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As soon as the ladder of vines was weaved, Olivia took the lead and walked towards the second level of the Sacred Grove.

Vincent couldn't help but be secretly amazed that the staircase had been built in such a strange way, and it was the first time that even a well-informed person in the game had seen it.

He took a step ahead of the two Avensi, walked briskly to the stairs, stretched out his left foot, and tentatively stepped on the vine net.

He only felt that when the soles of his feet just fell on them, the first feeling was soft, as if the whole soles of his feet were about to sink in.

However, the fact that the soles of his feet suddenly became hard as iron seemed to tell him plainly that it was just your delusion.

Vincent's feet stepped on the spiral vine staircase, which was soft and then hard, and walked slowly up the floor with a sense of novelty.

Avella, on the other hand, had no experience with Vincent, and walked up naturally.

Evinsi walked up with the same indifferent expression as before, but from her occasional answer to a question from the elemental elves on either shoulder, she was not as ruthless as she appeared.

The spiral vine staircase was not very long, and the group walked for less than three minutes before they came to the penultimate floor of the Sacred Grove.

There are four levels in the Land of the Sacred Forest, the top layer is the heart of the Mother Tree, which is the core of the entire Pale Mother Tree, and the Pale Mother Tree is the heart of the Land of the Sacred Forest.

As for the Land of the Sacred Forest, to put it bluntly, it is made up of the huge and complex branches and roots of the Pale Mother Tree.

The penultimate layer is built on super-giant flaky branches up to two meters thick within the pale mother tree.

In addition to being able to look into the distance and watch the pleasant scenery outside the pale mother tree, this layer is much more monotonous than the flowers and lakes at the bottom.

The moment he reached this level, Vincent immediately noticed some dark corners.

There was no elven laughter, no pod dwelling, no flowers blooming, just darkness that seemed to swallow up even the light.

[It's all so serious, are you still reluctant to shrink your torso?]

Vincent knew very well what was causing that terrible darkness.

Generally speaking, if the trunk of the Elven Mother Tree collapses to this extent, it will prevent itself from withering or even completely turning into ashes.

It is best to choose to shrink the trunk of the elven mother tree, and decisively remove the branches that have already withered, so that the withering does not worsen as much as possible.

Of course, that kind of elimination method belongs to the category of treating the symptoms rather than the root cause.

The withering of the Elven Mother Tree is irreversible, and if they survive for a certain amount of time, they will inevitably face this life-and-death test.

In particular, those mother trees that love their children will accelerate the arrival of withering time.

Because they love their children so much, they are reluctant to let them suffer from injuries and illnesses.

If an elf is injured or sick, they will not hesitate to guide them back to the Mother Tree and return to her arms to heal them.

Coupled with her deep love for elves, she longs for the birth of many, many elves to accompany her by her side.

Often, these mother trees suffer from wilting early, and most of them are the existence of an exceptionally large number of elves around them.

Because the deeper you cherish, the faster it withers.

The fate of the mother tree is like being cursed by the Creator, and the more indifferent the mother tree, the longer it will survive.

On the other hand, the mother tree that is loved so much because of sensuality has never been an eternal mother tree.

Thinking of the withered mother trees in the mission and the elves who chose to be buried with her, Vincent shook his head secretly, this setting of the mother tree is indeed tragic and great.

Luckily, the Pale Mother Tree waited for Vincent, a man who could heal her once and for all.

That's why Vincennes swears by it.

Ever since he obtained the task of finding the core of the Shadow Void, he has consciously searched for information about the current situation of the elves.

After compiling all the information at hand, he came to an extraordinarily bold conclusion.

That is, the elven mother tree is definitely running out of time.

And the reason why he dared to think so was mainly because since the elves migrated to the Teryasi continent, the elven mother tree has never slowed down the pace of giving birth to newborn elves.

In particular, the Terrans' record of an event in which an elven rescued a clansman for thousands of miles and teleported the dead clansman back to the mother tree in an instant and successfully resurrected it further increased his confidence in his conjecture.

Therea is no resurrection, no matter how serious the injury is, if it is healed by divine healing, he will definitely live without worry.

But if it is a real death, even if the gods come in person, there is nothing to be done.

The Elven Mother Tree is different, she can choose to spend a huge amount of magic to save her daughter.

It's just that it's not so much about saving her as it is about giving her a new life.

As we all know, after the elf born in the elf mother tree dies, unless it is maliciously destroyed by the enemy, there will be a small seed left.

It is also this inconspicuous little seed that can protect the soul of the elf for a short time so that it cannot be dissipated.

As long as the seed is sent back to the Elven Mother Tree within that time, then the choice between resurrecting her or letting her sleep is a matter for the Elven Mother Tree to decide.

Of course, the previous information was still not enough to confirm Vincent's conjecture 100%.

It wasn't until Ace took him to the aid of the Elven Patrol and met Olivia for the first time in that place that he was finally determined.

The elves who are so young, but whose strength has reached the seventh order, who have dealt with humans a lot and serve as the elder of the court, cannot be a newborn elf.

Then it can only be one possibility, Ou Liwei is the awakener, a sleeping high-level elf who was actively awakened by the elf mother tree.

They knew what torture and pain their mother would suffer if they were resurrected, the Elven Mother Tree.

Therefore, after their seeds returned to the mother tree, they took the initiative to ask for sleep, and the mother tree was not allowed to resurrect them.

The reason why the Elven Mother Tree chose to wake up these sleepers generally has two meanings.

1. The Elven Mother Tree chooses to make a desperate bet, hoping that her daughters, who once loved and were the most powerful, can wake up and help her survive as a mother.

2. The Elven Mother Tree knew that she would soon wither completely, so she chose to let her daughters be reborn before the day of death, and she did not have to wither with her, the mother tree that would surely die.

But generally, the Elven Mother Tree chooses to awaken the Sleeper so that the children she loves will survive, even if her mother is gone.

However, the Mother Elven Tree's act of awakening the Sleeper brought the Day of Withered even closer.

"Vincent, have you noticed it too......?

When Vincent was in the middle of his recollection, he stumbled upon Vincent staring blankly at Olivia in the dark land, avoiding the electric elemental spirit on his shoulder and transmitting the voice to Vincent.

Ou Liwei's voice was a little choked, she didn't expect that only a few days after she left, the withering symptoms of the pale mother tree would worsen to this point.

"It's okay, don't worry. ”

Vincent's tone was extraordinarily serious.