Chapter 9: The Beginning of Truth

Just after Ellie entered the pool, the blood pool led by Elmos's dragon blood instantly released a blood-colored light, and the lines on the edge of the pool flashed with blue light, converging from one to two, and two to four, and finally forming a huge blue magic array, covering the sky above the blood pool, slowly falling, the blood-colored light also slowly descended with the magic array, and finally the blood light converged into the blood pool, but the magic array descended and stopped under Ellie's body, as if the magic circle was holding Ellie's body floating in the blood.

Ellie sank into the pool of blood, the blood wrapped her whole body, melted into her skin, the effect of the blood made her body hotter and hotter, giving her a feeling of about to melt, as the heat became more and more intense, the skin came with a sharp pain like entering the bone marrow, and the intense pain made the girl moan in pain. As soon as the closed mouth opened, the mouth was filled with salty blood in an instant, but there was no feeling of suffocation.

It turned out that she didn't have to breathe to have enough oxygen, which made the girl feel funny at the beginning of the act of holding her breath and also transferred some of the pain, it should be the effect of the blood integrating into herself, but as the severe pain in the body became more and more intense, the pain of the body interrupted the girl's train of thought, and she endured the pain of drilling her heart and floated in the pool, and the girl felt that time passed so slowly for the first time.

I don't know how long it took, but my body finally stopped aching, and my whole body was warm and there was an indescribable comfort.

The girl lay in the pool, feeling the bloody breath in her mouth, opened her eyes, and saw not the pitch black covered by blood, but a red, depressed dark red, sighed in her heart, she finally suffered the pain that penetrated deep into the bone marrow, her eyelids became heavier and heavier, and the feeling of exhaustion came from everywhere in her body, and slowly, the girl closed her eyes.

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Suddenly, a down-to-earth feeling came, and Ellie opened her eyes to find that this was no longer a pool of dragon blood, and she was standing in a white spot at the moment. There is a huge door with a tree-shaped pattern in front of it, but it is surrounded by a vast white field, but it is not the white that represents the color, but the colorless white, although it is strange, but it makes people feel that this place should be like this.

"This ...... Where is it? Ellie couldn't help but mutter.

"Yo, hello, human." A voice came from behind him, although the content of the words could be heard clearly, but he could not feel the men, women and children of this voice, as if thousands of voices were integrated, and it seemed that there was only one voice, which was very strange.

Ellie turned around and saw a strange white humanoid, which she said was weird because she only had a humanoid silhouette, and only had a human-like mouth on her face, but no mouth, and the sound should have come from her mouth.

Ellie came back to her senses after a brief shock, looked at the creature in front of her and asked, "Excuse me...... You...... Who is it? ”

"Oh, what a polite little girl, I am what you call the existence of the world, or the universe, or God, or the truth, or the whole, or the one, and I am you!"

"I don't understand......," Ellie replied dryly, she didn't understand what it was talking about......

The humanoid could clearly feel a drop of cold sweat hanging from his head.

"You call it the world, can I open this door?" Ellie ignored the last of the words I am you, it would be a nightmare if she looked like this, and she turned to look at the huge door, studying the pattern carved on it.

A tree trunk is divided into 8 branches, each branch has a circular pattern on it, plus the top and root are a total of 10, there are some words engraved in it that Ellie can't understand, the circle and the torso are combined to form a tree shape, and there are 10 wings below the tree shape, on which are carved 10 different inscriptions, and the delicate lines cover the entire gate, as if there is a holy light shining.

"No, this is the door of truth, and you haven't paid the toll yet." The humanoid who was named the world by Ellie split a big mouth and said with a grin, giving people the feeling of flow. Hooligans are bullying small vendors to ask for protection money.

"Do I still need tolls?"

"Of course!"

"Since I can't open the door, can I go out?" Ellie didn't want to stay here anymore, she thought it was weird.

"Don't you want power anymore? I can give you unparalleled abilities" The humanoid heard Ellie's words to leave, seducing. Confused, asked.

"No, I don't." Ellie replied categorically, without a hint of hesitation. Her strength is to be fought for herself, and she promised Linka. "I just need the ability I have cultivated myself."

"yes, that's an interesting human being, so goodbye, and look forward to seeing you next time." The figure waved his hand and smiled weirdly.

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Outside the pool of blood, the three of them waited anxiously there, it had been a day, and Ellie still hadn't come out.

"Al, Ellie is fine, why haven't you come out yet." Mia was a little anxious, she hadn't seen the ritual of the blood pool.

"Don't worry, it's okay, the blood pool will only test the holy level to a certain extent, but Ellie is far from reaching the holy level, so the blood pool will only strengthen her physical fitness, make her body tougher, and will not be eroded by the ring." Elmos said.

"Test?"

"That's right, for the test of the Holy Order, grasp your own truth, and take a step closer to strengthening your own strength. But don't worry, Ellie will be fine, I promise. ”

At this time, Fiona came over and hugged Mia's slender waist and comforted Mia: "Don't worry, Mia, Ellie will be fine, just wait." ”

"Well, okay." Mia leaned her head into Fiona's arms, seeking a hint of reassurance.

At this moment, the blood in the pool was surging, the golden light was shining, and a figure emerged from it, it was Ellie, she was lying flat in the air, her hands on her chest, her closed eyes showed that she was still asleep and did not wake up, at this moment she was wrapped in a cloud of white light, slowly, the white light converged into a dragon's shadow, like a silver dragon, the dragon flapped its wings and roared to the sky, although there was no sound, but the three people present seemed to be able to hear the majestic roar, the dragon shadow fell from the sky and rushed into Ellie's body after the roar, And the light around Ellie gradually converged into her body, and her body slowly fell.

Mia walked over and took Ellie's body from the air, and she looked at Ellie carefully, feeling that Ellie's skin seemed to be more radiant. At this time, Elmos turned around and walked out, and came back after a few minutes, but there was one more thing in his hands, which was a sandalwood box, looking at Elmos's cautious appearance, as if there was something terrible in it that he was afraid of being broken, but looking at his face, he seemed to be enduring something, and finally walked to Mia's side, feeling that the divine light element around Mia felt a little better, he sighed and handed the box over.

"I can't touch this thing, it's ...... to me Lure. It's too confusing. Elmos felt a little relieved.

Mia looked at the box, her brows furrowed slightly, [The power of the seal has weakened, is it because it has been a long time]. Mia put Ellie in Fiona's hand, she took the box, the box was engraved with some magic arrays, looking at the style should be used for sealing, open the box, and instantly a desperate dark aura enveloped the audience, there was a pitch-black ring lying in the box, and the demonic aura was released from it, Mia waved her hand and set up an enchantment around herself to prevent the spread of the breath, and then a seven-pointed star magic array appeared in her right hand, pressed on the pitch-black ring, and suddenly the arrogance of the ring was greatly reduced, The black aura around him has weakened most of it, but there are still some around the ring.

Elmos felt a cold sweat, he could feel the dark breath, so cold and desperate, just that moment made him feel like he was falling into an ice cave.

Mia took out the ring and was about to put it on Ellie, but hesitated, this ring is so dangerous, if you put it on Ellie......

Fiona saw Mia's hesitation and said to her, "Don't worry, you have to believe Ellie, Ellie is so kind, she can definitely influence her, and only Ellie can do this, isn't it." "This one she was referring to was the Demon King sealed in the Lord of the Rings.

"Hmm!" Mia bit her lip and made up her mind, and then the ring on her hand was instantly wrapped in a layer of light, which was a pure light element, and then a horn appeared in her other hand, all white, and there was a blue ribbon tied there at the widest part of the horn, making the whole horn look simple and beautiful, Mia put it and the ring on Ellie's chest, and the two items actually merged into Ellie's body and disappeared.

"Elven Horn!" Elmos was a little shocked, Mia really cared about Ellie. Although that horn is not unique, it is also very rare, and it is also a secret treasure of the elves, it can continuously exude vitality, nourish the body, and if humans wear it, the life span can be doubled. And that's just one of its effects.

"Yes, Ellie is my only sister, and I don't want anything to happen to her." Mia stroked Ellie's forehead and smoothed out her messy hair. "Alright, we're going back, goodbye."

Elmos nodded, "Well, goodbye, oh, by the way, Ellie's body may be restored after a while due to the new strengthening, but there is no danger." ”

"Well, got it, thank you." Mia's voice of thanks could be heard in the distance.

This time, Elmos can be regarded as a blood capital, so that Ellie can get the baptism of blood that only the dragon patriarch can use, maybe Ellie is no longer human, Dragon Girl? Elmos shook his head, swaying away the cranky thoughts in his head, Ellie was impossible for humans to turn into dragons.

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Ellie didn't have time to say goodbye to the humanoid, but she found that she was no longer in the white world, and she was lying on the bed with a pink and white quilt on her body.

"This is, your own room?" Ellie recognized the pink ceiling.

"Ellie, you're awake." An excited voice came from the side, it was the little goblin Linka.

"Linka! What's wrong with me at home? Am I not in Dragon Valley? "Linka's appearance proves Ellie's suspicions, but isn't she supposed to be in the dragon's blood pool?

"You've been in a coma for half a month, it's really worrying."

"Half ...... Half a month! "Ellie feels like she's only been in the blood pool for a while, and half a month has passed." By the way, I'm going to help Elmos purify the Ring. ”

"No need." A voice came from outside the door, and Mia pushed the door in.

"Huh? Sister? Isn't it to purify the Ring? ”

"The Lord of the Rings is already in you." Mia smiled and said to Ellie, she was happy to see Ellie wake up, and there was a hint of a smile on the corner of her mouth, "You try to feel your body." ”

Hearing this, Ellie closed her eyes and felt it carefully, this ability to see herself is something that every cultivator must learn, and it is called meditation.

Ellie's perception swept all over her body, and she suddenly found that there were two energies in her heart, and after concentrating on the perception, she found that one was a miniature ring, and the other was a miniature horn, the ring exuded a strange and dark energy, but it was surrounded by the surrounding white energy and green energy, and steadily suppressed the breath of the ring. The green energy was emitted by the horn, a refreshing and gentle energy, and the white energy was Ellie's own light magic.

"There's a pitch-black ring and a white horn, and that ring should be the Magic Ring, but what is that horn?"

"That horn is a baby, it's my sister who is looking for someone from the elf clan, it can help you further suppress the ring, it's called the elf horn, and Ellie must pay attention, you can't take out the ring, otherwise something terrible will happen if the breath of the ring comes out." Mia asks Ellie to pay special attention to the Ring, if the power of the Ring is released, it will affect all the creatures around it, causing them to fall into monsters.

"Hmm." Ellie nodded, "I'm not going to take it out." ”

"Also, here's for you." Mia said, taking out a piece of paper and handing it to Ellie, "I really don't know how Ellie was invited when she didn't go out much." Mia was also a little puzzled, she handed Ellie an admission letter from Osford College, which is known as Liberty College on the mainland, and invited Ellie to study at Osford.

"That...... Am I going? Ellie was a little puzzled, she had heard of this academy, and the magic crystal would also report some academy and other things, such as how a student of a certain academy defeated a monster, and she sometimes went to the recent Brin to buy groceries, and she had heard some of them. Freedom Academy Osford is one of the three major colleges in the continent along with the magic heaven magic Lanka and the martial arts holy land Treriel, and Magic Lanka specializes in magic Treriel specializes in martial arts, Freedom Academy, as the name suggests, in this academy you learn what you are free to do, as long as you have the ability, you can choose magic, fighting spirit and alchemy to practice together.

Magic Lanka is located in the Dominio Empire, which is known as the Holy Land of Magic in the Western Continent, and Treriel is located in the Moorish Empire in the Eastern Continent.

Liberty College Osford, on the other hand, is located on a huge island between two continents, the size and status of a small country, and remains neutral. No one dares to invade this place, which does not belong to any country, because it has the support of the Holy See of Light behind it.

The Holy See of Light is a good institution established by the Goddess of Light in the world, and because of the pro-people behavior of the Holy See of Light, it has a large number of followers, and it also has the top legion in the mainland, the Holy Judge Mage Regiment and the Holy Knights, to defend the Holy See of Light. Therefore, Osford is quite comfortable cultivating talents on this small island, and even pirates who are outside the country dare not attack, because there are not only guards of the Holy See of Light, but also a large number of elites from various countries, and the princes and queens of certain countries will also come here to study, and attacking here shows that they will oppose almost all countries on the road.

PS: ...... there was a typhoon in Guangxi, and the whole city here was paralyzed, so scary......