Chapter 20: Secret Words of the Heart
Sharyl's face took on a strange brown color, and her originally snow-white and smooth skin suddenly appeared with a lot of lines. As if praying, she clasped her hands together and placed them on her chest, her long green hair was windless, as if there was some great force in her body, about to break out of the cocoon.
"Sariel! Don't!" Elaine cried out behind her. As a rain and dew priestess, she is particularly sensitive to the forces of nature. She could feel the power in Sariel's body!
The seeds born from the World Tree are far rarer than the vine seeds.
For an elven mage or priest, the Seed of Guardianship is the last killer weapon in a Jedi, but the price to pay for using it is also unbearable.
Elaina, as a rain and dew priest who went out to practice, did not have such a treasure in her hand, but she didn't expect this inspector to bring one.
When she saw that Sharyl's skin had changed color, she knew there was nothing she could do to stop her.
"You should give it to me. Elaine muttered.
The other elves were of ordinary origin, and they had never seen anything like this, and they didn't know why, but they were trembling in fear.
Ralph saw that Sariel was in a strange state, and heard another elf scream, and he felt that something was wrong. He suspected that this was some kind of trick on Sariel's part, and I wouldn't let her do whatever the enemy wanted, which was Ralph's usual purpose. At this time, he no longer had the intention of capturing Sharyl alive, and raised his sword and stabbed her heart.
However, just as the tip of his sword was about to touch Saryl's body, Saryl's body swelled, and her clothes shattered into pieces in an instant.
As she grew taller and bigger, her appearance changed dramatically. Her lower limbs turned into two clusters of roots, her body into thick trees, her hands into huge branches, her skin on her body completely transformed into rough and hard bark, and her fluttering hair into vines. Her head merged into the trunk of the tree, turning into a wooden face with eyes and mouth.
She became a three-story tall treeman.
Rising to more than five meters in one fell swoop, Ralph stabbed the tree man in the calf with a sword, breaking off several pieces of bark and leaving a two-inch-deep stab mark. But for the thick treemen, it's just inconsequential.
As soon as the tree man hit with his forked giant hand, Ralph's whole person was knocked out, and it was not until more than ten meters away that he turned over in the air and stood on the ground.
The strength was too great, and a single look at his face made him a little injured. Ralph wiped the blood from his mouth and looked at the tree man with a solemn face. He had only heard about the Treants in legends. It is said that when the elven kingdom was fighting, the tree people were their main force in the siege, these guys were strong and solid, had no internal organs, and had almost no weaknesses except for their slightly slow speed and some fear of fire.
Sure enough, some of the masters of the slaves tried to cut off the limbs of the tree men, but to no avail except to cut off a few pieces of bark and stir up the sawdust to fly. And the other slaves have long been frightened and hid aside, this tree man is too tall, and ordinary people will have huge psychological pressure just by looking at it, let alone doing it.
"Don't fight it! Grab the other elven women first. Ralph shouted. He went around in circles and pounced on Elaine from the side.
However, the Treants soon discovered their trick. It stretched out its giant hand and grabbed it lightly, pinched the five elves in its hand, lifted them into the air, and then used its remaining hand to fight the slaves.
Ralph struggled for a while, but made no progress. Instead, several of his slaves were killed by the Treants. A small leader leaned over and asked, "Ralph boss, don't you forget it?" We can't get along with this thing. It's better to search a few more villages. ”
Ralph slapped the little boss in the face, "Fart, these elves are the most valuable thing in these stockades." We've all died, how can we let them go!"
"But that thing is invulnerable. The little leader said with a sad face.
"You, you, and you, go get some torches. A few of you, go to the cellar and get the oil and soju. Ralph commanded, "The others joined me in entanglement with her, attacking the elf in her hand so hard that it could not escape the yard." ”
The Treant had tried to kick down the house and the walls and escape the inner courtyard, but as it went that way, the slaves attacked the elves in its hands from there, shooting them with bows and arrows, and throwing stones. Attacks from all sides have left it struggling to respond.
The fire-starting thing was soon ready. Ralph picked up a barrel and threw it with all his might, the barrel cracking open on the treeman's body, wetting one of its legs, and the other slaves did the same, throwing barrels of oil and wine onto the treeman.
The treant was so large that it smashed most of the barrels on it, even though it had managed to block a few barrels.
Ralph lit a torch and waved it in his hand, "Elven woman, listen, I know your consciousness is still in this broken tree, surrender quickly, or you will not even have ashes left when the fire comes down." Aren't you going to protect these women? Are you going to burn them alive here?"
The Treant rolled his eyes, glanced condescendingly at Ralph, and then looked further away.
Held high in the air, Elaine pleaded, "Sariel, stop. You've done enough for us. Leave us behind, and you go back to the Elven Forest. ”
The Treant did not answer, and from its height, it saw a large number of people approaching from a distance, looking at itself in amazement from outside the courtyard walls.
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Xiao Chen led people into the Oakes' stockade, and before he entered the inner courtyard, he heard that there was a lot of excitement inside, and then a big tree suddenly grew in the wall. It is taller than the roof and walls, and can be seen clearly from the outside. This made Xiao Chen a little overwhelmed, and the scene in front of him was a little beyond his cognition.
"Looks like something terrible is going on inside. Xiao Chen stopped his team and asked Roger, "Have you ever seen anything like this?"
Roger shook his head and said, "No, but I think this should be a tree man, there is no such thing in the human realm." Legend has it that only elven spellcasters can harness them. ”
"You mean, there are elven spellcasters and slaves fighting?" Xiao Chen suddenly remembered the slave convoy he had met here in the morning, and there was a mage with strong spiritual power inside. Could it be her?
At this time, the treeman's eyes suddenly looked at Xiao Chen. The eyes were two points of light in the hollow of the tree, which looked like two small lights, and although it was still daytime, they were very clear.
Xiao Chen had never seen this tree man, but the flickering light gave him a somewhat familiar feeling, like the narrow eyes under the cloak in the morning.
"Human magician, can I trust you?" Xiao Chen's heart sounded with a nice but anxious female voice, Xiao Chen felt that if he matched this voice with a face, it must be a beautiful face.
"Who's talking to me?" he quickly understood, it was a magical magic that could communicate directly between the hearts of two people.
"I'm right in front of you, you're looking at me. ”
"Tree man?" Xiao Chen was a little surprised, the contrast between the voice and the image was too great.
"Yes. I want to entrust the five elves to your care, and ask you to send them home. The Elven Kingdom will give you enough pay. ”
"Why choose me?"
"It's not that I believe in you, it's the robbers who besiege me that I have no other choice. The credibility of the mage...... Maybe it's a little more to look forward to than the mercenaries. ”
Xiao Chen had already noticed that there were five elves in the hands of the tree people, and they were being besieged by the people below. He thought about it and roughly guessed the situation here. Without hesitation, he replied, "I can promise not to let my people abuse them and send them back at my convenience, and nothing else." Hold on, we're going to rush in......"
"It's too late...... Defend them, and you will be rewarded...... If you break your promise, you will bear the wrath of the entire Elven Kingdom. ”
"You're really welcome......
The vines on the treants suddenly twisted towards the five elves, entangled with each other and turned into a vine ball, enveloping the elves like a cage.
The tree man lifted the vine ball, and suddenly made a throwing motion, throwing the five elf vine balls towards Xiao Chen.
"Catch them. Xiao Chen shouted, Roger and the others hurriedly fought with luck, and six or seven people worked together to catch the rattan ball. As soon as the vine ball hit the ground, it withered, revealing a few dizzy elves inside.
Roger carefully lifted up the elves sitting on the ground, and exclamations rang out one after another.
It's really beautiful, Xiao Chen also has to praise it, the elves have a good reputation, although there are many differences with the appearance of humans, but this difference makes their appearance have an unprecedented exotic style. These elves in front of them can be described as Chunlan and Autumn Chrysanthemum, each with its own merits, especially the one who stood up first, and there is a charm that instantly grabs people's hearts.
The first thing the elf did after standing up was to pounce on Xiao Chen.
"Mr. Mage, please save Sharyl! she's going to be burned to death. ”
"You're hurt, you're covered in blood!" Xiao Chen saw that half of her yellow robe was stained red.
"That's not my blood, go save Sharyl, it's too late. Elaina grabbed Xiao Chen's arm.
"Who is Saril? it's the tree man who speaks to my soul, please let me protect you. ”
"Shariel is the tree man who 'whispers to your heart', that group of thugs has already poured oil on her, please quickly slam open that door and stop them, please!" Elaina's tears flowed down her cheeks, and Xiao Chen's sad look couldn't help but feel sympathy in her heart.
Xiao Chen patted the hands she was holding and said to Roger, "Quick, take all the good hands, break down the gate of the courtyard, and take down the guys who are besieging the tree people for me." ”
With five or six vindictive warriors as the vanguard, Roger took thirty or forty sturdy men to pick up wooden pillars and stones that could smash the door, and rushed towards the inner courtyard.
But when he led the crowd to break down the inner door, he saw Ralph and his men throw more than a dozen torches on the treeman, the oil and wine were ignited, and several fiery snakes climbed up the treeman's body from the bottom to the top, and in an instant, it was full of fire.