ID number"...
Xiu is not imprisoned by the elves for a year, so the incident has been happily resolved. And the elf queen is still alive, so there will be no rift between Xiu and Ariel. Du Ze thought happily, and his eyes naturally turned to Ariel, so he missed Xiu's gaze.
Xiu reached out and gently grasped the branch of the Tree of Life.
——Sure enough, he doesn’t like this race.
Noticing Du Ze's gaze, Ariel, who was kneeling on the ground, was about to secretly make a gesture to Du Ze, but her eyes widened in surprise. She watched her fingertips gradually turn black, and the black color was like dirt, which could not be rubbed off or wiped off. It spread to her palms, arms, and shoulders. She could not see her face, but could only see her brown hair gradually turn white. These two extreme colors were like a strong irony.
Du Ze watched helplessly as Ariel degenerated into a dark elf in front of him. Not only Ariel, but all the elves' skin turned black, and their hair turned completely white. Even though he couldn't see the other elves, he could imagine that the entire elf race had degenerated into dark elves. The one with the strongest reaction was the elf queen. She screamed when she saw her own dark skin, and her voice was full of panic.
"I'm fallen? I'm fallen?! I'm fallen!" The Elf Queen rubbed her skin hard as if she couldn't tolerate it at all. However, even if her skin was broken and blood flowed, it still couldn't change the fact that she became a dark elf.
"Such a filthy, dirty color..." The Elf Queen panted violently and pressed her hands on her throat: "How can it exist in this world!"
Ariel screamed silently, she stretched out her hands, but in the end she could only hug her mother's limp body. Tears overflowed from the fairy princess's golden eyes, streaked across her dark skin, and dripped onto the fairy queen's white hair.
Du Ze looked at the scene that was exactly the same as the original text, and felt his whole body go cold. He turned his head stiffly to look at the person who did all this. The silver-haired elf stood beside the golden branch, looking up as if looking at something. Noticing the black-haired young man's gaze, Xiu tilted his head and stared at Du Ze, his voice was as pleasant as the sound of jade stones colliding.
“It’s a pretty color, isn’t it?”
Du Ze raised his head like a puppet being pulled by a string. He looked at the treetops above. Under the moonlight, the leaves of the Tree of Life became green and tender as if they had absorbed blood. They made a cheerful rustling sound, as if they were happy to finally get rid of the heavy burden. Du Ze swallowed his saliva dryly. He seemed to see some existence laughing at him. Outside the book, you can call it the plot, and inside the book, you can call it fate. Even if you already know it, it will come to you if you are not careful, showing its strength and your helplessness.
The protagonist pollutes the elves, the protagonist becomes more and more evil, and the protagonist destroys the world. This is the plot.
Xiu has polluted the elves, Xiu will become more and more evil, Xiu will destroy the world, this is his fate.
...Fuck your fate!
"Xiu." Du Ze saw some ripples in Xiu's green eyes, and he mustered up the courage to say, "Shall we talk?"
Even if Xiu's destruction was a foregone conclusion, he would never compromise on this point.
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Xiu stretched out his hand and grasped the branch of the Tree of Life under the Elf Queen's incredulous gaze.
The Elf Queen looked at her snow-white skin in horror as if it was covered with ink, and her proud golden hair faded to a dead gray white - she had fallen into a dark elf. Not only the Elf Queen, but all the elves fell into dark elves, and the entire race seemed to be cursed.
"I'm corrupted? I'm corrupted?! I'm corrupted!" the Elf Queen screamed, grabbing her neck hard. "Such a filthy, dirty color... How can it exist in this world!"
Xiu stood in the middle of the altar and watched everything indifferently. Only when he saw the Elf Queen commit suicide did a glimmer of revengeful pleasure flash across his eyes.
Tsk, tsk, tsk…
Panic footsteps came closer and closer. Ariel came over and was stunned when she saw all this. Xiu glanced at her. This was the only girl he could let go.
Ariel walked towards the Elf Queen tremblingly. She carefully picked up her mother's limp body, tears streaming down her face. She didn't know why it had become like this, nor did she know where to go. Ariel looked up at Shuu on the altar. Through her tearful eyes, she saw the silver-haired elf standing next to the golden branch, looking up as if looking at something.
Feeling the elf princess's broken gaze, Xiu did not turn back, but spoke softly.
“It’s a pretty color, isn’t it?”
——Excerpt from "Mixed Blood"