Chapter 21: The Truth
In the night sky, the moon opens the dark corner.
On the back of the Vermilion Bird, George held a monocular and looked at the black shadow who had captured Mona in the distance, and Millie was wrapped in a fur coat given by George, and her little face was flushed under the cold wind in the night sky.
George had been watching the black shadow holding Mona, and judging from the current situation, Monna should not be in any danger.
The black shadow had been flying, and George had been following behind, and he estimated that the guy should have flown back to the nest, so he planned to put a long line to catch a big fish, and if there were any accomplices, he would just be served a pot.
"I didn't bother to care about you, but you dared to touch my people, it's just self-defeating......"
He saw that the black shadow gradually lowered its altitude and slowed down, and he thought to himself that the other party must have arrived somewhere and was ready to land.
George put away his binoculars and said to Millie next to him:
"Millie, I'll go and save Mona later, you stay on Azhu's back, and when I get rid of them, Azhu will send you down to us."
"Okay, Millie waiting for you." Millie stroked Suzaku's smooth feathers, "Aju...... This beautiful bird was originally called Azhu. ”
George smiled and pinched Millie's baby fat little face, then he pressed his cowboy hat and lay back, falling off Suzaku's back.
The sensation of falling in free fall high in the air made George's heart shrink, and he quickly adjusted his breathing to the sensation.
George looked down and saw that the Suzaku hovering in the night sky was getting farther and farther away from him, and the stars swirling in his vision seemed to be trampled on the soles of his feet.
"Idea-driven!"
A large sword-like sword appeared in front of George.
In the night sky, with his head down, George slapped the hilt of his sword with one hand, and the giant sword rushed in front of George under the effect of this force, and George also took advantage of the momentum to turn over and adjust the direction of his body.
George bent his legs and slammed into the hilt of the greatsword that had fallen with him, and the greatsword rushed downward at great speed.
In a few breaths, the giant sword was stuck in a piece of sand, and the entire sword body was submerged in it, leaving only the hilt exposed.
"I'm wiping it! Too much force. ”
He originally thought that when the giant sword was stuck in the ground before him, he would use the magic obtained by killing King Regis of Lucis to teleport over, but he didn't expect that the giant sword would be buried directly in the soil, so that he would teleport over and be buried in the sand. In fact, he originally wanted to get the mage's flashing spell in Azeroth, but he only got a mage's "meal making technique" after tossing around in Azeroth for more than half a year.
But time will not wait for him to think about it, seeing that he is getting closer and closer to the ground, George turned his heart sideways, and still used teleportation magic, as for the results, it can only depend on whether Lady Luck favors him.
"Crackling!"
A burst of electric sparks exploded on George's body, and his figure disappeared into the night sky.
"Poof!"
On the ground, a piece of sand that had been fairly flat suddenly began to protrude, and George picked up the sand beside him, and crawled out of it with a disgraced face.
He slapped the sand on his body a few times, quickly took out his binoculars to look at the target he was tracking this time, and seeing that the target had begun to land, he quickly took out the invisibility cloak he had given Millie before and put it on himself, and then quietly followed.
The black shadow slowly landed in front of a cave with Mona in his arms, and after landing, a burst of black smoke gradually came out of his body, and only after the black smoke cleared up did he reveal his original appearance.
He was about forty or fifty years of age, dressed in a wide black cloth robe, without hair or eyebrows, and with bloated bags under his long, slanted eyes like two lanterns. He looked at Mona, who was being held by him, the corners of his mouth curled, and then he walked towards the cave.
Unbeknownst to him, a pair of eyes had been staring at him, and as he walked into the cave, George quietly followed, hiding under the cloak of invisibility.
As soon as he walked into the mouth of the cave, George felt a cool air blowing in his face, the cave was gloomy, there was no light, as he went deeper into the dark and damp cave, George clearly felt the humidity and stuffiness of the air, he thought to himself, these guys live here without arthritis.
After walking for about half an hour, there was a bright light in front of him, and George slowly followed, and he found some stones hanging on the walls of the cave that emitted a soft light.
After passing through the brightly lit passageway of the cave, George's eyes suddenly brightened.
I saw that the space in the cave is very wide, countless colored stones of different shapes are shining, illuminating the whole space in the cave, the scenery is wonderful and magnificent, as if it is a natural and splendid big stage. He couldn't imagine that there was no other cave here, that there could be such a huge and beautiful space.
In the center of the cave there is a big tree that grows abruptly in it, this big tree is only five or six meters high, the branches are winding like "dragon soaring", the leaves are bright red and charming, the most strange thing is that there is a sad face on the main trunk of this tree.
Where the tree touches the ground, there are many roots extended, and the dense roots are intertwined and coiled with each other, forming a large area of ground composed of roots.
On the ground, more than twenty boys and girls were wrapped around it, their bodies wrapped in roots of trees of varying thickness, revealing only their faces with their eyes closed.
An old man with gray hair sat next to the strange tree with his eyes closed, and the old man was dressed in a white cloth robe with some black crow patterns on it.
The man with the bag under his eyes walked towards the old man, and George quietly followed.
No one noticed that just as George's feet stepped on the ground made of roots, the human-faced strange tree opened its eyes slightly, glanced at the place where George was hidden, and then closed his eyes again, and continued to have a sad expression.
George followed the man with the bag in his eyes to the old man, who put Mona on the ground, and the old man who was sitting cross-legged slowly opened his eyes, and there was only a piece of golden light in his eyes, making it impossible to see his eyeballs.
The old man spoke, "Blake, you're finally back. ”
The old man got up slowly, and he walked over to Mona, who was lying on the ground of the roots, and stood still.
"It's the thirtieth child, a very good child, I can feel that there is a budding life force in her, this power has very good potential, it's a pity that it's ......."
The man with the bags under his eyes, known as Blake, first made a simple noble salute to the old man, and then he said, "Count Oro, I have received news from Captain Talion that they have completed the extermination of the partees in the coastal area, and they will come here tomorrow with their team to replenish the life force." ”
"Is there another fight?" Count Oro looked at Mona lying on the ground with a look of pity, and was silent for a while before saying, "For the stability of the Fojin Empire, you can only sacrifice part of your life force. ”
"It's all worth it, for His Royal Highness the Black Prince!"
"yes, it's worth it, Blake, how old are you?"
"Twenty-five."
"Twenty-five......," Count Oro shook his head regretfully, "Blake, if I'm not mistaken, you were one of them. ”
"Yes, Lord Earl, I once contributed my life force to the Fojin Empire"
"Now you are only twenty-five years old, in the prime of your youth, but because you were siphoned away from part of your life back then, you now look like an old man in your forties and fifties, you ...... Don't regret it? ”
Faced with the old man's question, the blankness in Blake's eyes was fleeting, and he said firmly, "No regrets." ”
"Even if you are now stripped of your original memory, your heart ...... Won't you hate the empire? ”
"Smack!"
Blake got down on one knee and said firmly, "No! It was His Royal Highness the Empire and the Black Prince who gave me a new lease of life, and without the Empire and the Black Prince, how could I be where I am now. ”
Count Oro did not comment on Black's answer, but nodded, his palms lit up with a soft golden light, and he turned to look at Mona lying on the ground of the roots, and raised his hands that glowed with golden light.
"Now, in the light of Fokine, another warrior will be reborn!"