But Roman's situation is not as rosy as Brando had imagined, and the atmosphere gradually becomes tense as time passes. Brando realized that the future merchant girl must have hidden some secret in her mind that he didn't know—a secret that might have been subconscious—and that the deeper it was hidden, the more damaging the moment would be.

For a moment there was only the sound of nervous breathing of the two of them in the air, and the merchant lady herself slept peacefully, but Brando was afraid that she would just fall asleep and never wake up again.

He couldn't help but look at the Golden Demon Tree, the connection between dreams and reality was already quite fragile, and the Golden Demon Tree might wake up at any time.

"Freya?"

Freya clenched her fists, too nervous to say a word. Brando had said they only had five minutes, which was not much time to count, but Roman still seemed to be immersed in his nightmare. But she knew that the young man couldn't be blamed for it, because the secret was also known only to her in Buchi.

She only hated herself for not telling Sù Brando in advance, but how did she know that this dream was so complicated. Didn't Brando say nothing for fear of affecting their state of mind, but he didn't expect it to be self-defeating.

But the young man did not fall into a blind panic, his mind turned sharply, and he suddenly threw away the thorn of light in his hand.

"Let her hold it."

"What?"

"This sword has the power to ward off evil spirits, let her hold it." Brando said this verbally, but he knew in his heart that all he could rely on was the Elven Sword, and the increase in the will energy level could turn Miss Merchant into good fortune.

Martha is on top! He couldn't help but pray in his heart that the 'Vayend' all-pervading Supreme One would be more lenient with Roman. But perhaps it was the sword that worked, or perhaps it was Brando's prayer that Martha sensed, and it wasn't long before Miss Merchant woke up with a real wink.

She rubbed her eyes and looked at the two of them, and then said happily, "Freya, you are also there." I'm telling you, I had a nightmare! ”

"Ahh Freya froze, then let out a cry of surprise as if from her chest. She didn't listen to what Miss Merchant's was saying at all, but hugged Roman and cried with joy, she thought there was no hope, but she didn't expect Brando's method to really work.

"Roman, you idiot!"

"Fu, Freya, what are you talking about! I'm not stupid! Roman seemed to have received a fatal blow, and scrambled and earnestly argued.

On the contrary, Brando looked at the merchant lady who was scrambled by Freya, who suddenly cried, and calmed down, with the help of faith and the thorn of clear light, no matter how deep the nightmare Roman woke up, he was more worried about how she would be affected by this.

But looking at her stunned look, Brando knew that she was overly worried.

"Okay, stop crying." He said, "The Golden Demon Tree is about to wake up, so if you have anything to say, save it until after the battle." ”

The pony-tailed girl put away her tears and nodded. "What are we going to do, Brando?" She asked.

"We're not the protagonists of this battle, there's a stoneworm in this valley—"

"What's that?"

"Roman, don't interrupt! The Stoneworm is an elemental creature from the Earth's Pivot (Earth's Elemental Plane) that was born as the nemesis of the Golden Tree, though the Stoneworm was able to rely on its massive root system to keep it out of the valley until it reached adulthood. Of course, it takes 80 to 120 years for a stoneworm to reach adulthood, and we can't wait that long, so we have to help it. ”

"Help it?" Freya asked.

Brando took the Elven Sword from Roman's hand and replied, "The Golden Demon Tree itself is very weak, and its only means of attack is to use its roots to stick out of the ground to pierce the intruder. So we're going to force it to do it, and the more roots it pulls out, the fewer roots it has to protect against the Stonecones, and over time, the Stonetops will be able to enter the valley—"

"But we only have ten minutes, and in ten minutes at most the first blighted beasts will flood into the valley, and if we don't get it in ten minutes, you must not hesitate to run west. The secret passage was very conspicuous in a valley. ”

"What about you?" Roman looked up.

"Leave the aftermath to the men, that's your demeanor as a lady." Brando saw her smooth forehead and couldn't help but tap it lightly with her hand. He looked at Freya again, and the girl was holding her ponytail back with her hands behind for the rest of the battle, noticing his gaze and nodding at him.

Brando was stunned, he thought Freya would stay again. However, he didn't mean to be reluctant to look at her, but was more calm, and it seemed that the other party had gained a little in the dream.

The capable Freya had a taste of a future Valkyrie, and he couldn't help but smile with relief, then turned around and said, "Roman, bring your ring." ”

Miss Merchant's little hand was immediately raised triumphantly, and she shook the black and white ring.

"Your task is to listen to the movement underground, and to tell us if you find anything."

"Okay, Brando."

"Then let's go, let's cross the bottom of that headland and approach the Golden Demon Tree, look at the terrain there, there should be a fault below that can make the Golden Demon Tree detect our intentions at the latest." Brando said as he touched it first. He ran to a jutting rock, then turned back to Freya and Roman to follow.

Freya grabbed Roman's hand and followed, the meaning was obvious - don't run around, I'll protect you. She did this so that Brando could be distracted and attack the Golden Tree as soon as she had the opportunity.

The three of them quickly got to the bottom of the stone promontory that Brando had spoken, and his memory was not at all wrong, and they had not been harassed in the slightest until then. But they had only just entered the dividing line, and Miss Merchant's voice was immediately heard from under her feet.

"Brando, there's a voice down there."

Our protagonist was startled and immediately shouted: "Separate, quickly separate." ”

Freya immediately pushed Roman to the side, and the three of them split up, and the ground was immediately lifted open by two thick vines with a thud. However, the Golden Demon Tree obviously didn't expect its attack to be seen through by a few insects, and when its roots stuck out of the ground, all that was waiting for it was Brando's prepared sword.

The young man got up from the ground, raised the elven sword in both hands and slashed at the center of the bucket-thick vine, the blade of the sword was halfway deep, and silver flames suddenly erupted from the blade. The Purifying Fire burned so that the vines creaked, and the Golden Demon Tree in the middle of the valley almost trembled with pain, causing the entire valley to reverberate.

It was summoning reinforcements again, and Brando's heart sank, and as he expected, time was already tight. He couldn't help but turn his head: over there, Freya made a beautiful sideways roll to dodge the sweep of the Golden Demon Tree's roots, and then slashed at the vine with a sword, although the sword was only a third deep, but this beautiful hand made him can't help but be impressed.

This is at least the level of the 2nd level of Eruin's military swordsmanship, and it seems that Freya's gains in her dream are quite large.

"Brando, there's another voice!" Roman crawled to the edge of the battlefield alone, then turned around and shouted.

"How far?" Brando shouted subconsciously, but he immediately realized that he had missed it. He actually subconsciously thought of Roman as the nightingale in the team, but Miss Merchant was only sensitive after all, not a professional spy in the game.

"100 meters, 70 meters." Roman thought for a moment.

"So far?" Brando was stunned, and with a backhand sword, he picked up the vines that attacked him. Only half of the root system was left lifeless, and it fell limply, and the fracture was charred black.

"There's still 60 meters to go."

Brando hesitated, albeit a little incredulous, but decided to believe Roman: "Freya, leave it alone! See that trail and rush out from there. ”

Freya was only slightly stunned, and immediately put her sword in front of her chest, allowing herself to whip herself out of the way with a whip against the vine. The feathers of the wind that surrounded her lit up leaf by leaf to form a web of light, shielding her from the shock—the pony-tailed girl just rolled on the ground a few times and got up, and the man had landed beside Roman.

"Roman, follow me!" Then she grabbed Miss Merchant's hand and rushed in that direction.

"Eh! What about Brando? ”

"He'll follow!"

This girl has finally learned to trust her teammates, not to be able to do it alone. Brando couldn't help but feel relieved, he was really afraid that Freya would be mixed with him at this time, but he saw that the vine that attacked Freya still wanted to catch up, and he didn't want to cut it in two with a sword along the previous incision.

After clearing the enemy, he didn't dare to stay longer, and the sound of the underground was clearly audible even to him, which showed that Roman's judgment was correct. However, he couldn't help but be a little shocked, how did that reckless girl hear the sound of seventy meters underground?

He estimated that this must be at least 5 levels of perception to have this level.

This thought flashed through Brando's mind, and he immediately turned around and ran, and it was not difficult for him to catch up with Freya and Roman with his dexterity, but the three of them were blocked by the root connection of the Golden Demon Tree on their way. On the third occasion, all three of them heard a loud bang in the southeast of the valley, and all the roots of the trees that were attacking them shrank back at once.

Even if Brando didn't warn him, Freya and Roman knew that it must be the Stoneworm that had entered the scene.

"We've won?" Roman couldn't help but ask with some surprise.

Brando shook his head, they still had to enter the core area around the Golden Demon Tree. In the time that follows, the Golden Demon Tree will constantly weigh which side is more threatening to it, and then dispatch a huge root system to intercept one of them. However, this act of tearing down the east wall and making up the west wall will not last, and one day they will be victorious.

But the only question is whether they can do it within the allotted time.

There are less than five minutes left.

……

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