After exiting the council chamber, Val quickly gathered some of the soldiers of the logistics team and led a few of them all the way to the back mountain.

After passing through the back door, I walked up the hill for a while, and after the cleared stump area, I was faced with a dense forest of black oppression.

The eyes were full of dense trees and vines, and everyone couldn't help but feel a tingling scalp.

The woodland was so densely wooded that it was terrifying, with a variety of twisted vine branches crisscrossing the trees, and a dense patch of shrubs and grasses on the ground, as if the whole forest were solid.

Val had probably not been here in a long time, and he wandered along the outer edge of the woodland for a while before he found a looming path.

I don't know how long ago this path was cleared, and over time, it was gradually covered by trees again.

I saw Val standing at the intersection and made a gesture of invitation to Cecilia: "Cecilia, I'm going to trouble you next." ”

"Okay, look at me!" Cecilia had already held the staff in her hand, and she agreed briskly when she heard the words.

I saw that the green crystals on her forehead lit up slightly, and she drank lightly in her mouth:

"Stand down!"

As if Mingjin had withdrawn his troops, the vines and branches that were hidden on the road all hid in the dense forest, making way for everyone to make a clean and tidy bluestone road.

"Very good, it's great that you're in the Alien Barracks. Val sighed heartily.

This heartfelt compliment sounded Cecilia's ears and made her happy for a moment, but then she took a closer look......

Something seems wrong?

As soon as Cecilia had dispelled the entanglement of the plants, the way up the mountain became much smoother, and the group went up the way, and in a short time they came to the platform of the half-mountain that Perina had spoken.

The vegetation here is not inferior to the dense forest at the foot of the mountain, but you can still see the houses buried by the thick vine branches.

Just look at the corner of the eaves peeking through the cracks, and you can see that this house is not ordinary, after all, no one will decorate the eaves with precious bronze.

Looking at the small stables in the courtyard and the moss-covered stone wells, each of which was carefully arranged, it can be seen that the original owner of the mansion paid attention to the quality of life.

But in the middle of the courtyard, there stood an unknown tree, and the courtyard was full of thick rhizomes that floated from under its feet, entangled and buried everything near it.

Feeling the wood element in front of her that was so thick that it was about to swallow her, Cecilia slowly walked into the courtyard, took a deep breath, and her spiritual power worked at full strength, and the wood elemental field opened to the limit, enveloping the entire house.

"Stand down!"

Countless vine branches, rhizomes and branches, as if they had come to life in Cecilia's coquettish shout, fled from her field one after another.

Only the thick rhizomes all over the courtyard seemed to ignore her orders, stubbornly crossing the road, and did not give in at all.

"Huh, that's weird......"

Cecilia glanced at the unknown tree in confusion, and saw that not only the rhizomes on the ground, but also some of the branches on the branches that had invaded the house, did not see it move in the slightest.

And in the field, most of the elements that make up this tree did not respond to her spiritual power.

Ezek had been following her, and seeing that her face was getting paler and paler, he hurriedly walked and persuaded further: "You're okay, it's almost enough, don't force it." ”

"Well, it's okay, I'll try again. ”

Cecilia turned around and nodded absentmindedly, signaling that she was okay.

She had never encountered this situation since activating the crystal, and all the wood elements had never rejected her resonance, for her, the wood elements were only something she couldn't use, nothing she couldn't use.

And the tree in front of her, not only could she not name it, but even tried to contact it with her spiritual power, she had a faint feeling of being resisted.

"What the hell are you?"

Cecilia reached out and stroked the trunk of the big tree, a subtle touch came from her fingers, this tree, there seems to be some kind of special rhythm, like...

It's like a human heartbeat.

As described in the chant that activates the resonance of the wood element: All things are alive, and the elders are quiet.

Mages gifted with the wood element have always believed that the elements are alive, and as the key to the connection of all life in the world, the wood element has silently dedicated itself to the living beings in the world since ancient times, and is the most compassionate and loving elder in heaven and earth.

Cecilia was delighted by the strange pulsation in front of her, and she could even feel that the wood element on the tree seemed to become a little more active as she touched it, and it began to respond to her little by little.

When the tree was full of wood elements finally opened its heart, Cecilia was overjoyed, and unconsciously took another step closer, affectionately leaning the green crystals on her forehead against the trunk.

Almost instantly, the crystals on her forehead were like a key, opening the heart defense of the wood element on the entire tree, and a vigorous tree appeared in her field in an instant.

"W-This is ......" Cecilia muttered to herself in a misty look in her eyes.

She had never seen a plant with such a majestic vitality, as if all the plants around her were working harder to grow because of this vitality.

And it is strange that such a vigorous plant still follows the rules of nature, and in winter, it is as silent and withering as all things.

If it weren't for touching it with one's own hands, and perceiving it with crystals, no one would be able to see that under its dry and cracked surface, there was a powerful vitality that was completely different from other ordinary trees in the world.

"Cecilia, how is it, can it be done?" Seeing her look different, Charles followed worriedly and said with concern.

"Well, well, it's okay, I can do it. After that momentary contact, she vaguely felt that the wood elemental on this tree had not only accepted her resonance, but had even become more obedient than the other wood elements.

She tried to point her hand, but the cluster of branches of the tree, which had been wrapped around the house, immediately retracted.

"Very good, that's it!" After giving it a try, as she expected, the spiritual power spent to drive this big tree was less than half of the ordinary wood element.

At this discovery, she was at once full of confidence, and walked forward slowly, and the thick rhizomes that rose to the ground immediately crept quietly like a rebellious coyote seeing her king, and returned to the place where they really departed.

When she reached the door of the house, the vines that had covered the entire house had fled, retreating into the nearby forest, and disappearing into Cecilia's field.

Seeing that the vines that invaded the house finally faded like a tide, Cecilia breathed a sigh of relief, she continued to maintain elemental resonance along the way, and also drove a large number of wood elements, even if she was now a disciple of the Sixth Ring, her spiritual power was a little unbearable.

"Alright, Cecilia, leave it to the gentlemen, and find a place to rest. ”

At last he saw the house for what it really was, and looked at the magnificent patterns on the foot of the pillars along the wall, and Val's spirits were suddenly lifted, and his eyes were full of fiery brilliance, and he looked like he was going to tear down the whole house and sell it.