Chapter 460: A Hundred Years in Captivity
Because of the magical effect of that diamond, Chen Ziyang, who was the awakener of the Dryad, had a brief spiritual connection with the Dryad when the dark space collapsed.
Although this period of time was very short, in these few seconds, Chen Ziyang obtained a lot of information from the Dryad's brain, coupled with the clues he had collected before, Chen Ziyang finally figured out the cause and effect of the matter.
I don't know how many years ago, a diamond from unknown ground fell into a tree hole, and the tree slowly absorbed the strange power of the diamond. Many years passed, and the tree slowly gained wisdom and became a dryad.
At that moment, the dryad saw a huge blood-colored eye, and after years of staring at this eye, the dryad learned the secret of the diamond.
After cultivating this diamond into his natal magic weapon, the dryad was finally able to transform into a human form. In the years of the Dryad's cultivation, the mana contained in the diamond has been almost absorbed by it, so the Dryad after the transformation can't wait to go out to find something that can replenish the diamond's mana, that is, human blood and human soul.
After sporadically obtaining some blood and souls, the dryad felt that it was too slow to increase its mana, so it had a bold and far-sighted idea.
That is, to keep a large number of people in captivity, and when the time is ripe, to absorb the blood and soul of these people at one time, so that you can maximize your mana. As a result, the ancient kingdom of Mimi, which was suffering from drought, became the target of the dryad's captivity.
The reason why the Dryad chose this place is very simple, because there is a shortage of water here, not only here, but also in the vicinity of the Ancient Kingdom. As long as the dryad can provide water, then the surrounding people will naturally be attracted to it, and more and more people will be kept in captivity.
It's a pity that the Dryad's mana at that time was limited, and it could only give one person the ability to approach immortality, so after using this ability to exchange the allegiance of the old king of the Ancient Kingdom of Sumi, the Dryad settled here.
Day after day, year after year. With the help of the abundant water provided by the Dryad, the ancient country of the Silk Road became an ancient desert oasis on the Silk Road, more and more people came to settle here, more and more caravans gathered here, and the mana of the Dryad became stronger and stronger.
In order to improve its abilities faster, the dryad became more and more greedy, and the food that the old king arranged for it every year was no longer enough to satisfy its appetite, so from time to time, the dryad would absorb a few souls and absorb some blood by himself.
Seeing that every once in a while someone would die inexplicably, the old king already knew that it was the Dryad's ghost. Looking at the ancient kingdom of Sumi that he created with his own hands, and seeing that the people of the ancient kingdom of Sumi had inexplicably become the nourishment of the Dryad, the old king regretted his deal with the Dryad.
He tried to find the Dryad Theory several times, but all in vain, how could the Dryad willingly let go of his hard work for so many years.
The old king was very entangled, and if he didn't meet the dryad's request, the old king knew that the dryad had the ability to kill all the people in the ancient kingdom. However, if the dryad's request was satisfied, the old king was not willing to watch his people become the food of the dryad.
However, when he saw the water source provided by the dryad, and the status and wealth that these water sources brought to the ancient kingdom of Sumi, the old king endured it. It's better for some people to die every year than for all to die of thirst here.
Although the old king's heart is also worried, worried that one day the Dryad will kill all the people in the Ancient Kingdom, but he always has a trace of luck, feeling that the Dryad will not be so short-sighted, after all, with the Ancient Kingdom of Dryad here, the Dryad will have a steady stream of food, which is better than it eating a full meal at one time, but there is no more food.
In this way, the old king lingered between guilt and inability to choose for many years, and even he kept changing various methods, just to get more food for the dryad, to satisfy the dryad's appetite, so as to save the lives of most of the remaining people. But all that changed from that day on.
Overnight, with the magical power of diamonds, the dryad planted a seed in the soul of every captive resident of the ancient kingdom of Sumi, and it was during this night that all the people of the ancient kingdom of Sumi dreamed of a huge blood-red eye, and strange things began to be born on this day.
After this night, every day someone will go crazy or die for some reason. The dead either become like dried corpses or lose their minds before they die, doing things that others can't understand.
As more and more people die and go crazy every day, panic spreads among the inhabitants of the ancient kingdom of Sumimi. Everyone knew that it was probably something to do with the blood-red eye, but none of them could find out where the root was. So everybody boiled it all down to a plague, a plague that could drive people crazy and die.
More and more people come to the place where Our Lady lives to make sacrifices, hoping to be blessed by Our Lady, hoping that Our Lady can drive away diseases and restore the ancient country to its former glory.
However, the Holy Mother who had blessed the ancient kingdom of Sumi for many years seemed to have disappeared suddenly, and not only did the illness continue to spread in the ancient kingdom of Sumi, but the number of people who died every day was greater than the number of people who died the day before, and even after a short time, the miraculous fountain built by Our Lady no longer had clear water flowing out.
No matter how much blood is poured into the diamond, the diamond still does not react, and not a drop of water flows out of the diamond. This phenomenon has intensified the panic of the people of the ancient country.
The water flowing out of the diamond can be said to be the foundation of the ancient country, and it is also the foundation of the survival of the people of the ancient country, without the water source in the diamond, not long after, an ancient oasis country with a permanent population of tens of thousands fell like this.
Thousands died, tens of thousands left the country, but those who left the ancient city either died on the way or died of thirst in the desert.
The people of the ancient kingdom of Sumi are in a stalemate, whether they leave or stay, what awaits them is death, and their actions are just trying to find a different place for themselves to die. All the people were in despair, they were powerless to struggle, but quietly waited for their own death.
At this time, several elderly people suddenly remembered the curse of the ancient kingdom of Sumi, which had been passed down from their ancestors.
At the beginning of the founding of the ancient kingdom of Sumi, there was a legend that when the Holy Mother came here, she used the blood of the old king to transform into clear water, saved everyone's lives, and established the ancient kingdom of Sumi.
Because he used his own blood to transform into water and save the lives of all the people, the king was given endless life by the Virgin Mary, and was unanimously elected as king. And the king also became the spokesman of the Virgin.
The old king had said many times that the blood supply to the Virgin must not be interrupted, otherwise a curse would fall on the land.
Although this legend about the curse of the ancient kingdom of Sumi is just a legend, and so many years have passed, this legend is still passed down, but fewer and fewer people know about it.
At this moment, the ancient kingdom of Sumi has changed from an oasis in the desert to a purgatory on earth, and there are so many people who die every day that they can't be buried in time.
The agitated crowd united and came to the front of the palace to confront the old king and ask him to explain the reason for the curse.
The old king, who had suffered for many years, finally collapsed, and he knew that no matter what he did, he would not be able to save the lives of the people of the ancient kingdom. Our Lady will kill everyone, suck every drop of blood, and detain every soul for her own nourishment.
Thinking that all the people he had cared for for many years were about to become fertilizer for the dryad, the old king burst into tears, and finally told everyone the truth.
Knowing the truth, the people did not kill the king, but tied him up and tortured him about other things about the Virgin. For the sake of their own lives, for the lives of their loved ones, the remaining inhabitants of the ancient kingdom of Tsumi have united and fought a fierce battle against the Dryad, striving to defeat the Dryad and regain his life.
The battle presented a one-sided situation from the very beginning. Although the people of the ancient kingdom of Tsumi rushed forward regardless of casualties, their attacks seemed so weak and powerless in front of the giant dryad. The thorny roots of the dryad danced wildly, rampage through the armies of the ancient kingdom of Tsumi. It didn't take long for more than half of the inhabitants of the ancient kingdom to be killed or wounded.
However, the attack of the people of the ancient kingdom was not fruitless, under the repeated attacks, some villagers broke a hole in the huge body of the dryad, and a large amount of red mist instantly poured out of this hole.
The inhabitants, who had been exhausted by the battle, instantly felt that they were full of energy and strength after inhaling these red mist. And some of the residents who were slightly injured were able to heal their wounds instantly after inhaling these red mist.
Some villagers found some red plant-like things from the tree hole, and after applying these things to the wounds of the seriously injured people, the seriously injured people were instantly restored to their combat effectiveness.
With the red plants and red mist as backup, the army of the ancient kingdom of Tsumi, which was already on the verge of collapse, instantly regained its combat effectiveness and continued to fight the dryad.
The dryad, who had cultivated for hundreds of years, never imagined that what he finally defeated himself was what he had been pursuing.
With the red plants and red mist in the bodies of these dryads, the army of the ancient kingdom of Tsumi finally defeated the dryads after paying a terrible price.
The fire burned the Dryad's body, and the badly injured Dryad had to find a hidden place and bury his natal seed, hoping to wait for the destined person chosen by Diamond to wake him up.
Looking at the burned ancient tree, the old king's eyes finally showed a look of relief. The old king, who knew the relationship between the dryad and the diamond, asked everyone to find a way to destroy the diamond, and only by completely destroying the dryad's natal weapon could the dryad be completely destroyed.
However, no matter what method the people of the Ancient Kingdom used, they could not destroy this seemingly very fragile diamond.
After telling the others everything he knew about the dryad and the diamond, the old king instructed them to try their best to destroy the diamond, and even if there was no way to destroy it, they should never let the diamond return to the ancient kingdom of Mimi, otherwise, the dryad would probably be resurrected and continue to do evil.
The people who defeated the Dryad decided to leave the Ancient Kingdom of Dryad, as it was no longer suitable for survival, and the Dryad did not know when it would be resurrected, and no one wanted to stay here.
While these people were leaving, some of the old king's people secretly got some red seeds from the burned trunk of the ancient tree, and prepared to take them away from the ancient kingdom together.
The old king, who immediately changed his face after seeing these seeds, begged for help, hoping that these people would keep the seeds and not take these banes away from the confines of the ancient kingdom.
However, the people who had seen the miraculous effects of these red plants and the red mist still took away a lot of these red seeds despite the old king's advice.
Seeing the distant backs of these people, the old king collapsed to the ground weakly, and after a few glances at the torso of the burned ancient tree, the old king instantly grew old and staggered away from the ancient tree.
Chen Ziyang, who got this information, saw that the black space around him had completely collapsed at this time, and he was really standing in the middle of the cave, standing above the eye-shaped pattern.
As some red mist was inhaled into his body, Chen Ziyang's body had returned to normal, and even he felt that he was stronger than ever, and what made him happiest was that his left arm had also returned to normal.
Chen Ziyang clenched his hands into fists tightly, and even because he used too much force, both fists were trembling slightly, this feeling of holding back his strength for a long time, but now he was reborn, made Chen Ziyang excited, and he glanced at the situation in the cave with the corner of his eye.
The three people standing and one who fell to the ground all looked at themselves and the tree man in front of them in amazement. It is not only Chen Ziyang who has also returned from a shriveled state to a normal state, but also the tree man in front of him.
At this time, the half-length tree man that had grown from the root system also regained its flesh, and many tree roots scattered from the treeman's waist were constantly wriggling, making the tree man look like a giant octopus monster, and these roots were like the tentacles of an octopus.
And the folds on the tree man have all disappeared, and the upper body of the entire tree man looks like a **** woman, as the roots behind the tree man slowly gather, these roots are coiled and intertwined with each other, becoming the legs of the tree man.
And after these tree roots were closed, behind the tree man, where the tree roots were closed, a pitch-black space was revealed.
(End of chapter)
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