The night sky was dark as if a huge curtain had been drawn in front of you, and if you accidentally lost your way and were left alone, you might really think that you were blind. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Ellie was not seriously injured, and her strength was almost restored when Tia led them into the memories of the World Tree. Catina has been trained harshly since she was a child, and her physical fitness has always been very good, and now she is dressed again and looks heroic.

With the help of eight mages, Ellie and Katina and the other 10 knights have wings under their feet, which not only bounce amazingly, but also walk in the air. After getting used to it for a while, Katina decided to set off to pursue Alan. However, just as Katina was directing the guards to line up and prepare to fly, something seemed to have happened in the World Tree.

The sound of women singing came from the ears, far and near, ethereal and melodious.

"Nana, time is running out, you go first, I'll come when I go and see."

Ellie saw that Katina was hesitant and comforted,

"The World Tree is our friend, there will be no danger, hurry up and go."

Katina gently stroked Ellie's cheek and wiped the marks on her forehead for her.

"Be careful."

With that, Katina led the five knights towards the black hole.

Ellie instructed the rest of the knights to stand by and walked alone from the base of the tree to the base of the massive World Tree. It was as if she had walked into a forest, and every leaf of the World Tree was green and full of life, completely different from the dark night outside, it was as if she had arrived in another world, and Ellie even felt that her breath was full of strength.

Ellie made her way slowly through the World Tree, where the roots were crisscrossed and she could trip over the rhizomes that grew diagonally. The deeper you go, the more clear the woman's singing voice becomes, but every time Ellie feels like she is getting closer, the sound drifts into her ears from the other end. Going round and round like this, although she didn't encounter any danger, Ellie clearly felt as if she was lost.

"Who are you?"

Decided not to hide any longer, Ellie asked loudly,

"Who the hell are you?"

The only sound in her ears was the rustle of the leaves in her ears, and Ellie, somewhat deflated, leaned against the trunk of the tree. At the moment when she relaxed her body, the trunk seemed to lose its substance, and Ellie's whole body fell backwards, and suddenly it was pitch black in front of her.

When she woke up again, Ellie was in the midst of ruins, surrounded by ruins, blue skies, and no wind.

"Where is this?"

Just as Ellie was in a fog, Tia's voice came through the air,

"Ellie, I'm here, help me..."

"Tia?!"

After making sure that the source of the sound was in the ruins beneath her, Ellie took a deep breath and plunged headlong into the flooded ruins beneath her.

Learning to dive since she was a child, Ellie's water skills are very good, and holding her breath underwater for a minute is nothing to her. The bottom of the water was so clear that Ellie could see Tia trapped among the vines not far away, and she swam over at a faster pace.

Tia's eyes were closed, and she was shrouded in a golden barrier that seemed to protect Tia from the erosion of the sea and provide her with the oxygen she needed to survive. But soon Ellie discovers that the bottom of the barrier has been destroyed by vines, and the air inside the barrier is rapidly draining. Although Tia was still unconscious, it was clear that the heaving of her chest was accelerating, and if she was not rescued, she would soon choke to death from the sea.

- It's strange that I didn't see such a huge plant growing on the surface of the water when I was up there...

Ellie reached out and touched the vines that were wrapped around Tia's body, each one the thickness of her thigh, and it was so tightly wound that the roots went deep into the bottom of the sea and could not be untied by human labor.

- Tia, were you calling me just now? What can I do to save you?

Ellie anxiously broke the vines with her hands, but the plants in her hands did not move. Feeling her throat tighten and the air in her lungs drained, Ellie had to rise to the surface, take a deep breath again, and go back underwater.

Ellie pulled out the long sword at her side and tried to cut through the vines, but the resistance in the water was too great to exert her strength, and the long sword slashed, leaving no trace on the vines. Ellie was crying in a hurry, and since Terry was gone, Ellie herself had discovered that she had become unusually vulnerable, unable to see the people around her hurt, and could no longer afford to lose anyone. The tears left the eyes, but instead of merging into the sea, they floated like pearls in the water, and countless teardrops seemed to be attracted to the rhizome beneath Tia.

――What is it?

The rhizomes of the plants, after absorbing Ellie's tears, suddenly let go of the vines that had trapped Tia, and all shrank into the mud and sand at the bottom of the water. Tia lost her support and lay down at the bottom of the water, and the golden barrier eventually vanished.

- Tia!

Ellie picked up Tia and quickly surfaced.

"Whew..."

Carrying Tia to the ruins, Ellie dried her clothes and wiped her face.

"Hmm..."

Tia's eyelashes fluttered slightly, her lips opened and closed, and Ellie leaned in to try to hear clearly,

"Thank you... Thanks.."

"Fool, why do you want to thank me..."

Ellie looked at Tia gently, and those golden eyes finally responded,

"Because you heard me."

When Tia came to her senses, she briefly recounted what had happened to her injuries. What happened in the World Tree wasn't her own consciousness, but Tia could hear everything she said, just couldn't control her body. After that, Tia fell into a deep sleep again, and was already underwater when she regained consciousness. Tia tells Ellie that this is her own realm of consciousness, and that the vines that wrap around her body are the epitome of the World Tree, which gives Tia a new life, but because Tia has too much divine power, the World Tree is attached to her for a while, inadvertently trapping her consciousness in the tree spirit.

"The World Tree doesn't want to hurt me, it's just instinctively relying on me, in fact, if it weren't for Allen, I'd be willing to just guard the World Tree and stay here forever..."

Tia was a little helpless and a little sentimental. Ellie didn't know how to comfort her.

"I'm fine, really. Ellie, Allen, where is he now? ”

"In the black hole, Katina has caught up, don't worry, Nana said, she won't deal with Eren with the attitude of treating demons."

"I know... In fact, Katina should treat him as a demon, because Eren will not be soft on us anymore. (To be continued.) )