Panasses couldn't wait any longer—he waited too long, and he gradually lost his patience. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Kao reappeared in due course, and the last of Parnassus' prudence and integrity had been burned out in the growing fire of desire.

Orin didn't know what Kao had told him, but the dull fire in his eyes frightened him. When the white leopard suddenly appeared in their camp, Panasses's reaction made his heart sink completely.

The white leopard was born in the Antler Forest and loved to jump around on their shoulders and heads when they were young. Their affection and pampering were mixed with more awe, and none of them thought of taking it for themselves...... It is free.

All leopards are free. What binds them together is not human magic, nor is it some harsh training, but the intimacy and trust that have been born from the company of each other for a long time.

However, the moment he saw the white leopard, Panasses's eyes revealed a hint of greed with surprise.

He probably thought that the white panther was going to return to them, since Scott had been missing for a long time...... He seemed to feel that it belonged to him as a matter of course.

It's a pity that the white panther didn't come for him.

It made a strange call from the camp, and the leopards responded with hesitation at first, then gradually gathered around it.

It wanted to take them away - they finally realized. It wants to get them out of here...... Get away from them. Even if it could be a call from the Holy One, they would not be able to accept it.

After leaving his hometown, little by little, the anxiety that grew stronger and stronger finally broke out. The elves were semi-forced to bring back their leopards...... But that's just the beginning.

On the orders of Panasses, they eventually imprisoned all the leopards.

At that moment, Orin clearly felt that something was gradually crumbling in their souls.

He persuaded Parnasas to let them go.

"They are free. He told him over and over again, such self-evident things, he used to think he didn't have to say at all, "We don't have the right to do that." ”

They shouldn't even have brought them at all—he thought desperately. Perhaps, deep down, he had already taken these free creatures as his own...... It wasn't until this moment that I woke up.

“...... They're still useful!" replied Panasses irritably.

"Useful" - the word flushed the blood on Orin's face.

He couldn't wait any longer.

"You all know what happened after that...... If Isis doesn't show up, I'm going to sneak them away and take advantage of the chaos to enter Grivar...... But I don't really understand the situation, and to be honest, I don't know what to do. "I shoot my arrows well, but I'm not good at concealment," Orin admits frustrated and candid...... Indeed, I will probably not even be able to enter the empty court. ”

"So, what do you think Ed can do?" Alan asked, tapping his finger on the table, "He's just a human...... Even if he had some friendship with the Silver Leaf King, the king probably didn't want him to meddle in Grivar's affairs. ”

Ed nodded silently—he felt he could at best remind Payne that the Elders were ready to let Panasses replace him...... But he suspected that he already knew, and what Payne was going to do was not something he could control.

Orin was silent for a few moments.

"I was there. He spoke abruptly, looking at Ed calmly, "I was nearby when Scott set fire to Grivar's forest. ”

The place was on the border of Grivar, next to the Dragonthorn Glade. While he was on patrol, he saw the flames that exploded in the woods, and instinctively rushed towards them.

Then he saw Ed...... And Scott and Norvi.

But he wasn't sure it was really them. Their aura was so powerful and unfamiliar that he froze behind a tree in intense fear, barely moving.

He'd seen Scott rain down on the Antlers Forest to wash away the disease, and he was just as powerful, but different—the Sage he was willing to recognize, even if he was only human. He genuinely cared about the elves and humans who were afflicted by the plague...... A benevolent heart is the most sacred radiance.

And Scott, who was manipulating the flames in front of him at that time, was like a symbol of destruction. Not like a god...... More like a demon.

Which one is the real Scott, and which one is the Holy Spirit, the Sage of Nethers?

"You fight against him. His voice grew lower and lower, but still clear, "You protect him too...... You know the answer - the great God of creation that we believe in...... What the hell is it?"

Ed opened his mouth and closed it again.

He knows what it's like to be distraught...... Although Orin was clearly prepared, he was still unsure if he would really be able to withstand it.

His silence may have been an answer to the elves.

“...... Does the Silver Leaf King know?" the elf's face turned pale, but his tone remained calm.

Ed blinked, still unable to answer, but gradually realized something.

"If he knew...... Then the Presbyterian Church apparently knows that too. Orin still sat up straight, his eyes hollow, "If it can be proved to Panasses that this is a complete deception, it is not God's will at all...... Maybe he'll come to his senses...... Maybe we can all come to our senses. ”

“...... Are you sure?" Ed couldn't help but ask. There is probably only a thin line between such a lucid and a breakdown...... And he suspected that the sudden conversion of the spirits of the Antler Forest was not so simple.

Unlike human beliefs, what they feel is clearly a response from the depths of their souls. I don't know why...... In a sense, Nesses is indeed the only god that still exists.

Orin was perhaps special because of Felicity, and he wasn't sure if the other elves would be able to accept it.

“...... No. Orin replied, "But only so." ”

Admitting a mistake can be painful, but continuing to make mistakes is doomed.

Ed looked at him, and for some reason suddenly remembered the pale face of the silent Tari Payne, and in the midst of confusion and fear, there was still something extremely determined.

That's why he trusted Payne and even dared to give him that gem.

The face overlapped with the elf in front of him, and a smile unconsciously appeared in Ed's eyes. He suffered blow after blow, and his disappointment piled up, but he always believed that he had loved elves since he was a child...... Absolutely, for good reason.

Even if it is gradually worn away over a long period of time, there are still many things in the nature of this race that are worthy of his admiration.

"Since that's all there is," he began, unexpectedly relaxed, "then let's figure it out." ”

And there will always be a way.

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